JP2580236Y2 - Automatic sorting equipment for fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus for automatically sorting fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes by size (size) and weight.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been an apparatus that automatically sorts fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes based on a standard such as size and weight. In this sorting apparatus, as shown in FIG. 4, a large number of containers C for carrying fruit vegetables B one by one are mounted between two parallel chains A, and these containers C are chained by a driving source (not shown). By driving A, it is possible to move in the direction of arrow X in the figure.

[0003] The container C includes a movable platform D connected and fixed between two chains A, and a weighing bucket E mounted on the movable platform D so that fruits and vegetables B such as tomatoes and apples can be placed thereon. Weighing bucket E
Is tiltable in the horizontal direction (in the direction of arrow T in the figure) above the movable table D.

[0004] In the middle of the moving path on which the container C moves, an electronic balance H arranged on the lower side of the moving path and measuring the weight of the fruits and vegetables B on the container C passing therethrough, A bucket driving device J that is disposed below the moving path and inclines the weighing bucket E of the container C passing therethrough, and a fruit receiver G that receives the fruit vegetables B from the inclined weighing bucket E are provided. ing. The fruit and vegetable acceptor G is divided by the partition N in the order of S, M, L, and LL according to size.

[0005] Then, fruits and vegetables B are put on the weighing bucket E of each container C one by one by hand, and the containers C are slowly moved by the chain A in the direction of arrow X in the figure. The weight is measured by the electronic balance H one after another. Then, the position of each container C and the weight data of the fruits and vegetables B placed on each container C are managed by a controller (not shown), and the weight data measured by the controller and the controller are previously stored in the controller. It is compared with the set weight data for sorting,
Based on the result, the control device activates the bucket driving device J to incline the container C, and puts the fruit B on the S, M, L, and V of the fruit and vegetable receiver G corresponding to its weight (size).
The data is dropped while being selected to one of the LL standards.

In this fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, a worker stands one by one in front of a fruit and vegetable receiver G which is classified according to size, and picks up the fruit and vegetable B falling on each fruit and vegetable receiver G one by one by hand. Pack in the box provided.

[0007]

The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus shown in FIG. 4 is a very excellent apparatus.
However, when there are only a few standards, there are the following problems.

The fruit B concentrates on the fruit acceptor G of many standards, and only the workers who pack the fruit B are concentrated and busy. Not only is this situation not favorable for the operator, but if the concentration is too high, the packing operation cannot be completed in time, the line sorting speed must be reduced, and the efficiency of the packing operation may be reduced.

In order to solve this problem, conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, the fruit and vegetable receiver G where the number is concentrated is made longer than the fruit and vegetable receiver G in the other places, and the elongated fruit and vegetable receiver G is made longer. And a plurality of boxing workers Q are arranged in a box. In this case, many workers Q had to be intensively arranged on the long fruit and vegetable receiver G, so that other parts were too thin and packing was difficult. To solve this problem, more workers are needed. In addition, when two or more automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatuses are arranged side by side as shown by phantom lines in the figure in order to increase the sorting capacity and box packing capacity, a considerably large installation space (workplace) is required. there were.

An object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes, which can be efficiently packed in a small number of people and requires little space for installation.

[0011]

Means for Solving the Problems According to the present invention, the automatic sorting apparatus for fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes according to claim 1 is as shown in FIGS.
Beside the transporting body 2 that transports the fruit and vegetables 1 such as tomatoes, the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 that accommodates the fruit and vegetables 1 discharged from the transporting body 2 according to the standard
In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorter in which two or more are arranged, each of the fruit and vegetable receivers 3 is provided with a fruit and vegetable sending-out port 4, and beside the fruit and vegetable receivers 3, the fruit and vegetable receivers 3 can reciprocate along their arrangement direction and are arranged in a reciprocating manner. It is characterized in that a reciprocating transporting body 5 capable of transporting the fruit and vegetable 1 sent out from the receiver 3 is arranged.

According to the present invention, the apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes according to the second aspect of the present invention is provided with a vibration adding device 6 for moving the fruits and vegetables 1 inside the fruit and vegetables receiver 3 to the fruit and vegetables outlet 4 side. It is characterized by the following.

[0013]

According to the present invention, the apparatus for automatically sorting fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a fruit and vegetable sending-out port 4 for sending out the fruit and vegetable 1 in each of the fruit and vegetable receiving vessels.
Is provided with a reciprocating transporting body 5 capable of reciprocating along the arrangement direction thereof and capable of transporting the fruit and vegetable 1 delivered from the fruit and vegetable receiver 3. For this reason, for example, the fruit and vegetable 1 contains many of the same standard, and the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 of that standard
If the fruits and vegetables 1 are concentrated in the container and the boxing work with the fruits and vegetables receiver 3 cannot be made in time, the fruits and vegetables receiving port 3 of the fruits and vegetables receiver 3
If the fruit and vegetable 1 is transferred to the reciprocating carrier 5 and the reciprocating carrier 5 is moved to the side of the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 where the fruit and vegetable 1 are not concentrated, the boxing work can be performed on that side as well.
Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the waste of the work such as the burden of the box packing work being concentrated only on a specific worker or the rest of the workers having extra time, so that the efficient box packing work can be performed.

