JPH069036A - Fruit chute at fruit sorting facility and the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To convey fruits taken out of a fruit sorting device on the second floor to a predetermined position on the first floor without damage. CONSTITUTION:On the start end of a horizontal conveyer 1 provided horizontally at an upper part of the first floor 1F, an upper bellows chute 4 is faced for guiding drop of fruits conveyed out of a discharge conveyer 3 of a fruit processing device 2 on the second floor 2F, and a lower part bellows chute 5 is provided at the terminal end of this horizontal conveyer 1 for guiding drop of the fruits at the end of conveyance so as to constitute a fruit chute at fruit sorting facility and so on.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fruit shooter in a mandarin orange picking facility or the like, which is conveyed from a fruit processing device on the second floor to a predetermined position below, so as not to damage the conveyed fruits. Moreover, it is easy to freely select the transport position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Fruits processed by a fruit processing apparatus on the second floor in a fruit selection facility are
When transported to the first floor, the shooter's inclination causes the fruits to roll and be easily damaged, and even if a separate carrier such as a container is used, the structure becomes complicated and the fruits are easily damaged by taking in and out. It is a thing.

[0003]

According to the present invention, the fruit carried out from the discharge conveyor 3 of the fruit processing apparatus 2 on the second floor 2F is dropped onto the starting end side of the horizontal conveyor 1 which is horizontally installed above the first floor 1F. The upper bellows shooter 4 for guiding is looked into and a bellows shooter 5 for guiding the fruits at the end of the conveyance is provided at the starting end of the horizontal conveyor 1 to form a fruit shooter in a fruit selection facility or the like.

[0004]

ACTION AND EFFECT OF THE INVENTION The fruit A taken out from the fruit processing device 2 installed on the second floor 2F is guided from the discharge conveyor 3 to the upper bellows shooter 4. The fruit A guided to be dropped from the upper bellows shooter 4 is conveyed on the horizontal conveyor 1 at the upper part of the first floor and further guided to be dropped from the end to the lower bellows shooter 5. In this way, since the fruits conveyed from the second floor 2F to the first floor 1F are guided to the upper and lower bellows shooters 4 and 5 which are inherited by the horizontal conveyor 1, even if there is a considerable drop, Since the fruit is less likely to be damaged and the fruit can be positioned so as to convey at a high position depending on the direction and length of the horizontal conveyor 1, it is easy to select the conveying position.

[0005]

[Example] The sorting field consists of the first floor 1F and the second floor 2F,
The fruits received on the first floor 1F are transported to the fruit processing device 2 installed on the second floor 2F of the container, and the fruits processed by the fruit processing device 2 are transported to the first floor 1F. The fruit processing device 2 on the second floor 2F is mainly composed of a sorting device 6 for washing and drying the fruits transferred from the container, and sorting the fruits into predetermined grades and ranks. It is configured so that the fruits of the class are packed in a cardboard case, weighed, and transported in a box.

The fruit processing device 2 has a dust removing device 7 for receiving and removing the fruit transferred from the container to remove dust while transferring, a cleaning device 8 for cleaning the transferred fruit with a brush while spraying cleaning water, and a cleaning fruit. A draining device 9 for draining or blowing and drying, a waxing device 10 for applying a wax to the fruit being dried, a wax drying device 11 for polishing the waxed fruit by brushing while drying the fruit, and the like. It is installed along.

The cleaning device 8 and the drying devices 9 and 11
The fruit processed by the etc. is transferred to the grade selecting device 12 at the starting end of the upper sorting device 6 by the elevator 24, and the worker performs hand grade selection to select the excellent product, excellent product, good product, etc.,
Fruits of each grade are transferred in the direction opposite to the washing and drying process on the lower side, and are sorted by size, weight, and weight classification S, M, L, 2L, 3L. The fruits can be taken out to the automatic packaging device 13 on one side by the discharge conveyor 3 provided on the lower side in the orthogonal direction. In this automatic boxing device 13, the fruit is weighed while being supplied to the cardboard case placed on the weighing device, and when a certain weight is reached, the cardboard case is sent out to the box-sealing conveyor 14, and this box-sealing conveyor 14 And transfer it to the box-sealing device to process the box.

