JP6707757B2 - Agricultural product weighing device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an agricultural product weighing device capable of continuous weighing work in a transportation route of agricultural products.

In shipping agricultural products, various sorts of operations according to the types of agricultural products are performed, and then the products are boxed or bagged in a predetermined shipping unit and shipped. Among them, when shipping long vegetables such as dwarf and green onion, mud attached to the root at the time of harvest, unnecessary leaves that can not be shipped as a product due to scratches and insect bites are removed and bundled with a predetermined shipping weight. Generally, the shipping form is that the product is shipped as a product.

Conventionally, as a weight measuring means of agricultural products including these long vegetables, those that include a weighing device in the transportation route related to the agricultural product sorting device, and various buckets that enable weighing of agricultural products during transportation have been disclosed. (See, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

The weight measuring device according to the agricultural product sorting apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 is composed of a short belt conveyor and a load cell that are provided so as to be interrupted in the middle of the transfer path of the transfer conveyor. The total weight of the agricultural product and the conveyor plate is measured by the load cell when the conveyor plate on which the agricultural product is placed is transferred to the belt conveyor, and the weight of the agricultural product is reduced by subtracting the weight of the conveyor plate that has been measured in advance. To grasp.

Further, according to the bucket according to the agricultural product sorting apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 2 or Patent Document 3, the bucket itself is loosely fitted to the conveyor chain of the transport conveyor via the mounting member. Then, when the weight measuring means provided in the transportation path is passed, the weight of the agricultural product can be measured together with the bucket by setting the bucket on which the agricultural product is placed and the drive system including the conveyor chain in a non-contact state. There is.

Further, the applicant of the present application also discloses an agricultural product weighing device capable of continuously measuring agricultural products in the transportation path while transporting the agricultural products in a horizontal state (see Patent Document 4). According to the agricultural product weighing device, it is of course possible to continuously carry out the weighing operation of the agricultural product in the transportation route while transporting the agricultural product, but at least the upper end of the pair of long holes in the longitudinal direction. By making the portion tapered, accurate weighing work can be easily performed, and since the device itself has a simple structure, the device itself can be provided at low cost.

JP, 2005-46794, A Japanese Patent No. 3254077 JP 2002-11413 A JP, 2014-202719, A

According to the bucket related to the weight measuring means and the agricultural product sorting device disclosed in each of the above patent documents, it is possible to continuously measure the agricultural product in the process of transporting the agricultural product, and thus the weighing work can be performed very efficiently. You can However, since the configurations disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 are all complicated and the device itself becomes very expensive, it is possible to introduce it in a large-scale collection/shipping facility, etc. It is difficult for small-scale facilities or producers to introduce them.

Further, in order to continuously and accurately measure the agricultural products in the transportation route, it is necessary to ensure that the bucket on which the agricultural products are placed and the drive system are in a non-contact state. However, if the connection structure between the bucket and the drive system becomes complicated, it becomes difficult to secure the non-contact state between the bucket and the drive system during weighing.

Further, when the sorting operation of agricultural products is performed visually, and a work of bundling with a predetermined shipping weight is required when performing boxing or bagging in a predetermined shipping unit, it is disclosed in Patent Document 1 to Patent Document 3 described above. It does not require such a large-scale device. However, the commercially available weighing device has only an aspect independent of the transporting device, the combination of the weighing device and the transporting device becomes complicated, the introduction cost is high, and the labor saving of the weighing work itself can hardly be expected. .. Therefore, the introduction by small-scale facilities and producers has rarely been done, and the actual situation is that the work of manually weighing and bundling each one is still performed.

In that respect, according to the agricultural product weighing device disclosed in Patent Document 4, the device itself can be provided at a low cost because of its relatively simple configuration, and it is possible to introduce it in a small-scale facility or a producer's own, Labor saving of weighing and shipping work at the production site can be achieved.

However, even in the agricultural product weighing device disclosed in Patent Document 4, it is difficult to further reduce the manufacturing cost because the processing work of each component is complicated. Further, the metallic noise generated when the bucket is transported or inverted is relatively large, and further noise reduction is required. Furthermore, the maintenance work such as exchanging a part of the constituent members of the bucket is relatively complicated.

