JP2017153436A - Mushroom-sorting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mushroom-sorting apparatus, which is capable of detecting whether the growth of the mushroom group is completed or insufficient by detecting the density state of the mushroom group, compared to a discrimination method based only on the height of the mushroom group, thereby improving the discrimination accuracy of determining the quality of the growth condition of the mushroom group to improve the sorting workability.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, a quality-discriminating mechanism B comprises density-calculating means Bincluding a photoelectric sensor Sfor detecting the density of a mushroom group T growing and extending from an opening Wof a cultivation container W; and signal-outputting means Bfor outputting an exclusion signal N to an elimination mechanism C based on the density of the mushroom group.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a koji sorting device that is used when, for example, koji, shimeji mushrooms, and nameko cultivated with a cultivation base in a cultivation container are selected according to the growth state of koji.

  Conventionally, as this kind of straw sorting device, a transport mechanism for horizontally transporting a plurality of cultivation containers at regular intervals, and the growth state of the straw group growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container in the transport path of the transport mechanism A pass / fail discrimination mechanism for detecting the pass / fail of the product, and a rejection mechanism for extruding the cultivation container that has been ungrown by the pass / fail discrimination mechanism from the transport path of the transport mechanism to the transport path side exclusion path, As the quality determination mechanism, a height detection sensor for detecting the height of the pod group growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container is provided, and the actually measured height of the pod group is determined to be less than the reference value. In some cases, a structure for outputting an exclusion signal to the exclusion mechanism has been proposed.

JP 2010-35523

  However, in the case of the conventional structure, the height of the pod group growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container is detected by a detection sensor, and the quality of the growth state is determined by the degree of extension of the ridge group height. Therefore, for example, even if the density of the cocoon group is insufficient, the height of the cocoon group may be determined to be good if the height of the cocoon group is higher than the reference value. There is a disadvantage that the accuracy of quality determination is lowered and the sorting workability may be lowered.

  The present invention aims to solve such inconveniences, and among the present invention, the invention according to claim 1 is a transport mechanism for transporting a plurality of cultivation containers horizontally at sequential intervals, A quality determination mechanism for detecting the quality of the growing state of the pod group growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container in the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism, and the conveyance of the cultivation container that has been brought to an ungrown state by the quality determination mechanism And a rejection mechanism that excludes from the transport path of the mechanism to an exclusion path on the side of the transport path, and the pass / fail discrimination mechanism detects the sparse density of the pods growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container And a signal output means for outputting an exclusion signal to the exclusion mechanism based on the sparse density of the basket group.

  In the invention according to claim 2, as the sparse density calculating means, the photoelectric sensor is composed of a light projector and a light receiver arranged to face each other, and the cultivation container is conveyed between the light projector and the light receiver, and the light projector And a calculation means for calculating the sparse density by the amount of received light that changes in accordance with the sparse density of the ridge group. The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the photoelectric sensor is arranged in a plurality of stages in the height direction of the cultivation container. The invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that a container detection sensor for detecting the cultivation container is arranged, and the invention according to claim 5 is characterized in that the signal output means is a sparse density from the arithmetic means. Compare the actual measured value with a predetermined criterion value The hydrophobic measured value of density is characterized in that comprising an output means for outputting a rejection signal is smaller than the reference value.

  Further, the invention described in claim 6 is arranged so as to be opposed to the side of each cultivation container that is sequentially conveyed on the conveyance path as the exclusion mechanism, and the conveyance speed of the cultivation container on the conveyance path. And an extruding mechanism comprising a plurality of extruding members for extruding the uncultivated cultivation container moved in the same direction at the same speed onto the exclusion path from the conveying path. It is what.

  As described above, in the present invention according to the first aspect, the plurality of cultivation containers are horizontally transported sequentially at intervals by the transport mechanism, and the cultivation container is configured by the pass / fail discrimination mechanism in the transport path of the transport mechanism. Cultivation containers that have been grown and extended from the mouth are judged whether the growth state is good or not, and the cultivation container that has not been grown by the good / bad judgment mechanism is excluded from the transport path of the transport mechanism by the exclusion mechanism. The cultivation container that has been removed above and brought into a harvestable growth state is directly conveyed on the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism. At this time, the pass / fail discrimination mechanism grows and extends from the mouth of the cultivation container. The height of the cocoon group is provided with sparse density calculation means including a photoelectric sensor for detecting the sparse density of the cocoon group and signal output means for outputting an exclusion signal to the exclusion mechanism based on the sparse density of the cocoon group. Discrimination only Compared with the method, it is possible to detect the sparseness / dense state of the pod group and determine whether it has been grown or insufficiently grown. Can be increased.

