JP3251442B2 - Automatic fruit sorting equipment - 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 cucumbers into standards (grades) such as by size and shape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There has been a fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus for judging fruit and vegetables such as cucumbers according to a standard (grade) such as size and shape, and sorting them according to grade based on the discrimination result. As one of them, there is a fruit and vegetable sorter (utility model registration No. 1805988) which has been developed and put into practical use by the present applicant. As shown in FIG. 22, a plurality of belt conveyors A are arranged side by side in a row, the length of the front end of each belt conveyor A is changed stepwise, and the belt conveyor A is further turned to the front of the front end of each belt conveyor A. Table B is installed.

[0003] In this fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, a fruit picker C places cucumber D on the front side of a belt conveyor A for each size while sorting cucumber D by grade.
Can be picked up by the worker E at the tip side of the box and packed in a box for each size. In this case, the cucumber D left behind because the box was not packed in time is sent out onto the turntable B, and as the turntable B rotates, the cucumber D sent out is prevented from overlapping on the turntable B. is there.

[0004]

The fruit and vegetable sorter shown in FIG. 22 has the advantages that the surface of the cucumbers is hardly damaged and the surface of the cucumbers is hard to be chipped, and that it can be efficiently sorted and packed with a small number of hands. For example, it is troublesome that the fruit picker B at the left end of the belt conveyor A must sort and put the cucumbers D on the belt conveyor A for each size while sorting them by grade.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus in which fruits placed on a receiver without sorting are automatically sorted during transportation.

[0006]

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 20, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a plurality of receivers 1 on which fruits and vegetables A are placed, and a supply mechanism 2 for feeding the receivers 1.
A transporter 3 for transporting the receiver 1 sent from the supply mechanism 2, a class identifier 4 for identifying the grade of the fruit and vegetable A on the receiver 1 during transport by the carrier 3, A fruit transfer mechanism 6 for transferring fruit vegetables A of a predetermined grade from the receiver 1 to the transfer carrier 5 based on the signal, and a receiver 1 having the fruit vegetables A transferred and emptied, being removed from the carrier 3. A first feeding mechanism 8 for feeding the fruit and vegetable A to the collecting path 7, a fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 for taking the fruit and vegetable A from the receiver 1 which is continuously conveyed by the carrier 3 while placing the fruit and vegetable A thereon, and sending the fruit and vegetable A to the post-processing step. , And the empty receiver 1 from which the fruits and vegetables A have been taken out is taken into the second recovery path 10.
A second delivery mechanism 11 for sending the receiver 1 collected in both collection paths 7 and 10 to the feeder 2
2 is provided.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, an interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetables A at uniform intervals is provided before the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect. Things.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention is configured such that the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 connects and transports the receiver 1 and the transported receiver 1 to connect the receiver 1 to the vegetable. It comprises a support plate 75 for supporting the take-out mechanism 9 so as to be able to descend, and a presser 78 for pressing the front of the receiver 1 to be lowered.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetables A at a uniform interval after the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect. It is.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 in front of the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetable A. After the take-out mechanism 9, an automatic wrapping machine 14 for wrapping one or several fruit vegetables A taken out at a uniform interval by this is arranged.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is provided with an interval aligning mechanism for aligning the fruits and vegetables A at uniform intervals. After the mechanism 13, an automatic wrapping machine 14 for wrapping one or several fruits and vegetables A arranged at a uniform interval thereby is arranged.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect.
, Which transports the receiver 1 sent from the supply mechanism 2
A carrier 3 _1, the receptacle 1 and the locking member 15 locking member 15 is provided a large number at predetermined intervals are engaged with the receiving body 1 conveyed by the first conveying member 3 ₁ constant a second carrier 3 ₂ for conveying at intervals, and the third carrier 3 ₃ for conveying the receptacle 1 conveyed by the second faster than the conveying body 3 ₂ of the second carrier 3 ₂ It is composed of

[0013] fruiting automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 8 of the present invention is the second carrier 3 ₂ fastener 15 the pin according to claim 7, Dokakaritomegu 15 to carrier 3 ₂ It can be inserted into and removed from an engaging part 26 formed on the side surface of the receiver 1 to be fed.

[0014] fruiting automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 9 of the present invention, carrier 3 takeover between the second carrier 3 ₂ and the third carrier 3 ₃ of the fruiting automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 7, wherein
₄ is provided.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the transport conveyor 12 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect supplies the first recovery path 7 and the second recovery path 10 respectively. It is provided separately from the mechanism 2.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the present invention, the transport conveyor 12 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is supplied to the first and second collecting paths 7 and 10. It is provided with a merging and conveying mechanism 16 for merging the bodies 1 and sending them to the supply mechanism 2.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the twelfth aspect is characterized in that
A switching path 113 connected to the first recovery path 7 so that the receiver 1 can be connected and disconnected freely, and a stopper 114 for stopping the receiver 1 on the forwarding carrier 12 before the switching path 113. .

