BR0300835B1 - new variable multifunctional modular system for receiving, pre-cleaning, stocking, rowing, rebilling, alloying, shipping, stock control, coffee in and out control, intrinsically coupled with a new and suitable modular bulk silo building system for coffee - Google Patents

Description

"NEW VARIABLE MODULAR MODULAR FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM FOR DUMPING, PRE-CLEANING, STOCKING, TRANSILING, REBENEFIT, ALLOY, EXPEDITION, COFFEE CONTROL, INPUT CONTROL FOR NEW SILHOULED CONJUGATED CONJUGATED SETTINGS , dealt with in this Descriptive Report, consists of the appropriate disposition and convenient combination of known principles and elements to obtain new results.

Increasingly, the international competition in the coffee market is increasing, which obliges producing countries to invest in the quality and reduction of operational costs in the production and preparation of this product.

The object of this patent application is an invention of a system that allows for an extremely considerable reduction in the costs of moving, preparation, storage, shipping, investment in rebenefitting machines, drastic reduction of the built area and obtaining numerous operational resources that allow, with simplicity, the simplified execution of any operation related to a coffee warehouse, so as to enable it to meet the work required by the national and international market and any preparation or flow variations that may become necessary.

Typically, a warehouse refurbishing job basically consists of the following: Pre-cleaning and picking of stones and clods to eliminate foreign bodies in the batch. Sieve particle separation to classify the product by grain shape and size.

As for the shape, the grains are classified in mocha and flat, and in the grain size can be classified in up to approximately 14 sizes of screens, being international convention that the difference between two consecutive screens is 0.397 mm, which is equivalent to 1/64 in.

In accordance with sales arrangements, each coffee size, commonly referred to as a "sieve", may be linked with one or more different "sieves".

After sieving, the coffee should be selected in a densimetric way so that less dense beans are separated, broken and other light impurities that are considered "defects" or "choices".

After densimetric separation it is performed with electronic selectors the color selection of the defective grains called "residues".

As for the coffee species, one has oconilon or robusta and the arabica.

Arabica coffee has 03 types: decrepit, the peeled cherry and natural coffee, the latter being the coffee prepared on the farms by the old traditional system.

Each type of coffee has its own weak type which can be basically "river", "riou", "hard", "just soft", "soft" and "strictly soft".

Each type of drink has numerous variations, such as: slightly acidic, acidic, fermented and many more.

There are also variations in grain color.

Some lots should only be picked from stones and clods.

Others should undergo the operation described above and more particle size selection in sieves.

Some sieves may already be ready at this stage of preparation.

Other screens may require density selection and others may require referral to electronic color selection.

Some lots may undergo partial full preparation outside of the above sequences.

From the foregoing, unnecessary and exhaustive discrimination discriminating against all preparation combinations may be required by marketing.

Refunded lots sold may be delivered as is or may be linked and mixed together to form one or more other lots.

Therefore, it is found that the activities of a coffee warehouse are extremely complex, a complexity that determines in a traditional warehouse a high cost of workmanship for preparation and storage, in addition to other disadvantages.

The present invention of great modular and mechanical construction performs any kind of movement, transfer, sequence of the benefit operations, individual and simultaneous operations of each machine or groups of machines with different coffees, and, if we calculate the combinations of possible operations, according to the determination mathematics of possibilities will reach several million.

In Brazil, traditionally, the storage and preparation of processed coffee for export or domestic consumption is as follows:

A traditional, ground-floor shed is used as a storehouse for both selected and selected coffee, as well as already refurbished and selected coffee.

The coffee is packed in 60kg bags and manually stacked or on pallets, with the aid of mechanical forklifts.

Also this coffee can be packed in bags or big bags that are moved and stacked with the aid of overhead cranes or mechanical forklifts.

In some warehouses the coffee is stored in metal or wooden silos, installed inside the warehouse, constituting these silos in distinct elements of civil construction.

The coffee refilling, sorting, shipping and dispatching machines are mounted on the ground floor of the warehouse and, for their operation, feeding and dispatching the coffee, require the installation of a large number of elevators, conveyors and the use of a number of relatively small silos. They function exclusively as lungs for the performance of those functions.

Due to the large number of elevators and the large horizontal linearity of these facilities, when it becomes necessary to properly diversify the flow of coffee to perform any sequence or combination of benefit operations, many valves or flow bypass registers and their commands, plus more elevators or Conveyors must be installed, facts that contribute to the high elevation and complexity of operations, as well as the built area should be relatively much larger than required by the patent-free object.

In Brazil, only one installation of bulk coffee silos has been known, so that the buildings or civil constructions are the silos themselves, a building which has as one of its main characteristics the placement of machines or a set of machines distributed over many floors or floors stand on the said silos.

The silos and the floors where the rebinding machines are located are part of a single building construction.

The coffee enters the equipment of the last floor and has been sequentially passing from each floor to the immediately lower floor and by their respective machines.

This arrangement, besides constituting a very expensive civil construction project, considerably impedes or hinders the adoption of an evariable multifunctional system in the movement and re-profitability of coffee with the simplicity and efficiency obtained by the present invention.

The silos in the proposed new molds can offer modular extensions and the coffee machines or machines are also modular because they are diverse and unpublished and particularly particularly distributed on a single floor or floor positioned over the asylums.

The unique and remote relationship of the new inventor with the existing and described silos is the fact that silos and home refilling machines integrate a single building construction.

With the modular expansion of the new silos there is no need to purchase more equipment for moving and transporting coffee, except for the lengthening of the longitudinal conveyors of the facility.

When one or more silos intended for the entry or exit of any refilling machine not being used for these functions, they may, without any increase or modification in the design, function as a silo storer of any coffee, wherever it comes from.

In short, all silos without exceptions serve for inventory storage.

If the work of a particular machine or set of machines is unsatisfactory, for reasons of regulation, error or otherwise, the above operation or operations may be repeated as often as necessary until the desired end result is obtained.

