EP2080565A2 - Appareil de tri de produits alongés et un convoyeur avec une bande ondulée - Google Patents

Appareil de tri de produits alongés et un convoyeur avec une bande ondulée Download PDF

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EP2080565A2
EP2080565A2 EP09151034A EP09151034A EP2080565A2 EP 2080565 A2 EP2080565 A2 EP 2080565A2 EP 09151034 A EP09151034 A EP 09151034A EP 09151034 A EP09151034 A EP 09151034A EP 2080565 A2 EP2080565 A2 EP 2080565A2
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Albertus Johannes Ruigrok
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/36—Sorting apparatus characterised by the means used for distribution
    • B07C5/38—Collecting or arranging articles in groups
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B07—SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SORTING
    • B07C—POSTAL SORTING; SORTING INDIVIDUAL ARTICLES, OR BULK MATERIAL FIT TO BE SORTED PIECE-MEAL, e.g. BY PICKING
    • B07C5/00—Sorting according to a characteristic or feature of the articles or material being sorted, e.g. by control effected by devices which detect or measure such characteristic or feature; Sorting by manually actuated devices, e.g. switches
    • B07C5/34—Sorting according to other particular properties
    • B07C5/342—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour
    • B07C5/3422—Sorting according to other particular properties according to optical properties, e.g. colour using video scanning devices, e.g. TV-cameras

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  • the present invention relates to a system for sorting elongated products with a longitudinal axis, for instance vegetables such as cucumbers, comprising:
  • Such a system is known from, for instance, EP810963 .
  • products for instance carrots
  • a feed conveyor and thereupon, on a sorting conveyor.
  • singulation of these products is described while the cross rollers, calculated over different paths in the conveying direction, are accordingly driven.
  • the products conveyed in the cross direction for instance vegetables such as carrots, are collected in so-called V-troughs running underneath in which the products are located one behind the other in longitudinal direction.
  • V-troughs running underneath in which the products are located one behind the other in longitudinal direction.
  • discharge devices having the form of substantially horizontally disposed turning tables are known. These turning tables turn with one half under the sorting conveyor so that, at a particular moment in time, the products released on these tables appear from under this sorting conveyor to, from thence, be manually processed further. In particular with higher sorting speeds, this processing requires many operators for rapid and accurate processing of the feed.
  • the invention provides a system of the type described in the preamble, comprising:
  • system can be characterized in that:
  • the present invention further relates to a corrugated belt conveyor for conveying products in a conveying direction T, comprising:
  • Such a belt is known from, for instance, JP2004075381 .
  • Such a conveyor is used for bridging height differences. It is not clear in any manner how, with this, a bend in a plane other than the vertical plane shown can be traversed.
  • the corrugated belt conveyor according to the present invention comprises;
  • elongated products P for instance cucumbers
  • this sorting conveyor 1 comprises elongated carrier units 2, such as cups in the exemplary embodiment shown also having a suitable elongated shape, and, further, tiltable about a shaft 3.
  • Such sorting conveyors 1 with cups are known from, for instance, EP108445 .
  • the cups are constructed, are provided in an endless conveyor having endless chains on both sides, are tiltable, and are used in particular for weighing products carried along to thus classify the products.
  • variants with openwork cups are known for optical classification. By tilting the cups in time, the products are released at locations intended thereto to thus compose sortings of these products.
  • Fig.1 is further represented a part of a discharge device 4 having collecting units 5, also elongated, in which the products are collected after tilting of and release from the cups 2.
  • directions D1 and D2 with a bend B therebetween are indicated for an upstream part and a downstream part of the discharge device 4.
  • the situation is represented in which products P in successive cups 2 are released into collecting units 5 which are also successive.
  • the movements of the sorting conveyor 1 on the one hand and of the discharge device 4 on the other hand are synchronized for collecting the products P in a suitable manner at the location of a collecting unit 5.
  • This synchronisation depends on the distances and velocities and is set in a known manner. Not only collecting in directly successive collecting units 5 can be set, but also well-chosen intervals can be used. This may be of importance with the further processing (not shown) of the products P, for instance with a robot, or with a system of robots, which need a well-defined workspace.
  • control that as not each successive carrier unit 2 of the sorting conveyor 1 is loaded, upon loading, each time a successive collecting unit 5 of the intended discharge device 4 is ready to be filled, while the control of the velocity of the discharge device 4 will also comprise its halting and accelerating.
  • this successive collecting and filling of the collecting units will be highly suitable for the further processing of the products P, for instance batch-wise picking up and then placing in boxes or crates.
  • Such controls for gearing speeds and operations to each other are generally known in the field of technology of sorting.
  • the directions T and D1 are represented, each located in an associated substantially horizontal plane, and mutually parallel in one vertical plane. It will be clear that, with correct synchronization, a well-chosen mutual angle in this vertical plane is also possible for maintaining the order and orientation of the products P upon collection thereof.
  • a well defined angle can be selected in a vertical plane.
  • a collecting path will be chosen that is sufficiently long for maintaining orientation and order upon collection of the products P, for instance over a distance of a few collecting units 5, or also during a particular period of time at the velocities that will be used.
  • a path will be short to save space for a following discharge device 4 or even for one following that.
  • a corrugated belt conveyor which comprises, inter alia, an endless belt of resilient material having corrugations 40 therein.
  • Suitable resilient materials for such a use are known.
  • an endless chain 41 is represented which can be bent not only perpendicularly to the axis of the links, but also in a plane at right angles thereto. The chain may be included in a curved guide.
  • Such chains are known per se. Thus, paths which are at angles to each other can be travelled, represented in the Figures with the first conveying direction D1 and the second conveying direction D2, with which, in a suitable manner, space can be saved and/or utilized.
  • Such a corrugated belt conveyor can also be used for just conveying, while the space between two neighbouring corrugations 40 can be indicated with the term conveying unit instead of collecting unit.
  • a chain 41 is connected, approximately in the middle, with the corrugated belt, for instance at the location of cross strips which are secured at their centers M to the chain and which furthermore, over the width of the corrugated belt at the location of the bottom of the collecting units, or, as the case may be, conveying units, are connected to this corrugated belt, for instance by means of screws or, also, glue.
  • the ends of the collecting units can be provided with protrusions, for instance also from resilient material, to prevent the products P from falling from the units. Even several protrusions can be attached to the bottom part of the collecting units, or conveying units, to thus effect a division into sections.
  • the corrugated belt can be used having a surface of brushes, a corrugated mat can for instance be considered here.
  • several discharge conveyors can be provided side by side, while they are mutually provided such that in cross direction, side by side, alternately, a corrugation and a collecting unit are located, whereby side by side sections are obtained.