[0018]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus,
When the fruits A are placed one by one on the receiver 1 conveyed to the carrier 3, the grades of the fruits and vegetables A are identified by the grade discriminator 4, and the fruits A of a predetermined grade are activated by the signal of the grade discriminator 4. The transfer from the receiver 1 to the transfer carrier 5 is performed by the fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6. On the other hand, the fruit vegetables A remaining in the receiver 1 and conveyed as they are are taken out of the receiver 1 by the fruit extracting mechanism 9 and sent out to a post-processing step such as a packaging device. As described above, in the automatic sorting device, the fruit vegetables A placed on the receiver 1
Are automatically sorted according to the grade and sorted out into those that are transferred to the transfer carrier 5 and those that are sent out to the post-processing step. In this automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the receiver 1 from which the fruit and vegetable A is taken out by the fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6 and emptied is sent out to the first collection path 7 in the middle of the carrier 3 by the first sending out mechanism 8. Then, the empty receiver 1 from which the fruit and vegetable A is taken out by the vegetable take-out mechanism 9 is sent out from the carrier 3 to the second recovery path 10 by the second sending-out mechanism 11, and these receivers 1 are transported by the transporter 12 Is supplied to the supply mechanism 2, and is supplied to the carrier 3 by the supply mechanism 2. For this reason, the receiver 1 is circulated and supplied to the carrier 3, and by sorting the fruits and vegetables A on the receiver 1, sorting can be performed automatically and continuously.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus is provided with the interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetable A at a uniform interval in front of the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9, so that the fruit and vegetable A is aligned at a uniform interval. Taken out.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus, the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 connects and transports the receiver 1 with the rotary transporter 73 and the transported receiver 1 with the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9. Since it is provided with a support plate 75 for supporting the receiver 1 so as to be able to descend and a presser 78 for pressing the front of the receiver 1 to be lowered, the receivers 1 conveyed at uniform intervals are horizontally moved at the fruit picking mechanism 9. And the fruit vegetable A on the receiver 1 can be safely taken over by the fruit vegetable take-out mechanism 9.

In the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable A is arranged at a uniform interval since the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 is provided with the interval aligning mechanism 13 for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetable A. Taken out.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, fruit or vegetables A which are arranged at uniform intervals by sorting are automatically packaged one by one or several by the automatic packaging machine 14.

In the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the fruit or vegetables A arranged at uniform intervals by the sorting are automatically packed one by one or several by the automatic packaging machine 14.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the carrier 3 is the receiver 1 fed from the supply mechanism 2.
First and carrier 3 _first, the locking member 15 is provided a large number at regular intervals and the locking member 15 is first carrier 3 for conveying the ₁
Engaged with the receiving body 1 conveyed by the second and the carrier 3 ₂ of the transport at fixed intervals receptacle 1, receptacle 1 a second conveyed by the second conveying member 3 ₂ since than the conveying body 3 ₂ made and a third of the carrier 3 ₃ for conveying the fruit vegetables a fast, the receiving body 1 is fed from the feed mechanism 2 first
When conveyed by the conveying body 3 ₁ without intervals, receptacle 1 is aligned at uniform intervals by the second carrier 3 ₂ and is transported by placing the fruit vegetables A to the receiving body 1, during transportation, The classification of the fruit and vegetable A by the grade discriminator 4 and the position management of the identified fruit and vegetable A become easy, and the fruit and vegetable A by the fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6
Is carried out at a certain timing. Further, by feeding the receptacle 1 emptied by reloading into the takeover carrier 5 into the first recovery passage 7, the interval of receiving body 1 to be conveyed to the conveyance body 3 ₂ even become sparse , receptacle 1 is filled spacing is fast forwarding by the third carrier 3 ₃ fast.

[0025] In greenhouse vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 8 of the present invention, the second carrier 3 ₂ fastener 15 is pin receptacle 1 Dokakaritomegu 15 is fed to the carrier 3 ₂ for which is removably inserted into the locking member insertion portion 26 formed on the side surface, it can be or clear connected to the transfer member 3 ₂ receptacle 1 only insertion of Dokakaritomegu 15. In addition, if the locking member 15 is locked at two places before and after the locking member insertion portion 26 of the receiver 1, the receiving member 1 can be locked by the two locking members 15 in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 6, the receiver 1 is tilted down to support the receiver 1 as shown in FIG. 18, and the receiver 1 is removed as shown in FIG. It is very easy to remove.

[0026] In greenhouse vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 9 of the present invention, since the carrier ₃₅ takes over between are provided with the second carrier 3 ₂ and the third carrier 3 _3, acceptor 1 fast from the second carrier 3 ₂ slower speeds the third carrier 3
You can smoothly switch to ₃ .

In the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the transport carrier 12 is separately provided between each of the first recovery path 7 and the second recovery path 10 and the supply mechanism 2. Therefore, the receiver 1 recovered in the first recovery path 7 and the receiver 1 recovered in the second recovery path 10 are separate transporting bodies 1
2 and is fed into the supply mechanism 2.

In the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the present invention, the transporting body 12 joins the receiver 1 sent out to the first collection path 7 and the second collection path 10 to the supply mechanism 2. Since the transfer unit 16 is provided with the merging and transporting mechanism 16, the receiver 1 recovered in the first recovery path 7 and the receiver 1 recovered in the second recovery path 10 are merged by the merging and transporting mechanism 16. It is circulated by one circulating carrier 12 and fed into the supply mechanism 2.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the switching path 1 connected to the first recovery path 7 so that the joining and transporting mechanism 16 can be connected to and disconnected from the transporting and transporting body 12.
13 and a stopper 114 for stopping the receiver 1 on the transporting body 12 before the switching path 113,
When the switching path 113 is connected to the second recovery path 10 and the receiver 1 sent out to the first recovery path 7 joins the second recovery path 10, the receiver 1 is conveyed to the second recovery path 10. If the receiver 1 is stopped by the stopper 114, the receiver 1 sent to the transport carrier 12 can join the receiver 1 sent from the first recovery path 7 without colliding with the receiver 1.

[0030]

1 to 20 show an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view and a plan view showing the general outline of the automatic sorting apparatus, and FIGS. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of each part of the automatic sorting device. FIG. 2 shows a front end portion of the device, FIG. 3 shows a continuation portion of FIG. 2, FIG.
Indicates a continuation portion (rear end portion) of FIG. FIG.
20 is a detailed view of each part of the automatic sorting device.

This automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus is roughly shown in FIG.
, A number of receivers 1 on which cucumbers (fruits and vegetables) A are placed, a supply mechanism 2 for feeding the receivers 1, and a carrier 3 for transporting the receivers 1 sent from the supply mechanism 2.
(3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₃ , 3 ₄ ), a class discriminator 4 for discriminating the grade of the fruit and vegetable A on the receiver 1 during conveyance by the carrier 3, and a class discrimination signal by the class discriminator 4. On the basis of the position information of the receiver 1, fruit vegetables A of a predetermined grade are transferred from the receiver 1 to the carrier 5 (5).
_1, 5 _2, 5 _3, 5 _4, and 5 ₅₎ was transferred to the Order fruiting transfer sorting mechanism 6 (6 _1, 6 _2, 6 _3, 6 _4, 6 _5), emptied been transferred is fruit vegetables A A first delivery mechanism 8 for removing the received receiver 1 from the carrier 3 and sending it to the first recovery path 7;
Receiver 1 continuously transported by transport body 3 with
Take out the fruit and vegetables A from the post-processing step (automatic packaging machine 14)
And a second delivery mechanism 11 for delivering the empty receiver 1 from which the fruit A has been taken out to the second recovery path 10, and a receiver recovered in both recovery paths 7, 10. 1
To the supply mechanism 2. Hereinafter, each part of the device will be described in detail.

[0032]

[Description of Receiver 1] The receiver 1 is made of ABS resin, and is specifically made in a pallet shape as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (c). The length (L) of the receiver 1 in the front-rear direction is about 90 m
m, the length in the width direction (W) is about 300 mm,
Cucumber A can be placed on the upper surface 21 in a horizontal position (as a fruit and vegetable placing part 24). A groove 25, a groove 26, and a groove 27 are formed on the upper surface 21, the side surface 22, and the bottom surface 23 of the main body 20 of the receiver 1, respectively. A displacement prevention device 28 is provided.

The grooves 25 on the upper surface 21 are formed to be elongated along the front-rear direction of the receiver 1, and are provided in two rows at intervals in the width direction of the receiver 1, ie, in the direction W in FIG. Each groove 25
The belt conveyor 98 (fruit extracting jig) 98 of the fruit picking mechanism 9 can be inserted straight from the front thereof, and the belt conveyor 98 inserted in the groove 25 can be moved upward and pulled out as it is. I can do it. Then, the cucumber A on the receiver 1 can be safely picked up by the belt conveyor 98.

The groove 25 of the upper surface 21 has both side walls slightly inclined, so that the light of the class discriminator 4 illuminated vertically from above the receiver 1 toward the receiver 1 can be emitted. It is returned to the classifier 4 appropriately. In this way, the image obtained by the classifier 4 is less likely to be shadowed by the groove 25, and the class can be identified with high accuracy. Since this depends on the type of the classifier 4 and the identification method, it is not always necessary to incline the wall surface of the groove 25 of the receiver 1.

The groove (locking member insertion portion) 26 of the side surface 22
Are formed to be elongated from the rear to the front of the receiver 1, the rear end 26 a of the groove 26 opens to the rear surface of the receiver 1, and the front end 26 b of the groove 26 opens to the front surface of the receiver 1. It is rounded off without letting it go. As shown in FIG. 13, the stoppers 15 of the carrier 3 (3 ₂ ) can be inserted into and removed from the grooves 26, and the stoppers 15 can be inserted into and removed from two places before and after the grooves 26 as shown in FIG. When it is inserted, the receiving body 1 can be supported horizontally by the two locking members 15, and when only the rear locking member 15 is pulled out from the groove 26 as shown in FIG. 17, the receiving body 1 is turned sideways as shown in FIG. 19, the support of the receiver 1 can be released by pulling out all the locking tools 15 from the groove 26 as shown in FIG.

The grooves 27 on the bottom surface 23 are elongated in the front-rear direction of the receiver 1, and are provided in two rows at intervals in the width direction of the receiver 1, ie, in the direction W in FIG. Each groove 27
A plate-shaped guide rail as shown in FIG. 1 can be set in the, so that the receiver 1 can be moved along the rail while being supported by the guide rail. Such guide rails are provided at various places in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus. For example, the first collection path 7 shown in FIG.
, The sliding body 111 of the second recovery path 10 shown in FIG. 10, the support guide 44 shown in FIG.

The position preventing device 28 is provided on the upper surface 2 of the receiver 1.
1 and a plate made of rubber or urethane is attached to the plate 1 so that both sides of the cucumber A can be fixed between the plates as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) and 7 (c). Cucumber A of each plate material
The corners in contact with are chamfered (rounded) so that the cucumber A is not damaged by the plate material.

As shown in FIG. 7, a felt 29 is attached to the rear surface of the receiver 1 so that the receiver 1 and the receiver 1 collide through the felt 29.
The felt 29 prevents large noises from being generated even if the receivers 1 collide with each other.

[0039]

[Description of Supply Mechanism 2] The supply mechanism 2 is provided at the front end side of the carrier 3 as shown in FIGS.
As shown in the figure, the sprocket gears 30, 31 which are arranged at intervals above and below, and the sprocket gears 30, 31
Body (chain) 32 rotatably supported by the
And a support part 33 attached to the chain 32 at a predetermined interval, on which the receiver 1 can be placed and on which the receiver 1 can be lifted, and a drive motor 34 for driving the sprocket gear 30 to rotate. And a receiving body 1 raised by the elevator 35 at a desired height at a desired height of the conveying body 3 (first conveying body 3 ₁ ).
And an extruder 36 for extruding the extruder.

In the elevator 35, a one-way clutch provided in a transmission system between the driving motor 34 and the sprocket gear 30 drives the chain 32 to rotate only in the direction of the arrow f. The raised receiver 1 is also prevented from lowering.