In the proposed operating system you can transfer coffee from any bulk receiving hopper to any silo or for shipping or loading.

You can also transfer any silo to any silo or for shipping or shipping.

It will be possible to link the coffees of two or more siloes and route them connected to a single silo or for dispatch or boarding.

In addition to the simplicity and functionality of the new coffee-making operating system and integrated building of bulk silos, each time the coffee is transferred from any source to any destination, it is compulsory and without additional design complications, monitoring of the volumes received, transferred or shipped, monitoring is done by flow scales that will allow perfect control of purchases, sales and stocks.

If the flow scales are electronic, you can control, with the aid of computer and PLC and only one operator, all the automatic motor start and stop system, flow controls and all information you need, including batch records, entries and product outputs, costs, purchasing values, sales, volume of inventory values, profit, loss, reports, balance sheets and other necessary information in real time.

Taking into account the above, it can be inferred that the new coffee bulk silos, combined with their operating and rebenefit system, differ substantially in their design and construction from other coffee silos and any other bulk, as well as It has real conditions of novelty, simplicity, efficiency, production and low constructive and operational cost, which meet the requirements necessary to obtain a patent.

The accompanying drawings have been drawn to scale, schematically and represent the invention in a functional and non-restrictive manner. These drawings represent, for example, four modular sets of silos with juxtaposition of modules longitudinally positioned two by two in order to maintain a space for the installation of flow scales and their feed and discharge elevators by separating the opposite modules.

It is important to mention that, due to the modular installation characteristics of the modules containing the silo cells and also the modular installation system of the coffee supply sets, the proposed systems may have only laterally juxtaposed silos modules without being joined two by two. if the flow scales and their feed and discharge elevators will be installed at either end of the modules. In this case the conveyors to be used to load the silos, instead of moving on rails, will have a conventional unloading system, such as a diverter or tripper.

Each modular assembly can have as many cells as needed in the design.

Also the amount of parallel modules and their respective cells can be increased or decreased to meet the needs.

The same is true with machine sets, as many machines or machine lines can be installed as needed, regardless of how many modular sets of silos are.

The attached drawings representing the event are as follows:

Figure 1 - Plan of the proper silos and receiving hoppers No. 85 and 86. Figure 2 - Plan of the receiving silos and hoppers with the location in machines, elevators and flow scales, but without the inclusion of transporters.

Figure 3- Plan the silos with their location on the reversible mobile conveyors No. 18 and 19 that feed them, as well as the inclusion of elevators No. 3 and 5e from the No. 1 and 2 conveyors of the receiving hopper and carrier No. 80 .

Figure 4 - Plan of bulk silos at their lower levels with the inclusion of conveyors No. 22, 23,24 and 25 that remove coffee from any silo and reversible conveyors No. 26 and 27 belonging to the benefit-machine sets.

Figure 5 - AA longitudinal section of the installations.

Figure 6 - BB longitudinal section of the installations.

Figure 7 - CC longitudinal section of the facilities passing through the coffee hopper, No. 85 and 86.

Figure 8 - Cross section DD passing through the flow scale sector.

Figure 9 - Cross section EE passing through the stone pickers, no. 34 and its feeding elevator no. 28.

Figure 10 - Cross-sectional view FF showing the No. 35 sieve sorters, their No. 29 feed lift, and the No. 26 and 27 conveyors belonging to the rebinding machine assembly.

Figure 11 - GG cross-section through the No. 36 and 37 Density Selection Tables and their No. 30 and 33 feed elevators, as well as the No. 31 and 32 feed elevators for the No. 38 and 39 color density selectors silos for picks no. 76 and 77.

Figure 12-HH cross-section through the electronic color selector no. 38 and 39 and through the pararesid silos no. 78 and 79.

Figure 13 - Cross section II passing through the sector where there are no rebuffering machines, but showing rotary flow control valves no. 88.

Figure 14 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is bulk receiving hoppers No. 85 and 86 and the destination any flow scales, No. 6, 7, 8 and 9.

Figure 15 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is any even-numbered silo of the left-sided modular set of silos and the destination any flow balance.

Figure 16 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is any even-numbered silo of the right-hand set of silos and the destination any flow balance.

Figure 17 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is any odd number silo with the left modular set of silos and the destination any flow scale.

Figure 18 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or source is any odd number silo of the modular right set of silos and the destination any flow scale. Figure 19 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or source is the number 7 flow balance or balance. stream Number 9 and the destination respectively are any silo of the two even-numbered modular sets of silos and any two-numbered modular sets of number silos through the reversible movable conveyors No. 18 and 19.

Figure 20 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is flow balance number 6 and the destination is silo No. 84 for coffee bagging or silo No. 83 for bagging or big-bag loading.

Figure 21 - Coffee flow plan whose origin or origin is flow balance number 8 and the destination is silo No. 83 for baggage or big-bag loading or bulk container carrier No. 82.

Figure 22 - Coffee flow plan that leaves bulk silos.

Figure 23 - Coffee flow plan that enters rebenefit machines and coffee selection.

Figure 24 - Coffee flow plan that outputs refilling machines and coffee selection.

Figure 25 - Flow plan of the "choices" and "residues" leaving respectively the No. 36 and 37 Density selection machines and the No. 38 and 39 electronic color selectors.

Figure 26 - Schematic drawing of a double register for silo outlet opening.

Figure 27 - Simple schematic drawing for silo outlet opening coupled to the coffee outlet dosing valve, No. 88.

Figure 28 - Schematic drawing of a coffee flow diversion record.

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the elements constituting the invention are described below:

Number 1 - Conveyor that removes the modular bulk hopper No. 85 from the bulk receipt of the coffee, as shown in figures 3 - 7 and 14.

Number 2 - Conveyor that removes the modular bulk hopper n ° 86 from the bulk receipt of the coffee, being observed in figures n ° 3 - 7 - 8 and 14.

