JPH07195038A - Automatic fruit vegetable selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an automatic fruit vegetable selector by which fruit vegetables placed on transporting bodies without selection are automatically selected during transportation and an automatic fruit vegetable selector by which the selected fruit vegetables are segmented by a desired number of pieces each and are continuously packaged in sheets. CONSTITUTION:This automatic fruit vegetable selector is provided with receivers 2 on which the fruit vegetables 1 are placed, receiver supporters 3 which are attachable and detachable to and from the fed-in receivers 2 and are capable of vertically moving the receivers 2, traveling bodies 4 which transport these receiver supporters 3, an identifying section 5 which identifies the grades, etc., of the fruit vegetables 1 transported by being placed on the receivers 2 and fruit vegetable transfer transporting bodies 6 which are installed above the receiver supporters 3. Further, the selector has fruit vegetable retransfer bodies 8 which retransfer the fruit vegetables 1 to the fruit vegetable transfer transporting bodies 6 by lifting the receiver supportes 3 according to signals from the identifying section 5, receiver retransfer transporting bodies 9 which are installed above the receiver supporters 3 and receiver retransfer bodies 10 which retransfer the fruit vegetables 1 together with the receivers 2 to the receiver retransfer transporting bodies 9 by lifting the receiver supporter 3 according to signals from the identifying section 5.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device for automatically sorting and distributing fruits and vegetables such as cucumbers according to size and shape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there have been fruit and vegetable sorting devices for selecting fruit and vegetables such as cucumbers based on standards (grades) such as size and shape. As one of them, there is a fruit and vegetable sorter (utility model registration No. 1805988) that the applicant of the present invention developed and put into practical use. As shown in FIG. 11, a plurality of belt conveyors A are arranged side by side in a row, the length of the tip of each belt conveyor A is changed stepwise, and further the tip of each belt conveyor A is turned ahead. The table B is installed.

In this fruit and vegetable sorter, a fruit picker C sorts cucumber D by grade and places it on the front side of a belt conveyor A for each size, and the cucumber D is fed to each belt conveyor A.
The worker E can pick it up at the tip side of the box and pack it into boxes according to size. In this case, the cucumber D left unboxed in time is sent out onto the turntable B, and the turntable B rotates so that the cucumber D sent to it does not overlap on the turntable B. is there.

[0004]

The fruit and vegetable sorter shown in FIG. 11 has the advantages that the surface of cucumber is not easily scratched and warts on the surface are not easily chipped, and moreover, sorting and boxing can be efficiently performed with a small number of human hands. For example, there is a trouble that the fruit-picker B at the left end of the belt conveyor A must sort and put the cucumber D on the belt conveyor A for each size while sorting the cucumber D by grade.

An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic fruit and vegetable sorter for automatically selecting fruits and vegetables placed on a carrier without being sorted, and a plurality of the desired fruits and vegetables which are continuously sorted on a sheet. An object is to provide an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device.

[0006]

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 5, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention is detachable from a receiving body 2 on which the vegetable 1 is placed and a receiving body 2 to be fed. The receiver 3, which can move the receiver 2 up and down, the traveling body 4 that conveys the receiver 3 and the weight, size, grade, etc. of the fruit 1 that is carried on the receiver 2 are identified. The identification unit 5 and the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 that is installed above the receiver support 3.
Then, based on the signal from the identification section 5, the receiver support 3 is raised to transfer the fruit 1 on the receiver 2 supported by the receiver support 3 to the fruit transfer carrier 6. The replacement body 8 is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus has the receptacle 2, the receptacle supporter 3, and the running body 4 of claim 1.
And a receiver 5, and a receiver transfer carrier 9 that is installed above the receiver support 3, and the receiver support 3 is raised based on a signal from the receiver 5, Receptacle support 3
The receiving body transferring body 10 for transferring the fruit and vegetables 1 on the receiving body 2 supported by the receiving body 2 to the receiving body transfer carrier 9 together with the receiving body 2.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention, which is the receiving body 2, the receiving body support tool 3, and the traveling body 4.
The identification section 5, the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6, and the fruit and vegetable transfer body 8 are further provided, and the receiver and carrier transfer body 9 and the receptor transfer body 10 of claim 2 are further provided. .

