CN217664797U - Color selector - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses a look selection machine, look selection machine have feed district, detection zone and sorting area, and the look selection machine includes: the optical detection assembly is positioned in the detection area and is used for detecting the material; the sorting assembly is arranged in the sorting area and is used for sorting the detected materials; the conveying part is annular and at the direction flexible deformation of the annular axis of perpendicular to, and the conveying part has a plurality of unit check that are array distribution, and the unit check is used for holding the material, and the conveying part is around axis rotatable circle to the material that drives the feed district passes through the detection zone in proper order and selects separately the district. According to the utility model discloses look selection machine can carry out large-scale detection and sorting operation to the material to be favorable to improving the sorting efficiency of material. In addition, the conveying component can meet the requirements of any specification, model and spatial arrangement, the universality of the conveying component is improved, and the applicability and diversity of the color selector are also improved.

Description

Color selector

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a technical field is selected separately to the material, more specifically relates to a look selection machine.

Background

In the correlation technique, when sorting equipment sorts materials, the materials slide down in the channel or are conveyed on the belt conveyor, but the position of the materials cannot be accurately positioned by conveying the channel or the belt conveyor, and the conveyed materials have the characteristics of disorder and unfixed moving direction, so that the positions of the materials are changed during optical detection and sorting related to subsequent processing, wrong sorting is caused, and the improvement of the sorting precision of the materials is not facilitated.

In addition, in the related art, the sorting equipment can only divide the materials into two stages (such as good materials, bad materials and the like), and cannot perform multi-stage sorting on the materials, so that the requirement of performing multi-stage sorting on the materials at present is increasingly not met.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. Therefore, an object of the utility model is to provide a look selection machine, look selection machine can realize the regular transport of array to the material, and complete machine simple structure, compactness.

According to the utility model discloses look selection machine, look selection machine has feed area, detection zone and sorting area, look selection machine includes: the optical detection assembly is positioned in the detection area and is used for detecting the material; the sorting assembly is arranged in the sorting area and is used for sorting the detected materials; the conveying component is annular and perpendicular to the direction flexible deformation of annular axis, the conveying component has a plurality of unit check that are array distribution, the unit check is used for holding the material, just but the conveying component axis line circulating rotation, in order to drive the material in feed area passes through in proper order the detection zone with the sorting zone.

According to the utility model discloses look selection machine is through a plurality of cell that are array distribution that set up on the transport element, can realize the regular transport of array to the material at the transported substance in-process, is favorable to optics determine module and selects separately the subassembly and can carry out large-scale detection and sorting operation to the material to be favorable to improving the sorting efficiency of material. And the conveying component is annular, and the conveying component can be bent and deformed in the direction perpendicular to the annular axis, so that the conveying component can rotate around the axis in a circulating manner, the conveying component can continuously convey materials, and the efficiency of conveying the materials by the color selector is improved. In addition, the structure that the conveying component flexible warp makes it can satisfy the demand that arbitrary specification, model and space were arranged, has improved conveying component's commonality, has also improved the suitability and the variety of look selection machine.

In addition, the color sorter according to the above embodiment of the present invention may further have the following additional technical features:

according to some embodiments of the present invention, the optical detection assembly is disposed above the conveying member, and the sorting assembly is disposed above the conveying member and/or in an area surrounded by the conveying member.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the conveying means comprises a plurality of rows of cells arranged in a circular direction, each row of the cells comprising at least one of the cells arranged in the direction of the axis.

In some embodiments, the transport member is an endless flexible belt; or the conveying component comprises a plurality of conveying plates which are arranged along the annular direction and are connected end to end, two adjacent conveying plates are hinged, and each conveying plate is provided with one or more rows of unit cell groups; or the conveying component comprises a plurality of conveying plates which are arranged along the annular direction and are connected end to end, the plurality of conveying plates are connected with the flexible connecting piece, and each conveying plate is provided with one or more rows of cell groups.

In some embodiments, the sorting assembly comprises: at least one receiving hopper, wherein the at least one receiving hopper is distributed along the conveying direction in the sorting area, and each receiving hopper extends perpendicular to the conveying direction; the execution assemblies are arranged corresponding to the receiving hoppers, each execution assembly comprises at least one execution unit which is perpendicular to the conveying direction and is used for driving the materials in the cells to enter the corresponding receiving hopper.

In some embodiments, one end of the receiving hopper is provided with a receiving port opposite to the conveying component, and the other end of the receiving hopper is lower than the receiving port.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, the cell is for running through the through-hole of conveying component's inside and outside surface, the look selection machine still includes: the material feeding device comprises a feeding bearing part, a detecting bearing part and a sorting bearing part, wherein the feeding bearing part, the detecting bearing part and the sorting bearing part are used for supporting materials, are respectively positioned in the feeding area, the detecting area and the sorting area, and are in clearance fit with the inner surface of the conveying component.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, the cell is for running through the through-hole of conveying part's internal and external surface, the through-hole is located the opening border of conveying part internal surface one end is equipped with and is used for the spacing flange to the material.

In some embodiments, the rib is arranged on at least one side edge of the opening, wherein at least one part of the rib can be elastically deformed, and the rib is elastically deformed when being driven so as to enable the material to be separated from the unit cell; or the flanges are movably arranged at the opening and move when driven, so that the materials are separated from the unit grids.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the color sorter further comprises: the part that rolls, the part that rolls is located conveying part encloses and establishes in the region and be located the detection zone, the bottom of cell is opened, so that the part that rolls contacts with the material.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the transport element extends in a horizontal direction, or in an upward inclination in the transport direction.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the color sorter further comprises: the feeding hopper is arranged above the conveying component and is positioned in the feeding area, the feeding hopper is provided with a storage cavity, and the storage cavity is provided with a downward feeding port.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the color sorter further comprises: the flatting device is arranged above the conveying component and positioned in the feeding area, and the flatting device is in clearance fit with the conveying component so that the material array is placed in the plurality of unit cells.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the endless conveying member has a first end near the sorting zone and a second end near the feeding zone in the conveying direction, the color sorter further comprising a recovery hopper for recovering material, wherein at least a portion of the recovery hopper is located directly below the first end; and/or at least a portion of the recovery bucket is located directly below the second end.

In some embodiments, the recovery hopper has a recovery cavity, and the transport member is located within the recovery cavity.

In some embodiments, the recovery hopper has a recovery cavity with a bottom wall extending obliquely.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the color selector further comprises a plurality of rollers, and the conveying member is sleeved on the plurality of rollers, wherein two rollers are arranged along the horizontal direction or inclined to the horizontal direction; alternatively, the number of rollers is greater than or equal to three, wherein the axes of rotation of at least three of the rollers are not coplanar.

In some embodiments, the portion of the conveying member located between two adjacent rollers extends along a straight line or a curved line.

In some embodiments, the color sorter further comprises: the bearing plate is arranged in the area surrounded by the conveying component and is in contact fit with at least part of the inner surface of the conveying component, and the bearing plate is a flat plate or a curved plate.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a color sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the structure of FIG. 1 at circle H;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical detection unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view of an assembly of a transport element and a roller according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of an assembly of a first connecting member and a roller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 6-9 are schematic structural views of a conveying member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural view of a first connecting member according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural view of a first connecting member according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 12 is a schematic structural view of a second connecting member according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of a second connecting member according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a schematic structural view of a driving wheel according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 15 is a schematic structural view of a driving wheel according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 16-25 are schematic diagrams of the operation of a color sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 26 is a cross-sectional view of a cell and cell-providing ribs according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 27 is an assembly schematic of an actuating assembly, a receiving hopper, a transport component, and a support plate according to an embodiment of the invention.