Number 3 - Elevator that receives coffee from transporters number 1 or number 2 and feeds the pre-cleaning machine number 4, being observed in figures 3 - 7 - 8 and 14.

Number 4 - Coffee pre-cleaning machine, being observed in figures 3 - 7 - 8 and 14.

Number 5 - Elevator that receives the coffee from the pre-cleaning machine number 4 and forwards it to any flow balance no. 6 - 7 - 8 and 9, being observed in the figures no. 3- 7 - 8 and 14.

Number 6 - Flow balance that receives the coffee of any origin or origin and forwards it through elevator no. 11 and conveyor no. 80 to silo no. 84 for bagging coffee or to silo no. bags ", being seen in figures 4-8-14-15-16-17-18e20.

Number 7 - Flow balance that receives the coffee of any origin or origin and forwards it through elevator no. 12 and the reversible mobile carrier no. 18 to any even number of the right and left modules, being observed in figures no. ° 3 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 and 19.

Number 8 - Flow balance that receives the coffee of any origin or origin and forwards it through elevator no. 15 to silo no. 83 for loading of bags or "big bags" or to bulk carrier no. 82, being observed Figures 4-5-6-8 -14 -15-16-17-18 and 21.

Number 9 - Flow balance that receives the coffee from any origin or origin and forwards it through elevator no. 16 and the reversible mobile carrier no. 19 to any odd no. Of both the right and left modules. No. 3-5-6-14-15-16-17-18-19.

Number 10 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is any even-numbered silo of the left module through conveyor number 22 and the destination is any flow balance, as shown in figures 4 and 15.

Number 11 - Elevator that receives the coffee from flow balance Number 6 and forwards it through the transporter number 80 to silo number 84 for bagging of coffee or to number 83 for baggage or big bags, being observed in figures no. 3 - 4 - 8 and 20.

Number 12 - Elevator that receives the flow balance coffee number 7 and forwards it through the reversible mobile transporter number 18 to any even numbered silo, both right and left, being seen in figures 3 and 19.

Number 13 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is any even numbered silo of the right module through the conveyor number 23 and the destination is any flow scale, being observed in figures 4 and 16.

Number 14 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is any odd-numbered silo of the left module through conveyor number 24 and the destination is any flow balance, as shown in figures 4 - 5 - 6 and 17.

Number 15 - Elevator that receives coffee from flow balance number 8 and forwards it to silo number 83 for baggage or big-bag or agranel container shipper number 82, being observed in figures 4-5-6- 8e21.

Number 16 - Elevator that receives the flow balance coffee number 9 and forwards it through the reversible mobile transporter number 19 to any silo of odd number both right and left modules, being observed in figures 3-5-6 and 19.

Number 17 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is any odd-numbered silo of the right module through conveyor number 25 and forwards it to any flow balance, being observed in figures 4 - 5 - 6 and 18.

Number 18 - Reversible mobile conveyor that receives coffee from any source or origin and forwards any even numbered silo from either the right module or left module, as shown in figures 3-8-9-10-11 - 12 - 13 and 19 .

Number 19 - Reversible mobile conveyor that receives coffee from any source or origin and sends it to any odd numbered silo, both from the right module and left module, being observed in figures 3-5-6-8-9-10-11 - 12 and 19.

Number 20 - Gearmotor or any other equipment intended for the movement of reversible movable carrier No. 18 to position its output over the silos of the even number of both the right and left modules which must be loaded, as shown in Figure 3.

Number 21 - Gearmotor or any other equipment intended for the movement of reversible movable carrier No. 19 to position its output over the unequal number silo of both the right and left modules that will be loaded, as shown in figure 3.

Number 22 - Carrier that removes coffee from any even-numbered silo in the left module, being observed in figures 4 and 15.

Number 23 - Carrier that removes coffee from any even-numbered silo in the right module, observing figures 4-8-9-10-11-12-1316 -22.

Number 24 - Carrier that removes coffee from any odd-numbered silo in the left module, as shown in figures 4-5e6e17.

Number 25 - Carrier that removes coffee from any odd-numbered silo in the right module, as shown in Figures 4-5-6-8-9 -10-11-12-13-18e 22.

Number 26 - Reversible conveyor placed under part of the even-numbered silos and receiving the origin coffees are the exits from the No. 34 stone pickers or No. 40 - 44 - 46 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 54 sorting tables or tables No. 36 or 37 or the electronic color selectors No. 38 or 38 and 39 and, being reversible, can route the coffee from either end to elevator number 28 or 29 and another to elevators 30 or 31, as shown in figures no. 4-9-10-11-11-22 and 24.

Number 27 - Reversible conveyor placed under part of odd-numbered silos and receiving cafes whose origins are the exit of stone pickers No. 34 or number 41 silos or 45-47 - 49 - 51 - 53 - 55 36 or 37 or color selector no. 39 or 39 and 38 and, as it is reversible, can route the coffee at one end to elevators number 28 or 29 and the other to elevators 32 or 33, as shown in figures no. 4-6-10-10-11-12-22 and 24.

Number 28 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee are the transporters n ° 26 and n ° 27 and the silos n ° 42 e43 and the destination the stone pickers n ° 34, being observed in figures n ° 4 - 6 - 9 - 22 and 23 .

Number 29 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee are the stone pickers n ° 34 or the transporters n ° 26 or n ° 27 and / or silos n ° 42 or 43 and the destination the sieve classifiers n ° 35, being observed in the figures n. 4-6-10-22-23 and 24.

Number 30 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is the transporter n ° 26 or silo n ° 56 and the destination is asymmetric densimetric n ° 36 or 36 and 37 at the same time, having also the function to pass again on the mentioned densimetric tables, as often as Densimetrically selected coffees contained in silos No. 52 or 54 are required, being observed in Figures 4 - 11 - 22 and 23.

