JP6997439B2 - Root excision device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a root excision device for excising a root portion of garlic or the like.

It is hoped that garlic will be shipped to the market after its hair roots have been cleanly removed from the roots. Conventionally, as a device for excising the root of a bulbous vegetable such as garlic, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-250664 (Patent Document 1) "Hair root cutting device for garlic etc." ), "A device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" is disclosed.

The "hair root cutting device for garlic or the like" disclosed in Patent Document 1 forms a transport portion in which a bucket on which garlic or the like is placed is attached to a transport body and moves. A hair root cutting cutter is arranged to form a hair root cutting device. A gripping device for crimping and supporting hair roots such as garlic is arranged close to one side of a carrier in the previous stage of the cutting cutter, such as garlic. Hair root cutting device. "
The "device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" disclosed in Patent Document 2 is characterized in that "a plurality of through holes having different diameters are provided on the upper surface, and a removal blade is provided inside each of the through holes." A device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions. "

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-250664 Jitsukaisho 63-288394

Garlic shipped to the retail market is required to have its roots removed. Further, there is a demand for a device that can be easily handled by a worker who removes the root of garlic, is efficient in removing the root, and can perform the removal work without deteriorating the efficiency of removing the root.
Therefore, in the "hair root cutting device for garlic or the like" shown in Patent Document 1, the hair root cutting cutter abuts on the side portion of the bucket and the transporting portion where the bucket on which the garlic or the like is placed is attached to the transport body and moved. A device for cutting hair roots such as garlic is shown. In the "hair root cutting device for garlic and the like" shown in Patent Document 1, it is mainly used at the time of harvesting garlic, and is used for rough cutting of garlic stems and roots. With this device, the roots that grow from the recessed position from the bulbs of garlic cannot be completely removed with a cutting cutter, and the roots are completely removed by hand at the time of shipment before being shipped to the market. Ru.
The "device for removing unnecessary upper and lower parts such as onions" shown in Patent Document 2 selects a plurality of holes having different sizes, presses the onions against the holes, and has a drill-like shape in the lower center of the holes. The root is removed by pressing the root of the onion downward against the removal blade. However, as the number of times of removing unnecessary parts increases, the cut roots adhere between the drill-shaped removing blades and gradually accumulate. The roots adhering and accumulating between the removal blades greatly reduce the ability to remove the roots and deteriorate the work efficiency of root removal.

From this, it is an object of the present invention to provide a garlic root excision device that can be easily handled by an operator, has efficient root excision of garlic and the like, and can maintain the efficiency of root excision. The purpose.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a root excision device for excising a root portion of garlic , which has a mounting surface for placing garlic on the mounting surface. A mounting table that can reciprocate in the direction orthogonal to the above, a shaft that is provided on the opposite side of the previously described mounting surface and is arranged in parallel with the previously described mounting surface, and a shaft that is fixed to the shaft and drives the shaft to rotate. A driving means for the purpose, a cutting blade provided fixed to the shaft and rotating with the shaft to cut off the root of garlic, and a rotating outer circumference of the cutting blade located outside the rotating outer circumference of the shaft. It is possible to reach the vicinity of the mounting surface of the previously described stand that reciprocates, and it is provided with a blade portion that is curved in the outward direction of the outer circumference of rotation and is directed to the rotation direction side. ,
The blade portion is a root cutting device characterized in that a space without a structure is secured inside and below the blade portion except for the shaft .

Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the above-mentioned pedestal further includes an elastic body and is urged in a direction away from the shaft to return to the original position. The described root excision device.

Further, in order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 3 is the root according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the cutting blade further has a blade portion on the side opposite to the rotation direction. It is a cutting device.

According to the present invention, the operator can easily and efficiently remove the root of garlic by placing the garlic on the mounting table and pressing the mounting table. Further, since the removed root portion does not accumulate on the cutting blade, it is possible to provide a garlic root cutting device that maintains the root cutting efficiency of the blade portion.