Reference numerals:

a color selector 100; 200 parts of materials;

a roller 10; a drive wheel 11;

a conveying member 20; a cell group 21; a cell 211; a first connecting member 23; a transmission portion 231; a connection fitting plate 232; an endless drive belt 234; a nut 235; a conveyance plate 24; a connecting plate 241; a conveyor set 25; a second connecting member 26; a rib 27;

a support plate 30;

an optical detection assembly 40; an optical detection unit 41; a camera 411; a light source 412;

a sorting assembly 50; a receiving hopper 51; an execution component 52; an execution unit 521;

a tumbling element 60;

a supply support 61; detecting the support 62; a sorting bearer 63; a hopper 70;

a spreader 80; a recovery hopper 90; a recovery chamber 91.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like, indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, "a first feature" or "a second feature" may include one or more of the features, and "a plurality" means two or more, and the first feature may be "on" or "under" the second feature, and may include the first and second features being in direct contact, or may include the first and second features being in contact not directly but through another feature therebetween, and the first feature being "on", "above" and "above" the second feature may include the first feature being directly above and obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the first feature is higher in level than the second feature.

A color sorter 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 27.

Referring to fig. 1 to 27, a color sorter 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention has a feeding area, a detection area, and a sorting area. Wherein the color sorter 100 provides the materials 200 to be conveyed in a feeding zone, detects the conveyed materials 200 in a detection zone, and sorts the detected materials 200 in a sorting zone.

According to the utility model discloses color selector 100 can include: an optical detection assembly 40, a sorting assembly 50 and a transport component 20.

Wherein, optical detection component 40 is located the detection zone and is used for detecting material 200. The sorting assembly 50 is disposed in the sorting area, and the sorting assembly 50 is used for sorting the detected material 200. The conveying component 20 is annular, the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the annular shape, the conveying component 20 is provided with a plurality of unit cells 211 distributed in an array, the unit cells 211 are used for containing the materials 200, and the conveying component 20 can rotate circularly around the axis so as to drive the materials 200 in the feeding area to sequentially pass through the detection area and the sorting area.

In some embodiments, the color sorter 100 may further include a processor (not shown), the optical detection assembly 40 and the sorting assembly 50 are communicatively connected to the processor, the processor is configured to perform a grading determination on the materials 200 according to the detection result of the optical detection assembly 40, and the sorting assembly 50 sorts the materials 200 according to the grading determination result of the processor.

Specifically, in the feeding area, a plurality of materials 200 are contained in a plurality of cells 211 of the conveying member 20. A plurality of cells 211 on the transport unit 20 are array distribution to regularly place the material 200 subregion of a large number, when look selection machine 100 during operation, cell 211 can carry on spacingly to material 200, thereby avoids material 200 to take place the landing or the phenomenon of interfering mutually among the transportation process.

Compare and adopt the belt to carry the material in correlation technique, this application is through a plurality of unit check 211 that set up array distribution on conveyor component 20, unit check 211 plays the purpose of restricting its random roll to the material 200 that enters into it, be favorable to avoiding the phenomenon that material 200 takes place to slide in transportation process, thereby make conveyor component 20 can carry out the regular transported substance material 200 of extensive array, can improve the transport efficiency of material 200, and can pinpoint the position of material 200 (the position change of material 200 only with conveyor component 20's moving speed, the travel time is relevant), and then be favorable to improving the accuracy and the orderliness of sorting.

It should be noted that the outline of the cells 211 can be rectangular, square, circular, oval, spindle-shaped, etc. to accommodate materials 200 of different shapes. For example, the transported material 200 may be a substantially spherical or elliptical object such as a date, a pistachio, a cherry tomato, or a cylindrical material 200 such as a stud or a bar. The unit cell 211 may have different profiles depending on the shape of the material 200. Secondly, the inner wall of the unit cell 211 may be provided with a slope or a curved surface to better convey the materials 200 of different shapes. Therefore, the outline of the unit cell 211 can be determined according to the size, shape, etc. of different materials 200, and is not limited herein. It should be noted that, in principle, each cell 211 is preferably used for storing one material 200, for example, one cell 211 stores one jujube, etc., so that the jujube can be prevented from being shielded from each other to affect the classification operation of the detection and separation areas of the detection area.

When the materials 200 on the conveying member 20 move to the detection area, the optical detection assembly 40 disposed at the detection area starts to operate to detect the materials 200 in the cells 211. Because the plurality of materials 200 can be arranged in the plurality of cells 211 distributed in an array manner in a partitioned manner, on one hand, the plurality of materials 200 can be tracked and positioned in the conveying process during detection; on the other hand, be favorable to avoiding sheltering from each other because of piling up the production together between the material 200 to make optical detection subassembly 40 can carry out extensive the detection to a plurality of materials 200 simultaneously, greatly improved optical detection subassembly 40 to the detection efficiency and the detection accuracy of material 200. In addition, after the optical detection assembly 40 detects the material 200, the processor of the subsequent color sorter 100 needs to perform classification judgment on the material 200 according to the detection result.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a rolling component 60 is further disposed in the detection area to drive the material 200 to roll in the cells 211, so that multi-directional and multi-angle detection of the material 200 can be achieved through the optical detection assembly 40.

When the material 200 on the conveying component 20 moves from the detection area to the sorting area, the sorting component 50 sorts or collects the material 200 according to the grading determination result of the processor on the material 200 in the cell 211. For example, when the material 200 is determined to be a non-defective product, the material 200 may be taken out of the cell 211, thereby classifying the material 200 into two categories, i.e., a non-defective product and a non-defective product. Further, for example, when the material 200 is determined to be a big fruit, a medium fruit, or a small fruit, the material 200 may be taken out of the cell 211, thereby classifying the material 200 into three categories, i.e., a big fruit, a medium fruit, or a small fruit. For example, when the material 200 is judged to be fresh red fruit, light red fruit or Chinese olive, the material 200 can be taken out of the cell 211, so that the material 200 can be divided into three types of fresh red fruit, light red fruit and Chinese olive. Moreover, because the plurality of materials 200 can be placed in a partitioned manner in the plurality of cells 211 distributed in an array manner, the sorting assembly 50 can simultaneously sort the plurality of materials 200, so that the sorting assembly 50 can simultaneously sort the plurality of materials 200 in a large scale, which is beneficial to improving the sorting efficiency of the color sorter 100.

In addition, the conveying component 20 is annular, and the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the annular, so that the conveying component 20 can rotate around the axis in a circulating manner, and the conveying component 20 can continuously convey the materials 200, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of the color sorter 100 in conveying the materials 200. Moreover, the whole structure of the color sorter 100 is simple and compact, the size of the color sorter 100 is reduced, and the maintenance of the color sorter 100 is simpler and more convenient. And the structure that the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed enables the conveying component to meet the requirements of any specification, model and spatial arrangement, improves the universality of the conveying component 20, and also improves the applicability and diversity of the color selector 100.

According to the utility model discloses look selection machine 100 through set up a plurality of cells 211 that are array distribution on transport element 20, can realize the regular transport of array to material 200 at transported substance 200 in-process, is favorable to optical detection subassembly 40 and sorting assembly 50 to carry out large-scale detection and sorting operation to material 200 to be favorable to improving material 200's sorting efficiency. Moreover, the conveying component 20 is annular, and the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the annular shape, so that the conveying component 20 can rotate around the axis in a circulating manner, and the conveying component 20 can continuously convey the materials 200, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of the color sorter 100 in conveying the materials 200. In addition, the structure that the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed enables the conveying component to meet the requirements of any specification, model and spatial arrangement, the universality of the conveying component 20 is improved, and the applicability and the diversity of the color selector 100 are also improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the optical detection assembly 40 is disposed above the conveying member 20, and the sorting assembly 50 is disposed above the conveying member 20.

