JP3477055B2 - Cleaning equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention cleans and removes dirt adhering to scallops, pearl oysters, oysters, or nets cultivated in the sea that have been cultured in the sea, or kelp, etc. The present invention relates to a cleaning device used in

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some of scallops, pearl oysters, oysters, etc. are cultivated by ear hanging. In this aquaculture, resin gussets and fasteners are inserted through the holes formed in the ears of the shellfish, and a large number of the fasteners are inserted into the vertical rope at intervals in the longitudinal direction and locked. Is locked by a horizontal rope stretched sideways near the surface of the sea and suspended in the sea.

[0003] In ear-hanging aquaculture, mussels and other shellfish, or seaweed, dust in the sea, organisms and the like adhere to the surface of the shellfish while it is suspended in the sea. If these adhere to the shellfish, they are unfavorable to the growth of the shellfish, and since they are soiled and unsatisfactory in appearance at the time of shipping, the shellfish are pulled up from the sea and washed to remove stains and deposits during the culture.

Conventionally, the above-mentioned cleaning is performed using a cleaning device as shown in FIGS. This washing device is used by being mounted on a ship, and a vertical rope C pulled up from the sea is placed on a loading platform B supported by supporting legs A, and is placed on a net-made conveyor D at the tip thereof. When sent, shellfish E
The vertical rope C in which is locked is drawn together with the shellfish E between the conveyor D and the pressing tool F on it and passes through between them, and is arranged above the pressing tool F and below the conveyor D during the passage. The surface of the shellfish E is washed by spraying water from the rotating nozzle G. The rotary nozzle G is provided at the tip of each of the four cross-shaped pipes H, and the four pipes H are horizontally rotated about the rotation axis I.

[0005]

The cleaning device shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 functions sufficiently as it is, but if it is forced, it is large.
Since it is heavy, it is difficult to load it on the ship, it is difficult to unload it from the ship, and it takes a lot of space for installation.

The object of the present invention is that it can be made smaller and lighter, and it is excellent in removing the deposits on the shellfish and cleaning the shellfish in spite of this. Further, it is not only the shellfish for ear hanging culture but also the net cage. To provide a versatile washing device that can wash shellfish cultivated by hanging in the sea and culturing it with the net basket, washing the gill net, etc., and also washing kelp etc. taken from the sea It is in.

[0007]

A first cleaning apparatus of the present invention allows an object to be cleaned to pass between a carrier having a large number of through holes and a pusher, and the cleaning liquid to be transferred to the object to be cleaned during the passage. In a cleaning device for spraying the object to be cleaned, a carrier is formed into a lateral drum shape by a perforated material having a large number of through holes and is rotatable, and a pusher is provided on the outside of the zenith of the carrier. A cleaning tool is provided inside the carrier for cleaning the object to be cleaned by spraying a cleaning liquid on the object to be cleaned sandwiched between the carrier and the pressing tool and passing between them.

The second cleaning apparatus of the present invention is provided with a discharge path for discharging adhered substances and dirty water, which have been cleaned and removed by the cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning tool, to the outside of the carrier and an object to be cleaned after cleaning. It is equipped with both or one of the shooters derived from the above.

According to a third cleaning apparatus of the present invention, the carrier is mounted in a drum shape with a slack so that the perforated material hangs downward inside a ring-shaped frame.

A fourth cleaning apparatus of the present invention is one in which the cleaning tool is horizontally rotated.

A fifth cleaning apparatus of the present invention is provided with a guide drum for guiding the object to be cleaned and feeding the same to the carrier in front of the carrier, and the guide drum is rotated in synchronization with the carrier. is there.

A sixth cleaning apparatus of the present invention is provided with a mounting portion for attaching and detaching the carrier to and from the ship.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1 An example of an embodiment of a cleaning apparatus of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, this cleaning apparatus includes a horizontal drum-shaped carrier 1 that guides a vertical rope 12 to which a shell (object to be cleaned) 5 is attached, and an object to be cleaned between the vertical rope 12 and the carrier 1. 5, a pressing tool 4 for sandwiching the cleaning tool 5, a cleaning tool 6 for cleaning the cleaning object 5 by injecting a cleaning liquid onto the cleaning object 5 that has been clamped, and sewage that has cleaned the cleaning object 5 and the cleaning object 5 removed from the cleaning object 5. A discharge path 7 for discharging filth and the like to the outside of the carrier 1, a shooter 8 for sending the cleaned object 5 to the outside of the carrier 1, and a vertical rope 12 to which the object 5 to be pulled up from the sea is attached. A guide drum 10 for guiding and feeding the carrier 1 to the carrier 1, and a mounting portion 11 for mounting the carrier 1 on and off the ship.

