JPH0734729B2 - Edamame pod separating device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an edamame pod separating device for removing pods (hereinafter referred to simply as pods) containing beans from edamame of cut beans.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally , pods are stripped from the soybeans.
And a separation device described in JP-A-1-320979.
There is one. That is, as shown in FIG.
In the horizontal direction with the stem base K1 of the soybean K having
100 to be transferred to the
A pair of rotatable brackets that scoop off the sheath a during transfer.
And a raid 101, not shown.
However, the blade 101 is
It is provided in a slanted shape so that the intervals become larger in the transfer direction.
The pod a on edamame K should be picked up
It was

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prior art, as shown in FIG. 16, the edamame K is placed in a sideways state on the conveyor.
A pair of upper and lower blades 1 are sandwiched between 100 during transfer.
When it receives 01 scraping force, it will be bent in a V shape and
When it is wrapped around the blade 101 and the tip of edamame K is heavy
As the tip of edamame K hangs downward,
The branch b is broken from the stem or from the middle of the branch b.
101 wound stick well, you may not be able to pick off reliably only sheath a, is essential selection work with branches with sheath and unbranched sheath, yet is <br/> Ya when attached is or branches There is a problem such as having to manually strip off the branches.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to make it possible to reliably separate the pods from the branches, improve the separation efficiency and prevent damage to the pods. To provide a pod separating device.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, according to the present invention, the stem base K1 in the soybean K having the sheath 68 is sandwiched.
Conveyor 14 to hold and transfer, and transfer by the conveyor 14
A pair of freely rotatable blades for removing the sheath 68
7. An edamame pod separating device comprising:
The conveyor 14 is inclined so that the transfer end is higher than the transfer start end.
And the blade 7 is transferred to the conveyor 14.
It is installed horizontally below it along the direction.
To the tip of edamame K from both sides with respect to edamame K in a substantially vertical position
It is characterized in that it rotates in the direction in which it takes a stripping action .

Further, in the present invention, the inclination angle of the conveyor 14 is adjustable. Further, the present invention is a blade
A stopper 29 whose position can be adjusted in the axial direction is provided on the blade 7.
It is characterized in that it is provided in the vicinity .

[0007]

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
Conveyor 14 in a substantially vertical position with the branches facing downward
When it is supplied to the carry-in port of the soybean, edamame K has its stem root K1
It is clamped by the bayer 14 and transferred diagonally upward while still in the vertical state.
Inside the pod 68 is a blade 7 and a part of the stem and stem.
Both are stripped. Mopping action by this blade 7
Is the rotation of the blade 7 toward the tip of the soybean K, and the stem
Is it vertical and the stem is strong against tensile force?
, Without breaking the waist, and winding on the blade 7.
It also has less stickiness. Adjusting the inclination angle of the conveyor 14
By doing so, the stem height of edamame K can be accommodated, and
By adjusting the position of the pad 29,
In edamame K as well, in any of the short edamame K shown in FIG.
The tip sheath 68 can be securely attached to the blade 7.
Wear.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a whole frame of an apparatus, in which a sheath removing casing 2 is formed on an upper side and a sheath casing 3 is formed on a lower side. The pods 2 are provided with slits 4 and 5 through which edamame K passes on one side and an upper surface in a continuous manner, and hoppers 6 are provided on both sides of the slits 4 on both sides, and the slits 4 serve as edamame supply ports. Has been done. Further, inside the casing 2, below the upper slit 5, a pair of sheathing blades 7 located on the left and right sides of the upper slit 5 are rotatably arranged in parallel with the slit 5 and horizontally. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a strip-shaped blade body 9 made of an elastic material such as rubber is provided at both ends of the plate-shaped rotating body 8 as shown in FIGS.
And bolt 11 and nut 12 are mounted so that they can be replaced.
It is designed to rotate around.

On both sides above the slit 5 of the casing 2, a pair of left and right edamame stalk sandwiching and conveying conveyors 14 are provided in an inclined shape so that the side slit 4 side becomes lower, and the edamame carry-in side of the conveyor frame 14A is located on the casing 2 side. It is pivotally attached to one side surface via a bracket 15 and a shaft 16 so as to be vertically rotatable. The edamame stem carry-out side of the conveyor frame 14A is supported on the other side surface of the casing 2 by a support bracket 18, a nut member (not shown), etc. via a support rod 17 having a threaded portion at a lower portion whose tilt angle can be adjusted. The inclination angle of the conveyor 14 with respect to the casing 2 can be adjusted according to the length of the soybean stalk. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the conveyor 14 is provided with a pulley 20 pivotally mounted via shafts 19 parallel to both ends of the conveyor frame 14A in the longitudinal direction (the edamame transfer direction), and is wound around these pulleys. Rubber belt 21 and both pulleys 20 on the edamame stem carry-out side
Synchronous rotation gears 22 fixed to and meshing with respective shafts 19 of
And the transmission chain wheel 23 fixed to one end of the shaft 19
A drive motor 24 provided on the frame 14A, a drive chain wheel 25 and a transmission chain 26 fixed to the motor output shaft, and a soybean carry-in guide 27 is provided on the carry-in side.