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to claim 4 of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 according to claim 1 or 3 is provided with a guide roller 11 provided on the receiving member support 3, and the guide roller 11 can run. Further, along the traveling body 4, the traveling body 4 and the receiving body support 3
Is provided so as not to interfere with the traveling of the
To the height required for transferring the fruits and vegetables 1 to the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6, an upwardly inclined guide rail 12, a movable rail 13 operable to be upwardly inclined, and the movable rail 13 to be vertically inclined. The guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 is provided with a push-up drive device 14 that can travel on the guide rails 12 when pushed up.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 5 of the present invention, the acceptor transfer body 10 according to claim 2 or claim 3 is provided with the guide roller 11 provided on the acceptor support 3, and the guide roller 11 can travel. And is provided so as not to interfere with the traveling of the traveling body 4 and the receiving body support 3 along the traveling body 4, and the receiving body support 3 is transferred to the receiving body transfer carrier 9 of the receiving body 2. The guide rail 12 is inclined upward to a height required for the movable rail 13, the movable rail 13 is operable so as to be inclined upward, and the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 is moved by pushing the movable rail 13 upward. A push-up drive device 14 that can travel on the guide rail 12 is provided.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus is the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect, the second aspect, the third aspect, the fourth aspect, or the fifth aspect, in which the traveling body 4
Is formed in an endless belt shape so that it can be circulated.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus of claim 1, claim 2, claim 3, claim 4, claim 5 or claim 6 is supported by a receiver. The receiver 2 separated from the tool 3 is recovered, and the recovered receiver 2
Is provided with a receiver circulation device 15 that returns the above to the sending side of the receiver 2.

According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, 1 or 2, 3 or 4, 5 or 6 or 7. A fruit and vegetable packaging device 16 for continuously packaging the fruit and vegetables 1 taken out of the receiver 2 while sorting the desired number of vegetables 1 from the receiver 2 is provided ahead of the receiving body transfer carrier 9.

[0014]

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable 1 is applied to the receiver 2 supported by the receiver and support tool 3.
When they are placed one by one, the identification unit 5 identifies the grade of the fruit 1 and the like,
Subsequently, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 is operated based on the signal from the identifying unit 5, and the receiving body support tool 3 conveyed by the traveling body 4 is raised and supported by the receiving body support tool 3. The receiver 2 is lifted, and the fruit 1 on the receiver 2 is automatically transferred to the fruit transfer carrier 6 which is installed above the receiver support 3.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the fruits 1 are placed one by one on the receivers 2 supported by the receiver supports 3, the identifying unit 5 identifies the grade of the fruits 1 and the like. Then, subsequently, the receiving body transferring body 10 is operated based on the signal from the identifying section 5 to raise the receiving body supporting tool 3 conveyed by the traveling body 4, and the receiving body supporting tool 3 is operated by the receiving body supporting tool 3. The supported receiving body 2 is lifted, and the receiving body 2 on which the fruit and vegetables 1 are placed is automatically transferred to the receiving body take-over transfer body 9 provided above the receiving body support tool 3.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the third aspect of the present invention, when the fruits 1 are placed one by one on the receivers 2 supported by the receiver supports 3, the identifying unit 5 identifies the grade of the fruits 1 and the like. Then, subsequently, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 and the receiving body transferring body 10 are operated based on the signal from the identifying section 5, and the receiving body support tool 3 conveyed by the traveling body 4 is raised, and The fruit 1 of the receiver 2 supported by the receiver support 3 is transferred to the fruit transfer carrier 6, or the receiver 2 on which the fruit 1 is mounted is transferred to the transfer carrier 9. In particular, since the fruits 1 transferred to the receiver transfer carrier 9 are transferred together with the receiver 2, there is no risk of being damaged or damaged.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when a signal is sent from the identifying portion 5 to the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8, the push-up driving device 14 operates to make the movable rail 13 incline upward. To push up. Then, the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 passing therethrough travels on the guide rail 12, and the guide rail 12 causes the receiver 2 to move.
Will rise to a height required for transferring the fruit vegetables 1 to the fruit vegetable transfer carrier 6. As a result, the receiver support 3
The fruits and vegetables 1 in the receiving body 2 are transferred to the fruits and vegetables transfer carrier 6.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when a signal is sent from the identifying section 5 to the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8, the push-up driving device 14 operates to make the movable rail 13 incline upward. To push up. Then, the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 passing therethrough travels on the guide rail 12, and the guide rail 12 causes the receiver 2 to move.
Will rise to a height required for transferring the receiver 2 to the receiver transfer carrier 9. As a result, the receiver 2 of the receiver support 3 can be transferred to the receiver transfer carrier 9.

