JP4675987B2 - Fruit and vegetable sending method in fruit and vegetable automatic selection and fruit and vegetable sending device for fruit and vegetable automatic selection - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic sorting device for sorting various fruit vegetables according to standards (equal class) such as size, shape, sugar content, etc. Especially fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears, eggplants, melons, and Kodamanishi. It is suitable for sorting.

  As an apparatus for selecting fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, there is an apparatus shown in FIG. This is because a large number of fruit vegetable carriers 2 are connected to a chain (endless conveyance belt) 1, and the upper surface of each carrier 2 becomes a collapsible saucer. In the measuring section, the equal class is discriminated, and on the basis of the discrimination signal, the tray is rolled over at a predetermined sorter fruit acceptor (belt conveyor or table) 4 and the fruit vegetables 3 roll on the fruit acceptor 4. It is pooled and sorted.

  In the sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 7, in order to cause the saucer to roll over from the running vegetable carrier 2 and to discharge the fruit vegetables 3, firstly, the fruit vegetable 3 hurts due to the fall and rolling when the saucer rolls over, and secondly, the fruit vegetables. Since the accepting body 4 is a table that is pulled out sideways with respect to the advancing direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 or is merely a table, the movement in the advancing direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 is suddenly restricted, and the fruit vegetable 3 moves on the fruit vegetable accepting body 4. It rolls in a slanting lateral direction and causes further damage. When fruit vegetables 3 are tomatoes, they are often shipped in a blue and hard state before ripening, so this fruit selection machine has also been widely used. However, when considering damage as a problem, it is expensive and expensive to maintain. There was no choice but to select a bread type fruit sorting machine.

In the fruit vegetable automatic sorting method according to the present invention, as described in claim 1, in the supply part of the fruit vegetable conveyance line in which a large number of fruit vegetable carriers are provided on the endless conveyance body, the worker is from the width direction side of the fruit vegetable conveyance line. The fruit vegetables are placed, the equal class measuring section of the fruit vegetable conveying line determines the equal class of the fruit vegetables , and the fruit vegetable carrier placed on the sorting and discharging section of the fruit vegetable conveying line is rotated to measure the fruit vegetables placed thereon. In the fruit vegetable feeding method in the fruit vegetable automatic sorting that is fed to the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance direction according to the determination result in the section, the fruit vegetable carrier is a belt conveyor type that reciprocates and rotates to the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance line, and the upper belt surface of putting put the fruit vegetables are fruit vegetables mounting portion provided on a part, impact the fruit vegetables mounting portion of fruit vegetables carriers each part of the upper belt surface, which protrudes from the surface upward Is formed by providing a height difference by the object, fruit vegetables underwriting body, in the conveying direction other party than the sorting discharge section comprising a person carrying direction side of fruit vegetables conveying line, it is arranged two or more at a working distance to the fruit vegetable conveying direction The fruit vegetable placement parts of a large number of fruit vegetable carriers are moved in a line or substantially in a line in the conveyance direction, and the fruit vegetables are placed on the fruit fruit placement part of the moving fruit carrier in a line and conveyed in a line or substantially in a line in the conveyance direction. , equally class determines the fruit vegetables on their fruiting mounting portion at an equal rank measurement unit, pivots forward the transportable Okunaka of fruit vegetables carrier provided numerous in fruiting conveying direction, the upper belt of fruit vegetables carriers in the sorting discharge portion The fruit vegetables placed on the fruit vegetable placement part are arranged in the forward direction of the fruit vegetable placement part and further forward in the transport direction than the fruit carrier that reciprocally rotates based on the determination result. Undertake fruit vegetables Delivery to the body, the fruit vegetables underwriting body, takes over the fruit vegetables by intermittent operation when the fruit vegetable is fed by repeating the intermittent operation, the fruit vegetables fed from fruiting mounting portion of the fruit vegetable carrier on the fruit vegetables underwriting body were pooled, after feeding fruit vegetable to the fruit vegetables underwriting body, it said往回by the upper belt dynamic is fruit vegetable carriers were allowed to recover rotated to return to the original position the fruit vegetables mounting portion, the number of fruit vegetables carriers This is a method of arranging the fruit vegetables placement portions in a line or substantially in a line in the transport direction.

