Vegetable corer

Abstract

To provide a vegetable core remover 10 which facilitates core alignment work in placing a vegetable such as a cabbage 21 on an ingredient receiver 20, making work efficiency good, and does not decrease a commodity value of the vegetable.SOLUTION: When an operator places a cabbage 21 on an ingredient receiver 20 in a placement station 10A, the cabbage 21 is placed at a predetermined point on the ingredient receiver 20 while a bottom part of the core 21a of the cabbage 21 is turned upward and an irradiation light of a laser marker 22 is utilized as a mark. This enables core alignment work for placing the cabbage 21 at the predetermined point on the ingredient receiver 20 to be easily and rapidly performed. A core removal edge 23 and a core breaking edge 26 are moved up and down to perform core removal, not involving rotation of the core removal edge 23. The core removal edge 23 cuts out the core 21a while the core breaking edge 26 breaks the core 21a. The cut out and broken core 21a forced into the core removal edge 23 is pushed out by a core 21a of a following cabbage 21 and thereby is discharged from a top side opening 23b of the core removal edge 23.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a vegetable core remover for removing the cores of vegetables such as cabbage, lettuce, Chinese cabbage, etc. [Background technology]

[0002] As an example of this type of vegetable core remover, Patent Publication No. 5,685,681 discloses the configuration of a core remover equipped with an intermittently driven conveyor belt, a material receiver on which vegetables are placed is fixed to the conveyor belt, and a loading station, a core remover station and a discharge station are provided in that order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor belt.

[0003] In this core remover, the material receptacle is stopped at the loading position in the loading station and the vegetable is loaded in. The material receptacle is formed with a notch for loading the vegetable, and the vegetable is loaded in the notch with the core bottom facing down.

[0004] At the core removing station, the material receptacle is stopped at a core removing position, the cores of the vegetables placed therein are cut off by a core removing blade, and then at the discharge station, the cored vegetables are discharged from the material receptacle. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0005] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 5685681 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0006] In the above-mentioned conventional vegetable core remover, in order to correctly place the vegetable cores in the notched portion of the material receptacle with the bottom of the core facing down, a camera is installed below the material receptacle, the vegetable is photographed by the camera, and the worker works while viewing the photographed image on a monitor. Therefore, the worker must move his / her line of sight between the monitor and the material receptacle, and the work of aligning the cores when placing the vegetable in the material receptacle, that is, the work of placing the vegetable in the specified place on the material receptacle so that the core of the vegetable will be neatly removed by the core removal blade at the next core removal station, is extremely troublesome and the work efficiency is poor. In addition, since the core is removed by rotating the core removal blade and cutting it into small pieces, not only does the area where the core has been removed look unattractive, but the vegetable is prone to damage from the removed area, reducing the market value of the vegetable.

[0007] In view of the above problems, the present invention aims to provide a vegetable core remover that makes it easy to align the cores of vegetables when placing them on a material receptacle, has excellent work efficiency, and does not reduce the commercial value of the vegetables. [Means for solving the problem]

[0008] The invention described in claim 1 is A material receiver is fixed to the conveyor belt, which is driven intermittently, and a placement station, a core removing station, and a discharge station are provided in this order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor belt; At the loading station, the material receiver is stopped at the loading position and the vegetable is loaded at a predetermined position on the material receiver, and at the core removing station, the material receiver is stopped at the core removing position and the core of the loaded vegetable is cut out with a core removing blade; A vegetable core remover that discharges cored vegetables from a material receiver at a discharge station, A laser marker is installed above the placement position. A core removal material holder is provided above the core removal position, a cylindrical core removal blade having openings at both top and bottom ends and a blade formed at the bottom opening, and a core splitting blade are provided so as to be raised and lowered by a core removal motor, When placing the vegetable in the ingredient receiver at the placement position, the bottom of the vegetable's core is facing up, and the vegetable is placed in a predetermined location on the ingredient receiver using the light emitted by the laser marker as a guide; At the core removal position, the material presser for core removal is lowered to press the vegetable against the material receiver, the core removal blade and the core splitting blade are lowered, the core is cut and split with the core removal blade and pushed into the core removal blade, and the core is divided with the core splitting blade. The core pushed into the core removing blade is pushed out from the upper opening of the core removing blade by the core of the succeeding vegetable when cutting out the core of the succeeding vegetable.