Specifically, in the detection zone, the space above the transport member 20 is sufficient and free from obstruction. Therefore, by disposing the optical detection assembly 40 above the conveying member 20, the optical detection assembly 40 can detect the material 200 more completely when the material 200 on the conveying member 20 moves from the feeding area to the detection area.

In addition, select separately subassembly 50 and locate the top of conveyor member 20 to select separately the material 200 in-process, select separately subassembly 50 and can hold material 200 on the conveyor member 20 in the subassembly 50 that selects separately that corresponds, when realizing sorting material 200, avoid material 200 to do the free fall motion, thereby be favorable to reducing the damage that causes material 200.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, select separately subassembly 50 and locate in the region that conveyor component 20 encloses and establish to select separately material 200, still be favorable to making look selection machine 100 overall structure compacter, simple, can reduce look selection machine 100's volume.

Of course, in some embodiments, a portion of the sorting assembly 50 may be disposed above the conveying member 20, and another portion may be disposed within the area enclosed by the conveying member 20 to meet the spatial arrangement and sorting requirements. For example, when the sorting module 50 includes a receiving hopper 51 and an actuating module 52, one of the receiving hopper 51 and the actuating module 52 may be disposed above the conveying component 20, and the other may be disposed in an area surrounded by the conveying component 20, so that the actuating module 52 can drive the material 200 in the cell 211 to fall out of the cell 211 into the receiving hopper 51.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the conveying component 20 includes a plurality of rows of unit cells 21 arranged along the annular direction, each row of unit cells 21 includes at least one unit cell 211 arranged along the direction of the axis, so that the unit cells 211 of the conveying component 20 are distributed in a matrix array along the annular direction, the arrangement is more compact, the conveying component 20 can bear more materials 200 at each time, and the arrangement form forming the plurality of rows of unit cells 21 facilitates the arrangement of the sorting component 50 in the sorting process. Moreover, the plurality of unit cells 211 distributed in an array manner are arranged on the conveying component 20, so that the materials 200 and the unit cells 211 can be in one-to-one correspondence when the materials 200 are placed, and the materials 200 with a large number can be regularly placed in the unit cells 211 in a partition manner. On one hand, the conveying component 20 can convey the materials 200 regularly in a large-scale array, so that the conveying efficiency of the materials 200 can be improved; on the other hand, cell 211 can carry on spacingly to material 200 to avoid material 200 to take place the phenomenon of sliding in the transportation process. In addition, through making material 200 and cell 211 can the one-to-one, be favorable to avoiding sheltering from the accuracy that influences optical detection subassembly 40 and detect material 200 between the material 200 each other, and then be favorable to improving the degree of accuracy that sorting subassembly 50 selected separately to material 200.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the transport component 20 is an endless flexible belt. The endless flexible belt is of a flexible construction so that the transport element 20 can flex in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the loop, thereby more easily meeting the drive requirements for the cyclic rotation of the transport element 20. And the flexible belt is of an annular structure, so that the conveying component 20 can rotate circularly around the axis, the conveying component 20 can continuously convey the materials 200, and the efficiency of conveying the materials 200 by the color sorter 100 is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the conveying member 20 includes a plurality of conveying plates 24, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are arranged in a circular direction, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are connected end to end, and two adjacent conveying plates 24 are hinged. Each conveying plate 24 is provided with one or more rows of unit cell groups 21, each row of unit cell group 21 comprises one or more unit cells 211 arranged along the direction of the axis, so that the unit cells 211 on the conveying component 20 are distributed in an array manner, when the unit cells 211 contain the materials 200, the materials 200 can be regularly placed on the conveying component 20 in a partition manner, and large-scale array type regular conveying of the materials 200 is facilitated.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4, the conveying member 20 includes a plurality of conveying plates 24, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are arranged in a circular direction and connected end to end, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are connected with flexible connecting members, and each conveying plate 24 is provided with one or more rows of cell groups 21. In the embodiment of the present invention, the connection relationship between the conveying plates 24 may not be provided, and the conveying plates 24 may be connected to the flexible connecting member, so as to realize the beneficial effect that all the conveying plates 24 are connected into the whole conveying component 20. Specifically, the flexible connecting member may be a connecting member capable of flexible bending deformation, and the conveying plate 24 and the flexible connecting member may be connected by screws, a binding tape, welding, and the like, which are not limited herein. Meanwhile, the flexible coupling member may be provided at an end portion of the conveying plate 24 perpendicular to the conveying direction or at an upper side, a lower side, or the like of the conveying plate 24.

In addition, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are connected end to end, and two adjacent conveying plates 24 are hinged, so that the conveying component 20 can be freely changed into different shapes, the conveying component 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the annular axis, the conveying component 20 can rotate around the axis in a circulating manner, the conveying component 20 can continuously convey the materials 200, and the efficiency of conveying the materials 200 by the color sorter 100 is improved.

In addition, adopt the articulated mode that becomes transport unit 20 of a plurality of delivery boards 24, can make every delivery board 24 alone, reduce the die sinking degree of difficulty, make things convenient for the transportation and the equipment in assembly stage, when partial delivery board 24 damages moreover, only need change the delivery board 24 that damages can, can reduce cost.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the optical detection assembly 40 may include one or more optical detection units 41. In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 3, the optical detection unit 41 may include a light source 412 and a camera 411, the light source 412 may be a reflective light source or a transmissive light source, and the camera 411 is used for photographing the material 200.

It should be noted that the detection band of the optical detection unit 41 is not specifically referred to as the visible light band, and any band capable of detecting the exterior and interior of the material 200, such as laser, infrared, X-ray, multi-spectrum, and hyper-spectrum, can be used. Meanwhile, the detection band of the optical detection unit 41 may be a combination of multiple bands, such as a detection and identification manner of visible light combined with infrared light, and a detection and identification manner of infrared combined laser.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1 and 27, sorting assembly 50 includes: not less than one receiving hopper 51 and actuating assembly 52.

Wherein at least one receiving hopper 51 is distributed along the conveying direction (as indicated by the arrow in fig. 1) in the sorting area, and each receiving hopper 51 extends perpendicular to the conveying direction. The actuating components 52 are disposed corresponding to the receiving pockets 51, in other words, the receiving pockets 51 are disposed corresponding to the actuating components 52 one to one. Each actuating assembly 52 comprises at least one actuating unit 521 arranged perpendicular to the conveying direction, and the actuating unit 521 is used for driving the materials 200 in the unit cells 211 to enter the corresponding receiving hopper 51.

Specifically, the sorting module 50 includes one or more execution modules 52 arranged along the conveying direction, the number of the one or more execution modules 52 may be set according to the number of stages to be classified, each execution module 52 includes one or more execution units 521, and the number of the one or more execution units 521 may be the same as the number and pitch of the one or more cells 211 included in the cell group 21 on the conveying unit 20. That is, the plurality of execution units 521 arranged in the axial direction of each execution assembly 52 and the plurality of unit cells 211 arranged in the axial direction of each unit cell group 21 can correspond to each other one by one, so as to ensure that the material 200 in each unit cell 211 can correspond to one execution unit 521.

Furthermore, since the receiving hoppers 51 are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the actuators 52, when sorting the materials 200, the plurality of actuators 521 of each actuator 52 of the sorting module 50 can drive the materials 200 in the cells 211 to enter the corresponding receiving hopper 51. Further, the sorting unit 50 can perform a large-volume multi-level sorting work for the array-type structured materials 200 continuously conveyed at one time by arranging the plurality of rows of the actuator units 52 and the receiving hoppers 51 in the conveying direction in order to collect the materials 200 of the level at the collecting ports of the receiving hoppers 51 of each level according to the number of levels required for sorting the materials 200.

