JP3606331B2 - Harvested vegetable processing method and apparatus - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a harvested vegetable processing method and apparatus for cutting stems, roots and the like after harvesting headed vegetables such as onions.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Headed vegetables such as onions, turnips, round radishes, raccoons, etc. are cut immediately after harvesting or at the time of shipment after being stored once. It was necessary to carry out processing and preparation for cooking, and the cutting operation was an artificial operation of holding vegetables one by one with hands and cutting them with a kettle, a kitchen knife, a scissors or the like.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Since the conventional processing work is artificially performed, the cutting positions are not uniform, mass processing is difficult, work efficiency is poor, fatigue is large, personnel costs are high, and the cost is high.
The present invention automates and homogenizes vegetable processing by holding the head portion of vegetables with the transport means and transporting while holding the stem portion or root portion, and cutting the stem portion or root portion with a cutter. It is an object of the present invention to provide a harvested vegetable processing method and an apparatus thereof that can be processed at low cost.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
Specific means for solving the problems in the method of the present invention is a stem or roots from between the left and right sides stems roots were charge to and responsible from the left and right sides of the head-forming portion in the vertical direction of the vegetables first conveying means In the state where it is suspended, it is conveyed by the conveying force of the first conveying means, and the second conveying means is used to sandwich the stem or root portion in the substantially suspended state and with the pushing force in the conveying direction of the second conveying means and the downward pulling force. stem or roots and transported while pulling downward the is to cut the stem or root portion of the substantially suspended state in the cutter.
[0005]
The first concrete means for solving the problems in the present invention apparatus, allowed hanging stems or roots from between the left and right sides stems roots were charge to and responsible from the left and right sides of the head-forming portion in the vertical direction of vegetables The first conveying means that conveys with the conveying force in a state of being held, and the stalk or root part of the vegetable that is held by the first conveying means is sandwiched and conveyed to the stem part or root part by rotation from top to bottom A second conveying means that conveys the urging force and a downward pulling force, and a cutter that cuts the substantially suspended stem or root between the first conveying means and the second conveying means; It is to have.
[0006]
The second specific means for solving the problems in the present invention apparatus, the left and right stems roots were charge to and responsible from both left and right sides in the left and right supporting member provided with heading of the vertical vegetables pair of chains a first transport means for transporting the transport force from between the two sides in a state that allowed hanging stems or roots, pinching vital and stem stems or roots of the substantially suspended state of charge vegetables by the first conveying means Between the first and second transport means, the second transport means for transporting a part or root part while applying a pushing force in the transport direction and a downward pulling force by rotating from top to bottom. And a cutter that cuts the stem or root in the suspended state.
[0007]
[Action]
The first transport means holds the head portion of the vegetable whose roots are up and down from both the left and right sides, and transports with the transport force of the first transport means in a state where the stem part or the root part is suspended from both left and right sides. The second conveying means holds the stem or root part in a substantially suspended state, and conveys the stem or root part while pulling downward with the pushing force and the downward pulling force of the second conveying means. The stem or root in the substantially suspended state is cut.
The vegetable A is placed on the front first conveying means B1, and the head A1 is held, and the direction of the stem A2 is arranged by the stem arranging means G while conveying this, and the stem A2 is moved forward. 2 It is made to nipped by the conveyance means B2 and pulled downward, and the vegetable A is conveyed in the substantially suspended state by both front conveyance means B1 and B2. While holding the vegetable A by the first front conveying means B1 and the second front conveying means B2, the stem A2 is cut by the front cutter C between them.
[0008]
The vegetable A cut from the stem A2 is further conveyed by the first conveying means D1 after forming a series of conveyors with the first first conveying means B1, and is inverted upside down by the reversing means F to bring the root A3 downward, and this root A3 is conveyed while being held by the second second conveying means D2. The root A3 is cut by the rear cutter E while being transported by the both rear transport means D1 and D2.
[0009]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1-7, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 is roughly divided into a front transport unit B, a front cutter C, a rear transport unit D, a rear cutter E, and a stem arrangement unit G above the front transport unit B. It has reversing means F above the rear conveying means D, a machine frame 2 that supports these in parallel or in pairs, and a lifting conveyor 3 that lifts the vegetables A onto the front conveying means B.