[0009] The invention described in claim 2 is the centering machine described in claim 1, The upper splitting blade, which also serves as a core cutting blade and divides vegetables into front-back and / or left-right sections, is characterized by being arranged to extend left-right or front-back from the outer circumferential surface of the core cutting blade across the lower end opening of the core cutting blade.

[0010] The invention described in claim 3 is the vegetable core remover described in claim 1, The core removing blade and the core splitting blade are integrally provided, and a locking means is provided for releasably connecting the core removing blade and the core removing material holder; The core removal blade descends until the core splitting blade splits the core to a specified depth and then stops. When the coring blade descends, the coring material holder descends under its own weight until it comes into contact with the vegetable. When the core removing blade descends and stops, the core removing blade and the core removing material holder are connected by the locking means. This is characterized in that when the core-removing blade rises, the core-removing material holder rises together with the core-removing blade.

[0011] The invention described in claim 4 is the vegetable core remover described in claim 1, A horizontal splitting station for splitting the vegetables horizontally by stopping the material receiver at the horizontal splitting position is installed downstream of the core removal station; A horizontal splitting material holder is provided at the horizontal splitting position so as to be raised and lowered by a material holder motor, and a horizontal splitting blade which rises and falls in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material holder is provided so as to be reciprocally movable along the traveling direction of the material receiver by the horizontal splitting motor; The horizontal splitting material holder is lowered to press the vegetables against the material receiver, and the horizontal splitting blade is lowered to a specified position in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material holder. The vegetable separator is characterized in that the horizontal splitting blade is reciprocated in the moving direction of the material receiver at a predetermined position to split the vegetable into upper and lower parts.

[0012] The invention described in claim 5 is the vegetable core remover described in claim 4, The cutting blade is provided with a crosswise dividing vertical blade intersecting the crosswise dividing blade, and the cutting blade divides the cutting material into upper and lower parts and, at the same time, the cutting blade divides the cutting material into left and right parts.

[0013] The invention described in claim 6 is the vegetable core remover described in claim 4, A rack is provided which moves up and down together with the horizontal splitting material holder, and a pinion is provided which moves up and down together with the horizontal splitting blade, The rack is engaged with a pinion, and the cutting blade is positioned in the center between the cutting blade and the material receiver, and moves down in conjunction with the cutting blade. Effect of the Invention

[0014] According to the invention described in claim 1, when a worker at the loading station places a vegetable in the material receptacle, the worker places the vegetable in the designated location on the material receptacle with the bottom of the vegetable's core facing up and using the light emitted by the laser marker as a guide, so that the core alignment work of placing the vegetable in the designated location on the material receptacle can be performed easily and quickly. The core removal blade and the core splitter blade are raised and lowered to remove the core, without rotating the core removal blade. In addition, the core is cut out with the core removal blade and simultaneously divided by the core splitter, and the cut and divided core that is pushed into the core removal blade is pushed out by the core of the following vegetable when the core of the following vegetable is cut out, and discharged from the upper opening of the core removal blade. This allows the removed portion of the core to be neatly removed in a short time, and the appearance of the cored vegetables is good and they are less likely to spoil.

