JPH02100906A - Feeder for carrots and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To successively feed short, small and pointed agricultural products one by one by forming a trough of an inverse in configuration in which a carrying terminal end is slanted upward, providing an engaging roller movable to a constant direction, and considering the bottom face of the terminal end as a movable face moving to an orthogonal direction with a carrying direction. CONSTITUTION:When agricultural products such as carrots are fed to the carrying start end part K1 of a trough means K, the products are fitted into engaging rollers 13 and carried in the trough means K by the engaging rollers 13. When they reach to a carrying terminal end part K2, the products fitted between the engaging rollers 13 are dropped downward and separated by an eliminating operation in accordance with an upward inclination, the operation of gravity, the movement of a movable face 21, the interference of the products to be treated and the to rotation of the engaging rollers 13 to the direction of f2. Accordingly, the products to be treated can be effectively carried and fed one by one.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a feeding device used for feeding agricultural products such as carrots to other devices.

(Prior Art) When relatively short and tapered agricultural products such as carrots are graded using a weight sorting device, the agricultural products to be processed are sorted one by one into eight trays in a group of trays in the sorting device. Although there are cases where it is necessary to supply the fluid at predetermined intervals, such work is troublesome and conventionally, there is no suitable supply device, so it has to be done manually.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is a method for mechanically transporting comparatively short and tapered agricultural products, such as carrots, one by one to other equipment. The purpose of this invention is to provide a supply device that can supply

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention forms an inverted "H" shaped gutter means with at least an upward slope at the end of the conveyance, and also enables rotational drive in a fixed direction. In addition, the locking roller is configured to run continuously at predetermined intervals along the bottom surface from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end of the gutter means, and also to run a predetermined conveyance distance at the conveyance end of the gutter means. It is characterized in that the bottom surface extending over the area is made into a movable surface that is continuously and forcibly moved in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.

(Function) A group of objects to be processed, such as carrots, supplied to the conveyance start end of the gutter means gets stuck in one or more spaces between the locking rollers that are successively running, and the objects to be processed that are stuck in these parts are removed. is an example of a gutter means, where the trapped workpiece is transferred to the conveyance end section while maintaining its state by the locking action of the locking roller and the running movement. If there is more than one workpiece accumulated at this time, excess workpieces will be accumulated due to the action of gravity of the workpieces, the inclination of the fading means, and the workpiece removal action due to the rotation of the locking roller. The object to be processed is removed and dropped from between the locking rollers toward the conveyance start end side.

As a result, only one object to be processed is present between the locking rollers, and this object to be processed is sequentially carried out at predetermined intervals from the end of the conveyance (Example). One embodiment will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective explanatory view of the device of the present invention, in which numeral 1 denotes an elongated plate for forming a flat bottom surface 1a, which is bent in the middle in the longitudinal direction in an inverted "H" shape, and has semicircular shapes at both ends. Curved surface 1b, I
C is formed. Reference numerals 2 and 2 refer to side walls disposed on both sides of the bottom surface 1a and separated upwardly by a distance, and are appropriately fixed via a frame 3 shown in FIG. The side wall 2.2 preferably has a tall lower end 2a and a large flare at the core. Reference numeral 4 denotes a rectangular side plate located inside the side wall 2.2 in order to close the openings s, s formed between the bottom surface 1a and the side wall 2.2 without causing any hindrance. It moves along with the stop roller.

Therefore, the gutter means of this example has the above-mentioned elongated plates l, (l!I
It is composed of + wall 2.2 and side plate 4...
The lower end is the conveyance start end Kl, and the upper end is the slope 1 and the oblique conveyance end 2.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a locking roller that can freely rotate or rotate in a fixed direction, and is continuously rotated at predetermined intervals along the bottom surface 1a from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end end of the gutter means. It is configured to run.

That is, specifically, an input shaft 6 and a driven shaft 7 are arranged at the center of curvature of the semicircular curved surface 1b and the IC, and sprockets 8 are disposed at two positions on each of these axes, sandwiching the bottom surface 1a.
... 9... is fixed. Then, an endless chain 10... is hooked and rotated between each of the sprockets located on the same side with the bottom surface 1a in between, and each chain 1
In the middle of 0, the guide sprocket 11 and guide plate 12 guide the guide in a bent manner. The locking rollers 13 cross the bottom surface 1a through the openings s, s, and are installed parallel to the chains 10 at predetermined intervals, and the predetermined intervals are, for example, 2 to 3 times the diameter of a carrot. Set to a certain degree. As shown in FIG. 5(a), the supporting structure of each locking roller 13 has both ends connected to each chain 10.1.
Central shaft 1 supported by a hook 14.14 fixed at 0
5, there is no structure in which it is rotatably mounted around the shaft 15. Reference numeral 16 denotes a track body that comes into elastic contact with the circumferential surface of the narrow diameter portions 13a, 13a formed at both ends of each locking roller 13, and the contact portions 16a, 16a are made of a rubber material to improve friction, and the frame 3 It is fixed in a position adjustable manner via bolts 17. 18 (see FIG. 5), which is not shown in FIG. 1, is a guide plate that supports the upper half of each chain 10 from below, and 19 is a sprocket (or pulley) for inputting the power of an appropriate motor. It is. The side plate 4 is fixed to each chain lO via metal fittings 20. In the above configuration, each chain 10 rotates the input sprocket 19 in the arrow direction fl.
along the gutter means K and the locking roller 1
3 is a movable surface 21 which causes the roller 13 to run from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end end in the gutter means at a nearby position along the bottom surface la, and at the same time rotates each roller 13 in the arrow direction r2; At the end of conveyance in the gutter means, the bottom surface 1a over a predetermined conveyance distance at 2 is not forced to be continuously moved in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction. Specifically, a drive roller 22 and a guide roller 23 are disposed opposite each other, and an endless wide belt 24 is looped between both rollers 22 and 23, and a gear mechanism is connected to the drive roller 22 from a human power shaft 19. The configuration is such that the power is transmitted through the power supply 25. The upper half of the belt 24 forming the movable surface 21 is located below the locking roller 13... and the bottom surface la
It is designed so that it slides into contact with the top. At this time, the surface of the belt 24 is made to have high friction, and the locking strip 24a is
It is better to use one that is equipped with...etc. Note that 26 is a bearing.

