JPH0647843Y2 - Aligner with a leveling machine such as carrots - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to an aligner with a leveling machine, such as carrots, which is a machine used in the front-end process of a weight sorter and vertically aligns carrots one by one. .

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this kind of thing is as follows.

The conventional system employs a shape sorter that utilizes the difference in the thickness of ginseng for the sorting method (selecting large, medium, and small).

In this shape sorter, carrots are fed between the rollers, and the gaps are provided in about three stages so that the gap is "large (L)".
However, the structure is such that the raw material (carrot) size "large" drops down.

This shape sorter has a structure that may be continuously fed one after another.

However, for the selection of citrus fruits, a weight selection method is adopted in which each piece is placed on a plate and weighed to determine the size.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The conventional techniques described above have the following problems.

When we use this weight selection method for carrots,
A device for feeding one by one is required for this pre-process, but there is no suitable device.

The present application has been made in view of such problems of the conventional technology, and an object of the present application is to provide a device capable of solving the above problems.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is as follows.

The equalizer 3 connected to the tip of the feeding conveyor 2 has an appropriate number of brushes 3B hung on the frame 3A in the feeding direction of the feeding conveyor 2 so as to be rotatable in the feeding direction of the feeding conveyor 2.
Of these brushes 3B, several brushes 3B located on the rear side
1, the brush bristles are planted in the shape of a left screw and a right screw from the center of the brush, and several brushes 3B2 located on the front side of the brush 3B are planted in a normal state. The aligner 4 connected to the front surface of the equalizer 3 is
Frame constructed at a height slightly lower than frame 3A in
A wide belt 4B is arranged on the upper surface of 4A so as to be rotatable in a left direction which is a direction orthogonal to the rotation direction of the brush 3B. The connected take-out conveyor 5 is the frame of the aligner 4.
A belt 5B that moves forward on the upper surface of a frame 5A that is configured to be slightly lower than 4A, an adjustment guide plate 5C that is attached along the right edge of the belt 5B, and the left edge of the belt 5B. A falling wall 5D stretched in a swingable manner on the surface facing the aligner 4 in the above, and a chute 5E is provided continuously to the left at the front part of the left edge of the belt 5B.
A chute 5F is continuously provided at the tip of the belt 5B in the rotation direction of the belt 5B, and the belt 4B of the aligner 4 is also provided.
Is a sorter with a leveling machine such as carrots in which a speed difference is provided on the belt 5B of the take-out conveyor 5.

In this case, a non-slip concave-convex surface 5B1 is formed on the surface of the belt 5B, and a projecting edge 5B2 can be provided along the left side edge of the surface of the belt 5B.

Further, the adjustment guide plate 5C can be configured such that the tip of the narrow vertical wall 5C1 gently curved to the left of the plane can be moved and adjusted in the left-right direction of the belt 5B about the vertical pin 5C2.

[Action]

 The present invention operates as follows.

Although the number of sections of the carrot sent to the front increases or decreases depending on the processing capacity, it is dropped into each aligner 4.

The carrots that have been moving forward can be changed at a right angle with this aligner, and the carrots that have overlapped can be separated.

By slowing down the traveling speed of this wide belt 4B, carrots will be pushed on this, forcibly pushed forward and prevent overlapping.

Even if they are overlapped with each other, by taking a proper drop with the next take-out conveyor 5, further increasing the speed of this take-out conveyor 5 and utilizing the time difference of falling on this take-out conveyor 5 one by one when leaving. become.

Then, each piece is weighed and placed on a plate in a weight sorting system for sorting, and sorting is performed.

[Example of device]

 Examples will be described with reference to the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 is an aligner equipped with a leveling machine such as carrot of the present invention.

2 is a known input conveyor.

3 is a leveling machine continuously provided at the tip of the feeding conveyor 2,
An appropriate number of brushes 3B are hung rotatably in the plane rectangular frame 3A in the carrying direction of the feeding conveyor 2 in the carrying direction of the feeding conveyor 2 (the rotation of the shaft is in the forward direction).

Of the brushes 3B, a few (four in the drawing) of the brushes 3B1 located on the rear side have brush bristles planted in a left-handed screw and a right-handed screw shape from the center of the brush.

As a result, the ginseng washed in a continuous manner is carried by the feeding conveyor 2 and dropped to the center of the leveling machine 3, and further the ginseng is moved left and right by the brush 3B1.

Further, among the brushes 3B, a few (5 in the figure) of the brushes 3B2 located on the front side have the brush bristles planted in a normal state.