The support portion 33 is fitted so as to fit into the groove 27 formed on the bottom surface 23 of the receiver 1 so that the receiver 1 supported by the support portion 33 does not shake while being raised. It is. The tip of the support portion 33 is tapered so as to be tapered, so that the receiver 1 can be smoothly fed into the support portion 33.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 15, a stopper plate 37 for stopping the receiver 1 fed from the transporting body 12 is provided at a lower portion of the elevator 35. As shown in FIG. 15, a roller 38 with a rubber ring is
And the roller 38 with the rubber ring is rotatable. For this reason, the transporting body 12 moves the stop plate 3
When the receiver 1 is fed into 7, the rubber of the roller 38 serves as a cushion to prevent the receiver 1 from returning,
The rotation of the roller 38 allows the receiver 1 to rise smoothly.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 15, a rotatable driven roller 39 for temporarily supporting the bottom surface 23 of the receiver 1 pushed out by the extruder 36 is provided on the upper portion of the elevator 35. The driven roller 39 is used to move
Is provided at a position slightly lower than the height of the carrier 3 and is temporarily supported by the extruder 36 at a position slightly lower than the height of the carrier 3. To smoothly transfer to the carrier 3.

Although not shown, the driven roller 3
Inside 9 is provided a belt conveyor using a rubber belt. The belt conveyor temporarily takes over the receiver 1 sent from the extruder 36, and can reliably send the receiver 1 to the carrier 3 by the force of the rubber belt.

[0045]

Carrier 3 [Description of the carrier 3] The first carrier 3 ₁ As shown in FIG. 1, the second and carrier 3 _2, third carrier 3 ₃
Yes and organized into bets, and the second carrier 3 ₂ between the third carrier 3 ₃ is provided with a carrier 3 ₄ takeover. Further, the other party of the third carrier 3 ₃ is provided the interval alignment mechanism 13 for aligning the interval of receptacle 1 being transported in the carrier 3 _3.

The carrier 3 ₁ of the first FIG 1,2,8,1
2 and 15, the sprocket gears 40 and 41 spaced apart in the front-rear direction and the sprocket gear 4
Roller chain 4 that can be freely rotated by being hung on 0 and 41
2, a drive motor 43 for rotating and driving the sprocket gear 41, and a groove 2 on the bottom surface of the receiver 1 which horizontally supports the roller chain 42 and is conveyed on the roller chain 42.
7 and a support guide 44 for guiding the receiver 1.

The roller chain 42 is a chain in which a large number of resin rollers 45 are rotatably mounted. As shown in FIG. 13, each roller 45 has a central portion having a large diameter and both outer portions have a small diameter. It is made in. The support guide 44 supporting the roller chain 42 is manufactured so as to support only the small diameter portion of the roller 45 and not the large diameter portion. Therefore, the roller chain 4
When the vehicle 2 travels on the support guide 44, the small-diameter portion of the roller 45 supported by the guide 44 is driven to rotate, whereby the large-diameter portion of the roller 45 rotates at a higher speed than the small-diameter portion. . Thus, receptacle 1 loaded in the carrier 3 _1, and is conveyed in the direction of arrow X at a speed higher than the moving speed of the roller chain 42.

[0048] Also in this transport body 3 _1, thereby making it possible to stop the receiving body 1 which carries thereon even while it is traveling roller chain 42 by an external force. The carrier 3 ₁ are those commonly referred to as free flow conveyor.

[0049] The second carrier 3 ₂ 1-4, 6,
8, 9, 13, 14, and sprocket gears 50, 5 and
1 and other auxiliary sprocket gears 52, a chain 53 rotatable around the sprocket gears 50 to 52, the locking members 15 attached to the chain 53 at regular intervals, and horizontally supporting the chain 53. It comprises a support guide 54 and a drive motor (not shown) for a sprocket gear.

The power transmission system between the drive motor and the sprocket gear is provided with a torque limit mechanism.
If an unexpectedly large force is applied to the chain 53 for any reason, the sprocket gear idles to prevent the chain 53 from being driven any further.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the locking member 15 is an elongated pin-shaped object attached to the side surface of the chain 53 so as to be slidable in the directions of arrows a and b). A roller 56 is rotatably attached to a tip portion of the side surface 22 which is inserted into the groove 26, and an operation body 57 for pushing and pulling the locking member 15 in the directions of arrows ab is attached to the other end. is there.

[0052] The second carrier 3 of the _second conveying direction front side at (Fig. 2), i.e., the from carrier 3 ₁ where receiving body 1 is fed to the conveyance body 3 _2, fastener 15 A pusher 60 is provided for pushing out the operating body 57 to the receiver 1 side and inserting the tip of the locking tool 15 into the groove 26 of the receiver 1. As shown in FIG. 16, the pusher 60 is formed by forming a slope 62 on a metal block 61 so as to gradually push the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 toward the receiver 1. This pusher 60
Is is provided with on both outer sides of the conveying body 3 _2, are to all the fastener 15 passing therethrough to be able to push the receiving body 1 side. Thus, receptacle 1 sent out from the first carrier 3 _1, the carrier 3 ₂ at the pusher 60 1
They are connected one after another and conveyed at equal intervals.

[0053] Also not shown at the conveying direction front side of the conveying body 3 _2, so that the receiving body 1 come fed from the first carrier 3 ₁ is fed reliably into the carrier 3 ₂ Is provided with a rubber belt carrier. As can be locked further engaged reliably transport body 3 _second fastener 15 to the first one by one carrier 3 ₁ comes fed continuously from receptacle 1, the receptacle 1 receptacle 1 the sides lightly pressing it is provided a brake mechanism for stopping or decelerating the temporary receptacle 1 to be conveyed is engaged with the carrier 3 ₂ of fastener 15.

[0054] Further is provided an encoder 130 of the optical measuring the amount of movement of the chain 53 (moving speed) in the middle of the carrier 3 ₂ (Figure 2). This encoder 13
As shown in FIG. 14, the reference numeral 0 denotes a sprocket gear 131 driven to rotate by the chain 53, a disk 133 having a hole 132 rotated by the gear 131, and a disk 133.
And a light-emitting element 134 and a light-receiving element 135 disposed on both outer sides of the light-emitting element.