As shown in FIG. 1, the carrier 1 has a lateral drum-like shape with a slack provided by a spring 13 so that a wire mesh (perforated material) 3 hangs downward between two circular ring-shaped frames 9. As shown in FIG. 2, the carrier 1 is rotatably supported by rollers 14 and a sprocket 62, and the sprocket 62 is rotated by a driving member such as a motor. The perforated member 3 may be hung on the frame body 9 by means other than the spring 13, or may be directly attached to the frame body 9.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pusher 4 is provided with a plurality of pushing claws 17 which are curved so as to project downward and forward of a horizontally long support member 16, and the pushing claws 17 are attached to the carrier 1.
The object 5 to be cleaned, which is placed so as to contact the upper surface of the perforated material 3 or to face the holed material 3 with a slight distance therebetween, is sandwiched between the object to be cleaned 5 fed onto the carrier 1 and the pressing claw 17, and the carrier 1 It is designed to be transported along the outer peripheral surface of the.

The cleaning tool 6 is for cleaning the object to be cleaned 5 and the vertical rope 12 sandwiched between the carrier 1 and the pusher 4, and is located above the presser 4 and inside the carrier 1. It is placed between the space and faces up and down. In this cleaning tool 6, three branch pipes 19 are branched from a rotatable water supply pipe 18, and a jet nozzle 20 is provided at the tip of each branch pipe 19.
Is attached, and when the water supply pipe 18 rotates, the branch pipe 19 and the injection nozzle 20 rotate, and the carrier 1
The cleaning liquid is evenly sprayed onto the object to be cleaned 5 sandwiched between the pressing tool 4 and the pressing tool 4. As a rotation mechanism of the cleaning tool 6, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a drive belt 54 is hung between a motor pulley 50 of a motor M and a lower pulley 53 attached to an end of the drive shaft 51 to drive the drive shaft. 51 upper pulley 55 and lower water supply pipe 1
The lower transmission belt 57 is hung between the lower passive pulley 56 attached to the drive shaft 8, the upper pulley 58 attached to the other end of the drive shaft 51, and the upper passive pulley 59 attached to the upper water supply pipe 18. An upper transmission belt 60 is hung between the two so that when the motor pulley 50 rotates, the upper and lower water supply pipes 18 simultaneously rotate.

The discharge path 7 is formed in the shape of a gutter having an upper opening, and it is arranged inside the laterally-oriented tubular carrier 1 so as to be inclined downwardly to the outside, and is used to wash the waste material 5 to be cleaned and the waste material to be cleaned at the time of cleaning 5
Upon receipt of the adhered matter removed from the carrier 1, the carrier 1 can be slid out and discharged.

The shooter 8 is also formed in the shape of a gutter with an upper opening, and the shooter 8 is arranged in a downward slope from the upper side of the carrier 1 and is washed with the cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning tool 6 to be cleaned. Are automatically sent and sent to the outside.

The guide drum 10 is provided with two flanges 31 having a diameter larger than that of the body 30 facing each other on both axial sides of a cylindrical body 30. As shown in FIG. Is rotated by a driving body such as a motor and is removable. In this case, the guide drum 10 is attached to the carrier 1.
The vertical rope 12 pulled up from the sea is smoothly fed to the guide drum 10 by being rotated synchronously with. By the way, the guide drum 10 and the carrier 1
If the rotation of the guide drum 10 is faster than the rotation of the carrier 1 without being synchronized with the rotation of the carrier 1, the feeding amount of the vertical rope 12 increases, and the rope 12 accumulates in front of the carrier 1 and becomes entangled. On the contrary, if the rotation of the guide drum 10 is slower than the rotation of the conveyor 1, the conveyor 1 may pull the longitudinal rope 12 too fast and the longitudinal rope 12 may be broken. Carrier 1
In order to rotate the guide drum 10 and the guide drum 10 in synchronization with each other, a chain 61 may be attached to the outer periphery of the carrier 1 and a sprocket 62 may be engaged with the outer periphery of the chain 61 as shown in FIG. It is also possible to attach the chain 61 to the inner circumference of and to engage the sprocket 62 on the inner circumference of the chain 61. A drive chain 66 is hung between the inner pulley 64 of the motor m and the idler sprocket 65, and the sprocket 62 is engaged with the outer periphery of the chain 66 so that the rotation direction of the carrier 1 is opposite to the rotation direction of the motor m. So that Further, a transmission belt 69 is hung between the outer pulley 67 of the motor m and the passive pulley 68 of the guide drum 10 so that when the inner pulley 64 and the outer pulley 67 rotate, the carrier 1 and the guide drum 10 rotate synchronously. To do.

