JP5558748B2 - Fruit and vegetable transport and delivery method, fruit and vegetable transport and delivery device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention conveys fruit vegetables, and a method for conveying and delivering fruit vegetables at a predetermined position during the conveyance, in particular, a round fruit fruit vegetable such as tomato, peach, pear and strawberry, Long fruit vegetables such as pepper and eggplant are automatically sorted according to various standards (by grade) such as size, shape, color, sugar content, etc. The present invention relates to a fruit vegetable transporting and sending method suitable for the above and a fruit vegetable transporting and sending device used for its implementation.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there are various kinds of fruit vegetable conveying / feeding apparatuses that convey fruit vegetables and send the fruit vegetables to the side in the conveying direction at a predetermined position during the conveyance, and fruit vegetable sorting apparatuses using the fruit vegetable conveying / delivery apparatus. As one of such fruit vegetable sorting apparatuses, there is a bucket-type fruit and vegetables sorting apparatus as shown in FIGS. This fruit vegetable sorting device carries fruit vegetables A on a bucket C attached to a chain B and conveys them, and measures the size, shape, etc. of the fruit vegetables A by the measuring means D during the conveyance, and discriminates them. When the fruit vegetables A are conveyed to the receiver (pool part) E, the bucket C falls sideways as shown in FIG. 17C so that the fruit vegetables A on the bucket C are discharged to the receiver E. It is a thing. In this case, the standard number of receivers E of fruit vegetables A are arranged beside the chain B, and the determined fruit vegetables A are discharged to the respective receivers E by standard. In this fruit vegetable sorting apparatus, when the fruit vegetables are discharged, the fruit vegetables A may roll on the receiver E and collide with the fruit vegetables A that have been discharged to the receiver E before being damaged.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the applicant of the present application developed various fruit vegetable sorting apparatuses and applied for patents (Patent Document 1).

  As shown in FIGS. 18 (a) and 18 (b), the fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus described in Patent Document 1 has a large number of fruit and vegetable mounting bodies F on which fruits and vegetables A are placed on a chain B, and the fruit and vegetable mounting bodies F are of a belt conveyor type. When the fruit and vegetables A loaded thereon are conveyed to a predetermined position, the fruit and vegetables loaded body F rotates in a direction (arrow b direction) 90 degrees perpendicular to the moving direction (arrow a direction) and the fruit vegetables A are chained B. It is made to send out to the pool conveyor G arrange | positioned to the side. Also in this case, the standard number of pool conveyors G of fruit vegetables A are arranged beside the chain B, and the determined fruit vegetables A are discharged to the respective pool conveyors G by standard. In this fruit vegetable sorting apparatus, when the fruit vegetable A on the fruit vegetable mounting body F is sent to the pool conveyor G, the fruit vegetable A has a momentum in the feeding direction, and the fruit vegetable A falls sideways or the fruit vegetable A is damaged. There was a risk of it.

  The present applicant has developed a fruit vegetable sorting apparatus described in Patent Document 2 in order to solve the above problems. As shown in FIG. 19, a transfer conveyor H that is inclined forward is disposed between the belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable carrier F and the pool conveyor G, and the fruit and vegetable carrier F is placed on the side in the conveying direction (arrow b). The fruit and vegetables A discharged in the direction) pass obliquely forward (in the direction of arrow c) on the transfer conveyor H and are sent to the pool conveyor G that is disposed in front of the transfer conveyor G and rotates in the direction of arrow d. is there.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-53275. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-99285.

  The fruit vegetable sorting apparatus described in Patent Document 2 does not damage the fruit vegetables or collide with other fruit vegetables when the fruit vegetables are discharged, but the structure is complicated and the cost increases because the transfer conveyor H is required. There is a problem that the entire apparatus becomes large.

The fruit vegetable transporting and sending method of the present application is the fruit vegetable transporting and sending method in which the fruit and vegetables being transported are automatically discriminated by the discriminating item in the discriminating section and the discriminated fruit vegetables are sent to the side in the transport direction according to the discriminating contents. In addition, a large number of fruit and vegetable mounting bodies equipped with a reciprocating rotation type belt conveyor are attached, and each fruit vegetable mounting body is attached with its delivery side obliquely rearward in the conveying direction of the endless traveling body. is moved by the movement of the body to carry the fruit vegetables over fruit vegetables placed body, the fruit vegetables to determine an equal rank in the determining unit during its transport, the fruit vegetables being conveyed after discrimination, fruit vegetables conveying said belt conveyor By rotating or moving backward in the direction of the direction, the delivery speed is decelerated and delivered to the front of the belt conveyor.

Fruit vegetable transport delivery method of the present application is a fruit vegetables fed by reduction, and out feed indirectly via a direct or moderator in fruit vegetable receptacle that is disposed on the side of the fruit vegetables loaded body fruit vegetables acceptor Can also be taken over.

The fruit vegetable transporting and sending method of the present application is the above-described fruit vegetable transporting and sending method, wherein the fruit vegetables are transported on a reciprocatingly rotating belt conveyor of the fruit vegetable carrier, and ahead of the fruit vegetable support protruding above the belt conveyor. transported by placing the fruit vegetables towards, by moving the fruit vegetables support in the same direction with the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor, and the fruit vegetables in conveyed placed on a belt conveyor to be supported by fruits and vegetables support After the fruit vegetables are sent out, the belt conveyor can be rotated back to return the fruit vegetable support to its original position before the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor .

Fruit vegetable transport delivery method of the present application, in the fruit vegetable transport delivery methods, rotates whenever the fruit vegetable receptacle is sent out fruiting from fruit vegetables loaded body, it can be pooled by two or more fruit vegetables fed from fruit vegetables placed body .

The fruit and vegetable transport and delivery device of the present application includes a determination unit that automatically determines the fruit and vegetables being transported according to the determination item in the middle of the fruit and vegetable transport body, and the determined fruit vegetables in the transport direction according to the determination item earlier than the determination unit. In the fruit vegetable transporting and feeding device that sends it to the side and sends it to the fruit vegetable receiving body arranged on the side of the fruit vegetable transporting body, the fruit vegetable transporting body is mounted with a large number of fruit vegetables on the endless traveling body by a reciprocating rotation type belt conveyor. Each of the fruit and vegetables mounting bodies is attached with its delivery side obliquely rearward in the conveying direction of the endless traveling body , and the fruit and vegetables mounting body travels by traveling the endless traveling body to transport the fruit vegetables, and the fruit and vegetable mounting body is transported during the transportation of the fruit vegetables. said belt conveyor fruiting rotated or moved in fruit vegetable conveying direction obliquely rearward feeding obliquely rearward, the delivery can be decelerated speed, the fruit vegetables fed, fruit vegetables put of the It also straight into the arrangement has been that fruiting receptacle to may be delivered indirectly via a reduction body located in front of the fruit vegetables receptacle.

Fruit vegetable transport delivery device of the present application, in the fruit vegetable conveyor delivery apparatus, fruit vegetables support above the fruit vegetable loaded body is projected, the same direction with the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor of the fruiting support device fruit vegetables loaded body Can be supported by the fruit and vegetables carrying body, and can be returned to the original position before the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor with the return rotation of the belt conveyor after the fruit vegetables are fed. .

