JPH0662139B2 - Vegetable packaging equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a vegetable packaging device, for example, a device for automatically packaging headed vegetables such as cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and lettuce with a film.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as a vegetable packing device of this type, for example, a guide hole for dropping headed vegetables is formed in a plate-shaped support for film support, and a vegetable receiver is provided below the guide hole. There is a configuration in which a film bundling mechanism for bundling vegetables on the vegetable receiver with a film and bundling them is provided below the support body so as to be vertically movable.

Then, the film is developed and supported on the support in a state where the guide hole is closed, and when the heading vegetables are supplied into the guide holes through the film, the heading vegetables pull out the film on the support by its own weight. While being dropped on the vegetable receiver through the film, this vegetable receiver is lowered to a predetermined position, the film binding mechanism is operated, and the film binding mechanism is used to squeeze the film to package the headed vegetables. The peripheral side of the film is bound to the top of the bulb vegetables.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) In the configuration of the prior art, the heading vegetables are dropped onto the vegetable receiver while pulling out the film on the support from the guide holes of the support, but at this time, the heading vegetables are: It is common for the bundled portion of the film after packaging to be dropped onto the vegetable receiver with the cut end of the root portion facing upward so that it is not formed on the surface of the headed vegetable, that is, in the state of turning upside down. Therefore, when the film that wraps the bulb vegetables is bound to the top of the bulb vegetables by the film binding mechanism, the binding portion of this film is located above the cut portion of the root portion of the bulb vegetables and is bound by the binding portion. Is difficult to see, and it is difficult for consumers to visually check the freshness of headed vegetables through the cut head of the headed vegetables. It should be noted that when the freshness of headed vegetables declines, the cut will change color quickly, so checking this cut is an important point in confirming the freshness.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of such a problem, while packaging the bulbous vegetables in the transparent film, when heat sealing the binding portion that binds the transparent film, an upward cut of the bulbous vegetables While it is possible to bind the transparent film to a different eccentric position, it is possible to heat seal the binding portion of the transparent film, therefore, the binding seal portion of the transparent film is formed at a position apart from the cut end of the bulb vegetables. , The binding seal part of this transparent film does not hinder the confirmation of the cut portion of the headed vegetable, and the freshness of the headed vegetable can be visually easily confirmed through this cut, which is a preferable state for store display. It is an object of the present invention to provide a vegetable packaging device that can be packaged in a box.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A vegetable packaging device of the present invention has a guide hole for guiding the fall of headed vegetables, and a support for supporting a see-through film for packaging developed so as to close the guide hole. And a headed vegetable dropped in a state in which the cut end of the root portion is cut upward while pulling out the see-through film from the guide hole through the see-through film, provided vertically movably below the guide hole of the support. The vegetable receiver to be received and the position displaced to one side from the central part of this vegetable receiver are opened and closed as the closing central part, and the transparent films on the vegetable receiver are collected from the front and back direction and the left and right direction to cover the heading vegetables. An openable and closable film binding mechanism that binds at the top of the heading vegetables, and a closing center portion at an eccentric position different from the upward cut of the heading vegetables provided opposite to the closing portion of the film binding mechanism. And a heater for heat-sealing the binding portion of the bound fluoroscopic film.

(Operation) In the vegetable packaging device of the present invention, the vegetable receiver is raised, and the vegetable receiver is arranged directly below the guide hole of the support,
A see-through film is developed and supported on the upper surface of the support in a state of closing the guide hole.

Next, when the heading vegetables were supplied to the guide holes of the support through the fluoroscopic film with the cut end of the root of the support being directed upward, the heading vegetables were fed from the guide holes along with the fluoroscopic film. It is dropped onto the receiver and received.

Then, when the vegetable receiver is lowered, the film between the vegetable receiver and the headed vegetable is lowered along with the lowering of the headed vegetable and is pulled out from the guide hole supported by the headed vegetable, and the headed vegetable is lowered to a predetermined position. At the same time, the lowering of the vegetable receiver is stopped.

Then, when the film binding mechanism is actuated, the peripheral side portions of the transparent film are gathered from the front-back direction and the left-right direction by this film binding mechanism, and the bulb vegetables are packaged along the shape thereof by this transparent film. The fluoroscopic film is bound to the closing center of the film binding mechanism at an eccentric position different from the cut end of the headed vegetable in the upper part of the headed vegetable, and the binding part of the fluoroscopic film is placed at an eccentric position different from the upper cut of the headed vegetable. Heat sealed by heater.