  The fruit and vegetables feeding method in the fruit and vegetables automatic sorting according to the present invention is the fruit and vegetables feeding method in the fruit and vegetables automatic sorting as described in claim 2, wherein the fruit and vegetables are transported in a stable state on a fruit and vegetable dent recessed portion. You can also

According to the present invention, the fruit vegetable feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting is as described in claim 3 , in which the worker feeds the fruit vegetables to the fruit vegetable carrier from the width direction side to the fruit vegetable conveyance line in which a large number of fruit vegetable carriers are provided on the endless conveyance body. A fruit and vegetable supply unit is provided, and an equal class measurement unit that determines the equal class of the fruit vegetables loaded on the fruit and vegetable carrier in the fruit vegetable supply unit is provided at the front of the fruit and vegetable supply unit in the fruit and vegetable conveyance line, and is determined by the equal class measurement unit. In the fruit fruit feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting, in which the sorting and discharging unit that sends fruit vegetables to the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance direction by the fruit vegetable carrier according to the discrimination result is provided on the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance line. A belt conveyor type that rotates in the direction of the upper belt, and includes a fruit and vegetable mounting portion that places fruit and vegetables on a part of the surface of the upper belt. Part Some upper belt surface, is formed by providing a height difference by ridges product which protrudes upward from the surface, obliquely drawer conveyor is provided on the side of the fruit vegetables conveying line, fruit vegetables underwriting Two or more bodies are disposed at a work interval ahead of the fruit vegetable carrier that is reciprocally rotated in the forward rotation direction of the fruit vegetable placement portion, and the fruit vegetable placement portion of each fruit vegetable carrier is a fruit vegetable. A large number of fruit vegetable carriers are arranged in a line or substantially in a line in the transport direction, so that the fruit vegetables placed on each fruit vegetable placing part can pass through the equal class measuring part in a line or substantially in a line. Are arranged in a row or substantially in a row, and the upper belts of the vegetable carrier provided in a large number in the vegetable conveyance direction are rotated forward in the sorting and discharging unit, and the fruit vegetables placed on the vegetable vegetable mounting unit are used as the determination result. Undertake fruit vegetables based Ri can der delivery to the body, the fruit vegetable underwriting body takes over the fruit vegetables intermittently operated when the fruit vegetable is fed by repeating the intermittent operation, said fruit vegetables fed from fruiting mounting portion of the fruit vegetable carrier fruit vegetables underwriting body be pooled over, the after feeding fruit vegetable to fruit vegetables underwriting body was upper belt Fukukai movement of fruit vegetables carriers the pivots forward to return to the fruit vegetable placing portion the original position, the number of fruit vegetables carriers It is an apparatus which can arrange the fruit and vegetables mounting part of this in a line or a substantially line in a conveyance direction .

As described in claim 4 , the fruit vegetable automatic sorting fruit juice sending apparatus of the present invention is a fruit vegetable automatic sorting fruit vegetable feeding apparatus for fruit sorting automatically as described in claim 3, wherein the fruit vegetable placing part is recessed in a mortar shape. Yes, it is also possible to transport the fruit vegetables placed in this mortar-shaped dent in a stable state.

  In the fruit vegetable feeding device for fruit sorting automatically according to the present invention, the fruit vegetable 3 discharged from the fruit vegetable carrier 2 is 20 degrees from the traveling direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 between the fruit vegetable carrier 2 and the fruit vegetable acceptor 4 in the sorting discharge section 5. It is provided with an oblique drawer conveyor 6 that is pulled out in a slanting direction within a range of 70 degrees and is sent to the fruit vegetable acceptor 4 and is transported obliquely before moving to the fruit vegetable acceptor 4. There is little change, the rolling of the fruit vegetables 3 can be reduced, and safe sorting becomes possible.

  In the fruit vegetable feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting of the present invention, since the fruit vegetable carrier 2 is a belt conveyor type carrier, the discharge of the fruit vegetables 3 is horizontally moved and sent to the oblique drawer conveyor 6, so Compared to the carrier 2, the fruit vegetables 3 can be prevented from overturning, and safe sorting that can substantially prevent rolling and the like is possible. It can also be used to select fruits such as peaches and pears that are prone to pain.

  In the fruit vegetable feeding device for fruit vegetable automatic sorting of the present invention, the oblique drawer conveyor 6 is configured by arranging a plurality of thin conveyor belts 30 driven in the pulling direction along the traveling direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2. The structure is cheap and simple.

  In the fruit vegetable feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting according to the present invention, the oblique drawer conveyor 6 is constructed by laying a large number of conveying rollers rotated in the pulling direction. Can be carried to.