For example, as described in conjunction with fig. 1, 6 and 7, when cherry sorting is performed, the sorting is divided into a first stage, a second stage and a third stage according to the size of the cherry. Three material receiving hoppers 51 are respectively arranged, the three material receiving hoppers 51 sequentially collect the classified first-level, second-level and third-level cherries from left to right, wherein the materials 200 at the positions A and D on the cell group 21 are the first-level cherries, the materials 200 at the positions B and E are the second-level cherries, the materials 200 at the positions C and F are the third-level cherries, when the cherries at the position A move to the leftmost material receiving hopper 51, the component 52 is executed to act, and the first-level cherries at the position A enter the leftmost material receiving hopper 51; when the cherry at the B position moves to the second receiving hopper 51 from the leftmost side, the executing component 52 acts, and the secondary cherry at the B position enters the second receiving hopper 51 from the leftmost side; when the cherry at the C position moves to the third receiving hopper 51 from the leftmost side, the executing component 52 acts, and the cherry at the C position enters the third receiving hopper 51 from the leftmost side; by analogy, with the movement of the conveying component 20, the cherries at the corresponding positions D, E and F correspondingly fall into the corresponding receiving hoppers 51, and the grading effect is realized.

Of course, in actual sorting, sorting may be performed according to conditions such as the quality of fruits, the brightness of the outer surface color, and the degree of internal damage. For example, a receiving hopper 51 may be simultaneously provided to directly distinguish good and bad materials 200, and after the good materials 200 are detected by the detection area and determined by the processor, the execution module 52 directly pushes the good materials 200 into the receiving hopper 51 to be stored according to the determination result, thereby achieving the purpose of classification.

In structural terms, the execution units 52 and the receiving hoppers 51 of the respective stages may be the same, except that the execution units 52 receive different sorting instructions.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the actuator assembly 52 may be mounted below or above the transport component 20 depending on the mounting location and the operating principle. In order to increase the speed of the material 200 falling from the conveying unit 20 and improve the sorting efficiency, the actuating assemblies 52 may be installed above and below the conveying unit 20.

For example, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, when the actuating assembly 52 is mounted below the transport component 20, the receiving hopper 51 may be disposed above the transport component 20. The execution unit 521 can use a single row of nozzles or an electromagnet with a telescopic push rod, an air cylinder or a linear motor, and when the execution unit 521 blows high-speed air upwards or the telescopic push rod pushes the material 200 upwards, the material 200 moves upwards and enters the corresponding receiving hopper 51.

Of course, when the actuator assembly 52 is installed below the conveying member 20, the receiving hopper 51 may be disposed below the conveying member 20. For example, a baffle plate may be installed on an upper portion of a telescopic rod of the execution unit 521 to form a lifting gate type execution unit 521, and when the execution unit 521 extends the telescopic rod downwards, the material 200 will fall into the corresponding receiving hopper 51 from below. Further, a swing electromagnet, a rotary cylinder, a motor, or the like may be used, and a shutter may be mounted on a rotary output shaft thereof so that the shutter is made into a rotary gate type actuator 521 that is rotatable in synchronization with the output shaft. When the actuator 521 extends the ram downward, the material 200 will fall from the conveyor 20.

In other embodiments, the receiving hopper 51 may be disposed below the transport component 20 when the actuating assembly 52 is above the transport component 20. For example, a single row of nozzles or an electromagnet with a telescopic ram, an air cylinder, or a linear motor is used as the execution unit 521. When the execution unit 521 blows a high-speed airflow downwards or the telescopic push rod pushes the material 200 downwards, the material 200 will enter the corresponding receiving hopper 51 downwards.

Of course, when the actuating assembly 52 is located above the conveying member 20, the receiving hopper 51 may be disposed above the conveying member 20. The execution unit 521 can use a single-row, double-row or multi-row roller type suction cup structure to suck the materials 200 to be sorted, and then move the materials to the corresponding receiving hopper 51 and then put the materials into the receiving hopper 51.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, one end of the receiving hopper 51 is provided with a receiving opening opposite to the conveying component 20, so that when the execution unit 521 is actuated, the materials 200 in the unit cells 211 can smoothly enter the corresponding receiving hopper 51 from the receiving opening, and the sorting of the materials 200 is realized. And, the other end that connects hopper 51 is less than and connects the material mouth to material 200 can realize the automatic collection of same level material 200 from the one end automatic movement that connects hopper 51 to the other end that connects hopper 51 under the effect of gravity after entering into and connect hopper 51.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the unit cells 211 are through holes penetrating through the inner and outer surfaces of the conveying member 20, and the color sorter 100 further includes: a feed support 61 for supporting the material 200, a detection support 62 and a sorting support 63. The feeding bearing piece 61, the detecting bearing piece 62 and the sorting bearing piece 63 are respectively positioned in the feeding area, the detecting area and the sorting area, and the feeding bearing piece 61, the detecting bearing piece 62 and the sorting bearing piece 63 are in clearance fit with the inner surface of the conveying component 20.

Specifically, when the cells 211 are through holes penetrating the inner and outer surfaces of the conveying member 20, the materials 200 may fall from the through holes, and the materials 200 may be supported by providing the feed bearing member 61 in the feeding area, the detection bearing member 62 in the detection area, and the sorting bearing member 63 in the sorting area. Moreover, the feeding support 61, the detection support 62 and the sorting support 63 are in clearance fit with the inner surface of the conveying component 20, so that the conveying component 20 is prevented from being abraded due to friction generated among the conveying component 20, the feeding support 61, the detection support 62 and the sorting support 63 in the moving process of the conveying component 20 along the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1, the feed support 61, the test support 62, and the sorting support 63 may be a unitary piece, such as a large plate that extends through the feed, test, and sorting zones; the feed support 61, the detection support 62 and the sorting support 63 can also be separate pieces, for example three separate plates, which are located in the feed zone, the detection zone and the sorting zone, respectively. Of course, the structures of the supply holder 61, the detection holder 62 and the sorting holder 63 include, but are not limited to, plate bodies, and may also be, for example, a roller shaft, a strip belt, and the like.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, as shown in fig. 2 and 26, the through-hole of cell 211 for running through the internal and external surface of conveyor 20, the opening border that the through-hole is located conveyor 20 internal surface one end is equipped with and is used for the spacing flange 27 to material 200, and flange 27 can play the supporting effect to material 200 in the cell 211, avoids material 200 to drop.

It is understood that, as shown in fig. 26 (a), the through hole may not be provided with the rib 27 at the opening at the end of the inner surface of the conveying unit 20, and the bottom of the through hole is used in cooperation with the feed support 61, the detection support 62 and the sorting support 63 to carry the material 200 when the conveying unit 20 is conveying. As shown in fig. 26 (b), (c), (d), and (e), the opening of the through hole at one end of the inner surface of the conveying component 20 is provided with the rib 27, so that the through hole does not need to be matched with the feeding bearing piece 61, the detection bearing piece 62, and the sorting bearing piece 63 for use, the material 200 can be prevented from being separated from the cell 211 under the action of the rib 27, and the rib 27 can play a role in supporting and limiting.

In some embodiments including the tumbling element 60, the ribs 27 may also allow portions of the material 200 to protrude downwardly through the opening in the through-hole at one end of the inner surface of the transport element 20 without interfering with the material 200 being tumbled by the tumbling element 60 and out of the cell 211 by the actuator assembly 52.

