VEGETABLE WASHING APPARATUS

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vegetable washing apparatus which can reduce a use amount of a cleaning fluid without damaging vegetable, and excellent in maintainability and sanitary property.SOLUTION: A vegetable washing apparatus comprises: a sterilization part 20; a first pipeline; a washing part 35; a second pipeline; a mesh-state conveyor 11; a base 50; and cover members 60. At least one of the first pipeline and the second pipeline comprises an external tube part arranged outside the conveyor, and a facing tube part which is detachably connected to the external tube part, faces the conveyor and extends in a width direction, and has a sterilization nozzle or a washing nozzle. A spraying angle of an upper sterilization nozzle and an upper washing nozzle is configured so that a sprayed liquid hits against the cover member at a position equal to or higher than a prescribed height according to height of vegetable, and the plural cover members are arranged along a conveyor transport direction. Each cover member is restricted in movement in a first direction along a horizontal direction to the base, and when each cover member moves in a second direction crossing the first direction, the cover member can open a surrounding space.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】野菜に損傷を与えることなく洗浄液の使用量を低減でき、また、メンテナンス性やサニタリー性に優れた野菜洗浄装置を提供する。【解決手段】殺菌部２０と、第１配管系と、洗浄部３５と、第２配管系と、網目状のコンベア１１と、基台５０と、カバー部材６０とを備える。第１配管系と第２配管系との少なくとも一方は、コンベアの外側に配置された外側管部と、外側管部に着脱自在に接続されコンベアと対向して幅方向に延び、殺菌ノズルまたは洗浄ノズルを有する対向管部とを有する。上方の殺菌ノズルおよび上方の洗浄ノズルの噴霧角度は、噴霧液が野菜の高さに応じた所定高さ以上の位置でカバー部材に当たる角度であり、カバー部材は、コンベアの搬送方向に沿って複数設けられ、それぞれが基台に対して水平方向に沿った第１方向の移動が拘束され、第１方向と交差する第２方向に移動したときに周囲の空間を開放可能である。【選択図】図１