Tomato cleaning mechanism

Through the combined design of the tomato cleaning mechanism, the driving belt is rolled and the nozzle sprays liquid to achieve all-round cleaning, which solves the problems of tomato damage and water waste, and achieves efficient cleaning and water-saving effects.

CN223335522UActive Publication Date: 2025-09-16广西农业职业技术大学
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422824818.7
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-11-19
Publication Date
2025-09-16
Estimated Expiration
2034-11-19

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Technical Problem

When tomatoes fall, gravity easily hits the bottom and causes dents, which damages the flesh. Cleaning is not comprehensive and requires tedious manual picking. The large amount of water used for cleaning can easily lead to water pollution and waste.

Method used

The system adopts a combination design of lifting components, driving components, supporting components, bottom bin components and filter box components. The driving belt drives the tomatoes to roll and the nozzle sprays liquid for all-round cleaning. The filter screen and circulating pump are combined to perform multi-layer filtration to reduce water consumption.

Benefits of technology

The system realizes all-round cleaning of tomatoes, reduces damage to the flesh, simplifies the picking process, and reduces water consumption by recycling water resources.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a tomato cleaning mechanism, and belongs to the technical field of tomato cleaning. The tomato cleaning mechanism specifically comprises a lifting assembly, a driving assembly arranged on the side wall of the lifting assembly, a supporting assembly arranged at the bottom of the lifting assembly, a bottom bin assembly arranged at the bottom of the supporting assembly and a filter box assembly arranged on the side wall of the bottom bin assembly, and the lifting assembly comprises slope plates which are oppositely arranged. After tomatoes enter the washing bin, the tomatoes are matched with a vertical pipe with a spray head to spray liquid from the side face, the tomatoes falling from a driving belt roll under the impact force of water flow, the rolling process facilitates all-directional cleaning and is easy to buffer, meanwhile, the tomatoes directly move to the other side of the washing bin along with the water flow of the spray head, and workers can conveniently pick up the cleaned tomatoes. And secondly, a bottom bin partition plate with a filter screen is arranged, and a filter box with a plurality of filter plates and a circulating pump head are matched, so that water flow can be subjected to multi-layer filtration and recycled, and water consumption in the tomato cleaning process is reduced.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of tomato cleaning, in particular to a tomato cleaning mechanism. Background Art

[0002] Tomatoes are rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins, and have high nutritional value. They can be used as both vegetables and fruits, and can be eaten raw or cooked. Tomatoes can be used to make tomato sauce, tomato juice and diced tomatoes, etc. The promotion range and consumption methods of tomatoes are large and diverse.

[0003] Therefore, tomatoes can be processed in many ways. Before different processing methods, tomatoes need to be cleaned. Ripe tomatoes are relatively soft, but after tomatoes are improved, their disadvantage of being easily broken gradually disappears.

[0004] However, in actual operation, if the water level is low during the falling process of tomatoes, they will still hit the bottom of the washing box due to gravity, causing dents and damaging the internal flesh, making it impossible to clean them all around. At the same time, in larger washing boxes, the washed tomatoes also need to be picked up manually by stretching their arms or using external tools, which is more cumbersome. In the tomato cleaning environment where a large amount of water is used, it is also easy to cause water pollution and waste. These are real problems that need to be solved urgently. Utility Model Content

[0005] The purpose of the present utility model is to provide a tomato cleaning mechanism to solve the problem proposed in the background art that if the water level is low during the falling process of tomatoes, they will still hit the bottom of the washing box due to gravity, causing depression and damaging the internal flesh, making it impossible to clean them all around. In addition, in a larger washing box, the washed tomatoes need to be picked up manually by extending the arm or using external tools, which is relatively cumbersome. In a tomato cleaning environment where a large amount of water is used, it is also easy to cause water pollution and waste.

[0006] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solution: comprising a lifting assembly, a driving assembly arranged on the side wall of the lifting assembly, a supporting assembly arranged at the bottom of the lifting assembly, a bottom bin assembly arranged at the bottom of the supporting assembly, and a filter box assembly arranged on the side wall of the bottom bin assembly;

[0007] in:

[0008] A lifting assembly comprising opposingly disposed ramp plates;

[0009] A drive assembly, the drive assembly comprising a drive motor disposed on a side wall of the ramp plate, a drive wheel disposed at an output end of the drive motor, and a drive belt sleeved with the drive wheel;

[0010] A support assembly, the support assembly comprising a second frame fixed to the side wall of the ramp plate, a flushing chamber provided on the top of the second frame, and a mesh plate provided on the bottom of the flushing chamber;