In some embodiments where the unit cells 211 are provided with ribs 27, as shown in fig. 26 (a) - (i), the material 200 in the unit cells 211 may partially protrude from the opening of the through hole at the end of the inner surface of the conveying member 20, or the tumbling member 60 may partially protrude into the through hole through the opening at the end of the inner surface of the conveying member 20, so that the portion of the tumbling member 60 opposite to the optical detection assembly 40 can contact the material 200, thereby tumbling the material 200. It shoots diversely to be favorable to optical detection subassembly 40 to effectively improve look selection machine 100 and select separately the precision of judging the operation.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 26 (b) - (i), a rib 27 may be provided on at least one side edge of the opening of the through hole at one end of the inner surface of the conveying member 20 to support the material 200. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the rib 27 may be elastically deformable. When the rib 27 is stressed, for example, when the rib is subjected to the driving force of the execution unit 521, the rib can be elastically deformed so that the material 200 is separated from the unit cell 211, and the sorting is realized.

For example, the rib 27 may be formed on the conveying member 20, and the connecting portion of the rib and the conveying member may be made of an elastic material. When the execution unit 521 acts on the material 200 downwards, the material 200 can be pressed against the rib 27, so that the connection part is elastically deformed, and finally the material 200 falls downwards. The rib 27 may also be made of an elastic material, for example, the rib 27 is an elastic member, and when the execution unit 521 acts on the material 200 downward, the rib 27 is elastically deformed as a whole, so that the material 200 can be dropped downward.

Alternatively, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 26 (d), (e), (h) and (i), the rib 27 may be movably disposed at the opening of the through hole at the end of the inner surface of the conveying member 20. For example, when the rib 27 is forced, for example, by the driving force of the actuator unit 521, the rib 27 may move to separate the material 200 from the cell 211, so as to realize the sorting of the material 200. For example, the rib 27 is rotatably connected to the conveying member 20, as shown in fig. 26 (d), (e), (h), and (i), when the material 200 presses the rib 27, the rib 27 is turned downward and opened, and the material 200 falls downward. The rib 27 may also be slidably mounted on the conveying member 20, and when the material 200 presses one end of the rib 27, the rib 27 is pushed to slide, so as to allow the material 200 to fall downward. These are all within the scope of protection of the present invention.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments in which the rib 27 is provided in the cell 211, the color sorter 100 may not need to provide the feeding support 61, the detection support 62, and the sorting support 63, the problem that the material 200 is separated from the cell 211 may not occur, and the structure of the color sorter 100 may also be simplified.

In some embodiments where the color sorter 100 includes the tumbling element 60, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the tumbling element 60 may be located within the area enclosed by the conveying elements 20, with the tumbling element 60 located in the detection zone and the bottom of the cells 211 open to allow the tumbling element 60 to contact the material 200.

Specifically speaking, the part 60 that rolls is located the detection zone, sets up with optics determine module 40 relatively, and when material 200 carried the detection zone time, the part 60 that rolls can contact with drive material 200 and roll to make optics determine module 40 can carry out diversified, multi-angle's detection to material 200, so that judge in grades material 200 more accurately, be favorable to improving material 200's sorting accuracy.

It should be noted that the rolling component 60 may be a fixed plate, a roller, or a plate, a belt, a track, and a roller that have different moving directions or speeds from the conveying component 20.

In some embodiments in which the color sorter 100 includes the detection support 62, as shown in fig. 1, the surface roughness of the detection support 62 opposite to the optical detection assembly 40 is relatively large, and the part of the detection support 62 opposite to the optical detection assembly 40 can be used as the rolling component 60, so that the effect of causing the material 200 to roll can be realized, and a structure for driving the material 200 to roll does not need to be separately provided, thereby making the structural design of the color sorter 100 more concise.

In some embodiments, the surface of the tumbling element 60 opposite to the optical detection assembly 40 may be rough to increase the friction with the material 200, thereby improving the effect of driving the material 200 to tumble. For example, in some embodiments where a portion of the detection support 62 is formed as the rolling component 60, as shown in fig. 1, the surface of the region of the detection support 62 opposite to the optical detection assembly 40 may be a rough surface, and the surface of the other region may be a smooth surface, where the roughness of the rough surface is greater than that of the smooth surface, so that the material 200 rotates when passing through the detection region where the optical detection assembly 40 is located, but does not rotate when passing through the feeding region, the sorting region, and the like, so as to avoid damage to the material 200.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention does not specially limit the form of increasing the friction coefficient of the opposite surfaces of the rolling component 60 and the optical detection assembly 40. For example, the surface material of the tumbling member 60 may be changed, or a structure such as a projection, a stripe, or the like may be provided on the surface of the tumbling member 60.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the conveying component 20 extends along a horizontal direction, or extends obliquely upward along a conveying direction, in other words, the conveying component 20 can convey the material 200 along the horizontal direction, or the conveying component 20 can convey the material 200 obliquely to the horizontal direction, so as to adopt different feeding modes.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the color sorter 100 further comprises a hopper 70, the hopper 70 is disposed above the conveying member 20, and the hopper 70 is located in the feeding area. The hopper 70 has a storage chamber with a downwardly facing feed opening. The hopper 70 is used for supplying materials to the conveying component 20, and the storage cavity of the hopper 70 is used for storing the materials 200, so that when the materials need to be supplied to the conveying component 20, the materials 200 can be placed on the conveying component 20 through the supply port of the storage cavity.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment where at least a portion of the conveying component 20 located in the feeding area extends obliquely with respect to the horizontal direction, the color sorter 100 may not be provided with the hopper 70, so that the structural design of the color sorter 100 may be more compact. Specifically, the feeding area may be directly located at a region where the material 200 naturally falls, and then the naturally falling material 200 falls into the cells 211 of the feeding area. In the process, the materials 200 embedded in the unit cells 211 rotate along with the conveying part 20 for sorting, and the materials 200 which are not embedded in the unit cells 211 can fall back to the stacking place under the action of gravity.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the color selector 100 further includes: and the paver 80 is arranged above the conveying component 20, the paver 80 is positioned in the feeding area, and the paver 80 is in clearance fit with the conveying component 20 so that the materials 200 are placed in the plurality of unit cells 211 in an array. In some embodiments that include a hopper 70, a spreader 80 is located on a side of the hopper 70 proximate the optical inspection assembly 40.

Specifically, when the conveying component 20 moves along the conveying direction, the materials 200 on the conveying component 20 are placed in the plurality of cells 211 in an array under the action of the spreader 80, and the excess materials 200 cannot move toward the detection area of the optical detection assembly 40 along with the conveying component 20 under the blockage of the spreader 80. In this way, the material 200 can be ensured to fall into the cell 211, so that accumulation cannot occur, and the situation that the material 200 is accumulated on the upper side of the cell 211 cannot occur, so that the material 200 can be conveyed regularly by the conveying component 20, optical detection and multistage separation can be performed conveniently, and the separation efficiency and accuracy of the color separator 100 can be improved.

It should be noted that the spreader 80 may be a rolling-type spreader 80, a planar spreader 80, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not particularly limited. In some embodiments, the rolling-type screed 80 may be configured as a cylinder (e.g., a roller brush or rubber roller) mounted above the transport component 20 of the feeding area. The rolling-type pavers 80 can be used under rotating conditions or non-rotating conditions, and can achieve the effect of paving the material 200. The planar pavers 80 may be configured as elongated plates (e.g., strip brushes or rubber strips) that are oriented in an axial direction in the width direction during use to achieve a paving effect on the materials 200. In addition, roll type pavers 80 and plane type pavers 80 can the exclusive use, also can multiple stack use, the embodiment of the utility model provides a do not do special restriction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, when the conveying members 20 are arranged in the feeding area inclined to the horizontal direction, the materials 200 not filled in the cells 211 of the conveying members 20 may be tumbled or slid downward by gravity, and the spreader 80 may be omitted.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, the endless conveying member 20 has a first end portion close to the sorting area and a second end portion close to the feeding area in the conveying direction, for example, as shown in fig. 1, the upper left end of the endless conveying member 20 is formed as the first end portion, and the lower right end is formed as the second end portion.