[0015] According to the invention described in claim 2, as the core removing blade moves up and down, the upper splitting blade, which also serves as the core splitting blade, can split the vegetable into front and back and / or left and right. According to the invention described in claim 3, the three members, the material holder, the core removing blade, and the core splitting blade, can be raised and lowered by a single core removing motor. According to the invention described in claim 4, the cored vegetables can be divided into two vegetable pieces, one above the other. According to the invention described in claim 5, the cored vegetables can be divided into a total of four vegetable pieces. According to the invention as set forth in claim 6, the vegetables can be divided into upper and lower vegetable pieces having approximately the same volume. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0016] [Figure 1] 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a cabbage core remover according to an embodiment of the present invention; [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a left side view showing an outline of the cabbage core remover. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a rear view showing an outline of the cabbage core remover. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main parts of the cabbage core remover. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the main parts of the cabbage core remover. [Figure 6] 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. FIG. [Figure 7] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. [Figure 8] 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. FIG. [Figure 9] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. [Figure 10] 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. FIG. [Figure 11] 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a core removing station of the cabbage core removing machine. FIG. [Figure 12] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a core removing blade of the cabbage core removing machine. [Figure 13] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cabbage whose core has been removed by the cabbage core remover. [Figure 14] FIG. 2 is a front view showing an outline of a horizontal splitting station of the cabbage core removing machine. [Figure 15] 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 15-15 in FIG. 14. [Figure 16] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cross-splitting blade of the cabbage core remover. [Figure 17] FIG. 2 is a front view showing an outline of a horizontal splitting station of the cabbage core removing machine. [Figure 18] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of a horizontal splitting station of the cabbage core remover. [Figure 19] This is a cross-sectional view taken along line 19-19 in Figure 17. [Figure 20] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of a horizontal splitting station of the cabbage core remover. [Figure 21] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cabbage that has had its core removed using the cabbage core remover and has been cut horizontally into four pieces. [Figure 22] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another core removing blade of the cabbage core removing machine. [Diagram 23] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cabbage that has had its core removed using the cabbage core remover and has been split in two from the top. [Figure 24] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a cabbage that has had its core removed using the cabbage core remover and has been cut into four pieces from the top. EXAMPLES

[0017] The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a cabbage corer 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. This corer 10 is equipped with a conveyor belt 11, a conveyor motor 12, a corer motor 13, a material holder motor 14 for lateral splitting, a lateral splitting motor 15, and a control box 16 for controlling these motors 12, 13, 14 and 15. From the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor belt 11, a loading station 10A, a corer station 10B, a lateral splitting station 10C and a discharge station 10D are provided in this order.

[0018] A plurality of material receivers 20 are fixed to the conveyor belt 11. The material receivers 20 are arranged at equal intervals along the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11. A recess 20a for receiving a cabbage 21 is formed in the center of each material receiver 20.

[0019] The conveyor belt 11 is driven intermittently, and at the loading station 10A, the material receptacle 20 stops at the loading position, where a worker loads the cabbage 21 onto the material receptacle 20. At the core removal station 10B, the material receptacle 20 stops at the core removal position, where the core 21a is cut out from the cabbage 21 loaded onto the material receptacle 20. At the horizontal splitting station 10C, the cored cabbage 21 is divided into two cabbage pieces, one above the other, and the divided cabbage pieces are then discharged from the material receptacle 20 at the discharge station 10D.

[0020] A laser marker 22 is installed in the placement station 10A. A cross-shaped light is emitted from this laser marker 22 toward the depression in the material receiver 20 stopped at the placement position. The worker places the cabbage 21 in the material receiver 20 while aligning the core with the bottom of the core 21a of the cabbage 21 facing up and using the cross-shaped light emitted from the laser marker 22 as a guide.

[0021] As shown in Figures 2, 4, 5 and 6 to 11, a centering blade 23 and a centering material holder 24 are provided above the centering position where the material receiver 20 stops in the centering station 10B. 12, the core removing blade 23 has a cylindrical shape with a lower opening 23a and an upper opening 23b, with the blade 23a formed on the end surface of the lower opening, and is fixed to the lower end of a T-shaped mounting plate 25. A core splitting blade 26 is fixed to the tip of the mounting plate 25. This core splitting blade 26 is vertically installed inside the core removing blade 23 so as to vertically divide the inside of the core removing blade 23 in half.

[0022] As shown in Figures 4 and 5, the T-shaped plate 25 to which the core removing blade 23 and the core splitting blade 26 are attached is integrally connected to a core removing frame 27. The core removing frame 27 is mounted to a first guide rod 27a vertically attached to a machine frame 28 (see Figures 4 and 5) so as to be movable up and down. A core removing cam 30 is fixed to the core removing frame 27. The core removing frame 27 is connected to a first crank 31 rotated by the core removing motor 13 via a connecting rod 32, so that the core removing frame 27, the integral T-shaped plate 25, and the core removing blade 23 and core splitting blade 26 fixed to the T-shaped plate 25 are raised and lowered along the first guide rod 27a by the core removing motor 13.