The encoder 130 is connected to the chain 53
Travels and rotates the disk 133 between the light emitting element 134 and the light receiving element 135, the light emitted from the light emitting element 134 passes through or does not pass through the hole 132 of the disk 133. The light received by the element 135 has a pulse shape, and the speed of the chain 53 can be detected from the pattern of the received light pulse. In addition,
A sequencer (not shown) that centrally and automatically controls the operation of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device according to the pattern of the received light pulses.
To be sent out as an electric signal.

[0056] Further, the second carrier 3 of the _second conveying direction other party side where, i.e. where the receiving body 1 is fed from the carrier 3 ₂ acceptor 1 operation body 57 of the fastener 15 A pull-out tool 65 is provided to pull the tip of the locking tool 15 out of the groove 26 of the receiver 1 by pulling the locking tool 15 outside. As shown in FIG. 20, the drawer 65 is attached to the metal block 66 with the operating body 5 of the locking tool 15.
7 is gradually drawn out of the receiver 1.
Is formed. The pulling out device 65 is provided with the both outer sides of the conveying body 3 _2, are to all the fastener 15 passing therethrough can be pulled out to the outside of the receptacle 1. Receptacle 1 to be conveyed Therefore being connected to the transfer body 3 ₂ are as are all separated from the transport body 3 ₂ at the pulling out device 65.

[0057] The third carrier 3 ₃ Figure 4, 10,
19 is a free flow conveyor (conveyor) provided with a roller chain 68 having the same configuration as the _first conveyor 31. There However conveying speed of the conveying body 3 ₃ by increasing the total length to be able to be Yes set to be about twice of the second carrier 3 _2, also a lot of the receptacle 1 were pooled . Therefore receptacle 1 to be fed into the carrier 3 ₃ is collected in other party while being conveyed at high speed, and is pooled. And for some reason, this carrier 3
_Even if the receiver 1 is temporarily not supplied to ₃ , the cucumber A of the receiver 1 is continuously removed without stopping the subsequent processing steps until all the receivers 1 pooled here are exhausted. Can be processed.

The transfer carrier 34 is shown in FIGS. 1, _{4 and 9 and} is a conveyor using a rubber belt 69. The takeover carrier 3 ₄ are to reliably transit the receptacle 1 into a carrier 3 ₃ large slow frictionally with the conveying speed second carrier 3 fast ₂ from the conveyance speed third rubber belt I have.

The interval aligning mechanism 13 is shown in FIGS.
11 and the sprocket gears 70, 71, 72
A chain 73 (rotary carrier) that is rotatable around these sprocket gears 70 to 72, a holder 74 attached to the chain 73 at regular intervals, and a support plate that supports the bottom of the receiver 1. 75 and a drive motor (not shown).

The holder 74 is provided with the carrier 3 ₂ described above.
Is a pin-shaped object like the stopper 15 of the
3 is slidably attached to the side surface. Then, the holders 74 are inserted into the grooves 26 of the receiver 1 disposed inside the chain 73 from both sides thereof to connect the receiver 1 to the chain 73, or the holders 7 are provided on both outer sides of the receiver 1.
4, the receiver 1 can be detached from the chain 73.

The support plate 75 has a tip portion shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, the chain 73 is inclined downward at an angle, and the chain 73 is also inclined along the inclination. The inclined portion is provided with a rotatable holding member 78 for holding the front surface of the receiver 1 which is locked and conveyed by the chain 73. When the holder 1 connected to the chain 73 and conveyed descends on the inclined surface, the retainer 78 prevents the receiving body 1 from protruding forward with the momentum up to that point, and prevents the receiver 1 from sliding down along the inclined surface by itself. The holding member helps the receiver 1 to be surely and horizontally lowered along the inclined surface of the support plate 75. (When the receiver 1 is tilted, the cucumbers A placed thereon roll. It is not good, and in some cases, it may fall without being put on the belt conveyor 98 of the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9). In addition, this presser 7
The driven roller 79 is attached to the tip of
It does not prevent smooth descent.

A position in front of the alignment mechanism 13 in the transport direction,
That from said carrier 3 ₃ where the receiving body 1 is fed out, the
Pusher 76 is inserted by pushing the retainer 74 to receptacle 1 side tip of the holder 74 into the groove 26 of the receptacle 1 (the same as the pusher 60 of the carrier 3 ₂ shown in FIG. 15) It is provided. Also it is provided with a belt conveyor for taking over as receptacle 1 is fed out reliably from the carrier 3 ₃ in this portion, also securely holder 74 is inserted into and engaged with the groove 26 of each receptacle 1 Thus, a brake mechanism for stopping or decelerating the receiver 1 by pressing both side surfaces of the receiver 1 is also provided.

Further, at the position on the forward side in the transport direction of the alignment mechanism 13 (at the sprocket gear 72), the holding tool 74 is pulled to both outer sides of the receiver 1 so that the tip of the holding tool 74 is inserted into the groove 2
A release tool 77 to be detached from the device 6 is provided. In this embodiment, the release tool 77 is moved from the series of carriers 3 to the second recovery path 1.
This is a sending mechanism 11 for sending out to zero.

[0064]

Grade discriminator 4 [grade discriminator Description 4] is is provided with the above the carrier 3 (second carrier 3 ₂₎ As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, receive conveyed to the conveying member 3 ₂ An electronic camera for photographing the cucumber A on the body 1 and a processing circuit for computing the image data and determining the grade of the cucumber A from the bending and size of the cucumber A are provided. This processing circuit sets the grade of cucumber A to "AM", "AL", "2S", "B", "C", "
The classification data of cucumber A obtained here is sent to a sequencer as an electric signal.

