CN214975842U

CN214975842U - Spherical fruit multistage sorting device

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Publication number: CN214975842U
Application number: CN202121259692.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 周罕觅; 齐广宇; 陈佳庚; 代智光; 杜哲; 解晓琳; 孙旗立; 张春暖; 周浩; 闫香玉
Original assignee: Henan University of Science and Technology
Current assignee: Henan University of Science and Technology
Priority date: 2021-06-07
Filing date: 2021-06-07
Publication date: 2021-12-03
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-07

Abstract

The utility model provides a multistage sorting device of spherical fruit, include: a frame; a feeding box; the rail is obliquely arranged below the discharge port of the feeding box, and the water supply fruits roll along the rail by means of self weight; the image capturing device is used for capturing the appearance information of the fruits; an information processing system that receives information; the fruit receiving device is arranged at the tail end of the track; the screening device is arranged at the downstream of the fruit receiving device; the fruit receiving device is rotatably installed on the rack, a rotary power mechanism connected with the information processing system is arranged on the rack, the information processing system controls the rotary power mechanism to rotate forwards or backwards according to the appearance information of fruits, the fruit receiving device is provided with forward and reverse stations, the fruits are transferred into the defective fruit collecting box during the reverse station, and the fruits are transferred into the screening device during the forward station. The utility model discloses can realize size and appearance quality screening, the good and bad fruit of appearance still can be sorted out to a equipment, need not the manual work and sorts in addition, has reduced artifical intensity of labour, has improved work efficiency, makes fruit sort more accurate, high-efficient.

Description

Spherical fruit multistage sorting device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a fruit sorting device technical field, concretely relates to spherical fruit multistage sorting device.

Background

The spherical fruit takes apple as an example, the apple is one of the common spherical fruits in daily life, and is well loved by consumers due to the advantages of rich mineral substances, vitamins, rich calcium content and the like. Among numerous fruit industries in China, the apple industry is always the pillar industry, the total output of apples in China currently accounts for about half of the total output in the world, and the consumption demand of people is very large. In order to increase the commodity value, the apples cannot be listed directly after being picked, and can be listed after being sorted, packaged and the like.

The existing apple sorting device can only realize the sorting of the size of an apple, if the quality of the appearance (color, peel and the like) of the sorted apple is unqualified, the apple is further required to be manually sorted again, the labor intensity and the cost of workers are increased, and the working efficiency is also reduced.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to provide a can realize the size screening, can realize the multistage sorting device of spherical fruit of appearance quality screening again.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a multistage sorting device of spherical fruit adopts following technical scheme:

spherical fruit multistage sorting device includes:

a frame;

the feeding box is arranged on the rack and used for accommodating and conveying spherical fruits, and is provided with a feeding hole and a discharging hole for discharging the spherical fruits;

the track is arranged on the rack and is obliquely arranged below the discharge port, so that the spherical fruits fall onto the track and roll along the track under the action of self weight;

the image capturing device is arranged on the rack and used for capturing the appearance information of the spherical fruits on the track;

the information processing system is connected with the image capturing device and used for receiving the information captured by the image capturing device;

the fruit receiver is arranged at the tail end of the track and used for receiving spherical fruits falling on the track;

the screening device is arranged at the downstream of the fruit receiving device and used for conveying and screening spherical fruits with different sizes, and a plurality of screening holes with gradually-increased pore diameters are formed in the screening device along the conveying direction of the spherical fruits;

the fruit receiving device is rotatably installed on the rack, a rotating power mechanism used for driving the fruit receiving device to rotate is arranged on the rack, the rotating power mechanism is connected with the information processing system, the information processing system controls the rotating power mechanism to rotate forwards or backwards according to the appearance information of the spherical fruits, the fruit receiving device is further provided with a forward rotation station and a backward rotation station, when the fruit receiving device is located at the backward rotation station, the fruit receiving device is used for transferring the spherical fruits into the defective fruit collecting box, and when the fruit receiving device is located at the forward rotation station, the fruit receiving device is used for transferring the spherical fruits into the screening device.

