KR20010087682A - Fruit washing system and washing machine with this system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A fruit washing system and a washing apparatus by the system are provided to massively and rapidly wash, dry and disinfect fruits in an automated system. CONSTITUTION: The system comprises the steps of: spraying a rinsing agent on fruits to eliminate harmful substances like agricultural chemical; washing the rinsing agent with clear water; drying the washed fruits by air; and disinfecting microbes on the surface of the dried fruits. The washing apparatus comprises a conveyer transporting device(100) rotated by chains hooked on two couples of sprocket wheels on both end of rotary shafts(104,104') rotated by the power generated from a driving motor(101) and received by a belt(102) and a pulley(103); a rinsing agent spraying device(200) to pump the rinsing agent by a pump(201) in a rinsing agent tank(205); a rinsing agent washing device(300) to spray clear water in a washing water tank(305); an air drying device(400) to dry the water on fruits; a disinfecting device(500) to sterilize residual microbes of the fruits by using a plurality of disinfecting lamps(501).

Description

Fruit washing system and washing machine by the system {Fruit washing system and washing machine with this system}

The present invention relates to a fruit washing system and a washing apparatus using the system for quickly and easily washing various harmful contaminants buried on the surface of a washing object while automatically passing the washing objects, such as fruits, by a predetermined interval as a transport means. will be.

The edible fruit with various flavors can be used several times in the cultivation process to prevent pests from being released by various pests or harmful environments such as extinct aphids, aphids, and leaf bugs. You will be spraying the same chemicals.

Pesticides remain on the surface of the edible fruit by several times of pesticide spraying, and when a consumer consumes the edible fruit containing these pesticides, it causes considerable harm to the human body.

Therefore, before ingesting the edible fruit is usually washed with clean water, such as drinking water is consumed, but this is to remove all the pesticides and various harmful substances or bacteria that cling to the surface of the edible fruit in a solid state cleanly The harmful substances in the residue can not flow into the human body and cause various diseases,

Consumers manually wash the edible fruit by hand, the cleaning efficiency is reduced, the time delay due to washing, there was a general problem that can not wash the edible fruit in large quantities.

Therefore, there is a need for the development of a system and apparatus capable of completely cleaning the harmful substances on the surface of the edible fruit.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a system capable of cleanly removing pesticide residues, which is sufficient to remove harmful substances such as pesticides while continuously transporting edible fruit during the horizontal transportation operation of the conveying means such as a conveyor. The spray is applied by spraying the detergent, followed by cleaning by spraying clean washing water on the edible solvent, and then blowing air and finally sterilizing to remove all the harmful substances in the edible fruit.

The present invention also provides a cleaning device using a pesticide residue removal system, which provides a cleaning agent spraying means for spraying the cleaning agent in a shower method on the surface of the edible fruit moving horizontally from the power transmission of the driving motor, and clean washing water. After cleaning the cleaning agent using the cleaning means for spraying the air and then performing the air drying means for spraying the purified air to the outer surface of the edible fruit which is subsequently transported, and finally through the sterilization means consisting of sterilization lamp to remove various bacteria It is possible to completely remove the intake of edible fruit to prevent human diseases caused by harmful substances in advance, and to quickly process a large amount of edible fruit washing to increase the cleaning work efficiency.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a front view of the washing apparatus of the present invention.

3 is a plan view of the present invention.

4 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line A-A 'of the present invention.

Figure 5 is an exemplary cross-sectional view of the excerpt for explaining another embodiment of the present invention.

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10-detergent spraying process, 20-detergent cleaning process,

30-air drying process, 40-sterilization process,

50-detergent recovery process, 100-conveyor conveying means,

200-detergent spreading means, 300-detergent cleaning means,

400-Air drying means, 500-Sterilization means

The system of the present invention for achieving the above object, to remove the harmful substances such as pesticide while continuously transporting the edible fruit during the horizontal transport operation of the transport means such as a conveyor driven by the power generated from the power transmission unit CLAIMS 1. A fruit washing system comprising: a washing agent spreading step of spreading a washing agent on a surface of an edible fruit on a conveyor to remove harmful substances such as pesticides from the upper and lower sides of the edible fruit in a shower manner; A washing agent washing step of washing the washing agent by spraying clean washing water onto the entire surface of the edible solvent in which the washing agent is buried, as a shower spraying method; An air drying step of drying the water buried on the surface of the edible fruit in a state in which noxious substances have been removed after purifying the detergent as purified clean air; After performing the air drying process, while performing a sterilization sterilization process to sterilize microorganisms that adhered finely to the surface of the edible fruit in order to process the edible fruit with a fully automatic system.