Therefore, in view of the above problems, the inventor of the present application is capable of continuously measuring agricultural products in the transportation route while transporting particularly long vegetables in a horizontal state among agricultural products, and of the apparatus itself. The present invention has been achieved as a result of extensive studies to provide an agricultural product weighing device which has improved quietness and maintainability and further reduced cost.

That is, the present invention, a plurality of buckets for placing and transporting agricultural products are arranged at predetermined intervals in the transport direction of the conveyor chain, and the weight of the agricultural products placed on the buckets in the transport path is set. It is an agricultural product weighing device provided with a weight measuring means for measuring, wherein the bucket is fixed to a saucer on which the agricultural products are placed in a state of being opposed to a lower portion of the saucer at a predetermined interval, and is conveyed together with the saucer. A pair of saucer mounting members that move up and down in the direction perpendicular to the direction, and the pair of saucer mounting members are inserted through the openings respectively provided with the saucer mounting members, and are configured to include an engagement member fixed to the conveyor chain, At least the upper side of the opening is formed in a substantially eight shape, and the upper side of the engaging member is also configured to have a substantially eight shape, and the upper side of the opening and the upper side of the engaging member are formed. Intermittently driving the conveyor chain in an engaged state, while the bucket is stopped, by releasing the engagement state between the opening and the engagement member, the saucer on which the produce is placed, The weight of the pair of tray mounting members is measured by the weight measuring means.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing apparatus of the present invention, the lower side of the opening is also formed in a substantially eight shape, and the lower side of the engaging member is also formed so as to engage with the lower side of the opening. It is characterized in that it is configured to have an eight-shape.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention, the one saucer mounting member is provided with protrusions on both sides of the lower end, and the other saucer mounting member is provided with one protrusion at the center of the lower end.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention, a binding machine for binding the agricultural products and/or a cutting machine for cutting a part of the agricultural products is provided on the downstream side of the weight measuring means in the transport direction. It is characterized by

According to the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention, it is of course possible to continuously carry out the weighing work of agricultural products in the transportation route while transporting the agricultural products, but the openings provided in the pair of saucer mounting members. Of at least the upper side (mounting side of the saucer) of the bucket is formed into a substantially eight shape, and the upper side of the engaging member (mounting side of the saucer) is also formed into a substantially eight shape. During the movement, the pair of saucer attachment members and the engagement member are stably engaged with each other, the stable transportation of agricultural products is possible, and the noise generated when the bucket is moved can be reduced.

Then, by stopping the bucket and releasing the engagement state between the pair of saucer mounting members and the engaging member, the weight of the saucer on which the agricultural product is placed and the pair of saucer mounting members is accurately measured by the weight measuring means. can do.

Further, since the structure of the apparatus itself is simplified and the processing of the constituent members itself is facilitated, the maintainability is improved and the cost of the apparatus is further reduced.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing apparatus of the present invention, the lower side of the opening (the side opposite to the side where the saucer is attached) is also formed in a substantially eight shape, and the lower side of the engaging member (the side opposite to the side where the saucer is attached). ) Is also formed in a substantially eight shape so as to be engaged with the lower side of the opening, so that it is possible to improve the movement stability and the noise reduction when the bucket is reversed.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention, when the weight is measured by the weight measuring means by providing protrusions on both sides of the lower end of one saucer mounting member and one protrusion at the center of the lower end of the other saucer mounting member. The saucer and the pair of saucer mounting members can be supported at three points, and the agricultural products placed on the saucer can be measured accurately and stably.

Furthermore, in the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention, a binding machine or a cutting machine is provided on the downstream side of the weight measuring means in the transport direction, so that the weighed agricultural products are bound while being transported, and further, unnecessary portions are cut. It is possible to improve the efficiency of shipping work.