The mounting portion 11 is for mounting the carrier 1 and the guide drum 10 on a ship, and is formed in a downward U-shape so that it can be put on the edge 33 of the ship as shown in FIG. Attached fitting 40 and telescopic ship floor 34
And a support 41 that can be fixed to the. The fitting 40 is put on the edge 33 of the ship and the bolt 42 and the nut 4 are attached.
It can be fixed to the edge 33 of the ship by 3 and
When the support tool 41 expands / contracts the expansion / contraction part 44 to match the distance between the edge 33 of the ship and the floor 34, and then tightens the nut 45, the disc-shaped pressing tool 46 is pressed against the ship floor 34 to convey the carrier 1. And the guide drum 10 can be supported.

[0021]

Second Embodiment of the Invention A second embodiment of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention is shown in FIG. This cleaning device is configured such that the conveyor 1, the guide drum 10, and the cleaning tool 6 are rotated by one motor M, and the motor pulley 7 of the motor M is rotated.
When 0 rotates, the passive pulley 72 rotates via the gear in the gear box 71, the passive pulley 68 of the guide drum 10 rotates via the power transmission belt 73, and the drum 1
0 rotates. At this time, the rotation of the motor M is transmitted from a sprocket (not shown) in synchronization with the rotation of the sprocket to the chain 61 whose outer periphery is meshed with the sprocket, whereby the carrier 1 rotates, and further, the motor pulley 70.
The rotation of the lower pulley 53-the upper pulley 55-the drive shaft 51-the upper pulley 58 rotates. Along with the rotation, the drive belt 54, the lower transmission belt 57, the lower passive pulley 56 rotate, and the lower water supply pipe 18 rotates. At the same time, the upper transmission belt 60-the upper passive pulley 5
9 is rotated so that the upper water supply pipe 18 is rotated.

[0022]

Third Embodiment of the Invention FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention. In this cleaning device, the carrier 1 is housed in the housing 80, the guide drum 10 is formed integrally with the housing 80, and the guide drum 10 is killed outward from the front side surface 81 of the housing 80. Between the two support pieces 82, the rotary shaft 32
It is rotatably attached by passing. The discharge path 7 projects from the lower portion of the right side surface 83 of the housing 80, and the shooter 8 (both the rear side surface and the shooter 8 are hidden and not visible in FIG. 5) projects from the rear side surface. The right side surface 83 of the housing 80 is open outward, and the open portion forms a vertical rope insertion port 84. In addition, the vertical rope insertion port 84 of the carrier 1
A guide bar 85 is detachably attached so that the frame 9 on the side and the flange 31 on the vertical rope insertion port 84 side of the guide drum 10 are passed over and not in close contact with the frame 9 and the flange 31. By inserting the vertical rope 12 into the housing 80 from the vertical rope insertion port 84 over the guide bar 85, the vertical rope 12 does not fall between the carrier 1 and the guide drum 10, and The rope 12 can be easily fed to the upper portion of the outer peripheral surface of the carrier 1. Incidentally, for the guide bar 85, for example, a metal rod having a diameter of about 10 to 12 mm is preferably used. Further, the method of driving the washing device and the method of mounting it on the vessel may be the same as those in the first and second embodiments, but other methods may be adopted.

[0023]

[Example of use] For cleaning the ear hanging cultured shellfish using the cleaning apparatus of the present invention shown in FIGS. ． The cleaning device of the present invention is attached to a ship using the mounting portion 11. ． A vertical rope 12 to which a large number of scallops 5 are locked is pulled up from the sea, and the vertical rope 12 is hung on the outer circumference of the guide drum 10 while the scallops 5 are locked and fed to the upper part of the outer peripheral surface of the carrier 1. ． The vertical rope 12 and the scallop 5 sent to the carrier 1 are
It is sandwiched between the carrier 1 and the pusher 4. When the carrier 1 and the guide drum 10 are synchronously rotated in this state, the scallop 5
The vertical rope 12 in which is locked is continuously pulled up from the sea. At this time, the pulled up vertical rope 12 is guided by the guide drum 10 and smoothly fed into the carrier 1. ． During the passage, the cleaning liquid is sprayed from the upper and lower cleaning tools 6 to clean the scallop 5 and the vertical rope 12 from above and below. At this time, mussels and other organisms attached to the scallop 5 and dust and the like are also removed. In this case, perforated material 3
Is attached to the frame body 9 with a slack so that it hangs downward, the zenith of the outer peripheral surface of the carrier 1 becomes slightly flat, and the scallop 5 and the vertical rope 12 on it are stable. Further, since the traveling distance of the scallop 5 and the vertical rope 12 is slightly longer than that in the case where the outer peripheral surface of the carrier 1 is a perfect circle, the cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning tool 6 causes the scallop 5 and the vertical rope 1 to have a cleaning liquid.
It is easy to evenly hit 2 and stains are easily removed. ． Cleaned and beautiful scallop 5 and vertical rope 12
Passes over the shooter 8 and is returned to the sea or collected onboard. ． The deposits removed by washing and the dirty water after washing are
It is received in the discharge path 7 and discharged to the outside of the carrier 1, and is collected in a collection container or the like (not shown) in the ship, and thereafter processed by filtering with a filter (not shown).