That is, the conveyor 14 moves from the transfer start end.
The blade 7 is provided in an inclined shape where the feeding end is high, and the blade 7 is
A horizontal shape is formed below the conveyor 14 along the transfer direction.
It is installed on the
To the tip of edamame K from both sides with respect to straight edamame K
It rotates in the direction of the stripping action. further,
On the bottom of the conveyor frame 14A, near the edamame carry-in side,
A pair of left and right rubber plate-shaped pods for removing pods 28
Is fixed in parallel with the axis of the blade 7 through a substantially V-shaped mounting member 28A in a horizontal manner and is replaceable, and is attached to the blade 7 with the pod placed near the root of the soybean stalk. You can surely remove the pods you did not receive.

A slit 5 is formed on the upper surface of the casing 2.
At or near the end of the, roll-shaped edamame stem stopper 29
Is rotatably attached to the slit 5 through an L-shaped support bracket 30 in a manner orthogonal to the slit 5, and as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, corresponding to the attachment hole 31 of the bracket 30,
Provide a number of bracket mounting holes 32 on the upper surface of the casing 2,
By fixing with bolts 33, the fixing position can be changed in the slit longitudinal direction, and the position of the stopper 29 can be adjusted according to the length of the edamame stem.

That is, the stopper 29 is in the axial direction of the blade.
Is provided near the upper part of the blade 7 as a position adjustable
When the stem height of edamame K is long, as shown in FIG.
Position the stopper 29 in the middle of the blade 7
If it is short, position it at the end as shown in Fig. 14.
The blade 7 removes even the tip of edamame K
The action can be added.

The blade 7 is rotated by a drive motor (not shown). 34 is a cushion rubber and 35 is an opening / closing lid. As shown in FIG. 2, a first conveyor for receiving and delivering pods, branches, leaves, etc. into the pod sorting casing 3.
36 is provided in the upper part, a wind-screening fan 37 is provided below the conveyor 36, and a wind outlet 39 of the fan casing 38 is opened immediately below the end of the first conveyor 36 and in the conveyor transfer direction. The fan 37 is driven by a drive motor 40 provided in the casing 3, and an air volume adjusting damper 41 is provided at the air outlet 39. In addition, behind the wind outlet 39, a comb-shaped (or cage-shaped) screen 42 is provided in an inclined shape following the end of the first conveyor 36, and the second conveyor 43 is positioned below the start end.
However, it is provided in an inclined shape so that the terminal position thereof is slightly higher. Then, after the second conveyor 43, a branch and leaf discharge conveyor 44 is continuously provided with a gap that allows the pods to drop from between the two, and one grain, immaturity, stalk waste, etc. are selectively removed on the lower side of the second conveyor 43. The swing sorter 45 is provided orthogonal to the second conveyor 43, and the pods and the like dropped from the second conveyor 43 are guided by the gutter 46 onto the swing sorter 45. Each of the conveyors 36, 43, 44 and a swing sorter
45 is driven by one drive motor 47 (see FIG. 1). Further, the rocking sorter 45 is integrally provided with a grain sheath and a receiving chute 49 under a screen 48 of a cage-shaped sieve, and has two upper and lower pivots 50 and 51 and links 52 and 53 at both ends.
The swing ring 55 connected to the lower end of one of the links 53 is attached to the sorter support leg 54 in a tiltable manner via the other end ring portion 55A of the swing rod 55 via the horizontal shaft 56A. It is externally fitted and connected to the eccentric cam 56 that is axially supported.
The conveyor 43 is driven via a pulley 57, a belt 58 and a transmission pulley 59. This rocking sorter 45
Among the pods that have fallen from the gutter 46, one pod that leaves two pods, branches, leaves, etc. is dropped from the 48th sieve and discharged from the discharge port 60 on the lower side of the chute 49. The selected pod containing 2 grains is transferred and collected on the sieve 48.

A re-sorting port 61 and a charging chute 62 are provided on the upper wall of the casing 2 on the fan 37 side, and the chute 62 is openable and closable. The re-screened saya that was done is the first
It is designed to fall onto the conveyor 36. In the above-described first embodiment, when the soybeans are fed in a substantially vertical posture so that the branch ends thereof face downward, when they are supplied from the soybean carry-in guide 27 to the carry-in inlet of the soybean stem sandwiching and conveying conveyor 14, the soybean stems are sandwiched between the rubber belts 21. From the hopper 6 through the slits 4 and between the blades 7 in the casing 2, it is carried diagonally upward, and the stalk is transported diagonally upward until it is in the vertical state, and during this transport, the stem reaches from the root to the tip. The pods attached to the branches are sequentially stripped by the blade 7 together with a part of the branches and leaves.