It is the side view which showed one Example of the agricultural products measuring apparatus of this invention. It is a top view of the agricultural products weighing device shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the agricultural product weighing device shown in FIG. 1. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the weight measurement state by the weight measurement means in the agricultural products weighing|measuring equipment shown in FIG. 1, (a) is a non-weighing state, (b) shows the state at the time of weighing. It is a schematic side view which shows the inverted state of the bucket in the agricultural products weighing device shown in FIG.

An embodiment of the agricultural product weighing device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following examples, long vegetables such as dwarf and green onion will be described as examples of agricultural products, but the agricultural products that can be measured by the agricultural product measuring device of the present invention are not limited to long vegetables. ..

An agricultural product weighing device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 continuously performs a weighing operation while transporting agricultural products such as long vegetables in a horizontal state. Specifically, at a predetermined interval in the transport direction (X direction in FIG. 1) of the pair of left and right conveyor chains 18, 18 spanning the drive sprocket 14 and the driven sprocket 16 axially mounted on the base 12. A plurality of buckets 20 are arranged via mounting members 19 (see FIG. 3). In the supply unit located on the upstream side (the left side in FIG. 1) of the agricultural product weighing device 10 in the transport direction, long vegetables are placed on the saucer 22 of the bucket 20 and will be described later in the process of being transported in the X direction. The weight of the long vegetables is measured by the weight measuring means 30. Reference numeral 11 in the drawing is a control device of the agricultural product weighing device 10.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bucket 20 according to the agricultural product weighing device 10 of the present embodiment is provided with a receiving tray 22 on which long vegetables (agricultural products) are placed, and a lower portion of the receiving tray 22 with a predetermined interval therebetween. Inserted into the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, which are fixed in the state of being fixed and move vertically with the saucer 22 in the direction perpendicular to the transport X direction, and the openings 24 and 25 provided in the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, respectively. And an engaging member 28 fixed to the conveyor chains 18, 18 via a mounting member 19.

An engaging member 28 that is inserted through the openings 24 and 25 provided in the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 is disposed between the pair of opposing slat members 28a and 28b and the pair of slat members 28a and 28b. And a pair of slat members 28a and 28b facing each other so as to sandwich the connecting member 28c from the lateral direction. The both ends of the connecting member 28c are attached to the conveyor chain 18 by the mounting members 19 and 19. , 18 are fixed. That is, the tray 22 is configured to be vertically movable along the openings 24 and 25 together with the pair of tray mounting members 26 and 27.

Here, the fixing position of the pair of slat members 28a, 28b to the connecting member 28c by the bolt 29 is not particularly limited, but in the present embodiment, while being fixed at the outer positions of the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27, The bolt 29 is fixed in a state of protruding from the openings 24 and 25. With this configuration, the bolt 29 engages with the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 when the bucket 20 is transported, so that the movement in the lateral direction with respect to the transport direction is restricted, and the bucket 20 is stably transported. Is possible. That is, if the bolt 29 can be projected from the openings 24 and 25 and the movement in the lateral direction with respect to the transport direction can be restricted by the bolt 29, the bolt 29 can connect the pair of slat members 28a and 28b to the connecting member 28c. The fixed position may be a position inside each of the pair of tray mounting members 26, 27. Further, the fixing means is not limited to the bolt 29, and may be fixed with a screw or a pin, and a part of these may be projected from the openings 24 and 25. Further, in addition to the bolt 29, the pin, the screw, and the like, a protrusion for restricting the movement in the lateral direction with respect to the transport direction may be separately provided on the pair of slat members 28a, 28b.

By forming the notch 35 in the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, the pair of slat members 28a and 28b are fixed to the connecting member 28c and the lateral movement with respect to the transport direction is achieved. The saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 can be removed from the engaging member 28 without removing the bolts 29, screws, pins, etc. for restricting, thereby improving maintainability.

Then, at least the upper side (mounting side of the saucer 22) of the openings 24, 25 respectively provided in the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 according to the present embodiment is formed in a substantially eight shape. At the same time, the upper side of the engaging member 28 (mounting side of the tray 22), that is, the upper side of the pair of slat members 28a, 28b (mounting side of the tray 22) is also configured so as to have a substantially eight-shaped shape in side view. There is. That is, when the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 are moved downward, the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 are also formed in the shape of a substantially figure 8 above the openings 24 and 25 formed in the shape of a substantially figure 8. The upper side of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b related to the engaging member 28 is securely and stably engaged.

