JP5657629B2 - Fruit and vegetable conveying method and fruit and vegetable conveying device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a method for transporting agricultural products, and a method for transporting fruits and vegetables in a predetermined position during the transport , and in particular, to produce round vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears and strawberries, and pepper. , Long fruit vegetables such as eggplant are automatically selected according to various standards (by grade) such as size, shape, color, sugar content, etc. The present invention relates to a suitable fruit vegetable conveying method and a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus used for the 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 conveying method of the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit and vegetable conveying method, among the belt conveyor type article carrying bodies, fruit vegetables placed across the belt conveyors of two or more adjacent article carrying bodies are placed on the two or more belt conveyors during the fruit and vegetable conveying direction. It is the method of moving by moving or rotating diagonally backward .

The fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit vegetable transporting method, among the belt conveyor type article mounting bodies, two or more adjacent article mounting bodies are a set of units, and the fruit vegetables placed across the belt conveyor of these units are being transported during the fruit vegetable transporting. The belt conveyor of the unit can be moved by moving or rotating obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction.

The fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit and vegetable conveying method, each article carrying body is provided with two or more belt conveyors, and the fruit and vegetables loaded across the belt conveyors are obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit and vegetable conveying direction during the conveying of the vegetables. It can also be moved by rotating or rotating . In the fruit vegetable conveying method, the endless belt can be returned to the original position before the movement or rotation after the belt conveyor is moved or rotated obliquely backward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction and the fruit vegetables are fed from the belt conveyor. .

The fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention is the fruit vegetable conveying method described above, wherein the fruit vegetables placed on the belt conveyor protrude upward from the upper surface of the belt conveyor and are arranged in one or substantially one line in the fruit vegetable conveying direction and interlocked with the movement or rotation of the belt conveyor. While being supported by the article support tool, the belt conveyer can be moved or rotated obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit and vegetables conveying direction and sent out. In the fruit vegetable conveying method, the fruit vegetables being conveyed by the article conveying body can be moved to the article receiver disposed on the side of the article conveying body.

The fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention is the fruit vegetable conveying method in the fruit vegetable conveying method, the fruit vegetables being conveyed by the article carrier, the fruit vegetables are measured in the determination unit and automatically determined according to the determination items, and the determined fruit vegetables are determined according to the determination contents, It can also be moved to the side of the article carrier.

The fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus according to the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit and vegetable conveying device, the article carrier includes an endless traveling body, and the endless traveling body is equipped with a large number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body, and the article mounting body includes the endless traveling body. The vegetable conveyor on the article carrying body is transported in the running direction, and the belt conveyors of the two or more article carrying bodies adjacent to each other are wide and adjacent to each other so that one fruit vegetable can be placed on the belt conveyor. The belt conveyor of two or more article mounting bodies can move or rotate in synchronization with the fruit and vegetables conveyance direction obliquely rearward during the fruit and vegetables conveyance so that the vegetables on the belt conveyor can be moved .

The fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus according to the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus, the article carrier includes an endless traveling body, and the endless traveling body is provided with a large number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body, and the article mounting body includes the endless traveling body. It travels with the body and conveys the fruit and vegetables on the article carrier in the traveling direction, and the article carrier is a unit comprising two or more adjacent article carrier bodies, and the belt conveyor of each unit has one fruit vegetable. The width and adjoining distance that can be placed across the belt, and the belt conveyor of the article mounting body of each unit moves or rotates in synchronization with the fruit vegetable conveying direction diagonally rearward to rotate or rotate the fruit vegetables on the article mounting body. Conveyor side Can be can be moved to.

The fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus according to the present invention conveys fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moves the fruit vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article carrier. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus, the article carrier includes an endless traveling body, and the endless traveling body is provided with a large number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body, and the article mounting body includes the endless traveling body. It travels with the body and conveys the fruit and vegetables on the article carrying body in the running direction, and each of the article carrying bodies is provided with two or more belt conveyors, and the belt conveyors are placed across one fruit vegetable. It is possible to move the fruit conveyor on the belt conveyor by moving or rotating the belt conveyor of each article carrying body obliquely backward in synchronization with the fruit vegetable conveying direction .

