CN112156987A

CN112156987A - Potato sorting device and sorting method

Info

Publication number: CN112156987A
Application number: CN202011012980.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 罗洁
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-09-24
Filing date: 2020-09-24
Publication date: 2021-01-01

Abstract

The invention is suitable for the technical field of agricultural product classification, and particularly relates to a potato sorting device and a sorting method. The potato sorting device comprises: the frame is used for supporting and mounting; the sorting shaft is rotatably connected to the rack and used for sorting potatoes at intervals; the conveying structure is at least arranged on the rack at one end of the sorting shaft and is used for driving the sorting shaft to rotate; the discharging system is fixedly arranged on the rack and is used for classifying and guiding out the sorted potatoes; the sorting shafts can be detachably overlapped on the conveying structure to convey, the distance between the sorting shafts can be adjusted according to different requirements, and the distance between the sorting shafts is gradually increased from the feeding end. The potato sorting device and the sorting method provided by the invention can conveniently and quickly adjust the distance between the sorting shafts and adjust the size of the discharging containing cavity, realize multi-stage sorting, effectively reduce the labor intensity and improve the sorting efficiency.

Description

Potato sorting device and sorting method

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of agricultural product classification, and particularly relates to a potato sorting device and a sorting method.

Background

The potato is one of four global grain crops, has high yield and rich nutrition, has the effects of resisting aging, keeping young state, keeping good figure, dispelling constipation, discharging toxin, protecting heart and cerebral vessels and promoting body health. The potatoes are different in size when being dug out, the appearance size of the potatoes is greatly influenced no matter the potatoes are sold or produced, and particularly, the potatoes have corresponding requirements on the size of the potatoes in modern assembly line production and processing, so that the potatoes can be produced with the maximum efficiency. In the current market, manual screening and classification are mostly carried out, time and labor are wasted, the working efficiency is low, and the market demand is difficult to meet; some mechanical potato sorting machines are also appeared in the market, but most of the mechanical potato sorting machines are two-stage or three-stage sorting machines, the relative positions of sorting frames are not easy to adjust to realize multi-stage sorting, secondary sorting is needed if subdivision is needed, time and labor are consumed, and therefore a potato sorting device is urgently needed to solve the problems.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention aims to provide a potato sorting device, and aims to solve the technical problems that an existing potato sorting machine is low in working efficiency and cannot realize multi-stage sorting quickly and conveniently.

The embodiment of the invention is realized in such a way that the potato sorting device comprises:

the frame is used for supporting and mounting;

the sorting shaft is rotatably connected to the rack and used for sorting potatoes at intervals;

the conveying structure is at least arranged on the rack at one end of the sorting shaft and is used for driving the sorting shaft to rotate;

the discharging system is fixedly arranged on the rack and is used for classifying and guiding out the sorted potatoes;

wherein, the sorting shaft is lapped on the conveying structure for conveying; the distance between the sorting shafts increases step by step from the feed end.

Another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a sorting method, which uses the above sorting apparatus, the sorting method includes the following steps:

starting the driving device to drive the conveying structure to operate;

the conveying structure drives the sorting shaft to rotate, so that the potatoes are conveyed;

potatoes which meet the size of the separation distance between the shafts fall into the containing cavity of the discharging system under the action of gravity to complete separation.

According to the potato sorting device and the potato sorting method provided by the embodiment of the invention, before potato sorting, the sorting inter-axial distance is quickly adjusted according to the requirement, and the baffle in the discharging cavity is correspondingly adjusted; then, starting a driving device to drive the conveying structure to operate, and further driving the sorting shaft to rotate; the potatoes to be sorted fall onto the sorting shaft from the feeding end in a guiding mode, the sorting shaft rotates to drive the potatoes to be conveyed forwards, the size of the distance between the sorting shafts is met, the potatoes fall into the accommodating cavity of the corresponding discharging system under the action of gravity and are guided out, and sorting is completed. The potato sorting device is used for sorting potatoes, the sorting shaft distance can be quickly and conveniently adjusted according to requirements, multi-stage sorting is realized, the labor intensity of operators is effectively reduced, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a potato sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a support frame of a potato sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a discharging system in the potato sorting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings: 1. a feeding cylinder; 2. a discharging bin; 3. a support frame; 31. a U-shaped groove; 4. a sorting shaft; 41. a shaft body; 42. a friction portion; 5. a transfer structure; 51. a drive shaft; 52. a driving wheel; 53, driven wheel; 54, a belt; 6. a discharge cavity; 61. a card slot; 7. a baffle plate; 8. a first support frame; 9. and a second support frame.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.

Specific implementations of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments.