The saucer 22 according to the present embodiment includes the support member 44, and can stably support the root portion of the long vegetables when the long vegetables are conveyed by the saucer 22. Further, since the root can be stably supported even when the root is shipped by a binding machine or a cutting machine, which will be described later, the shipping can be carried out efficiently and neatly.

The weight measuring means 30 provided in the transport path of the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment includes a weighing plate 31, a load cell 32, a rod 33, an air cylinder 34, and a display unit 35. The weighing plate 31 provided with the load cell 32 moves up and down as the rod 33 moves up and down, and when the weighing plate 31 moves upward, the saucer 22 is lifted via the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, whereby the saucer 22 It is possible to measure the weight of the long vegetables placed on the load cell 32.

According to the agricultural product weighing device 10 of the present embodiment having the above-mentioned configuration, it is possible to perform the weighing work of long vegetables in the following flow. In the agricultural product supply unit located on the upstream side in the transport X direction of the agricultural product weighing device 10, a predetermined amount of long vegetables is placed with the root portion as the supporting member 44 side across the tray 22 of the bucket 20 and the supporting member 44. It This placement work may be performed manually by an operator, or may be automatically supplied by another device. It should be noted that the predetermined amount of the long vegetables placed here may be an amount that is close to the shipping weight required at the time of shipping, and an accurate shipping weight is not required.

The bucket 20 on which the long vegetables are placed from the tray 22 to the support member 44 is intermittently conveyed in the X direction by intermittently driving the conveyor chain 18. In the state where the conveyor chain 18 is driven and the bucket 20 is conveyed, as shown in FIG. 4A, the saucer 22, the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, and the weight of the long vegetables move downward. , The upper side of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b (mounting side of the saucer 22) formed in the substantially eight shape related to the engaging member 28 has the substantially eight shape related to the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27. It is in a state of being stably engaged with the upper side of the formed openings 25, 25 (mounting side of the tray 22). That is, the upper sides of the openings 24 and 25 have a substantially eight shape, and the upper sides of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b also have a substantially eight shape, so that the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26, When 27 moves downward, in other words, when the engaging member 28 moves upward inside the openings 24, 25, the pair of slat members 28a, 28b are guided by the openings 24, 25, so that the engaging members 28a, 28b are engaged. The joining member 28 is positioned at the center of the openings 24, 25 in the lateral direction (width direction). It should be noted that the weighing plate 31 related to the weight measuring means 30 is in a state of being retracted downward.

Then, when the bucket 20 on which the long vegetables are placed reaches the position of the weight measuring means 30, as shown in FIG. 4B, the conveyor chain 18 is stopped and at the same time the load cell 32 is moved along with the rise of the rod 33. The provided weighing plate 31 rises, and the saucer 22 is lifted via the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 of the bucket 20. Then, the engagement state of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b of the engaging member 28 and the openings 24 and 25 of the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 is released, and the saucer 22 on which the long vegetables are placed. Only (including the support member 44) and the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 are placed on the weighing plate 31. Therefore, by grasping the weights of the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 in advance, the weight of the long vegetables placed on the saucer 22 can be measured.

Here, the measured value by the load cell 32 is displayed on the display unit 35, and it is determined whether or not a predetermined shipping weight has been reached. If the predetermined shipping weight is within the allowable range, the weighing plate 31 moves down and is conveyed again in the X direction. On the other hand, when the predetermined shipping weight has not been reached or exceeds the allowable range, the worker performs the replenishment or removal work of the long vegetables, and when it falls within the allowable range, the weighing plate 31 descends, and again. It will be conveyed in the X direction.

The long vegetables weighed by the weight measuring means 30 are bound by a binding machine 50 provided on the downstream side of the weight measuring means 30, and the root of the long vegetables is bound by a cutting machine 52 provided further on the downstream side. After unnecessary portions of the parts are cut, they are sent to the final shipping process.

