CN114210593A - Spherical fruit vegetables sorting device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device, which comprises: frame, conveyor, transport tray, spectrum detection device, elementary letter sorting unit, recognition device and fruit letter sorting unit, wherein, carry the tray to arrange in on the main conveyer belt, including holding spherical fruit vegetables's recess, drive spherical fruit vegetables pivoted slewing mechanism and the light source subassembly that can launch the highlight, slewing mechanism and light source subassembly all set up in the recess. The beneficial effects are that: in the sorting process, through the protection of carrying the tray, avoided spherical fruit vegetables collision each other, solved the easy damaged problem of epidermis. Through the setting of light source subassembly, in the lower part transmission high light of carrying the tray, can satisfy the demand that the spectrum detected, simultaneously through gesture regulatory function, improved spectrum detection's the rate of accuracy of discerning the heartburn, can reduce sneaking into of bad fruit, improve the product quality of letter sorting.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of mechanical equipment, in particular to a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device.
Background
In the current agricultural application technology, many agricultural products, such as some fruits or vegetables, need to be sorted and sorted during processing or selling, and the sorting process of the agricultural products generally adopts manual or semi-automatic equipment for processing. In the past, the quality degree of fruits and vegetables cannot be well identified through most sorting, for example, apples are used, simple manual sorting can be only carried out according to the size and the color of an individual, but apples with moldy core diseases cannot be screened out manually.
Apple moldy heart disease is also called heart rot and is a main disease which harms the internal quality of apples, in recent years, the incidence rate of red Fuji apples is generally high, generally reaches about 21%, and particularly reaches 43.5% -79.5% when the red Fuji apples are bagged. The main period of the apple mildew attack is in the fruit mature period and the storage period. Most of the early and middle ripe apples cannot be distinguished in appearance after being ripe and harvested, but diseased fruits entering the market or in the hands of consumers cannot be eaten; after the late-maturing variety enters the fruit storage, the late-maturing variety can continue to expand and attack diseases in the storage period, so that the whole fruit is rotten, and the eating value is not high. The neurotoxin contained in the heartburn disease has the toxicological effects of influencing fertility, cancerogenesis, immunity and the like. In addition to apples, potatoes, pears, etc. also suffer from similar problems, such as: blackheart disease.
Simultaneously, in the mechanical screening process, still have the problem of the damage of colliding with each other between the fruit vegetables, though, at current letter sorting in-process, increased the fruit vegetables tray, the problem of the damage of colliding with each other of the fruit vegetables of avoiding, nevertheless, place in the unable autonomic rotation of fruit vegetables of tray, when the identification process, can't judge the quality of the bottom of this fruit vegetables (place the part in the tray promptly), the easy mispartition mashed fruit, letter sorting effect is poor.
Therefore, the invention provides a sorting device for spherical fruits and vegetables, and particularly provides a sorting device for spherical fruits and vegetables such as apples, kiwifruits, potatoes, tomatoes and the like.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device, which aims to solve the problems that in the prior art, fruits and vegetables are easy to damage in a sorting process and the sorting effect is poor.
The technical problem solved by the invention is realized by adopting the following technical scheme:
a spherical fruit vegetables sorting device includes:
a machine frame, a plurality of guide rails and a plurality of guide rails,
the conveying device is arranged on the rack and is used for conveying spherical fruits and vegetables to be sorted; the conveying device comprises a power mechanism, a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a main conveying belt moving around the driving wheel and the driven wheel;
the conveying tray is arranged on the main conveying belt and comprises a groove capable of accommodating the spherical fruits and vegetables, a rotating mechanism for driving the spherical fruits and vegetables to rotate and a light source assembly capable of emitting strong light, and the rotating mechanism and the light source assembly are arranged in the groove;
the spectrum detection device is fixed on the rack, is positioned above the conveying device and is used for identifying whether the spherical fruits and vegetables have the moldy heart disease or the black heart disease;
the primary sorting unit is arranged at the rear side of the spectrum detection device and comprises a sorting pushing handle and a bad fruit conveying channel, and the sorting pushing handle pushes a conveying tray of the spherical fruits and vegetables bearing the moldy core or black core to the bad fruit conveying channel to finish grading of the bad fruits;
the recognition device is fixed on the rack, is positioned above the conveying device and is used for recognizing the image information of the spherical fruits and vegetables and generating the quality of the spherical fruits and vegetables;
fruit letter sorting unit is arranged in conveyor's rear side, fruit letter sorting unit is including letter sorting conveyer belt, letter sorting hand setting and many sub-channels of carrying, letter sorting hand setting is in every the anterior of sub-channels of carrying, according to spherical fruit vegetables quality will bear the weight of the transport tray letter sorting of spherical fruit vegetables is to corresponding sub-channels of carrying, accomplishes the letter sorting of spherical fruit vegetables.