[0023] As shown in FIG. 6, the core-removal material retainer 24 is provided on the lower edge of the material retainer frame 24A. The material retainer frame 24A is attached to a second guide rod 33 vertically attached to the machine frame 28 so that it can be raised and lowered. The upper edge of the material retainer frame 24A rests on the centering frame 27 by its own weight. Latch-shaped grooves 29a are arranged in a row along the longitudinal direction on one side of a first rod 29 vertically attached to the machine frame 28. A lock claw 34 that engages with the latch-shaped groove 29a is attached to the material retainer frame 24A and is biased by a coil spring 34b in the direction of engaging with the latch-shaped groove 29a. A tapered surface 34a is formed on the lower part of the lock claw 34. On the other hand, a cam surface 30a that slides against or moves away from the tapered surface 34a of the lock claw 34 as the centering cam 30 rises and falls is formed on the upper part of both left and right ends of the centering cam 30. When the cam surface 30a of the centering cam 30 is in sliding contact with the tapered surface 34a of the locking claw 34, the locking claw 34 moves away from the latch-shaped groove 29a against the biasing force of the coil spring 34b. In this state, the upper edge of the material holding frame 24A rests on the centering frame 27 by its own weight, so the centering material holder 24 provided on the lower edge of the material holding frame 24A moves up and down integrally with the centering frame 27. On the other hand, when the cam surface 30a of the centering cam 30 moves away from the tapered surface 34a of the locking claw 34, the locking claw 34 is biased by the coil spring 34b and engages with the latch-shaped groove 29a, so that the material holding frame 24A is connected to the first rod 29 and stops.

[0024] The process of removing the core 21a from the cabbage 21 placed on the material receiver 20 in the core removing station 10B will be described with reference to Figs. The conveyor belt 11 is driven by the conveyor motor 12, and the material receiver 20 on which the cabbage 21 is placed at the placement station 10A moves. When the material receiver 20 reaches the coring position, the conveyor motor 12 is stopped, and the material receiver 20 stops at the coring position, as shown in Fig. 6. At this time, the coring blade 23, the core splitting blade 26, and the coring material holder 24 are set at the end of the upward stroke. At the end of the upward stroke, the cam surface 30a of the coring cam 30 abuts against the tapered surface 34a of the locking claw 34, and the locking claw 34 is separated from the latch-shaped groove 29a against the biasing force of the coil spring 34b. Therefore, the upper edge of the material holder frame 24A rests on the coring frame 27 by its own weight.

[0025] 7, the first crank 31 is driven by the core removal motor 13, the core removal frame 27 is lowered, the core removal blade 23 cuts and splits the outer periphery of the core 21a of the cabbage 21, and the core splitting blade 26 splits the core 21a of the cabbage 21 vertically into two pieces, one on the left and one on the right, as the core removal frame 27 descends, the material holding frame 24A on which the core removal material holder 24 is mounted also descends under its own weight, and the core removal material holder 24 comes into contact with the cabbage 21 to hold it down and stop its descent, but the core removal blade 23 and the core splitting blade 26 continue to descend.

[0026] As shown in Figure 8, when the corer material holder 24 stops and the corer frame 27 continues to descend, the cam surface 30a of the corer cam 30 disengages from the tapered surface 34a of the locking claw 34, and the locking claw 34 is biased by the coil spring 34b and engages with the latch-shaped groove 29a. This keeps the corer material holder 24 pressed against the cabbage 21. Meanwhile, the corer blade 23 and the core splitter blade 26 descend to a predetermined depth from the bottom of the core 21a of the cabbage 21, splitting the outer periphery of the core 21a and vertically splitting the core 21a in two. The two split cores 21a are pushed into the corer blade 23.

[0027] As shown in Figure 9, when the core 21a of the succeeding cabbage 21 is divided into two and pushed into the core removing blade 23, the core 21a of the succeeding cabbage 21 is pushed out from the upper end surface opening 23b of the core removing blade 23, falling to the left and right.