(Embodiment 1)
1 and 3 are plan views showing an embodiment of a fruit vegetable automatic feeding apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic sorting according to the present invention, which is configured as a sorting apparatus for tomatoes. This device can also be used for sorting peaches and pears that overlap in size, as well as eggplants up to 20 cm in length. Reference numerals 1 and 3 in FIG. 1 denote endless transport bands (drive chains) that are advanced in the direction of arrow a in the drawing by a drive mechanism (not shown), and are provided along a long frame 9 having a length of 30 m. Yes. Reference numeral 2 in FIGS. 1 and 3 denotes a fruit vegetable carrier that carries the tomato 3 and is connected to the drive chain 1 and travels in the direction of arrow a in the figure.

  As shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C, the fruit vegetable carrier 2 in FIGS. 1 and 3 has a stainless steel frame 10 having a length of 360 mm, a width of 140 mm, and a height of 50 mm, and both longitudinal ends of the frame 10. This is a belt conveyor type carrier provided with rotating rollers 11a and 11b that are rotatably mounted at an inter-axis distance of 330 mm, and a conveyor belt 12 having a width of 130 mm that is stretched between the rotating rollers 11a and 11b.

  In the frame 10 of FIG. 2, a long hole 14 having a length of 170 mm and a width of 10 mm is opened in the center of the bottom surface along the longitudinal direction of the frame. A slide pin 15 that can move a distance of 150 mm along the elongated hole 14 only in the direction of arrow ef in the figure is attached to the elongated hole 14. An upper end 15 a of the slide pin 15 is connected to a metal fitting 16 fixed to the conveyor belt 12, and a lower end 15 b of the slide pin 15 protrudes to the lower side of the frame 10 by about 20 mm. A bearing 17 is attached to the lower part of the pin 15, and when this is slid in the direction of the arrow ef, the conveying belt 12 connected to the upper part can reciprocate up to 150 mm. A support plate 18 for receiving and supporting the conveyor belt 12 is attached to the upper portion of the frame 10 (shown only in FIG. 2A).

  As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the conveyor belt 12 shown in FIG. 2 has a sheet-shaped receptacle having a length of 200 mm and a width of 130 mm on a portion (fruit and vegetable placement portion 33) on which the tomato 3 on the belt surface of the upper portion is placed. Member 13 is affixed. The receiving member 13 has a plurality of ridges 19 having a maximum height of 3 mm formed on the surface, and the upper ends of the ridges 19 are formed so that the portion on which the tomato 3 is placed is recessed in a mortar shape, and a long and narrow cocoon is vertically It is cut into an elliptical mortar shape that is long in the longitudinal direction so that it can be placed in the direction. The receiving member 13 is made of a material such as an elastomer having a high flexibility. When the rotating roller 11a is bent, the receiving member 13 can be smoothly bent without being lifted from the conveying belt 12 or wrinkled. ing.

  In the traveling line of the long fruit vegetable carrier 2 shown in FIG. 3, the section A (about 6 to 7 m) before the transport direction is a tomato supply part for placing the tomato 3 on the fruit carrier 2, and the following section B (about 1 ~ 2m) is a measuring unit for measuring the equal class of the tomato 3, and the subsequent section C is a sorting unit.

  In section A in FIG. 3, several workers stand alongside the line, and the harvested tomatoes 3 are placed on the vegetable carrier 2 and supplied one by one.

  The measurement unit 8 in the section B of FIG. 3 is provided with a measurement device 8 based on image processing, and discriminates the equal class based on conditions specified in advance from the size and shape of tomatoes, scratches, colors, and the like. Can be done. From this measuring device, a discrimination signal representing the equal class is output. It is also possible to measure the weight of the tomato 3 by providing a load cell and measuring the weight of the fruit vegetable carrier.

  In each sorting discharge section 5 in the section C of FIG. 3, slide means for operating the slide pin 15 (more precisely, the bearing 17) on the bottom of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 to move the conveyor belt 12 in the direction of arrow b in the figure. Is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, each slide means includes a nylon plate 21 in which a slide pin 15 and its bearing 17 are inserted and a straight and oblique guide groove 20 (20 a, 20 b) that can run and a branch portion 22. And a rotary solenoid 24 provided on the lower side of the bar 23. The rotary solenoid 24 operates in response to the discrimination signal of the measuring device 8 in the section B. For example, when the fruit carrier 2 with the tomatoes 3 to be discharged tries to pass through the branch portion 22, it is normal. The switching bar 23 in the straight traveling state S1 is switched to the oblique traveling state S2, and the slide pin 15 of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 traveling in the straight traveling guide groove 20a is directed to the oblique guide groove 20b (an inclination of 30 degrees with respect to the straight traveling guide groove 20a). Then, the slide pin 15 is moved laterally in the direction of the arrow g, the transport belt 12 is rotated in the direction of the arrow b, and the tomato 3 placed thereon is discharged. A guide 25 (FIG. 3) for returning the slide belt 15 slid horizontally to the original position and returning the conveyor belt 12 by the oblique guide groove 20b is also provided at the leading end of the section C in the conveyance direction. ing.