Therefore, the binding seal part that seals the binding part of the see-through film is formed at a position different from the cut portion of the upper part of the bulb vegetables. Then, the cut portion of the headed vegetable is packaged in a state where it can be easily confirmed from the outside through the see-through film.

When the headed vegetables are packaged, the vegetable receiver is activated again, the vegetable receiver is further lowered, and the packaged vegetables on the vegetable receiver are lowered to the carry-out section.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a vegetable wrapping apparatus. In this vegetable wrapping apparatus 1, main pillars 2 are erected at predetermined intervals in front, back, left and right, and between the upper and lower ends of the main pillars 2 at the front and rear. And a column 3 is horizontally fixed between the upper and lower end portions, and a support top plate 4 as a support is horizontally fixed between the upper ends of the left and right columns 3, and the lower ends of the left and right columns 3 are fixed. A mounting substrate 5 is fixed between the parts, and a supporting substrate 6 is fixed horizontally between the upper end portions of the left and right columns 3.

Next, the supporting top plate 4 has a supporting surface portion 7 on the upper surface portion for supporting and supporting the transparent film F for packaging vegetables, and the supporting surface portion 7 has a small contact surface with the transparent film F such as a mesh. The support top plate 4 is formed in a shape, and a circular guide hole 8 for lowering vegetables is formed in the substantially central portion of the support top plate 4 so as to vertically penetrate therethrough. As the transparent film F, for example, a transparent synthetic resin film such as a polyethylene film containing a freshness-retaining agent that retains the freshness of vegetables is used.

A pair of guide rails 10 are fixed to the lower portions of the left and right sides of the supporting top plate 4 in parallel with each other in the front-rear direction with the guide holes 8 interposed in the middle. One slide body 12 is attached to the guide hole 8 so as to be movable back and forth in the front-rear direction at one side portion in the front-rear direction. The one slide body 12 is formed of a plate-like member in a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and serves as a closing portion that collects and closes the transparent film F at an intermediate portion at an inner end portion toward the lower portion of the guide hole 8. The focusing recess 13 is formed in a substantially semicircular shape.

A pair of guide rails 14 are fixed to the upper left and right sides of the support substrate 6 in parallel with the front-rear direction, and the other slide body 16 is attached to the left and right guide rails 14 via front-rear and left-right guides 15 in the front-rear direction. It is attached to the guide hole 8 on the other side thereof so as to be able to move forward and backward. The other slide body 16 is formed of a plate-like member in a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view, and left and right side plates 17 connected to lower left and right ends of the left and right support frames 18 having the front, rear, left and right guides 15 are provided. The one slide body 12 of the other slide body 16 is fixed.
A focusing concave portion 19 as a closing portion for collecting and closing the transparent film F is formed in a substantially semi-circular shape at an intermediate portion of an inner end portion of the focusing concave portion 13 toward the lower part.

Then, the focusing concave portion 19 of the other slide body 16 is overlapped with the lower portion of the focusing concave portion 13 of the one slide body 12.

Further, a heater 20 for sandwiching and heat-sealing the binding portion of the transparent film F from both sides to the inner lower portion of the focusing concave portion 13 of the one slide body 12 and the inner lower portion of the focusing concave portion 19 of the other slide body 16 respectively. Are attached via heat insulating materials.

Next, the film support mechanisms 21 are fixed to the middle upper part of the one slide body 12 in the left-right direction and the upper center part of the other slide body 16 in the left-right direction in the front-rear direction. The film support mechanism 21 on the one slide body 12 and the film support mechanism 21 on the other slide body 16
Is a cylinder 22 fixed on top of the slide bodies 12, 16.
The piston rod 25 is inserted into the front and rear insertion holes 24 that are formed opposite to the front and rear wall portions 23 of the cylinder 22 so as to be movable back and forth in the front-rear direction. A stopper 26 that can be engaged and disengaged is integrally formed with the rear wall portion 23. A cone-shaped support body 27 made of an elastic material such as rubber is fixed to the inner end portion of the piston rod 25, that is, the front end portion of the support top plate 4 toward the center of the guide hole 8.