The fruit washing device of the present invention receives the power generated from the drive motor as a belt and pulley to fix the pair of sprocket wheels on both sides of the rotating shaft to rotate, and to rotate the chain on the rotating sprocket wheel, A conveyor conveying means connected to a chain by connecting a mesh belt connected to a plurality of wires alternately orthogonal to each other using a fixing bracket on a chain side so as to interlock with a chain; It is installed on one side of the conveyor conveying means, and pumped the detergent desalted in the detergent tank to the surface of the edible fruit placed on the mesh belt starter as a pump through a shower spraying method through the injection portion located above and below the mesh belt. Cleaner spraying means for spraying; A washing agent washing means for washing in a shower manner through a spray unit located above and below the mesh belt by pumping the washing water buried in the surface of the edible solvent, which is passed through the washing agent spreading means, into a washing water tank as a pump; Air drying means for drying the washing water on the surface of the edible fruit from which harmful substances have been removed after passing through the cleaning means for cleaning as purified air; It consists of a sterilization disinfection means for sterilizing the bacteria remaining on the surface of the edible fruit is conveyed after passing through the air drying means using a plurality of sterilization lamps provided at regular intervals above and below the mesh belt.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the fruit washing system of the present invention and the washing apparatus according to the system are as follows.

Figure 1 illustrates a block diagram for explaining the system of the present invention, the process of the illustrated system will be described as follows for each process.

The power generated from the drive motor is transmitted as a belt and a pulley to fix a pair of sprocket wheels on both sides of the rotating shaft, and the chain is driven on the rotating sprocket wheel, and a fixed bracket is used on the side of the chain to be driven. And a mesh belt that connects a plurality of wires alternately orthogonal to each other so as to interlock with a chain, and continuously feeds edible fruit during horizontal transportation operation of the conveyor conveying means rotated according to the chain drive. In the fruit washing system to remove the same harmful substances,

On the surface of the edible fruit placed on the conveyor, a detergent spraying step 10 is provided for spreading a detergent sufficient to remove harmful substances such as pesticides from the upper and lower sides of the edible fruit in a shower manner.

In addition, a detergent washing process 20 is provided to clean the detergent while spraying clean washing water onto the entire surface of the edible solvent in which the detergent is buried. Also, after the detergent cleaning process is performed, harmful substances are removed. Prepare an air drying step (30) for drying the water on the surface of the edible fruit of dried as purified clean air.

In addition, while performing the air drying process, while performing the sterilization sterilization process 40 to sterilize microorganisms that adhered finely to the surface of the edible fruit in order to process the edible fruit with a fully automatic system.

On the other hand, in the cleaning agent spraying step of the present system, the cleaning agent flowing down after being sprayed on the edible solvent is further provided as a cleaning agent recovery step 50 for reusing the detergent tank.

When the system of the present invention as described for each washing process as follows.

First, the drive motor is driven by the button operation of the console box, and the drive motor is rotated to move the mesh belt horizontally through the power transmission unit, and the edible fruit, which is the object of cleaning, is placed from one side of the mesh belt which is being rotated.

The raised edible fruit is continuously transferred in one direction by the horizontal conveying operation of the mesh belt and enters the cleaning agent spraying process 10, and the harmful substance (pesticide) on the surface of the edible fruit is introduced over the entire surface of the edible fruit. The cleaning agent is sprayed on the mesh belt by the shower spraying method from the cleaning tank containing the cleaning agent composed of sufficient components for removal.

In addition, in performing the above-mentioned cleaning agent spraying process, the cleaning agent falling while passing through the mesh belt is collected and reused by being recovered into the cleaning tank by the cleaning agent recovery process 50 of the present invention.

Then, the edible solvent coated with the cleaning agent on the entire surface by the cleaning agent spraying process is transferred from the rotating mesh belt to enter the cleaning process 20 of the second process of the present invention.

Cleaner Washing water in the washing water tank in the washing water tank over the entire surface of the edible solvent entering the washing process by shower spraying on the upper and lower parts of the mesh belt. Is then entered into the air drying process (30).

The edible fruit entering the air drying process 30 has the washing water on the surface of the edible fruit in a state where harmful substances such as pesticides are removed together with the cleaning agent through the cleaning process described above. Cleaned air is blown with a blower fan to dry the wash water, and a heating wire such as nickel-chromium wire can be built in the blower fan as needed to quickly dry the wash water by hot air injection. It can be.

