JPS5826314B2 - Pineapple peeling and centering device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a pineapple peeler.

Traditionally, pineapple pulls were mostly processed in factories and sold in cans, but in recent years.

Raw pineapple pulls with the skin on are now commercially available.

However, the skin of raw pineapple is hard compared to other fruits, and it is troublesome to peel it at home, so it is preferable to peel it and sell it at retail stores.

However, conventionally known peeling machines use a motor to relatively rotate an annular blade and a pineapple pull to peel the skin, and are large, take up a lot of space, and are expensive. Purchasing and using this machine in China is difficult due to location and price, and therefore fresh pineapple is sold mostly in the form of raw pineapple with the skin on, and this reduces its demand. It's not growing as expected either.

In view of these points, it is an object of the present invention to provide a small and inexpensive manual pineapple peeling machine.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a sectional view of a pineapple peeler 10 according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, this peeling machine 10 includes a cutter 15 having a cylindrical inner blade 12 and an outer blade 14 that are arranged concentrically, and a base 16 that is substantially perpendicular to the cutter 15. The cutter has a guide member 18 that guides the pineapple P, and a drive mechanism 20 that moves the cutter downward along the guide member and peels the pineapple P set on the base 16.

The cutter 15 has a holder 24 that holds the upper end of the blade 12.14.

As shown. The holder 24 has a downwardly opening hole 26, which has concentric hole wall surfaces 28, 30, 32 with a stepwise decreasing diameter.

The inner blade 12 is inserted and fixed into the wall surface 32 of the smallest diameter, and the outer blade 14 is inserted and fixed into the wall surface 28 of the largest diameter.

The inner blade is used to core the pineapple, and the outer blade is used to peel the pineapple.

When the diameter of the pineapple to be peeled is small, remove the outer blade 14 shown in the figure and use the second blade with a smaller diameter.
It is inserted and fixed into a hole wall 30 having a diameter of

A skin splitting blade 36 is provided at the lower end of the outer surface of the outer blade and extends in a plane that includes the central axis of the outer blade.

This is to cut the skin of the pineapple vertically when the cutter 15 is pushed into the pineapple to reduce friction between the outer blade and the pineapple, making it easier to push down the cutter.

Near the lower end between the inner and outer blades 12, 14 is provided an annular pineapple extraction plate 40, to which is attached a rod 48, 50° 52 which extends upwardly through the hole 42° 44, 46 of the holder 24. A presser member 54 is attached to the upper end of the iron bar, and the presser member 54 is attached to the upper end of the iron bar.
Plate 40 is maintained in the position shown by engagement with top 24' of 4.

The holder 24 is provided with a sliding member 56 extending laterally thereof and slidably attached around the guide member 18 .

Further, below the sliding member 56 and around the guide member 18,
A coil spring 58 is provided which holds the slide member 56 and therefore the cutter 15 in the upper position shown.

The drive mechanism 20 includes a support 60 provided on the base 16 in line with the guide member 18, a short intermediate lever 64 pivoted to a protrusion 62 extending in the transverse direction of the support, and a lower end of the intermediate lever 64. It has a driving lever 66 which is pivotally connected to the lever 64 and extends upward, and whose middle portion is pivotally connected to the sliding member 56 of the cutter holder 24 by a pin 65.

The intermediate lever 64 and the drive lever 66 are arranged in a substantially straight line as shown in FIG. 1 when the pineapple is not peeled.

To operate this peeling machine, first cut off both ends of the pineapple P and place it on the base 16 below the cutter 15.
Place it on the pineapple mounting section 16'.

Next, grasp the vicinity of the upper end of the drive lever 66 with your hand and push it down.

The lever rotates about a pivot shaft 70 connected to the intermediate lever 64, and connects the sliding member 56 and the cutter 15 via a pin 65.
move downward.

The intermediate lever 64 rotates about the pivot shaft 72 with the protrusion 62 of the support body 60 in response to the downward movement of the sliding portion, thereby allowing the drive lever 66 to move.