In the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus according to the present invention, in the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus, the belt conveyer can move or rotate obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit and vegetable conveying direction during fruit and vegetable conveyance so as to send out the fruit and vegetables on the article carrying body. It is possible to return to the original position before the movement or rotation after the feeding.

The fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention is the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus , wherein the article mounting body has an article supporting tool for supporting the fruit vegetables, and the article supporting tool protrudes on the upper surface of the belt conveyor and interlocks with the movement or rotation of the belt conveyor. In addition, the belt conveyor can be moved or rotated obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction during the fruit vegetable conveyance, and can be sent out while supporting the fruit vegetables on the article mounting body with the article support tool. .

The fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention is the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus , wherein the upper surface of the article receiver is inclined upward from the article carrier, or the upper surface of the article receiver is higher than the article carrier or the article receiver. A speed reduction body may be provided on the upper surface of the body so that the moving speed of the fruit vegetables moving from the article mounting body to the article receiver can be reduced.

In the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus according to the present invention, in the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus, an article receiver that receives the fruit and vegetables moving from the article mounting body to the side of the article conveying body may be arranged.

In the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention, in the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus, in the middle of the article conveying body, a determining unit that automatically measures and measures the fruit and vegetable being conveyed is determined by the determination item, and ahead of the determining unit, It is also possible to move the determined fruit vegetables from the article mounting body to the side of the article transporter for each discrimination item.

The fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Since it is transported by the fruit and vegetable carrier provided with the fruit and vegetable support, it becomes difficult for the fruit and vegetables to be displaced or toppled during transportation or when being sent out to the side. Since it can pass through, the discrimination accuracy is improved, and fruit and vegetables of other grades are hardly mixed in the judged grade.
(2) When feeding fruit vegetables diagonally backwards, the speed at which the fruit vegetables are fed is slowed down, making the fruit vegetables momentum and difficult to roll over or damage, and even if the fruit vegetables are easily damaged, there is almost no damage. No.
(3) In the case where fruit vegetables are placed on an endless belt of two or more fruit vegetables or a set of two or more fruits and vegetables, a long and narrow fruit vegetable can be stably placed.
(4) When the fruit vegetables to be sent to the side are sent to the pool conveyor disposed on the side of the fruit vegetable conveying direction, the boxing operation becomes easy.

The present invention also has the following effects.
(1) Because the fruit vegetables placed on the end of the endless belt can be supported from behind the fruit by the fruit support, the endless belt can be rotated to the side while the vegetables are being transported. Even when the fruit vegetables are sent to the side, the fruit vegetables can be supported from the rear, so that even if the stopped endless belt suddenly rotates to the side, the fruit vegetables are unlikely to fall down or be displaced. For this reason, fruit vegetables can be transported side by side in an example (including approximately one row) and passed through the discriminator, which improves the accuracy of discrimination such as the shape and size of the fruit vegetables, and other grades within the grades selected. It becomes difficult to mix the fruits and vegetables.
(2) Since an endless conveyor is provided and a fruit and vegetable support that operates together with the endless conveyor is provided, if the fruit and vegetables are placed on the endless conveyor so as to be supported by the fruit and vegetable support, the fruit and vegetables are moved in the supported state. The fruit and vegetables are sent to the side in the conveying direction or obliquely rearward while still.
(3) The endless belt returns to the original position after feeding the fruit vegetables to the side, and the endless belt and the fruit vegetable support are returned to the original position by the time the belt is returned. If so, fruit vegetables can be arranged in a row, which helps to improve the discrimination accuracy.
(4) Since the endless belt is attached to the frame, the frame can be attached to the endless chain, and the attachment to the chain is necessary and reliable.

The fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention has the following effects.
(1) Since the fruit vegetables sent to the side from the fruit and vegetable body can be stored on the pool conveyor, boxing becomes easy.
(2) The pool conveyor rotates one by one each time the fruits and vegetables are sent one by one and can inherit the fruits and vegetables sent to the side from the fruits and vegetables. Absent.
(3) Since two or more or each set of fruit and vegetables are rotated sideways at the same time, the direction of the fruit and vegetables to be fed is not tilted or displaced, and the fruit and vegetables fall to the side from the endless belt of the fruit and vegetables. It is sent out to the pool conveyor reliably.

The top view which shows an example at the time of utilizing the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of this invention for fruit vegetable selection. FIG. 3 is an explanatory plan view of a method for feeding fruit vegetables from a fruit carrier to a fruit receiver in the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention. It is another example of fruit vegetables conveying apparatus of the invention, (a) is a perspective illustration of a prior switching lever issuing Ri send a fruit vegetables from fruit vegetables loaded member in the conveying direction obliquely rearward, (b), the fruit vegetable from fruit vegetables placed body 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 and vegetable conveyance apparatus of this invention is a roller conveyor, (b) rotates the roller conveyor shown to (a) with a rotating belt, and conveys the fruit vegetables on a roller conveyor. Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of sending out diagonally back direction. (A) is plane explanatory drawing in case the fruit and vegetables conveyance body of the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus of this invention is a roller conveyor, (b) inclines the roller conveyor shown in (a), and the fruit vegetables on a roller conveyor in the conveyance direction diagonally back Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of sending out. 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 conveying apparatus of this invention. (A) is a plane explanatory view in the case of carrying fruit vegetables on a support that swings in a keyboard shape in the fruit vegetable transporting apparatus of the present invention, and (b) is a keyboard that swings the support tool downward and tilted. Side surface explanatory drawing in the case of letting the fruit vegetables on a support tool send out diagonally back in the conveyance direction. (A) is a plan view of the fruit vegetable conveying device of the present invention during fruit vegetable conveyance, (b) is a case where the fruit vegetables being conveyed are passed from above the fruit vegetable conveying body to above the speed reducing body and sent to the side fruit vegetable receiving 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. front view of the state issuing Ri send a fruit vegetables. (A) is a plan view showing another example of a conventional fruit vegetables sorting device, (b) is a front view of the state issuing Ri send the fruit vegetables in conveyer-type greenhouse vegetable loaded member in the apparatus of (a). A conventional fruit vegetables sorting apparatus, the transfer technique conveyor fruit vegetables being conveyed by the conveying member, plan view of the state issuing Ri sent to fruit vegetables receptacle.

The fruit vegetable transporting method of the present invention is a method of transporting fruit vegetables by a fruit vegetable transporting body and sending it diagonally backward in the transporting direction at a predetermined position. The fruit vegetable receiving body and the fruit vegetable transporting apparatus are devices 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 a fruit vegetable automatic sorting method and fruit vegetable automatic sorting apparatus that automatically sorts by different (by grade).

(Embodiment 1 of a fruit vegetable conveyance method)
An example of the embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this example, the transport method for fruit vegetables is round-type fruit vegetables such as tomatoes, peaches, pears, strawberries, etc., and long fruit vegetables such as pepper and eggplant are various standards such as size, shape, color, and sugar content. An example used as an automatic vegetable vegetable sorting method for automatically sorting differently (by grade) will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, this fruit vegetable conveying method places the fruit vegetable 1 on the fruit vegetable carrier 3 of the fruit vegetable carrier 2 and conveys it in the direction of the arrow a, and automatically determines the fruit vegetable 1 being conveyed by the standard in the discriminator 6. When the fruit and vegetable 1 after the determination is conveyed to the side of the pool conveyor (fruit and vegetable receptor) 4 arranged on the side of the fruit and 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 obliquely rearward in the transport direction 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 method)
In the fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention, the fruit vegetable 1 conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 is fed obliquely backward in the conveying direction as described in the first embodiment of the fruit vegetable conveying method. For example, as shown in FIGS. 9 (a) and 9 (b), two adjacent belt conveyor type fruit and vegetables mounting bodies 3 are used as a set of units 50, as shown in FIG. In addition, four belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable support bodies 3 adjacent to each other are formed as 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 conveyed. It can also be moved diagonally backward in the direction.