[0011] A bottom bin assembly, the bottom bin assembly comprising a bottom bin partition disposed at the bottom of the flushing bin, filters being arranged at equal intervals on the inner wall of the bottom bin partition, and a sealing plate being provided at the bottom of the bottom bin partition;

[0012] A filter box assembly comprises a filter box connected to the second side wall of the frame, the side wall of the filter box is provided with an extraction pipe that passes through the bottom bin partition, the bottom of the filter box is provided with a circulation pipe 1, the output end of the circulation pipe 1 is connected to a circulation pump, the output end of the circulation pump is threadedly connected to the circulation pipe 2, a plurality of groups of vertical pipes are evenly spaced on the circumferential outer wall of the circulation pipe 2, and the output end of the vertical pipe is threadedly connected to a nozzle that passes through the flushing bin.

[0013] Preferably, the top of the driving belt is fixedly connected to a clamping strip by screws, a clamping slot is reserved at the top of the clamping strip, the inner wall of the clamping slot is clamped and connected to a baffle, and the material of the baffle is a silicone plate.

[0014] Preferably, the side wall of the bottom bin partition is fixedly connected to an auxiliary plate by screws, and the side wall of the auxiliary plate is penetrated by multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles, and the side walls of the multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles are reserved with external screw holes.

[0015] Preferably, the inner wall of the filter box is reserved with multiple groups of side grooves, and the inner walls of the multiple groups of side grooves are plugged with filter plate one, filter plate two, filter plate three and filter plate four at a time.

[0016] Preferably, the side wall of the ramp plate is fixedly connected to frame 1 by bolts, and the material of frame 1 and frame 2 are both stainless steel pipes.

[0017] Preferably, the mesh plate is L-shaped, and dense holes are opened on the top of the mesh plate.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0019] 1. This tomato cleaning mechanism, through the combined use of accessories, can ensure that after the tomatoes enter the washing chamber, liquid is sprayed from the side by the vertical pipe carrying the nozzle, causing the tomatoes falling from the drive belt to tumble due to the impact of the water flow. The tumbling process facilitates all-round cleaning and is easy to buffer. At the same time, the tomatoes are directly moved to the other side of the washing chamber with the water flow from the nozzle, making it convenient for workers to pick up the cleaned tomatoes.

[0020] 2. This tomato cleaning mechanism, through the combined use of accessories, is equipped with a bottom compartment partition carrying a filter screen, and is combined with a filter box carrying multiple filter plates and a circulation pump head. It can perform multi-layer filtration on the water flow and recycle it, reducing water consumption during the tomato cleaning process. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and detailed embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without inventive labor. Among them:

[0022] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the tomato cleaning mechanism of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 This is a disassembled schematic diagram of the tomato cleaning mechanism of the present invention;

[0024] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the bottom bin assembly of the tomato cleaning mechanism of the present invention;

[0025] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the filter box assembly of the tomato cleaning mechanism of the present invention;

[0026] Figure 5 This is an exploded schematic diagram of the filter box assembly of the tomato cleaning mechanism of the present invention.

[0027] In the figure: 100, lifting assembly; 110, frame one; 120, ramp plate; 200, driving assembly; 210, driving motor; 220, driving belt; 230, baffle; 300, supporting assembly; 310, frame two; 320, flushing bin; 330, mesh plate; 400, bottom bin assembly; 410, bottom bin partition; 420, filter screen; 430, sealing plate; 440, auxiliary plate; 450, auxiliary nozzle; 500, filter box assembly; 510, filter box; 511, filter plate one; 512, filter plate two; 513, filter plate three; 514, filter plate four; 520, extraction pipe; 530, circulation pipe one; 540, circulation pump; 550, circulation pipe two; 560, vertical pipe; 570, nozzle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like to indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0029] In the description of the present invention, “plurality” means two or more, unless otherwise clearly defined.

[0030] In the description of this utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "installed," "provided with," "mounted / connected," and "connected" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, "connected" can mean a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be internal communication between two components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in this utility model can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0031] The utility model provides a tomato cleaning mechanism. After the tomatoes enter the washing chamber, liquid is sprayed from the side by a vertical pipe with a nozzle, causing the tomatoes falling from the driving belt to roll under the impact of the water flow. The rolling process is convenient for all-round cleaning and easy to buffer. At the same time, the tomatoes are directly moved to the other side of the washing chamber with the water flow of the nozzle, making it convenient for workers to pick up the cleaned tomatoes. A bottom chamber partition with a filter screen is provided, and a filter box with multiple filter plates and a circulation pump head are used to perform multi-layer filtration and recycle the water flow, thereby reducing water consumption during the tomato cleaning process. Figures 1 to 5 , comprising a lifting assembly 100, a driving assembly 200 disposed on a side wall of the lifting assembly 100, a supporting assembly 300 disposed at the bottom of the lifting assembly 100, a bottom bin assembly 400 disposed at the bottom of the supporting assembly 300, and a filter box assembly 500 disposed on a side wall of the bottom bin assembly 400;

[0032] in:

[0033] The lifting assembly 100 includes opposing ramps 120 . The ramps 120 form a limiting structure to facilitate the drive of the drive belt 220 carrying the baffle 230 . To prevent tomatoes from falling, the height of the ramps 120 needs to be increased according to actual conditions, that is, a higher plate is used.