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EP0108445A1 (fr) 1982-11-09 1984-05-16 Adrianus Wilhelmus Tas Dispositif pour classer des produits de récolte selon leur poids
DE3923442A1 (de) 1989-07-15 1991-01-17 Weber Hans Juergen Foerdervorrichtung fuer rieselfaehige oder staubfoermige gueter
EP0810963A1 (fr) 1995-02-21 1997-12-10 Matériel pour l' Arboriculture Fruitière Dispositif d'alimentation pour unite de tri, unite de tri avec dispositif de calibreuse et dispositif de distribution
JP2004075381A (ja) 2002-08-19 2004-03-11 Yokozaki Co Ltd 無端コンベア

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EP0108445A1 (fr) 1982-11-09 1984-05-16 Adrianus Wilhelmus Tas Dispositif pour classer des produits de récolte selon leur poids
DE3923442A1 (de) 1989-07-15 1991-01-17 Weber Hans Juergen Foerdervorrichtung fuer rieselfaehige oder staubfoermige gueter
EP0810963A1 (fr) 1995-02-21 1997-12-10 Matériel pour l' Arboriculture Fruitière Dispositif d'alimentation pour unite de tri, unite de tri avec dispositif de calibreuse et dispositif de distribution
JP2004075381A (ja) 2002-08-19 2004-03-11 Yokozaki Co Ltd 無端コンベア

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