As a preferred technical scheme, the rotating mechanism of the conveying tray comprises an axial rotating unit and a radial rotating unit, the axial rotating unit comprises two sets of axial driving rollers which are oppositely arranged, and the axial driving rollers are positioned at the left side and the right side of the groove so as to realize the axial rotation of the spherical fruits and vegetables;
the radial rotating unit comprises two sets of radial driving rollers which are oppositely arranged, and the radial driving rollers are located on the front side and the rear side of the groove to realize radial rotation of the spherical fruits and vegetables.
As a preferable technical scheme, each set of the axial driving roller and the radial driving roller comprises at least two rollers for driving the spherical fruits and vegetables to rotate and an elastic bracket for supporting the rollers, and the position of the rollers can be elastically adjusted by the elastic bracket according to the size of the spherical fruits and vegetables;
the elastic support comprises a support rod and an elastic mechanism, wherein one end of the support rod is connected with a roller, and the other end of the support rod is fixed on the elastic mechanism; when the spherical fruits and vegetables are placed in the grooves, the rollers are pressed under the action of gravity, and the elastic mechanisms shrink, so that stress damage of the rollers to the spherical fruits and vegetables is reduced.
As a preferable technical solution, the elastic support further includes an inclined rod for supporting the support rod, and a horizontal rod hinged to the inclined rod, one end of the elastic mechanism is fixed on the horizontal rod, and the other end is connected to a connection position of the inclined rod and the support rod.
Preferably, a housing is arranged on the outer side of the conveying tray, the housing is rectangular, and an electronic tag is attached to the surface of the housing.
Preferably, the diameter of the shell is not smaller than that of the spherical fruits and vegetables.
As a preferable technical scheme, the conveying tray further comprises an electronic scale module so as to realize the weight metering of the spherical fruits and vegetables.
As a preferred technical scheme, the surface of the roller is provided with an anti-skid layer, and the anti-skid layer is made of an edible silica gel material.
As a preferred technical scheme, the light source assembly is located below the groove and comprises at least 3 groups of LED light sources, and the LED light sources are distributed below the groove at equal intervals and emit stable illumination radiation to the center of the groove.
Preferably, the LED light source has a central wavelength of 710nm and a half-wave width of 20 nm.
As a preferable technical scheme, the traveling direction of the sub-conveying channel is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the sorting conveying belt.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) in the sorting process, through the protection of carrying the tray, avoided spherical fruit vegetables collision each other, solved the easy damaged problem of epidermis.
(2) Through the setting of light source subassembly, in the lower part transmission high light of carrying the tray, can satisfy the demand that the spectrum detected, simultaneously through gesture regulatory function, improved spectrum detection's the rate of accuracy of discerning the heartburn, can reduce sneaking into of bad fruit, improve the product quality of letter sorting.
(3) Through the posture adjusting function, in the fruit identification process, the device has high automation degree, ensures 360-degree epidermis sampling of spherical fruits and vegetables, and integrally judges the quality of the spherical fruits and vegetables.
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FIG. 1 is a drawing of the present invention: a schematic structural diagram of a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device;
FIG. 2 is a drawing of the present invention: a schematic structural diagram of a conveying tray of a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the conveyor tray of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a conveying tray in a spectrum detection state according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a transfer tray according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the roller of the conveying tray in a state of not being pressed;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the roller of the conveying tray under a large pressure;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the present invention with the axial drive roller driving the apple to rotate;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the radial drive roller driving the apple to rotate in accordance with the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the structure of the roller of the present invention
Fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of the elastic support of the present invention.
Wherein: 99-spherical fruits and vegetables, 100-frame, 200-conveying device, 300-conveying tray, 400-spectrum detection device, 500-primary sorting unit, 600-identification device, 700-fruit sorting unit,
201-main conveying belt, 310-shell, 301-groove, 302-rotating mechanism, 303-light source assembly, 3031-LED light source, 320-electronic tag, 3021-axial rotating unit, 3022-axial driving roller, 3031-radial rotating unit, 3032-radial driving roller, 3001-roller, 3002-elastic bracket, 3003-supporting rod, 3004-elastic mechanism, 3005-inclined rod, 3006-horizontal rod, 501-sorting pusher, 502-inferior fruit conveying channel, 701-sorting conveying belt, 702-sorting swing handle, 703-sub conveying channel and 704-solenoid valve.