[0034] The drive assembly 200 includes a drive motor 210 bolted to the side wall of the ramp 120, a drive wheel at the output end of the drive motor 210, and a drive belt 220 sleeved with the drive wheel. The drive motor 210 can be a commonly used model on the market to easily drive the drive wheel, thereby rotating the drive belt 220 on the drive wheel. At the same time, an external tomato placement mechanism or manual labor is required at the end of the drive belt 220 to place the tomatoes on the drive belt 220.

[0035] The support assembly 300 includes a second frame 310 fixed to the side wall of the ramp plate 120 by bolts. A flushing chamber 320 is also installed on the top of the second frame 310 by bolts. The flushing chamber 320 has a certain thickness. The bottom of the flushing chamber 320 is buckled with a mesh plate 330. The mesh plate 330 does not have dense holes in all parts to prevent excessive water from flowing directly into the bottom chamber partition 410 instead of passing through the filter 420.

[0036] The bottom bin assembly 400 includes a bottom bin partition 410 bolted to the bottom of the flushing bin 320. Filters 420 are evenly spaced and snap-fitted onto the inner wall of the bottom bin partition 410. A sealing plate 430 is provided at the bottom of the bottom bin partition 410. A sealing rubber strip is bonded between the sealing plate 430 and the bottom bin partition 410.

[0037] The filter box assembly 500 includes a filter box 510 connected to the side wall of the second frame 310 by screws. The side wall of the filter box 510 is provided with an extraction pipe 520 that passes through the bottom bin partition 410. The end of the extraction pipe 520 is a trumpet-shaped opening to facilitate maximum water collection and coordination. The bottom of the filter box 510 is provided with a circulation pipe 1 530. The output end of the circulation pipe 1 530 is connected to a circulation pump 540. The model of the circulation pump 540 can be a commonly used model on the market. The output end of the circulation pump 540 is threadedly connected to the circulation pipe 2 550. The circumferential outer wall of the circulation pipe 2 550 is evenly spaced. The output end of the vertical pipe 560 is threadedly connected to a nozzle 570 that passes through the flushing bin 320.

[0038] In some cases, to avoid clogging, the filter 420 needs to be cleaned or replaced regularly;

[0039] Working principle: First, a ramp plate 120 is set on the frame 110 to facilitate the cooperation with the driving component 200 to drive the driving belt 220 carrying the baffle 230. At the same time, a flushing bin 320 is provided on the support component 300, and a mesh plate 330 is provided on the flushing bin 320, which can transfer the water source to the bottom bin component 400. The bottom bin component 400 has a filter screen 420 for filtering. At the same time, the filter box component 400 can use the extraction pipe 520 to transfer the water source to the filter box 510 carrying filter plate 1 511, filter plate 2 512, filter plate 3 513 and filter plate 4 514, effectively increasing the filtering effect, and at the same time, pass the filtered water source to the circulation pump 540 and to the circulation pipe 2 550. The circulation pipe 2 550 continues to cooperate with the nozzle 570 at the end of the vertical pipe 560 to spray the water source out to clean the tomatoes.

[0040] At the same time, in order to increase the transmission effect of tomatoes and prevent harder materials from affecting the tomatoes, specifically, the top of the driving belt 220 is fixedly connected to a card strip by screws, and a card slot is reserved at the top of the card strip. The inner wall of the card slot is snap-connected with a baffle 230. The material of the baffle 230 is a silicone plate, which can avoid damage caused by direct collision with the tomatoes.

[0041] Subsequently, in order to facilitate the continued cooperation with the external water source to increase the flushing effect, specifically, the side wall of the bottom bin partition 410 is fixedly connected to the auxiliary plate 440 by screws, and the side wall of the auxiliary plate 440 is penetrated by multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles 450, and the side walls of the multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles 450 are reserved with external screw holes.