  At the side of each sorting and discharging unit 5 in each section C in FIG. 3, a diagonal pull-out conveyor 6 that pulls out and conveys the tomatoes 3 delivered from the fruit carrier 2 in the direction of 50 degrees obliquely from the traveling direction of the fruit carrier 2. Is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the diagonally-drawing conveyor 6 is a belt conveyor having a structure in which a plurality of slender belts 30 arranged at an angle of 50 degrees are arranged in parallel. Each belt (in this case, a round belt) is stretched between two driven pulleys 31a and 31b provided at both ends and a drive shaft 32 provided on the lower side, and is oblique to the drive shaft 32. In contact. The drive shaft 32 is rotated by a motor (not shown), and the round belt 30 is driven while being slightly twisted, and proceeds in the direction of the arrow c in the figure on the upper surface of the conveyor, and is sent out there. The tomato 3 thus obtained can be conveyed in the direction of 50 degrees from the traveling direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2. The arrangement interval of the round belts 30 is set to about 10 mm, and even small tomatoes 3 can be reliably conveyed without falling into the gap. The oblique drawer conveyor 6 is continuously operated.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 3, and 5, a fruit vegetable acceptor (in this case, a flat belt conveyor) 4 is provided at the tip of the oblique drawer conveyor 6 in each section C of FIG. 3. This flat belt conveyor 4 is an intermittently operated conveyor, and only when the tomato 3 is fed from the fruit vegetable carrier 2 through the diagonally-drawing conveyor 6 (only one tomato 3 passes). Necessary time) It is automatically operated so that the tomatoes 3 can be pooled at intervals on the flat belt conveyor 4.

(Embodiment 2)
In the fruit vegetable automatic feeding apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic selection according to the present invention, the oblique drawer conveyor 6 can use conveyors of various structures. FIG. 6 shows an example of a case of a roller conveyor, in which a large number of small driving rollers 30 having a diameter of about 6 to 8 mm are inclined and arranged. Each drive roller 30 has a central portion that is rotatably supported by a support 31, and a rotation driving rope 32 is hung on the central portion. The driving roller 30 is driven to rotate by the rope 32. ing.

It is the top view which showed embodiment of the fruit vegetable automatic delivery apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic selection of this invention, and shows a supply part, a measurement part, and a fruit vegetable sorting part partially. (A) is a top view of a fruit vegetable receptacle, (b) is a side view of (a), (c) is a front view of (a). The top view which showed the whole structure of the fruit vegetable automatic delivery apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic selection of this invention. (A)-(c) is explanatory drawing of the receiving member attached to a vegetable carrier. It is an example of the diagonal drawer conveyor in the fruit vegetable automatic delivery apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic selection of this invention, (a) is a side view, (b) is a top view. The top view which showed the other example of the diagonal drawer | drawing-out conveyor in the fruit vegetable automatic delivery apparatus for fruit vegetable automatic selection of this invention. The top view which showed the outline of the conventional fruit vegetable automatic selection apparatus.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Endless conveyance belt 2 Fruit vegetable carrier 3 Fruit vegetable 4 Fruit vegetable accepting body 5 Sort discharge part 6 Diagonal drawer conveyor

Claims (4)

