ROOT PART CLEANING APPARATUS OF WELSH ONION AND APPARATUS FOR TREATING WELSH ONION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems in which when the surface of root part of Welsh onion is cleaned with a rotative brush, the circumference is contaminated and cleaning performance becomes worse as numbers of Welsh onion to be treated increase.;SOLUTION: In the root part-cleaning apparatus of Welsh onion for cleaning the upper surface of the root part 3c of Welsh onion 3 in horizontal posture, the outer peripheral surface is used as cleaning surface of Welsh onion and an endless cleaning belt which is rotatable around a horizontal shaft is provided and the cleaning belt 610 is intermittently fed in one direction by carrying out feed action of a feeding cylinder 612 in such a state that the cleaning belt 610 is held between the upper holding piece 614 and the lower holding piece 615 by action of a holding cylinder 613 and the upper surface of the root part 3c of Welsh 3 is cleaned so as to wipe the upper surface with the cleaning belt 610 by the intermittent feed. The cleaning belt 610 stained by cleaning of the root part 3c is washed with water in a cleaning tank 620.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI