JP2010148519A - Traveling type tea leaf plucking machine for sweeping dew - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such problems that tea leaves must be generally plucked by waiting the tea leaves to be dried, as the tea plucking is difficult, when it has rained, due to wetting of surfaces of the tea leaves and heavy weight of a tea bag for holding the tea leaves caused by wetting, in addition, wet tea leaves are called dew covered leaves and it takes long time in a tea producing process mainly comprising drying operations, thus the efficiency is lowered and the quality is deteriorated. <P>SOLUTION: In a traveling type tea leaf plucking machine which plucks tea leaves by traveling along a tea ridge, a means for installing blast pipes which blow off surfaces of tea trees in the front part of the machine body is used. In the machine, two traveling devices of endless track type which sandwich the tea ridge or traveling devices which travel on two rails laid by sandwiching the tea ridge are connected with a gate-shaped frame, a plucking device is installed below the gate-shaped frame and tea bags are connected to the plucking device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a traveling type tea leaf plucking machine that plucks tea leaves while traveling along a teacup.

  Among the traveling tea leaf picking machines, there is a traveling machine driven by two endless track type traveling devices with a teacup sandwiched between them, such as one in which an operator rides on a machine body as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-262436. Moreover, as what runs on two rails on both sides of a teacup, there exists a thing as shown to Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 7-115826.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-262436 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-115826

  When it rains, the surface of the tea leaves is wet, so the tea bags that contain the tea leaves become wet and heavy, making plucking difficult. Wet tea leaves are called dew leaves, and it takes a long time in the tea making process, which mainly involves drying operations, which reduces efficiency and quality. For this reason, it is generally necessary to wait for tea leaves to dry before plucking.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, in the invention according to claim 1, two endless track type traveling devices sandwiching a teacup, or a traveling device traveling on two rails laid across the teacup. In a traveling type tea leaf picking machine that connects tea bags to the picking device, connects a tea bag to the picking device, and picks tea leaves while traveling along the teacup, A means of installing a blower pipe that blows away the surface of the sheet is used. Separately, if a blower tube with a blower fan is installed in front of the machine body, dew adhering to the surface of the tea tree can be blown away. Moreover, it is also possible to carry out the plucking operation and run while blowing the dew.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the traveling tea leaf plucking machine according to the first aspect, a means for detachably attaching and detaching a flexible hose connecting a blower pipe in front of the fuselage and a blower fan provided in the fuselage is adopted. In this way, when traveling along the teacup, it is possible to blow wind from the blower pipe provided for dew removal onto the surface of the tea tree and blow off the dew adhering to the surface of the tea leaf.

  Further, as another means for solving the above-mentioned problem, in the invention according to claim 3, in the traveling type tea leaf plucking machine according to claim 1 or 2, the blower pipe having a plurality of outlet branch pipes constituting the plucking device. Is used so that the blowing direction of the blowout branch pipe is removed from the cutting blade surface and is set to face the surface of the tea tree. The blowing branch pipe of the plowing device of the plucking device is set so as to blow on the cutting blade during plucking work, and does not directly apply wind to the surface of the tea tree. By changing the blowing direction of the blower pipe from the outlet branch pipe and directing it on the surface of the tea tree, the dew adhering to the tea leaves can be blown away.

  If it connects with the duct for dew removal like the Example of Claim 2, it will become possible to use the fan employ | adopted for dew removal, and it is economical. In the embodiment described in claim 3, the dew removal operation can be carried out immediately after the rain because the dew removal operation can be performed by changing the position of the air duct used for the dew removal a little. In the embodiment described in claim 1, since the dew removal and the plucking operation can be performed at the same time by adding the blower duct for dew removal, the efficiency of plucking can be increased. When picking tea leaves that are still wet, the tea bags are heavy and the picking work is difficult, and even if they are processed in a tea factory, the efficiency is not improved and the quality of the product is deteriorated. If the dew is removed as in the embodiments of the first, second, and third aspects, the efficiency of the plucking work and tea processing can be increased, and the quality of the processed product can be improved.