In the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, since the running body 4 is formed in an endless belt shape so as to be able to circulate, the receiving body support tool 3 that supports and carries the receiving body 2 circulates. As a result, continuous sorting work can be performed.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 7 of the present invention, the receiver 2 separated from the receiver support 3 is collected, and the recovered receiver 2 is sent back to the sending side of the receiver 2. Since the device 15 is provided, it is not necessary to collect the receivers 2 transferred to the receiver transfer carrier 9 one by one.

In the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, since the vegetable and vegetable packaging device 16 sorts the vegetable and vegetable 1 sent to the receiving and transferring carrier 9 into a desired number and continuously outputs them. It is very hygienic as the work is done without touching anything from sorting to packaging. The continuously packed fruit and vegetables 1 are very easy to box by a machine. Furthermore, since the vegetables 1 are divided, they can be separated and sold as they are.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows one embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the continuation of the left end of FIG.
FIG. 3 shows a continuation of the right end portion of FIG.

This automatic fruit and vegetable sorter is equipped with a cucumber (fruit vegetable) 1
A receiver 2 on which the carrier 2 is placed and a large number of receiver supports 3 that support the receiver 2 in a detachable and vertically movable manner are provided.

The receiving body supporting member 3 is continuously connected to an endless chain (running body) 4 at a constant interval, and while being pulled by the chain 4, the arrow a in FIG.
It is designed to orbit in the direction. The receiver 2 is connected to the upper part of the receiver support 3 that circulates in the direction of the arrow a by the timing device 20 on the left end side of FIG.
When the coupling is completed, the receiving body 2 together with the receiving body support tool 3 are shown in FIG.
It is designed to run in the direction of the arrow a. Arrow a
The cucumber 1 is placed on the receiving body 2 traveling in the direction at a point P in the figure.

The receptacle 2 on which the cucumber 1 is placed is the receptacle support 3
At the right end of FIG. 1, the vehicle runs along with it, and finally separates from the receiver support 3 and is divided into a receiver 2 on which the cucumber 1 is placed and an empty receiver 2. The receivers 2 divided into two hands are combined into one by a receiver circulation device 15 which will be described later, and are returned to the timing device 20 at the left end of FIG.

By the way, in the middle of the traveling path in which the receiving body 2 and the receiving body support 3 are connected, the grade of the cucumber 1 placed on the receiving body 2 is AM, AL, 2S, B, C. A grade identification sensor (identification part) 5 for distinguishing between others, a fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 for AL grade, and a fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 for 2S grade (other than these, for B grade, C grade, and other grades) A fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 is also provided in the same manner, but is not shown), AM
The grade receiving body transfer carrier 9 is installed along the traveling path.

On the traveling path 19 along which the receiving body 2 and the receiving body support tool 3 travel together, an AL-grade cucumber 1
To the AL fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6, the AL fruit and vegetable transfer body 8, the 2S grade cucumber 1 to the 2S fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6, and the 2S fruit and vegetable transfer body 8 and the AM grade cucumber 1. Receiving body transferring body 10 for transferring the whole receiving body 2 to receiving body transfer carrier 9 (in addition to these, fruit vegetable transfer bodies 8 for B grade, C grade, and other grades are also provided, but not shown. )
Is provided. Each of these transfer bodies 8 and 10 operates based on a signal from the grade identification sensor 5.

Therefore, in this fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus, as shown in FIG.
When the cucumber 1 is placed on the receiving body 2 at the arrow P, the cucumber 1 on the receiving body 2 is conveyed in the direction of the arrow a by the receiving body support 3, and the grade is identified by the grade identifying sensor 5 in the middle thereof. It Then, based on the grade information, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 and the receiving body transfer carrier 9 are operated, and the cucumber 1 conveyed by the receiving body 2 is transferred to the transfer carrier 6, 9 of the corresponding grade. Since most of the cucumbers 1 are of the AM grade, most of the cucumbers 1 are sent to the receiver transfer carrier 9 while being placed on the receiver 2.