As shown in fig. 1, a structure diagram of a potato sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes:

the frame is used for supporting and mounting;

the sorting shaft 4 is rotatably connected to the rack and used for sorting potatoes at intervals;

the conveying structure 5 is at least arranged on the rack at one end of the sorting shaft 4 and is used for driving the sorting shaft 4 to rotate;

In the embodiment of the invention, the provided potato sorting device can rapidly adjust the distance between the sorting shafts 4 according to the requirement on the size of potatoes, so that the distance between the sorting shafts 4 is gradually increased, the sorting shafts correspond to the adjusting baffle 7, the conveying structure 5 is driven to operate by the driving device, the conveying structure 5 drives the sorting shafts 4 to continuously rotate, the introduced potatoes are continuously and previously conveyed under the action of the sorting shafts 4, the potatoes meeting the distance requirement of the sorting shafts 4 fall under the action of gravity, fall into the discharging cavity 6 and are led out, and thus multi-stage sorting is realized.

In one embodiment of the invention, the frame comprises a first support frame 8, a second support frame 9 and a support frame 3; the relative position between the first support frame 8 and the second support frame 9 can be adjusted, and no fixed connection relation exists; the first support frame 8 and/or the second support frame 9 are/is provided with a lifting mechanism, the relative height between the first support frame 8 and the second support frame 9 can be adjusted according to the space of a work place and the like, and the lifting mechanism can be set to be fixed scissor lifting, guide rail lifting, spiral screw lifting, hydraulic lifting and the like.

In an embodiment of the present invention, four corners of the supporting frame 3 are provided with grooves, corresponding nesting structures are arranged at corresponding positions of the second supporting frame 9, the nesting structures are fixedly connected to the second supporting frame 9, the nesting structures can be columnar or spherical, and the supporting frame 3 can be detachably mounted on the second supporting frame 9 through the nesting structures.

In an embodiment of the invention, as shown in fig. 2, a plurality of U-shaped grooves 31 are formed in the side surface of the support frame 3 in the potato conveying direction for supporting the sorting shafts 4 and adjusting the distance between the sorting shafts 4, the sorting shafts 4 are detachably placed in the U-shaped grooves 31, the sorting shafts 4 can be placed in parallel or at intervals in the U-shaped grooves 31, and the distance between the sorting shafts 4 from the feeding end is gradually increased; and the sorting shaft 4 is lapped on the conveying structure 5, and is driven by the conveying structure 5 to rotate, so that the potatoes are driven to be conveyed forwards.

In one embodiment of the invention, the feeding end of the rack is provided with a feeding system for guiding potatoes to be sorted; the feeding system is detachably arranged on the first support frame 8; the feeding system comprises a feeding barrel 1 and a discharging bin 2, the inner cavity of the feeding barrel 1 is set to be smooth curved surface or connected with multiple surfaces (curved surface transition is carried out at the joint of the surfaces), and potatoes can be effectively prevented from falling down to collide with the inner cavity and damage the surface; a step surface is arranged on the outer edge of the top end of the feeding barrel 1 and is in contact with a first support frame 8, and the first support frame 8 supports the feeding system through contact with the step surface; the discharging bin 2 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the feeding cylinder 1, so that a transmission mechanism and the like are prevented from being damaged by falling due to the impact of falling potatoes; the side plate is arranged on the side surface of the discharging bin 2 to prevent potatoes from falling off from the side surface, and the bottom surface of the discharging bin 2 is designed into a plurality of sections of inclined surfaces, curved surfaces or the inclined surfaces are connected with the curved surfaces, so that the flow of the potatoes can be effectively controlled, and the potatoes are prevented from being stacked on the sorting shaft 4; the relative height between the discharge port of the discharge bin 2 and the sorting shaft 4 is adjusted through the lifting mechanisms of the first support frame 8 and the second support frame 9, an optimal height difference is found, the potatoes are guaranteed to smoothly slide onto the sorting shaft 4, the impact is avoided, the potatoes are prevented from falling, and the sorting efficiency is influenced.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the sorting shaft 4 comprises a shaft body 41 and a friction part 42, wherein the shaft body 41 is fixedly connected with the friction part 42 or detachably connected with the friction part 42 through a pin, a key, etc.; the shaft body 41 can be of a thin-wall structure or a solid structure and is in contact with the U-shaped groove 31; the friction portion 42 may be a cylindrical surface with teeth or large surface roughness, and is connected to the transmission belt 54 in a contact manner.