The side view of the driving | running | working type tea leaf picking machine which drive | works with the traveling apparatus of an endless track. The top view of FIG. The front view of FIG. Explanatory drawing which shows the Example of a plucking apparatus. Explanatory drawing which shows the attachment or detachment relationship of a ventilation pipe and a flexible hose. FIG. 6 is a plan view of FIG. 5. A traveling tea leaf picking machine for branching. The rear front view of FIG. The traveling tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal according to claim 2. Embodiment 1 of the traveling tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal according to claim 3. Embodiment 2 of the traveling tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal according to claim 3. The traveling tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal according to claim 1. The top view of FIG.

  There are two types of traveling tea leaf plucking machines according to the present invention, one that runs directly in contact with the ground by an endless track type traveling device and the other that runs on a rail laid on a teacup. Since this invention is the same regardless of the traveling device, the embodiment will be described below using a traveling tea leaf plucking machine having an endless track traveling device as an example.

  1 is a side view of a traveling tea leaf plucking machine, FIG. 2 is a plan view, and FIG. 3 is a front view. Reference numerals 1 and 2 denote endless track type traveling devices that travel on both sides of the teacup 3. The left and right traveling devices are connected by a gate frame 4. A cutting blade 11 is attached to the guide frame 12 of the plucking device and installed under the portal frame 4. A blower fan 9 is provided on the portal frame 4 and is connected by a blower pipe 10 and a flexible hose 13 provided in front of the cutting blade 11. The wind of the blower fan 9 is blown onto the cutting blade 11 from a number of blown branch pipes 16 attached to the blower pipe 10. After the guide frame 12, a tea bag 15 is attached and plucked. The tea bag 15 is held by a tea bag holding plate 14.

  An embodiment different from the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. A bottom plate 17 and a bottom plate 18 that are slightly inclined upward are connected to the rear of the cutting blade 11. Guide frame side plates 20 are provided on the left and right sides of the cutting blade 11. The rear upper part of the guide frame side plate 20 is connected by a girder to which a bag holder 21 is attached. The bottom plate 17 and the guide frame side plate 20 are coated with Teflon (registered trademark) as a non-adhesive non-adhesive coating according to claim 1. The rear portion of the bottom plate 17 is bent upward by providing a bent portion 19. At the front part of the guide frame side plate 20, a blower pipe 10 with a blowout branch pipe 16 is provided to constitute a plucking device. Following the guide frame 12, a tea bag holding plate 14 is provided.

  Next, the work procedure will be described. First, the operator sets the tea bag 15 on the bag holder 21. A rubber string is attached to the opening of the tea bag 15, and the lower side of the tea bag 15 is inserted under the bottom plate 17. At this time, since the bent portion 19 is provided, the bag can be easily inserted. Subsequently, it hooks on the bag holder 21 provided on the left and right outer sides and the upper side of the guide frame 12. After the tea bag 15, the tea bag 15 is extended long on the tea bag holding plate 14. When the blower fan 9 is turned, air blows out from the blowout branch pipe 16 onto the cutting blade 11, passes over the bottom plate 17, changes direction at the bent portion 19, and blows upward, the tea bag 15 is inflated, and the picked tea leaves 35. Make it easier to accommodate. When the cutting blade 11 is moved and the machine body is slowly advanced, the picked tea leaves 35 are blown by the air ejected from the blowout branch pipe 16 and accommodated in the tea bag 15. Since it is blown upward by the bent portion 19, it can be blown to the innermost part of the tea bag 15. The tea leaves 35 gradually accumulate toward the bottom of the tea bag 15, but the upper side is blown off by the bent portion 19, so that they are uniformly accommodated in the entire tea bag 15 without being disturbed by the tea leaves accumulated on the bottom side. Since the tea frame friction is reduced on the guide frame side plate 20 and the bottom plate 17 by Teflon (registered trademark) coating, the tea leaf slides well even in a weak wind. In addition, Teflon (registered trademark) coating has an effect of preventing adhesion of tea astringency.

  Another embodiment different from the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 show details of the connecting portion 37 between the flexible hose 13 and the blower tube 10. A connection flange 36 is provided at the tip of the flexible hose 13. A connection flange 38 is also provided on the blower tube 10 side. 39 is a packing. The flange 38 on the blast tube side and the flange 38 on the flexible hose side are joined via a packing 39, and are detached by the presser 23 and the hook metal fitting 22.