Below, the receiving body 2, the receiving body support 3, the chain 4, the timing device 20, the grade identifying sensor 5, the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8, and the receiving body which constitute this automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device are received. The body transfer carrier 9, the receiving body transferring body 10, and the receiving body circulating device 15 will be described in detail.

As shown in FIG. 5, the receiver 2 is provided with three rectangular parallelepiped fruit receivers 21a, 21b and 21c, and these fruit receivers 21a, 21b and 21c are connected and fixed by forming a gap 23 in a horizontal row. And a substrate 24. The outer fruit and vegetable receptacles 21a and 21c have the same height, but the inner fruit and vegetable receptacle 21b is slightly higher than them. A V-shaped groove 22 is provided on the upper surface of the inner fruit and vegetable receptacle 21b so that the cucumber 1 can be fixedly placed in the groove 22 of the receiving body 2 as shown by an imaginary line in FIG. is there. Although the groove 22 is formed on the front side of the receiver 2 in FIG. 5, it may be formed on the rear side or the center of the receiver 2.

The back surface 2a of the receiver 2 (the back surface of the substrate 24)
The back surface 2a of the same is recessed one step lower to form recesses 27a, 27
b and 27c are formed, of which the inner recess 27b is formed.
A permanent magnet 26 is attached to the. Further, two guide rollers 25 are provided on both lateral sides of the substrate 24 of the receiver 2. The guide rollers 25 can freely travel on guide rails 28 (FIGS. 1, 2, and 3) of the receiver circulation device 15 provided at various places of the automatic vegetable selection device. The guide roller 25 may be attached to the side surfaces of the fruit and vegetable receivers 21a and 21c forming the receiver 2.

In addition to the above, the fruit and vegetable receiver 2 constituting the receiver 2
It is advisable to slightly taper the back surface of 1a, 21b, 21c so that the receivers 2 do not stick to each other even if the receivers 2 get wet due to moisture.

As shown in FIG. 5, the receiver support 3 has a thick substrate 30, two rods 31 slidably inserted into the through holes 30a of the substrate 30, and a rod 31. Which is attached to the upper end of
The fitting member 32 that can be fitted to the connecting member 33, the connecting members 33 that are provided at the lower ends of the rods 31 and connect the rods 31 to each other, are attached to the lower surfaces of both ends of the connecting member 33, and the receiver support 3 can travel. The caster 34 and the guide rollers 11 that are attached to the side surfaces of both ends of the connecting member 33 and that can travel on the guide rails 12 of the fruit transfer body 8 and the receiver transfer body 10, which will be described later, are configured.

Although the caster 34 of the receiving member support 3 is attached to the lower side of the guide roller 11 in FIGS. 4 and 5, the caster 34 and the guide roller 11 may actually be attached coaxially. However, the guide roller 11 is arranged outside the caster 34.

A permanent magnet 35 is attached to the upper surface of the fitting member 32 of the receiver support 3 in the same manner as the recess 27b. This is a measure for making the coupling force stronger when the receiving body 2 and the receiving body support tool 3 are coupled.

The chain 4 is formed in an endless shape, and is driven to rotate in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 1 by a sprocket gear (not shown). This chain 4
4 are arranged in parallel as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the receiver support 3 is connected to the inside of the two chains 4 at the substrate 30.

Inside the endless chain 4, a guide rail 38 that allows the casters 34 of the receiver support 3 to be drawn and circulated by the chain 4 and a guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 travel. Guide rail 3 enabled
7 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 10, the timing device 20 has three stoppers 70, 71, 72 and a support tool raising portion 73 formed by raising the guide rail 38 on which the caster 34 of the receiver support tool 3 travels. Consists of.

The first stopper 70 is the guide rail 37.
Thus, the bottom surface portion of the receiving body 2 moving in the direction of arrow a in FIG. 10 can be locked / unlocked. The second stopper 71 is of a fixed type that locks the lower front edge of the receiving body 2 moving in the direction of arrow a in the figure by the guide rail 37. The third stopper 72 is arranged above the receiving body 2 {FIG. 10 (d)}, and can be bent by a spring when an unexpectedly large force is applied.