Color sorter 100 also includes a recovery hopper 90, recovery hopper 90 for recovering material 200, wherein at least a portion of recovery hopper 90 is located directly below the first end to ensure that material 200 dropped from the sorting area or material 200 not sorted can fall into recovery hopper 90 for re-sorting, improving the accuracy of sorting, and avoiding waste of material 200. Moreover, manual recovery is not needed, so that the recovery efficiency of the material 200 is improved.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, at least a portion of the recovery hopper 90 may be positioned directly below the second end to recover material 200 falling from the feed area.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the recycling bin 90 has a recycling cavity 91, the conveying component 20 is located in the recycling cavity 91 to ensure that the materials 200 falling from any area on the whole conveying component 20 can enter into the recycling cavity 91, and the recycling bin 90 can be used as a housing of the color sorter 100 to shield and protect various components of the color sorter 100 and to some extent the materials 200, so as to prevent the materials 200 from being easily contaminated or damaged.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, the recycling bin 90 has a recycling cavity 91, and the bottom wall of the recycling cavity 91 extends obliquely so that the materials 200 falling from the conveying member 20 can be gathered together along the bottom wall of the recycling cavity 91 under the action of gravity.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, 16-25, color sorter 100 further includes a plurality of rollers 10. The conveying component 20 is sleeved on the plurality of rollers 10, so that the rollers 10 can drive the conveying component 20 to move along the conveying direction when rotating, and the conveying of the material 200 is realized.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 16, two rollers 10 may be provided, and the two rollers 10 are arranged along the horizontal direction or inclined to the horizontal direction, so that when the conveying component 20 is rotatably sleeved on the two rollers 10 along the conveying direction, the conveying component 20 can be arranged along the horizontal direction or inclined to the horizontal direction, so as to meet different feeding requirements.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 17 to 25, the number of the rollers 10 may be greater than or equal to three, wherein the rotation axes of at least three rollers 10 are not coplanar, so that when the conveying component 20 is rotatably sleeved on the plurality of rollers 10 along the conveying direction, the overall structure of the conveying component 20 and the rollers 10 is more compact, which is beneficial to reducing the volume of the color sorter 100. And through adjusting the position of a plurality of rollers 10, can adjust the relative position and the direction of arranging in feed area, detection zone and sorting zone to make look selection machine 100 can have different outward appearance shapes, satisfy different occupation space and demands such as space of putting.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 16 to 25, the portion of the conveying member 20 located between two adjacent rollers 10 extends along a straight line or a curved line.

When the portion of the conveying member 20 between two adjacent rollers 10 extends along a straight line, the conveying distance of the conveying member 20 between two adjacent rollers 10 is the shortest distance between two adjacent rollers 10, and the conveying stroke is shortened, which is beneficial to improving the conveying efficiency of the material 200.

When the portion of the conveying member 20 between two adjacent rollers 10 extends along a curve, the conveying distance of the conveying member 20 between two adjacent rollers 10 becomes longer, which means that the length of the conveying member 20 is lengthened, and the number of the unit cells 211 is increased, so that the conveying member 20 can carry more materials 200, and the conveying efficiency of the materials 200 can be improved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4-12, the conveying component 20 is provided with a transmission portion 231 along the axial direction, the transmission portion 231 extends along the conveying direction to form a ring shape, the roller 10 is correspondingly provided with the driving wheel 11, and the transmission portion 231 can be in transmission with the driving wheel 11.

Specifically, when the conveying component 20 is provided with the transmission portion 231 along the rotation axial direction, the roller 10 is provided with the driving wheel 11 at least at the corresponding position, so that the transmission portion 231 along the rotation axial direction of the conveying component 20 can be in transmission with the driving wheel 11, the driving wheel 11 is rotated to drive the transmission portion 231 to move along the conveying direction, and the roller 10 is rotated to drive the conveying component 20 to move along the conveying direction. Specifically, the transmission part 231 and the driving wheel 11 can be in meshing transmission, or the driving wheel 11 is in a roller structure, and the conveying component 20 is directly sleeved on the roller structure of the driving wheel 11 for transmission.

As shown in fig. 4-12, specifically, when one end of the conveying component 20 along the rotation axis is provided with the transmission part 231, the roller 10 is provided with the driving wheel 11 at least at a corresponding position of one end, so that the transmission part 231 of the conveying component 20 along the rotation axis can be in transmission with the driving wheel 11. In addition, the transmission part 231 and the driving wheel 11 can be disposed at other suitable positions and in suitable numbers as required, and are not described herein again.

When the conveying component 20 is provided with the transmission parts 231 at both ends in the axial direction of rotation, both ends of the roller 10 should be provided with the driving wheels 11, so that the transmission parts 231 at both ends of the conveying component 20 in the axial direction of rotation can be matched with the driving wheels 11 for transmission, so that the roller 10 rotates to drive the conveying component 20 to move in the conveying direction. Compared with the conveying component 20 only provided with the transmission part 231 at one end along the rotation axial direction, the bearing capacity of the conveying component 20 and the stability and reliability in the process of conveying the material 200 are improved. In addition, the transmission part 231 may also be disposed inside the conveying member 20, and the specific structure thereof should not limit the present application.

In addition, the transmission part 231 extends in a ring shape along the conveying direction, so that the transmission part 231 can continuously move on the driving wheel 11 along the conveying direction, thereby being beneficial to improving the conveying efficiency of the materials 200.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the driving portion 231 is an endless driving chain. On one hand, the chain links of the annular transmission chain are hinged, so that the transmission requirement of the circular rotation of the conveying component 20 is more easily met, the transmission part 231 can synchronously rotate along with the conveying component 20, and the structure of the annular transmission chain is relatively stable, so that the stability of conveying the material 200 is favorably ensured; on the other hand, the structure of the endless transmission chain is simple, the manufacturing process is mature, and the production cost of the conveying component 20 is reduced. In addition, the maintenance of the annular transmission chain is more convenient, when the annular transmission chain is partially damaged, the whole transmission part 231 does not need to be replaced, and only the damaged part needs to be replaced, so that the maintenance cost is greatly reduced.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the transmission 231 is an endless conveyor belt. The endless conveyor is a flexible structure, so that the requirement of the conveying part 20 for circular rotation can be met more easily, and the transmission part 231 can be ensured to rotate synchronously along with the conveying part 20. And the endless conveyor is of an annular structure, so that the conveying part 20 can continuously rotate around the plurality of rollers 10, the conveying part 20 can continuously convey the materials 200 along the conveying direction, the efficiency of conveying the materials 200 by the color sorter 100 is improved, and the whole structure of the color sorter 100 is simple and compact.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 10, 12 and 14, the transmission part 231 is provided with a complete circle of tooth grooves arranged along the conveying direction, and the driving wheel 11 is provided with a plurality of transmission teeth arranged around the axial direction, so that the driving wheel 11 can be engaged with the transmission part 231 to drive the conveying component 20 to move along the conveying direction. Moreover, since the transmission part 231 is provided with a complete circle of tooth grooves arranged along the conveying direction, the transmission part 231 can continuously rotate around the plurality of rollers 10 under the action of the driving wheel 11, so as to drive the conveying component 20 to continuously move around the plurality of rollers 10 along the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 11, 13 and 15, the transmission part 231 is provided with a complete circle of transmission teeth arranged along the conveying direction, and the driving wheel 11 is provided with a plurality of tooth grooves arranged around the axial direction, so that the transmission part 231 can be engaged with the driving wheel 11 to drive the conveying component 20 to move along the conveying direction. Moreover, since the transmission part 231 is provided with a complete circle of transmission teeth arranged along the conveying direction, the transmission part 231 can continuously rotate around the plurality of rollers 10 under the action of the driving wheel 11, so as to drive the conveying component 20 to continuously move around the plurality of rollers 10 along the conveying direction.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 4-7, the transport component 20 includes: a plurality of conveyor plates 24 and a first connecting member 23.