The beneficial effects of the above technical scheme are that: the utility model discloses a multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits, which comprises a track arranged below a discharge port of a feeding box, wherein the track is arranged in an inclined manner, so that the spherical fruits falling on the track can roll along the track under the action of self weight; the rack is provided with an image capturing device, so that the appearance information of the spherical fruits can be comprehensively captured in the process that the spherical fruits roll along the track, and the information is transmitted to the information processing system; the tail end of the track is provided with a fruit receiver which can receive spherical fruits falling from the track, the fruit receiver is rotatably mounted on the rack, the rack is also provided with a rotary power mechanism, the rotary power mechanism is connected with the information processing system, the information processing system can control the rotary power mechanism to rotate forwards or backwards according to the appearance information of the spherical fruits, so that the fruit receiver is provided with a forward rotation station and a reverse rotation station, and when the fruit receiver is positioned at the reverse rotation station, the fruit receiver is used for transferring the spherical fruits into a defective fruit collecting box to realize sorting and removing of the defective fruits; when the fruit receiving device is located the corotation station for shift spherical fruit to screening plant, the last direction of delivery along spherical fruit of screening plant is provided with the screening hole that a plurality of apertures gradually become big, thereby can carry the limit screening, realizes the letter sorting of the fruit of variation in size.

To summer up, the utility model discloses a multistage sorting device of spherical fruit can realize the size screening, can realize appearance quality screening again, and a equipment can sort out the quality and the fruit of variation in size, need not the manual work and sorts in addition, greatly reduced artifical intensity of labour, can improve work efficiency for the letter sorting of spherical fruit is more accurate, high-efficient.

Further, for the manufacturing of convenient screening plant, reduce the horizontal space that screening plant occupy, the screening use is conveniently sieved, guarantees the screening precision, and screening plant includes circular bottom plate and fixes the annular bounding wall around the circular bottom plate, is provided with rotating device in the annular bounding wall, and rotating device's circumference is provided with a plurality of arcs, and the arc encloses into the chamber that holds that is used for holding spherical fruit with the lateral wall of annular bounding wall, the screening hole set up on annular bounding wall.

Further, for the fruit that holds the intracavity conveniently discharges through the screening hole that corresponds, circular bottom plate slope sets up, and the position that sets up in each screening hole corresponds with the low position of circular bottom plate.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the spherical fruits to enter the screening device, a notch is arranged on the annular enclosing plate in a position corresponding to the fruit receiving device.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the processing and manufacturing of the rotating device, simplify the structure and reduce the weight, the rotating device comprises a turntable, a plurality of fixed rods fixed on the periphery of the turntable, and arc-shaped plates fixed at the end parts of the fixed rods, and the arc-shaped grooves are formed by the arc-shaped plates.

Furthermore, in order to convey spherical fruits and facilitate subsequent image capture, an auger is arranged in the feeding box and used for continuously conveying the spherical fruits one by one, and a discharge port is used for discharging the single spherical fruits.

Further, to avoid the auger from cutting the spherical fruit, the auger has a helical blade with a T-shaped edge in cross-section.

Furthermore, in order to facilitate the processing, manufacturing and using of the fruit receiving device, the fruit receiving device comprises a supporting plate, a baffle connected with the supporting plate and a rotating shaft fixedly connected with the baffle, the supporting plate is a curved supporting plate, and the rotating shaft is rotatably installed on the rack.

Further, for convenient spherical fruit roll, avoid fruit to drop, the track is the arc.

Furthermore, for image capture is more convenient, guarantees that the result is accurate, and image capture device is the camera, is equipped with the camera mounting bracket that is used for installing the camera in the frame.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a view angle of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a perspective view of another view angle of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device according to the present invention;

fig. 3 is a perspective view of another viewing angle of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device according to the present invention;

fig. 4 is a perspective view of another viewing angle of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a right side view of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a top view of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorter of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view of the portion of the fruit receiver of FIG. 1;

fig. 9 is a partial structural view of the auger of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device of the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a first frame; 11. mounting a plate; 111. a through port; 12. a rotating shaft mounting rack; 13. a camera mounting bracket; 14. a camera; 15. a first motor; 16. a transmission belt; 2. a second frame; 21. a second motor; 22. a bevel gear transmission structure; 3. a feeding box; 31. a feed inlet; 32. a discharge port; 33. a curved flow guide wall; 34. an auger; 341. a helical blade; 35. a delivery pipe; 4. a track; 5. a fruit receiving device; 51. a support plate; 52. a baffle plate; 53. a rotating shaft; 6. a third motor; 7. a defective fruit collection box; 8. a screening device; 81. a circular base plate; 82. an annular coaming; 821. screening holes; 822. a notch; 83. a turntable; 84. fixing the rod; 85. an arc-shaped plate; 9. qualified fruit collecting box.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the invention, i.e., the described embodiments are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention. The components of embodiments of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.

Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the accompanying drawings, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. Based on the embodiment of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

It is noted that relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The features and properties of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to examples.

The utility model discloses an embodiment of well multistage sorting device of spherical fruit is shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3 and fig. 4, including the frame, the frame includes first frame 1 and second frame 2, installs feeding box 3 in the first frame 1, and feeding box 3 is used for holding and carries spherical fruit, and the spherical fruit that indicates in this embodiment is the apple. Referring to fig. 7, the feeding box 3 is provided with a feeding port 31 and a discharging port 32 for discharging apples, the feeding box 3 is provided with an auger 34, and the auger 34 is used for continuously conveying the apples one by one, so that the discharging port 32 is used for discharging only a single apple. As shown in fig. 1 and 6, to facilitate the transfer of the apples, hopper 3 comprises a curved guide wall 33 connected to feed inlet 31, so as to provide a cushioning and guiding effect on the poured apples. Further, as shown in fig. 9, the auger 34 has a spiral blade 341, and the cross-section of the edge of the spiral blade 341 is made to be T-shaped in order to avoid the auger 34 from cutting the apple.

As shown in fig. 1 to 5, a mounting plate 11 is disposed in the middle of the first frame 1, a first motor 15 is mounted on the mounting plate 11, and the first motor 15 drives the auger 34 to rotate through a transmission belt 16. Still install track 4 on the mounting panel 11, track 4 slope sets up in the below of discharge gate 32 to supply the apple to fall into on track 4 and roll along track 4 under the dead weight effect, for the convenience apple rolls on track 4, avoids the apple to drop, and track 4 is the arc. Meanwhile, in order to facilitate the apples to fall on the rail 4, the discharge port 32 is connected with the conveying pipe 35, and the bottom of the conveying pipe 35 is bent towards the rail 4, so that the apples fall on the rail 4 along the conveying pipe 35 under the action of gravity. The utility model discloses a setting of auger delivery ware 34, discharge gate 32 and conveyer pipe 35 guarantees that one of apple is avoided taking place to block up on the track 4.

The first frame 1 is also provided with an image capturing device for capturing appearance information of the apples on the track 4. Specifically, the image capturing device is a camera 14, a camera mounting frame 13 for mounting the camera 14 is fixed on the mounting plate 11, so that the camera 14 is arranged right opposite to the rail 4, the visual field of the camera 14 is ensured to be wider, the monitoring range comprises an outlet of the conveying pipe 35 and the whole rail 4, and the whole appearance of the apple can be presented in the image capturing device when the rail 4 rolls due to the fact that the rail 4 forms a certain angle with the ground.

The utility model discloses a multistage sorting device of spherical fruit still includes the information processing system (not shown in the figure) of being connected with camera 14, and the image information that camera 14 caught sends information processing system, distinguishes processing to apple size, colour, peel quality etc. through the system.

The spherical fruit multistage sorting device further comprises a fruit receiver 5 and a screening device 8 arranged at the downstream of the fruit receiver 5, wherein the fruit receiver 5 is arranged at the tail end of the track 4 and used for receiving apples falling on the track 4. Moreover, the fruit receiving device 5 is rotatably mounted on a frame, and a rotary power mechanism for driving the fruit receiving device 5 to rotate is arranged on the frame. Specifically, as shown in fig. 8, the fruit receiving device 5 includes a supporting plate 51, a baffle plate 52 connected to the supporting plate 51, and a rotating shaft 53 fixedly connected to the baffle plate 52, wherein the supporting plate 51 is a curved supporting plate. The mounting plate 11 is fixed with a rotating shaft mounting frame 12, and the rotating shaft 53 is rotatably mounted on the rotating shaft mounting frame 12.