[0028] Next, as shown in Fig. 10, the core removing frame 27 rises, and the core removing blade 23 and the core splitting blade 26 rise accordingly, and the cam surface 30a of the core removing cam 30 comes into contact with the tapered surface 34a of the locking claw 34, and the locking claw 34 moves against the biasing force of the coil spring 34b. As a result, the locking claw 34 is disengaged from the latch-shaped groove 29a, and the material holding frame 24A is engaged with the upper edge of the core removing frame 27. As shown in Fig. 11, the core removing material holding frame 24, the core removing blade 23, and the core splitting blade 26 rise together with the core removing frame 27 to the end of the upward stroke and stop. Through the steps shown in Figs. 6 to 11, the core 21a of the cabbage 21 is cut out as shown in Fig. 13.

[0029] Above the cross-splitting position where the material receiver 20 stops in the cross-splitting station 10C, a cross-splitting material holder 35, a cross-splitting blade 36, and a cross-splitting vertical blade 37 are provided, as shown in Figures 4, 5, 14, 15, and 16. In the horizontal splitting station 10C, two guide rods 38, 39, 40, 41, two guide rods extending along the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11, one on the left and one on the right, and one on the top and bottom, are fixed to the machine frame 28. Horizontal splitting brackets 42, 43, 44, 45 are assembled to the guide rods 38, 39, 40, 41 so as to be movable back and forth along the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11. The horizontal splitting bracket 42 and the horizontal splitting bracket 43 are connected by a frame 46. Similarly, the horizontal splitting bracket 44 and the horizontal splitting bracket 45 are connected by a frame 47, the horizontal splitting bracket 42 and the horizontal splitting bracket 44 are connected by a frame 48, and the horizontal splitting bracket 43 and the horizontal splitting bracket 45 are connected by a frame 49.

[0030] A round rack 50 is attached to the two upper left and right horizontal splitting brackets 42, 43 so that it can be raised and lowered. A U-shaped bracket 51 is fixed to the lower end of the round rack 50, and a horizontal splitting material holder 35 is detachably attached to the U-shaped bracket 51. The horizontal splitting material holder 35 is connected to a second crank 52 rotated by a horizontal splitting material holder motor 14 via a connecting rod 53.

[0031] A guide rod 54 is attached to the two upper left and right brackets 42, 43 so as to be movable up and down. The cross splitting blade 36 is attached between the lower ends of the two guide rods 54. In addition, the cross splitting vertical blade 37 is attached to the upper and lower frames 46, 47 so as to cross-intersect with the cross splitting blade 36. A pinion 55 is rotatably attached to the upper end of each guide rod 54, and the pinion 55 meshes with the round rack 50 and a rack 56 fixed to the brackets 42, 43.

[0032] When the second crank 52 is rotated by the horizontal splitting material holder motor 14, the horizontal splitting material holder 35 rises and falls, and the pinion 55 rotates accordingly, so that the horizontal splitting blade 36 also rises and falls in conjunction with the rise and fall of the horizontal splitting material holder 35. The horizontal splitting blade 36 is connected to the horizontal splitting material holder 35 via the racks 50, 56 and the pinion 55 so as to rise and fall in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material holder 35 while being positioned in the center between the horizontal splitting material holder 35 and the material receiver 20. In addition, the left and right frames 48, 49 are connected to a third crank 57 rotated by the horizontal splitting motor 15 via a connecting rod 58, so that when the third crank 57 rotates, the horizontal splitting blade 36 and the vertical horizontal splitting blade 37 move back and forth along the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11.

[0033] The process of slicing the cabbage 21 placed on the material receiver 20 in the slicing station 10C will be described with reference to Figures 14 to 19. The cabbage 21 that has been cored in the core removal station 10B is then sent to the slicing station 10C and stops at the slicing position. As shown in Figures 14 and 15, at the start of the slicing process, the slicing material holder 35 is at the end of its upward stroke, and the slicing blade 36 is also at the end of its upward stroke. The slicing blade 36 and the vertical slicing blade 37 are stopped at the downstream stroke end in the traveling direction of the conveyor belt 11.

