PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a machine for removing the core of a vegetable, capable of effectively removing the core part without leaving a vegetable waste at the core part.SOLUTION: The machine for removing the core of the vegetable includes a conveyor 20 having a plurality of pairs of carrying plates 25 installed between intermittently circulating chains and having notches 26 for putting the vegetables, formed therein, a putting station 30 installed in the upstream side of the conveyor and for putting the vegetables, a rotary blade 41 for removing the core, and capable of going in or out through the notch of the carrying plate, a core-removing station having a rotary blade-driving means 42 for rotating the rotary blade for removing the core, and a rotary blade-lifting and lowering means 43 for lifting or lowering the rotary blade for removing the core, and a floating-preventing station 60 arranged at the upper side of the core-removing station by sandwiching the conveyor, and having a floating-preventing plate 61 for pushing the vegetable from the upper part, and a floating-preventing plate-lifting or lowering means 62 for lifting or lowering the floating-preventing plate.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】野菜くずを芯部に残留させることなく、効果的に芯部を除去することのできる野菜芯取機を提供する。【解決手段】間欠周回するチェーン間に架設された複数対の載置用プレート25であって、野菜を載置するための切欠き26が形成された載置用プレートを有するコンベア20と、コンベアの上流側に設けられ、野菜を載置する載置ステーション30と、前記載置用プレートの切欠きを貫通して出没可能な芯取用回転刃41と、該芯取用回転刃を回転させる回転刃駆動手段42と、芯取用回転刃を昇降させる回転刃昇降手段43とを有する芯取ステーションと、コンベアを挟んで、芯取ステーションの上方に配備され、野菜を上部より押さえる浮き防止板61と、該浮き防止板を昇降させる浮き防止板昇降手段62とを有する浮き防止ステーション60と、を有する。【選択図】図3