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In order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement purposes and the effects of the invention easy to understand, the invention is further explained below by combining the specific drawings.
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Referring to fig. 1-11, a spherical fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus includes: rack 100, conveying device 200, conveying tray 300, spectrum detection device 400, primary sorting unit 500, identification device 600, fruit sorting unit 700.
The conveying device 200 is arranged on the rack 100 and is used for conveying spherical fruits and vegetables 99 to be sorted; the conveying device 200 includes a power mechanism, a driving wheel, a driven wheel, and a main conveying belt 201 moving around the driving wheel and the driven wheel, generally, the main conveying belt 201 may be a conveying belt made of PVC material or PU material with a flat surface, and the main conveying belt 201 may also be a self-sliding roller-type conveying belt. The main conveyor belt 201 has a certain bearing capacity, and can keep flat and stable in the conveying process.
The conveying tray 300 is arranged on the main conveying belt 201 and comprises a groove 301 capable of accommodating the spherical fruits and vegetables 99, a rotating mechanism 302 for driving the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 to rotate and a light source assembly 303 capable of emitting strong light, wherein the rotating mechanism 302 and the light source assembly 303 are both arranged in the groove 301. In order to avoid the collision of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 during the conveying process, the outer shell 310 is arranged on the outer side of the conveying tray 300, the outer shell 310 is of a rectangular structure, and the diameter of the outer shell 310 is not smaller than that of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99. In order to facilitate identification, an electronic tag 320 is attached to the surface of the housing 310, wherein the electronic tag 320 may be a two-dimensional code, a bar code, an RFID, or the like. The electronic tag 320 is preferably an RFID electronic tag, the RFID is a non-contact automatic identification technology, a target object is identified and related data is acquired through radio frequency signals, manual intervention is not needed in identification work, and the RFID technology is used as a wireless version of a bar code and has the advantages of water resistance, magnetism prevention, high temperature resistance, long service life, large reading distance, capability of encrypting data on the tag, larger storage data capacity, free change of stored information and the like which are not possessed by the bar code.
The spectrum detection device 400 of the invention is fixed on the frame 100 and positioned above the conveying device 200 to identify whether the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 have the moldy heart disease or the blackheart disease. Taking an apple as an example, generally, the fruit mildew is caused in the heart chamber, the spectrum detection method of the fruit mildew is to irradiate the heart chamber of the apple with strong light, and the spectrum detection device 400 acquires the diffuse reflection spectrum or the projected spectrum of the apple to judge whether the apple is subjected to the heart disease, so as to realize nondestructive detection. The judgment result of the spectrum detection device 400 is sent to the RFID electronic tag, and a data image of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is formed, so that the fruits and vegetables can be sorted and classified at the later stage.
Specifically, the conveying tray 300 of the present invention is provided with the light source assembly 303 inside, the light source assembly 303 can emit stable illumination radiation to the center of the groove 301, when an apple is placed in the groove 301, the diameter of strong light emitted by the light source assembly 303 irradiates the atrium position of the apple, and the spectrum detection device 400 can improve the identification effect.
Since stable illumination radiation is required when the spectrum detection device 400 identifies a disease or an fruit, the light source assembly 303 of the present invention is located below the groove 301, and includes at least 3 groups of LED light sources 3031, and the LED light sources 3031 are distributed below the groove 301 at equal intervals and emit stable illumination radiation to the center of the groove 301. The LED light sources 3031 in this embodiment are 4 groups, and are distributed at equal intervals below the groove 301.
The LED light source 3031 of the present invention has a center wavelength of 710nm and a half-wave width of 20 nm. According to the experimental data surface, the 710nm wavelength has the best penetrability, and according to the established discrimination model, the recognition effect reaches over 95 percent, even reaches 98 percent of recognition rate.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned identification effect, the placement of the apples is also important, and generally, the apples need to be placed horizontally, i.e. the equator of the apples is opposite to the lowest point of the groove 301 and opposite to the spectrum detection device 400. Of course, the above-mentioned posture cannot be fully ensured in the course of placing the apple. Therefore, the carrying tray 300 of the present invention has a rotating mechanism 302 provided therein to set the posture of the apple. The structure of the rotating mechanism 302 will be described in detail later, and the rotating mechanism 302 of the present invention mainly functions to place the apples in a suitable posture, so as to facilitate the identification and judgment of the spectrum detection device 400.