  In the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device of the present application, in the fruit vegetable transporting and feeding device, the fruit vegetable receiver is a belt conveyor type, and each time the fruit and vegetables are fed from the fruit and vegetable carrier, the fruit and vegetables are rotated to deliver two or more fruits and vegetables from the fruit and vegetable carrier. It can be pooled.

In the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device of the present application, in the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device, two or more belt conveyors adjacent to each other among the belt conveyors of a large number of fruit and vegetables mounted on the endless traveling body are set as a unit, respectively. the unit can be placed by cross the fruit vegetables, belt conveyor of each unit is rotated or moved in fruit vegetable conveying direction obliquely rearward simultaneously, the fruit vegetables on them, allowing delivery to the conveying direction obliquely rearward You can also.

The fruit vegetable transporting and sending device of the present application is the fruit vegetable transporting and feeding device, wherein a large number of fruit vegetable mounting bodies are attached to the endless traveling body with the outlet direction exit side of the belt conveyor facing obliquely backward in the fruit vegetable transporting direction. The body is provided with an interval, and the interval can be set to an interval at which the fruit vegetables can be placed across the bell conveyor of the adjacent fruit and vegetables body .

Fruit vegetable transport delivery device of the present application, in the fruit vegetable transport delivery device, dispensing direction outlet side of a number of fruit vegetables loaded member, or between the fruit vegetables loaded body and fruiting receptacle, one of the inlet side of the fruit vegetable receptacle also It is also possible to provide a decelerating body that decelerates the feeding speed of the fruit and vegetables that are fed from the fruit and vegetables mounting body to the fruit and vegetable receiving body obliquely rearward in the transport direction at one or more places .

The fruit vegetable conveying and sending method of the present application has the following effects.
(1) In the case of fruit vegetables that are being easily damaged, the fruit vegetables being conveyed by the fruit vegetable transporter are fed obliquely backward in the conveyance direction, and the speed at which the fruit vegetables are fed is reduced, making it difficult for the fruit vegetables to roll over or damage. Even if there is, there is almost no damage.
(2) When the fruit vegetables are sent out by driving the fruit vegetable carrier diagonally backward in the conveying direction, the fruit vegetables being conveyed can be reliably sent out.
(3) When the fruits and vegetables being transported are sent in the same direction by the sending body that moves obliquely backward in the transport direction, the fruits and vegetables are sent out while being placed on the transport body, so that the fruits and vegetables to be sent out are stabilized.
(4) In the case where fruit vegetables sent out obliquely rearward in the conveying direction from the fruit vegetable transport body are sent to the fruit vegetable receiver arranged on the side of the fruit vegetable transport body, a transit conveyor is provided between the fruit vegetable transport body and the fruit vegetable receiver. It is not necessary, and fruit vegetables can be sent to the fruit vegetable receiver with a simple configuration. Moreover, if two or more fruit vegetable receivers are prepared on the side of the fruit vegetable carrier, the fruit vegetables can be divided and sent to the fruit vegetable receiver.
(5) When the fruit vegetables sent from the fruit vegetable carrier obliquely backward in the conveying direction are sent out at a reduced speed, the fruit vegetables that are decelerated by being sent obliquely backward in the conveying direction are further decelerated. Occasionally it will not roll over or collide with other fruits and vegetables, and there is no worry of damage.
(6) In the case of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting method in which the fruit and vegetable being transported are automatically identified by the standard in the discriminating unit and the identified fruit and vegetables are sent diagonally backward in the transport direction according to the standard, the fruit and vegetables are automatically identified and sent out for each judgment. Can be performed reliably.

The fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery apparatus of the present application has the following effects.
(1) When the fruit and vegetables mounting body itself operates diagonally backward in the transport direction and sends out the fruit vegetables in the same direction, when the fruit and vegetables mounting body is driven diagonally backward in the transport direction by the drive body and the fruit and vegetables are sent out in the same direction, In the case of the device that sends the vegetable in the same direction by moving it diagonally backward in the transport direction, in any case, the fruit vegetable delivery direction is diagonally opposite to the transport direction, so the delivered vegetable is automatically decelerated and stabilized .
(2) Since the fruit vegetables on the fruit and vegetables mounting body are sent out obliquely rearward in the transport direction by driving the fruit and vegetables mounting body itself or by moving the feeding body different from that, the structure is simplified.
(3) The belt conveyor is also used in the case where the fruit and vegetables loaded body is a belt conveyor, and the locking tool protruding from the belt conveyor is guided by the guide body and moves obliquely rearward in the conveying direction to move or rotate the belt conveyor in the same direction. The upper fruits and vegetables are sent out stably and reliably.
(4) A plate that moves along with the endless traveling body, two or more bars, etc., is provided, and a feeding body that moves obliquely rearward in the transport direction and feeds the fruit vegetables on the bar in the same direction is provided. As a result, fruit vegetables on two or more bars can be sent out in a stable state.
(5) Since the fruit and vegetables mounting body is a roller conveyor and the driving rotating body that rotates the roller conveyor obliquely backward in the transport direction is provided, the fruit and vegetables can be reliably delivered with a simple configuration.
(6) The fruits and vegetables on the roller conveyor are arranged in a roller conveyor so that they can be rotated diagonally backward in the fruit and vegetables transport direction, and the fruit and vegetables on the roller conveyor are sent out in the same direction by the feeding body. It can be reliably sent out by the sending body.
(7) Since the fruit and vegetables loaded body is a roller conveyor and an inclined driving body that tilts the roller conveyor is provided, the fruit vegetables on the roller conveyor can be surely inclined diagonally backward in the fruit vegetable conveying direction simply by tilting the roller conveyor with the inclined driving body. Can be sent out.
(8) The fruits and vegetables mounted body is made of a number of supports that can be swung in a keyboard shape, and the supports can be driven to swing downward in a slanting rearward direction in the transport direction by the swing drive body. It is possible to feed the fruit vegetables on the support tool diagonally backward in the transport direction simply by making them.
(9) Two or more of a large number of fruit vegetables mounted on the traveling body are used as a unit, and one or two or more fruit vegetables can be placed on each unit. It can be put on and sent out reliably.
(10) When a fruit receiving body that receives the fruit and vegetables sent diagonally backward from the fruit and vegetable carrier is disposed on the side of the fruit and vegetable conveying body, there is no need to provide a transit conveyor between the fruit and vegetable conveying body. With a simple structure, fruit vegetables can be reliably sent to the fruit vegetable receiver.
(11) Since the speed reducer that reduces the feeding speed of the fruit and vegetables sent out obliquely backward in the transport direction from the fruit and vegetable carrier is provided, the momentum of the fruit and vegetables sent out from the fruit and vegetable carrier can be further reduced, and the fruit There is almost no risk of rollover or damage.
(12) The upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiver is inclined upward from the side of the fruit vegetable carrier, or the upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiver is made higher than the fruit vegetable carrier, and sent from the fruit vegetable carrier to the fruit vegetable receiver diagonally backward in the transport direction. Even if the feeding speed of the fruit vegetables can be decelerated, the momentum of the delivered fruit vegetables can be further reduced, and there is almost no possibility that the fruit vegetables will momentarily roll over or be damaged.
(13) The feeding speed of the fruit vegetables to be fed obliquely backward in the transport direction from the fruit vegetable resting body to the fruit vegetable accepting body on the upper surface of the fruit vegetable accepting body that is inclined upward or on the upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiving body that is higher than the fruit vegetable resting body. Even when a deceleration body for decelerating is provided, it is possible to further reduce the momentum of the fruit and vegetables that are sent out, and there is almost no possibility that the fruit and vegetables will gain momentum and roll over or be damaged.
(14) When a large number of fruit vegetables are arranged in the transport direction, the fruit vegetables can be transported even if the fruit vegetables are placed on any fruit food rest, and can be sent obliquely backward during transport.