[0034] 17 and 18, the second crank 52 is rotated by the horizontal splitting material presser motor 14, and the horizontal splitting material presser 35 descends from the end of its upward stroke, abutting against the cabbage 21 placed on the material receiver 20 and stopping by pressing down the cabbage 21. As the horizontal splitting material presser 35 descends, the horizontal splitting blade 36 descends in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material presser 35 while being positioned in the center between the horizontal splitting material presser 35 and the material receiver 20. Then, when the horizontal splitting material presser 35 stops, the horizontal splitting blade 36 also stops in the center between the horizontal splitting material presser 35 and the material receiver 20.

[0035] Next, as shown in Fig. 19, the third crank 57 is rotated by the horizontal splitting motor 15, and the horizontal splitting brackets 42, 43, 44, 45 move upstream in the conveyor belt travel direction along the guide rods 38, 39, 40, 41, and the horizontal splitting blade 36 and vertical horizontal splitting blade 37 also move to the stroke end in the same direction. As a result, the cabbage 21 placed on the material receiver 20 is split into quartered cabbage pieces as shown in Fig. 21.

[0036] After the cabbage 21 has been cut into quarters, the cutting blade 36 and the cutting presser 35 move upward to the end of their upward stroke as shown in FIG. 20, and then return to their initial positions as shown in FIGS.

[0037] According to the cabbage core remover of this embodiment, when an operator places a cabbage 21 in the material receptacle 20 at the placement station 10A, the operator places the cabbage 21 in a predetermined location on the material receptacle 20 with the bottom of the core 21a of the cabbage 21 facing upwards and using the light emitted by the laser marker 22 as a guide, so that the core alignment work of placing the cabbage 21 in the predetermined location on the material receptacle 20 can be performed easily and quickly. Core removal is performed by raising and lowering the core removing blade 23 and the core splitting blade 26, without rotation of the core removing blade 23. Furthermore, while the core 21a is cut out by the core removing blade 23, the core 21a is simultaneously divided by the core splitting blade 26, and the core 21a that has been cut out and is pressed into the core removing blade 23 in a divided state is pushed out by the core 21a of the succeeding cabbage 21 when the core 21a of the succeeding cabbage 21 is cut out, and is discharged from the upper opening 23b of the core removing blade 23. As a result, the removed portion of the core 21b can be neatly removed in a short time, the appearance of the cored cabbage 21 is good, and it is less likely to spoil.

[0038] A single core removing motor 13 can raise and lower three members, the material holder 24, the core removing blade 23, and the core splitting blade 26. The cored cabbage 21 can be divided into two pieces, an upper and lower, by the cross splitting blade 36. It is also possible to divide the cored cabbage 21 into a total of four pieces. It is also possible to divide the cabbage 21 into upper and lower pieces of roughly equal volume.

[0039] 22 shows a core removing blade 60 and a core splitter / upper splitter 61 according to another embodiment. The core removing blade 60 has a cylindrical shape with openings at both the top and bottom ends, and the core splitter / upper splitter 61 has an elongated shape and is fixed to the bottom of a horizontally long rectangular mounting plate 62. The core splitter / upper splitter 61 divides the bottom opening of the core removing blade 60 in half and extends outward from the core removing blade 60. The mounting plate 62 is attached to the core removing frame 27. The other configuration is the same as that of the cabbage core remover 10 described above.

[0040] According to the cabbage 21 core remover 10 using this core removing blade 60 and core splitting blade / upper splitting blade 61, the core 21a of the cabbage 21 can be removed and the cabbage can be divided into two cabbage pieces, left and right, as shown in FIG. If another core-splitting / top splitting blade 61 perpendicular to the core-splitting / top splitting blade 61 is provided on the mounting plate, the cabbage can be split into two left and right pieces and two front and back pieces, as shown in FIG. [Explanation of symbols]