Then, the bucket 20 from which the long vegetables have been removed moves to the opposite side (lower side) of the transport surface on the most downstream side of the transport path, and returns to the upstream side of the transport path. When moving to the opposite side, the tray 22 and the pair of tray mounting members 26, 27 move downward by their own weight. Here, the lower side of the openings 24 and 25 (the side opposite to the mounting side of the saucer 22) related to the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 of the present embodiment is also formed in a substantially eight shape. At the same time, the lower side of the engagement member 28 (the side opposite to the mounting side of the tray 22), that is, the lower side of the pair of slat members 28a, 28b (the side opposite to the mounting side of the tray 22) also has a side view of an approximately eight shape. It is configured to have a shape. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, when the tray 20 and the pair of tray mounting members 26 and 27 move downward when the bucket 20 moves to the opposite side of the transport surface, an opening formed in a substantially octagonal shape. The lower sides of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b related to the engaging member 28 that is also configured to have a substantially eight-shaped configuration on the lower sides of the portions 24 and 25 are in stable and stable engagement.

Although the agricultural product weighing device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above in detail, according to the agricultural product weighing device 10 of this embodiment, long vegetables, which are agricultural products, are continuously transported in the transportation route. It is possible to measure long vegetables. In particular, the upper side of the openings 24, 25 provided on the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 (the mounting side of the saucer 22) is formed in a substantially eight shape, and the pair of slat members 28a related to the engaging member 28, The upper side of 28b (the side where the tray 22 is attached) is also configured to have an approximately eight-shape, so that the pair of tray attachment members 26 and 27 and the engagement member 28 are stable while the bucket 20 is moving. , It is possible to stably convey the agricultural product, and it is possible to reduce the noise generated when the bucket 20 moves.

Then, by stopping the bucket and releasing the engagement state between the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 and the engaging member 28, the weight of the saucer 22 on which the produce is placed and the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 Can be accurately measured by the weight measuring means 30. That is, since the upper sides of the openings 24 and 25 have a substantially eight shape and the upper sides of the pair of slat members 28a and 28b also have a substantially eight shape, the pair of slat members are formed by the openings 24 and 25. 28a and 28b are guided, and the engagement member 28 is positioned at the center of the openings 24 and 25 in the lateral direction (width direction). Therefore, when the weighing plate 31 related to the weight measuring means 30 lifts the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27, the engaging member 28 is reliably positioned at the center portion in the lateral direction (width direction) of the openings 24, 25. This makes it possible to avoid contact between the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 and the engaging member 28 and to perform accurate weight measurement.

Moreover, since the structure of the apparatus itself is simplified and the processing of the constituent members such as the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 and the engaging member 28 is facilitated, the maintainability is improved and the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 is further improved. Cost reduction can be achieved.

Furthermore, in the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment, the lower sides of the openings 24 and 25 (the side opposite to the mounting side of the tray 22) are also formed in a substantially eight shape, and the pair of engaging members 28 are provided. The lower side of the slat members 28a, 28b (the side opposite to the mounting side of the tray 22) is also configured to have a substantially eight shape so as to engage with the lower side of the openings 24, 25, thereby forming the bucket 20. It is possible to improve the movement stability and the noise reduction at the time of reversing.

Moreover, since the bucket 20 according to the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is configured to include the support member 44, it is possible to stably convey even long vegetables and the like.

Further, in the agricultural product weighing device 10 of the present embodiment, a binding machine 50 and a cutting machine 52 are provided on the downstream side of the weight measuring means 30 in the transport direction to bind the measured long vegetables while transporting them. It is possible to cut unnecessary parts, and further improve shipping efficiency.

The agricultural product weighing device 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention illustrated above should not be understood to substantially limit the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the openings 24 and 25 according to the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment have both an upper side (mounting side of the saucer 22) and a lower side (opposite side of the mounting side of the saucer 22) in a substantially eight shape, The pair of slat members 28a and 28b of the engaging member 28 are also formed in a substantially eight shape on both the upper side and the lower side, but at least the upper side of the openings 24 and 25 and the pair of slat members 28a and 28b are formed into a substantially eight shape. It may be in the shape of a letter. In addition, by making the lower side of both into a substantially eight shape, the bucket 20 can be stably returned even when the bucket 20 is returned to the upstream side of the transport path, and the quietness can be improved.