  When the vegetable transporting and sending device of the present application is used for an automatic vegetable sorting device, the fruits and vegetables transported by the vegetable transporter are discriminated by standard during transport, and the fruits and vegetables are placed on the side of the fruit transporter based on the determination result. Since it is sent to the arranged fruit vegetable receiver diagonally backward in the conveying direction, the fruit and vegetables to be sent out are automatically decelerated, and the fruit vegetables are momentarily rolled over and fall from the fruit vegetable receiver or other fruit vegetables that have been sent forward There is almost no damage caused by collision.

The top view which shows an example at the time of utilizing the fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus of this invention for fruit vegetable selection. FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view of a method for sending fruit vegetables from a fruit carrier to a fruit receiver in the fruit vegetable carrier / delivery apparatus of the present invention. It is another example of the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery apparatus of this invention, (a) is a perspective explanatory view of the switching lever before delivering fruit vegetables diagonally rearward in the conveyance direction from the fruit vegetable carrier, and (b) is a fruit vegetable from the fruit vegetable carrier. FIG. Detailed explanatory drawing of the fruit and vegetables mounting body shown to Fig.3 (a), (b). FIG. 4 is a perspective explanatory view showing a state in which the fruit vegetables on the fruit and vegetable body shown in FIGS. Exploded perspective view of the fruit and vegetable mounting body shown in FIGS. FIG. 7 is an assembly perspective view of the fruit and vegetables mounting body shown in FIG. 6. (A), (b) is plane explanatory drawing of the state which mounted different fruit vegetables on the fruit vegetable mounting body. (A) Plane explanatory drawing which shows an example in the case of sending out the fruit and vegetables set on the fruit and vegetables mounting body which made the unit of two belt conveyors into one unit in the same direction with the belt conveyor rotating back in the conveyance direction, (b) (B) is a detailed view of (a). An example of a case where fruit and vegetables are placed on a fruit and vegetable carrier in which several belt conveyors are united and supported by a support, and the fruit and vegetables are supported by the support and sent out in the same direction by a belt conveyor that rotates backward in the conveying direction. FIG. The plane explanatory drawing of the fruit and vegetables mounting body which moved the belt in the same direction by moving the latching tool on the back surface of the belt in the same direction, and was able to send out the vegetables on the belt in the same direction. (A) is plane explanatory drawing in case the fruit and vegetables conveyance body of the fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus of this invention is a roller conveyor, (b) rotates the roller conveyor shown to (a) with a rotating belt, and the fruit vegetables on a roller conveyor are shown. Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of sending out diagonally back in the conveyance direction. (A) is plane explanatory drawing in case the fruit and vegetables conveyance body of the fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus of this invention is a roller conveyor, (b) inclines the roller conveyor shown in (a), and the fruit vegetables on a roller conveyor are diagonally conveyed. Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of sending out back. The plane explanatory drawing in the case of sending out the fruit vegetables on the fruit vegetable mounting body comprised by two bars in the same direction with the sending body which moves diagonally back in the conveyance direction in the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device of the present invention. (A) is plane explanatory drawing in the case of carrying fruit vegetables on the support which swings in a keyboard shape in the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device of the present invention, and (b) is a neck in a downward inclination in a keyboard shape. Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of making it shake and send the fruit vegetables on a support tool diagonally back in the conveyance direction. (A) is a plan view of the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device of the present invention during the conveyance of fruit vegetables, and (b) is a case where the fruit vegetables being conveyed are passed from the vegetable conveyance body over the speed reduction body to the side fruit reception body. Side explanatory drawing. (A) is a plan view showing an example of a conventional fruit and vegetable sorting device, (b) is a front view of a bucket-type fruit and vegetable mounting body in the device (a), and (c) is a fruit and vegetable mounting body in (b) lying on its side. The front view of the state which sends out fruit vegetables. (A) is a top view which shows the other example of the conventional fruit vegetable selection apparatus, (b) is a front view of the state which sends out fruit vegetables with the conveyor type fruit vegetable mounting body in the apparatus of (a). Plane explanatory drawing of the state which is a conventional fruit vegetable selection device, and sends the fruit vegetables currently conveyed with a conveyance body to a fruit vegetable acceptor by a transfer conveyor.

  The fruit vegetable transporting and sending method of the present invention is a method of transporting various fruit vegetables by the fruit vegetable transporting body, and sending them obliquely backward in the transporting direction at a predetermined position, and the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device is an apparatus for realizing the method. These methods and devices are, for example, various kinds of standards such as round fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears and strawberries, and long fruit vegetables such as peppers and eggplants according to size, shape, color, and sugar content. It is suitable for use as an automatic fruit vegetable sorting method and fruit vegetable automatic sorting device that automatically sorts differently (by grade).

(Embodiment 1 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
An example of the embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this example, fruit vegetables are transported and sent out in round-shaped fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears, strawberries, etc., and long fruit vegetables such as pepper and eggplant in various sizes, shapes, colors, sugar levels, etc. An example used as an automatic vegetable vegetable sorting method for automatically sorting by standard (by grade) will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, this fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method places the fruit vegetable 1 on the fruit vegetable carrier 3 of the fruit vegetable conveyance body 2 and conveys it in the direction of arrow a, and the fruit vegetable 1 being conveyed is automatically classified by the standard in the determination unit 6. When the determined fruit vegetables 1 are conveyed to the side of the pool conveyor (fruit vegetable receiver) 4 arranged on the side of the fruit vegetable transport body, as shown in FIG. This is a method in which the fruits and vegetables 1 on the fruits and vegetables placing body 3 are driven and sent out in the same direction according to the standards and placed on the fruits and vegetables receiving body 4. As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit vegetable receivers 4 are arranged at several positions on the side of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 according to the specifications of the fruit vegetables, and the fruit vegetables 1 are sent to the respective fruit vegetable receivers 4 according to the standards. In this method, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fruit and vegetable support 3 is an endless belt 18, and the fruit and vegetable support 1 is mounted on the endless belt 18 by attaching the fruit and vegetable support 5 to the upper surface thereof. It can be supported by. 1 to 3, the delivery side of the endless belt 18 is disposed obliquely toward the rear of the fruit vegetable receiver 4, and when the endless belt 18 rotates or moves, the fruit vegetable 1 on the endless belt 18 is transported. It was made to be able to feed diagonally backward, and the speed of fruit vegetable 1 was reduced to save the momentum of fruit vegetable 1.