(Embodiment 3 of fruit vegetable conveying 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 the fruit vegetable conveying 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 conveying 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 method)
In the fruit vegetable conveying method of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 14, the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 are sent in parallel in the conveying direction obliquely rearward, as shown in FIG. The fruit and vegetable 1 placed on the mounting table 62 is used by using the fruit and vegetable mounting body 3 that is configured by the mounting table 62 that can be placed and the fruit vegetable 1 can be mounted and the sending body 63 that can reciprocate along the mounting table 62. It can also be configured such that the feeding body 63 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 method)
In the fruit vegetable conveying 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 each of the above embodiments, and is shown in FIGS. 15 (a) and 15 (b). Such a keyboard-like fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 can also be used. 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 Transporting Method)
In the fruit and vegetable conveying method of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 16A and 16B, the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 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. Therefore, the feeding speed of the fruit vegetables 1 that are fed to the fruit vegetable receiver 4 obliquely backward in the conveying direction can 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.

( Fruit vegetables conveying method and other embodiments)
In the fruit vegetable conveying 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 those described in the above embodiments, and can be performed by other arbitrary means. .

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

(Embodiment 1 of a fruit vegetable mounting body and a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
An example embodiment of the fruiting mounted body and fruiting feeder definitive to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this example, the fruit transporting device is a variety of standards such as tomato, peach, pear, strawberry, etc., and long fruit vegetables, such as pepper and eggplant, by size, shape, color, and sugar content. An example used as an automatic vegetable vegetable sorting device for automatically sorting differently (by grade) will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, this fruit vegetable conveying device places the fruit vegetable 1 on the fruit vegetable carrier 3 of the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 and conveys it in the direction of arrow a. When the determined vegetable 1 is conveyed to the side of the pool conveyor (fruit receiver) 4 arranged on the side of the vegetable transporter 2, as shown in FIG. The mounting body 3 is driven, and the fruit and vegetable 1 on the fruit and vegetables mounting body 3 is sent out obliquely rearward in the conveying direction to be mounted on the fruit and vegetable 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. 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 as shown in FIG. ) 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 device. 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 arranged and fixed in parallel with the chain guide 14 on the upper surface of the main frame 13 of the fruit and vegetable conveying device. 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 parallel to the front of the determination unit 6 shown in FIG. 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 and vegetables mounted body and fruit vegetable transport device)
In order to convey and sort fruit vegetables by the automatic vegetable vegetable sorting apparatus using the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention, it is as follows.
(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 a fruit vegetable mounting body and a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
FIG. 11 shows another example of the embodiment of the fruit and vegetable carrier and the fruit and vegetable conveying device in the present invention. The fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit and vegetable conveying 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 a fruit vegetable carrier and a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
The third embodiment of the fruiting mounted body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 12 (a) (b). The fruit and vegetable carrier of this fruit and vegetable conveying device has a roller conveyor structure in which a large number of rollers 52 are rotatably provided. A belt conveyor 53 is provided under the rollers 52 in contact with each roller 52, and the belt conveyor 53 rotates. Then, each roller 52 rotates so that the fruit vegetables 1 on the roller conveyor are sent out 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 and vegetables mounting body and fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
The fourth embodiment of fruit vegetables loaded body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 13 (a) (b). The fruit and vegetable transfer body of this fruit and vegetable conveying device 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 moved left and right around a support shaft 58 as shown in FIG. The frame 57 is provided on a support base 59 so as to be pivotable (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 the drive pin 61 is provided below 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. The fruit vegetable 1 falls on 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 a fruit vegetable mounting body and a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
The fifth embodiment of fruit vegetables loaded body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 14. The fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus is composed of a placing table 62 on which two bars are arranged in parallel to place the fruit vegetable 1 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 mounting body and fruit vegetable conveying apparatus)
A sixth embodiment of the fruiting mounted body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 15 (a) (b). The fruit and vegetable carrier 3 of this fruit and vegetable conveying device is a keyboard-like (square bar-like) support material 100 arranged obliquely rearward in the conveyance direction, and is provided with a large number of support materials 100 arranged in a keyboard shape in the conveyance direction. Is. 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 and vegetables mounting body and fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus)
The seventh embodiment of the fruiting mounted body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 9 (a) (b). In this fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus, two adjacent belt conveyor type fruit and vegetable 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. This is that the fruit and vegetable mounting bodies 3 are operated in synchronism to enable the fruit vegetables 1 to be delivered to the fruit 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 a fruit vegetable carrier and a fruit vegetable conveying device)
The seventh embodiment of the fruiting mounted body and fruiting conveying apparatus of the present invention shown in FIG. 16 (a) (b). In this fruit and vegetable conveyer, a speed reducer 110 is provided between the fruit and vegetable carrier 3 and the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 of the fruit and vegetable conveyer 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 embodiments of fruit vegetable conveying device)
In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention, the means for feeding the fruit vegetables 1 being conveyed by the fruit vegetable conveying body 2 obliquely rearward in the conveying direction is not limited to those described in the above embodiments, and may be performed by any other means. it can.