[0065]

[Description of the transfer carrier 5] The transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5
_3, ...) Are provided below the second transport body 32 as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, ₆ , and 9, and a total of 5 are provided along the transport direction of the _second transport body 32. Rows are provided. And carrier 3
_When cucumber A is dropped from the receiver 1 conveyed by ₂ , it can be caught and conveyed.
As shown in FIG. 9, the transport belt 80 used for the transport body 5 is rich in elasticity so that the cucumbers A dropped from the receiver 1 can be safely received.

Each transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ ...)
As shown in FIG. 6, a conveyor belt conveyor 81 is provided in parallel with the conveyor 3, and a turntable 82 is provided in front of each conveyor belt 81. A work space for workers is provided beside the conveyor belt conveyor 81.
Cucumber A conveyed to 1 is picked up by hand and packed in a cardboard box. The cucumber A not picked up here is placed on the turntable 82 so that the worker can pick up the cucumber A from the turntable 82 and put it in a box when the hand becomes available. is there.

The transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ ...)
...) among the carrier 5 ₁ "AL" carrier for conveying a cucumber A grade, carrier for conveying a cucumber A of carrier 5 ₂ "2S" grade, the carrier 5 ₃ "B" conveying member for conveying the cucumber a grade, carrier for conveying a cucumber a of carrier ₄ is "C" grade, a carrier for carrying the cucumber a of carrier 5 ₅ "Others" grades, each carrier body 5 _1, 5 _2, 5 ₃ by fruiting transfer replacement mechanism 6 which will be described later.. the cucumber a respective specified grade are to be conveyed.

[0068]

[Description of fruits and vegetables moved sorting mechanism 6] fruits and vegetables moved sorting mechanism 6 (6 _1,
6 ₂ , 6 ₃ ...) Are shown in FIGS. 1, ₃ , 6, 9, 13, 17,
As shown in FIG. 18, the transfer carrier 5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 _3.
It is provided in the second opposite sides of the carrier 3 ₂ of the upper. Each fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , 6 ₃ ...
As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, a transfer movable body 90 for locking the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1 and an arrow a- in FIG. and a transfer driver 91 for pulling out the locking member 15 which is movable in the direction b and is locked in the groove 26 of the receiver 1.
As shown in FIG. 18, a brake plate 93 is provided to press the both sides of the receiver 1 to stop the swing so that the receiver 1 which is removed and falls down as shown in FIG.

The transfer driver 91 operates according to a signal output from the sequencer. The sequencer, the grade information Grade identifier 4 is detected, and the conveying speed of the conveying body 3 ₂ optical encoder 130 detects information (information for grasping the position of the receptacle 1), driving Utsurigae Based on strict positional information of the receiver 1 from an optical sensor (not shown) provided slightly before the body 91, a signal is sent to the transfer driving body 91 at a good timing to perform the transfer. The driver 91 is operated. And receiver 1
Only the rear locking member 15 of the two locking members 15 inserted and locked in the connector can be reliably pulled out.

[0070] The fruiting transfer replacement mechanism 6 _1, "AL" When receiving body 1 cucumber A has appeared grades is conveyed by the conveying body 3 _2, operates the transfer replacement drive member 91 receiving body 1, only the rear stopper 15 is pulled out, whereby the receiver 1 on which the “AL” grade cucumber A is placed is turned over sideways as shown in FIG. 18, and the “AL” grade cucumber A is removed. "A
L "reloaded onto the takeover carrier 5 ₁ grade. Similarly Utsurigae mechanism 6 _2" 2S "cucumbers A grade" 2S "
The carrier 5 ₂ grade, the carrier 5 ₃ cucumber A a "B" grade Utsurigae mechanism 6 ₃ "B" grade, Utsurigae mechanism 6 ₄
The carrier 5 ₄ for "C" grade cucumbers A of "C" grade,
Transfer mechanism 6 ₅ is "Other" grade Cucumber A "Other"
The carrier 5 ₅ for grade, respectively put frogs.

[0071]

[Description of First Delivery Mechanism 8] The first delivery mechanism 8 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 4,6,9,19, it is provided on both sides of the carrier 3 ₂ other party than fruit vegetables transfer replacement mechanism 6. This sending mechanism 8
As shown in FIG. 19, a first separating movable body 95 for locking the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiver 1 and an arrow shown in FIG. And a first separating driving body 96 for pulling out the locking tool 15 which is movable in the direction and is locked in the groove 26 of the receiver 1.

The sending mechanism 8 is operated by a signal output from the sequencer, and operates the separating driving body 96 in a timely manner when the receiver 1 lying horizontally as shown in FIG. 19 passes. Thus, the remaining one locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiver 1 is pulled out. Then it is to send out empty receptacle 1 which is detached from the carrier 3 ₂ to guide rail 110 of the first recovery passage 7.

[0073]

[Explanation of fruit picking mechanism 9] Fruit picking mechanism 9 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 5, 10, and 11, the gap aligning mechanism 13 is provided on the rear end side. As shown in detail in FIGS. 10 and 11, the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 includes two elongated belt conveyors (fruit and vegetable extracting jigs) 98 that can be inserted into the grooves 25 on the upper surface of the receiver 1. The belt conveyor 98 is inserted into the receiver 1 conveyed by the
The cucumber A can be picked up from the receiver 1 when the is lowered horizontally by the interval alignment mechanism 13.

An automatic wrapping machine 14 is provided at the end of the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9, and the cucumbers A taken out in a state of being aligned by the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 are separated one by one as shown in FIG. It is packaged in 100.
Portion 101 of this sheet 100 that separates cucumber A
The sheet 100 is cut from the perforation 102 so that the packaged cucumbers A can be separated one by one or several.