Number 31 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is the transporter number 26 or silos No. 52 - 54 - 58 and odestino are the electronic color selectors No. 38 or 38 and 39 at the same time. This elevator can also receive from the no. 60 or 62 coffees already selected by the no. 38 color electronic selectors and re-send them to the no. 38 or 38 and 39 electronic color selectors as often as necessary, being observed in figures no. 4 - 11 - 22 and 23.

Number 32 - Elevator that receives the origin coffee is the transporter number 27 or silos 53 - 55 and 59, and odestino are the electronic color selectors No. 39 or 39 and 38 at the same time. This elevator can also receive from the no. 61 or 63 coffees already selected by the no. 39 electronic color selectors and re-send them to the no. 39 or 39 and 38 electronic color selectors at the same time as needed, as shown in figures no. 4 - 6 - 11 - 22 - and 23.

Number 33 - Elevator that receives the origin is the carrier number 27 or silo 57 and the destination is the density selection tables No. 37 or 37 and 36 at the same time. This elevator can also receive from the silos no. 53 or 55 already selected densimetric coffees and pass them on the tables no. 37 or 37 and 36 at the same time as necessary, being observed in figures no. 4 - 11 - 22 - and 23.

Number 34 - Collectors of stones and clods that receive the coffee whose origin is the elevator number 28, whether it receives the coffee from various origins as explained above and the destination are the silos number 40 or 41, or elevator number 29 or the transporters number 26 or 27, being observed in figures 2-4-5-6 - 9-23 and 24.

Number 35 - Sieve classifiers that make the granulometric selection and receive the coffee whose procedure is elevator number 29, which receives the coffee from various sources as explained above and the destination is the silos number 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - 50 51 or more to be created if necessary, as shown in Figures 2-4-5-6-10 -23 and 24.

Number 36 - Density selection tables that receive coffee whose origin is elevators number 30 or 33, which receive coffee from various sources as explained above and destination are silos number 52 or 54 or transporters No. 26 or 27 and silo 76 for choices , being observed in figures 2 - 4 - 11 - 23 - 24 and 25.

Number 37 - Density Selection Tables Receiving Coffee Whose Origin Is Elevators 33or 30, Which Receive Coffee From Various Origins As Explained Above and Destination Are Silos Number 53 Or 55 Or Carriers No. 26 Or 27 And Silo 77 For Choices , being observed in figures 2-5-6-11-23 -24 and 25.

Number 38 - Electronic color selectors that receive the coffee whose origin is the elevators 31 or 32, which receive the coffee from various sources as explained above and the destination is the silos number 60 or 62 or the transporters No. 26 or 27 and the silo 78 to waste, being observed in figures 2 - 4 - 12 - 23 - 24 and 25.

Number 39 - Electronic color selectors that receive the coffee whose origin is the elevators 32 or 31, which receive the coffee from various sources as explained above and the destination are the silos No. 61 or 63 or the carriers No. 26 or 27 and the silo 79 for residues, being shown in figures 2- 5-6 -12-23- 24 and 25.

Number 40 - Silo that receives the coffee whose origin is the stone pickers no. 34 and the destination is the carrier no. 26, being observed in figures no. 1 - 4 - 22 and 24.

Number 41 - Silo that receives the coffee whose origin is the stone pickers no. 34 and the destination is the carrier no. 27, being observed in figures no. 1 - 4 - 22 and 24.

Number 42 - Silo that receives coffee from any source and feeds elevators 28 or 29, the destination of which is respectively stone pickers No. 34 or sieve sorters No. 35, and is to be found in Figures 1 - 22.

Item 43 - Silo which receives coffee from any source and feeds elevators 28 or 29, the destination of which is respectively stone pickers No 34 or screen sorters No 35, and is to be found in Figures 1 and 22.

Numbers 44, 46, 48 and 50 - Silos receive the coffee whose origin is the sieve classifiers No. 35 and the destination is the carrier number 26 and all sectors fed by this carrier, being observed in figures 1 - 22 and 24 .

Numbers 45, 47, 49 and 51 - Silos receive the coffee whose origin is the sieve classifiers No. 35 and the destination is the carrier No. 27 and all sectors fed by this carrier, being observed in figures No. 1-22 and 24. .

Numbers 52 and 54 - Silos that receive the origin coffee are the densimetric selection tables number 36 and the conveyor n ° 26 or elevators 30 or 31, so that one can go back to the densimetric tables already selected by them or forwarded to them. the electronic color selectors, being observed in figures 1 - 22 and 24.

Numbers 53 and 55 - Silos that receive the origin coffee are the density selection tables number 37 and the destination is the conveyor number 27 or elevators 33 or 32, so that it can be passed again on the density tables a coffee already selected by them or forwarded. the electronic color selectors, being observed in figures 1 - 22 and 24.

Number 56 - Silo that receives coffee from any source and feeds elevator number 30 whose destination are the density selection tables number 36 or 36 and 37 at the same time, being observed in figures 1 and 22.

Number 57 - Silo that receives coffee from any source and feeds elevator number 33, whose destination is the density selection tables number 37 or 36 at the same, being observed in figures 1 - 22.

Number 58 - Silo that receives coffee from any source and feeds elevator number 31 whose destination is the electronic color selectors number 38 or 38 and 39 at the same time, being observed in figures n ° -1 - 22.

Number 59 - Silo that receives coffee from any source and feeds the elevator Number 32 whose destination is the electronic number 39 or 39 and 38 at the same time, being observed in figures 1 - 22.

Numbers 60 and 62 - Silos that receive the origin coffee are the output of the electronic color selector no. 38 and the destination the conveyor no. 23 or the return to the electronic color selector no. 38 or 38 and 39 at the same time through the elevator no. °

31, being observed in figures 1 -22 -24.

Numbers 61 and 63 - Silos that receive the origin coffee are the output of the electronic color selectors no. 39 and the destination the conveyor no. 25 or the return to the electronic color selectors no. 39 or 39 and 38 at the same time through the elevator no. °

32, being observed in figures 1 - 22 and 24.