In addition, the edible fruit that has undergone the air drying process is finally subjected to a sterilization sterilization process 40, which passes through a plurality of sterilization lamps provided at regular intervals in parallel on the upper and lower sides of the mesh belt from the sterilization lamp. By disinfecting and disinfecting microorganisms adhered to the edible skin of the edible fruit by ultraviolet rays, it supplies fresh and clean edible fruit.

Figure 2 is a front view of the washing apparatus of the present invention, Figure 3 is a plan view of the present invention, Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view of the line A-A 'of the present invention, Figure 5 illustrates another embodiment of the present invention Fig. 1 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the excerpt for the purpose.

Symbol shows a washing apparatus by a fruit washing system, the fruit washing apparatus (A) is a rotating shaft 104 is rotated by receiving the power generated from the drive motor 101 as the belt 102 and the pulley 103 A pair of sprocket wheels 105, 105 ', 106, 106' are interlocked on both sides of the 104 ', and the chains 107, 107' are driven on a rotating sprocket wheel. The conveyor belt rotates according to the chain drive by connecting a mesh belt 108 connected to the chain by interlocking orthogonally orthogonally with a plurality of wires using a fixing bracket 109 on the side of the chain to be driven. Provide the transfer means (100).

In addition, the mesh belt 108 is installed at one side of the conveyor conveying means 100 and pumped with a pump 201 to the surface of the edible fruit placed on the mesh belt starter, the fresh water being cleaned in the cleaning tank 205 as the pump 201. A washing water spraying means (200) spraying by a shower spraying method through the spraying part (202) located above and below the washing water tank (2). 305) by washing the fresh water to be pumped as a pump 301 to provide a cleaning means for cleaning the cleaning means 300 by the shower method through the injection portion 302 located above and below the mesh belt.

In addition, after passing through the detergent cleaning means to provide an air drying means 400 for drying the washing water buried on the surface of the edible solvent from which noxious substances have been removed as purified air, and installed at regular intervals above and below the mesh belt. It is provided with a sterilization disinfection means 500 for sterilizing and disinfecting bacteria on the surface of the edible fruit which is conveyed after passing through the air drying means 400 using a plurality of sterilization lamps 501.

In the illustrated embodiment, the spraying unit 202 and 302 of the cleaner spraying means 200 and the detergent cleaning means 300 are connected to the upper portion of the pump 201, 301, the upper and lower mesh belt A plurality of main pipes 203 and 303 branched in a horizontal state to be positioned are configured.

In addition, a plurality of spray pipes 204 and 304 for spraying the rinsing agent and the washing water supplied from the main pipes 203 and 303 to the edible heat are formed in parallel so as to communicate with the main pipe.

In the illustrated embodiment, the air drying means 400 is provided with a blower 401 for pumping and blowing external fluid (air), and a filtration filter for filtering foreign matter contained in the air inlet side of the blower 402 is provided.

On the other hand, the air supply pipe 403 for conveying and supplying the air supplied from the blower 401 to the upper side of the mesh belt 108 is formed, to provide a plurality of air spray nozzles 404 in communication with the air supply pipe.

In the illustrated embodiment, a blocking plate 600 and 601 is disposed directly below the mesh belt to prevent the cleaner and the washing water from dropping through the mesh belt 108 and contacting the pump and the blower. ) And the wash water tank 305 to be connected to the upper surface.

In the illustrated embodiment, the water level sensor 206 or 306 is installed on the bottom surface of the cleaning tank and the washing water tank to detect the fresh water of the cleaning agent and the washing water in the tank, and the frame side of the washing apparatus Installed from the will be to sense as a buzzer or lamp of the console box 111 to adjust or control the washing apparatus.

In the illustrated embodiment, the upper surface of the cleaning tank 205 and the blocking plate 601 are formed to be inclined to collect the cleaning agent falling through the mesh belt 108, and to recover the cleaning agent to the upper surface of the cleaning tank located at the collecting portion of the cleaning tank. A plurality of holes 205a are drilled to recover the separated detergent into the tank to reuse the detergent.

In addition, the filter net 205a may be detachably installed at the upper portion of the filter net 207 for filtering foreign substances contained in the detergent to be recovered.

In the drawing, reference numeral 700 denotes a frying prevention plate which is located on the boundary between the detergent spraying means and the detergent cleaning means and prevents the detergent from being splashed from the detergent spraying means on the edible solvent in which the detergent is cleanly removed from the detergent cleaning means after being attached to the frame. The reference numeral 800 denotes a storage container for storing fresh and clean edible fruit which has passed through various means of the washing apparatus.

Referring to the operation of the fruit washing device consisting of the above configuration as follows.