[0075]

[Explanation of the second delivery mechanism 11] The second delivery mechanism 11 is provided in front of the fruit and vegetable arrangement mechanism 13 as shown in FIGS. The receiver 1 is sent out from the carrier 3 (interval alignment mechanism 13) to the second recovery path 10, and is provided in the interval alignment mechanism 13. The receiver 1 detached from the carrier 3 (fruit and vegetable arrangement mechanism 13) by the second delivery mechanism 11 is the first receiver 1.
Of the recovery path 10 is supported by a guide rail (sliding body) 111 so as to slide down.

[0076]

[Explanation of the forwarding carrier 12] The forwarding carrier 12 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 and 15, it is provided below the series of transport bodies 3. The transfer body 12 is composed of the receiver 1 transferred to the guide rail 110 of the first recovery path 7 and the second recovery path 1
And a transfer body 112 for transferring the receiver 1 conveyed to the guide rail 111 to the supply mechanism 2, and the receiver 1 conveyed to the guide rail 110 in the middle of the transfer body 112, A merging and conveying mechanism 16 for smoothly merging the receiver 1 conveyed to the rail 111 is provided.

The merging and conveying mechanism 16 is described in detail in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 5, a switching path 113 connected to the guide rail 110 so as to be able to be connected and disconnected to the transporting body 12;
When the receiver 1 from the guide rail 110 is sent to the recovery transporting body 12 through the switching path 113, the stopper 114 stops the receiver on the recovery transporting body 2 before the switching path 113.

In the merging / conveying mechanism 16, FIG.
When the receiver 1 is conveyed to the guide rail 110 as shown in FIG.
14 is actuated and the carrier 112 is moved from the guide rail 111 side.
Is temporarily stopped, and during this time, the receiver 1 from the guide rail 110 can be sent to the transport carrier 12 through the switching path 113. Further, when the receiver 1 on the switching path 113 is transferred to the transporting body 12, the switching path 113 is automatically flipped up, and the stop of the receiver 1 by the stopper 114 is released.
The receiver 1 on 2 is subsequently movable. In this way, the receiver 1 of the first recovery path 7 and the receiver 1 of the second recovery path 10 can be joined so as not to collide with each other. All of this series of operations is controlled by a signal from the sequencer.

Note that the carrier 112 is the first carrier 3
Are those using roller chain as well as ₁ and the third carrier 3 _3, are as the roller chain is supported by the support guide 115 (the support guide 115 is 1
2 is the same as the support guide 44 shown in FIG. 2). A troublesome side in the transport direction of the transport body 112 (arrow Y direction in FIG. 1);
That is, as shown in FIG. 10, a relay carrier 121 using a rubber belt 120 is provided at a place where the receiver 1 slides down from the guide rail 111, and the receiver 1 which slides down from the rail 111 is transported. It can be reliably sent to the body 112. Further, a belt conveyor (not shown) for securely sending out the conveyed receiver 1 to the supply mechanism 2 is provided ahead of the conveyance body 112 in the conveyance direction (the direction of the arrow Y in FIG. 1).

In addition, a speed reducer 116 for reducing the speed of the receiver 1 sliding down the guide rail 110 of the first recovery path 7 is provided above the upper end of the switching path 113. The speed reducer 116 is a roller whose rotation is suppressed, and comes into contact with the upper surface of the
Can be slowed down.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 20 described above, the interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the interval between the receivers 1 is provided in front of the _third transporting body 33. from the top of the body 3 ₃ may be taken out of cucumber a. In this case, even if the cucumber A is wrapped by the automatic wrapping machine 14 as it is,
Alternatively, the cucumbers A may be packed after the cucumbers A are arranged at intervals by separately providing an interval adjusting device.

The receiver 1 conveyed to the first recovery path 7
And the receiver 1 conveyed to the second recovery path 10 are merged by the merging and conveying mechanism 16 shown in FIG. 9, and then the receiver 1 is sent out to the supply mechanism 2. And the receiver 1 conveyed to the second recovery path 10 may be sent directly to the supply mechanism 2 without merging. In this case, the timing at which the receivers 1 are sent to the supply mechanism 2 may be separately controlled by desired means so that the receivers 1 are placed one by one on the support portions 33 of the elevator 35 of the supply mechanism 2.

When two or more fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatuses of the present invention are used in parallel, the sorting ability is greatly increased. In this case, the transfer carrier 5 of each automatic sorting apparatus is separately provided for each apparatus. Instead of providing, the cucumber A dropped from the carrier 3 of each device may be sequentially merged and placed on the transfer carrier 5 without being provided. In this case, even if the number of sorting devices increases, the number of transfer carriers 5 may be five in the case of the device described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 20, and it is not necessary to increase the number of workers.

[0084]

According to the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained. . Simply placing the fruits and vegetables A one by one on the receiver 1 in front of the transport direction, the grade of the fruits and vegetables A is automatically identified, and based on the identification information, the fruits and vegetables A are kept on the receiver 1 and the fruit picking mechanism 9 The other fruits and vegetables A are taken out and transported on the transfer carrier 5, so that automatic sorting of the fruits and vegetables A is realized. . Since the fruit and vegetable A taken out by the fruit and vegetable taking-out mechanism 9 is always placed on the receiver 1, it can be safely sorted without being hurt or damaged. . In particular, if the fruit grade A of the main grade is taken out by the fruit take-out mechanism 9, extremely efficient sorting can be performed. . Since the receiver 1 used to transport the fruit and vegetable A is circulated,
It is possible to continuously sort fruit vegetables A.

Particularly, in the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the second to fourth aspects, since the fruit and vegetable A is taken out in an aligned state, box packing and packaging by a machine become very easy.