These brushes 3B2 act only to send the carrots spread evenly left and right by the brush 3B1 forward.

Numeral 4 is an aligner continuously provided on the front surface of the leveling machine 3.

Therefore, the aligner 4 is provided with a brush on the upper surface of the frame 4A which is constructed at a height slightly lower than the frame 3A of the leveling machine 3.
A wide belt 4B is rotatably arranged in the left direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the rotation direction (front direction) of 3B.

4B1 is a driving belt vehicle, and 4B2 and 4B2 are belt vehicles.

4C is a right wall planted near the right edge of the belt 4B.

4D is a known chute that connects the equalizer 3 and the aligner 4.

4E is an aligner drive motor, and the rotation speed is adjustable.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a take-out conveyer which is continuously provided on the lower left side of the aligner 4 with the rotating direction (forward direction) of the brush 3B.

Therefore, this take-out conveyor 5 is the frame of the aligner 4.
A belt 5B that moves in the forward direction is rotatably disposed on the upper surface of a frame 5A that is configured to have a height slightly lower than 4A.

The surface of this belt 5B is a concave and convex surface for preventing slippage.
5B1 is formed.

5B2 is a projecting edge that is provided along the left side edge on the surface of the belt 5B.

When carrots overlap on this belt, when they hit the next adjustment guide plate 5C, both may fall, so raise the belt one step up and recycle only the overlapped one. The purpose is to drop it on the belt.

The carrots on the bottom catch on the high end of this end and move forward without falling, while those on the top fall on the recycling belt without catching anywhere.

5B3 is a driving belt car and 5B4 is a belt car.

5C is an adjustment guide plate attached along the right side edge of the belt 5B.The tip of a narrow vertical wall 5C1 gently curved to the left of the plane is pivotally attached by a vertical pin 5C2, The vertical wall 5C1 is constructed by fixing a tongue-shaped piece 5C3 connected rightward to the rear lower end of the vertical wall 5C1 with a stretched elongated hole fixed by a bolt 5C4 that can be loosened and tightened.

When the carrot, which is the raw material, is placed on the belt and passes between them, if you leave a gap so that only one can pass, the two cannot pass together as shown below, and finally, at this point, completely One by one.

That is, one of the raw materials passing together is dropped to the chute 5E, and the other remains and is discharged as it is.

Reference numeral 5D is a falling wall stretched on the left side edge of the belt 5B facing the aligner 4.

The falling wall 5D can also be configured as follows.

That is, carrots that have fallen from the aligner 4 hit the falling wall and are placed on the take-out conveyor 5, but sometimes they overlap.

In such a case, a mechanism for rocking the wall will be attached for the purpose of shaking the carrot and effectively breaking the overlap.

The configuration is such that the lower end of the falling wall 5D is swingably supported by a fulcrum 5D1, and the cam 6 is attached to the aligner drive motor 4E.
Along with the mounting of the falling wall 5D, a shaft 6A which can move back and forth is passed in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the falling wall, and the shaft 6A and the upper end of the falling wall 5D are connected in a pivoted state. On the other hand, the shaft 6B that transmits the left and right movements of the cam 6 and the upper shaft
By connecting 6A, the movement of the ridges and valleys of the cam is transmitted to the falling wall 5D to swing the falling wall 5D.

With the swing of the falling wall 5D, force is applied to the overlapping carrots to break them.

6C is a support metal of the shaft 6A, 6D is a coil spring arranged on the left and right around the support metal, and 6D1 is a holding metal.

5E is a chute that is continuously provided to the left at the front part of the left edge of the belt 5B.

5F is a chute continuously provided at the tip of the belt 5B in the rotation direction of the belt 5B.

5G is a take-out conveyor drive motor, whose rotation speed is adjustable.

[Effect of device]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

It is a device that separates the carrots that are carried in bulk (lumps) one by one, and it is necessary to diffuse them first to break the lumps.

In this case, in the case of the present application, it is possible to further promote the diffusion by changing the 90 ° direction with the aligner 4 and changing the front and back of the carrot.

By making a difference in the belt speed between the aligner 4 and the take-out conveyor 5 and taking a drop between the aligner 4 and the take-out conveyor 5, it is possible to take out completely one by one. That is, A. The effect of the equalizer 3 of the present invention is described again as follows.

The brush, which is planted in the shape of a screw with a left-right reverse twist from the center for the purpose of spreading carrots, etc., rotates to move the carrots etc. in the valley with the neighboring brush from the center to both ends. However, the component force in the rotation direction of the bristles of the brush that obliquely hits the carrot or the like becomes resistance to bite the carrot or the like.