It is a front view of the root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a top view of the root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a side view of the root excision apparatus of the Example of this invention. It is a front view of the main part which is cross-sectioned by AA shown in FIG. It is a side view of the main part which is cross-sectioned by BB shown in FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5. The root excision device 1 of the present embodiment will be described with the upper side shown in FIG. 1 as the upper side, the lower side as the lower side, the left side as the left side, and the right side as the right side, and the lower side shown in FIG. 2 as the front side and the lower side as the rear side. ..

The root excision device 1 for removing the root portion of N such as garlic includes a base 20, a mounting table 30 which is arranged on the base 20 and can reciprocate in a direction orthogonal to the flat surface portion of the base, and the mounting table. A shaft 44 provided on the lower side of the mounting surface 31 on which the garlic or the like 30 N is placed and arranged in parallel with the above-mentioned mounting surface, a cutting blade 50 provided at the center of the shaft 44, and the above-mentioned A drive means 40 for driving the shaft 44 is provided.

The base 20 which is the base of the root excision device 1 is a rectangular plate, and the flat surface portion is arranged so as to face in the vertical direction. A large circular hole 21 is formed in the substantially central portion of the base 20. The side plate 22 is vertically hung upward from the end of the flat surface portion of the base 20.

The side plate 22 has a shape in which the plate is bent into a U-shape in a plan view shown in FIG. 3, and the upper side and the front side are open. That is, the three directions of the right side surface, the rear side surface, and the left side surface of the upper portion of the base 20 are surrounded by the side plate 22.
A plurality of support rods 23 for holding the mounting table 30, which will be described later, are arranged on the upper surface of the base 20 inside the bent plate of the side plate 22.

The support rod 23 has a columnar shape, and one end thereof is vertically installed and fixed to the upper surface of the base 20. In this embodiment, the number of support rods 23 is three. The support rods 23 are the outer peripheral portions of the holes 21 provided in the substantially central portion of the upper surface of the base 20, and are provided at equal angular intervals around the holes 21. A female screw 24 is provided on the other end side above the support rod 23. Above the support rod 23, the previously described stand 30 for placing N such as garlic is located.

The above-mentioned pedestal 30 is formed of a substantially circular plate, and the upper surface of the above-mentioned pedestal 30 is a mounting surface 31 on which N such as garlic is placed. A substantially rectangular hole 32 is formed in the central portion of the above-mentioned pedestal 30, and the long side side of the substantially rectangular hole 32 is directed in the front-rear direction of the root excision device 1.
The garlic or the like N placed on the above-mentioned mounting surface 31 with the root portion facing downward is supported by the mounting surface 31 on the outer peripheral portion of the substantially rectangular hole 32. The root portion of N such as garlic protrudes downward from the above-mentioned table 30 from the substantially rectangular hole.

The substantially rectangular hole 32 provided in the central portion of the above-mentioned placement surface 31 is provided with a tubular portion 33 so as to cover the outer peripheral side surface of N such as garlic placed on the above-mentioned placement surface 31. The tubular portion 33 has a cylindrical shape and is set lower than the total height of N such as garlic.
A holding member 34 for holding and stabilizing N such as garlic is provided on the inner diameter side of the cylinder portion 33. In this embodiment, the holding member 34 is sponge-shaped. The holding member 34 has a cylindrical shape having a height substantially equal to that of the tubular portion 33, and the inner diameter in the direction orthogonal to the mounting surface 31 is set to be smaller than the outer diameter of the garlic. The inner diameter of the holding member 34 having a diameter smaller than that of the garlic or the like N has the effect of gently wrapping the outer peripheral surface of the distorted garlic or the like N, and the garlic or the like N moves laterally or is horizontal parallel to the above-mentioned mounting surface 31. Prevents it from rotating in the direction.