(Embodiment 2 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
In the fruit vegetable conveying and feeding method of the present invention, the fruit vegetables 1 conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 are fed obliquely backward in the conveying direction by the fruit vegetable mounting body 3 having one belt conveyor as described in the first embodiment. For example, as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), two adjacent belt-conveyor-type fruit vegetable platforms 3 are combined into a unit 50, or as shown in FIG. The four conveyor belt-type fruit and vegetable stacks 3 are made into a set of units 50 so that two or more fruit vegetables 1 can be placed on each unit 50, and each belt conveyor is obliquely rearward in the transport direction. It can also be moved out and sent out.

(Embodiment 3 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
The feeding of the fruit vegetables 1 obliquely rearward in the conveying direction can also be performed by a belt conveyor type fruit vegetable mounting body 3 in which two endless belts 18 having a narrow width are arranged in parallel as shown in FIGS.

(Embodiment 4 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
The fruit vegetables 1 can be sent out obliquely rearward in the conveying direction by a roller conveyor type fruit vegetable mounting body 3 that is rotatably provided with rollers as shown in FIGS.

(Embodiment 5 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
The fruit vegetables 1 can be sent out obliquely backward in the conveying direction by a roller conveyor type fruit vegetable mounting body 3 that can be inclined obliquely rearward by an inclination mechanism as shown in FIGS. The tilting mechanism operates based on the discrimination result and sends the fruit vegetables diagonally backward.

(Embodiment 6 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
In the fruit vegetable transporting and sending method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 14, the fruit vegetables 1 being transported by the fruit vegetable transporting body 2 are sent out obliquely rearward in the transport direction, and the two bars are directed diagonally rearward in the transport direction. The fruit and vegetable 1 placed on the mounting table 62 using the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 composed of the mounting table 62 on which the fruit and vegetable 1 can be mounted and the sending body 63 that can reciprocate along the mounting table 62. Can be pushed out in the direction of the arrow by the movement of the sending body 63 and sent out to the fruit vegetable receiving body 4 obliquely backward in the conveying direction. The fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is not limited to that shown in FIG. 14. For example, if the fruit and vegetables 1 can be sent diagonally backward by pushing the fruit and vegetables 1 on the mounting table 62 by the sending body 63, the mounting table is a plate. For example, it may be a fixing tool such as a roller conveyor that is rotatably disposed obliquely rearward in the conveyance direction.

(Embodiment 7 of fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method)
In the fruit vegetable conveying and sending method of the present invention, the feeding of the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 obliquely backward in the conveying direction is not limited to the method described in the above embodiments, and is shown in FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b). It can also be performed by the keyboard-like fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 as shown. In this case, as shown in FIG. 15 (a), the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is a rectangular bar-shaped support material 100 arranged obliquely rearward in the transport direction, and a large number of the support materials 100 are directed obliquely rearward in the transport direction. The support materials 100 can be swung in a keyboard shape around the support shaft 101 by a swing drive body (not shown) so that the fruit vegetables 1 on the fruit vegetable mounting body 3 can be slid diagonally backward in the transport direction. it can.

(Eighth Embodiment of Fruit Vegetable Conveying and Sending Method)
As shown in FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b), in the fruit vegetable transport and delivery method of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable carrier is provided by the speed reducer 110 provided between the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 and the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 of the fruit and vegetable carrier 2. The feeding speed of the fruit vegetable 1 fed from 3 to the fruit vegetable receiver 4 obliquely backward in the conveying direction can also be reduced. At this time, as the speed reducer 110, a plate material, a tape, or the like whose surface is processed with a fluorine resin can be used. The speed reduction body 110 can also be arrange | positioned in the upward inclination toward the fruit vegetable acceptor 4 from the fruit vegetable mounting body 3. FIG. In that case, as shown in the figure, the upper surface of the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 can be made higher than the upper surface of the fruit and vegetable receiver 3, or the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 itself can be inclined upward. The speed reducer 110 can also be provided on the exit side of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 and the entrance side of the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4. Further, the speed reduction of the feeding speed of the fruit vegetables 1 is not limited to that by the speed reducing body 110, and the upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiving body 4 is made higher than the upper surface of the fruit vegetable placing body 3 without providing the speed reducing body 110, It can also be performed by making the receiving body 4 itself uphill.

(Other Embodiments of Fruit Vegetable Transporting and Sending Method)
In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method of the present invention, the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveyance body 2 are not limited to those described in the above embodiments, but can be delivered by any other means. it can.

  In the fruit vegetable transporting and sending method of the present invention, the feeding of the fruit vegetables 1 obliquely backward in the transport direction from the fruit vegetable transporting body 2 is not limited to the fruit vegetable receiving body 4 and can be sent to any other place. In some cases, the fruit vegetable receiver 4 can be omitted.

(Embodiment 1 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery device)
An example of the embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this example, the fruit vegetable transportation and delivery device is a variety of rounded fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears, strawberries, etc., and long fruit vegetables such as pepper and eggplants, by size, shape, color, sugar content, etc. An example used as an automatic vegetable vegetable sorting device for automatically sorting by standard (by grade) will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, this fruit vegetable transporting and feeding apparatus places fruit vegetables 1 on the fruit vegetable carrier 3 of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 and conveys them in the direction of the arrow a. When it is automatically discriminated according to the standard such as color, and the fruit vegetable 1 after the discrimination is conveyed to the side of the pool conveyor (fruit acceptor) 4 arranged on the side of the fruit vegetable carrier 2, as shown in FIG. The fruit and vegetable mount 3 is driven, and the fruit and vegetable 1 on the fruit and vegetable mount 3 is sent out obliquely rearward in the transport direction and is mounted on the fruit and vegetable receiver 4. As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit vegetable receivers 4 are arranged at several positions on the side of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 according to the specifications of the fruit vegetables, and the fruit vegetables 1 are sent to the respective fruit vegetable receivers 4 according to the standards. The fruit and vegetable support 3 is a belt conveyor type as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and the fruit and vegetable support 5 is attached to the upper surface of the endless belt 18 so that the fruit and vegetable 1 placed on the fruit and vegetable support 3 can be supported. There is also provided a locking member 35 projecting downward from the lower surface of the endless belt 18, which is provided along the guide body 43 shown in FIG. 3 on the side opposite to the fruit vegetable receiver 4 (right side in FIG. 4). ) So that the upper traveling portion of the endless belt 18 rotates toward the fruit receiver 4 (left rotation in FIG. 4), and the fruit vegetable 1 placed on the upper traveling portion is sent to the fruit receiver 4. It is. In this case, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the feeding side of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is arranged obliquely toward the rear of the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4, and the feeding speed of the fruit and vegetables 1 fed from the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 is reduced. The momentum of fruit vegetables 1 is saved. Hereinafter, the fruit vegetable carrier 2, the fruit vegetable carrier 3 and the like will be described in detail.