In the fruit and vegetable conveying apparatus of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable receiver 4 can be omitted, and the fruit and vegetable 1 sent from the fruit and vegetable conveying body 2 obliquely backward in the conveying direction can be sent to an arbitrary place.

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 (15)

In the fruit and vegetable transport method of transporting fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moving the fruit and vegetables being transported to the side of the article carrier,
Among the belt conveyor type article carrying bodies, fruit vegetables loaded across the belt conveyors of two or more adjacent article carrying bodies are obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction while the two or more belt conveyors are being conveyed. Move or rotate to move
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit and vegetable transport method of transporting fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moving the fruit and vegetables being transported to the side of the article carrier,
Among the belt conveyor type article mounting bodies, two or more adjacent article mounting bodies are a set of units,
Fruit vegetables placed across the belt conveyor of those units are moved by rotating or rotating the belt conveyor of the unit obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction during the fruit vegetable conveyance,
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit and vegetable transport method of transporting fruit vegetables placed on the article carrier by traveling of the article carrier equipped with a large number of article carriers, and moving the fruit and vegetables being transported to the side of the article carrier,
Each article carrying body is provided with two or more belt conveyors, and the fruit and vegetables placed across the belt conveyors are moved or rotated diagonally backward with respect to the fruit and vegetables conveying direction during the conveying of the vegetables and vegetables. Move
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit vegetable conveyance method of any one of Claims 1-3,
Move or rotate the belt conveyor diagonally backward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveyance direction, and after feeding the fruit vegetables from the belt conveyor, return the endless belt to its original position before movement or rotation,
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the method for conveying fruit vegetables according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
While the fruit vegetables placed on the belt conveyor protrude above the upper surface of the belt conveyor and are supported by an article support that is arranged in a line or substantially in the direction of the fruit vegetables and interlocks with the movement or rotation of the belt conveyor, Send the conveyor moving or rotating diagonally backward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveyance direction,
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit vegetable conveyance method of any one of Claims 1-5,
Moving the fruit vegetables being conveyed by the article carrier to an article receiver disposed on the side of the article carrier;
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit vegetable conveyance method of any one of Claims 1-6,
The fruit vegetables being transported by the article carrier are automatically discriminated according to the discrimination items by measuring the fruit vegetables in the discrimination unit, and the discriminated fruit vegetables are moved to the side of the article carrier according to the discrimination contents.
A method for conveying fruit vegetables . In the fruit and vegetable conveying device that conveys the fruit and vegetables mounted on the article carrying body by traveling of the article conveying body equipped with a large number of article carrying bodies, and moves the fruit and vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article conveying body,
The article carrier includes an endless traveling body, and the endless traveling body is equipped with a number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body,
The article carrying body travels with the endless running body and conveys the vegetables on the article carrying body in the running direction,
The belt conveyor of two or more adjacent article carrying bodies is a width and an adjacent interval in which one fruit vegetable can be placed by one,