In one embodiment of the invention, said conveying structure 5 comprises a transmission shaft 51, a driving wheel 52, a driven wheel 53 and a transmission belt 54; the transmission structure 5 can be a friction belt transmission or a meshing belt transmission, if the transmission structure 5 is the friction belt transmission, the friction part 42 on the sorting shaft 4 is set to be a cylindrical surface with large surface roughness and is in friction contact with the transmission belt 54, and if the transmission structure 5 is the meshing belt transmission, the friction part 42 on the sorting shaft 4 is set to be toothed and is in meshing contact with the transmission belt 54; the transmission shaft 51 is rotatably connected to the support frame 3 of the frame, is used for supporting the driving wheel 52 and the driven wheel 53, and provides power for the driving wheel 52 through the transmission shaft 51, and the transmission shaft 51 is detachably connected with the driving wheel 52 and the driven wheel 53; the positions of the driving wheel 52 and the driven wheel 53 can be interchanged, if the driving wheel 52 is arranged at the feeding end, the driving device performs thrust rotation, and if the driving wheel 52 is arranged at the discharging end, the driving device performs tension rotation; the drive belt 54 is connected in the ring-type on action wheel 52 and follow driving wheel 53, for preventing that the drive belt from sinking, is equipped with the backing roll at the tight limit of drive belt 54 and loose limit, does not give in the figure, the backing roll can rotate to be connected on carriage 3 side, places perpendicularly with transmission shaft 51, rotates to and horizontal position when needing, contacts with drive belt 54, supports drive belt 54, the backing roll also can be through fixed connection such as pinhole on carriage 3, needs the installation, need not take off, and is convenient fast.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the driving device is a plurality of driving manners commonly used in the prior art, including motor driving, hydraulic driving, pneumatic driving, and the like, which are not described herein again; the driving device drives the transmission shaft 51 to rotate, drives the driving wheel 52 and the driven wheel 53 to operate, and further drives the transmission belt 54 to transmit.

In an embodiment of the invention, a discharging system is arranged at the discharging end of the rack, the structural schematic diagram of the discharging system is shown in fig. 3, the discharging system is fixedly installed on a second support frame 9, the discharging system comprises a discharging cavity 6 and a baffle 7, at least one clamping groove 61 is formed in the bottom surface of the discharging cavity 6 and used for installing the baffle 7, and the baffle 7 is installed in the discharging cavity 6 in an adjustable interval manner to form containing cavities with different sizes and used for containing the sorted potatoes; the bottom surface of the discharging cavity 6 is provided with an inclined surface or an inclined curved surface, so that the sorted potatoes can be conveniently led out, and the sorting efficiency is prevented from being influenced by stacking; the distance adjustment of the baffle 7 is adjusted correspondingly with the change of the distance of the sorting shaft 4.

The embodiment of the invention provides a potato sorting device, and a sorting method is provided based on the device, by analyzing the requirements of customers, the sorting requirements are obtained, the distance between sorting shafts 4 is adjusted, a baffle 7 is adjusted, a driving device is started to drive a conveying structure 5 to operate, potatoes to be sorted are guided into a feeding cylinder 1 and sequentially fall onto the sorting shafts 4 from a discharging bin 2, the sorting shafts 4 are driven by the conveying structure 5 to continuously carry out rotary motion to drive the potatoes to be continuously conveyed forwards, the potatoes meeting the distance requirements of the sorting shafts 4 fall from the sorting shafts at the position under the action of gravity, fall into corresponding containing cavities and are guided out, and sorting is completed. The device and the sorting method are used for sorting, the distance between the sorting shafts 4 can be quickly and conveniently adjusted according to requirements, the size of the discharging containing cavity can be correspondingly adjusted, multi-stage sorting is realized, the labor intensity of operators is effectively reduced, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A potato sorting device, characterized in that, sorting device includes:

the frame is used for supporting and mounting;

2. The potato sorting device of claim 1, wherein the frame includes a support frame and a support frame; the supporting frame comprises a first supporting frame and a second supporting frame, and the first supporting frame and/or the second supporting frame are/is provided with a lifting mechanism for adjusting the relative height of the first supporting frame and the second supporting frame.

3. The potato sorting device of claim 2, wherein grooves are formed in four corners of the support frame, and the second support frame is provided with a nesting structure which is detachably arranged in the grooves.

4. The potato sorting device of claim 2, wherein the support frame is provided with a plurality of U-shaped grooves on the side surface of the potato conveying direction for supporting the sorting shafts and adjusting the spacing between the sorting shafts, and the sorting shafts are detachably arranged in the U-shaped grooves.

5. The potato sorting device of claim 1, wherein the housing has a feed system at a feed end for introducing potatoes to be sorted.

6. The potato sorting device of claim 5, wherein the feeding system comprises a feeding barrel and a discharging bin, and the discharging bin is a multi-section inclined plane or a curved surface.

7. The potato sorting device of either one of claims 1 or 4, wherein the sorting shaft comprises a shaft body and a friction portion, the shaft body is placed in the U-shaped groove of the support frame, and the friction portion is in lap joint with the transmission structure.

8. The potato sorting device of claim 1, wherein the discharge system comprises a discharge chamber and baffles, and the baffles are adjustably mounted within the discharge chamber at intervals.

9. The potato sorting device of claim 8, wherein the bottom surface of the discharging cavity is provided with at least one clamping groove for mounting a baffle.

10. A sorting method applied to the sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the sorting method comprises the steps of:

starting the driving device to drive the conveying structure to operate;