JPH0767603A - Harvested vegetable processing equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] When the head portion A1 of the vegetable A is received and the stem portion A2 is nipped and conveyed, the stem portion A2 is stretched and sharply cut by the cutter C. [Structure] A ball-conveying means B1 for conveying the harvested vegetables A while holding the bulb portion A1 and a stem portion conveying means for nipping and conveying the stem portion A2 of the vegetables A received by the bulb-conveying means B1. B2 and a stem cutter C for cutting the stem A2 between the head conveying means B1 and the stem conveying means B2.
And a head conveying means B1 and a stem conveying means B2.
Are arranged close to each other at the start side of the conveyance and gradually separated from each other in the conveyance direction toward the stem cutter C.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a harvested vegetable processing apparatus which is prepared by cutting the stems, root hairs and the like of headed vegetables such as harvested onions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heading vegetables such as onions and sea urchins are cut into stems (stems and leaves), roots (root hairs), or the lengths thereof are aligned immediately after harvesting or after being stored once and then shipped. It was necessary to process and prepare for various finishings, and the cutting work was an artificial work in which each vegetable was held by hand and cut with a pot, kitchen knife, scissors and the like.

[0003]

Since the above-mentioned conventional processing work is performed artificially, the cutting positions are not uniform, large-scale processing is difficult, work efficiency is poor, and fatigue is large.
The labor cost is high and the cost is high. The present invention is
By conveying the vegetables while holding the bulbs of the vegetables and sandwiching the stalks and cutting the stalks with the cutter, the stalks of the vegetables can be processed uniformly and a large amount of vegetables can be processed at low cost. An object of the present invention is to provide a harvested vegetable processing device.

[0004]

The present invention takes the following technical means in order to achieve the above-mentioned object. That is, according to the present invention, the heading conveying means B1 for conveying the harvested vegetables A while receiving the heading portion A1 and the heading conveying means B.
1. A stalk transporting means B2 for transporting the stalk A2 of the vegetable A received in 1 while sandwiching it, and a stalk cutter for cutting the stalk A2 between the head transporting means B1 and the stalk transporting means B2. C, and the heading conveying means B1 and the stem conveying means B
No. 2 is characterized in that it is arranged close to the starting side of the conveyance and gradually spread apart in the conveying direction toward the stem cutter C.

[0005]

The vegetable A with the stem A2 facing substantially downward is placed on the front first conveying means (bulb conveying means) B1 and the bulging portion A1.
And the stem A2 is sandwiched between the front second conveying means (stem conveying means) B2, and the vegetable A is conveyed by both front conveying means B1 and B2.
Is transported in a substantially hanging state. While holding the vegetable A by the front first transporting means B1 and the front second transporting means B2, the stalk A2 is cut by the stalk cutter C between them.

Since the ball-conveying means B1 and the stalk portion conveying means B2 are arranged close to each other at the conveying start end side, the stalk portion A2 is reliably pinched, and both means B1 and B2 gradually move toward the base cutter C. The stalk A2 is stretched to ensure cutting by the cutter C because it is spread apart.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 9, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 is roughly classified into a front conveying means B, the cutter C, and a rear conveying means D.
And a rear cutter E and a stem rearranging means G above the front conveying means B.
And a reversing means F above the rear conveying means D, a machine frame 2 for supporting one or a plurality of these in parallel, and a lifting conveyor 3 for lifting the vegetables A onto the front conveying means B. .

The lifting conveyor 3 is a bucket conveyor or the like, which is adapted to lift the vegetables A above the front conveying means B by feeding them and to supply them to the conveyance start end side of the front conveying means B. However, the vegetables A may be artificially supplied to the front conveying means B. The front conveying means B and the front cutter C constitute a stem cutting mechanism 4 which cuts the stem A2 of the vegetable A, and the rear conveying means D and the rear cutter E cut the root A3 of the vegetable A. It constitutes the cutting mechanism 5.

The front transporting means B includes a front first transporting means (bulbing transporting means) B1 and a front second transporting means (stem transporting means) B2.
And the rear transport means D includes a rear first transport means D1 and a rear second transport means D1.
And a transporting means D2, and the front first transporting means B1 and the rear first transporting means D1 are formed by a series of conveyors 6 (or may be separate conveyors before and after), and serve as a ball transporting means. The front second transport means B2 is a stem transport means, and the rear second transport means D2 is a root transport means.