That is, in edamame K having a pod 68
The stem root K1 is clamped by the conveyor 14 and moved in a substantially vertical posture.
During feeding, the pair of left and right blades 7 is branched as shown in FIG.
Toward the tip of the bean K in the direction of stripping from both sides
The stem is strong against tensile force because it rotates.
May break in the middle or get tangled with the blade 7.
You can take away the sheath 68. The sheath on the branch at the root of the stem remains without being stripped by the blade 7, but is reliably stripped by the sheath stripping auxiliary blade 28 attached to the lower surface of the conveyor 14. Furthermore, depending on the height of edamame K, the stopper
Adjust the position of 29 as shown in Figs.
As a result, the tip of the stem is regulated from being transferred to the end of the slit 5 by the edamame stem stopper 29, and the stem rises without being separated from between the blades 7, and the blade 7 reliably removes the pod from the branch at the tip of the stem. At the end of the conveyor 14, the decapped stems are released. On the other hand, the blade 7,
Part of the pods, branches and leaves stripped off by the 28 drops onto the first conveyor 36, is guided to the screen 42 from the end of the conveyor 36, and the branches and leaves are blown by the wind from the wind sorting fan 37. Are blown off and guided to the branch and leaf discharge conveyor 44 to be discharged. And part of pods and stems is second
It drops onto the conveyor 43, falls from the end of the second conveyor 43 onto the gutter 46, and is guided onto the rocking sorter 45. This rocking sorter
The pods containing two or more grains on the 45 are sent to the discharge position on the sieve 48 and collected, and one grain pod, immaturity, stems, branches, etc. fall from the sieve 48 and one pod It falls on the receiving chute 49 and is discharged from the discharge port 60. The pods containing two or more grains selected in this manner are packaged and shipped as products.

FIGS. 9 and 10 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the sheath removing casing 2 and the sheath selection casing are integrated, and the sheath scattering prevention plate 63 is provided inside. The point is that the selected sheath is transferred to the manual sorting conveyor 65 by the inclined conveyor 64 and re-sorted, and the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be expected. Therefore, the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. 1 to 8 are given and the description thereof is omitted.

11 and 12 show another embodiment of the rocking sorter. The difference from the sorter 45 of the first embodiment is that the sieve 48 mounted on the sieve frame 48A has a large number of coffins 48B. Both ends are connected to a chain 67 wrapped around chain foil 66,
A chute 69 is provided at the end of the transfer for receiving and discharging two or more carefully selected fibers 68. Then, the branches and leaves fall from between the cabbage 48B, and the single pods, immature pods 70 are cabbage 48B.
Is vertically inserted between the chute 69 and is transferred between the chute 69, and while it is sandwiched between the jumpers 48B, it goes around to the lower side without transferring to the chute 69. It is designed to be released from the sandwiched state by and fall. The swing driving means of the sieve 48 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the driving force of the chain wheel 66 can be taken from the second conveyor 43. And FIG.
Further, according to the sorting machine 45 of FIG. 12, it is possible to sort and collect the branches and leaves falling from between the coffins 48B and the single-pods 70 and the like.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but the design can be changed appropriately.

[0019]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the stem base is clamped and is substantially vertical.
Even if the blade points towards the soybeans being transferred in a posture
As it has a stripping action, the edamame stalk may be broken or broken.
The conveyor is not
Whether the blade is horizontal and the edge is high
The pods' mogito is reliable and
The efficiency can be improved, and further, the damage of the pod can be prevented and the yield of the selected pod can be improved.

Further, since the inclination angle of the conveyor is adjustable, the optimum and smooth separation can be performed according to the stem length of the edamame. In addition, a block near the upper
Since a stopper whose position can be adjusted in the direction of the raid axis is provided, even if the edamame stem is long, the pods attached to the branches at the tip can be reliably removed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view with a partially broken portion omitted in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a conveyor for pinching and transferring edamame stems.

FIG. 4 is a side view of a rocking sorter.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view of an essential part of the sheath removing blade.

FIG. 6 is a right side view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part A of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a plan view of FIG.

FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway front view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a cutaway side view of the same portion.

FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a main part of another embodiment of the swing sorting machine.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view of the operation of another embodiment of the swing sorting machine.

[Fig. 13] Stopper position when edamame is tall (long)
It is a side view which shows.

FIG. 14: Stopper position when edamame is short (short)
It is a side view which shows.

FIG. 15 It is explanatory drawing which shows the pod of edamame.
It

FIG. 16 It is explanatory drawing which shows the sheath removal operation of a prior art example.
It

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Sewage removal casing 4 Side slit 5 Upper slit 7 Sewage removal blade 14 Conveyor for pinching and transporting edamame stem 29 edamame stem stopper

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An edamame (K) having a pod (68).
Conveyor (14) that clamps and transfers the stem root (K1)
And the pod (68) during transfer on the conveyor (14)
With a pair of rotatable blades (7) for stripping
In the edamame pod separating device, the conveyor (1
4) is provided with an inclined shape in which the transfer end is higher than the transfer start end.
And the blade (7) transfers the conveyor (14)
It is installed horizontally below it along the direction.
Green soybeans (K) in a substantially vertical position from both sides
An edamame pod separating device, characterized in that the edamame pod separating device is rotated toward the tip of the edible beans in a direction of stripping . 2. The edamame pod separating device according to claim 1, wherein the inclination angle of the conveyor (14) is adjustable. 3. A stock having a position adjustable in the axial direction of the blade.
3. The soybean-pod separating device according to claim 1, wherein the par (29) is provided near the upper part of the blade (7) .