[0010]
The lifting conveyor 3 is a bucket conveyor or the like, and lifts the vegetable A up to above the front conveying means B and supplies it to the front conveying means B. However, the vegetable A may be artificially supplied to the pre-transport means B.
The front conveying means B and the front cutter C constitute a stem cutting mechanism 4 that cuts the stem A2 of the vegetable A, and the rear conveying means D and the rear cutter E are roots that cut the root A3 of the vegetable A. A cutting mechanism 5 is configured.
The front transport unit B includes a front first transport unit B1 and a front second transport unit B2, and the rear transport unit D includes a rear first transport unit D1 and a rear second transport unit D2. The conveying means B1 and the rear first conveying means D1 are formed by a series of conveyors 6 (or may be separated into front and rear conveyors) and serve as ball conveying means, and the front second conveying means B2 is a stem conveying means. The rear second conveying means D2 is a root conveying means.
[0011]
The conveyor 6 has four shafts 7 supported by the machine casing 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. The upper part of the chain 9 between the sprockets 8 is substantially horizontal, is supported by the front and rear guide rail bodies 10 and 11, and is prevented from lateral displacement.
The left and right chains 9 of the conveyor 6 are formed in an L shape every other outer link, or an L-shaped member is fixed to form a bracket portion 12, and the bracket portion 12 has a head portion A 1. A support member 13 for supporting the above is mounted.
[0012]
As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the support member 13 is formed of an elastic body such as rubber so as to have a mountain shape when viewed from the front, and a fitting groove 14 for fitting the bracket portion 12 is formed inside from the side surface. The head portion A1 can be received by a pair of left and right, and can be bent at a corner portion of the conveyor 6.
The support member 13 has a chevron shape when three or more chains 9 are arranged in parallel to make a plurality of vegetable A transport paths, and can be attached to the middle chain 9 to support the left and right vegetables A. It is for doing so. When the support member 13 supports the vegetable A on only one side, the support member 13 may have a half-mountain shape.
[0013]
The conveyor 6 receives the head A1 of the vegetable A. The upper (front) side in the conveying direction constitutes the front first conveying means B1 of the front conveying means B, and the lower (rear) side is the rear conveying means D. The rear first transport means D1 is configured, the front second transport means B2 is disposed below the front first transport means B1, and the rear second transport means D2 is disposed below the rear first transport means D1. The front second conveying means B2 and the rear second conveying means D2 are each 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 opposing side moves from top to bottom. To do.
[0014]
The pair of left and right screw shafts 17 of the front second transport means B2 sandwich the stem A2 of the vegetable A held by the front first transport means B1 and move downward due to the rotation thereof. The stem portion A2 is pushed and moved 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 stem portion A2.
A front cutter C is disposed on the lower side between the front first transport unit B1 and the front second transport unit B2. This front cutter C has a pair of left and right cutter blades 19 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 A 2 of the vegetable A conveyed by the front conveying means B is used as a head portion. Cut while holding A1 and pulling stem A2 downward.
[0015]
Similarly to the screw shaft 17, the pair of left and right screw shafts 18 of the rear second transport means D2 sandwich the root A3 of the vegetable A held by the rear first transport means D1 and move downward by the rotation. The root groove A3 is pushed by the movement of the screw groove at substantially the same conveying speed as that of the rear first conveying means D1, and the pushing force and the downward pulling force act on the root A3.
A rear cutter E is disposed on the lower side between the first rear conveying means D1 and the second rear conveying means D2. After this, the cutter E attaches a pair of left and right cutter blades 21 to the upper part of the vertical axis 22, overlaps the left and right cutter blades 21 in the middle, and the root portion A3 of the vegetable A conveyed by the rear conveying means D becomes the head portion A1. Is cut and the root A3 is pulled downward. The rear second transport means D2 and the rear cutter E are located at an upper position closer to the conveyor 6 than the front first transport means B1 and the front cutter C, and can cut the root A3 short.
[0016]
The front and rear guide rail bodies 10 and 11 are respectively attached to the machine frame 2 via bolts and the like, and the height can be adjusted stepwise or steplessly by forming a plurality of bolt holes or long holes. ing.
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 vegetable A, that is, the length of the stem A2 remaining after cutting in the head portion A1. The remaining stem portion A2 length is set to 1 to 2 cm at the time of shipping in a blue cut and 3 to 4 cm at the time of shipping for storage, for example.