The rotating power mechanism is a third motor 6 in transmission connection with the rotating shaft 53, the third motor 6 is a controllable steering motor and is connected with the information processing system, the information processing system controls the third motor 6 to rotate forwards or backwards according to appearance information of the apples, and then the apple receiving device 5 is provided with a forward rotation station and a reverse rotation station and is used for transferring the apples to the defective fruit collecting box 7 when the apple receiving device 5 is located at the reverse rotation station. For example, when the apple is too small or the color and peel quality are not good, the apple is considered to be unqualified, and the information processing system controls the third motor 6 to rotate reversely, so that the apple receiving device 5 is in the reverse rotation station, and the apple falling on the supporting plate 51 directly slides into the defective fruit collecting box 7. In order to facilitate the apple to fall down, a through opening 111 is provided on the mounting plate 11 at a position opposite to the support plate 51.

When the size of the apple meets the requirement and the color and peel quality of the apple are not problematic, the apple is regarded as qualified, the information processing system controls the third motor 6 to rotate positively, so that the apple receiving device 5 is positioned at a positive rotation station, and the apple falling on the supporting plate 51 directly slides into the screening device 8.

As shown in fig. 1 to 7, the sieving device 8 is mounted on the second frame 2 for conveying and sieving apples of different sizes. The screening device 8 comprises a circular bottom plate 81 and an annular enclosing plate 82 fixed around the circular bottom plate 81, wherein a rotating device is arranged in the annular enclosing plate 82, and a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are formed in the circumferential direction of the rotating device. Specifically, the rotating device includes a rotating disc 83, a plurality of fixing rods 84 fixed on the periphery of the rotating disc 83, and arc plates 85 fixed on the end portions of the fixing rods 84, the rotating disc 83 drives the arc plates 85 to rotate through the fixing rods 84, and as shown in fig. 3, 4, and 6, in order to drive the rotating disc 83 to rotate, the second motor 21 is arranged below the frame 2, and the second motor 21 drives the rotating disc 83 to rotate through the bevel gear transmission structure 22.

Above-mentioned arc wall is formed by arc 85, and the arc wall encloses the chamber that holds that becomes to be used for holding the apple with the lateral wall of annular bounding wall 82, because arc 85 sets up in succession, and consequently the chamber that holds that forms also is continuous a plurality ofly, and each holds the chamber and along with the rotation of arc 85, and the position constantly changes, realizes the transport of apple.

Be provided with the screening hole 821 that a plurality of apertures gradually become big along the direction of delivery of apple on the annular bounding wall 82, be four in this embodiment, can realize the screening of four kinds of not equidimension apples, correspond, each screening hole 821's below all is provided with a qualified fruit collecting box 9. When the arcuate plate 85 pushes the apple to rotate to the appropriate screening aperture 821, the apple falls through the screening aperture 821 into the qualified fruit collection bin 9.

In order to facilitate the apples to leak out of the screening holes 821, as shown in fig. 6, the circular bottom plate 81 is obliquely arranged, the arrangement position of each screening hole 821 corresponds to the lower position of the circular bottom plate 81, that is, if the apples are defined to roll from left to right on the track 4, the circular bottom plate 81 gradually inclines downwards from back to front, and each screening hole 821 is arranged at the front side of the annular enclosing plate 82, so that the apples can directly slide out of the screening holes 821 under the action of gravity when reaching the proper screening holes 821.

The highest position of circular bottom plate 81 is located the below that connects fruit ware 5, and in the convenient apple of entering screening plant 8 simultaneously, as shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, the position that corresponds with the layer board 51 that connects fruit ware 5 on annular bounding wall 82 is provided with breach 822 to make things convenient for the apple to fall on circular bottom plate 81, circular bottom plate 81 is the slope in addition, therefore the apple slides very easily to contacting with arc 85, and then makes things convenient for subsequent transport.

The utility model discloses well multistage sorting device of spherical fruit's theory of operation is:

during the use, pour the apple into pay-off case 3 along feed inlet 31 in, first motor 15 drives the rotation of auger 34, and a transverse force makes the apple can lateral shifting to discharge gate 32 department for the apple to fall into on track 4 under the effect of gravity through conveyer pipe 35, the apple rolls to receiving fruit ware 5 department along track 4. During the rolling period of the apple, the camera 14 captures the appearance information of the apple and sends the appearance information to the information processing system, if the size of the apple exceeds a limited range, the color proportion cannot reach indexes, and the peel is seriously damaged, the information processing system controls the third motor to rotate reversely so that the fruit receiver is positioned at a reverse station, and at the moment, the apple is directly thrown into the defective fruit collecting box 7 when falling onto the supporting plate 51. Other apples are thrown to the rotating circular bottom plate 81 through the positive rotation station of the apple receiving device, the arc-shaped plate 85 drives the apples to rotate under the action of the second motor 21, and finally the apples flow out through the proper screening holes 821 and fall into the corresponding qualified fruit collecting box 9, so that the apples can be screened in different grades in different sizes.