Wherein, a plurality of conveying boards 24 are arranged along the conveying direction, each conveying board 24 is provided with one or a plurality of rows of unit cell groups 21, and each row of unit cell group 21 comprises a plurality of unit cells 211 arranged along the axial direction. The first link member 23 connects the plurality of conveying plates 2, and the first link member 23 includes a power transmission portion 231.

On one hand, the first connecting member 23 can connect the plurality of conveying plates 24 into a whole, and the plurality of cells 211 on the plurality of connected conveying plates 24 can be distributed in an array manner, so that when the cells 211 contain the materials 200, the plurality of materials 200 can be regularly placed on the conveying member 20 in a partitioned manner.

On the other hand, the plurality of conveying plates 24 are hinged by the first connecting member 23, so that the conveying member 20 can be freely changed into different forms, for example, the conveying member 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10, so that the transmission part 231 of the first connecting member 23 can be better engaged with the driving wheel 11, thereby being beneficial to ensuring the reliability of the transmission between the conveying member 20 and the roller 10.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8-13, the transport component 20 includes: a plurality of axially arranged sets of conveyor plates 25, a first connecting piece 23 and a second connecting piece 26.

Each circle of the conveying plate group 25 comprises a plurality of conveying plates 24 arranged along the conveying direction, each conveying plate 24 is provided with one or more rows of unit cell groups 21, each row of unit cell group 21 comprises a plurality of unit cells 211 arranged along the axial direction, and therefore the unit cells 211 of each circle of the conveying plate group 25 are distributed in an array mode. The first link 23 connects the ends of the outermost turn of the conveyor group 25, and the first link 23 includes a drive portion 231. Furthermore, a second connecting piece 26 connects two adjacent conveyor plate sets 25. Preferably, the first connecting member 23 connects the outer ends of the outermost set of conveyor groups 25 so that the connection of the first connecting member 23 does not interfere with the middle of the set of conveyor groups 25 for conveying the material 200.

Specifically, two adjacent circles of conveying plate groups 25 are connected through the second connecting piece 26, so as to connect the multiple circles of conveying plate groups 25 arranged along the axial direction together to form a whole, so as to increase the number of the unit cells 211, and the unit cells 211 are distributed in an array manner, which is beneficial to increasing the number of the conveying parts 20 for regularly conveying the materials 200 in an array manner, and thus, the conveying efficiency of the materials 200 can be improved. But also can lead the color selector 100 to be capable of sorting more materials 200 at one time, thereby being beneficial to improving the sorting efficiency.

Moreover, the end portions of the outermost one of the conveyer plate groups 25 are connected by the first connecting member 23, so that the conveyer plates 24 of the conveyer plate group 25 can be connected together, for example, hinged, so that the conveyer component 20 can be freely changed into different shapes, for example, the conveyer component 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10, so that the transmission portion 231 of the first connecting member 23 can be better engaged with the driving wheel 11, thereby being beneficial to ensuring the reliability of the transmission between the conveyer component 20 and the roller 10.

It should be noted that the second connecting element 26 can also connect the plurality of conveyor plates 24 of the conveyor group 25 together, for example, by being hinged, so that the multi-turn conveyor group 25 can be freely changed from one form to another, for example, the multi-turn conveyor group 25 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10, so that the transmission 231 can be better engaged with the driving wheel 11.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8-9 and 12-13, the second connecting member 26 may also include a driving portion 231, and accordingly, at least one driving wheel 11 is disposed in the middle of the roller 10, so that the driving portion 231 of the second connecting member 26 can be engaged with the driving wheel 11. So that the driving wheel 11 can provide support for the middle part of the conveying component 20, which is beneficial to improving the bearing capacity of the conveying component 20 and enhancing the integral structure of the conveying component 20 and the roller 10, thereby enabling the conveying of the material 200 to be more stable and reliable.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, each of the conveying plates 24 is provided with a connecting plate 241, the first connecting member 23 further includes a plurality of connecting fitting plates 232 arranged along the conveying direction on one side of the transmission portion 231, and the connecting plate 241 is connected with the connecting fitting plates 232 to securely connect the conveying member 20 and the first connecting member 23 together.

Specifically, the plurality of connecting plates 241 are connected to the plurality of connecting engagement plates 232, respectively, to realize multipoint connection, which is advantageous for improving the connection strength between the first connecting member 23 and the plurality of conveying plates 24, and thus improving the structural strength of the entire conveying member 20. Furthermore, it is also possible to connect the plurality of conveying plates 24 together, for example, by hinging, so that the conveying member 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10, so that the transmission part 231 of the first connecting member 23 can be engaged with the driving wheel 11, and the stability of the transmission connection between the transmission part 231 and the driving wheel 11 is ensured.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 8, the second connecting member 26 is provided with a plurality of connecting fitting plates 232 at two sides in the axial direction, the connecting fitting plates 232 located at the same side are arranged along the conveying direction, the adjacent ends of two conveying plates 24 perpendicular to the conveying direction are provided with connecting plates 241, and the connecting plates 241 are connected with the connecting fitting plates 232 to firmly connect the conveying component 20 and the second connecting member 26 together.

Specifically, the plurality of connecting plates 241 are respectively connected to the plurality of connecting matching plates 232 to realize multipoint connection, which is beneficial to improving the connection strength between two adjacent circles of conveying plate groups 25, and thus beneficial to ensuring the overall structural strength of the conveying component 20. Further, the conveying plates 24 of two adjacent conveying plate groups 25 may be connected together, for example, hinged, so that the conveying member 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10 when the transmission portion 231 of the first connecting member 23 is engaged with the driving wheel 11.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 6 and 8, the connecting plate 241 and the connecting mating plate 232 may be connected by fasteners. On one hand, the connecting strength of the fastener connection is high, which is beneficial to ensuring the connecting strength between the first connecting piece 23 and the second connecting piece 26 and the conveying plate 24 respectively; on the other hand, the installation and the dismantlement that the fastener is connected are simple, swift, and easy maintenance.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7 and 11, the first connecting member 23 comprises an endless drive belt 234 extending around the rotation axis and being flexible, each transport plate 24 being provided with a connecting plate 241, the connecting plate 241 being connected with the endless drive belt 234. Specifically, the endless belt 234 is provided with a plurality of nuts 235 arranged along the conveying direction, and both ends of each conveying plate 24 are provided with connecting plates 241, and the connecting plates 241 are fastened with the nuts 235.

Specifically, by connecting each conveying plate 24 to the endless belt 234 to realize multi-point connection, it is advantageous to improve the connection strength between the first connecting member 23 and the plurality of conveying plates 24, thereby improving the structural strength of the conveying member 20 as a whole. Further, after the plurality of conveying plates 24 are connected to the conveying member 20, the shape of the conveying member 20 can be changed freely, and for example, the conveying member 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10, so that the transmission portion 231 of the first link 23 can be engaged with the driving wheel 11, and the stability of the transmission connection between the transmission portion 231 and the driving wheel 11 can be ensured.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 9 and 13, the second connecting member 26 comprises an endless drive belt 234 extending around the axis of rotation and being flexible, and the two transport plates 24 adjacent perpendicular to the transport direction are each provided with a connecting plate 241 near each other, the connecting plates 241 being connected to the endless drive belt 234. Specifically, the endless belt 234 is provided with two rows of nut 235 sets, each row of nut 235 set comprises a plurality of nuts 235 arranged along the conveying direction, two ends of each conveying plate 24 are provided with connecting plates 241, and the connecting plates 241 are fastened with the nuts 235.