  Moreover, in the invention according to claim 2, as the sparse density calculating means, the photoelectric sensor is composed of a light projector and a light receiver arranged to face each other, and the cultivation container is conveyed between the light projector and the light receiver, Since the ridge group blocks the projection light from the projector, the amount of received light that is incident on the light receiver is reduced, and an arithmetic means for calculating the sparse density with the amount of received light that changes according to the sparse density of the ridge group is provided. It is possible to reliably determine the state of growth or non-growth of the group, and in the invention according to claim 3, since the photoelectric sensor is arranged in a plurality of stages in the height direction of the cultivation container, The sparse / dense state at each stage can be detected, and the detection accuracy of the sparse / dense state can be increased by detecting the sparse / dense state at each stage. In the invention according to claim 4, the cultivation container is detected. Because the container detection sensor is arranged, Between the container detection and the container non-detection associated with the conveyance of container cultivation can be the detection time of the sparse / dense state, the sparse / dense detection can be performed well and the detection structure can be simplified, In the invention according to claim 5, the signal output means compares the measured value of the sparse density from the calculating means with a predetermined reference value for pass / fail judgment, and the measured value of the sparse density is greater than the reference value. Since the output means for outputting the exclusion signal is provided in the case where the value is smaller, the detection structure can be simplified.

  Moreover, in invention of Claim 6, as said exclusion mechanism, it is each opposingly arranged by the side of each cultivation container conveyed on the said conveyance path | route at intervals sequentially, The cultivation container on a conveyance path | route Since it has an extrusion exclusion mechanism consisting of a plurality of extrusion members that extrude the cultivation container that has been moved in the same direction at the same speed as the conveyance speed and placed on the exclusion path from the conveyance path, It is possible to extrude the cultivation container that has been in the ungrown state from the conveyance path onto the exclusion path by the pushing member that moves in the same direction as the conveyance speed of the cultivation container on the conveyance path. The lodging phenomenon of the accompanying cultivation container can be avoided, and the sorting workability of the cultivation container can be improved.

1 is an overall configuration system diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a system configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart figure of the embodiment of this invention. It is a description side view of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a description front view of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a description top view of the embodiment of this invention. It is a description front view of the embodiment of the present invention. It is a description front view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 1 to 8 show an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an operation of sorting according to the growth state of the cocoon with the harvest of the cocoon, and the cultivation container W is formed in a cylindrical shape made of a synthetic resin and cultivated. mushroom the container W grown in cultivation group in cultivating container W, nameko mushroom, and mushroom group T is grown such shimeji, synthetic resin or paper having a light transmitting property in the mouth portion W ₁ of the cultivation container W A wrapping paper K made of material is attached.

1, 2, 3, and 4, roughly divided, a transport mechanism A that horizontally transports a plurality of cultivation containers W, W,... And a transport path A of the transport mechanism A and quality decision mechanism B for detecting the quality of the state of growth of mushroom group T which are growing extending from the mouth portion W ₁ of the cultivation container W · W · · in _one cultivation containers with non-growing state by quality decision mechanism B W exclusion on exclusion path C ₁ conveying path a ₁ side from the upper conveying path a ₁ of the transport mechanism a, in this case, it includes a rejection mechanism C to eliminate extrusion, the quality decision mechanism B is the The above exclusion based on the sparse density calculating means B ₁ including photoelectric sensors S ₁ and S ₂ for detecting the sparse density of the pod group T growing and extending from the mouth part W ₁ of the cultivation container W and the sparse density of the pod group T The mechanism C is provided with a signal output means B ₂ for outputting an exclusion signal N.

In this case, as the transport mechanism A, the transport structure comprising a conveyor chain A ₂ and the conveying belt which circulates transferring a plurality of parallel shaped is employed, the bottom of the plurality of cultivating container W · W · · conveying chains a mounted has been slidable state on a _2, a plurality the cultivation container W · W · · are configured to be horizontally conveyed at a sequential intervals by the slidable state.

Further, in this case, 2, 4, as shown in FIG. 5, as the density calculating means B ₁ of the quality decision mechanism B, the photoelectric sensor S ₁ · S ₂ from the projector F and the light receiver R disposed opposite Thus, the cultivation container W, W,... Is transported between the projector F and the light receiver R, the pod group T blocks the projection light L from the projector F, and the amount of light received incident on the light receiver R decreases. a calculation unit B ₃ for calculating the sparse by the light receiving quantity varying according to sparse mushroom group T.