[0042] Next, in order to pre-filter the water source before it enters the filter box assembly 500, the inner wall of the filter box 510 is reserved with multiple sets of side grooves, and the inner walls of the multiple sets of side grooves are plugged with filter plate 1 511, filter plate 2 512, filter plate 3 513 and filter plate 4 514 at a time;

[0043] In some embodiments, the materials of filter plate 1 511 , filter plate 2 512 , filter plate 3 513 and filter plate 4 514 can be the same or set to different materials as needed, including but not limited to: metal mesh plate, quartz sand filled plate, expanded clay filled plate, etc.

[0044] Furthermore, in order to facilitate support and maintain strength and service life, specifically, the side wall of the ramp plate 120 is fixedly connected to the frame 110 by bolts, and the material of the frame 110 and the frame 2 310 are both stainless steel pipes.

[0045] At the same time, in order to facilitate the guidance of tomatoes and enable the water source to be better transferred to the bottom bin partition 410 for filtration, specifically, the mesh plate 330 is L-shaped, and dense holes are opened on the top of the mesh plate 330.

[0046] In addition, the conventional accessories and conventional structures involved in the present invention are all existing technologies and can be fully implemented by those skilled in the art. Needless to say, the content protected by the present invention does not involve improvements to internal structures and methods.

[0047] While the present invention has been described above with reference to exemplary embodiments, various modifications may be made and equivalent components may be substituted without departing from the scope of the present invention. In particular, as long as no structural conflicts exist, the various features of the disclosed embodiments may be combined with one another in any manner. The omission of an exhaustive description of these combinations in this specification is solely for the sake of space and resource conservation. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed herein, but encompasses all technical solutions within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A tomato cleaning mechanism, characterized by: The invention comprises a lifting assembly (100), a driving assembly (200) arranged on a side wall of the lifting assembly (100), a supporting assembly (300) arranged at the bottom of the lifting assembly (100), a bottom bin assembly (400) arranged at the bottom of the supporting assembly (300), and a filter box assembly (500) arranged on a side wall of the bottom bin assembly (400); in: A lifting assembly (100), the lifting assembly (100) comprising opposingly arranged ramp plates (120); A drive assembly (200), the drive assembly (200) comprising a drive motor (210) disposed on a side wall of the ramp plate (120), a drive wheel disposed at an output end of the drive motor (210), and a drive belt (220) sleeved with the drive wheel; A support assembly (300), the support assembly (300) comprising a second frame (310) fixed to the side wall of the ramp plate (120), a flushing chamber (320) being provided on the top of the second frame (310), and a mesh plate (330) being provided on the bottom of the flushing chamber (320); A bottom bin assembly (400), the bottom bin assembly (400) comprising a bottom bin partition (410) disposed at the bottom of the flushing bin (320), filters (420) being disposed at equal intervals on the inner wall of the bottom bin partition (410), and a sealing plate (430) being disposed at the bottom of the bottom bin partition (410); A filter box assembly (500) includes a filter box (510) connected to the side wall of the second frame (310), the side wall of the filter box (510) is provided with an extraction pipe (520) that passes through the bottom bin partition (410), the bottom of the filter box (510) is provided with a circulation pipe (530), the output end of the circulation pipe (530) is connected to a circulation pump (540), the output end of the circulation pump (540) is threadedly connected to the circulation pipe (550), and the circumferential outer wall of the circulation pipe (550) is evenly spaced and provided with multiple groups of vertical pipes (560), and the output end of the vertical pipe (560) is threadedly connected to a nozzle (570) that passes through the flushing bin (320).

2. A tomato cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the driving belt (220) is fixedly connected to a clamping strip by screws, a clamping slot is reserved at the top of the clamping strip, and a baffle (230) is clamped and connected to the inner wall of the clamping slot, and the material of the baffle (230) is a silicone plate.

3. A tomato cleaning mechanism according to claim 2, characterized in that: The side wall of the bottom bin partition (410) is fixedly connected to the auxiliary plate (440) by screws, and the side wall of the auxiliary plate (440) is penetrated by multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles (450), and the side walls of the multiple groups of auxiliary nozzles (450) are reserved with external screw holes.

4. The tomato cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner wall of the filter box (510) is reserved with multiple groups of side grooves, and the inner walls of the multiple groups of side grooves are plugged with filter plate one (511), filter plate two (512), filter plate three (513) and filter plate four (514) at one time.

5. A tomato cleaning mechanism according to claim 4, characterized in that: The side wall of the ramp plate (120) is fixedly connected to the frame 1 (110) by bolts, and the material of the frame 1 (110) and the frame 2 (310) are both stainless steel pipes.

6. The tomato cleaning mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: The mesh plate (330) is L-shaped, and dense holes are provided on the top of the mesh plate (330).