Further, in the cylinder 22, the piston rod
A coil spring 28 is wound around 25, and a rear end portion of the coil spring 28 is locked to a rear wall portion 23 of the cylinder 22, and a front end portion of the coil spring 28 is a front side portion of the piston rod 25. Stopper 29 protruding from
Is locked to. The coil spring 28 constantly urges the piston rod 25 toward the opening edge portions of the focusing concave portions 13 and 19, and the support member 27 at the tip portion thereof.
Is slightly projected from the opening edge of the converging concave portions 13 and 19 toward the other side.

Further, a rack 30 is formed in the front-rear direction at a lower portion of one end of the one slide body 12 in the left-right direction, and the rack 30 is formed in the other slide body.
The rack is mounted on the support frame 18 at one end of the 16 in the left-right direction.
A rack 31 is formed in the front-rear direction so as to be opposed to the rack 30 at a predetermined interval. A pinion 32 is rotatably engaged between the upper and lower racks 30 and 31. The pinion shaft 33 is rotatably supported by a boss 34 projecting from the lower portion of the support top plate 4.

Further, a cylinder device 35 is fixed to an upper part on one side in the left-right direction of the support substrate 6, and one end of an interlocking piece 37 is fixed to a tip end portion of a piston rod 36 of the cylinder device 35.
The support frame 18 having the rack 31 is connected to the other end of the interlocking piece 37. Then, the pinion 32 is extended by the piston rod 36 which is expanded and contracted by the operation of the cylinder device 35.
The front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are moved back and forth in the front and rear direction via the racks 30 and 31, and the converging concave portions 13 and 19 facing each other are provided directly below the guide hole 8 in the guide hole 8.
A position slightly deviated from the central portion T ₁ to the rear portion on the one side in the front-rear direction is used as a closing central portion T ₂ for closing or opening and closing.

A mounting base 38 is fixed to an upper middle portion of the outer end of the supporting substrate 6 on one side in the front-rear direction. body
The base ends of the left and right opening and closing rods 40 as opening and closing members located at the lower part of 16 are pivotally attached to the left and right directions respectively. Further, inward and outward swelling cams 41 are formed at the inner side portions of the base ends of the left and right opening / closing rods 40 facing each other, and
Converging projections 42 as closing portions for collecting and closing the fluoroscopic film F are formed to bulge on the inner side opposite to each other at the front end of each of the front and rear slide books 12 when the left and right focusing projections 42 are closed. , 16 are joined directly below the guide hole 8.

Further, a first operating pin 43 for opening and closing the left and right opening and closing rods 40 on the left and right portions of the lower middle portion of the outer end of the one slide body 12,
A second operating pin 44 and a third operating pin 45 are provided so as to project, and the first to third operating pins 43, 44,
The left and right opening and closing rods 40 are opened and closed by 45, and when the left and right opening and closing rods 40 are opened, the bases of the left and right opening and closing rods 40 have first to third operating pins 43, 44, 45. Is supported by three points.

And the front and rear slide bodies 12, 16 and front and rear heaters
20, front and rear film support mechanism 21, upper and lower racks 30, 3
1, the pinion 32, the cylinder device 35, the left and right opening and closing rods 40, and the first to third operating pins 43, 44, 45 constitute a film binding mechanism 46.

Next, bearing bodies 47 are respectively fixed to the upper and lower portions on one side of the mounting substrate 5 and the supporting substrate 6 in the left-right direction, and a screw rod 48 is rotatably erected between the upper and lower bearing bodies 47. A sprocket 49 is fixed to the lower end of the screw rod 48, and an endless chain 53 is rotatably suspended between the sprocket 49 and the sprocket 52 of the output shaft 51 of the electric motor 50. It is fixed to the upper part of one side. Further, a guide rod (not shown) is provided upright between the upper and lower bearing bodies fixedly positioned at the front and rear portions of the upper and lower bearing bodies 47,
The guide support rods at the front and rear portions are arranged parallel to the screw rods 48, respectively.

Further, a series of screw grooves 54 are formed in the screw rod 48 in the vertical direction, and a nut body 55 is screwed and supported in the screw grooves 54 so as to be vertically movable, and an elevating body 56 is provided inside the nut body 55. Connection frame
Guides that are integrally fixed to each other via 57 and project from the front and rear portions of the connecting frame 57 are inserted through and supported by the guide support rod so as to be vertically movable. In addition, an insertion hole 59 is bored through the horizontal elevating support plate 58 protruding inward from the elevating body 56 so as to penetrate in the vertical direction. The elevating body 56 having the elevating and lowering support plate 58 is moved up and down with respect to the guide hole 8 by the rotation of the screw rod 48, via the nut body 55 and supported by the front and rear guide support rods. ing.

