JPH02205518A - Subsidiary material feeding device for fruit sorting facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reach the second floor using stairs to go up and down when information for shortage of subsidiary materials is recognized, and reduce loss in time, perform the supply of the subsidiary materials efficiently, and make the effective operation of fruit sorting work possible by providing the stairs to go up and down between a subsidiary materials supply hall and the second floor of a building. CONSTITUTION:Above a sorting conveyor 4, a subsidiary materials supply hall 19 with approximately the same width is provided in parallel. On a frame 20, which covers the right, left and top of the hall 19, a subsidiary material supply conveyor 21, which conveys and supplies the subsidiary materials, the first subsidiary materials shelf 23, on which fruit caps 22 as subsidiary materials are placed, and the second subsidiary materials shelf 25, on which empty packs as subsidiary materials are placed, are provided. The subsidiary materials supply conveyor 21 is provided between the hall 19 and a subsidiary materials stock part 10 on the second floor of a building, and the subsidiary materials are guided and supplied while sliding down on a tilted part 21a on the carrying start end side. Stairs to go up and down 26 is provided between the subsidiary materials supply hall 19 and the second floor. A worker who is in charge of subsidiary materials and washes and waits at the subsidiary materials supply hall 19 can reach the second floor using the stairs 26, which connects to this subsidiary materials supply hall 19, as soon as information for shortage of subsidiary materials is recognized, and loss in time can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] This invention relates to an auxiliary material supply device in a fruit sorting facility.

[Problem to be solved by the prior art and the invention] In a fruit sorting facility where pears, apples, etc. are sorted into grades and packed into cardboard boxes, etc., there is a need for protective caps and the like for wrapping individual fruits. When auxiliary materials such as intermediate partition materials are required for multi-level cartoning, auxiliary material shelves etc. are installed in each classification section of the sorting conveyor, stocked at a designated position, and taken out as needed to separate the sorted fruit. It is designed to carry out the 'M filling work.

In this case, the auxiliary materials are stocked at a predetermined location in the fruit sorting facility and replenished to each classification section as needed, but conventionally, it required manpower to transport and distribute from the stocking location. It was inefficient.

[Means to solve the problem]

This invention aims to efficiently distribute auxiliary materials to each classification section, and has taken the following technical measures.

That is, the classifying sections 5 are arranged at multiple locations along the direction of transport of the objects to be sorted.
An auxiliary material supply step [19 is provided above the sorting conveyor 4, which is equipped with
An auxiliary material supply conveyor 21 is arranged extending from the floor and along the supply walkway 19, and each classification section 5 has an auxiliary material shelf 23.
．． ．． 25, and an ascending/descending staircase 26 is provided between the above-mentioned subsidiary material supply step [tl19 and the second floor of the building].

[Operation and effect of the invention]

During fruit sorting and packaging work, when the worker in charge of auxiliary materials waiting in the auxiliary material supply walkway 19 confirms the information on the shortage of auxiliary materials, he immediately uses the ascending and descending stairs 26 connected to this auxiliary material supply walkway 1B19 to reach the 2M This makes it possible to reduce hourly losses, efficiently supply auxiliary materials, and efficiently manage fruit sorting operations.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of this invention will be described based on the drawings.

The building consists of a first floor and a second floor, and the first floor has a cargo receiving area 1. Pre-processing section 2 for cutting fruit, removing bags, etc., visual grading section 3
, four sorting conveyors for class sorting provided in multiple rows (six rows in the case of rolling), a boxing section 6 disposed for each classification section 5, seven product delivery conveyors, etc. are provided. On the other hand, on the second floor, there is a carton box making machine (8) and a three-way box delivery conveyor (9). An auxiliary material stock section 10 and the like are provided. In the example shown in Figure 1, three lines of fruit sorting facilities of the same type are provided.

In the pre-processing section 2, fruits received in a bag, such as pears, are placed upside down in a cup and transferred, and the fruit is cut and removed by a known method and transferred to the primary grading section 3. After being turned upside down at the grading section, the receiver is transferred to the grading section.

The grading section 3 is in the form of a belt conveyor, and is configured to be divided into excellent and excellent grades based on visual judgment by a waiting grading worker, and transported by a conveyor within a predetermined classification.

The fruits to be sorted from the grading section 3 are transferred to the sorting conveyor 4, which transfers tiltable cups 11, 11... at predetermined intervals in response to a sorting command signal. It is configured to be placed in Cheno, and one series consists of 6 articles in total.

Among these six articles, predetermined articles are set as excellent lines, excellent lines, etc. based on the previous grade judgment results. Reference numeral 12 denotes a class sorting device installed at the starting end of the sorting conveyor, which can inspect the outer diameter of each fruit to be sorted one by one using a COD camera or the like, and outputs the data to a control device (not shown). The control device is configured to be able to determine the class of each fruit to be sorted by comparing it with preset class data.