  The fruit and vegetable carrier 2 shown in FIG. 1 has a plurality of elongated fruit and vegetable mounting bodies 3 attached to an endless chain 11 installed on a driving sprocket 10a and a driven sprocket 10b. As a result, the drive sprocket 10a rotates and moves in the same direction when the chain 11 moves in the direction of arrow a. Each of the fruit vegetables 3 is attached with the delivery side 3a facing diagonally backward in the moving direction of the chain 11 (see FIG. 2).

  As shown in FIG. 3, the transport chain 11 is accommodated in a square hook-shaped chain guide 14 having an upper opening at an upper opening so as to run inside the chain. As shown in FIG. 5, the chain guide 14 is installed on the upper surface of the main frame 13 of the fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, attachments 15 are attached to the chain 11 at regular intervals, and a frame 16 (FIG. 6) of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is attached to the attachment 15.

  1 to FIG. 5 is a belt conveyor provided with a support plate 19 and an endless belt 18 as shown in FIG. 7, and the fruit vegetables 1 placed on the upper surface thereof by rotation of the endless belt 18 are endless belt 18. To the other side of the rotation direction (receiving body 4 side).

  As shown in FIG. 6, the support plate 19 has a front side plate 21 and a rear side plate 22 on the outer side of the elongated central plate 20, and a guide portion 23 having a substantially triangular shape is formed on the front end of the rear side plate 22. The side plate 21 is projected beyond the front end portion. A front space 24 is formed on the front end side of the support plate 19, and a rear space 25 is formed on the rear end side.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the endless belt 18 is wound around the outer periphery of the front free roller 26, the guide roller 27, and the rear free roller 28, and the lower end portion of the endless belt 18 is inclined upward. The front end portion of the endless belt 18 and the front free roller 26 and the guide roller 27 are placed in the front space portion 24 of the support plate 19, and the rear end portion and the rear free roller 28 are placed in the rear space portion 25 of the support plate 19. It is arranged in. This fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 is accommodated in the conveyor frame 16 having an upper opening shown in FIG. 4, and the rotation shaft 29 of the front free roller 26 is rotatably supported by the front receiving groove 30 of the conveyor frame 16, and the rotation of the guide roller 27 is performed. The shaft 31 is rotatably passed through the support hole 32 of the conveyor frame 16, and the rotary shaft 33 of the rear free roller 28 is rotatably supported by the rear receiving groove 34 of the conveyor frame 16 to be set as shown in FIG. ing.

  The vegetable support 5 is fixed to the upper surface of the endless belt 18 by a fixing means such as an adhesive or a screw. The fruit vegetable support 5 is made of sponge, rubber, soft resin or the like so that the fruit vegetables 1 are not scratched. The fruit vegetables 1 have a truncated cone shape, and the fruit vegetables 1 are thin at the bottom, such as tomatoes and apples. Even swelled fruit vegetables can be supported stably. The material and shape of the fruit vegetable support 5 are not limited to this and can be arbitrary. It is also possible to omit the fruit vegetable support 5.

  A locking member 35 (FIG. 6) is attached to the lower surface of the endless belt 18. As shown in FIG. 6, a bolt is used for the illustrated locking device 35, and the bolt 37 is disposed on the bottom plate 36 of the conveyor frame 16, and the top cover is placed above and below the holding device 37. A nut 40 is fastened to a lower end screw of a bolt passing through the plate 38 and the lower plate 39 and fixed to the bottom plate 36 of the conveyor frame 16 so as to protrude downward. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the locking device 35 is guided and moved in a square hook-shaped locking device guide 41 having an upper opening provided in parallel with the chain guide 14. As shown in FIG. 5, the locking tool guide 41 is disposed and fixed in parallel with the chain guide 14 on the upper surface of the main frame 13 of the fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus. Moreover, the locking tool guide 41 is not provided in the installation part of the guide body 43, as shown in FIG.

  The fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 formed as shown in FIG. 7 is fixed to the chain 11 by attaching the conveyor frame 16 (FIG. 4) to the attachment 15 of the chain 11 with screws 42 (FIG. 6). In this case, the delivery side 3a of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is attached obliquely toward the back in the transport direction of the chain 11, and the fruit vegetables 1 on the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 are sent out obliquely backward in the transport direction. The attachment angle ([theta] in FIG. 2) of the fruit vegetable mounting body 3 can be any angle as long as the fruit vegetables 1 can be sent obliquely backward in the transport direction, and can be, for example, about 30 [deg.] To 60 [deg.]. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, a triangular guide portion 23 that protrudes further forward than the front end of the front side plate 21 is formed at the front end portion of the rear side plate 22 of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3. Even if the delivery side 3 a of the loading body 3 is arranged obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable transport body 2, the space between the tip of the fruit vegetable loading body 3 and the fruit vegetable transportation body 2 is blocked by the triangular guide portion 23. There are almost no gaps. For this reason, it is difficult for the fruit and vegetable 1 sent from the endless belt 18 of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 to easily transfer to the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 or for the fruit and vegetable 1 to fall.

  The width of the fruit and vegetable support 3 and the interval between adjacent fruit and vegetables 3 vary depending on the size and shape of the fruit 1 to be loaded, but basically the width of the fruit and vegetables 3 is as shown in FIG. The width can be set so that a single fruit vegetable 1 can be placed, and an adjacent interval can be placed across two or more fruit vegetables 3 as shown in FIG. 8 (b). For example, as shown in FIG. 2, it is preferable to set so that a large rounded fruit vegetable 1 or the like can be placed across two or more fruit vegetables 3.

  The discriminating unit 6 is a portion that is provided on the transport path of the fruit and vegetable transport body 2 and that automatically discriminates the fruit and vegetable 1 being transported by standard. The discriminating unit 6 includes various devices necessary for discrimination, such as a camera, a sugar content sensor, and a weigh scale, as in the existing discriminating device, and measures the shape, size, weight, color, sugar content, etc. of the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed. The standard can be discriminated automatically.