In the supply section of the fruit and vegetable transport line where many fruit and vegetable carriers are provided on the endless transport body, the worker places the fruit and vegetables in the width direction side of the fruit and vegetable transport line, and the subsequent class measurement section of the fruit and vegetable transport line carries the fruit and vegetable equal classes. The fruit vegetables in the automatic fruit vegetable sorting that discriminates and rotates the fruit vegetable carrier in the sorting discharge section of the fruit vegetable conveyance line, and sends the fruit vegetables placed on it to the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance direction according to the discrimination result in the equal class measurement section In the delivery method,
The fruit and vegetable carrier is a belt conveyor type that reciprocally rotates to the side of the fruit and vegetable conveyance line, and is provided with a fruit and vegetable placement section that places fruit and vegetables on a part of the upper belt surface,
Each fruit carrier carrier part is formed on a part of the upper belt surface with a height difference by a protrusion protruding above the surface ,
Two or more fruit vegetable acceptors are arranged in the conveyance direction side of the fruit vegetable conveyance line and ahead of the sorting discharge unit, with a work interval in the fruit vegetable conveyance direction,
Move the fruit and vegetable mounting parts of a large number of fruit and vegetable carriers in a line or substantially in a line in the transport direction,
Fruit vegetables are placed on the fruit vegetable placement part of the moving fruit vegetable carrier and are arranged in a line or substantially in a line in the conveyance direction, and the fruit vegetables on these fruit vegetable placement parts are classified in the equal class measurement part,
The transportable Okunaka many provided a fruit vegetable carriers fruiting conveying direction, the upper belt of the fruiting carrier by pivot forward in the sorting discharge unit, based on a fruit vegetables which are placed on the fruit vegetable mounting portion on the determination result , The fruit vegetable placement portion is forwardly forward direction of the fruit vegetable carrier that is reciprocally rotated and sent out to the fruit vegetable acceptor disposed in the conveyance direction ahead ,
The fruit vegetable acceptor is intermittently operated when the fruit vegetables are fed, and the fruit vegetables are taken over, and by repeating the intermittent operation, the fruit vegetables fed from the fruit vegetable placement part of the fruit vegetable carrier are pooled on the fruit vegetable acceptor,
After feeding fruit vegetable to the fruit vegetables underwriting body, said往回by the upper belt dynamic is fruit vegetable carriers were allowed to recover rotated to return to the original position the fruit vegetables mounting portion, fruit vegetables placed in the number of fruit vegetables carriers A method for feeding fruit and vegetables in automatic fruit and vegetable sorting, wherein the sections are arranged in a line or substantially in a line in the transport direction. In the fruit vegetable automatic selection method according to claim 1,
A method for delivering fruit vegetables in automatic fruit vegetable sorting, wherein the fruit vegetables are placed in a mortar-shaped recessed fruit vegetable mounting portion and conveyed in a stable state. A fruit supply line in which an endless carrier is provided with a large number of fruit vegetable carriers is provided with a fruit supply section from which workers place the fruit vegetables on the fruit vegetable carrier from the side in the width direction. An equal class measuring unit for discriminating the class is provided at the front of the fruit vegetable supply unit in the fruit vegetable conveying line, and the fruit discharge determined by the equal class measuring unit is sent to the side of the fruit vegetable conveying direction by the fruit vegetable carrier according to the determination result. In the fruit vegetable automatic feeding device for fruit vegetable automatic selection provided at the end of the equal class measurement unit ,
The fruit and vegetable carrier is a belt conveyor type that rotates to the side of the fruit and vegetable conveyance line, and includes a fruit and vegetable placement unit that places fruit and vegetables on a part of the upper belt surface,
A lot of fruit vegetable carriers are arranged in the direction of fruit vegetable conveyance,
The fruit vegetable placement portion is formed on a part of the upper belt surface by providing a height difference by a protrusion provided so as to protrude above the surface ,
An oblique drawer conveyor is provided on the side of the fruit vegetable conveyance line,
Two or more fruit vegetable acceptors are disposed at a work interval ahead of the fruit vegetable carrier that reciprocally rotates in the forward rotation direction ahead of the fruit vegetable placement unit,
The fruit vegetable placement part of each fruit vegetable carrier is arranged in a row or substantially in a row in the fruit vegetable transport direction,
A large number of fruit vegetable carriers convey the fruit vegetables placement units in a row or substantially in a row so that the fruit vegetables placed in each of the fruit vegetable placement units can pass through the equal class measurement unit in a row or a row.
A large number of upper belts of the fruit vegetable carrier provided in the direction of conveying the fruit vegetables rotate in the sorting discharge section, and the fruit vegetables placed on the fruit vegetable mounting section can be sent to the fruit vegetable acceptor based on the determination result. Oh it is,
The fruit vegetable acceptor is intermittently operated when the fruit vegetables are fed and the fruit vegetables are taken over, and by repeating the intermittent operation, the fruit vegetables fed from the fruit vegetable mounting part of the fruit vegetable carrier can be pooled on the fruit vegetable acceptor,
After feeding fruit vegetable to the fruit vegetables underwriting body, and the upper belt Fukukai movement of fruit vegetables carriers the pivots forward to return to the fruit vegetable placing portion the original position, the fruit vegetables mounting portion of the plurality of fruit vegetables carriers A fruit vegetable feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting, which can be arranged in a line or substantially in a line in the conveying direction . In the fruit vegetable automatic sorting fruit vegetable sending device for fruit vegetable automatic sorting according to claim 3 ,
A fruit vegetable feeding device for automatic fruit vegetable sorting, wherein the fruit vegetable placing portion has a shape recessed in a mortar shape, and the fruit vegetables placed in the mortar shape depression can be stably conveyed.

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