Specifically, by connecting each conveying plate 24 to the endless belt 234 to achieve multi-point connection, the connection strength between two adjacent conveying plate groups 25 is improved, and the overall structural strength of the conveying member 20 is ensured. Further, the shape of the plurality of conveyance plates 24 of the two adjacent conveyance plate groups 25 may be freely changed after being connected together, so that the conveyance member 20 can be bent and deformed in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the roller 10 when the transmission portion 231 of the first link 23 engages with the drive wheel 11.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 7 and 9, the endless belt 234 is provided with a plurality of nuts 235 arranged in the conveying direction, and both ends of each conveying plate 24 are provided with connecting plates 241, and the connecting plates 241 are connected with the nuts 235 by fasteners. On one hand, the connecting strength of the fastener connection is high, which is beneficial to ensuring the connecting strength between the first connecting piece 23 or the second connecting piece 26 and the conveying plate 24 respectively; on the other hand, the fastener connection is easy and quick to install and detach, and is convenient to maintain, which is beneficial to improving the efficiency of detaching and installing the endless belt 234 and the conveying plate 24, and is also convenient to maintain the conveying component 20.

In some embodiments, as shown in fig. 1, 2, and 16-25, the color sorter 100 further comprises: the supporting plate 30 is arranged in the area surrounded by the conveying component 20, the supporting plate 30 is in contact fit with at least part of the inner surface of the conveying component 20, and the supporting plate 30 is a flat plate or a curved plate, so that the conveying component 20 has different shapes.

Specifically, when the support plate 30 is a flat plate, the corresponding conveying member 20 extends in a straight line; when the support plate 30 is a curved plate, the corresponding conveying member 20 extends along the curved surface, so that the support plate 30 can provide support for the conveying member 20, thereby being beneficial to improving the structural strength and the load bearing capacity of the conveying member 20.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments, the above-mentioned feed support 61, detection support 62 and sorting support 63 may be used as the support 30 to provide the conveying member 20 with a desired extension direction, and the support structure is integrated to simplify the structure of the color sorter 100.

In some embodiments where the cells 211 extend through the conveying member 20 in the thickness direction of the conveying member 20, the support plate 30 also serves to prevent the material 200 from falling.

In some embodiments in which the openings of the cells 211 are provided with ribs 27, as shown in fig. 26 (b) - (i), the ribs 27 serve to prevent the falling of the materials 200, so that the color sorter 100 can omit the support plate 30.

Other configurations and operations of the color selector 100 according to embodiments of the present invention are known to those of ordinary skill in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.

In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "embodiment," "specific embodiment," "example," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

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1. A color sorter having a feed zone, a detection zone, and a sorting zone, the color sorter comprising:

the optical detection assembly is positioned in the detection area and is used for detecting the material;

the sorting assembly is arranged in the sorting area and is used for sorting the detected materials;

the conveying component is annular and perpendicular to the direction flexible deformation of annular axis, the conveying component has a plurality of unit check that are array distribution, the unit check is used for holding the material, just but the conveying component axis line circulating rotation, in order to drive the material in feed area passes through in proper order the detection zone with the sorting zone.

2. The color sorter according to claim 1, wherein the optical detection assembly is disposed above the transport member, and the sorting assembly is disposed above the transport member and/or within an area enclosed by the transport member.

3. The color sorter of claim 1 wherein the transport member comprises a plurality of rows of cell groups arranged in a circular direction, each row of the cell groups comprising at least one of the cells arranged in the direction of the axis.

4. Color sorter according to claim 3,

the conveying component is an annular flexible belt;

or the conveying component comprises a plurality of conveying plates which are arranged along the annular direction and are connected end to end, two adjacent conveying plates are hinged, and each conveying plate is provided with one or more rows of unit cell groups;

or the conveying component comprises a plurality of conveying plates which are arranged along the annular direction and are connected end to end, the plurality of conveying plates are connected with the flexible connecting piece, and one or more rows of unit grids are arranged on each conveying plate.

5. The color sorter of claim 3, wherein the sorting assembly comprises:

at least one receiving hopper, wherein the at least one receiving hopper is distributed along the conveying direction in the sorting area, and each receiving hopper extends perpendicular to the conveying direction;

the execution assembly is arranged corresponding to the receiving hopper and comprises at least one execution unit which is perpendicular to the conveying direction and is used for driving the materials in the cells to enter the receiving hopper.

6. The color sorter according to claim 5, wherein the receiving hopper is provided with a receiving port at one end opposite to the conveying member and is lower than the receiving port at the other end.

7. The color sorter according to claim 1, wherein the unit cells are through holes penetrating inner and outer surfaces of the conveying member, the color sorter further comprising:

the material feeding device comprises a feeding bearing part, a detecting bearing part and a sorting bearing part, wherein the feeding bearing part, the detecting bearing part and the sorting bearing part are used for supporting materials, are respectively positioned in the feeding area, the detecting area and the sorting area, and are in clearance fit with the inner surface of the conveying component.

8. The color sorter according to claim 1, wherein the unit cells are through holes penetrating through the inner surface and the outer surface of the conveying component, and flanges for limiting materials are arranged on the opening edges of the through holes at one end of the inner surface of the conveying component.

9. The color selector of claim 8, wherein the rib is disposed on at least one side edge of the opening, wherein,

at least one part of the rib can elastically deform, and the rib elastically deforms when driven so as to enable the material to be separated from the unit cell;

or the flanges are movably arranged at the opening and move when driven, so that the materials are separated from the unit grids.

10. The color sorter of claim 1, further comprising:

the part that rolls, the part that rolls is located conveying part encloses and establishes in the region and be located the detection zone, the bottom of cell is opened, so that the part that rolls contacts with the material.

11. The color sorter according to claim 1, wherein the conveying member extends in a horizontal direction or extends obliquely upward in a conveying direction.

12. The color sorter of claim 1, further comprising:

the feeding hopper is arranged above the conveying component and is positioned in the feeding area, the feeding hopper is provided with a storage cavity, and the storage cavity is provided with a downward feeding port.

13. The color sorter of claim 1, further comprising:

the paving device is arranged above the conveying component and positioned in the feeding area, and the paving device is in clearance fit with the conveying component so that the material array is placed in the plurality of unit cells.

14. Color sorter according to claim 1, characterized in that the endless conveyor member has, in the conveying direction, a first end near the sorting zone and a second end near the feed zone, the color sorter further comprising a recycling hopper for recycling material, wherein,

at least a portion of the recovery bucket is located directly below the first end; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,

at least a portion of the recovery bucket is located directly below the second end.

15. A colour sorter as claimed in claim 14 wherein the recycling hopper has a recycling cavity, the transport member being located within the recycling cavity.

16. The color sorter according to claim 14 wherein the recycling hopper has a recycling cavity with a bottom wall extending obliquely.

17. The color sorter according to any of claims 1-16, further comprising a plurality of rollers, wherein the conveying member is sleeved on the plurality of rollers, wherein,

the number of the rolling shafts is two, and the two rolling shafts are arranged along the horizontal direction or are arranged in an inclined manner to the horizontal direction;

alternatively, the number of rollers is greater than or equal to three, wherein the axes of rotation of at least three of the rollers are not coplanar.

18. The color sorter according to claim 17, wherein a portion of said conveying member between adjacent two of said rollers extends in a straight line or a curved line.

19. The color sorter of claim 17, further comprising:

the bearing plate is arranged in the area enclosed by the conveying component and is in contact fit with at least part of the inner surface of the conveying component, and the bearing plate is a flat plate or a curved plate.

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