In this timing device 20, when the receiver 2 is continuously fed to the guide rail 37, the first stopper 2 is first stopped by the second stopper 71 (FIG. 10 (a)). }. Subsequently, the second receiving body 2 is stopped by the first stopper 70, and the fitting member 32 of the receiving body support tool 3 running under the second receiving body 2 is placed below the first receiving body 2. , The casters 34 are raised by riding on the supporting tool raising portion 73, and the recesses 27 on the lower surface of the receiving body 2 are raised.
It is fitted to b {Fig. 10 (b)}.

The receiving body 2 combined with the receiving body support 3 is pushed upward by the fitting member 32, gets over the second stopper 71 as shown in FIG. To run in the direction {Fig. 10
(D)}. Then, the stop of the second receiving body 2 by the first stopper 70 is released, and the second receiving body 2 stops at the second stopper 71. Then, the second receiver 2 is connected to the succeeding receiver support 3. Thereafter, the receiving body 2 and the receiving body support tool 3 are sequentially coupled in this manner.

As shown by the phantom line in FIG. 10 (c), when the receiver 2 is not normally connected to the receiver support 3 and is in a floating state, the receiver 2 gets over the second stopper 71. Even if you can, the third stopper 72 on the top
I can't proceed because I bump into At this time, it is connected to the receiver support 3 that follows.

As the timing device 20, for example, the receivers 2 sent to the guide rails 37 are sent to the upper part of the receiver support 3 while being locked one by one by the star wheel, and the timing of the sending is determined by the star wheel. You may make it control by rotation speed.

The grade identification sensor 5 is a camera for photographing the cucumber 1 conveyed by the receiving body 2 of the receiving body support 3,
The cucumber 1 image obtained by the same camera is processed, and an image processing device or the like for identifying the cucumber 1 grades AM, AL, 2S, B, C and the outside from the image is constructed. A signal is sent from the grade identification sensor 5 to the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 and the receiving body transferring body 10.

The fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 for AL grade and the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6 for 2S grade are composed of a first belt conveyor 40, a second belt conveyor 41 and a third belt conveyor 42 as shown in FIG. ing. As shown in FIG. 4C, the first belt conveyor 40 on the farthest side in the transport direction is a conveyor in which two ultrafine belt conveyors are laterally arranged with a space therebetween. Can be fitted into the gap 23 of the receiving body 2. Therefore, the receiving body 2 moved upward by the receiving body support tool 3 moves toward the first belt conveyor 40 (FIG. 4C), and the ultrafine belt conveyor is inserted into the gap 23 of the receiving body 2, After that, when the receiver support 3 is lowered and the receiver 2 is lowered, the cucumber 1 on the receiver 2 is transferred to the tip of the belt conveyor 40.

As shown in FIG. 6, the second belt conveyor 41 is a conveyor in which three thin belt conveyors are laterally spaced and the ultrafine belt conveyors of the first belt conveyor 40 are fitted in the gaps. Therefore, the cucumber 1 conveyed by the belt conveyor 40 can be taken over and conveyed.

The third belt conveyor 42 is the conveyor 4
The cucumber 1 is a conveyor that is disposed at the end of 1 so as to cross the conveyor 41 at an angle, and the cucumber 1 conveyed by the second belt conveyor 41 can be conveyed by changing its direction in the vertical direction. A fruit vegetable packing conveyor 43 for packing the cucumber 1 is connected to the third belt conveyor 42 in the conveying direction.

The fruit and vegetables packing conveyor 43 is a conveyor arranged in parallel with the traveling body 4, and a worker stands by by this side. This fruit and vegetable packing conveyor 43 is the third
AL grade cucumber 1 sent from the belt conveyor 42
Can be taken over and transported. Same conveyor 43
1 cucumber on the table
The books are picked up one by one and packed in a cardboard box placed beside the worker. A turntable 44 is provided in front of the fruit and vegetable packing conveyor 43, and the cucumber 1 that could not be removed by the conveyor 43 is the rotary table 4.
It is designed to be placed on top of the 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 for AL grade and the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 for 2S grade are below the fruit and vegetable handing over carrier 6 for AL grade and the fruit and vegetable handing over carrier for 2S grade. Each fruit and vegetable transfer body 8 is provided below 6 so that the guide roller 11 of the receiving body support tool 3 can travel and the traveling body 4 and the receiving body support tool 3 travel along the traveling body 4. A guide rail 12 that is provided so as not to interfere with the above, and that raises the receiver support tool 3 to a height required for transferring the receiver 2 to the receiver transfer carrier 9, and an upward slope. Movable movable rail 13 and the movable support rail 13 are pushed upwardly to push up the receiver support tool 3 passing therethrough, and the guide roller 11 of the receiver support tool 3 moves above the guide rail 12. Drive device 1 that enables traveling It is composed of a.

