JPH0734730B2 - 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 a pod separating device for picking pods containing beans (hereinafter simply referred to as pods) from edamame of cut beans.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-33 has been used as a sheathing device.
There is one described in Japanese Patent No. 20979. That is, FIG.
1, the stem base in edamame K having pod a
A conveyor 100 that clamps K1 and transfers it horizontally.
Hold the pod a in transit on the conveyor 100 in a horizontal position.
With a pair of rotatable blades 101,
Although not shown, the blade 101 is a conveyor.
100 is provided in a slanted shape so that the interval is gradually increased in the transfer direction.

[0003]

In the prior art described above, as shown in FIG. 11, 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 a force of 01, it is bent into a V shape and
Wrap around the blade 101, and the tip of edamame K hangs downward.
Therefore, it was easy to break. Further, the conveyor 10
Since there is a considerable opening between the carry-in side of 0 and the sheath removing blade 101 , the sheath on the root of the soybean stalk cannot be stripped off, resulting in poor yield and, in some cases, manual removal of residual sheath. There is a problem that it has to be stripped.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reliably remove the pods at the base of the soybean stalk and to improve the yield. It is to provide the pod of edamame.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following technical means. That is, the present invention sandwiches the stem base K1 in the edamame K having the pod a.
And the conveyor 14 that is being transferred, and is being transferred by the conveyor 14.
A pair of freely rotatable blades 7 for stripping the sheath a
And an edamame pod separating device comprising:
Nveyer 14 has an inclined shape in which the transfer end is higher than the transfer start end.
The blade 7 is provided with a method of transferring the conveyor 14.
Along the direction, it is installed horizontally below and
To the tip of edamame K from both sides with respect to edamame K in a substantially vertical position
It rotates in the direction in which the scraping action works, and
Near the transfer start end of the ya
The root portion that is being transferred and is not affected by the blade 7
The transfer force of the conveyor 14 is applied to the tape and a
It is characterized in that a fixed auxiliary blade 28 is provided .

[0006]

According to the present invention, edamame K is carried into the conveyor 14.
When fed to the mouth, edamame K has its stem caught in the conveyor 14.
The blades 7 are attached to the branches while being transferred and transferred.
The pods a along with some of the branches and leaves are stripped off from the root side to the tip. Mopping with this blade 7
As shown in Figure 10,
It is the rotation of the card 7, the stem is in the vertical position, and the stem has a tensile force.
Because he is strong against
There is less wrapping around the do 7. And at the base of the stem
The sheath a that did not hang on the blade 7 is an auxiliary blade.
It is reliably torn off by the auxiliary blade 28 as it passes between them. Therefore, no pods remain on the edamame stem, and the yield is improved.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 9 show a first embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is an overall frame of an apparatus, in which a sheath removing casing 2 is formed on the upper side and a sheath casing 3 is formed on the 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 stem sandwiching and conveying conveyors 14 are provided in an inclined manner 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 is moved from the transfer start end to the end.
The blade 7 is provided in a slanted shape with its end being raised, and the blade 7 is
It is installed horizontally below the bayer 14 along the transfer direction.
And soybeans in a substantially vertical position as shown in FIG.
Gripping action from both sides toward K toward the tip of edamame K
It is rotating in the direction you want to. In addition, the conveyor frame 14
On the lower surface of A, a pair of left and right rubber plate-shaped sheathing auxiliary blades 28 are provided near the edible soybean carry-in side in parallel and horizontally with the axis of the blade 7 via a substantially V-shaped mounting member 28A. The pod that is fixed so that it can be replaced and that is attached to the vicinity of the root of the edamame stem can reliably remove the pod that has not been caught by the blade 7.

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.