In the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the fifth and sixth aspects, the fruit or vegetable A is wrapped in a sheet one by one or several and comes out, so that, for example, the sheet can be folded and packed in a cardboard box. It is simple and can be easily realized with a machine. Therefore, in this case, it is possible to consistently mechanize from sorting to packing. Further, the packaged fruit vegetables A do not need to be repackaged, which is convenient for the selling side, and the consumer side is also good because the fruit vegetables A packaged in the production area are sanitary. Also, the packaged fruit and vegetable A has better merit than a case where it is packed in a box without being packaged, and has the advantage that the freshness is not easily reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, in which (a) is a side view and (b) is a plan view.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, showing a front end portion of the apparatus.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, showing a continuation of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, showing a continuation of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, showing a continuation of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, showing a conveyor connected to the end of the takeover carrier of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is an example of a receiver used in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, wherein (a) is a plan view thereof, (b) is a front view thereof,
(C) is the side view.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the front end portion of FIG. 2 in detail.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing the center part of FIG. 4 in detail.

FIG. 10 is a side view showing the rear end portion of FIG. 5 in detail.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 10 in further detail;

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a roller chain and a receiver conveyed thereon.

FIG. 13 is a plan view specifically showing a connecting portion between a receiver and a second transporter.

FIGS. 14A and 14B are examples of an optical encoder provided on a second conveyance body, where FIG. 14A is a front view thereof, and FIG. 14B is a side view thereof with a partial cross-sectional view.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a supply mechanism.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing a state in which a receiver is connected to a second carrier.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state where a receiver connected to a second transport body is overturned.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a state where a receiver connected to a second carrier has fallen.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a state where an empty receiver is removed from a second transporter.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a state in which a receiver on which fruits and vegetables are placed is taken over from a second carrier to a third carrier.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing an example of packaging of fruits and vegetables sorted by an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus.

FIG. 22 is a plan view showing an example of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus developed earlier by the present applicant.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Fruit Vegetables 1 Receiver 2 Supply Mechanism 3 Carrier 4 Grade Classifier 5 Transfer Carrier 6 Fruit Vegetable Transfer Mechanism 7 First Collection Path 8 First Delivery Mechanism 9 Fruit Vegetable Extraction Mechanism 10 Second Collection Path 11 Second Sending mechanism 12 Forwarding and transporting body 13 Spacing and aligning mechanism 14 Automatic packaging machine 15 Locking device 16 Merging and transporting mechanism 26 Locking member insertion portion 73 Rotating transporter 75 Support plate 78 Presser 113 Switching path 114 Stopper

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Claims (12)

(57) [Claims] 1. A large number of receivers (1) on which fruits (A) are placed;
A supply mechanism (2) for feeding the receiver (1), a carrier (3) for conveying the receiver (1) sent from the supply mechanism (2), and a grade of fruit vegetables (A) on the receiver (1) Classifier (4) for identifying the fruit while being transported by the carrier (3), and fruit carrier (A) of a predetermined grade based on the signal of the class identifier (4) from the receiver (1). 5) A fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism (6) for transferring the fruit and vegetable (A) to the first collecting path (7) by removing the empty receiver (1) from the carrier (3). A first delivery mechanism (8) for sending out, and a fruit vegetable (A)
The fruit and vegetable (A) is taken out from the receiver (1) continuously transported by the carrier (3) while the fruit and vegetables (A) is taken out and sent to a post-processing step. A second delivery mechanism (11) for sending the empty receiver (1) to the second recovery path (10), and both recovery paths (7) and (1);
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter, comprising: a transporter (12) for sending the receiver (1) collected in (0) to the supply mechanism (2). 2. A fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval aligning mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetable (A) before the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9). Automatic sorting device. 3. A fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9) according to claim 2, wherein the rotating transport body (73) for connecting and transporting the receivers (1) and the transported receiver (1) are connected to the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9). (3) an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, comprising: a support plate (75) for supporting the container (1) so as to be able to descend; and a presser (78) for pressing the front surface of the receiver (1) to be lowered. 4. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval aligning mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables (A) after the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9). Sorting device. 5. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval aligning mechanism (13) for aligning the fruits and vegetables (A) at equal intervals before the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9). An automatic packaging machine (14) for packaging one or several fruits and vegetables (A) taken out at uniform intervals later.
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by comprising 6. An automatic fruit sorting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval aligning mechanism (13) provided after the fruit extracting mechanism (9) for uniformly aligning the fruits (A).
After 3), an automatic packaging machine (14) for packaging one or several fruits and vegetables (A) arranged at a uniform interval.
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by comprising 7. A transport of fruit vegetables automatic sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein body (3) is a first carrier for transporting the receiving body (1) fed from the feed mechanism (2) and (3 _1), engagement Stopper (1
5) are provided at regular intervals, and the fasteners (15) are provided.
Is engaged with the receiver (1) conveyed by the first carrier (3 ₁ ) and transports the receiver (1) at regular intervals.
Carrier of (3 ₂₎ and the third carrier that transports faster than receptacle conveyed (1) the second carrier (3 ₂₎ by the second conveying member (3 ₂₎ ( 3 ₃₎ being configured from a fruiting automatic sorting apparatus according to claim. 8. A catcher (15) of the second carrier (3 ₂ ) according to claim 7, wherein the catch (15) is a pin, and the catch (15) is fed into the carrier (3 ₂ ). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus characterized in that it can be inserted into and removed from an engaging part (26) formed on the side surface of (1). 9. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising a take-over carrier (3 ₄ ) between the second carrier (3 ₂ ) and the third carrier (3 ₃ ). Automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by the following. 10. A transporting body (12) in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the first collecting path (7) and the second collecting path (10) is connected to a supply mechanism (2). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, which is provided separately between the two. 11. The transporter (12) in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the receiver (1) sent out to the first collection path (7) and the second collection path (10) is used. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, comprising a merging and conveying mechanism (16) for merging and feeding to a supply mechanism (2). 12. A combined transport mechanism according to claim 11, wherein:
A switching path (113) connected to the first recovery path (7) so as to be freely connected to and disconnectable from the transport carrier (12); and a switching path (113) on the transport carrier (12). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, comprising a stopper (114) that stops before (113).