The conveyor 6 has four shafts 7 supported on the front, rear, upper and lower sides of the machine frame 2, a pair of left and right sprockets 8 provided on each shaft 7, and a chain 9 wound around each pair of left and right sprockets 8. And the upper portion of the chain 9 between the upper sprockets 8 is inclined upward in the transport direction from the transport start end side to the transport intermediate portion where the front cutter C is disposed, and from the transport intermediate portion to the transport terminal side. Is almost horizontal,
It is supported by the front and rear guide rail bodies 10 and 11, and lateral shift is prevented.

The left and right chains 9 of the conveyor 6 are formed into L-shapes, or L-shaped members are fixed to form a bracket portion 12 with every other outer link. Support member 1 for supporting the bulb portion A1
3 is installed. As shown in FIGS. 6 to 8, the support member 13 is formed of an elastic body such as rubber in a mountain shape in a front view, and a fitting groove 14 for fitting the bracket portion 12 is formed inward from a side surface of the support member 13. The pair of left and right heads can receive the ball head portion A1, and the corner portion of the conveyor 6 can bend.

The support member 13 has a chevron shape, and when three or more chains 9 are arranged in parallel to provide a plurality of vegetable A conveying paths, the supporting member 13 is attached to the middle chain 9 and the vegetables A on the right and left sides thereof are attached. This is to support the. The support member 13 may have a half-mountain shape when the vegetable A is supported only on one side thereof. The conveyor 6 receives the heading portion A1 of the vegetable A, and the upper (front) side of the conveyor 6 constitutes the front first conveying means B1 of the front conveying means B, and the lower (rear) side thereof is the rear conveying means D. The rear first transport unit D1 is configured, the front second transport unit B2 is disposed below the front first transport unit B1, and the rear second transport unit D2 is disposed below the rear first transport unit D1. The front second transport means B2 and the rear second transport means D2 are respectively composed of a pair of left and right screw shafts 17 and 18, and the left and right screw shafts 17 (18) rotate so that the opposite sides move from top to bottom. To do.

The pair of left and right screw shafts 17 of the second front transport means B2 clamps the stalk A2 of the vegetable A received by the first front transport means B1 and moves downward by its rotation.
By moving the screw groove, the stalk portion A2 is pushed at substantially the same transport speed as the front first transport means B1, and a pushing force and a downward pulling force act on the stalk portion A2. A front cutter C is disposed on the lower side between the first front transporting means B1 and the second front transporting means B2. In this front cutter C, a pair of left and right cutter blades 19 are attached to the upper part of the vertical axis 20, the left and right cutter blades 19 are overlapped in the middle, and the stem portion A2 of the vegetables A conveyed by the front conveying means B is connected to the head portion A1
Is cut and the stem A2 is pulled downward.

That is, the head conveying means B1 and the stem conveying means B2 are arranged close to each other on the conveying start end side, and the stem A2.
Are squeezed easily at the conveyance start end side, and are spread apart according to the lower side in the conveyance direction toward the stalk cutter C, and the stalk A2 is stretched to ensure cutting by the cutter C. The pair of left and right screw shafts 18 of the second rear transport device D2
Like the screw shaft 17, grips the root portion A3 of the vegetable A received by the rear first transporting means D1 and moves downward by the rotation, and the screw groove moves to move the root portion A3 to the rear first transporting portion. It pushes and moves at substantially the same transport speed as the means D1, and the pushing force and the downward pulling force act on the root portion A3.

The pair of left and right screw shafts 17 of the front second conveying means B2 and the pair of left and right screw shafts 18 of the rear second conveying means D2 may have the same diameter and the same pitch as shown in FIG. By making the screw shaft 17 large in diameter and making the screw shaft 18 small in diameter as shown in FIG. It is supposed to do.

A rear cutter E is disposed on the lower side between the rear first conveying means D1 and the rear second conveying means D2. After this, the cutter E has a pair of left and right cutter blades 21 and a vertical axis 2
2 with the left and right cutter blades 21 overlapping in the middle, with the root portion A3 of the vegetable A being conveyed by the rear conveying means D in a state of receiving the bulb portion A1 and pulling the root portion A3 downward. Disconnect. The rear second transport means D2 and the rear cutter E are the front first transport means B1 and the front cutter C.
It is located at an upper position closer to the conveyor 6, and the root portion A3 can be cut short.