  A large number of guide bodies 43 are arranged in front of the determination unit 6 shown in FIG. 1 and obliquely rearward with respect to the transport direction of the fruit vegetable transport body 2. A switching lever 44 is disposed on the distal end side of each guide body 43. The switching lever 44 switches the moving direction of the locking tool 35 of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 based on the determination result of the determination unit 6, and the guide body 43 guides the movement of the locking tool 35 along with it. is there. The guide body 43 is an L-shaped elongated plate shown in FIG. 3, and its tip side is arranged obliquely rearward with respect to the chain guide 14 on the main frame 13 of the sorting device as shown in FIG. is there. The switching lever 44 is attached to the rotating body 45 as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and by rotating the rotating body 45, the path invariant position (FIG. 3 a) in the direction parallel to the fruit vegetable transport body 2 and the fruit vegetable transporting It is switched to the course changing position (FIG. 3b) in the direction crossing the body 2, and when it is in the course invariant position (FIG. 3a), it is below the bottom surface of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 conveyed by the fruit and vegetable conveying body 2. The protruding locking member 35 advances straight without touching the switching lever 44 and the guide body 43, the endless belt 18 of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 does not operate, and the fruit and vegetables on it are not sent out. When the switching lever 44 is switched to the course changing position (FIG. 3b), the locking tool 35 of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 conveyed by the fruit and vegetable conveying body 2 hits the switching lever 44 and is prevented from going straight and guided to the guide body 43 side. Then, it travels along the guide body 43 and moves in the direction of arrow A in FIGS. 3B and 4, and simultaneously, the lower side of the endless belt 18 also moves in the same direction. It moves in the direction of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 (feeding direction: the direction of arrow B in FIG. 4) arranged on the side, so that the fruit vegetable 1 on the endless belt 18 is sent to the fruit vegetable receiver 4. Switching of the switching lever 44 by the rotation of the rotating body 45 is controlled by a control device according to the determination result in the determination unit 6.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit vegetable receiver 4 arranged on the side of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 inherits the fruit vegetables 1 sent from the discharge unit 7 of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 and directly conveys them or pools them once. In the case of FIG. 1, a large number of belt conveyors are used, and these belt conveyors are arranged in parallel at two locations so as to be orthogonal to the fruit vegetable carrier 2. In FIG. 1, the fruit vegetable receiver 4 is provided at two locations in the conveyance direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2, but the fruit vegetable receptor 4 is provided at several locations in the conveyance direction of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 for each type and standard of the fruit vegetable 1. The fruit vegetables 1 can be sent out to the fruit receivers 4 at the respective locations according to type and standard. Instead of making the number of the belt conveyors of all the fruit vegetable receivers 4 the same, the number of the belt conveyors of the fruit vegetable receivers 4 that take over a large number and variety of fruit vegetables 1 is increased, and the fruit vegetable receivers 4 that inherit the few fruit vegetables 1 The number of belt conveyors can be reduced. The belt conveyor of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 can be always rotated. However, when the fruit vegetables 1 are not sent out, they are temporarily stopped and kept waiting, and when the fruit vegetables 1 are sent out from the fruit vegetable carrier 3. It can also be controlled so that the fruit vegetables 1 are placed by rotating by one. The rotation control of the belt conveyor is performed by the control device according to the determination result by the determination unit 6.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a return guide body 46 is disposed in the transport direction ahead of the discharge unit 7 of the fruit vegetable transport body 2. The return guide body 46 is disposed obliquely in the opposite direction to the guide body 43. After the fruit vegetable 1 is delivered to the fruit vegetable receiver 4, the fruit vegetable carrier 3 is delivered to the end of the discharge unit 7 by the fruit vegetable carrier 2 and then guided by the guide body 43. Thus, the locking tool 35 located in the direction away from the fruit vegetable receiver 4 can be guided in the reverse direction and returned to the original position.

  The vicinity of the transfer start point of the fruit vegetable transport body 2 shown in FIG. 1 (the left end side in FIG. 1) is an input section 8 for mounting the fruit vegetable 1 on the fruit vegetable mount body 3, and the input section 8 can accommodate several workers. The length of is secured.

  In the side of the fruit vegetable acceptor 4 in FIG. 1, a working space is secured for the operator to manually take out the fruit vegetables 1 pooled in the fruit vegetable acceptor 4 and perform the boxing work, and several people are also lined up here. The space is large enough to work with. The fruit vegetable acceptor 4 is not limited to the one having a plurality of belt conveyors arranged as described above, and may be any one such as a roller conveyor. Moreover, it can replace with the fruit vegetable acceptor 4, and can also provide the conveyance line of another apparatus. It is also possible to omit the fruit vegetable receiver 4.

(Usage example of fruit vegetable transportation and delivery device)
In order to convey and sort fruit vegetables by the automatic fruit vegetable sorting device using the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery apparatus of the present invention, the following is performed.
(1) In the loading unit 8, the fruit vegetables 1 are placed on the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of the fruit and vegetable carrier 2 being conveyed. In this case, depending on the shape, size, and the like of the fruit vegetable 1, one fruit vegetable 1 is placed on one fruit vegetable placing body 3 or placed across two or more fruit vegetable placing bodies 3.
(2) The fruit vegetables 1 placed on the input unit 8 are conveyed by the fruit vegetable carrier 2, the shape, size, weight, sugar content, etc. are measured by the determination unit 6, and the standard is automatically determined.
(3) The measured fruit vegetables 1 are transported to the discharge unit 7 by the fruit transporter 2.
(4) In the discharge unit 7, based on the determination result, an instruction as to which fruit vegetables 1 of which fruit vegetables 1 to send out is sent to which fruit vegetables receiver 4. Based on this instruction, the switching operation tool (rotary body) 45 is operated. By operating, the switching lever 44 is switched to the course changing position, and the locking tool 35 of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 on which the fruit and vegetable 1 is placed hits the switching lever 44 and is guided to the guide body 43 (see FIG. 4). At this time, when the fruit vegetables 1 are straddling the two or more fruit and vegetables mounting bodies 3, the two or more switching operation tools (rotating bodies) 45 operate in synchronism, and the two or more fruit and vegetables mounting bodies 3 are moved. Are instructed to be guided to the respective guide bodies 43.

(5) When the locking tool 35 of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is guided by the guide body 43, the lower side (lower traveling portion) of the endless belt 18 of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 moves in the same direction as the locking tool 35, Thereby, the upper side (upper travel part) of the endless belt 18 rotates to the opposite side to the lower travel part, and the fruit vegetables 1 placed on the upper travel part are sent out to the fruit vegetable receiver 4. At this time, the belt conveyor of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 to which the fruit vegetables 1 are handed over is rotated by one fruit vegetable so that only one fruit vegetable 1 can be placed on the belt conveyor. By repeating this process, the fruit vegetables 1 are sequentially sent to the fruit vegetable receiver 4 and the fruit vegetables 1 are pooled on the belt conveyor of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 of a predetermined standard according to the determination result. Further, since the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 is directed obliquely backward in the conveyance direction of the fruit and vegetable carrier 2, the fruit and vegetable 1 on the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 is sent in that direction (the direction opposite to the conveyance direction of the fruit and vegetable carrier 2). The fruits and vegetables 1 are not damaged when the delivery speed is reduced, the momentum is too strong to roll over, or it collides with the fruits and vegetables 1 pooled in the fruits and vegetables receiver 4.
(6) The fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 that has delivered the fruit and vegetables 1 is further conveyed forward by the fruit and vegetable conveying body 2, and is positioned in a direction away from the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4 by the return guide body 46 arranged in the middle of the conveying path. The locking tool 35 is guided in the reverse direction and returned to the original position, and then returned to the starting end portion of the fruit and vegetable carrier 2.
(7) In the above (4), when there is an instruction to advance the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 as it is, the switching operation tool (rotating body) 45 does not operate and the switching lever 44 remains stopped at the path invariable position. Then, the locking tool 35 of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 on which the fruit and vegetables 1 are loaded passes in front of it without contacting the switching lever 44, and the conveyance is continued. When it is transported to a predetermined position and arrives at the delivery position, an instruction is issued to switch the switching lever 44 to the course change position based on the measurement result, and the locking tool 35 of the fruit vegetable placing body 3 is moved as described in (5). Thus, the guide body 43 guides the endless belt 18 of the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 in the same manner as in the above (5), and the fruit and vegetables 1 are sent out to the fruit and vegetable receiver 4.