Reference numeral 15 is a conveyer for transferring the cargo receiving container, which conveys from the first floor 1F to the second floor 2F of the dust removing device 7,
The auto-damper 25 inverts the container to supply the fruit to the dust removing device 7 parts.
Can be replaced on top. This conveyor 16 is used when selecting a special fruit such as navel, and conveys an empty container to the end portion of the washing and drying process, and the washing and drying devices are placed in this empty container. 7-11
Then, the processed fruits are supplied, transferred to the conveyor 26 and conveyed to an adjacent weight sorting device (not shown) for processing. 27 is a sampling device for sampling the fruit supplied to the dust removing device 7.

Among the discharge conveyors 3, for example, some grade selections S, M, L, 2L, 3 of excellent grades relating to grade selection
The discharge conveyor 3 of L can be reversely transmitted so that it can be discharged not only to the automatic packing device 13 side, but also to the opposite side, and the opposite ends can be seen on the upper bellows shooter 4, respectively. There is. The upper bellows shooter 4 has an outer circumference formed of a cloth outer cylinder, and a zigzag inclined plate 17 is arranged in the outer cylinder. The outer cylinder is formed in a bellows shape, and the fruit A is dropped from the upper end. Then, the inclined plates 17 roll in a zigzag manner and are guided to fall, so that the impact force due to the automatic fall is reduced.
Further, the bellows shooter 5 that looks into the end portion of the horizontal conveyor 1 has the same structure.

On the floor surface of the second floor 2F, each upper bellows shooter 4 hangs down to provide a shooter hole 18 looking into the first floor 1F. Below this, the horizontal conveyor 1 made of a flat belt,
A lower portion of the shooter hole 18 is rotatably suspended around a rod 19 in a fixed position, and a hanger rod 20 is provided on the terminal end side.
Is suspended by the rail 21 so as to be movable in the turning direction. Reference numeral 22 is an operating rod for moving the horizontal conveyor 1 in the direction.

The lower bellows shooter 5 is the horizontal conveyor 1
It is attached to the frame of No. 1 and hung down, and is moved together with the horizontal conveyor 1. The horizontal conveyor 1 for each sorting class is appropriately selected in terms of length, direction, etc. according to the fruit extraction position on the first floor 1F, but the horizontal conveyor 1 is configured to be extendable and / or movable in the length direction. And, the selection area of this fruit extraction device becomes wider. In the illustrated example, each horizontal conveyor 1 is set to be conveyed in the radial direction.

Below the lower bellows shooters 5, the first floor 1
The fruit stand 23 is arranged on the F floor, and the worker carries out the work such as bagging the fruit B received on the fruit stand 23. In addition,
The horizontal conveyor 1 has a structure in which the direction of rotation can be switched between normal and reverse, and lower bellows shooters 5 are also provided at the front and rear ends, and the fruit take-out position can be switched by normal rotation and reverse rotation of the horizontal conveyor 1. May be Further, the lower bellows shooter 5 is provided with a fruit sensor for detecting the accumulation of fruits at the lower end of the lower bellows shooter 5 so that the lower bellows shooter 5 moves up and down according to the accumulation state of the fruits on the fruit stand 23, and the fruits are piled up. The lower bellows shooter 5 may be raised or shortened in accordance with the above to keep the fruit drop from the lower end small.

In the case of the ordinary Satsuma mandarin orange, the sorting device 6 performs the grade sorting and the grade sorting of the entire process, and the discharge conveyors 3 take out the grades to the automatic packing device 13 side.
Box it. However, in the case of night citrus or Hachisaku, a part of the sorting device is used to reverse the discharge conveyor 3 to guide the drop to the upper bellows shooter 4, and then to pass through the horizontal conveyor 1 and the lower bellows shooter 5. Floor 1
It is taken out on the fruit stand 23 of F and processed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a part thereof.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a fruit processing device that can be partially developed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Horizontal conveyor 2 Fruit processing device 3 Discharge conveyor 4 Upper bellows shooter 5 Lower bellows shooter 1F 1st floor 2F 2nd floor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An upper bellows shooter 4 for guiding the fruits carried out from a discharge conveyor 3 of a fruit processing apparatus 2 on the second floor 2F is provided on the starting end side of a horizontal conveyor 1 horizontally installed above the first floor 1F. This horizontal conveyor 1
A fruit shooter in a fruit selection facility or the like, which is provided with a bellows shooter 5 for guiding the fruit at the end of conveyance to fall at the beginning end thereof.