[0017]
By adjusting the rear guide rail body 11, the height of the rear first transport means D1 is changed, and the position of the rear cutter E with respect to the vegetable A, that is, the length of the root A3 remaining after cutting in the head portion A1 can be adjusted. . However, since it is preferable that the root A3 is cut as short as possible, the distance between the first rear conveying means D1 and the rear cutter E may be reduced and the rear guide rail body 11 may be fixed in position.
The driving system of the front conveying means B and the rear conveying means D is transmitted with power from one motor 26, and the power transmitted from the motor 26 to the speed reducer 27 is conveyed from the two output shafts 28 and 29 to the conveyor. The transmission mechanism 30 is divided into a screw shaft and cutter transmission mechanism 31.
[0018]
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 is transmitted to the transmission shaft 34 through the chain transmission means having the intermediate transmission body 33, drives the common shaft 35 from the transmission shaft 34 through the bevel gear 36, and the transmission means from the common shaft 35. It is transmitted to the left and right screw shafts 17 and the left and right screw shafts 18 via 45 and 46.
The screw and cutter moving mechanism 31 transmits power from the common shaft 35 to the pair of left and right longitudinal axes 20 and 22 through the bevel gear 37 of the front cutter C and the bevel gear 38 of the rear cutter E, respectively. The left and right cutter blades 19 and 21 of the front cutter C and the rear cutter E are rotated in the opposite directions via transmission gears 39 and 40 provided on 20 and 22, respectively.
[0019]
The reversing means F is a rotating brush to which power is transmitted from the motor 26 or another motor, and is disposed on the upper side of the first conveying means D1 on the rear side of the conveyor 6, and in the reverse direction to the first conveying means D1 on the rear side. Rotate to slidably contact with the vegetable A, and the head A1 of the vegetable A after cutting the stem A2 is rotated halfway so that the root A3 comes up. The reversing means F may be a fixed brush, and the vegetable A has a shape close to a sphere with the stem A2 cut and is easy to roll.
The stem organizing means G has an air jet 42 and / or an organizing brush 43. The air injector 42 injects compressed air from above to the vegetables A on the first front conveying means B1, and changes the posture so that the stem A2 that faces sideways faces downward.
[0020]
As shown in FIG. 5, the organizing brush 43 is formed in a substantially symmetrical shape with respect to the support member 13 and protrudes downward so as to contact the mountain top of the support member 13. The stem A2 that is placed on the top is lowered from the stem A2 and sandwiched by the screw shaft 17.
The stem organizing means G may be either the air sprayer 42 or the organizing brush 43. The organizing brush 43 may be arranged on the upper side of the air injector 42, and the same one as the stem organizing means G is inverted. It may be arranged on the lower side of the means F to serve as a root organizing means.
[0021]
Next, the harvested vegetable processing method in the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 will be described in detail.
The lifting conveyor 3 supplies the vegetable A immediately after harvesting or after storage to the front first conveying means B1, receives the headed portion A1 by the pair of left and right support members 13 of the conveyor 6, and conveys this.
The vegetables A supported by the front first transport means B1 are pulled down by the left and right screw shafts 17 of the front second transport means B2 while the direction of the stem A2 is rearranged by the stem organizing means G while being transported. And is conveyed in synchronization with the front first conveying means B1.
[0022]
Vegetable A is transported in a substantially hanging state with the stem A2 facing downward by both front transport means B1 and B2, and the stem A2 is held forward by the front first transport means B1 and the front second transport means B2. Cut by cutter C.
The vegetable A cut from the stem A2 is transported to the first transport means D1 after forming a series of conveyors 6 with the front first transport means B1, and the rotating brush of the reversing means F above is in sliding contact with the head portion A1. Then, it is turned upside down so that the root A3 is on the top.
When the vegetable A is turned upside down, the root A3 faces downward, and the root A3 is sandwiched while being pulled downward by the left and right screw shafts 18 of the rear second transport means D2, and is transported in synchronization with the rear first transport means D1. The root A3 is cut by the rear cutter E while being held by the rear first transport means D1 and the rear second transport means D2.