A plurality of holes 35 are formed at equal intervals around the previously described pedestal 30 in the vicinity of the outer periphery of the previously described pedestal 30. The hole 35 is circular, and the diameter of the hole 35 is set to be smaller than the outer diameter of the support rod 23. In this embodiment, there are three holes 35 provided in the above-mentioned stand 30. Bolts 36 are inserted into the plurality of holes 35 provided from above the above-mentioned pedestal 30.

A male screw 37 is provided at the tip of the bolt 36, and the male screw 37 is screwed into the female screw 24 provided on the support rod 23. In this embodiment, the bolt 36 uses a hexagon socket head cap screw. The above-mentioned pedestal 30 is regulated by the bolt 36 screwed into the support rod 23 so as not to move and rotate in the horizontal direction.
Further, since the upper side of the male screw 37 on the tip end side of the bolt 36 is a columnar shape without a screw and is set to have a diameter slightly smaller than the diameter of the hole 35, the head 38 on the upper side of the bolt 36 and the support thereof. Reciprocating movement with the rod 23 is possible. That is, the above-mentioned pedestal 30 reciprocates between the lower end side of the bolt 36 head 38 and the upper end side of the support rod 23 in the axial direction of the bolt 36 parallel to the direction orthogonal to the above-mentioned arranging surface 31. Is possible.

An elastic member 39 is arranged on the outer periphery of the bolt 36 between the above-mentioned pedestal 30 and the support rod 23. In this embodiment, the elastic member 39 uses a compression spring. The elastic member 39 is arranged so as to urge the previously described pedestal 30 upward, and always urges the previously described pedestal 30 capable of reciprocating in the vertical direction. When the above-mentioned pedestal 30 is pressed downward, it moves downward, and when the downward pressing is released, it returns upward due to the urging of the elastic member 39.

A cutting blade 50, which will be described later, is provided in the lower portion of the above-mentioned pedestal 30 for cutting the root portion protruding from the lower surface portion of the above-mentioned pedestal 30, and the cutting blade 50 is rotationally driven by the driving means 40.

On the left side surface of the side plate 22 shown in FIG. 1, the driving means 40 is attached to a substantially central portion on the outside. In the case of this embodiment, the drive means 40 is a motor. The drive means 40 is provided with an output shaft 41, and the output shaft 41 is mounted inwardly perpendicular to the surface of the side plate 22 which is the mounting surface of the drive means 40.

A bearing holder 42 is attached to a substantially central portion of the inner surface on the right side shown in FIG. 1 of the side plate 22. The bearing holder 42 is bulged as if the substantially central portion of a substantially rhombic plate is pushed by a cylinder, and the bulging side is directed to the inside of the side plate 22. The bulging center of the bearing holder 42 is perforated with a hole through which the shaft 44 passes. The flat surface portion of the outer peripheral portion of the bearing holder 42 is fixed to the side plate 22.
The bearing 43 is inserted and held in the inner recessed portion of the bearing holder 42 that bulges into a columnar shape. The bearing 43 is provided coaxially and parallel to the output shaft 41 of the drive means 40, and the shaft 44 is arranged coaxially with the output shaft 41 and the bearing 43.

The shaft 44 has a round bar shape, and one end side is fixed to the output shaft 41 of the drive means 40 with the rotation axis coaxial. The other end side of the shaft 44 is inserted into the inner diameter of the bearing 43, and the shaft 44 is rotatably supported. That is, the shaft 44 is located on the side opposite to the previously described mounting surface 31, and is provided in parallel with the previously described mounting surface 31.
The shaft 44 fixed to the output shaft 41 can be rotationally driven by using the drive means 40 as a drive source. In this embodiment, the rotation direction of the shaft 44 is the clockwise rotation direction shown in FIG.
A flat surface portion 45 is formed on the outer diameter portion of the substantially intermediate portion of the shaft 44 as if it was cut into a D shape shown in FIG. The cutting blade 50 for cutting the root portion of N such as garlic is attached to the flat surface portion 45.