The guide rail 12 is shown in FIG.
As shown in (c), the guide rollers 11 of the receiving member support 3 are arranged one by one on both sides of the traveling path 19 (guide rails 38) so that the guide rollers 11 can travel.
Starting from the uphill slope, the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 6
It becomes horizontal around the tip of {Fig. 4 (c)} and then ends with a downward slope. The tip of the guide rail 12 is located at a position slightly higher than the road surface of the traveling path 19, and when the movable rail 13 is flipped up by the push-up drive device 14 as shown in FIG. The caster 34 of the support 3 rides on the movable rail 13,
Next, the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 rides on the guide rail 12 and can run on the guide rail 12. When the movable rail 13 is lowered, the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 cannot ride on the guide rail 12 and goes straight on the traveling path 19.

The fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 for the AL grade and the fruit and vegetable transferring body 8 for the 2S grade are designed to operate independently. Specifically, the grade identification sensor 5 detects the cucumber 1 of AL grade, and the receptacle support 3 on which the cucumber 1 is placed is AL.
When the push-up drive device 14 of the fruit and vegetable transfer body 8 passes through the push-up drive device 14, the push-up drive device 14 flips up the movable rail 13 to raise the receiver support tool 3, and the guide roller 1 of the receiver support tool 3.
1 is placed on the guide rail 12. Further, the grade identification sensor 5 detects the 2S grade cucumber 1, and the receiver support 3 on which the cucumber 1 is placed is the push-up drive device 14 for the 2S fruit and vegetable transfer body 8.
After passing, the push-up drive device 14 flips up the movable rail 13, raises the receiver support 3, and places the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 on the guide rail 12.

The receiver transfer carrier 9 is a conveyor in which two ultrafine belt conveyors are laterally widened and spaced apart from each other. As shown in FIG. 4 (d), both ends of the rear surface 2a of the receiver 2 are transferred. Is supported and can be transported. For this reason,
When the receiver 2 raised by the receiver supporting member 3 moves toward the receiver transferring carrier 9, and the receiver 2 descends after the receiver 2 is placed on the receiver transferring carrier 9. , Receiver 2
Are transferred to the front end of the receiver transfer carrier 9.

The receiving body transfer body 10 is provided on the traveling path 19 below the receiving body transfer body 9, and has a guide rail 12 having an upward slope similar to that of the fruit and vegetable transfer body 8 and a movable rail 13. And a push-up drive device 14. However, the guide rail 12 has such a height that the receiver support 3 traveling on the rail 12 can lift the receiver 2 above the receiver transfer carrier 9. It is slightly higher than the 8 guide rail 12.

In this receiver transfer body 10, the grade identifying sensor 5 detects the cucumber 1 of AM grade, and the receiver support 3 on which the cucumber 1 is placed is pushed up by the drive device 14 for pushing up the receiver transfer body 10. After passing, the push-up drive device 14 flips up the movable rail 13, raises the receiver support 3, and places the guide roller 11 of the receiver support 3 on the guide rail 12. Since all the cucumbers 1 sent to the receiver transfer body 10 are of AM grade, as a result, the receiver 2 carrying the cucumber 1
Is transferred to the receiver transfer carrier 9, and the receiver support 3 on which the cucumber 1 is not placed is passed as it is.

As shown in FIG. 3, a pool conveyor 47 for storing a large number of receivers 2 taken over from the receiver transfer carrier 9 is connected to the destination of the receiver transfer carrier 9 in the transfer direction. The pool conveyor 47 can be arranged in a line by sending out the receivers 2 sent from the receiver transfer carrier 9 in the direction of arrow a and at the same time filling the gap between the receivers 2 and 2.