However, since the brush has elasticity and the bristles of the brush escape even if the above-mentioned resistance is applied, it is possible to effectively use only the action of moving the brush laterally without damaging carrots and the like.

Further, since the hardness of the bristles of the brush can be freely selected depending on the hardness of the transported object, it is possible to prevent the transported object from being damaged during the main work.

Furthermore, the brush is rotatably suspended on both ends of the frame 3A, and its position does not move.

For this reason, when carrots, etc. are supplied from the input conveyor 2 to the center of the leveling machine, they are sequentially moved from the center to the ends by the brushes planted in the valleys of the first brush and the second brush. However, I will not go over to the next row while there is room in that row.

Then, when the first row becomes full when the supply is continued, the succeeding carrots push the previous one to the next row,
Proceed in the transport direction.

Through this series of operations, carrots and the like are evenly spread and conveyed over the entire width of the leveling machine, and are evenly distributed and sent from the terminal to a plurality of aligners.

B. The effect of the aligner 4 in the present invention is described again as follows.

By making the belt speeds of the aligner 4 and the take-out conveyor 5 different from each other and taking a drop between the aligner 4 and the take-out conveyor 5, they can be completely separated one by one and fed into the chute 5F.

Even if some of them reach the take-out conveyor 5 while being piled up disorderly, they can be sent out in pieces by making the falling wall 5D swing.

Moreover, by using the adjusting guide plate 5C arranged on one side of the take-out conveyor, it is possible to discharge carrots and the like that are inconvenient for the subsequent processing from the chute 5E and recycle them.

This is a device that employs diffusion, turning, drop, and speed in parallel.

When the processing capacity becomes large, it can be dealt with by increasing the number of sections of the equalizer 3 and the aligner 4.

This device is not only for spherical raw materials, but also for conical (carrots, etc.), potatoes (May Queen of irregular shape, etc.), taro, etc. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

 FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a side view, FIG. 3 is a perspective view, FIG. 4 is a perspective view with a part of a main portion cut away, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view from the opposite direction of the same. FIG. 6 is a front view of the belt of the take-out conveyor, FIG. 7 is a side view of essential parts, FIG. 8 is a vertical end view, FIG. 9 is a partially cutaway perspective view, and FIG. 10 is a falling wall portion. FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 are side views showing the same operation. 1 ... Aligner with a leveling machine for carrots, 2 ... Input conveyor, 3 ... Leveling machine, 4 ... Aligner, 5 ... Takeout conveyor.

Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. An equalizer 3 connected to the tip of a feeding conveyor 2 has a frame 3A on which a suitable number of brushes 3B are hung so as to be rotatable in the feeding direction of the feeding conveyor 2. The number of brushes 3B1 located on the rear side of these brushes 3B is such that the brush bristles are planted in a left-handed screw and right-handed screw form from the center of the brush, and the number of brushes 3B located on the front side. The brush 3B2 of the book has the bristles planted in a normal state and is arranged in series on the front surface of the leveling machine 3.
Is a belt 4B having a wide width rotatably in the left direction, which is a direction orthogonal to the rotating direction of the brush 3B, on the upper surface of the frame 4A configured to have a height slightly lower than the frame 3A of the leveling machine 3.
The take-out conveyor 5 is arranged on the lower left side of the aligner 4 in the rotation direction of the brush 3B, and is arranged on the upper surface of the frame 5A which is slightly lower than the frame 4A of the aligner 4. Belt 5B that moves forward and belt 5B
The adjusting guide plate 5C is provided along the right edge of the belt 5B, and the falling wall 5D is attached to the left edge of the belt 5B facing the aligner 4 in a swingable manner. , A chute 5E is provided continuously to the left in the front part of the left edge of the belt 5B, and a chute 5F is provided continuously to the tip of the belt 5B in the rotation direction of the belt 5B and is aligned. An aligner with a leveling machine for carrots and the like characterized by providing a speed difference between the belt 4B of the container 4 and the belt 5B of the take-out conveyor 5. 2. A belt 5B is provided with a non-slip concave-convex surface 5B1 on the surface thereof, and a protruding edge 5B2 is provided along the left edge of the surface of the belt 5B. An aligner with a leveling machine according to claim 1. 3. The adjusting guide plate 5C is configured such that the tip of a narrow vertical wall 5C1 gently curved to the left of the plane can be moved in the left-right direction of the belt 5B about a vertical pin 5C2. An aligner with a leveling machine such as carrot according to claim 1 or 2.