Further, a vegetable receiver 60 is attached to the elevating and lowering support plate 58 of the elevating / lowering body 56, the vegetable receiver 60 is formed into a cylindrical shape, and an annular support portion 61 is formed at the upper edge of the opening thereof. A tapered insertion portion 62 inserted into the insertion hole 59 of the lifting support plate 58 is projected at the bottom portion thereof, and the insertion hole is formed at the outer periphery of the upper end of the insertion portion 62.
An engaging portion 63 engaged with the upper edge of the opening of 59 is formed horizontally. The vegetable receiver 60 is moved up and down with respect to the guide hole 8 by the elevating operation of the elevating body 56. The central portion T ₃ of the vegetable receiver 60 and the central portion T ₁ of the guide hole 8 are in the vertical direction. And the support substrate 6 has a guide port 64 for guiding the lifting and lowering of the vegetable receiver 60.
Is opened.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.

The electric motor 50 is operated to raise the vegetable receiver 60 on the elevating / lowering body 56 suspended by the screw rod 48, and the vegetable receiver 60 is arranged immediately below the guide hole 8 of the support top plate 4 and the film is supplied. A transparent film F for keeping freshness is supplied from a device (not shown) onto the supporting surface portion 7 of the supporting top plate 4, and the transparent film F is supplied.
Is expanded and supported on the support surface portion 7 so as to close the guide hole 8.

Next, the see-through film F is inserted into the guide hole 8 of the support top plate 4.
When the heading vegetables A such as cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and lettuce are supplied through the vial with the cut end B of the roots facing upward, the heading vegetables A are pulled out from the supporting surface portion 7 while the fluoroscopic film F is pulled out. With F, it is dropped from the guide hole 8 and received on the annular support portion 61 of the vegetable receiver 60 waiting in the lower part of the guide hole 8. In this case, the vegetable receiver
60 is formed in a cylindrical shape, and an annular support portion at the upper edge of this opening.
Since the lower part on the circumferential side of the heading vegetable A is supported by 61, the lower part of the heading of the heading vegetable A is accommodated in the supporting portion 61, and the cut B of the heading vegetable A is received in the upward position. Therefore, the heading vegetable A is stably received on the support portion 61 through the transparent film F as shown by the chain line in FIG.

Then, when the electric motor 50 is operated, the screw rod 48 is interlockedly rotated via the output shaft 51, the sprockets 49, 52 and the endless chain 53, and along the screw rod 48 via the nut body 55,
Further, the elevating body 56 and the vegetable receiver 60 on the elevating body 56 are lowered by being guided by the front and rear guide rods, and the headed vegetable A is lowered below the guide hole 8 and the annular shape of the vegetable receiver 60 is formed. The transparent film F between the supporting portion 61 and the headed vegetable A is supported by the headed vegetable A and pulled out from the guide hole 8 as the headed vegetable A descends, and the upper part of the headed vegetable A is as shown in FIG. At the same time, it is lowered to the lower part of the film binding mechanism 46, and the operation of the electric motor 50 is stopped.

In addition, when the operation of the electric motor 50 is stopped, the cylinder device
35 is operated and the piston rod 36 is extended,
This piston rod 36 allows the rack to move through the interlocking piece 37.
The other slide body 16 having 31 is interlocked, and the other slide body 16 has a guide rail 14 via a plurality of guides 15.
Is moved backwards along.

When the other slide body 16 is moved by the cylinder device 35, the rack 31 of the other slide body 16 is moved.
The pinion 32 meshed with is rotated, the one slide body 12 is interlocked via the rack 30 screwed to the pinion 32, and the one slide body 12 is guided along the guide rail 10 via the plurality of guides 11. Moved forward.

Therefore, the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are respectively moved from the front and rear direction to directly below the guide hole 8, and
The opposite converging concavities 13 and 19 on the inner side of the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are gradually approached while overlapping, and the front and rear converging concavities 13 and 19 are used to package the headed vegetable A on the upper part of the headed vegetable A. The front and rear parts of the film F are gradually narrowed down in the front-rear direction.