Further, in front of the pool conveyor 47,
A take-out device 48 for taking out the cucumber 1 from the receiver 2 is provided. This take-out device 48 has two claws 49 configured to fit in the gap 23 of the receiving body 2, and the claws 49 from the receiving body 2 pooled on the pool conveyer 47 with both claws 49 are removed.
Can be taken out. The cucumber 1 taken out here is put on the belt conveyor 50 and sent to the subsequent fruit and vegetable packaging device 16.

The fruit and vegetable packaging device 16 can take out the cucumbers 1 placed on the belt conveyor 50 one by one and continuously package the cucumbers 1 with a film (sheet) 54 as shown in FIG. . Specifically, the cucumbers 1 are arranged at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction of the film 54 and packaged, and the cucumbers 1 that are adjacent to each other are sealed to form a partition 54 a to partition the adjacent cucumbers 1. Further, the partition 54a of the film 54
A perforation 52 is formed in the width direction of the film 54 to form a cutout portion 54b. For this reason, the cutout 5
4b is a film when it is pulled up by pinching one end in the longitudinal direction.
4 is cut along the perforations 52.

A corrugated cardboard box 53 is placed below the outlet 51 of the fruit and vegetable packaging device 16 as shown in FIG. 3, and the corrugated cardboard box 53 is operated by a device (not shown) in the direction of arrow XX in the drawing. It is designed to be reciprocally movable. Then, the cucumber 1 that is continuously packaged and comes out from the outlet 51 of the fruit and vegetable packaging device 16 can be boxed while being folded in a corrugated box 53 as shown by phantom lines in FIG.

The receiver circulation device 15 is provided in each of FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, and is provided with a guide rail 28 that guides the guide roller 25 of the receiver 2 so that the guide roller 25 can travel, and a guide rail 28.
It is composed of a belt conveyor 29 for causing the receiving body 2 sent to 8 to travel along the rail 28.

The belt conveyor 29 is the guide rail 2
8, the receiver 2 can be locked to the conveyor 29, which is provided at various places along the line 8 and in which the receiver 2 is lowered and pushed up, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Stem 2
9a is provided. Note that FIG. 8 shows a merging portion on the right side of FIG. 1 which is separated from the receiver support 3 and joins the two-divided receivers 2, and FIG. 9 shows the receiver 2 being lowered to the lower side. , A part for raising the lower receiving body to the upper side.

A switching device 55 is provided at a merging point (in FIG. 1) where the two receivers 2 are merged, and the switching device 55 is a movable type attached to the tip of the side guide rail 28. It is composed of a switching rail 56 and a stopper 57 provided on the side guide rail 28 and capable of temporarily stopping the receiver 2 sent from the guide rail 28.

In this switching device 55, the receiver 2 sent from the side guide rail 28 and the receiver 2 sent from the side guide rail 28 are switched by the switching rail 56 while the side guide rail 28 is being switched. 28 through, for example, FIG.
When the receiving rail 2 is moving from the side guide rail 28 to the side guide rail 28 as shown in FIG. 5, the stopper 57 temporarily stops the receiving body 2 on the side guide rail 28. Further, when the receiver 2 is moving from the side guide rail 28 to the side guide rail 28, the switching rail 56 goes up and the receiver 2 on the side guide rail 28 is temporarily stopped,
The receivers 2 can be joined without colliding with each other.

[0063]

The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention has the following effects. ． 1 fruit 1 on the receiving body 2 of the receiving body support 3 in the front in the transport direction.
The fruits and vegetables 1 are automatically selected simply by placing them one by one. ． Since the fruit vegetables 1 conveyed by the receiving body transfer carrier 9 remain on the receiving body 2, they are not damaged or damaged during the selection process. ． Since the fruit vegetables 1 conveyed by the receiving body transfer carrier 9 are continuously packaged in a sheet by the fruit vegetable packaging device 16, the fruit vegetables 1 are very hygienic without being touched by humans. ． Fruit vegetables 1 continuously packed in a sheet are easy to be automatically boxed. ． Since the vegetables 1 are divided into sheets one by one and continuously packaged, they can be sold as they are, which is convenient.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus of the present invention, showing the continuation of the left end side portion of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing an embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of the present invention, showing the continuation of the right end side portion of FIG. 1.