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, in the rocking sorter 45, a grain sheath and a receiving chute 49 are integrally provided under the frame 48 of the sieve 48 of the cage, and both side ends are provided with two upper and lower pivots 50 and 51 and links 52 and 53, respectively. A swinging rod 55 connected to the lower end of one of the links 53 so as to be swingable and inclined to the sorting machine support leg 54 via
The other end ring portion 55A is externally fitted and connected to an eccentric cam 56 that is axially supported by the support leg 54 via a horizontal shaft 56A.
A is driven from the second conveyor 43 via a pulley 57, a belt 58 and a transmission pulley 59. This rocking sorter 45 drops one grain pod, branches, leaves, etc. from the sieve 48 of the pod dropped from the gutter 46, leaving the pod containing two grains, and drops the pod on the lower side of the chute 49. It is discharged from the discharge port 60 and transferred to and collected on the screen 48 of the carefully selected sheath containing 2 grains.

The upper wall of the casing 2 on the side of the fan 37 is provided with a re-sorting port 61 and a charging chute 62. The chute 62 is openable and closable from the chute 62. 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.
And the pods on the branches at the base of the stem are blades
Although remains without ripped by 7, by the sheath pulling off the auxiliary blades 28 attached to the lower surface of the conveyor 14, co
The transfer force of the Nveyer 14 ensures that it is stripped. Furthermore, the tip of the stalk is slit 5 by the green soybean stalk stopper 29.
The transfer to the terminal end is regulated, it rises without coming off from between the blades 7, and the blade 7 reliably removes the pods from the branches at the tip of the stalks, and the pods removed from the pods at the end of the conveyor 14 are released. . On the other hand, part of the pods, branches, and leaves that have been stripped off by the blades 7 and 28 fall onto the first conveyor 36 and from the end of the conveyor 36 a screen 42
The branches and leaves are blown up by the wind from the wind-powered sorting fan 37, and are guided and discharged onto the branch / leaf discharge conveyor 44. Then, part of the pods, stems and the like falls onto the second conveyor 43, falls from the end of the second conveyor 43 onto the gutter 46, and is guided onto the swing sorter 45. The pods containing two or more grains on the rocking sorter 45 are sent to the discharging position on the sieve 48 and collected, and one grain pod, immaturity, stems, branches, etc. fall from the sieve 48. Then, it drops on the grain pod 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.

[0013]

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, the roots of the stems are clamped so that they are substantially suspended.
The blade faces the tip of the soybeans being transferred in a straight position.
Since it has a mopping action, the edamame stem may break or bend.
There is no entanglement in the cord, and the conveyor is
Whether the blades are horizontal and the end is high
The edamame can be stripped almost entirely, and an auxiliary blade for stripping the pod on the root side is arranged near the starting end of the conveyor in the transfer direction, so the pods on the root of the edamame stem can also be securely stripped. It is possible to improve the yield of stripping.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway side view showing an 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.

[Figure 9] It is a top view which shows the attachment state of an auxiliary blade.

[Figure 10] It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows the sheath picking.

FIG. 11 It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of a prior art example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Sayamyo casing 4 Side slit 5 Upper slit 7 Samoyaki blade 14 Conveyor for pinching and transporting soybean stalks 28 Samoyaki auxiliary blade

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In an edamame (K) having a pod (a)
Conveyor (14) for nipping and transferring the stem root (K1)
And the pod (a) during transfer on the conveyor (14)
With a pair of rotatable blades (7)
In the edamame pod separating device, the conveyor (14)
Is equipped with an inclined shape in which the transfer end is higher than the transfer start end,
The blade (7) is in the transfer direction of the conveyor (14)
Is installed horizontally below and along
Tip of edamame (K) from both sides with respect to vertical edamame (K)
It is rotating in the direction of stripping action toward the end,
Near the transfer start end of the conveyor (14), the conveyor (1
4) It is clamped by 4) and is being transferred and the blade (7) is
Conveyor (1) for the sheath (a) of the root part that is not used
4) A fixed auxiliary blade that performs stripping action with the transfer force of 4)
(28) is provided, soybean pod separation
apparatus.