[0041] 10…Cabbage core remover 10A…Placement station 10B…Core removal station 10C…Horizontal division station 10D…Discharge station 11...Conveyor belt 12...Conveyor motor 13...Core removal motor 14...Material holding motor for horizontal cutting 15...Horizontal split motor 16…Control box 20…Material receiver 21...Cabbage 21a…(cabbage) core 22...Laser marker 23...Core removal blade 24…Core removal material holder 24A…Material holding frame 25…Mounting plate 26…Core splitting blade 27…Core removal frame 27a…First guide rod 28…Machine frame 29…First rod 29a…Latch-shaped groove 30…Centering cam 30a…Cam surface 31…1st crank 32…Connecting rod 33…Second guide rod 34…Lock claw 34a...Tapered surface 35…Horizontal cutting material holder 36…Splitting blade 37…Horizontal split vertical blade 38, 39, 40, 41…Guide rod 42, 43, 44, 45...Horizontal split brackets 46,47,48,49…Frame 50...Round rack 51...U-shaped bracket 52…Second crank 53…Connecting rod 54…Guide rod 55…Pinion 56…Rack 57…3rd crank 58…Connecting rod 60...Core removal blade 61...Core splitter blade and upper splitter blade

Claims

1. A material receiver is fixed to the conveyor belt, which is driven intermittently, and a placement station, a core removing station, and a discharge station are provided in this order from the upstream side to the downstream side of the conveyor belt; At the loading station, the material receiver is stopped at the loading position and the vegetable is loaded at a predetermined position on the material receiver, and at the core removing station, the material receiver is stopped at the core removing position and the core of the loaded vegetable is cut out with a core removing blade; A vegetable core remover that discharges cored vegetables from a material receiver at a discharge station, A laser marker is installed above the placement position. A core removal material holder is provided above the core removal position, a cylindrical core removal blade having openings at both top and bottom ends and a blade formed at the bottom opening, and a core splitting blade are provided so as to be raised and lowered by a core removal motor, When placing the vegetable in the ingredient receiver at the placement position, the bottom of the vegetable's core is facing up, and the vegetable is placed in a predetermined location on the ingredient receiver using the light emitted by the laser marker as a guide; At the core removal position, the core removal material presser is lowered to press the vegetable against the material receiver, the core removal blade and the core splitting blade are lowered, the core is cut and split with the core removal blade and pushed into the core removal blade, and the upper part of the core is divided with the core splitting blade. This vegetable core remover is characterized in that the core pushed into the core removing blade is pushed out from the upper opening of the core removing blade by the core of the following vegetable when cutting out the core of the following vegetable.

2. 2. The core removing machine according to claim 1, further comprising an upper splitting blade which also functions as a core splitting blade and which is provided so as to extend left and right or front and rear from the outer peripheral surface across the lower end opening of the core removing blade.

3. The core removing blade and the core splitting blade are integrally provided, and a locking means is provided for releasably connecting the core removing blade and the core removing material holder; The core removal blade descends until the core splitting blade splits the core to a specified depth and then stops. When the coring blade descends, the coring material holder descends under its own weight until it comes into contact with the vegetable. When the core removing blade descends and stops, the core removing blade and the core removing material holder are connected by the locking means.

2. The vegetable core remover according to claim 1, wherein the core material holder is adapted to rise together with the core remover blade when the core remover blade rises.

4. A horizontal splitting station for splitting the vegetables horizontally by stopping the material receiver at the horizontal splitting position is installed downstream of the core removal station; A horizontal splitting material holder is provided at the horizontal splitting position so as to be raised and lowered by a material holder motor, and a horizontal splitting blade which rises and falls in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material holder is provided so as to be reciprocally movable along the traveling direction of the material receiver by the horizontal splitting motor; The horizontal splitting material holder is lowered to press the vegetables against the material receiver, and the horizontal splitting blade is lowered to a specified position in conjunction with the horizontal splitting material holder.

2. The vegetable core remover according to claim 1, wherein the cutting blade is reciprocated in the moving direction of the material receiver at a predetermined position to divide the vegetable into upper and lower parts.

5. 5. The vegetable core remover according to claim 4, wherein the horizontal splitting blade is provided with a vertical splitting blade crossing the horizontal splitting blade, and the horizontal splitting blade is used to split the vegetable into upper and lower parts and at the same time, the vertical splitting blade is used to split the vegetable into left and right parts.

6. A rack is provided which moves up and down together with the horizontal splitting material holder, and a pinion is provided which moves up and down together with the horizontal splitting blade, The vegetable core remover according to claim 4, characterized in that a pinion is engaged with the rack so that the cross-splitting blade is positioned in the center between the cross-splitting material holder and the material receiver and moves down in conjunction with the cross-splitting material holder.

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