(Embodiment 2 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery device)
FIG. 11 shows another example of the embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. The fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit and vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus is a belt conveyor system in which two narrow endless belts 18 are arranged in parallel. The two belts 18 in the front in the transport direction (left side in FIG. 11) have their tip positions made longer than those in the front in the transport direction (right side in FIG. 11), so that both belts 18 are inclined backward to the transport body 2. Even if they are arranged, the leading ends of both belts 18 approach the fruit vegetable receiver 4 so that there is almost no gap in the gap 51 between the fruit vegetable receiver 3 and the fruit vegetable receiver 4. In addition, fruit vegetables 1 are taken over smoothly. The endless belt 18 may be three or more.

(Embodiment 3 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus)
FIGS. 12A and 12B show a third embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. The fruit vegetable carrier of this fruit vegetable transporting and sending apparatus has a roller conveyor structure in which a large number of rollers 52 are rotatably provided. A belt conveyor 53 is provided in contact with each roller 52 under the roller 52, and the belt conveyor 53 is When rotated, each roller 52 is rotated so that the fruit vegetables 1 on the roller conveyor are sent to the fruit vegetable receiver 4. As shown in FIG. 12B, the belt conveyor 53 can be rotated by moving a locking tool 54 provided at the lower traveling portion of the belt conveyor 53 in the left-right direction of FIG. When the locking device 54 is moved to the left, the belt conveyor rotates to the right, each roller 52 rotates to the left, and the fruit vegetable 1 on the roller 52 is sent to the left side of FIG. 12B (the fruit vegetable receiver 4 side). It is like that.

(Embodiment 4 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery device)
The 4th Embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus of this invention is shown to Fig.13 (a) (b). The fruit vegetable carrier of this fruit vegetable transporting and sending apparatus is a roller conveyor 56 in which a large number of rollers 55 are rotatably provided on a frame 57, and the frame 57 is centered on a support shaft 58 as shown in FIG. It is provided on the support base 59 so as to be pivotable to the left and right (seesaw type), and the left and right sides of the support shaft 58 of the frame 42 are connected to the support base 59 by springs 60 to hold the frame 57 horizontally. When a drive pin 61 is provided under one end and the drive pin 61 is lifted (pushed up) from below, the roller conveyor 56 is inclined downward on the left side (the receiving body 4 side) in FIG. Fruit vegetables 1 fall to the fruit vegetable receiver 4. When the lifting (pushing up) of the drive pin 61 is released, the roller conveyor 56 returns to the horizontal state by the pulling force of the spring 60.

(Embodiment 5 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus)
FIG. 14 shows a fifth embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. The fruit vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit vegetable transporting and sending apparatus is composed of a placing table 62 on which two bars are arranged in parallel so that the fruit vegetables 1 can be placed, and a sending body 63 that can reciprocate along the placing table 62. The fruit vegetables 1 placed on the mounting table 62 can be pushed out in the direction of the arrow by the movement of the sending body 63 and sent out to the fruit vegetable receiving body 4. The sending body 63 has a contact surface 64 curved in an arc shape so that the fruit vegetables 1 are stabilized. The bar used for the mounting table 62 preferably has a small sliding resistance and the fruit vegetables 1 are easy to slide. For example, a metal bar coated with a fluororesin or a resin bar is suitable. The sending body 63 can reciprocate a locking tool 65 provided on the lower side thereof by an arbitrary driving mechanism. The fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 in FIG. 14 is also attached to the rearward and oblique direction with respect to the conveying direction of the fruit and vegetable conveying body 2 by the bracket 66. The mounting table 62 may be an arbitrary one such as a fixture such as three or more bars or plates, or a roller conveyor that is arranged to be rotatable obliquely rearward in the transport direction, as long as the fruit vegetable 1 can be placed thereon. be able to.

(Embodiment 6 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus)
FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b) show a sixth embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. The fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit and vegetable transport and delivery apparatus is a keyboard-like (square bar-like) support material 100 that is arranged obliquely rearward in the transport direction, and includes a large number of support materials 100 arranged in a keyboard shape in the transport direction. It is a thing. As shown in FIG. 15B, each support material 100 can be swung in a keyboard shape around a support shaft 101 by a swing drive body (not shown). 3 fruit vegetables 1 can be sent out obliquely backward in the conveying direction. On the lower side of the support member 100, there is provided a locking tool 102 that locks the swinged support member 100 so that it does not swing more than necessary. A large number of support materials 100 are arranged close to each other so that the fruit vegetables 1 can be placed on one or more support materials 100 at any position. Further, the support material 100 may be an elongated flat plate.

(Embodiment 7 of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery apparatus)
FIGS. 9A and 9B show a seventh embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. In this fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus, two adjacent belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable vegetables mounting bodies 3 are set as a set of units 50 so that two or more fruit vegetables 1 can be loaded on each unit 50. That is, two or more fruit and vegetable mounts 3 are operated synchronously so that the fruit and vegetable 1 can be delivered to the fruit and vegetable receiver 4. The unit 50 may be a set of three or more units. The fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 of each unit 50 is set on a frame as shown in FIG. 9 (b), and both the frames are arranged obliquely in parallel and connected. In addition, as shown in FIG. 10, the unit 50 may be a set of units 50 that are the four adjacent belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable support bodies 3. In the unit 50 shown in FIG. 10, the fruit and vegetable support 5 is provided so as to straddle the four belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable supports 3. Also in this case, it is possible to feed the fruit vegetables 1 to the fruit vegetable receiver 4 by synchronously operating the four belt conveyors. Further, the unit 50 is not limited to the combination of the belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 described above, and can be formed by combining the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 described in any of the above embodiments.

(Eighth Embodiment of Fruit Vegetable Conveying and Sending Device)
FIGS. 16 (a) and 16 (b) show a seventh embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention. In this fruit vegetable transporting and delivering apparatus, a speed reducing body 110 is provided between the fruit vegetable carrier 3 and the fruit vegetable receiving body 4 of the fruit vegetable transporting body 2. The speed reducer 110 is made of a plate material whose surface is processed with a fluororesin or the like, and is arranged in an upward slope from the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 to the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4 as shown in FIG. In this case, the upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 is made higher than the upper surface of the fruit vegetable rest 3. The inclination angle of the speed reducer 110 can be arbitrarily set, for example, 1 ° to 10 °, but about 3 ° is desirable. The speed reducer 110 can be provided without being inclined. The speed reducer 110 can also be provided on the exit side of the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 and the entrance side of the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4. The speed reduction body 110 can reduce the feeding speed of the fruit vegetable 1 that is fed from the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 to the fruit and vegetable receiving body 4 obliquely backward in the conveying direction. Further, the speed reducer 110 is omitted, and the feeding speed of the fruit vegetable 1 is reduced by making the upper surface of the fruit vegetable receiver 4 higher than the upper surface of the fruit vegetable rest body 3 or by making the fruit vegetable receiver 4 itself incline upward. You can also.