Right-hand numbers 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, and 74 receive coffees from any source and forward them to any destination passing coffee from any one of them through its rotary valve number 88, through conveyor number 23, through any flow balance. The rotary valves may be programmed to, where appropriate, continuously flow the alloy in the percentages determined of how many types of strips in these silos are required. Rotary valves may be dispensed with in some of these silos. In this case these last silos will only serve as a deposit and will lose the coffee alloy function, being observed in figures 1 and 22.

Left module numbers 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, and 74 receive coffees from any source and forward them to any destination passing coffee from either of them through their respective flow control rotary valveNumber 88 and conveyor number 22, for example. any flow balance, and the rotary valves can be programmed to, if appropriate, flow continuously in the determined percentages of how many types of coffees in these silos are required. Rotating valves and some of these silos may be dispensed with. In this case these last silos will serve only as a deposit and will lose the coffee alloy function, being observed in figures n ° -1 and 4.

Right-hand module numbers 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, and 75 receive coffees of any origin and forward them to any destination by passing coffee out of any of these through their respective flow control rotary valve number 88 and conveyor number 25, for example. any flow balance, and the rotary valves can be programmed to, if appropriate, flow continuously in the determined percentages of how many types of coffees in these silos are required. Rotating valves and some of these silos may be dispensed with. In this case these last silos will only serve as a deposit and will lose the coffee alloy function, being observed in figures 1 - 5 - 6 and 22.

Numbers 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 75 from the left module receive coffees from any source and forward them to any destination passing the coffee leaving any one of them through their respective flow control rotary valve number 88 and conveyor Number 24, for example. any flow balance, and the rotary valves can be programmed to, if appropriate, flow continuously in the determined percentages of how many types of coffees in these silos are required. Rotating valves and some of these silos may be dispensed with. In this case these last silos will serve only as a deposit and lose the function of coffee alloys, being observed in figures 1 - 5 and 6.

Number 76 - Silo that receives the selected density selection tables No. 36 and forwards them to any destination, being observed in figures 1-11 - 22 and 25.

Number 77 - Silo that receives the choices of density selection tables No. 37 and forwards them to any destination, being observed in figures 1-11 - 22 and 25.

Number 78 - Silo that receives the waste of the color selector electronic no. 38 and forwards it to any destination, being observed in the figures no. 1 -12 - 22 and 25.

Number 79 - Silo that receives waste from the electronic color selector no. 39 and forwards it to any destination, being observed in figures no. 1 -12 - 22 and 25.

Number 80 - Carrier forwarding coffee for dispatch, as shown in figures 3-5-6-8 and 20.

Number 81 - Container, with figures 1 and 4 being observed.

Number 82 - Agranel container loader, being observed in figures 1 and 21.

Number 83 - Silo with equipment for carrying bags or "big bags", being observed in figures 1-20 and 21.

Number 84 - Silo with coffee drying scales, being observed in figures 1 and 20.

Numbers 85 and 86 - Modular hoppers for receiving coffee in bulk. These modular hoppers are elements whose arrangement is functionally and non-restrictively depicted in Figures 1 - 2 - 7 and 8. Number 87 - Simple checkout of hoppers # 64 to # 75, which silos are used for stock and alloy, being seen in figures 22 and 27.

Number 88 - Rotary valve for programmable flow control, shown in figures 5-6 - 22 and 27.

Number 89 - Gearmotor equipped with frequency inverter or variable speed drive, being observed in figures 27.

Number 90 - Registration with two parasillary outputs n ° 40 to 63, these silos that serve as storage depot and / or also belong to the set of machines for benefit and coffee selection, being observed in figures n ° 22 and 26.

Number 91 - Record of flow deviation, being observed in figure 28 and flow figures.

Number 92 - Wheels of reversible mobile transporters no. 18 and 19, being observed in figure no. 6.

Number 93 - Track for the displacement of the reversible mobile transporters no. 18 and 19, being observed in figures no. 3 - 5 and 6.

In order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, the operating flow of the invention is as follows:

Flow # 1 - Bulk receiving hoppers for silos or shipping. See figures 14 - 19 - 20 and 21.

Bins No. 85 or 86 - Conveyors # 1 or 2 - Elevator # 3 - Pre-cleaning # 4 - Elevator # 5.

Variations of this flow, as follows: A - Flow balance # 6 - Elevator # 11 - Carrier # 80 - Silo 83 or Silo # 84.

B - Flow balance No. 7 - Elevator No. 12 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor # 18 - Any silo of even number (No. 40 to 74) or more if any.

C - Flow balance no. 8 - elevator no. 15 - silo no. 83 - or container loader no. 82.

D - Flow balance No. 9 - Elevator No. 16 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor # 19 - Any odd No. silo (No. 41 to 75) and more if any.

Flow # 2 - From any left-sided No. silo to any silo or to dispatch. See figures 15 - 19 - 20 and 21.

Any paired silos of the left-conveyor module # 22 - elevator # 10 any flow balance (# 6, 7, 8 and 9).

Variations of this flow, as follows:

A - Flow balance # 6 - Elevator # 11 - Carrier # 80 - Silo # 83 or 84.

B- Flow balance No. 7 - Elevator No. 12 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor No. 18 and any silo numbered (40 to74) or more if any.

C - Flow balance no. 8 - elevator no. 15 - silo no. 83 or container loader no. 82.

D- Flow balance No. 9 - Elevator No. 16 - Reversible mobile carrier No. 19 and any odd No. silo (No. 41-75) and more if any.

Flow # 3 - From any silo of right pair to any silo or for dispatch. See figures 16 - 19 - 20 and 21.

Any pair silo of the right conveyor module # 23 - lift # 13 - any flow balance (# 6, 7, 8, 9).

Variations of this flow, as follows:

A - Flow balance # 6 - Elevator # 11 - Carrier # 80 - Silo # 83 or 84.

B - Flow balance No. 7 - Elevator No. 12 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor # 18 - Any silo of even number (No. 40 to 74) or more if any.