4 (a) to (d) are perspective views showing an operation example of a receiver and a receiver support provided in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing a structure of a receiver and a receiver support provided in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus of FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a partial plan view of the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device of FIG. 1 for explaining a fruit and vegetable packing conveyor.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a packed fruit and vegetables which is output by the fruit and vegetable packing device of the automatic fruit and vegetable selection device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a plan view for explaining a switching device in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing an example of a device for raising a receiver.

10A to 10D are explanatory views showing an operation example of the timing device for coupling the receiver and the receiver support.

FIG. 11 is a top view showing an example of a conventional automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Fruit and vegetables 2 Receptor 3 Receptor support tool 4 Traveling body 5 Identification part 6 Fruit and vegetable transfer carrier 8 Fruit and vegetable transfer body 9 Receptor transfer carrier 10 Receptor transfer body 11 Guide roller 12 Guide rail 13 Movable rail 14 Push up Drive device 15 Receiving body circulation device 16 Fruit and vegetable packing device

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A receiver (2) on which a fruit (1) is placed, a receiver support (3) which is attachable to and detachable from the receiver (2) to be fed, and which can be raised and lowered. A running body (4) for carrying the body support (3), an identification section (5) for identifying the weight, size, grade, etc. of the fruit and vegetables (1) carried on the receiving body (2), and The fruit and vegetable transfer carrier (6) installed above the receiver support (3) and the receiver support (3) are raised based on the signal from the identification section (5) to support the receiver. A fruit and vegetable automatic sorting device, comprising: a fruit and vegetable transferring body (8) for transferring the fruit and vegetable (1) on the receiving body (2) supported by the tool (3) to the fruit and vegetable transfer carrier (6). . 2. The receiver (2) according to claim 1, a receiver support (3), a running body (4), and an identification section (5), further comprising the receiver support (3). The receiving body transfer carrier (9) installed above and the receiving body support tool (3) are raised based on a signal from the identification section (5) and supported by the receiving body support tool (3). Automatic picking of fruits and vegetables, comprising: a receiving body transferring body (10) for transferring the fruiting vegetables (1) on the receiving body (2) together with the receiving body (2) to the receiving body transfer carrier (9). apparatus. 3. The receiver (2) according to claim 1, a receiver support (3), a running body (4), an identification section (5), a fruit and vegetable transfer carrier (6), and a fruit and vegetable transfer. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device comprising a replacement body (8), and further comprising the receiver transfer carrier (9) according to claim 2 and a receiver transfer body (10). 4. A guide roller (1) provided with the fruit and vegetable transfer body (8) according to claim 1 or claim 3 on a receiver support (3).
1) is provided so that it can travel and does not interfere with the traveling of the traveling body (4) and the receiving body support tool (3) along the traveling body (4), and the receiving body support tool (3) Guide rail (12) for ascending the height of the vegetables (1) to the height required for transferring the vegetables (1) to the fruit transfer carrier (6).
And a movable rail (1
3) and a push-up drive device (14) that allows the guide roller (11) of the receiver support (3) to travel on the guide rail (12) by pushing the movable rail (13) upwardly. ) And an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 5. The receiver transfer body (10) according to claim 2 or 3, and a guide roller (11) provided on the receiver support (3), and the guide roller (11) capable of traveling and the traveling body (11). 4) is provided so as not to interfere with the traveling of the traveling body (4) and the receiving body support tool (3), and the receiving body support tool (3) transfers the receiving body transfer carrier of the receiving body (2). Guide rail (12) with an upward slope to raise to the height required for transfer to 9)
And a movable rail (1
3) and a push-up drive device (14) that allows the guide roller (11) of the receiver support (3) to travel on the guide rail (12) by pushing the movable rail (13) upwardly. ) And an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 6. The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, 2 or 3, or 4 or 5, wherein the running body (4) is formed in an endless belt shape so as to be able to run in circulation. An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 7. The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device according to claim 1 or claim 2, or claim 3 or claim 4 or claim 5 or claim 6, wherein the receiver (2) is separated from the receiver support (3). ) Is collected and the collected receiving body (2) is sent back to the sending side of the receiving body (2). 8. The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, claim 2, claim 3 or claim 4, claim 5 or claim 6, or claim 7, wherein transfer of the receiver transfer carrier (9) is performed. In the direction ahead, fruit vegetables (1) taken out from the receiver (2)
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device, which is provided with a fruit and vegetable packaging device (16) for continuously packaging while sorting the desired number of products.