Further, it is preferable that the one saucer mounting member 26 of the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 according to the present embodiment is provided with protrusions 36, 36 on both sides of the lower end thereof, and the other saucer mounting member 27 is provided with one protrusion 37 at the center of the lower end thereof. .. By providing the projections 36 and 37 at the lower ends of the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27, respectively, the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26 and 27 are supported at three points on the weighing plate 31 related to the weight measuring means 30. be able to. Therefore, even if the weighing plate 31 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 of the weight measuring means 30 are slightly distorted or tilted, the saucer 22 and the pair of saucer mounting members 26, 27 are not removed on the weighing plate 31. Since it can be stabilized by the point support and the measured value is also quickly stabilized, more accurate weight measurement can be performed quickly.

Further, in the engagement member 28 according to the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment, the pair of slat members 28a and 28b are fixed by the bolts 29 so as to sandwich the connecting member 28c from the left and right sides. 28b may be fixed with bolts 29 so as to be sandwiched from both upper and lower sides of the connecting member 28c. In this case, the side view of at least one of the slat members 28a located at the upper side (mounting side of the tray 22) is approximately eight so as to engage with the upper sides of the openings 24 and 25 formed in the substantially eight-shape. With the V-shaped configuration, stable transportation of the bucket 20, improvement of noise reduction, and accurate weight measurement are possible.

Further, the support member 44 of the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of this embodiment can also be removed depending on the agricultural product to be weighed. In addition, the weight measuring means 30 according to the agricultural product weighing apparatus 10 of the present embodiment is not limited to one, and a plurality of weight measuring means 30 may be provided. , Can be implemented while appropriately improving, changing or adding.

10: Agricultural products measuring device 11: Control device 12: Base 14: Drive sprocket 16: Driven sprocket 18: Conveyor chain 19: Mounting member 20: Bucket 22: Saucepan 24, 25: Opening 26, 27: Saucepan mounting member 28: Engaging members 28a, 28b: Slat member 28c: Connecting member 30: Weight measuring means 31: Measuring plate 32: Load cell 33: Rod 34: Air cylinder 35: Display unit 44: Supporting member 50: Binder 52: Cutting machine

Claims (4)

A plurality of buckets for placing and transporting agricultural products are arranged at predetermined intervals in the transport direction of the conveyor chain, and a weight measurement for measuring the weight of the agricultural products placed on the buckets in the transport route. An agricultural product weighing device comprising means,
The bucket is a saucer on which agricultural products are placed, and a pair of saucer mounting members that are fixed to a lower portion of the saucer in a state of facing each other with a predetermined space therebetween, and move up and down together with the saucer in a direction vertical to a transport direction. , The pair of saucer mounting members are respectively inserted through the openings provided therein, and are configured to include an engaging member fixed to the conveyor chain,
At least the upper side of the opening is formed in a substantially eight shape, and the upper side of the engaging member is also formed in a substantially eight shape,
The conveyor chain is intermittently driven in a state where the upper side of the opening and the upper side of the engaging member are engaged with each other, and the engagement state between the opening and the engaging member is released while the bucket is stopped. Accordingly, the weight of the saucer on which the produce is placed and the pair of saucer mounting members is measured by the weight measuring means. The lower side of the opening is also formed in a substantially eight shape, and the lower side of the engaging member is also formed in a substantially eight shape so as to engage with the lower side of the opening. The agricultural product weighing device according to claim 1, wherein The agricultural product weighing device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one of the saucer mounting members is provided with protrusions on both sides of a lower end thereof, and the other saucer mounting member is provided with one protrusion at a center of a lower end thereof. 2. A binding machine for binding the agricultural products and/or a cutting machine for cutting a part of the agricultural products is provided on the downstream side of the weight measuring means in the transport direction. Item 6. The agricultural product weighing device according to any one of Item 3.

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