C - Flow balance no. 8 - elevator no. 15 - silo no. 83 or container loader no. 82.

D - Flow scale No. 9 - Elevator No. 16 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor No. 19 - Any odd No. silo (No. 41 to 75) and more if any.

Flow # 4 - From any odd no. Left-hand silo to any silo or for dispatch - See Figures 17 - 19 - 20 and 21.

Any odd no. Silo of the left module - carrier no. 24 - elevator no. 14 - any flow balance (no. 6, 7, 8 and 9).

Variations of this flow as follows:

A - Flow balance # 6 - Elevator # 11 - Carrier # 80 - Silo # 83 or 84.

B- Flow balance no. 7 - elevator no. 12 - reversible mobile carrier no. 18 - any no. Silo (no. 40a 74).

C - Flow scale # 8 - elevator # 15 - silo # 83 or container loader # 82.D - Flow scale # 9 - elevator # 16 - reversible mobile carrier # 19 - any silo odd no. (no. 41 to 75) and more if any.

Flow # 5 - From any unequal silo to the right or to any silo for dispatch. See figures 18-19 -20 and 21.

Any odd no silo of the right-carrier module no. 25 - no. No. 17 - any flow balance (no. 6, 7, 8, and 9).

Variations of this flow, as follows:

A - Flow balance # 6 - Elevator # 11 - Carrier # 80 - Silo # 83 or 84.

B - Flow balance # 7 - Elevator # 12 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor # 18 - Any silo pair (No. 40 to 74) and more if any.

C - Flow balance no. 8 - elevator no. 15 - silo no. 83 or container loader no. 82.

D - Flow scale No. 9 - Elevator No. 16 - Reversible Mobile Conveyor No. 19 - Any odd No. silo. (# 41 to 75) and more if any.

The bulk receiving and transfer coffee system described above allows for 4-stream silmultanea operation, one stream entering the even-numbered silos, one stream entering the odd-numbered silos, and two streams for dispatch. Despite the huge possibility of combinations of the flows already described, it is an important feature of the invention that only 17 flow-through registers will be required. These records are found in Figures 14-15-16-17-18-19-20 and 21.

Of course, no valves (no. 87 and 90) for discharging or leaving the silos, which are indispensable elements, should be computed.

Container # 81, Container # 82, Baggage & Big-Bag Silo # 83, and Bagging Silo # 84 appear in the drawings and descriptive memorial with illustrative figures only, not of the invention because the coffee expedition can be of various destinations, for example a soluble coffee industry, a cooling or any other sector that must be interconnected to the coffee outlet of the present invention.

The following flow descriptions refer to rebinding operations of the right-hand modules only because the operations of the left-hand modules are identical.

Flow # 6 - Coffee refilling and selection with the complete and usual sequence of operations from silos # 42 or 43. See figures # 22 - 23 - 24 and 25.

Silo n ° 42 or 43 - elevator n ° 28 - stone picker n ° 34 - elevator n ° 29 - sieve sorter n ° 35.

Variations of this flow as follows:

A - Silos # 44 - 46 - 48 and 50 - Reversible conveyor # 26 - Elevator # 30 - Density selection tables # 36 - Silos # 52 or 54 - Elevator # 31 - Electronic selector # 38 - Silos 60 or 62.

Note: Any coffee contained in silos no. 44 -46 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 54 - 60 or 62 may be forwarded via carrier no. 23 to any destination.

B - Silos n ° 45 - 47 - 49 - 51 -Reversible conveyor n ° 27 - Elevator n ° 33 - Density selection tables n ° 37 - Silos n ° 53 or 55 - Elevator n ° 32 - Electronic selector n ° 39 - Silos n 61 or 63.

Note: Any coffee contained in silos No. 45-47 - 49 - 51 - 53 - 55 - 61 and 63 may be forwarded to any destination via carrier No. 25.

C-Variation "A" can operate with all No. 36 and 37 Density Selection Tables simultaneously and optionally with all electronic selectors No. 38 and 39 simultaneously when variation "B" is performing a different operation.

D-Variation "B" may operate in a manner similar to variation "C" when variation "A" is performing a different operation.

Flow # 7 - Isolated operation of stone collection only. See figures 22 - 23 and 24.

Silos # 42 or 43 - Elevator # 28 - Stone Pickers # 34 - Silos # 40 or 41 - Routing to any silo or destination via Carriers # 23 or 25 respectively.

Flow # 8 - Isolated operation of sieve separation only. See figures 22 - 23 and 24.

Silos No. 42 or 43 - Elevator # 29 - Screeners # 35 - Silos # 44 - 46 - 48 - 50 - 45 - 47 - 49 - 51 - Routing to any silo or destination via carriers No. 23 respectively and 25.

Flow # 9 - First isolated operation for density selection only - See Figures 22 - 23 - 24 and 25.

Silo # 56 - Elevator # 30 - Dimension Tables # 36 - Silos # 52 or 54 and Choices for Silo 76, Routing to any silo or destination via Carrier # 23.

Note: If the No. 37 Density Selection Tables are not being used in another stream, the No. 30 elevator will also simultaneously feed the No. 37 Density Selection Tables and the coffee from these tables will be routed to No. 53 or 55 and your choices to the silo No. 77.

Flow # 10 - Second Isolated Operation of Density Selection Only - See Figures # 22 23 - 24 and 25.

Silo # 57 - Elevator # 33 - Density Tables # 37 - Silos # 53 or 55 and Your Choices to Silo # 77 - Routing to Any Silo or Destination via Carrier No. 25. Note: If Density Selection Tables No 36 are not being used in another stream, the No 33 elevator will also simultaneously feed the No. 36 Density Selection Tables and the coffee from these tables will be sent to the No. 52 or 54 siloes and their choices to the No. 76 silo.