Therefore, the utility model discloses a multistage sorting device of spherical fruit can realize the size screening, can realize appearance quality screening again, and a equipment can sort out the quality and the fruit of variation in size, need not the manual work and sorts in addition, greatly reduced artifical intensity of labour, can improve work efficiency for the letter sorting of spherical fruit is more accurate, high-efficient.

In other embodiments of the multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits, the multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits can also be used for sorting other spherical fruits such as pears, oranges and the like.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the image capturing device may also be a camera.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the track may not be arcuate, but rather U-shaped.

In other embodiments of the multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device, the fruit receiving device may also be a bowl-shaped fruit receiving container, and a rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the container, so that the fruit receiving device receives the fruit first and then switches between a forward rotation station and a reverse rotation station.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the section of the spiral blade of the auger may not be T-shaped, and the wall thickness of the spiral blade is uniform.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the auger may not be provided in the hopper, but rather the hopper may be funnel-shaped or the bottom wall of the hopper may be tapered.

In other embodiments of the multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits, the rotating device can be a large rotating disc, and the arc-shaped grooves are directly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating disc.

In other embodiments of the multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits, the annular enclosing plate can be provided with no gap and is a complete circular ring.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the circular bottom plate may not be inclined but horizontal, and the apple may flow out of the sieving holes by using the centrifugal force of the apple when rotating.

In other embodiments of the spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device, the screening device can be in the form of a circular bottom plate and an annular enclosing plate, but is a roller which is arranged obliquely, the roller rotates to convey the fruits, and a plurality of sections of screening holes with gradually-increased apertures are arranged on the roller along the oblique direction to screen the large fruits and the small fruits; or the screening device is a section of obliquely arranged screen plate, the aperture of the screening holes on the screen plate is gradually increased, so that the fruit is screened while the fruit is conveyed.

In other embodiments of the multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits, the discharge port may not be connected with a conveying pipe, and the track is directly arranged below the discharge port.

The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, the protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, and all structural changes equivalent to the contents of the description and drawings of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. Spherical fruit multistage sorting device which characterized in that includes:

a frame;

2. The multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits according to claim 1, wherein the screening device comprises a circular bottom plate and an annular enclosing plate fixed around the circular bottom plate, a rotating device is arranged in the annular enclosing plate, a plurality of arc-shaped grooves are circumferentially arranged on the rotating device, the arc-shaped grooves and the side wall of the annular enclosing plate form a containing cavity for containing the spherical fruits, and the screening holes are formed in the annular enclosing plate.

3. The multi-stage fruit sorting device according to claim 2, wherein the circular bottom plate is inclined, and the screening holes are arranged at a position corresponding to a lower position of the circular bottom plate.

4. The multi-stage fruit sorting device according to claim 3, wherein the annular enclosure is provided with notches at positions corresponding to the fruit receivers.

5. The multi-stage fruit sorting device according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the rotating device comprises a rotating disc, a plurality of fixed rods fixed on the periphery of the rotating disc, and an arc-shaped plate fixed on the end of each fixed rod, and the arc-shaped groove is formed by the arc-shaped plates.

6. The multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an auger is arranged in the feeding box and is used for continuously conveying the spherical fruits one by one, and the discharging port is used for discharging single spherical fruits.

7. The spherical fruit multi-stage sorting device according to claim 6, wherein the auger has a helical blade with a T-shaped cross-section at the edge of the helical blade.

8. The multi-stage spherical fruit sorting device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the fruit receiving device comprises a supporting plate, a baffle plate connected with the supporting plate, and a rotating shaft fixedly connected with the baffle plate, the supporting plate is a curved supporting plate, and the rotating shaft is rotatably mounted on the rack.

9. The multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the track is arc-shaped.

10. The multi-stage sorting device for spherical fruits according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the image capturing device is a camera, and the frame is provided with a camera mounting rack for mounting the camera.