Then, when the front and rear focusing recesses 13 and 19 are approached to a predetermined position, the support 27 of the film support mechanism 21 in the front and rear is moved from the central portion T ₁ of the guide hole 8, that is, the central portion T _{3 of the} vegetable receiver 60. Although the abutment from the front and rear direction via the transparent film F at the closure center T ₂ which is slightly offset to the rear portion, the sliding body 12, 16 of the front and rear is moved continue toward immediately below the guide hole 8 Therefore, the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are moved from the front and rear direction along the piston rod 25 through the cylinder 22 while compressing the coil spring 28 of the film support mechanism 21 and directly below the guide hole 8. It

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the front and rear portions of the see-through film F in the upper portion of the headed vegetable A are first moved from the front and rear direction by the support 27 of the film support mechanism 21 in the front and rear portions at the closing center portion T _{2 at the} eccentric position. The fluoroscopic film F is elastically held, and then the lower portion of the holding portion of the see-through film F has a focusing concave portion 13,
It is bound by closing from the front and back direction by 19.

Further, as described above, when one slide body 12 is moved forward, the first to third actuating pins 43, 44, 45 of the one slide body 12 rotate the left and right opening / closing rods 40. It is gradually rotated inward about the dynamic center shaft 39. That is, the left and right second operation pins 44 are disengaged from the cams 41 of the left and right opening and closing rods 40, and the left and right first and third
Left and right opening and closing rod 40 is rotated by the operating pins 43 and 45 of
Each of them is gradually rotated inwardly in the closing direction about the center 39, and the focusing projections 42 on the inner side of the opening and closing rod 40 are gradually approached.
The right and left portions of the transparent film F that wraps the bulb vegetables A are squeezed from the left and right in the upper part of the.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper peripheral portion of the transparent film F on the support portion 61 of the vegetable receiver 60 that wraps the heading vegetables A has the focusing concave portions 13, 19 of the front and rear slide bodies 12, 16, and the front and rear portions thereof. The support 27 of the film support mechanism 21 and the converging projections 42 of the left and right opening / closing rods 40 narrow down substantially simultaneously in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction.
It is bound in a rod shape at the closed central portion T ₂ which is displaced slightly rearward from the cut B.

Further, the transparent film F is bound in a rod shape, and the heaters 20 of the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are brought into contact with the rod-shaped binding portion f from the front-rear direction, and the front and rear heaters 20 bind the rod-shaped binding portion. The lower part of f is heat-sealed, and the rod-shaped bundling part f above this sealing part H
The unnecessary film portion F _{1 formed of} is melted and removed from the see-through film F as an extra portion. As a result, headed vegetable A
Is packaged in a state of being entirely covered with the transparent film F, and the seal portion H of the transparent film F is formed at an eccentric position separated from the cut B of the headed vegetable A. Then, the heading vegetable A is packaged and sealed so that the cut B can be easily confirmed by seeing through the transparent film F from the outside.

Next, when the unnecessary film portion F ₁ of the transparent film F is melted and cut by the front and rear heaters 20, the piston rod 36 of the cylinder device 35 is contracted, and the one slide body 12 and the other slide body 16 are made into the transparent film F. Are slid outward in the direction away from each other in the direction in which they are bound, and the respective focusing recesses 13 and 19 are gradually opened. At this time, the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 move in opposite directions. Even if the slide starts outward, the support 27 before and after holding the bundling portion f of the unnecessary film portion F ₁ that has been melted and cut
Is not immediately interlocked with the outward slide of the slide bodies 12 and 16, and the front and rear supports 27 continue to hold the unnecessary film portion F ₁ by the urging force of the compressed coil spring 28.

Then, the front and rear slide bodies 12, 16 are slid outward from the slide start position by a predetermined amount, and the front and rear slide bodies 12, 16 are gradually moved through the respective cylinders 22 while the coil springs 38 are gradually restored. It is slid outward along the piston rod 25, and the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 slide the cylinders 22
The rear wall portion 23 is locked to the stoppers 26 of the respective piston rods 25, and the respective piston rods 25 are moved outward by being interlocked with the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16, respectively. The supporting body 27 is separated, the holding of the unnecessary film portion F ₁ is released, and the unnecessary film portion F ₁ is dropped to a fixed position.

Therefore, the front and rear slide bodies 12 and 16 are slid outwardly, and even if the respective heaters 20 are outwardly separated, the film support mechanism 21 is delayed more than that, and the unnecessary film portion F _{1 is} immediately held. Is never released,
The unnecessary film portion heater 20 from F ₁ is easily separated, unnecessary film portion F ₁ is prevented from scattering to be and outward to weld to the heater 20.