As the cutter is lowered, its inner plate 12 is inserted around the core of the pineapple, the outer blade 14 is inserted inside the skin of the pineapple, and the skin dividing blade 36 splits the skin of the pineapple lengthwise.

The cutter is lowered until it touches the base, but at this time,
The pineapple pull-out plate 40 engages with the upper end surface of the pineapple pull.

Therefore, the pressing member 54 is held at a position above the holder 24.

In addition, in FIG. 1, the state in which the drive lever 66 is pushed down is shown by a chain line.

Therefore, while holding down this presser member 54 by hand.

When the force to press down on the drive lever is weakened, the cutter holder 2
4 is pushed up by the spring 58 and returns to the original upper position of 1.

At this time, since the upper surface of the pineapple pull is pressed down by the extraction plate 40, it leaves the cutter and remains on the base.

As mentioned above, the pineapple peeling machine according to the present invention can be easily operated manually without using power such as a motor,
Since the structure is simple, small, and inexpensive, it is easy to purchase at general retail stores, and it becomes possible to sell peeled pineapple on the spot in response to customer requests.

In the above embodiment, the lever 64 is used to push down the cutter.
．． We have shown a device that uses a boosting mechanism that applies the principle of a lever consisting of 66 mag.

Although this is a very simple mechanism that can provide the required force, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that it can be replaced by other types of boosting mechanisms.

Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the pineapple mounting portion 16' is shown as being integrated with the base 16, but it is made separately from the base and used by being placed on the base. If a pineapple juice receiving groove is formed on the surface of the mounting part, after peeling, the mounting part can be removed and the juice squeezed into the juice receiving groove during peeling can be collected in a designated area. You can dispose of it somewhere.

Further, in the illustrated example, the drive lever 66 is connected to the intermediate lever 64.
Although the one shown is formed from a single plate-shaped material pivotally connected to the intermediate lever 64, similar plate-shaped plates are attached to both sides of the intermediate lever 64,
It is also possible to form a connecting member that extends on both sides of the cutter, and attaches a connecting member that connects the two plate-like materials near the upper end of the cutter, so that the pressing force can be applied evenly.

In addition, the skin dividing blade 36 of the cutter 15 is more effective than the drive lever 66 when peeling work is performed without this blade.
Although the force required to press down the blade 36 can be considerably reduced, the peeling work can be performed even without this blade 36.

In this case, the skin of the pineapple is cut into a cylindrical shape without being divided, so the peeled fruit can be placed inside the skin and sold as a natural-shaped pineapple. You can increase your motivation.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a pineapple peeler according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the peeler with the cutter cut down; 14: Peeling (outside) blade, 15: Cutter, 18
: Guide member, 20: Drive mechanism.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A base having a substantially flat top surface; An elongated guide member provided on the base and extending substantially vertically upward; a holder that is provided so as to be slidable in the direction and extends laterally from the guide member; and a holder that is provided around the guide member between the holder and the base and that allows the holder to move in a predetermined position of the guide member; a coil spring elastically held in the upper position; a cylindrical six-pull blade provided on the holder at a predetermined distance from the guide member in the lateral direction and extending vertically downward from the holder; 6; a peeling blade provided on the peeling blade concentrically with the peeling blade and extending radially outward from the outer surface of the blade; passing through a vertical through hole provided in the holder; a rod extending between the two blades, a presser member provided at the upper end of the rod and capable of engaging with the upper surface of the holder, and a plate located between the two blades and attached to the lower end of the rod, a member fixed on a base; a first lever having one end pivotally connected to the fixed member; and one end having a member other than the lever. A second lever is pivotally connected to one end, the middle part is pivotally connected to the holder, and the other end is a grip, and by moving the grip downward, the holder and the blade are moved against the coil spring. and a drive mechanism that pushes the six cutting blades and the peeling blades downward, and when the holder is in the predetermined upper position, the lower edges of the six cutting blades and the peeling blades are arranged on the base below the lower edges. A pineapple peeling and centering device that is at a height such that the pineapple pull can be placed on the pineapple.