Verify in figure 22 that densely selected coffees in silos No. 52 or 54 and No. 53 or 55 may return to the selection tables of the Density through the lifts No. 30 or 33 respectively, provided that care is taken to reserve in each case a syllop to receive the coffee to be passed on.

Flow # 11 - First isolated operation for electronic color selection only - See figures # 22 - 23 - 24 - 25.

Silo # 58 - Elevator # 31 - Electronic color selector # 38 - Silo 60 or 62 and waste to silo # 78 - Routing to any silo or destination via carrier # 23.

Note: If the No. 39 color selectors are not being used in another stream, the No. 31 elevator will also simultaneously feed the No. 39 color selectors and the coffee from these color selectors will be routed to No. 61 or 63 silos and their residue at silo No. 79.

Flow # 12 - Second Isolated Selection of Electronic Color Deselection - See Figures 22 - 23 -24 and 25.

Silo # 59 - Elevator # 32 - Electronic color selector # 39 - Silos # 61 or 63 and Silo # 79 waste - Routing to any silo or destination via Carrier # 25.

Note: If the # 39 electronic color selectors are not being used in another stream, the # 32 elevator will also simultaneously feed the # 38 color electronic selectors and the coffee from these color electronic selectors will be routed to the # 60 or 62 silos and waste to silo No. 78.

Verify in figure # 22 that electronically selected coffees in silos # 60 or 62 and silos # 61 or 63 can return the color selectors again via lifts 31 or 32 respectively, provided care is taken to reserve in each case a silo to receive the coffee to be passed on.

Stream # 13 - Picking stones plus sieve selection (simultaneously with stream # 14, the latter fed by a different batch of coffee). See figures No. 22-23-24.

Silo # 42 or 43 - Elevator # 28 - Stone Picker # 34 - Elevator # 29 - Screen Sorters # 35 - Silos # 44 - 46 - 48 - 50 and 45 - 47 - 49 - 51 - Routing any destination respectively via carriers 23 and 25.

Flow # 14 - Density selection plus electronic selection - (Simultaneously with Flow # 13, the latter fed by a different batch of coffee) See Figures # 22 -23 - 24 - 25. See Streams # 9 - 10 - 11 - 12, and in flows no. 11 and 12, respectively, and elevators no. 31 and 32 will be fed from silos respectively no. 52 and 54 or silos no. 53 or 55, these last four silos receiving the densimetrically selected coffees .

In addition to the aforementioned flows, others may be made in any sequence of machines, or machine groups. Thus, it may be possible to associate stone picking with density selection or stone picking with electronic selection using conveyors No. 26 and No. 27 as a means of interconnection. Flows may also be reversed to associate the densimetric selection with stone picking through the transporters No. 26 or 27 individually or together, and since they are reversible, they interconnect the tables with the stone pickers via elevator No. 28.

It is unnecessary to describe all possible flows by simply analyzing figures 14–15 - 16 - 17 —18-19-20-21 -22-23-24 and 25.

One of the important features of the invention is the fact that carriers # 23 and # 25 may complete some unusual flow association, which is solidifying with some diverse operation or operations.

Also noteworthy is the use of reversible conveyors No. 26 and 27 which, working alone, may respectively carry one coffee to the right and one to the left or vice versa and also have both right and left flows. Looking at figures 22-23-24 and 25, it is found that a total of only 30 number 91 flow diversion records are sufficient to achieve the infinity of reported and understood flows in the coffee benefit and selection operations.

According to the description in this description, if we only consider the coffee demovation and transfer system using centrifugal elevators with 25 cm wide internal belts and 50 cm wide belt conveyors, there will be a flow of 4 simultaneous flows. 1,000 bags of 60kg per hour, a total of 4,000 bags per hour, without human labor in the transportation mentioned, which has its own characteristics of novelty. Reducing operating costs in coffee preparation will enable the exporter to pay more to the rural producer and sell to international trade at lower prices than foreign competition, a fact that will contribute to foreign exchange entering the country, which will contribute to improving the life of the country. Brazilian people.