According to the button operation of the console box 111, the driving motor 101 is driven to rotate the rotating shafts 104 and 104 'installed horizontally in the frame from the power generated therefrom, and the rotating shaft rotates to both sides. The sprocket wheels 105, 105 ′, 106, 106 ′ fixed to interlock also rotate while the interlocked chains 107, 107 ′ rotate, and are also fixed to the sides of the chain as fixing brackets 109. The mesh belt 108 is rotated.

As such, when the edible fruit that is the object to be cleaned is placed on the upper surface from one side of the rotating mesh belt in the conveyor conveying means, the mesh belt 108 continuously enters the cleaning agent spreading means 200 while being transported continuously. At this time, while the pump 201 of the cleaning agent spraying means performs the pumping operation, the cleaning agent filled in the cleaning tank 205 is supplied to the main pipe 203 installed so as to communicate with the upper part of the pump, and subsequently installed to communicate with the main pipe. The cleaning agent is sprayed from the plurality of spray pipes 204.

As the main pipe 203 is branched from the upper side and the lower side of the mesh belt as shown in FIG. 2, the cleaning agent sprayed from the injection pipe is uniformly sprayed in the upper and lower portions of the edible heating medium.

Then, the edible fruit that has passed through the cleaner spraying means 200 enters the cleaner washing means 300 again through the mesh belt 108, which pumps clean wash water desalted in the washing water tank 305. While supplying the washing water to the main pipe 303 by pumping and then spraying the washing water from the plurality of injection pipes 304 installed to communicate on the main pipe which is doublely branched so as to be positioned above and below the mesh belt, as in the shower method. It is to clean the detergent on the whole surface of edible fruit.

Then, in the edible fruit from which harmful substances such as pesticides are removed, the edible fruit enters the air drying means 400 for drying the washing water buried on the surface as purified fresh air. The state is described as follows.

For example, a plurality of air spray nozzles installed so that the air generated from the blowing fan 401 of the air drying means from the upper direction of the edible fruit entering the mesh belt to communicate with the lower part of the air supply pipe through the air supply pipe 403 ( 404 is sprayed from the edible heating surface as desired to dry quickly, and at this time, the injected air is introduced into the air after being filtered by the filtration filter 402 installed on the air inlet on one side of the blowing fan It will only provide fresh air filtered various foreign matters.

In addition, if necessary, the air is discharged by incorporating a heating wire inside the blower fan, and the washing water drying time may be shortened.

Then, the sterilized sterilized means for sterilizing and disinfecting the microorganisms adhered to the surface of the edible fruit was finally dried sterilization means 500, this process is described as follows.

In other words, a plurality of edible fruits to be transported on the mesh belt are provided in a plurality of upper and lower parts of the mesh belt to sterilize and disinfect the microorganisms inhabiting the surface while passing through a sterilizing lamp 501 that emits ultraviolet rays. After that, the edible fruit that has undergone sterilization and disinfection is contained in the storage container 800.

On the other hand, the cleaning tank 205 and the washing water tank 305 located in the lower portion of the mesh belt is installed by the blocking plate 600, 601 installed to extend to both sides of the upper surface falling through the mesh belt in the cleaning process of the cleaning device described above. By preventing the cleaner or the washing water from contacting the pump or the blower, the pump and the blower are not caused to fail.

In addition, the cleaning agent spraying means of the fruit washing apparatus is applied to the surface of the edible fruit is applied to the cleaning agent sprayed after passing through the mesh belt 108, the cleaning tank 205 formed to be inclined at an angle and the blocking of one side The plate 601 is collected in the cleaning tank 205a on one side of the upper surface of the cleaning tank and then collected into the cleaning tank, whereby the cleaning agent is recycled. It is filtered by a strainer 207 on which the detachment is freely placed on the collecting hole.

On the other hand, by using the level sensor (206, 306) attached to the bottom surface of the cleaning tank and the washing water tank to check the fresh water content of the filling contents in the tank as a buzzer or lamp installed in the console box (111) Send the worker to easily replenish the detergent and wash water.

As described above, the present invention provides a cleaning agent for removing harmful substances on the surface of the edible fruit while non-stop conveying the edible fruit containing the toxic substance by using the conveyor conveying means transported horizontally by the power transmission unit. After spraying and cleaning the sprayed detergent cleanly, the process of drying the washing water remaining on the surface of the edible fruit as fresh air and sterilizing various germs inhabiting the surface of the edible fruit is carried out quickly and easily as a fully automatic system. By supplying fresh and hygienic edible fruit that removes pesticides or germs, it protects the health of consumers who consume it and provides various effects to quickly and easily wash large amounts of edible fruit.