State, that is, here refers to the density state of the mushroom group T comprising a plurality of child entities are growing extending from the mouth portion W ₁ of the cultivation container W and the density of the Kinokogun T, for example, the child entity dense If it is determined to be dense, the growth state is good, and if the fruiting body is sparse, it is determined to be sparse, and the growth state is not grown. If the light passes through the light receiving unit R without being blocked by the light receiving unit R, the light receiving unit R receives the light as it is. If the projection light L from the light projector F is blocked by the ridge group T, the light receiving unit R has a blocking area. The amount of light reduced by (projected area) is received, and the change in the amount of received light is converted to the sparse density of the eyelid group T.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 5, the photoelectric sensors S ₁ and S ₂ are arranged in a plurality of stages in the height direction of the cultivation container W, in this case, in two stages, that is, the detection position is the detection height H _1. · H ₂ to have varied in two stages, also in this case, are arranged vessel detection sensor S ₃ for detecting the said cultivation vessel W · W · ·.

In this case, as shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the signal output means B ₂ compares the actual measured value of the sparse density from the calculation means B ₃ with a predetermined reference value for pass / fail judgment. An output means B ₄ for outputting an exclusion signal N when the measured value is smaller than the reference value is provided.

In this case, FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 5, standing the mounting bracket A ₃ of the portal to the machine frame (not shown), to the mounting bracket A ₃ and the boundary of the conveying path A ₁ photoelectric sensor S ₁ · S ₂ and vessel detection sensor S ₃ opposite disposed, any photoelectric sensor S ₁ · S ₂ and the container detection sensor S ₃ is the transmission type photoelectric sensor is used.

In this case, as the exclusion mechanism C, as shown in FIG. 6, they are arranged to face each side of each cultivation container W · W ·· which is sequentially conveyed on the conveyance route A ₁ at intervals, and the conveyance route A _1. extruding cultivation container W culture vessel W to the conveying speed V and the same speed and moving in the same direction as mentioned above will not yet state of growth of the upper over the conveyance path a ₁ of a plurality of extruded eliminated on the rejection path C ₁ It is configured with an extrusion exclusion mechanism C ₂ consisting of members G · G · ·.

Since this embodiment is configured as described above, as shown in FIG. 4, the plurality of cultivation containers W · W ·· are horizontally transported at intervals by the transport mechanism A, and in the transport path A ₁ of the transport mechanism A. , made to discriminate quality of the state of growth of mushroom group T which are growing extending from the mouth portion W ₁ of the cultivation container W by quality decision mechanism B, as shown in FIG. 6, cultivation is a non-growing state by quality decision mechanism B container W is extruded eliminated on the conveyance path a ₁ side of the exclusion path C ₁ from the top conveying path a ₁ of the transporting mechanism a by exclusion mechanism C, cultivation container W, which is a harvestable growing conditions as conveying mechanism a is conveyed in the conveying path a ₁ above, for example, would be conveyed to subsequent harvesting process not shown.

At this time, the quality decision mechanism B is 2, 3, as shown in FIG. 5, the photoelectric sensor S ₁ · detecting the density of the mushroom group T which are growing extending from the mouth portion W ₁ of the cultivation container W Since the sparse density calculating means B ₁ including S ₂ and the signal output means B ₂ for outputting the exclusion signal N to the exclusion mechanism C based on the sparse density of the cocoon group T are provided, only the height of the cocoon group T is provided. Compared with the determination method, it is possible to detect the density state of the cocoon group T to determine whether it has been grown or insufficiently grown, and accordingly, it is possible to improve the determination accuracy of the growth state of the cocoon group T, Sorting workability can be improved.