When one slide body 12 is slid outward as described above, the first to third slide bodies of the one slide body 12 are moved.
The differential pins 43, 44, and 45 open and close the left and right opening and closing rods 40 outwardly in the directions away from each other about the rotation center shaft 39, and the respective focusing projections 42 are opened. Therefore, the front and rear slide bodies 12, 16 and the left and right opening and closing rods 40
Is returned to the start position in preparation for the next binding of the fluoroscopic film F.

Next, when the piston rod 36 of the cylinder device 35 is contracted and returned to the start position in preparation for the binding of the next fluoroscopic film F, the electric motor 50 is operated, and this power drives the sprockets 49, 52 and the endless chain 53. Screw rod 48
Is rotated, and the lifting body 56 is lowered along the screw rod 48 and the front and rear guide rods, and the headed vegetables A packaged by the transparent film F on the lifting body 56 are lowered to a predetermined lowered position. The packed headed vegetables A on the vegetable receiver 60 are carried outward from the vegetable receiver 60 by a pusher such as a pusher.

Further, when the headed vegetable A is carried out, the electric motor 50 is reversely operated, the screw rod 48 is rotated in the direction opposite to the descending direction of the elevating body 56, and the elevating body is moved along the screw rod 48 and the front and rear guide supporting rods.
56 and the vegetable receiver 60 on this lifting body 56 are raised,
By 56, the vegetable receiver 60 is returned to the start position immediately below the guide hole 8 in preparation for receiving the next headed vegetable A, and the operation of the electric motor 50 is stopped.

(Effect of the invention) According to the present invention, a vegetable receiver for receiving headed vegetables that is lowered with the cut end of the root cut out while pulling out the transparent film from the guide hole of the support is provided movably up and down. A position displaced from one side of the center of the vegetable receiver is opened and closed as a closing center, and the transparent films on the vegetable receiver are gathered from the front and rear direction and the left and right direction to cover the headed vegetables and bind the headed vegetables at the top. An openable and closable film bundling mechanism is provided, and a heater for heat-sealing the bundling part of the transparent film bound at the closing center part of the eccentric position different from the upward cut of the heading vegetable is provided in the closing part of the film bundling mechanism. Since the bulbous vegetables are packaged with the transparent film and the binding part that bundles the transparent film is heat-sealed, The transparent film can be bound to an eccentric position different from the cut end of the mushroom, and the binding part of the transparent film can be heat-sealed, and thus the binding seal part of the transparent film is located away from the cut end of the bulb vegetables. The unity seal part of the transparent film does not interfere with the cut of the headed vegetables, and the freshness of the headed vegetables can be easily visually confirmed through this cut, and can be displayed in stores. Can be packaged in a favorable condition
Since the binding portion on the top of the bulb vegetables is sealed, the bulb vegetables are not heat-damaged at the time of sealing, and therefore, when packaging the transparent film along the lightness of the bulb vegetables,
It is possible to provide a vegetable packaging device capable of automatically packaging a bulb vegetable in a form sufficiently satisfying a consumer's desire to confirm the freshness of the bulb vegetable through the cut.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a vertical sectional front view of a vegetable packaging device, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional plan view of a line a to a of the same as above, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of the line portion, FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional side view of the film supporting mechanism of the same as above, FIG. 5 is a side view showing a package sealing state of the same as above, and FIG. . 4 ... Support, 8 ... Guide hole, 13, 19, 42 ... Closing part,
20 ... Heater, 46 ... Film binding mechanism, 60 ... Vegetable receiver, A ... Heading vegetable, B ... Cut, F ... Fluoroscopic film, f ... Binding section, H ... Sealing section, T ₁ , T ₃ ... central part, T ₂ ... closed central part.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A support for supporting a see-through film for packaging which has a guide hole for guiding the fall of headed vegetables and is developed so as to close the guide hole, and a lower part of the guide hole of the support. And a vegetable receiver for receiving headed vegetables that is lowered with the cut end of the root cut upward while pulling out the transparent film from the guide hole through the transparent film, and the center of this vegetable receiver Opening and closing with the position deviated to one side from the part as the central part of the closure, the transparent film on the vegetable receiver is collected from the front and rear direction and the left and right direction to cover the heading vegetables and bind at the top of the heading vegetables. A mechanism and a connecting portion of the transparent film, which is provided so as to face the closing portion of the film binding mechanism and is bound to a closing center portion at an eccentric position different from the upward cut portion of the heading vegetable. Vegetable packaging apparatus characterized by comprising a heater for sealing, the.