The cutting blade 50 is formed so that a substantially rectangular plate member is curved in a semi-cylindrical shape at a substantially central portion in the longitudinal direction. In this embodiment, the cutting blade 50 is curved like a substantially Ω shape. The flat surface portion of the end portion of the cutting blade 50 on the longitudinal direction side is attached to and fixed to the flat surface portion 45 provided at the central portion of the shaft 44 with bolts 51. By being fixed to the shaft 44, the cutting blade 50 can be rotationally driven by using the driving means 40 as a driving source.
The apex side of the curved convex portion of the cutting blade 50 is directed to the outside in the radial direction of the shaft 44, and the curved ridge line direction is directed to the circumferential direction of the shaft 44. Further, the curved portion of the cutting blade 50 is located below the substantially rectangular hole 32 provided in the above-mentioned pedestal 30.

A blade portion 52 is formed at both ends of the cutting blade 50 formed by bending on both sides in the rotation direction. By rotating the shaft 44, the blade portion 52 forms a space that can be cut around the shaft 44. That is, the radius of gyration of the blade portion 52 is set to be larger than the radius of the shaft 44.

When the above-mentioned pedestal 30 vertically moves to the lower portion and reaches the lower end, the upper portion of the rotation outer circumference of the rotating blade portion 52 passes so as to cross the longitudinal direction of the substantially rectangular hole 32. Further, the lower dead center side of the pre-described table 30 that reciprocates is restricted so that the upper portion of the rotation outer circumference of the blade portion 52 is located in the vicinity of the pre-described table 31. In this embodiment, the upper portion of the rotation outer periphery of the blade portion 52 is set so as to reach slightly above the above-mentioned mounting surface 31.

When the upper portion of the rotating outer circumference of the rotating blade portion 52 reaches the vicinity of the above-mentioned mounting surface 31, the root portion that grows from the position recessed inward from the surrounding scale portion, such as the root portion of N such as garlic, is removed. Useful for.

The root portion of N such as garlic can be cut off by abutting the root portion of N such as garlic placed on the above-mentioned mounting portion on the rotated blade portion 52 and facing from the substantially rectangular hole 32. .. Further, since a space without a structure is secured inside and below the curved blade portion 52 except for the shaft 44, the root portion of the excised garlic or the like N may fall downward as it is. can.

Further, since the cutting blade 50 rotates in the direction in which the blade is provided, there is an effect that the root portion of the cut garlic or the like N is shaken off even if it tries to adhere to the blade portion 52. That is, since the root portion of N such as cut garlic does not adhere to the cutting blade 50 and does not accumulate, the maintenance frequency of the blade portion 52 can be reduced.

When the blade portion 52 is worn due to long-term use, the bolt 51 can be loosened from the shaft 44 to remove the cutting blade 50, and the direction of the blade portion 52 can be switched back and forth with respect to the rotation direction. .. By exchanging the front and rear blade portions 52, the undamaged blade portion 52 can be used, so that the cutting blade 50 can be continuously used, which is economical.

A guard 53 is arranged so as to surround the above-mentioned stand 30 in order to protect the operator from the scattering of the rotating cutting blade 50 and the root of the cut garlic or the like N. The guard 53 is vertically hung from the base and is formed in a U-shape in a plan view shown in FIG.
The height of the guard 53 in the vertical direction is substantially the same as the height of the above-mentioned pedestal 30 urged by the elastic member 39 and located on the upper side. A hole is formed in the side surface of the guard 53 so that the shaft 44 can pass through.

The root portion of N such as garlic cut off by the rotated blade portion 52 falls downward from the hole 21 provided in the substantially central portion of the base 20, passes through the discharge portion 60, and is discharged to the outside.
The discharge portion 60 is attached to the lower surface of the base 20. The discharge portion 60 has a box shape extending below the lower surface of the base 20, and the upper surface portion connected to the base 20 is released so that the root portion of N such as garlic can fall, and the lower surface portion is formed. An inclined surface is attached to the horizontal plane. The lower side of the inclined surface is directed to the rear, and the rear side of the inclined surface is open. The excised root of N such as garlic slides down the inclined surface and is discharged backward from the lower end of the inclined surface.