The classification section 5 by the sorting conveyor 4 is configured into three sections: a starting end side, an intermediate end side, and a terminal end side in the transport direction.

The outermost cup is tilted in response to a sorting command signal from the control device, so that the fruit is discharged into a predetermined cup into the box 13.

In the above-mentioned receiver, there is a cartoning part 6 on the side of the box 13, and this cartoning part 6 is connected to a box support frame 15 that moves up and down along a column 14 by an air cylinder mechanism (not shown), and to an unloading conveyor 7. A worker stands in the box packing passage 18 between the box packing section 6 and the empty box supply line 17, which consists of three upper and lower stages spaced apart from each other at an appropriate distance, to exchange empty cardboard boxes. Performs fruit boxing work, etc.

Above the sorting conveyor 4, there is an auxiliary material supply walkway 19 of approximately the same width along and parallel to the conveying direction of the conveyor 4.
A frame 20 is installed to surround the left, right and upper sides of the walkway 19, and a frame 20 is provided with an auxiliary material supply conveyor 21 for conveying and supplying auxiliary materials, and a fruit cap material 22 as an auxiliary material.
First auxiliary material shelf 23. A second auxiliary material shelf 25 is also provided on which empty packs 24 as auxiliary materials are placed.

The auxiliary material supply conveyor 21 is provided across the auxiliary material stocking section 10 on the second floor of the building, and is configured to be guided and supplied along the slope 21a on the transfer start end side.

Reference numeral 26 denotes an ascending/descending staircase provided between the auxiliary material supply walkway J & 119 and the second floor.

On this second floor, a plurality of box making machines 8 are arranged, and empty cardboard boxes are formed into different sizes and transported by three box conveyors 9, 9, and 9, respectively.

A vertical unloading device 27.27.
27 are provided and connected to the empty box supply lines 17 provided in three stages, upper and lower.

The action of the upper side will be explained.

In advance, empty cardboard boxes made by the box making machine 8 on the second floor and the stocked auxiliary materials are distributed and supplied to each classification section 5 via each supply conveyor.

The received fruit to be sorted is decapitated and removed from bags in a pre-processing section 2, and then delivered to a grading section 3. Here, the fruits to be sorted are judged and sorted into different grades by a grading worker, and then transported by a belt conveyor.
The outer diameter is inspected by the class sorting device 12, and by comparing the data with class data stored in the control device, a classification command signal is output when a predetermined class position is reached.
The cup 11 is tilted and the fruit is fed into the box 13.

A boxing worker stands in the first boxing aisle 18, selects an appropriate standard from among the empty cardboard blocks stocked in the empty box supply line 17, places it on the box support frame 15, and transfers it to the second auxiliary material. Empty packs 24 from the shelf 25 are laid out on this empty cardboard box and are waiting.

When the fruit is delivered to the box 13, the receiver takes out the cap material from the first auxiliary material shelf 23, covers the fruit, and stores it in the bag. When the fruits are sequentially packed into boxes and the first tier is stored in a predetermined position, an empty pack is taken out again and placed on top of it, and the boxing operation is continued. When the cardboard box is full, the box support frame 15 is lowered using an unillustrated start switch, and is delivered to the product delivery conveyor 7 side.

The box support frame 15 is opened after the start switch is turned on.

After a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the zero-packing worker ascends and takes out the empty cardboard box, and repeats the work.

During such sorting and packaging work, if the amount of secondary materials at a predetermined sorting position decreases, a warning of insufficient secondary materials will be issued from the first packing worker, or a staircase will be moved based on confirmation from the worker in charge of secondary materials. 26 to reach the secondary material stocking section 10 on the second floor, and guide and supply the appropriate amount to the secondary material supply conveyor 21 in order to secure the required amount.
However, in the case of the above example, the auxiliary material supply walkway 1
The worker in charge of auxiliary materials waiting at PJ 9 can immediately reach PJ 2 by using the stairs 26 connected to the auxiliary material supply walkway 19 after confirming the information on the shortage of auxiliary materials, thereby reducing the one-hour loss.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure shows one embodiment of this invention, and Figure 1 shows the selected implementation w! The plan view and Figure 2 are the plan views of the second floor. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a side view of the main parts, and FIG. 5 is a box sectional view. In the figure, 4 is a sorting conveyor, 5 is a classification section, 6 is a packaging section, 1
9 is an auxiliary material supply walkway, 21 is an auxiliary material supply conveyor, 2?
I, fruit cap material, 23, first auxiliary material shelf, 24, empty pack, 25, second auxiliary material shelf. 26 indicates stairs.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Classifying sections 5 are installed at multiple locations along the transport direction of the objects to be sorted.
An auxiliary material supply walkway 19 is provided in parallel above the sorting conveyor 4 equipped with
An auxiliary material supply conveyor 21 is arranged extending from the floor and along the supply walkway 19, and each classification section 5 has an auxiliary material shelf 23.
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