The belt conveyors of two or more adjacent article carrying bodies can move or rotate in synchronization with the diagonally rearward direction during the fruit vegetable conveyance, and can move the fruit vegetables on the belt conveyor.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit and vegetable conveying device that conveys the fruit and vegetables mounted on the article carrying body by traveling of the article conveying body equipped with a large number of article carrying bodies, and moves the fruit and vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article conveying body,
The article transport body includes an endless traveling body, and this endless traveling body is equipped with a number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body,
The article carrying body travels with the endless running body and conveys the vegetables on the article carrying body in the running direction,
The article carrying body is a unit comprising two or more adjacent article carrying bodies as a set, and the belt conveyor of each unit has a width and an adjacent interval that can be placed over one fruit vegetable,
It is possible to move or rotate the belt conveyor of the article carrying body of each unit in an obliquely rearward direction with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction to move the fruit vegetables on the article carrying body to the side of the article conveying body.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit and vegetable conveying device that conveys the fruit and vegetables mounted on the article carrying body by traveling of the article conveying body equipped with a large number of article carrying bodies, and moves the fruit and vegetables being conveyed to the side of the article conveying body,
The article transport body includes an endless traveling body, and this endless traveling body is equipped with a number of article mounting bodies using a belt conveyor in the traveling direction of the endless traveling body,
The article carrying body travels with the endless running body and conveys the vegetables on the article carrying body in the running direction,
Each of the article carrying bodies includes two or more belt conveyors, and the interval between the belt conveyors is an interval that can be placed across one fruit vegetable,
It is possible to move or rotate the belt conveyor of each article carrying body in an obliquely rearward direction with respect to the fruit and vegetable conveying direction, and to move the fruit and vegetables on the belt conveyor.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of any one of Claims 8-10,
The belt conveyor can move or rotate diagonally backward with respect to the direction of transporting the fruits during the transport of the fruits and vegetables to feed the fruits on the article carrier, and can return to the original position before the movement or before rotation after the delivery of the fruits and vegetables. Is,
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of any one of Claims 8-11,
The article carrier has an article support for supporting fruit vegetables, the article support protrudes on the upper surface of the belt conveyor, and interlocks with the movement or rotation of the belt conveyor.
The belt conveyor is capable of moving or rotating obliquely rearward with respect to the fruit vegetable conveying direction during the fruit vegetable conveyance, and sending out while supporting the fruit vegetables on the article carrying body with the article support tool.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In a fruit vegetable conveying apparatus in any one of Claims 8-12,
From the article carrier, the upper surface of the article receiver is inclined upward from the article carrier, the upper surface of the article receiver is higher than the article carrier, or a speed reducer is provided on the upper surface of the article receiver. Made it possible to decelerate the moving speed of fruit and vegetables that move to the article receiver,
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of any one of Claims 8-13,
An article receiver that receives fruit vegetables moving from the article carrier to the side of the article carrier is arranged.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above. In the fruit vegetable conveying apparatus of any one of Claims 8-14,
In the middle of the article transporter, a discriminating unit that automatically measures by measuring the fruit and vegetables being transported by discriminating item,
At the front of the determination unit, the determined fruit vegetables can be moved from the article carrier to the side of the article transporter for each discrimination item.
Fruit and vegetable conveying device characterized by the above.

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