Claims (8)

In a fruit washing system that removes harmful substances such as pesticides while continuously transporting edible fruit during horizontal transportation operation of a conveying means such as a conveyor driven by electric power generated from the power transmission unit, the edible fruit on the conveyor A detergent spraying step (10) of spraying a detergent sufficient to remove harmful substances such as pesticides on the surface from the upper and lower sides of the edible fruit in a shower manner; A detergent washing step 20 of washing the detergent while spraying clean washing water onto the entire surface of the edible solvent in which the detergent is buried, as a shower spray method; An air drying step 30 of drying the water buried on the surface of the edible fruit in a state in which noxious substances are removed after purifying the detergent as purified clean air; Fruit cleaning system characterized in that the edible fruit was treated with a fully automatic system while sequentially performing a sterilization sterilization process (40) for sterilizing and sterilizing microorganisms adhered to the surface of the edible fruit after the air drying process. The fruit washing system according to claim 1, further comprising a detergent recovery step (50) for recovering and reusing the detergent flowing into the detergent tank after being sprayed on the edible fruit in the detergent spraying step. A pair of sprocket wheels 105, 105 ', 106 on both sides of the rotating shaft 104, 104' which receives power generated from the drive motor 101 as the belt 102 and the pulley 103, and rotates. ) 106 'to be interlocked, and the chains 107 and 107' are driven to rotate on the rotating sprocket wheel, and a plurality of wires are alternately orthogonal to each other using the fixing bracket 109 on the side of the chain to be driven. A conveyor conveying means (100) connected to the mesh belt (108) connected so as to interlock with a chain so as to rotate according to the chain drive; Installed on one side of the conveyor conveying means, the pump is located in the upper and lower mesh belt by pumping the detergent desalted in the detergent tank 205 to the surface of the edible fruit placed on the mesh belt starter as a pump 201 Cleaner spraying means 200 for spraying the shower 202 through the sand 202; After the cleaning agent spraying means, the cleaning agent buried on the surface of the edible heating medium is pumped into the washing water tank 305, and the washing water is pumped as a pump 301 to shower through the spray unit 302 located above and below the mesh belt. Detergent cleaning means 300 for cleaning in a manner; Air drying means (400) for drying the washing water buried on the surface of the edible fruit from which the harmful substances have been removed after passing through the cleaning means for cleaning as purified air; Sterilization and disinfection means for sterilizing and disinfecting bacteria remaining on the surface of the edible fruit which is conveyed after passing through the air drying means 400 using a plurality of sterilization lamps 501 installed at predetermined intervals above and below the mesh belt ( 500); Fruit washing apparatus characterized in that consisting of. According to claim 3, wherein the spraying means 200 and the spray unit 202, 302 of the detergent cleaning means 300 is connected to the upper portion of the pump 201, 301 and the upper and lower mesh belt A plurality of main pipes 203 and 303 branched in a horizontal state so as to be positioned, and a plurality of injection pipes 204 and 304 for spraying the cleaning agent or the washing water supplied from the main pipe to the edible fruit are the main pipes. Fruit washing apparatus characterized in that a plurality formed in parallel to communicate with. According to claim 3, The air drying means 400 is provided with a blower 401 for pumping and blowing the external fluid (air), and a filtration filter for filtering foreign matter contained in the air inlet side of the blower 402 is provided, and an air supply pipe 403 is formed to transfer and supply air supplied from the blower to the upper side of the mesh belt, and a plurality of air spray nozzles 404 communicating with the air supply pipe are provided. Fruit washer. The cleaning tank (205) of claim 3, wherein a blocking plate (600) (601) is disposed directly below the mesh belt to prevent the cleaning agent and the washing water from dropping through the mesh belt (108) and contacting the pump and the blower. ) And the fruit washing apparatus, characterized in that installed to be connected to the upper surface of the washing water tank (305). According to claim 3, The cleaning tank 205 and the bottom of the water tank 305, the level sensor (206, 306) for detecting the fresh water of the cleaning agent and the washing water is installed to replenish the fresh water and cleaning water inside the tank Fruit washing apparatus, characterized in that to sense as a buzzer or lamp provided in the console box (111). The cleaning tank according to claim 3, wherein the upper surface of the cleaning tank 205 and the blocking plate 601 are formed to be inclined to collect the cleaning agent falling through the mesh belt, and the cleaning solution collecting hole 205a is disposed on the upper surface of the cleaning tank located at the collecting portion of the cleaning tank. And a filter net for removing foreign substances contained in the cleaner from the upper part of the cleaner recovery hole.