According to the present invention, in the apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes according to the second aspect of the present invention, the fruits and vegetables receiver 3 is provided with the fruits and vegetables 1 contained therein.
Since the vibration applying device 6 for moving the fruit to the fruit outlet 4 is attached, the fruit 1 in the fruit receiver 3 is smoothly moved to the fruit outlet 4, and the fruit 1 to the reciprocating carrier 5 is moved. Transfer becomes smooth.

[0015]

Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of an automatic sorting apparatus for fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes of the present invention. Reference numeral 1 shown in the figure is a fruit vegetable such as a tomato.

The reference numeral 2 shown in FIG. 1 denotes a carrier for carrying the fruits and vegetables 1 one by one. The carrier 2 has two chains 10
And a weighing bucket 12 mounted thereon so that the fruits and vegetables 1 can be placed thereon. (In the direction of arrow T in the figure). The weights of the weighing buckets 12 are accurately measured in advance, and all of them have the same weight.

In the middle of the moving path on which the carrier 2 moves, an electronic balance 13 is disposed below the moving path and measures the weight of the fruit and vegetable 1 on the carrier 2 passing therethrough. Bucket driving device 1 that is arranged below the previous moving path and inclines weighing bucket 12 of carrier 2 that passes over it
4 and a fruit receiver 3 for receiving the fruit 1 falling down from the weighing bucket 12 inclined by the bucket driving device 14. The fruit and vegetable receiver 3 can be sorted along the moving path of the carrier 2 along the moving path (S,
M, L, LL).

The electronic balance 13 can measure the weight of the fruits and vegetables 1 on the transporting body 2 passing therethrough together with the weighing buckets 12. The weight of the weighing buckets 12 is determined based on the measured weight. By subtracting, the exact weight of the fruit and vegetable 1 can be obtained.

The bucket driving device 14 pushes a tilting bucket 12 (not shown) of the weighing bucket 12 of the transporting body 2 passing therethrough from below to tilt the weighing bucket 12 (not shown).
Are provided along the moving path, and the fruit and vegetable 1 on each carrier 2 can be dropped to a desired place of the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 by projecting an arbitrary push rod upward. I have.

The fruit / vegetable receiver 3 has a surface which is gently inclined.
When the fruit is dropped, the fruit and vegetable 1 slides on the surface of the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 and accumulates at the lower edge plate 17.
The edge plate 17 can be opened and closed as shown by operating a switch (not shown), so that the fruit 1 can be slid down and discharged from the opened portion (fruit fruit outlet 4). ing.

A vibration applying device 6 is provided below the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 to vibrate the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 to slide the fruit and vegetable 1 placed thereon onto the edge plate 17 side. The vibration adding device 6 can arbitrarily adjust the amplitude, the frequency, and the like by a volume or the like (not shown). For example, the fruit 1 is wet and the fruit 1 hardly slides down the fruit receiver 3. It is convenient to operate when it is turned on.

A belt conveyor (reciprocating conveyor) 5 is arranged on the fruit vegetable receiving port 3 side of the fruit vegetable delivering port 4 so as to communicate with each fruit vegetable delivering port 4. The belt conveyor 5 can be rotated in the direction of arrow a, rotated in the direction of arrow b, or stopped by an operation switch (not shown).

In this automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the fruits and vegetables 1 are placed on the weighing buckets 12 of the respective carriers 2 one by one by hand, and the carriers 2 are slowly moved by the chain 10 in the direction of the arrow X in the figure. The fruits and vegetables 1 placed on the body 2 are successively weighed by the electronic balance 13, and the position of each carrier 2 and the weight data of the fruits and vegetables 1 placed on each carrier 2 are managed by a control device (not shown). The control device compares the measured weight data with the size-specific weight data set in the control device in advance, and based on the result, the control device activates the bucket driving device 14. Then, the weighing bucket 12 of the transporting body 2 is inclined, and the fruit vegetables 1 thereon are shaken while being sorted according to any one of S, M, L, and LL standards of the fruit vegetable receiver 3 corresponding to the weight (size) thereof. Minute To go.

In this automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, a worker stands in front of each fruit and vegetable receiver 3, and a box prepared by manually picking fruit and fruit 1 falling on each fruit and vegetable receiver 3 one by one. Packed into. In this box packing, if the fruit and vegetable 1 is concentrated on a specific fruit and vegetable receiver 3 and the box packing operation in the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 cannot be completed in time, the fruit and vegetable outlet 4 of the fruit and vegetable receiver 3
The edge plate 17 is opened, and the fruit 1 inside is transferred to the reciprocating carrier 5, and the reciprocating carrier 5 is placed on the side of the fruit receiver 3 on which the fruit 1 is not concentrated (working with hand). If you move it to the person, you can also perform boxing work on that side.