The front and rear guide rail bodies 10 and 11 are attached to the machine frame 2 via bolts or the like, and are formed stepwise by forming a plurality of bolt holes or stepless by forming them as elongated holes. The height is adjustable.
By adjusting the height of the front guide rail body 10, the height of the front first conveying means B1 is changed, and the position of the front cutter C with respect to the vegetables A, that is, the stem portion A remaining after cutting at the bulb portion A1.
2 length can be adjusted, and the remaining stem A2 length is, for example, 1 to 2 cm when blue-cut and shipped, and 3 to 4 cm when stored.
Set to.

By adjusting the rear guide rail body 11, the height of the rear first conveying means D1 is changed, and the position of the rear cutter E with respect to the vegetables A, that is, the length of the root portion A3 remaining after cutting at the bulb portion A1. Can be adjusted. However, it is preferable that the cutting of the root portion A3 is as short as possible. Therefore, the distance between the rear first transporting means D1 and the rear cutter E is made small, and the rear guide rail body 11 is provided.
The position may be fixed.

Power is transmitted from one motor 26 to the drive system of the front conveying means B and the rear conveying means D, and the power transmitted from the motor 26 to the speed reducer 27 is divided into two output shafts 28, From 29, a conveyor transmission mechanism 30 and a screw shaft and cutter transmission mechanism 31 are separated. The conveyor transmission mechanism 30 is a chain transmission mechanism that transmits to the shaft 7 via the intermediate transmission body 32.

The screw shaft and cutter transmission mechanism 31 transmits to the transmission shaft 34 via the chain transmission means having the intermediate transmission body 33, drives the common shaft 35 from the transmission shaft 34 via the bevel gear 36, and the common shaft 35 From transmission means 4
It is transmitted to the left and right screw shafts 17 and the left and right screw shafts 18 via 5, 46. Further, the screw shaft and cutter transmission mechanism 31 transmits power from the common shaft 35 to a pair of front and rear vertical shafts 20 and 22 via a bevel gear 37 of the front cutter C and a bevel gear 38 of the rear cutter E, so that the left and right longitudinal shafts are longitudinally connected. The left and right cutter blades 10 and 21 of the front cutter C and the rear cutter E are rotated in opposite directions via transmission gears 39 and 40 provided on the shafts 20 and 22, respectively.

The reversing means F is a rotary brush to which power is transmitted from the motor 26 or another motor, and is disposed above the rear first conveying means D1 of the conveyor 6 on the upper side thereof, and the rear first conveying means D1. Rotate in the opposite direction and make a sliding contact with vegetable A,
After cutting the stem A2, the head part A1 of the head part A1 of the vegetable A is cut.
Is rotated a half turn so that is at the top. The reversing means F may be a fixed brush, and the stalk A2 of the vegetable A is cut into a shape close to a sphere so that the vegetable A can easily roll.

The stem organizing means G is an air jet 42 and / or
Or, it has the organizing brush 43. The air ejector 42 injects compressed air from above to the vegetables A on the front first conveying means B1 to change the posture of the laterally oriented stem portion A2 so as to face downward. As shown in FIG. 6, the rearranging brush 43 has a brush formed in a substantially vertical symmetrical shape with respect to the support member 13, and projects downward so as to contact the chevron top portion of the support member 13. The stalk A2, which is placed on the upper part, is lowered from the stalk A2, and the stalk A2 is sandwiched between the screw shafts 17.

The stem organizing means G may be either the air jet 42 or the organizing brush 43.
May be arranged on the upper side of the air ejector 42, or the same one as the stem organizing means G may be arranged on the lower side of the reversing means F to serve as the root organizing means. Next, the harvested vegetable processing method in the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 will be described in detail.

The vegetables A immediately after harvesting or after storage are fed by the lifting conveyor 3 onto the front first transport means (bulb transport means) B1, and the pair of left and right support members 13 of the conveyor 6 receives the bulb portion A1. , Carry this. Front first transport means B1
While being conveyed, the vegetable A supported by the stem A2 is oriented downward by the stem organizing means G so that it is directed downward.
Left and right screw shafts 17 of the transport means (stem transport means) B2
The sheet is sandwiched while being pulled downward by and is conveyed in synchronization with the front first conveying means B1.

Vegetables A are stalks A at both front conveying means B1 and B2.
2 is conveyed downward in a substantially drooping state, held by the front first conveying means B1 and the second front conveying means B2, and the stalk A2 is stretched while the stalk A2 is cut forward by the front cutter (stem cutter) C. Is cut by. The vegetable A obtained by cutting the stem A2 forms a series of conveyors 6 with the front first transporting means B1 and the rear first transporting means B1.
The rotating brush of the reversing means F above the conveying means (bulb conveying means) D1 is brought into sliding contact with the condensing portion A1, and the root portion A3 is turned upside down.

When the vegetables A are turned upside down, the roots A3 face downward, and the roots A3 are rear second conveying means (root conveying means).
It is pinched while being pulled downward by the left and right screw shafts 18 of D2, and is conveyed in synchronization with the rear first conveying means D1, while being held by the rear first conveying means D1 and the rear second conveying means D2. Root A3 is the rear cutter (root cutter) E
Is cut by.

FIG. 9 shows a modification of the front conveying means B (the same applies to the rear conveying means D). The front first transport means B1 is configured to fix an L-shaped support member 47 to the bracket portion 12 of the chain 9 to receive the head portion A1 of the vegetables A, and the front second transport means B2 is left and right. It is composed of a pair of belt conveyors 48, and the stem portion A2 is sandwiched by the left and right belts 49. The belt conveyor 48 is slightly inclined downward from the upper side to the lower side, and the stalk portion A is clamped.
It is designed to pull down 2.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified. For example, although the front cutter C and the rear cutter E use two cutter blades, one cutter may be used, or the reversing means F may be omitted and the vegetables A may be reversed manually. In addition, the harvested vegetable processing device 1 has a stalk cutting mechanism 4 and a root cutting mechanism 5 independently configured, and these are arranged in parallel in the opposite direction, and the vegetables A are rolled from the stalk cutting device 4 to the root cutting device 5. Alternatively, it may be configured to be conveyed or arranged in parallel in the same direction so that one of the stem A2 and the root A3 is cut and then the other is cut.

Further, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 can be a stationary type or a portable type, and can be mounted on a harvesting machine such as an onion harvesting machine so as to perform processing at the same time as harvesting. The conveying means B2, the rear second conveying means D2, the front cutter C and the rear cutter E are arranged, and the air blower 42 is provided on the lower side.
Is arranged, the stem A2 or the root A3 is projected upward from the head portion A1 placed on the conveyor 6, and the stem A2 or the root A3 is hung by the second transfer means B2, D2.
The stem A2 or the root A3 may be cut.

[0030]

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the head portion conveying means and the stem portion conveying means are arranged close to each other on the conveying start end side, so that the stem portion is surely clamped by the stem portion conveying means. it can. Further, since the bulb conveying means and the stalk conveying means are gradually spread apart from each other toward the cutter, the stalk can be cut with the cutter in a stretched state, thus ensuring a sharp cut.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional side view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of the same portion.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing another example of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a sectional side view of the main part.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional plan view of the main part.

FIG. 6 is a sectional front view of the main part.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged sectional front view of the conveyor.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view of a support member.

FIG. 9 is a sectional front view showing a modified example of the conveying means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Harvested vegetable processing device A Vegetable A1 Heading portion A2 Stem portion A3 Root portion B Front transporting means B1 Front first transporting means (bulb transporting means) B2 Front second transporting means (stem transporting means) C Stem cutter

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A heading transporting means (B1) for transporting a harvested vegetable (A) while receiving a heading portion (A1), and a stem of the vegetable (A) received by the heading transporting means (B1). Department (A
And a stem portion conveying means (B2) for conveying while sandwiching 2),
A stem cutter (C) for cutting the stem portion (A2) between the head conveying means (B1) and the stem conveying means (B2);
And a head portion conveying means (B1) and a stem portion conveying means (B1).
2) is a harvested vegetable processing apparatus, which is arranged in proximity to the start side of the transfer and gradually spread apart in the transfer direction toward the stem cutter (C).