To explain the operation of the device of the above embodiment, the operator transmits power to the input sprocket 19 to put the device into operation, and then transfers the object to be processed, such as carrots, to the transport start end Kl of the gutter means. Supply appropriate amount. As a result, one or more objects to be processed fit between the locking rollers 13..., and the objects to be processed that have been fitted in this way are moved by the movement of the locking rollers 13... Accordingly, it is conveyed toward the end portion 2 of conveyance to the gutter means. When the objects to be processed reach the core portion 2, if two or more objects are fitted into each locking roller, these objects will be placed at the end of the conveyance with the upward tilt or The objects to be processed are pushed against each other by gravity and movement of the rotating surface 21, and the objects fall downward due to the removal effect caused by the rotation of the locking roller in the f2 direction. Thus, the locking roller 13...
・The remaining workpieces, one at a time, are continuously pulled out at a predetermined pitch from the end of the conveyance. Therefore, if a sorting device or the like is installed after the device of this embodiment and the two devices are synchronized, the former device will be able to supply the objects to be processed one by one to the latter device with more precision and timing. Become what you can.

Furthermore, in this example, the workpiece to be discharged from the end of the conveyance is regulated laterally and horizontally by the locking roller 13 until just before discharge, and moreover, the workpiece is directly regulated from the curved IC formed at the end of the bottom surface 1a, that is, by the inclined guide plate, etc. Since the workpiece is discharged and dropped without passing through the workpiece, the workpiece is in a horizontal position along the locking roller 13 while falling, which is convenient for a sorting device or the like that receives the workpiece.

FIG. 5(b) shows another embodiment of the locking roller 13, in which the main body of the locking roller 13 is divided into a left side portion 13A and a right side portion 1.
3B and the narrow diameter portion 1 of the left side portion 13A.
3a has a smaller diameter than that of the right side part 13B,
The arrangement is such that the left side portion 13A rotates faster than the right side portion 1313 when the locking roller 13 travels. The roller 13 is assembled as shown in FIG. 4, and the left side portion 13A, which rotates quickly, is positioned on the forward side of the movable surface 24 in the transport direction. As a result, the objects to be processed that have accumulated on the forward side of the movable surface 24 in the transport direction are subjected to a more efficient removal action. Note that it is possible to change the number of divisions of the locking roller 13 as appropriate, and it is also possible to arbitrarily choose to make the right side portion 13B rotate faster than the left side portion 13A, but in this case. In this case, it is necessary to set the destination side of the movable surface 24 in the transfer direction to the right side.

In addition, in the zero order decoy, the locking roller 13 is configured to be actively rotated in 12 directions only in the range 2 at the end of the conveyance where the gutter means has an upward slope, and in the range K2 it is simply rotated. It is fine as long as it can rotate freely.

(Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention as described above, agricultural products such as carrots can be automatically machined to be processed by other devices such as a weighing device without the conventional manual work.
Significant efficiency improvements and labor savings are achieved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a perspective explanatory view of the device of the present invention, Figs. 2 to 4 are partial perspective views showing the upper part of the device, and Figs. 5(a) and (b).
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a locking roller. K... Contact means, Kl... Conveyance start end, K2... Conveyance end, ■... Bottom surface, 13... Locking roller, 13
A... Right side part (side part), 24... Movable surface.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Forming a gutter means in an inverted "H" shape with an upward slope at least at the end of the conveyance, and installing a locking roller in the gutter means that can be rotated in a fixed direction. In addition to being configured to run continuously at predetermined intervals just above the bottom surface from the conveyance start end to the conveyance end point, the bottom surface is continuously traveled in a direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction over a predetermined conveyance distance at the conveyance end portion of the gutter means. A device for supplying carrots, etc., characterized in that it is attached to a movable surface that is forcibly moved. 2. The device for supplying carrots, etc. according to claim 1, characterized in that a locking strip is provided on a movable surface that is forcibly moved to a state perpendicular to the conveyance direction within a certain distance range near the end of the conveyance. 3. The apparatus for supplying carrots, etc. according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the conveying end portion of the gutter means is formed into a semicircular curved surface 1c.