The primary sorting unit 500 is arranged at the rear side of the spectrum detection device 400 and comprises a sorting push handle 501 and a bad fruit conveying channel 502, when the conveying tray 300 moves to the region, the conveying tray 300 of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 with the moldy core or the blackheart core loaded by the sorting push handle 501 is pushed to the bad fruit conveying channel 502 to complete the grading of the bad fruits, and the conveying tray 300 of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 with the normal size moves to a subsequent unit. The sorting pusher 501 is generally controlled by a PLC controller, and the sorting pusher 501 is controlled by the information of the rfid tag on the conveying tray 300 to perform a corresponding pushing action, for example, to push the conveying tray 300 carrying the moldy or blackheart fruits and vegetables 99 to the bad fruit conveying channel 502.
The recognition device 600 of the present invention is fixed on the frame 100 above the conveying device 200 for recognizing the image information of the spherical fruit and vegetable 99 and generating the quality of the spherical fruit and vegetable 99. The conveying tray 300 carrying the normal spherical fruits and vegetables 99 enters the area of the recognition device 600, the recognition device 600 recognizes the surface of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99, and the information such as the size, the maturity, the quality and the like of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is obtained through data calculation and analysis, wherein the data calculation and analysis method is a mature technology, for example, the size, the maturity, the quality and the like of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 are judged according to the surface image of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 by adopting an image recognition service of the Ariiyun. The recognition device 600 sends the recognition result to the RFID tag and forms the data image of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99, so as to facilitate the later sorting and classification of the fruits and vegetables.
Also taking an apple as an example, generally, in the identification process, 360-degree scanning identification of the apple is required to judge the size, color, completeness, typicality, freshness, smoothness, fruit uniformity and the like of the apple. In order to realize 360-degree scanning identification of the apple, the rotating mechanism 302 comprises an axial rotating unit 3021 and a radial rotating unit 3031, and 360-degree scanning identification of the apple can be completed through respective operation of the axial rotating unit 3021 and the radial rotating unit 3031.
Specifically, the axial rotation assembly 3021 includes two sets of axial driving rollers 3022 disposed opposite to each other, and the axial driving rollers 3022 are disposed on the left and right sides of the recess 301 to achieve axial rotation of the apple, for example, toward the pedicle-stem direction of the apple. The radial rotating assembly 3031 comprises two sets of radial driving rollers 3032 which are oppositely arranged, and the radial driving rollers 3032 are positioned at the front side and the rear side of the groove 301 so as to realize radial rotation of the apples, for example, towards the equator direction of the apples.
The above posture adjustment process is automatically completed by the processor in combination with the image information of the recognition device 600, and through the respective operations of the axial rotation unit 3021 and the radial rotation unit 3031, the recognition device 600 completes 360-degree scanning recognition of the apple, so as to obtain the grades of the apple, such as special grade, first grade, second grade, and the like. To be able to access the weight of the apples, the transport tray 300 further comprises an electronic scale module.
Referring to fig. 6-7, each of the axial driving roller 3022 and the radial driving roller 3032 includes at least two rollers 3001 for driving the spherical fruit 99 to rotate, and an elastic support 3002 for supporting the rollers 3001, wherein the elastic support 3002 can elastically adjust the position of the rollers 3001 according to the size of the spherical fruit 99. The elastic support 3002 includes a support rod 3003 and an elastic mechanism 3004, one end of the support rod 3003 is connected with the roller 3001, and the other end is fixed on the elastic mechanism 3004. Here, the elastic mechanism 3004 may be directly fixed to the bottom of the conveying tray 300. When the spherical fruit and vegetable 99 is placed in the groove 301, the roller 3001 is pressed by gravity, and the elastic mechanism 3004 is contracted, so as to reduce the stress damage of the roller 3001 to the spherical fruit and vegetable 99.
Referring to fig. 11, the elastic support 3002 of the present invention further includes an inclined bar 3005 for supporting the support bar, and a horizontal bar 3006 hinged to the inclined bar 3005, wherein one end of the elastic mechanism 3004 is fixed to the horizontal bar 3006, and the other end is connected to the connection between the inclined bar 3005 and the support bar 3003. Through the setting of above-mentioned structure, can solve elastic support 3002's the installation degree of difficulty for whole structure is more stable.
Referring to fig. 10, the surface of the roller 3001 of the present invention is provided with an anti-slip layer 3005, and the anti-slip layer 3005 is made of food grade silica gel. The anti-slip layer 3005 can effectively improve the friction between the roller 3001 and the spherical fruit and vegetable 99, and can better drive the spherical fruit and vegetable 99 to rotate.
It should be noted that the conveying tray 300 of the present invention further includes necessary components such as a power supply, a power device, and a processor, wherein the power device generally employs a motor or a motor, which can drive the roller 3001 to rotate, and the processor can control the power device, and further control and drive the roller 3001 to rotate in the forward direction or the reverse direction, and the number of turns or the amplitude of the rotation of the roller 3001. The power source is generally a rechargeable battery, which provides electric energy to the power device, the electronic tag 320, the light source assembly 303, the processor, and the like, so that the above components can work normally. The processor is the brain core of the whole device and can control the irradiation and the closing of the light source assembly 303; control the operation of the power plant, etc.
The fruit sorting unit 700 is arranged at the rear side of the conveying device 200, the fruit sorting unit 700 comprises a sorting conveying belt 701, a sorting swing handle 702 and a plurality of sub-conveying channels 703, the sorting swing handle 702 is arranged at the front part of each sub-conveying channel 703, and the conveying tray 300 bearing the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is sorted to the corresponding sub-conveying channel 703 according to the quality of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99, so that the sorting of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is completed. The traveling direction of the sub-conveying channel 703 is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the sorting conveyor belt 701.
Each sorting swing hand 702 is controlled by an independent electromagnetic valve 704, when spherical fruits and vegetables 99 with corresponding quality pass through, the sorting swing hand 702 is transversely blocked on the sorting conveyer belt 701, and when the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 reach the sub-conveying channel 703, the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 with corresponding quality enter the corresponding independent sorting conveyer belt 701 through the interception and swing of the sorting swing hand 702, so that the sorting of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is completed.
The specific application method is as follows:
taking an apple as an example, firstly, the apple is placed in the conveying tray 300, the conveying tray 300 is conveyed to the position below the spectrum detection device 400 on the conveying device 200, preliminary detection is carried out, whether the apple has a moldy core is judged, the judgment result is sent to the RFID electronic tag of the conveying tray 300 to be stored, and a data portrait of the apple is formed. In the spectrum detection process, in order to more accurately detect whether the apples have the moldy core, the rotating mechanism 302 of the conveying device 200 is used for driving and adjusting the postures of the apples, so that the apples are horizontally placed, namely, the equator line of the apples is just opposite to the lowest point of the groove 301 of the conveying device 200, meanwhile, the spectrum detection device 400 emits strong light to the atrium positions of the apples through the light source component 303 of the conveying device 200, and the recognition rate of the spectrum detection device 400 can reach more than 95 percent and even reach 99 percent.
After the detection of the spectrum detection device 400, the conveying tray 300 enters the primary sorting unit 500, and according to the information of the rfid electronic tag on the conveying tray 300, the PLC controls the sorting pusher 501 to complete a corresponding pushing action, for example, to push the conveying tray 300 carrying the apples with the moldy core to the bad fruit conveying channel 502.
The conveying tray 300 carrying the normal spherical fruits and vegetables 99 enters the area of the identification device 600, the identification device 600 identifies the surface of the apple, and through data calculation and analysis, information such as the size, the maturity and the quality of the spherical fruits and vegetables 99 is further obtained, the identification device 600 sends an identification result to the RFID electronic tag, and data images of the apple are formed, so that the later-stage fruit and vegetable sorting and classification are facilitated.
Likewise, in order to complete the identification of the apple surface, it is necessary to complete at least 2 rotations of the apple, for example one rotation towards the pedicle-stem direction of the apple and one rotation towards the equator direction of the apple; the above posture adjustment process is automatically completed by the processor in combination with the image information of the recognition device 600, and through the respective operations of the axial rotation unit 3021 and the radial rotation unit 3031, the recognition device 600 completes 360-degree scanning recognition of the apple, so as to obtain the grades of the apple, such as special grade, first grade, second grade, and the like.
After passing through the recognition device 600, the conveying tray 300 carrying the apples is moved to the fruit sorting unit 700, and in the fruit sorting unit 700, the conveying tray 300 is conveyed on the sorting conveyor belt 701 in sequence, and because each sorting swing arm 702 is controlled by an individual electromagnetic valve 704, according to the size and maturity information of the apples in the current sequence, the electromagnetic valve 704 controls the opening or closing process of each sorting swing arm 702 respectively, so that the apples enter the corresponding sub-conveying channel 703 and enter a subsequent packaging link.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles and broad features of the present invention and advantages thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a spherical fruit vegetables sorting device which characterized in that includes:
a machine frame, a plurality of guide rails and a plurality of guide rails,
the conveying device is arranged on the rack and is used for conveying spherical fruits and vegetables to be sorted; the conveying device comprises a power mechanism, a driving wheel, a driven wheel and a main conveying belt moving around the driving wheel and the driven wheel;
the conveying tray is arranged on the main conveying belt and comprises a groove capable of accommodating the spherical fruits and vegetables, a rotating mechanism for driving the spherical fruits and vegetables to rotate and a light source assembly capable of emitting strong light, and the rotating mechanism and the light source assembly are arranged in the groove;
the spectrum detection device is fixed on the rack, is positioned above the conveying device and is used for identifying whether the spherical fruits and vegetables have the moldy heart disease or the black heart disease;
the primary sorting unit is arranged at the rear side of the spectrum detection device and comprises a sorting pushing handle and a bad fruit conveying channel, and the sorting pushing handle pushes a conveying tray of the spherical fruits and vegetables bearing the moldy core or black core to the bad fruit conveying channel to finish grading of the bad fruits;
the recognition device is fixed on the rack, is positioned above the conveying device and is used for recognizing the image information of the spherical fruits and vegetables and generating the quality of the spherical fruits and vegetables;
fruit letter sorting unit is arranged in conveyor's rear side, fruit letter sorting unit is including letter sorting conveyer belt, letter sorting hand setting and many sub-channels of carrying, letter sorting hand setting is in every the anterior of sub-channels of carrying, according to spherical fruit vegetables quality will bear the weight of the transport tray letter sorting of spherical fruit vegetables is to corresponding sub-channels of carrying, accomplishes the letter sorting of spherical fruit vegetables.
2. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the rotating mechanism of the conveying tray comprises an axial rotating unit and a radial rotating unit, the axial rotating unit comprises two sets of axial driving rollers which are oppositely arranged, and the axial driving rollers are positioned at the left side and the right side of the groove to realize the axial rotation of the spherical fruit and vegetable;
the radial rotating unit comprises two sets of radial driving rollers which are oppositely arranged, and the radial driving rollers are located on the front side and the rear side of the groove to realize radial rotation of the spherical fruits and vegetables.
3. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 2, wherein each set of the axial driving roller and the radial driving roller comprises at least two rollers for driving the spherical fruit and vegetable to rotate, and an elastic support for supporting the rollers, and the position of the roller can be elastically adjusted by the elastic support according to the size of the spherical fruit and vegetable;
the elastic support comprises a support rod and an elastic mechanism, wherein one end of the support rod is connected with a roller, and the other end of the support rod is fixed on the elastic mechanism; when the spherical fruits and vegetables are placed in the grooves, the rollers are pressed under the action of gravity, and the elastic mechanisms shrink, so that stress damage of the rollers to the spherical fruits and vegetables is reduced.
4. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 3, wherein the elastic support further comprises an inclined rod for supporting the support rod and a horizontal rod hinged to the inclined rod, one end of the elastic mechanism is fixed on the horizontal rod, and the other end of the elastic mechanism is connected to the connection position of the inclined rod and the support rod.
5. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 1, wherein a housing is arranged on the outer side of the conveying tray, the housing is rectangular, and an electronic tag is attached to the surface of the housing.
6. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 5, wherein the diameter of the housing is not smaller than the diameter of the spherical fruit and vegetable.
7. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 3, wherein the surface of the roller is provided with an anti-slip layer, and the anti-slip layer is made of food-grade silica gel.
8. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the light source assembly is located below the groove and comprises at least 3 groups of LED light sources, and the LED light sources are distributed below the groove at equal intervals and emit stable illumination radiation to the center of the groove.
9. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 8, wherein the LED light source has a central wavelength of 710nm and a half-wave width of 20 nm.
10. The spherical fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 1, wherein the traveling direction of the sub-conveying channel is perpendicular to the traveling direction of the sorting conveyor.
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