  An embodiment different from the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The connecting portion 37 between the flexible hose 13 and the blower tube 10 is removed and connected to the branching hose 24. A blowing nozzle 25 is provided at the tip of the branching hose 24. A branching blade 26 is attached to the rear of the machine body. The cutting blade 26 is made stronger than the cutting blade 11 for cutting the branch, and is driven by an engine 27 provided separately. The cutting blade 26 attaches a support bar 28 to the tea bag holding plate 14 and holds it via a bracket 29 attached to the support bar 28. The blowing nozzle 25 is also fixed to the support rod 28 by the support arm 30. Since the tea bag holding plate 14 can be adjusted up and down, the tea bag holding plate 14 is moved up and down and the branching cutting blade 26 is adjusted to the height at which the branching is desired. The engine 27 is started, the cutting blade 26 is moved, the blower fan 9 is rotated, and air is blown from the nozzle 25 onto the cutting blade 26 to slowly advance the machine body. The cut branches are blown off to the left and right by the strong wind blowing from the nozzle 25. In this way, the branching work is performed.

  An embodiment of the invention described in claim 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13, a blower pipe 32 for dew removal is attached in front of the airframe. A blowing branch pipe 33 is attached to the blower pipe 32 so as to blow forward. An engine fan 34 is attached to the air duct 32. The blower pipe 32 can be freely attached to and detached from the machine body. When the tea leaves are wet, they can be attached, and the engine fan 34 can be rotated to remove the tea leaves while simultaneously performing the plucking operation.

  An embodiment of the invention described in claim 2 will be described with reference to FIG. When it rains and the surface of the tea leaves is wet, the dew wiping blower pipe 31 is provided in front of the blower pipe 10. The flexible hose 13 is removed at the connecting portion 37 that can be freely attached and detached, and connected to the blower pipe 31 for dew removal. While blowing strong wind from the dew wiping blower pipe 31 to the tea leaf surface, the machine is moved forward to perform dew wiping.

  An embodiment of the invention described in claim 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. The wind blown from the blowout branch pipe 16 is provided to blow off the plucked tea leaves, so that it does not blow out to the lower side of the cutting blade 11. In the embodiment of FIG. 10, the blower pipe 10 is slightly rotated to bring the blowout branch pipe 16 to the 16 ′ position and spray it directly onto the tea leaves 40. In the embodiment of FIG. 11, the position of the blower pipe 10 is moved to the front lower side so as to be a position 10 ′, which is also sprayed directly on the tea leaves. As described above, the blower tube 10 is moved and raised so that the cutting blade 11 does not hit the tea leaves 40, the blower fan 9 is rotated to apply strong wind to the tea leaf surface, and the machine body is advanced while dewing.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Traveling device 2 Traveling device 3 Teacup 4 Gate frame 5 Engine 6 Seat 7 Driver's seat 8 Handle 9 Blower fan 10, 10 'Blower tube 11 Cutting blade 12 Guide frame 13 Flexible hose 14 Tea bag holding plate 15 Tea bag 16, 16' Blowout branch pipe 17 Bottom plate 18 Bottom plate 19 Bent part 20 Guide frame side plate 21 Bag holder 22 Hook fitting 23 Presser 24 Branching hose 25 Blowing nozzle 26 Branching cutting blade 27 Engine 28 Support rod 29 Bracket 30 Support arm 31 Blow pipe 32 Blow pipe for dew removal 33 Blowout branch pipe 34 Engine fan 35 Tea leaf 36 Connection flange 37 Connection section 38 Connection flange 39 Packing 40 Tea leaf

Claims (3)

  Two endless track type traveling devices with a teacup sandwiched between them or a traveling device that runs on two rails laid with a teacup sandwiched between them are connected by a gate frame, and a plucking device is placed below the gate frame. A dew remover characterized in that, in a traveling type tea leaf plucking machine that has a tea bag connected to a plucking device and plucks tea leaves while running along a teacup, a blower pipe that blows off the surface of the tea tree is installed in front of the machine body Traveling tea leaf picking machine.   The traveling type tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal according to claim 1, wherein a detachable tool of a flexible hose connecting a blower pipe in front of the machine body and a blower fan provided in the machine body is detachable.   The traveling tea leaf plucking machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a blower pipe having a plurality of blowout branch pipes constituting a plucking device is moved to remove the blowout direction of the blowout branch pipe from the cutting blade surface, and on the surface of the tea tree. A traveling tea leaf plucking machine for dew removal, which is installed to face.

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