Instalación y procedimiento de lavado de verduras de hojas

• Main Author: Savary, Laurent
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 20.03.2020
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

Instalación (1) de lavado de verduras de hojas (2), tales como la lechuga, que comprende un transportador (5, 12) con banda (6, 13) de malla diseñada para el drenaje de las hojas de verduras, caracterizada porque comprende un medio (8) de dispersión sustancialmente monocapa de las hojas (2) de verduras en la banda (6, 13) de malla y un dispositivo (9, 15) de riego en gotas (24) de las hojas (2) de verduras, siendo la energía cinética de las gotas adquirida únicamente por gravedad, comprendiendo el dispositivo (9, 15) de riego un recipiente (17) de agua al aire libre y una serie de boquillas (18) de riego alimentadas con agua por el recipiente (17) y dispuestas encima del transportador (5, 12). The installation (1) has washing assemblies (3, 4) including two conveyors (5, 12) that are provided with respective wire bands (6, 13) for draining vegetable leaves (2) i.e. salad leaves. A single layer spreading unit (8) spreads the vegetable leaves on the wire bands. Washing devices (9, 15) spray water on the vegetable leaves in drops (24). Air suction devices (25) are arranged under the wire bands to accelerate flow of water drops through the vegetable leaves and the wire bands, respectively. An independent claim is also included for a method for washing leafy vegetables.