In this case, as the density calculating means B _1, 2, 4, as shown in FIG. 5, the photoelectric sensor S ₁ · S ₂ consists projector F and the light receiver R facing each other, projector F and receiver The cultivation container W · W ·· is transported between R and the projection light L from the floodlight F is blocked by the pod group T, the amount of received light incident on the receiver R is reduced, and the density of the pod group T is reduced. because comprising an arithmetic unit B ₃ for calculating the sparse by the light receiving quantity varying according to, it is possible to reliably perform the state determination of growth or non-growth of the mushrooms group T, also, in this case, FIG. 4, As shown in FIG. 5, the photoelectric sensors S ₁ and S ₂ are arranged in a plurality of stages in the height direction of the cultivation container W. In this case, the detection positions are arranged differently in two stages to the detection heights H ₁ and H _2. Therefore, by the logical product of the detection sensors S ₁ and S _{2 in} the upper and lower two stages, as shown in FIG. Even if the dense state is dense, if the growth height of the cocoon group T is insufficient, as shown in FIG. 8, even if the growth height of the cocoon group T is sufficient, It is possible to detect that growth is insufficient, such as when the sparse / dense state is sparse, and to detect the sparse / dense state at each level in the height direction, and to detect the sparse / dense state by detecting the sparse / dense state at each level. can be enhanced, and, in this case, FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 5, because they place the vessel detection sensor S ₃ for detecting the said cultivation vessel W · W · ·, each container cultivation W · W · · The time between the container detection and the container non-detection associated with the transport of the container can be set as the detection time of the density state, so that the density detection can be performed well and the detection structure can be simplified. , 2, as shown in FIG. 3, the signal output means _{B 2} are density from the arithmetic unit _{B 3} Measured value is compared with a reference value of a predetermined quality decision, because comprising an output unit B ₄ for outputting a rejection signal N when measured value of the density level is less than the reference value, the detection structure simple Can be achieved.

Moreover, in this case, as the exclusion mechanism C, as shown in FIG. 6, each of the cultivating containers W · W ·· which is sequentially conveyed on the conveyance path A ₁ at an interval is opposed to each other. A plurality of cultivated containers that are moved in the same direction at the same speed as the conveyance speed V of the cultivation container W on A _{1 and} are brought into the ungrown state from the conveyance path A ₁ to the exclusion path C ₁ are excluded. because it comprise an extruded exclusion mechanism C ₂ consisting of an extrusion member G · G · ·, by extrusion member G · G · · moving in the same direction at the conveying speed V and the speed of the cultivation vessel W on the conveying path a ₁ the non-growing state has been cultivated container W can be extruded eliminated on the rejection path C ₁ from on the conveying path a _1, can be avoided lodging phenomenon cultivation containers W with the elimination extrusion, cultivation container W sorting workability can be improved.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the transport mechanism A, pass / fail judgment mechanism B, sparse density calculation means B ₁ , exclusion mechanism C, extrusion exclusion mechanism C _{2 and the} like are designed as appropriate. The

  As described above, the intended purpose can be sufficiently achieved.

W Cultivation container W ₁ mouth portion T ridge group A transport mechanism A ₁ transport path B pass / fail judgment mechanism B ₁ sparse density calculation means B ₂ signal output means B ₃ calculation means B ₄ output means C exclusion mechanism C ₁ exclusion path C ₂ extrusion Exclusion mechanism S ₁ photoelectric sensor S ₂ photoelectric sensor S ₃ container detection sensor N exclusion signal F projector R light receiver L projection light V transport speed G push member

Claims (6)

  A conveyance mechanism that horizontally conveys a plurality of cultivation containers at intervals, and a quality determination mechanism that detects the quality of the growing state of the pods growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container in the conveyance path of the conveyance mechanism And a rejection mechanism that excludes the cultivation container that has been ungrown by the quality determination mechanism from the transport path of the transport mechanism onto the exclusion path on the side of the transport path. A sparse density calculating means including a photoelectric sensor for detecting the sparse density of the pod group growing and extending from the mouth of the cultivation container, and a signal output means for outputting an exclusion signal to the exclusion mechanism based on the sparse density of the pod group A cocoon sorting device characterized by comprising   As the sparse density calculating means, the photoelectric sensor is composed of a light projector and a light receiver arranged opposite to each other, the cultivation container is transported between the light projector and the light receiver, and the pod group blocks the projection light from the light projector. 2. The soot screening apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a calculating means for calculating a sparse density based on a received light amount that decreases in accordance with the sparse density of the cocoon group, and the received light amount incident on the light receiver decreases. apparatus.   The said photoelectric sensor is arrange | positioned in multiple steps in the height direction of the said cultivation container, The straw sorting apparatus of Claim 2 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The container selection sensor which detects the said cultivation container is arrange | positioned, The straw sorting apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The signal output means compares the actual measured value of the sparse density from the calculating means with a predetermined reference value for pass / fail judgment, and outputs an exclusion signal when the measured actual value of the sparse density is smaller than the reference value. The basket sorting apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising an output unit.   As said exclusion mechanism, each is arranged opposite to the side of each cultivation container that is sequentially conveyed on the conveyance path at an interval, and moves in the same direction at the same speed as the conveyance speed of the cultivation container on the conveyance path. 6. An extrusion exclusion mechanism comprising a plurality of extrusion members that extrude the cultivation container in the ungrown state from the conveyance path onto the exclusion path. 2. A culm sorting apparatus according to item 1.