[0024]

According to the first cleaning device of the present invention, since the carrier is formed in a lateral drum shape, the size and weight can be reduced. In addition, since the object to be cleaned passes between the carrier and the pusher, the object to be cleaned is stable even if the cleaning liquid is sprayed onto the object to be cleaned, dirt on the object to be cleaned is easily removed, and adhered matter is removed. It is easy to be done.

Since the second cleaning device of the present invention is provided with the discharge passage and / or the shooter, it is possible to collect the washed dirty water at a desired location through the discharge passage and prevent the seawater and the inside of the ship from being polluted. . Further, there is an effect that it is convenient for guiding the washed object to be washed back into the sea by the shooter and storing it in a desired place on the ship.

In the third cleaning apparatus of the present invention, the perforated material is attached to the frame body so that it has a slack so that the perforated material hangs downward to form a drum-shaped carrier. Therefore, between the carrier and the pressing tool. The object to be cleaned becomes easier to pinch, the object to be cleaned is stable, the position of the object to be cleaned does not shift even if the cleaning liquid hits, and the object to be cleaned does not turn inside out, and it reliably contacts the object to be cleaned. There is also an effect that it becomes easier to remove stains on the object to be cleaned.

In the fourth cleaning device of the present invention, since the cleaning tool rotates horizontally, the cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning tool can also come into contact with all the objects to be cleaned, and dirt can be removed more easily.

Since the fifth cleaning apparatus of the present invention is provided with the guide drum, the object to be cleaned can be easily lifted from the sea, and
It becomes easy to send the pulled cleaning object to the carrier. Also,
Since the guide drum is designed to rotate synchronously with the conveyor, the amount of the article to be cleaned fed into the conveyor by the guide drum is stable, and the amount of the article to be cleaned is too large and the article to be cleaned and the pressing tool are pushed. There is no clogging or entanglement between the and, the feed is stable, and you can wash smoothly.
There is also the effect.

Since the sixth cleaning device of the present invention is provided with the mounting portion for attaching and detaching the carrier to and from the ship, it has an effect that it is convenient to use the cleaning device on board.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a cleaning device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of mounting the cleaning apparatus of the present invention on a ship.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of an example of a conveyor of the cleaning device of the present invention, a guide drum, and a rotation mechanism of a cleaning tool.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory view of another example of the conveyor of the cleaning device of the present invention, the guide drum, and the rotating mechanism of the cleaning tool.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a third embodiment of the cleaning apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side view of a conventional cleaning device.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory plan view of a conventional cleaning device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a carrier 2 is a through hole 3 is a perforated material 4 is a pusher 5 is the item to be cleaned 6 is a cleaning tool 7 is the discharge path 8 is a shooter 9 is a frame 10 is a guide drum 11 is a mounting part

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cleaning apparatus for cleaning an object to be cleaned by passing the object to be cleaned between a carrier having a large number of through holes and a pressing tool, and spraying a liquid onto the object to be cleaned during the passage thereof. The carrier (1) is formed into a lateral drum shape by a perforated material (3) having a large number of through holes (2) formed therein and is rotatable, and a pusher (4) is provided outside the zenith portion of the carrier (1). ) Is provided, and the carrier (1) and the pusher (4) are provided inside the carrier (1).
A cleaning device provided with a cleaning tool (6) for cleaning an object to be cleaned (5) by spraying a cleaning liquid on the object to be cleaned (5) sandwiched between and and passing therethrough. 2. The cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein a discharge passage (7) for discharging the adhered substances and dirty water, which have been cleaned and removed by the cleaning liquid sprayed from the cleaning tool (6), to the outside of the carrier (1). ) And a shooter (8) for leading the cleaned object (5) to the outside, or one or both of them. 3. The cleaning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the carrier (1) has a slack so that the perforated material (3) hangs down inside the ring-shaped frame (9). A cleaning device characterized by being held and attached in a drum shape. 4. The cleaning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cleaning tool (6) is horizontally rotated. 5. The cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a guide drum (10) for guiding the article to be cleaned (5) and feeding it to the carrier is provided in front of the carrier (1).
A cleaning device, characterized in that the guide drum (10) rotates in synchronization with the carrier (1). 6. The cleaning device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a mounting portion (11) capable of attaching and detaching the carrier (1) to and from the ship.