(Other embodiment of fruit vegetable conveyance delivery device)
In the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention, the means for feeding the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveyance body 2 obliquely backward in the conveyance direction is not limited to those described in the above embodiments, and is performed by any other means. Can do.

  In the fruit vegetable conveyance / delivery device of the present invention, the fruit vegetable receiver 4 can be omitted, and the fruit vegetable 1 that is fed obliquely backward in the conveyance direction from the fruit vegetable conveyance body 2 can be sent to any place.

  The fruit vegetable transporting and sending method, the fruit vegetable sorting method of the present invention, the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device, and the fruit vegetable sorting device used for carrying out the method are not limited to fruit vegetable sorting, but are two primary industrial products such as agricultural products and marine products, and industrial products. It can also be applied to the transportation, delivery, and sorting of various items such as next industrial products.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Fruit and vegetable 2 Fruit and vegetable transport body 3 Fruit and vegetable receiving body 4 Fruit and vegetable receiving body 5 Fruit and vegetable support 6 Discrimination part 7 Discharge part 8 Input part 11 Chain 13 Main frame 14 Chain guide 15 Attachment 18 Endless belt 35 Locking tool 41 Locking tool guide 43 Guide body 44 Switching lever 45 Rotating body 50 Unit 52 Roller 53 Belt conveyor 54 Locking tool 56 Roller conveyor 61 Drive pin 62 Mounting table 63 Sending body 65 Locking tool 100 Support material 101 Support shaft 102 Locking tool 110 Deceleration body

Claims (10)

In the fruit vegetables transporting and sending method in which the fruit vegetables being transported are automatically determined according to the determination items in the determination part, and the determined fruit vegetables are sent to the side in the transport direction according to the determination contents
A lot of fruit and vegetables mounted with a reciprocating rotation type belt conveyor is attached to the endless traveling body, and each fruit and vegetable mounting body is attached with its delivery side obliquely rearward in the conveying direction of the endless traveling body,
The fruit vegetables loaded body is moved by the movement of the endless traveling body to carry the fruit vegetables over fruit vegetables placed body, the fruit vegetables to determine an equal rank in the determining unit during its transport,
By rotating or moving the fruit conveyor in conveyance after discrimination , the belt conveyor is rotated or moved obliquely backward in the fruit vegetable conveyance direction, the delivery speed is decelerated , and the fruit is delivered to the front of the belt conveyor.
A method for conveying and delivering fruit vegetables. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method according to claim 1,
The fruit vegetables delivered by reduction, and exits the feed indirectly via a direct or moderator in fruit vegetable receptacle that is disposed on the side of the fruit vegetables loaded member to take over the fruit vegetable receptacle and,
A method for conveying and delivering fruit vegetables. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery method according to claim 1 or claim 2,
A is on the reciprocating rotary belt conveyor of fruit vegetables loaded body, transported by placing the fruit vegetables in the conveying direction away side than fruit vegetables support protruding from the upper part of the belt conveyor,
The fruit vegetable support is moved in the same direction as the belt conveyor is rotated or moved so that the fruit vegetable support being carried on the belt conveyor can be supported by the fruit vegetable support.
After the fruit vegetables are sent out, the belt conveyor is rotated back to return the fruit vegetable support to the original position before the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor .
A method for conveying and delivering fruit vegetables. In the method for conveying and sending fruit vegetables according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Fruit vegetable receptacle is rotated each time it is sent out fruiting from fruit vegetables loaded body, pooling two or more of the fruit vegetables fed from fruit vegetables placed body,
A method for conveying and delivering fruit vegetables. In the middle of the fruit transporter, it is equipped with a discriminator that automatically discriminates the fruit and vegetables being transported according to the discriminating items , and the discriminate fruit vegetables are sent to the discriminating item side by side in the transport direction before the discriminator. In the fruit vegetable transporting and sending device that sends it to the fruit vegetable receiver arranged on the side of
The fruit and vegetable transport body is attached to a lot of endless traveling bodies by a reciprocating rotation type belt conveyor,
Each fruit vegetable carrier is attached with its delivery side obliquely rearward in the transport direction of the endless traveling body,
The fruit and vegetables carrying body travels by running the endless traveling body and conveys the fruit and vegetables, and during the fruit and vegetables transportation, the belt conveyor of the fruit and vegetables carrying body rotates or moves diagonally backward in the fruit and vegetables conveying direction and sends the fruit and vegetables obliquely and backwards, it is possible to decelerate the feeding speed, the fruit vegetables delivered, also immediately in the fruit vegetable receptacle that is disposed on the side of the fruit vegetables loaded body via a reduction body located in front of the fruit vegetables receptacle indirect Can be sent out,
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device according to claim 5 ,
A fruit vegetable support tool is projected above the fruit vegetable carrier,
The fruit vegetable support is moved in the same direction with the rotation or movement of the belt conveyor of fruit vegetables loaded body, it is possible to support the fruit vegetables being conveyed in fruit vegetables placed body, the return rotation of the belt conveyor after feeding fruit vegetables Along with this, the belt conveyor returns to the original position before the rotation or movement.
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device according to claim 5 or 6 ,
The fruit and vegetable receiver is a belt conveyor type, and it rotates each time the fruit and vegetables are sent out from the fruit and vegetables, and two or more fruit and vegetables sent from the fruit and vegetables can be pooled.
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device according to any one of claims 5 to 7 ,
Among the belt conveyors of a large number of fruit and vegetables mounted on the endless traveling body, two or more adjacent belt conveyors are set as a set of units,
Each unit can be loaded with fruit and vegetables,
Belt conveyor of each unit is rotated or moved in fruit vegetable conveying direction obliquely rearward simultaneously, the fruit vegetables on them, are deliverable in the conveying direction obliquely rearward,
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device according to any one of claims 5 to 8 ,
A large number of fruit vegetables are attached to the endless traveling body with the outlet direction exit side of the belt conveyor directed obliquely rearward in the fruit conveyance direction , and these fruit vegetables are provided at intervals, and the intervals are set on adjacent fruit vegetables. It is an interval that can put fruit vegetables across the bell conveyor of the body ,
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveyance and delivery device according to any one of claims 5 to 9 ,
Numerous fruit vegetables put of dispensing direction outlet side, or between the fruit vegetables loaded body and fruiting receptacle, or to any one or more locations on the inlet side of fruit vegetables receptacle, the conveying direction obliquely rearward from the fruit vegetables placed body A decelerating body that decelerates the feeding speed of the fruit vegetables sent to the fruit vegetable receiver toward the
A fruit vegetable conveying and feeding apparatus characterized by the above.

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