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1. "NEW VARIABLE MULTIFUNCTIONAL MODULAR SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING, PRE-CLEANING, STOCKING TRANSILAGE, REBENEFIT, ALLOY, EXPEDITION, STOCK CONTROL, INTRINSICALLY COFFEE SETTINGS FOR THE NEW SILHOUETTE DEFORMED COUPLE AND A CUSTOMIZED COUPLE It is constituted by one or more modules for bulk coffee beans, each module being integrated by a variable number of silo cells (n ° 40 to 75), which modules, when multiples are opposed or not two by two by the ends and / or laterally juxtaposed in the lengthwise direction, with a free space between the modules when opposite the ends for the installation of elevators (n ° 10-11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 and 17), this space also intended for the assembly of weighing scales. (No. 6 - 7 - 8 and 9), where the number of elevators and flow scales varies according to the number of the flow balances (No. 6 - 7 - 8 and 9) and their respective elevators (No. 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 and 17) must be installed on one end of the silo modules when they are not opposite two by two at the ends, where the flow balance performs a definite function, ie flow balance No. 6, through elevator No. 11 and conveyor No. 80, it is intended exclusively for the outlet. coffee from any source, directing it to any necessary destination located outside the silos; scale 8 is similarly intended exclusively for the removal of coffee from any origin to any destination outside the silos via elevator no. 15; scale 7 via elevator no. 12 and conveyor no. 18 is intended exclusively for receiving coffee from any source and for delivery to any silo of no. (no. 40 to no. 74); scale n ° 9 through elevator n ° 16 and conveyor n ° 19 is intended exclusively for receiving coffee of any origin and for forwarding it to any odd n ° silo (n ° 41 to 75). In the left module pair (No. 40 to 74) there is a No. 22 conveyor that receives coffee from either of these silos via the No. 90 silos output registers, or the No. 87 silos output registers, or # 87 silo outputs are interconnected to # 88 rotary valves as appropriate and, through elevator # 10 and their respective flow deviation registers # 91, communicates with any flow balance, while under # # silos from the right module (No. 40 to 74), conveyor No. 23 which receives the coffee from any of these silos through the No. 90 coffee exit register or the No. 87 coffee exit register or the exit register coffee no. 87 interconnected to a rotary valve no. 88, as appropriate and through elevator no. 13 and its respective flow registers no. 91 communicates with any flow balance, having under the odd no. silos of the left module the conveyor no. 24 which receives coffee from any of these silos through the exit registers. No. 90 silos, or No. 87 silos output registers, or No. 87 silo output registers interconnected with No. 88 rotary valves, as appropriate, and through elevator No. 14 and their No. 91 communicates with any flow balance, and under the odd no. silos of the right module (No. 41 through 75) the carrier No. 25 receives coffee from any of these silos via the no. 90 silos, or no. 87 silos output registers, or no. 87 silos output registers interconnected with no. 88 rotary valves, as appropriate and through elevator no. 17 and their respective flow bypass registers No 91 if co with any flow balance, where conveyors No. 1 and No. 2 receive gravity registers No. -87 and respectively bulk-receiving hoppers coffee No. 85 and 86 and via elevator No. 3 -Cleaning No. 4 and elevator No. 5 and their respective flow-through records No. 91 communicate with any flow balance, noting that the arrangement and functionality of all the elements cited above form one of the main features of the invention which is the possibility of transferring the coffee from any bulk receiving hopper No. 85 or 86 to any silo or to the dispatch, as well as the transfer of the coffee from any silo to any silo or to the dispatch, so that all these transfers are compulsorily monitored flow scales (no. 6-7-8-e9), as well as the flow scales are also monitored for all benefits and selection on # 34 stone pickers, # 35 sieve sorters, # 36 and 37 densimetric selection tables, and # 38 and 39 electronic color selectors, all of which are positioned over the silos in a floor and interconnected with their respective feedlifts (Nos 28 - 29 - 30 - 33 - 31 and 32), with silos den 40 to No 63 intended for coffee refilling and selection and, optionally, for stockpiles, such that silos 42 and 43 interconnect via silos exit registers 90 and flow bypass registers 91 to elevators 28 or 29 which respectively communicate with # 34 stones and # 35 sieve sorters, and stone pickers will be able to route coffees to # 40 or # 41 silos or to elevator # 29 or for those transported No. 26 or No. 27 which are disposed under the silos, and the sieve classifiers route separate or interconnected sieves as required by factory devices at the exits of these machines to silos No. 44 through No. 51, with the no. 44 (46-48-50) silos interconnecting the no. 26 transporter and the odd no. (45-47-49-51) the no. 27 transporter through the exit registers from silos no - 90; silos number 56 and 57 receive coffees to be selected by the density selection tables and interconnect respectively to the elevators 30 and 33 which can respectively route the coffee to the density selection tables No. 36 or No. 37, or any of these elevators. no. 30 or no. 33 can be interconnected to all density selection tables, no. 36 and no - 37, and the selected coffee outputs from the no. 36 selection tables are interconnected to no. 52 or 54 silos or transporters. No. 26 or 27 through the No. 91 flow bypass register and the selected coffee exits from the No. 37 Density Selection Tables interconnect to the No. 53 or 55 silo or No. 26 or 27 conveyors via the No. 91, where silos # 52 or 54, through the outputs of silos # 90 and flow deviation # 91 may be interconnected with elevator # 30, elevator # 31 or transporter # 26, well c how silos no. 53 and 55 are interconnected through outputs of silos no. 90 and flow-through registers no. 91 to elevator no. 33, elevator no. 32 and transporter no. 27; silos no. 58 have the output interconnected via flow no. 90 output records to elevator no. 31, which in turn interconnects the electronic color selectors no. 38 or 38 and 39 at the same time, and the silo no. 59 interconnects, by means of exit from silos no. 90 to elevator no. 32, which in turn interconnects to electronic color selectors no. 39 or 38 and 39 simultaneously; The coffee outputs selected by the No. 38 electronic color selectors are interconnected to the No. 60 or 62 silos or to the No. 26 or 27 conveyors by 91 ° flow deviation registers, as well as the selected coffee outputs from the No. 56 electronic color selectors. 39 are interconnected to silos No. 61 or 63 or to conveyors No. 26 or 27 by means of flow diversion records No. 91; silos no. 60 and 62 communicate with elevator no. -31, as well as silos no. 61 and 63 communicate with elevator no. -32 all by means of exit records from silos no. 90; The number of choices of density selection tables No. 36 and No. 37 are interconnected respectively to the silos for choice No. 76 and No. 77, and the residues of the electronic color selectors No. 38 and No. 39, respectively, are interconnected to the silos. No. 78 and -79; conveyor No. 26 is reversible and at one end is connected by means of flow deviation registration No. -91 to elevator No. 30 or 31 and at the other end by means of flow deviation records No. 91 to elevators no. 28 or 29, as well as conveyor no. 27, being reversible, interconnects at one end by means of flow deviation registration no. 91 to elevators no. 32 or 33 and at the other end. , by means of flow diversion registration No. 91, to elevator No. 28 or 29, another main feature of the invention being the possibility of performing any refilling operation and selection of coffee, in any order or sequence, and there is also the additional resource of that any machine or machines which are not in use at any time may also individually or jointly perform other operations for the preparation of coffee; There is also the option of transferring coffees at any stage of rebenefit or selection to any silo or for dispatch using conveyors No. 22, 23, 24 and 25, according to the silos where these coffees are located; Alloys of two or more coffee batches will be made in a continuous flow through conveyors No. 22 or 23 or 24, or 25 through rotary valves No. 88, whose flow controls are determined by frequency inverters that vary the rotations of each of these valves. These alloys can be routed by the system to any silo or to the shipment, the use of a computer combined with PLC will allow automatic control of all operations described, as well as starting and stopping motors, and there is the possibility of real time reports being obtained. purchases, sales, stocks, balance sheets and more.