A switch 70 is provided on the outer left side of the side plate, in front of the drive means 40. When the lever 70 is tilted to the "ON" side, the switch 70 supplies power to the drive means 40, and the drive means 40 can be driven. On the contrary, when the lever 70 is tilted to the "OFF" side, the power supply to the drive means 40 is cut off, and the drive means 40 can be stopped.

A method of using the root excision device 1 of this embodiment will be described.
The lever 70 of the switch 70 is turned "ON" to drive the driving means 40 and rotate the cutting blade 50. The garlic or the like N is placed in the inner diameter of the holding member 34 of the above-mentioned pedestal 30 with the root facing downward, and is placed on the mounting surface 31. At this time, the root portion protrudes downward from the substantially rectangular hole 32.

When the placement of the garlic or the like N is completed, the operator pushes the above-mentioned table 30 downward together with the garlic or the like N to move it. The root portion of N such as garlic is cut off by abutting the root portion of N such as garlic pressed downward against the blade portion 52 of the cutting blade 50 that is located and rotates below the table 30 described above. The excised roots of N such as garlic are discharged downward and posteriorly from the discharge portion 60.

When the excision of the root of N such as garlic is completed, the operator releases the pressing of the above-mentioned table 30 and N such as garlic. The previously described pedestal 30 released from being pressed moves upward together with garlic and the like by the upward urging of the elastic member 39, is restricted by the head 38 of the bolt 36, and stops at the original position. When finishing the cutting work of the root portion of N such as garlic, the operator tilts the lever 70 of the switch 70 to the "OFF" side to stop the rotation of the driving means 40 and finish the work.

As described above, in the configured root excision device 1 of the present invention, the operator simply places N such as garlic on the above-mentioned table 30 and presses it together with the above-mentioned table 30, and no adjustment or the like is required. The root of N such as garlic is excised. Further, the rotation axis of the blade portion 52 is arranged parallel to the above-mentioned mounting surface 31, and the blade portion 52 rotates, so that the root portion recessed inside N such as garlic can be cut off. Further, since the cut root portion does not adhere to the blade portion 52, it does not accumulate on the blade portion 52, and the cutting efficiency can be maintained and the frequency of maintenance can be reduced.

The present invention can be applied to excision of roots of root vegetables and bulbous vegetables in which roots are concentrated from substantially the central part.

1 Root excision device 20 Base 22 Side plate 23 Support rod 30 Mounting table 31 Mounting surface 34 Holding member 36 Bolt 39 Elastic member 40 Driving means 44 Shaft 50 Cutting blade 52 Blade 60 Discharge 70 Switch N Garlic, etc.

Claims (3)

It is a root excision device that excises the root of garlic .
A mounting table that has a mounting surface for mounting garlic and can be reciprocated in a direction orthogonal to the mounting surface.
A shaft provided on the opposite side of the previously described mounting surface and arranged parallel to the previously described mounting surface,
A driving means fixed to the shaft and driving the shaft to rotate,
A cutting blade that is fixed to the shaft and rotates with the shaft to cut off the root of garlic .
The rotary outer circumference of the cutting blade is located outside the rotary outer circumference of the shaft, can reach the vicinity of the mounting surface of the previously described pedestal that reciprocates, and has a shape curved in the outward direction of the rotary outer circumference. And the blade part that is oriented in the direction of rotation ,
Equipped with
A root cutting device characterized in that the blade portion secures a space inside and below the blade portion without a structure except for the shaft . The above-mentioned stand is further equipped with an elastic body,
The root excision device according to claim 1, wherein the root excision device is urged away from the shaft and returns to the original position. The root cutting device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cutting blade further has a blade portion on the side opposite to the rotation direction .

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