In this automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, only one belt conveyor 5 is arranged beside the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 along the direction of their arrangement. For example, as shown in FIG. The transport lines 25 to be transported are arranged in four rows, and the two inner transport lines 25 are made longer than the two outer transport lines 25. Next to each transport line 25, 2L, 2L, M, M, Even if 20 L, L, L, 3 L, S and 9 fruit vegetable receivers 3 are arranged, and the belt conveyor 5 which can reciprocate along the arrangement direction is arranged beside the fruit vegetable receiver 3, the width of the apparatus is not so large. Does not spread.

It should be noted that the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 is 2L, 2
L, M, M, 20L, L, L, 3L, S, or S, 3
Separation into L, L, L, 20L, M, M, 2L, and 2L enables efficient sorting and boxing of fruits and vegetables 1 (tomatoes). Further, if the belt conveyor 5 attempts to cover nine fruit and vegetable receivers 3 with one belt, all workers may not be able to grasp the state of the fruit and vegetable 1 on the same conveyor 5. , M (or S, 3
L, L, L) is divided into one, L, L, 3L, and S (or M, M, 2L, 2L) into one and two.

Further, if the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus composed of the four rows of transport lines 25 is further arranged in two rows, a larger quantity of fruit and vegetables 1 can be sorted and packed in a box. Moreover, in this case, since the width of each fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus is not so wide, it can be installed without problems even in a relatively narrow place.

In addition, the apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes of the present invention may be configured as shown in FIG. This automatic vegetable sorting apparatus is connected to the automatic fruit sorting receiver 3 of the automatic sorting apparatus (Jpn. Pat. Appln. KOKAI Publication No. 4-39182), which has been devised and filed by the present applicant, in the same manner as the fruit vegetable receiver 3 of FIG. An openable / closable edge plate 17 is provided to form the fruit and vegetable delivery port 4, and a belt conveyor (reciprocating transport body) 5 is arranged on the fruit and vegetable delivery port 4 side so as to connect the fruit and vegetable delivery ports 4. The belt conveyor 5 can be rotated in the direction of arrow a in the figure, rotated in the direction of arrow b, or stopped by an operation switch (not shown).

In FIG. 2, 1 is a fruit vegetable such as a tomato,
Reference numeral 2 denotes a belt-conveyor-type carrier, and 30 denotes a measuring device for measuring the size of the fruits and vegetables 1 to be conveyed. The fruits and vegetables 1 are placed on each carrier 2 one by one by hand, and the carrier 2 is When it is slowly moved in the arrow X direction inside, the carrier 2
The size of the fruits and vegetables 1 placed on the table is measured by the measuring device 30 one after another, and the position of each carrier 2 and the data of the size of the fruits and vegetables 1 placed on the carriers 2 are not shown in the control device. Is managed by the control device, and the data of the size measured by the control device is compared with the size data of each size set in the control device in advance,
Based on the result, the control device rotates the conveyor of an arbitrary transporting body 2 at an arbitrary position in the direction of the arrow c in the figure, and puts the fruit and vegetable 1 on the fruit and vegetable receiver 3 corresponding to the weight (size) of S, M. , L,
They are sorted while being separated from LL.

[0030]

[Effects of the invention] If the automatic sorting device for fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes of the present invention is used, it is possible to efficiently pack boxes with a small number of people, and since the device itself is not wide, the automatic sorting device for multiple fruits and vegetables even in a narrow space. Can be installed side by side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of an apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an application example of the apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventional apparatus for automatically sorting fruit and vegetables such as tomatoes.

FIG. 5 is a plan view illustrating a problem in the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Fruit Vegetables 2 Carrier 3 Fruit Vegetable Receiver 4 Fruit Vegetable Outlet 5 Reciprocating Carrier 6 Vibration Apparatus

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A fruit and vegetable receiver (3) for accommodating fruit and vegetables (1) discharged from the carrier (2) according to a standard beside a transporter (2) for transporting fruit and vegetables (1) such as tomatoes. In an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus comprising two or more fruit and vegetable receivers, each of the fruit and vegetable receivers (3) is provided with a fruit and vegetable outlet (4), and reciprocates beside these fruit and vegetable receivers (3) along their arrangement direction. An automatic fruit / vegetable sorting apparatus for tomatoes and the like, comprising a reciprocating transporter (5) capable of traveling and capable of transporting fruit and vegetables (1) sent from a fruit and vegetable receiver (3). 2. A fruit vibration receiving device (6) for moving a fruit vegetable (1) inside the fruit vegetable receiver (3) to a fruit vegetable outlet (4). 1. Automatic sorting equipment for fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes.