JP2710328B2 - Automatic fruit and vegetable boxing equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is preferably used in a sorting place where fruits and vegetables such as vegetables and vegetables are packed in a box and shipped, and sorted and discharged from a sorting conveyor together with a tray. The present invention relates to a device for automatically packing fruits and vegetables into boxes.

[Related Art] Conventionally, fruits and vegetables are packed in a fruit sorting plant in which fruit and vegetables are packed in a box, and the fruits and vegetables sorted and discharged according to grades and grades from a sorting conveyor are placed on a storage device such as a receiving box or a turntable. ) Were temporarily pooled in a state of being disjointed, and the boxing workers generally picked up the pools one by one and packed them while keeping the posture of the fruits and vegetables.

On the other hand, as a device for automatically packing fruits and vegetables in boxes, Japanese Patent Publication No. 48-38398 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-32169 are known.

The objects disclosed in each of the above publications are all spherical oranges having a uniform shape, and the fruits thereof are arranged in a predetermined row and number on a supply chute in advance so as to correspond to the inner dimensions of the boxed container. An arrangement in which fruits and fruits are arranged in an array pattern set so that they fit tightly with each other, and the fruits are lifted up from above by a cup-shaped vacuum suction disk, moved laterally, and inserted into a boxed container. It is used for citrus fruits which are elastic and relatively injured even when fruits collide with each other or are pressed together.

The present applicant has previously proposed a device disclosed in JP-A-61-203317, which is known. In this method, fruits flowing at random are arranged in a plurality of rows by a rowing device composed of a belt conveyor, a vibrating conveyor, and the like, and are made to stand by. When a predetermined number of fruits are arranged in each row (when pooled), vacuum is applied from above. The fruit is picked up by a pick-up head composed of a suction disk and packed in a box.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-described conventional manual box packing operation, fruits and vegetables that are pooled in the storage device in a state in which the directions (postures) of the fruits and vegetables are varied are to be packed in a box with their postures aligned one by one. However, there is a problem in that it is troublesome and the efficiency is low due to manual operation.

In addition, in the publications described above, fruits are collided, rubbed, or even pressed at the time of alignment, so that soft fruits that would be damaged if the fruits were rolled were damaged. In the case of an object, abrasions and press wounds,
There is a problem that injuries such as bruises occur.

Furthermore, the one disclosed in JP-A-61-203317 does not forcibly arrange randomly flowing fruits,
Since many rows are arranged in one row and few rows are arranged in another row, there has been a problem that manual assistance is required to align the rows in a predetermined row.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, the purpose is, without damaging the fruits and vegetables,
It is another object of the present invention to provide an automatic fruit and vegetable boxing apparatus that can automatically pack fruits and vegetables in a predetermined boxing arrangement without aligning the postures of the fruits and vegetables or requiring an auxiliary operation for the alignment.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs the following technical means.

That is, the present invention provides an alignment storage means for engaging a part of a tray with fruits and vegetables, which have been discharged from the sorting conveyor in a predetermined posture, in a predetermined posture, in a predetermined posture, and aligning them in a predetermined arrangement to stand by. And boxing means for picking up the fruits and vegetables from the saucer, moving to a predetermined boxing position, and packing the fruits and vegetables in the box when the saucers with fruits and vegetables are aligned in the predetermined arrangement on the alignment storage means. This is a configuration of an automatic boxing device for fruits and vegetables.

In the present invention, the aligning and storing means engages with a transporting means for transporting the trays containing fruits and vegetables to a plurality of predetermined alignment transport paths, and a part of the discharged trays containing fruits and vegetables provided on the transporting means. Further, it is preferable to provide an arrangement means for guiding the saucer containing fruits and vegetables to a predetermined arrangement conveyance path.

Further, it is preferable that the alignment storage means is provided with an empty pan discharge device for discharging the empty tray from which the fruits and vegetables have been taken out to below the alignment storage means. By doing so, the box packing device is three-dimensional and compact, and the set area can be reduced.

Further, it is preferable that the box packing means moves the fruits and vegetables closer to each other while the fruits and vegetables are picked up from the saucer and moved.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, a description will be given based on drawings (FIGS. 1 to 11) showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 5 and 6 are a plan view and a front view, respectively, of a sorting device including devices before and after the automatic box packing device according to the present invention.

In the figure, 1 is a tray on which the fruits and vegetables 100 are placed in a predetermined posture, 2 is a supply conveyor for transporting the tray 1, and 3 is a tray 1
Feeder, which feeds the tray 1 at a regular interval, 4 is a sorting conveyor, 5 is a rank detecting device, 6 is a measuring device, 7 is a discharging device, and 8 is a book. The automatic box packing device according to the present invention constitutes a fruit and vegetable sorting device as a whole.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 in particular, the saucer 1 stably holds the fruits and vegetables 100 in a predetermined posture on the upper surface thereof.
The mounting portion 101 is formed by three support surfaces 102. Ten
Reference numeral 3 denotes a guide roller, which is rotatably supported on the lower surface of the tray 1. The guide roller 103 contacts the lever 71 of the discharge device 7 described later and branches the tray 1 outward. Reference numeral 104 denotes a display switch provided on the upper portion of the saucer 1 for displaying the grade of the fruits and vegetables, and is provided corresponding to the grade of the fruits and vegetables 100 (for example, excellent, excellent, good, average). The display switch 104 only needs to be able to detect a displacement or change due to an operation, and for example, a toggle switch, a push button switch, or the like is used.
The method of displaying the class by the display switch 104 is such that characters of the class (for example, excellent, excellent, good, average) are added to a displacing portion or a changing portion of the display switch 104, and the display switch 104 is displayed. By operating, the grade can be displayed.

The supply conveyor 2 is configured to transport the tray 1 in a free state on a transport surface by using an accumulate rate type conveyor such as a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor. The supply conveyor 2 receives the fruits and vegetables 100 in a predetermined posture in a saucer 1
A supply unit 21 is provided as a work area for supplying the upper part.

The regular interval supply device 3 supplies the trays 1 conveyed at irregular intervals back and forth on the supply conveyor 2 at regular intervals onto a sorting conveyor 4 described later, and is configured by combining a stopper device and the like.

The sorting conveyor 4 is formed to have a width suitable for transporting the trays 1 in a line, and the length of the machine is set by calculating from the number of each sorting section (e.g., class discharging section). In FIG. 9, 41
Is a frame, and 42 is a slat-shaped receiving plate having a width suitable for transporting the receiving tray 1. The receiving plate 42 is installed at equal intervals in the traveling direction between the traveling and rotating conveyor chains 43, 43, and is provided with a slat conveyor. Is configured. 44 is a pushing member,
The slat-shaped receiving plate 42 is rotatably supported by bearings, rollers and the like. The mounting interval of the pushing member 44 in the traveling direction is set so as not to hinder the discharge of the tray 1 conveyed between the pressing members.

As shown in FIG. 6, the measuring device 6 is provided at a predetermined position from the starting end side of the sorting conveyor 4, provided with a combination of a camera 61 and an illuminating device 62, and the fruits and vegetables placed on the tray 1 in a predetermined posture. When 100 are transported and pass, 100 fruits and vegetables
It is configured so as to measure the external shape. The measured data is sent to an arithmetic processing unit (not shown), is compared with a predetermined class standard, is determined, and is assigned a class.
The class signal and the detection signal (grade signal) from the rank detecting device 5 are combined and output as a class-specific and class-specific sorting signal to a discharge device 7 described below in synchronization with the tray 1.

Discharge devices 7 are provided for the respective sorting sections (grades, grades) in the traveling direction with the sorting conveyor 4, and are arranged on both sides of the sorting conveyor 4 in the illustrated example so as to be capable of discharging on both sides. ing. However, the discharge on both sides is not particularly limited, and may be provided only on one side. However, it is preferable that the separation area is discharged on both sides from the machine length and space of the sorting conveyor 4 to effectively use the installation area. The discharge device 7 is operated by a sorting signal from the arithmetic processing unit (not shown) to branch and discharge the fruits and vegetables 100 together with the saucer 1 in a predetermined posture. Sorting without breaking.

The discharge device 7 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 10 and 11 (FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along line YY of FIG. 10). The configuration of the discharge devices 7 provided on both sides of the sorting conveyor 4 is the same on both the left and right sides. Hereinafter, the configuration of the discharge device 7 on one side will be described. That is, 71 is a lever, 72 is a support shaft provided on a part of the lever 71 in the vertical direction, and a bearing provided on a part of the frame 41 of the sorting conveyor 4.
The lever 71 is rotatably supported via 73. An air cylinder 74 is connected to a part of the lever 71 so as to rotate the lever 71 at a predetermined angle in the horizontal direction. When there is no signal from an arithmetic processing unit (not shown) (OFF), the lever 71
Waiting at a position where it does not touch (indicated by the imaginary line in FIG. 10). The operation timing of the operation signal of the lever 71 is set so that it operates immediately before the guide roller 103 of the tray 1 conveyed on the sorting conveyor 4.

Next, regarding the automatic box packing device 8 of the present invention, FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG.

FIG. 1 shows a plan view of an automatic cartoning device 8 provided corresponding to a discharging device 7 arranged to take charge of a predetermined sorting section of the fruits and vegetables 100 on the tray 1 conveyed by the sorting conveyor 4. FIG. 2 also shows a front view. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

In the figure, 81 is an alignment storage device as alignment storage means,
82 is an empty box supply device, 83 is a box packing device as box packing means, 84 is a product feeding device provided at the box packing position, 85
Is an empty pan discharge device.

The alignment storage device 81 pools the trays 1 discharged from the sorting conveyor 4 by the discharge device 7 in a predetermined arrangement (boxing pattern), and is configured as follows. That is, reference numeral 811 denotes a driving roller, which has a width suitable for aligning the tray 1 in a predetermined boxing pattern, and is suspended between the frames 812, 812 arranged on both sides in the traveling direction in the traveling direction. Thus, a roller-type accumulated conveyor 813 as a transport means is configured. The mounting interval of the rollers 811 in the traveling direction is such that at least two rollers 811
It is preferable to configure so as to receive the above. Further, the accumulated conveyor 813 stores the saucer 1 on the conveyor 813, and is not limited to the illustrated example.
It is also possible to use an accumulable device, a chain conveyor, or the like in addition to the illustrated example. Reference numeral 814 denotes an alignment guide rail. The alignment guide rail 814 is connected to the discharge device 7 and is used to transfer the saucer 1 containing fruits and vegetables 100 in a predetermined posture, which is sorted and discharged from the sorting conveyor 4 by the discharge device 7. , A switching lever 81 that leads to a plurality of predetermined alignment conveyance paths formed on the accumulation conveyor 813
Combined with 5. The alignment guide rail 814,
The guide roller 103 of the tray 1 runs in the groove. The switching lever 815 is provided by cutting out a part of the alignment guide rail 814. By operating the switching lever 815, the tray 1 can be arranged in the alignment conveyance path indicated by the arrow A or C in the figure. Since the switching lever 815 can be configured by the same structure as the lever 71 of the ejection device 7, the description is omitted. Reference numeral 816 denotes a slide device, which is provided by combining a pusher plate 817 and an air cylinder 818, and moves the tray 1 aligned on the alignment and conveyance path indicated by arrow C laterally from the side by the operation of the switching lever 815 to indicate the arrow B. Are arranged so as to be aligned on the alignment conveyance path. Note that the alignment guide rail 814, the switching lever 815, and the slide device 816 constitute an alignment means.

By forming the alignment conveyance paths A, B, and C as described above, it is possible to form a set of five boxing patterns. Further, for example, in the case of forming a box packing pattern in which a set of four
This can be achieved by stopping the operation of. Further alignment guide rail
By extending 814 and combining a plurality of switching levers 815, it is possible to form various types of boxing patterns. Reference numeral 819 denotes a stopper provided in the middle of the accumulate conveyor 813, and is provided so as to separate the tray 1 on the empty tray discharge device 85 from the tray 1 upstream thereof. The stopper 819 is provided in a retractable manner by combining a cylinder and the like from below the accumulated conveyor 813. As a result, the empty trays 1 from which the fruits and vegetables 100 have been picked up can be sent out to the empty tray discharge device 85 line by line.

The empty box supply device 82 supplies an empty box 800 for packing to a product delivery device 84 provided at a predetermined box packing position, and uses a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor with a top plate to accumulate an empty box 800. Make up 821. Reference numeral 822 denotes an empty box stopping device, which is constructed in a retractable manner by combining an air cylinder and the like. Reference numeral 823 denotes a high-speed rotating roller, which is configured to feed the empty box 800, which is advanced by the operation (down) of the empty box stopping device 822, onto the product delivery device 84 at a high speed. In addition to the illustrated example, the empty box supply device 82 may be configured to move, for example, an empty box transport conveyor (not shown) for continuously transporting empty boxes 800 with respect to the direction of the empty box loading path arrow of the product delivery device 84. When the empty box 800 conveyed on the empty box conveying conveyor (not shown) reaches a position corresponding to the empty box loading path of the product delivery device 84, the empty box conveying conveyor is provided. A product delivery device as a box packing part by a pushing device (not shown) composed of an air cylinder or the like from the side of (not shown)
It can be configured so that it is pushed all the way up to 84.

The box packing device 83 operates when the saucers 1 containing the fruits and vegetables 100 are arranged in a predetermined arrangement on the accumulate conveyor 813, and picks up the fruits and vegetables 100 on the saucers 1 and waits on the product delivery device 84 for empty boxes. The vegetables and fruits 100 are packed in an empty box 800 for packing at a distance of 100 fruits and vegetables while moving up to 800 heights.

That is, reference numeral 8301 denotes a frame which is installed substantially horizontally from the pick-up position of the accumulate conveyor 813 to above the product feeding device 84 (boxing position). Reference numeral 8302 denotes a horizontal moving table. Guide rollers 8303 are rotatably supported on both sides of the horizontal moving table, and are configured to be able to move laterally to the product delivery device 84 in combination with the frame 8301. 8304
Is an elevating cylinder provided at a substantially central portion of the horizontal moving table 8302, which is attached vertically. 8305 is a piston rod, and a base is provided at the tip of the rod 8305.
8306 is attached. Reference numeral 8307 denotes a slide guide, which is fixed to the base 8306 via a slide bearing 8308 provided on the horizontal moving base 8302. This base 8306
Has a vacuum suction type pickup head for picking up the fruits and vegetables 100. 8309 is a slide bar, which is provided corresponding to the box packing pattern,
Is fixed to the base 8306 via the. Reference numeral 8311 denotes a slider, which is slidably fitted to a slide bar 8309 such as a ball bush or a metal bush. 83
12 is a slide cylinder, one end of which is the base 8306
And the other end (piston rod) with the slider
It is fixed to 8311. Reference numeral 8313 denotes a vacuum suction type pad, which is attached to the slider 8311 by a telescopic rod 8315 via a coil spring 8314. Although there are various types of the pad 8313, the pad 8313 is formed in a ring shape using a soft and elastic member such as rubber or sponge. 83
Reference numeral 16 denotes a chain, which is extended via a horizontal moving table 8302 on a sprocket 8317 rotatably supported at both ends of a frame 8301. Reference numeral 8318 denotes a driving motor, which drives the sprocket 8317 to enable the horizontal moving base 8302 to move laterally. Also, this horizontal moving table 83
The mechanism for moving the 02 laterally is not limited to the illustration, for example, an air cylinder (not shown) may be installed in a horizontal direction and connected to the horizontal moving table 8302, or a lateral movement may be performed by combining a rack gear and a pinion gear. Can also.

The product delivery device provided at a predetermined box packing position
Numeral 84 is provided with the alignment storage device 81 adjacent thereto. As shown in FIG. 4 (Z direction in FIG. 2), sprockets 841 and 841 are arranged above and below a position sandwiching the empty box 800 from both sides. A chain 842 is stretched, and an attachment 843 for mounting an empty box 800 on the chain 842 is mounted at symmetrical positions. Then, when the left and right chains 842 rotate in synchronization with the arrow direction (downward) according to the operation command, the box can be lowered. This attachment 843 is compatible with sprocket 8
Chains 842 stretched between 41a and 841b are attached to two locations of the stretched chains 842 such that the chains 842 are stopped at a fixed position (boxing position) every 1/2 rotation of the entire circumference. When one of the attachments 843a is stopped at a fixed position (boxed position), the other attachment 843b is configured to contact the stop switch 844. The product delivery device 84 makes the empty box 800 supplied by the empty box supply device 82 stand by at a predetermined packing position, and also stores the packed product box 900.
In a predetermined direction (downward in the drawing).
In addition to the illustrated example, for example, an elevating device (not shown) combining a cylinder or the like may be used.

The empty tray discharge device 85 is provided so as to be capable of tilting the end portion of the accumulated conveyor 813.
According to FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numerals 851 and 851 denote frames, and frames 812 and 812 of the accumulated conveyor 813.
And the machine width are almost the same. 852 is a roller,
A roller conveyor having a short machine length as a whole is rotatably supported by the frames 851 and 851. The machine length of this roller conveyor is formed at least so that the trays 1 are placed in a horizontal line. Reference numeral 853 denotes a support shaft, which is provided through the frames 851 and 851 and attached to the gantry 854 via a bearing 855.
The 851 is configured to be tiltable. A cylinder 856 has one side connected to the gantry 854 and the other side (piston rod side) fixed to a part of the frame 851. A stopper 857 is provided to prevent the tray 1 from dropping and to stop at a fixed position. The tray 1 placed on the roller conveyor configured as described above receives a discharge command (not shown).
Accordingly, when the cylinder 856 is operated and the frame 851 is tilted, it can be discharged to a predetermined lower position.

In the illustrated example, the empty pan discharge device 85 is formed in a size (length) in which the pans 1 are placed in a horizontal line, but the present invention is not limited to this. Further, a pattern of box packing can be formed on the empty tray discharging device 85.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an empty tray pooling device, which is provided below the alignment storage device 81 and temporarily stores the tray 1 discharged by the empty tray discharging device 85. An accumulation type conveyor such as a roller conveyor or a chain conveyor is provided. Make up.
A stop device 91 is provided in a retractable manner by combining cylinders and the like, and a merging control circuit (not shown) is configured by using a photoelectric tube or the like so as to merge and discharge the empty tray on a merging / conveying conveyor 95 described later. Empty tray merging conveyor 95
Is provided in a direction orthogonal to the outlet of the empty tray pool device 9, sorts and empties the trays 1 that have been sorted and discharged according to grades and ranks, and conveys them. Connected. Reference numeral 10 denotes a product transport conveyor, which is a product box lowered by the product delivery device 84.
A roller conveyor, a chain conveyor, or the like is used to receive the 900 and send it to the merging conveyor 11 on the other side.

The operation of the automatic box packing device 8 configured as described above will be described.

A saucer 1 containing fruits and vegetables 100 indicating the grade of the fruits and vegetables 100 conveyed in a predetermined posture on the saucer 1 by the sorting conveyor 4
When passing through the rank detecting device 5, the rank detecting device 5
Detects the display switch 104 indicating the class, and transmits a class signal to an arithmetic processing unit (not shown). Next, the size of the fruits and vegetables 100 is measured by the measuring device 6, and the measured data is transmitted to an arithmetic processing device (not shown). An arithmetic processing unit (not shown) compares the class signal with the class signal from the rank detecting device 5 based on the transmitted measurement data and compares the class signal with the class signal from the rank detecting device 5 to classify the class. The sorting signal for each class is output to the corresponding discharge device 7 in synchronization with the progress of the tray 1.

Receiving tray 1 with fruits and vegetables 100 conveyed on sorting conveyor 4
However, when the sheet reaches the discharge device 7 at the corresponding sorting position, the lever 71 is actuated by the sorting signal to engage with the guide roller 103 of the tray 1, and the tray 1 is aligned with the alignment guide rail 814 of the alignment means of the alignment storage device 81. Drain along. Here, the operation in which the discharged trays 1 are arranged in a boxing pattern of a set of five will be described with reference to the drawing of FIG. First, when the first receiving tray 1 (No. 1) is discharged, the receiving tray 1 is aligned by the guide rollers 103 to the alignment guide rails 814.
Is transferred to the alignment conveyance path indicated by the arrow A, and waits. During this transfer, the switching lever 815 in the middle of the alignment guide rail 814 of the alignment means is controlled so as not to operate. Next, when the second tray 1 (No. 2) is discharged, the tray 1 is transferred to the alignment conveyance path indicated by the arrow C by the operation of the switching lever 815 of the alignment means, and stands by. Next, when the third tray 1 (No. 3) is ejected, the tray 1 is transferred to the alignment transfer path indicated by the arrow C by the operation of the switching lever 815 in the same manner as the second, and then transferred to the destination. The slide device 816 of the rear alignment means slides to the alignment conveyance path indicated by the arrow B, and stands by in the alignment conveyance path indicated by the arrow B in the second row. Next, when the fourth tray 1 (No. 4) is discharged, the tray 1 is conveyed along the same course as the second tray 1 (No. 2) by the operation of the switching lever 815, and the three trays are discharged. It stands by in the alignment conveyance path indicated by arrow C (No. 4). Next, when the fifth saucer 1 (No. 5) is discharged, this saucer 1
Like the first tray 1 (No. 1), it is transported along the course and waits in the third row in the line A shown by the arrow.

As described above, the switching lever is switched in the order of discharging the pan 1
By controlling the switching between the 815 and the slide device 816, the five can be arranged in a boxed pattern as a set. This control can correspond to various types of boxing patterns if the circuit is configured in a switching manner so as to sequentially control switching in accordance with a preset boxing pattern.

Next, the operation of the box packing device 83 will be described. When the saucer 1 is aligned in a predetermined boxing pattern on the alignment storage device 81, the fruits and vegetables 100 are sucked and picked up by the vacuum suction type pad 8313 which stands by above, and the empty box 800 which stands by on the product delivery device 84. Later, move down and pack in the empty box 800. At the time of the lateral movement, the slide cylinder 8312 is actuated to bring the picked vegetables 100 together so that the picked vegetables 100 are filled with the entire width of the empty box 800. The product box 900 that has been packaged in this way is lowered by the product delivery device 84 and sent out onto the product transport conveyor 10. On the other hand, the box packing device 83
Saucer 1 emptied by picking up vegetables and fruits 100
Are discharged downward by the empty pan discharge device 85 and sent to the empty pan pooling device 9 where they are pooled. The empty pans 1 discharged first are sequentially merged onto the empty pan merging / conveying conveyor 95 to perform a series of operations. Complete.

Both the above description and the accompanying drawings are merely examples of the embodiments, and do not limit the invention. Naturally, the present invention may be applied to other shapes and arrangements as long as the contents are described in the claims. It is.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention engages with a part of a tray in which fruits and vegetables in a predetermined sorting section discharged from a sorting conveyor are discharged in a predetermined posture along with a part of the tray and arranged in a predetermined arrangement. The alignment storage means to be made to stand by, and when the saucers containing fruits and vegetables are aligned in the predetermined arrangement on the alignment storage means,
Means for picking up fruits and vegetables from the saucer, moving it to a predetermined boxing position, and packing it in a box.Since it is a configuration of an automatic fruit and vegetable boxing device characterized by comprising: A part of the tray containing the discharged fruits and vegetables is engaged by the alignment storage means and is forcibly arranged and aligned in a predetermined position, and the fruits and vegetables are aligned in a predetermined position on the tray without breaking the position. It is possible to automatically pack in a predetermined packing arrangement without requiring auxiliary work for aligning and aligning the posture of the fruits and vegetables, and the fruits and vegetables directly hit or rub against the alignment storage means. Since they do not meet or push each other, there is an effect that the fruits and vegetables are not damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a plan view showing an automatic box packing apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view thereof, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is Z of FIG. FIGS. 5 and 6 are plan views of the entire sorting apparatus including devices before and after the automatic box packing apparatus of the present invention, and side views partially omitted, and FIGS. FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a tray conveyed on a sorting conveyor, FIG. 10 is a plan view of a sorting and discharging unit,
FIG. 11 is a sectional view taken along the line YY of FIG. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Receiving tray, 100 ... Fruits and vegetables 101 ... Loading part, 102 ... Support surface 103 ... Guide roller, 104 ... Display switch 2 ... Supply conveyor, 21 ... Supply part 3 ... Regular interval supply device 4 … Sorting conveyor, 41… Frame 42… Slat-shaped receiving plate, 43… Conveyor chain 44… Pushing member 5… Rank detecting device 6… Measuring device 61… Sensor camera 62… Illuminating device 7 …… Ejecting device, 71… Lever 72 …… Spindle, 73 …… Bearing 74 …… Air cylinder 8 …… Automatic box packing device, 800 …… Empty box 81 …… Alignment storage device, 811 …… Roller 812 …… Frame 813: Accumulator conveyor 814: Alignment guide rail 815: Switching lever, 816: Slider 817: Pusher plate, 818: Air cylinder 819: Stopper 82: Empty box supply device 821: Accumulation Rate conveyor 822 …… empty box Stop device, 823 High-speed rotating roller 83 Box packing device, 8301 Frame 8302 Horizontal moving table, 8303 Guide roller 8304 Lifting cylinder, 8305 Piston rod 8306 Base, 8307 Slide guide 8308… Slide bearing, 8309… Slide bar 8310… Bracket, 8311… Slider 8312 …… Slide cylinder 8313 …… Pad, 8314 …… Coil spring 8315 …… Telescopic rod, 8316 …… Chain 8317 …… Sprocket , 8318… Motor 84… Product feeding device 841… Sprocket, 842… Chain 843… Attachment 844… Stop switch 85… Empty pan discharge device 851… Frame 852… Roller 853… Support shaft 854… Stand, 855 …… Bearing 856… Cylinder, 857… Stopper 9… Empty pan pool device 900… Product box 91… Stop device 95… Empty pan combined transfer Conveyer 10 ...... product transport conveyor

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Sadayasu Sato 630 Shinokese-cho, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Prefecture Maki Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-61-203317 (JP, A) JP-A-62-158615 (JP, A) JP-A-62-52005 (JP, A)

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. An arrangement storage means for engaging a part of a tray with fruits and vegetables discharged from the sorting conveyor in a predetermined posture in a predetermined posture in a predetermined posture and aligning them in a predetermined arrangement and waiting for them. And boxing means for picking up the fruits and vegetables from the saucer, moving the fruits and vegetables to the predetermined boxing position, and packing them in the box when the fruits and vegetables trays are aligned in the predetermined arrangement on the alignment storage means. Automatic fruit and vegetable boxing device. 2. The container according to claim 1, further comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey the plate with fruits and vegetables to a plurality of aligned conveying paths, and a part of the tray with fruits and vegetables provided on the conveying unit. 2. The automatic fruit and vegetable boxing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: an aligning means for guiding the lever-containing fruits and vegetables tray to a predetermined aligning and conveying path. 3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said alignment storage means includes an empty pan discharge device for discharging an empty pan from which fruits and vegetables have been taken out to an area below said alignment storage means.
Or the automatic boxing device for fruits and vegetables according to 2 above. 4. The apparatus for packing fruits and vegetables according to claim 1, wherein said boxing means moves the fruits and vegetables apart while picking up the fruits and vegetables and moving them.