[0023]
In addition , this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various deformation | transformation can be carried out. For example, although the front cutter C and the rear cutter E use two cutter blades, one cutter may be used, and the vegetable A may be inverted manually by omitting the inversion means F.
In addition, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 is configured by only one of the stem cutting mechanism 4 and the root cutting mechanism 5, or is configured to be separated and used separately. The vegetable A can be conveyed while rolling from the cutting device 4 to the root cutting device 5.
[0024]
Further, the harvested vegetable processing apparatus 1 can be stationary or portable, and can be mounted on a harvesting machine such as an onion harvesting machine so that the processing is performed simultaneously with the harvesting.
[0025]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention the method described in detail above, stems roots was allowed hanging stems or roots from between the upper and lower direction of heading portion of vegetables charge from the left and right sides and charge the right and left sides in the first conveying unit a feeding force of the first conveying unit in a state, the stem portion is substantially stem or roots of the drooping state sandwiching a and pushing force and a downward pulling force to the conveying direction of the second conveying means in the second conveying means or Since the root part is transported while pulling downward and the stem or root part in the substantially suspended state is cut with a cutter, the stem part or root part is automatically and uniformly cut only by placing the vegetables on the transport means. Therefore, it is possible to easily and efficiently perform a preparation process for a large amount of harvested vegetables at a low cost.
[0026]
According to the present invention apparatus, the first for transporting the transport force in a state where the stems roots was allowed hanging stems or roots from between the left and right sides of the heading portion was charge to and responsible from both right and left sides of the vertical vegetables Holding force and downward pulling force in the conveying direction by sandwiching the substantially hanging stalk or root of the vegetable held by the conveying means and the first conveying means and rotating from the top to the bottom of the stem or root A second conveying means that conveys while acting, and a cutter that cuts the substantially hanging stem or root between the first conveying means and the second conveying means, so that the stem or root is cut. Can be processed automatically and with a low-cost structure. [Brief description of the 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 part.
FIG. 3 is a sectional side view of the main part.
FIG. 4 is a sectional plan view of the main part.
FIG. 5 is a sectional front view of the main part.
FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional front view of the conveyor.
[7] Ru enlarged plan view der of the support member.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Harvest vegetable processing apparatus 2 Machine frame 3 Lifting conveyor 4 Stem part cutting mechanism 5 Root part cutting mechanism 6 Conveyor 13 Support member A Vegetable A1 Heading part A2 Stem part A3 Root part B Front conveyance means B1 Front 1st conveyance means B2 Front 2nd conveyance Means (stem transport means)
C Front cutter D Rear transport means D1 Rear first transport means D2 Rear second transport means (root transport means)
E Rear cutter F Inversion means G Stem arrangement means

Claims (3)

Conveyed by the conveying force of the first conveying unit in a state where the stem roots first conveying means has allowed hanging stems or roots from between the left and right sides of the heading portion was charge to and responsible from both right and left sides of the vertical vegetables The second conveying means holds the stem or root part in a substantially suspended state and conveys the stem or root part while pulling downward with the pushing force and the downward pulling force of the second conveying means , The harvested vegetable processing method characterized by cut | disconnecting the said stem part or root part of the said substantially hanging state. A first transport means for transporting the transport force in a state where the stems roots was allowed hanging stems or roots from between the left and right sides were then and charge responsible for heading portion from the right and left sides of vertical vegetables, first conveying Nipping the substantially suspended stem or root of the vegetable held by the means, and conveying the pushing force and the downward pulling force in the conveying direction by rotating from the top to the bottom of the stem or root . 2. A harvested vegetable processing apparatus comprising: 2 conveying means; and a cutter for cutting the substantially hanging stem portion or root portion between the first conveying means and the second conveying means. In conveying force in a state where the stems roots was allowed hanging stems or roots from between the left and right sides was and was responsible charge from the left and right sides in the left and right supporting member provided with heading of the vertical vegetables pair of chains a first transport means for transporting, pressing force in the transport direction by rotation from top to bottom in the stem or pinching vital and stem or roots of the root of a substantially suspended state of charge vegetables by the first conveying means And a second conveying means for conveying while applying a downward pulling force, and a cutter for cutting the substantially hanging stem portion or root portion between the first conveying means and the second conveying means. Harvest vegetable processing equipment.

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