JPH07313943A - Taking out apparatus for agricultural product sorting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a taking out apparatus for an agricultural product sorting apparatus, which taking out apparatus can take out long agricultural products sorted from a sorting conveyer while putting one end sides in order. CONSTITUTION:A taking out apparatus for agricultural product sorting apparatus is composed of a sorting conveyer 10 to sort long agricultural products F transported transversely, a transporting means 3 which is installed under a prescribed sorted product releasing position of the sorting conveyer 10 to transport the long agricultural products F sorted from the sorting conveyer 10 by a set number, and an apparatus 2 to put end parts in order which is installed between the transporting means 3 and the sorting conveyer 10 to stop one side end of a long agricultural product F at a prescribed position every time when it receives the long agricultural product sorted from the sorting conveyer 10 and to discharge the product on the transporting means 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an agricultural product sorter for selecting long agricultural products such as chrysanthemums, carnations, roses, asparagus, and leeks. The present invention relates to a takeout device of a sorter.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the collection and shipping of agricultural products, the extraction of agricultural products to be sorted from a sorting conveyor is carried out by selecting a drawer conveyor below the sorting and discharging position of the sorting conveyor to carry the agricultural products out of the machine. Arranged in a direction perpendicular to the conveyor conveying direction, the agricultural products sorted from the sorting conveyor are directly carried out by the drawing conveyor and taken out.

[0003]

By the way, in a collection and shipping place of agricultural products, for example, long agricultural products such as flowers are packed in a predetermined number with the ends of the flowers aligned and shipped. As a means of aligning the tips of this flower, a backing plate is provided in the bucket of the sorting conveyor,
It may be possible to press the tips of the flowers against the pad to align them, but there is a drawback that the flowers are easily damaged.

As another means, it is conceivable that a reference line for aligning the tips of the flowers is written on the bucket of the sorting conveyor and the flowers are supplied so that the tips of the flowers are aligned with the reference line. Accurately aligning the tips of the flowers on the conveyed sorting conveyor requires a skill.

From the above, the tip alignment of flowers is
After sorting, it is done manually by relying on human eyes, and it takes time and labor efficiency decreases with the passage of time, and further, there is a problem that individual differences easily occur and product value declines. Was occurring.

In addition, the largest number of workers must be mobilized at the peak of shipping, and in addition to the above problems, it is difficult to secure the workers at this time, and labor saving is strongly desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems and demands, and an object of the present invention is to provide a take-out device for a produce sorter capable of taking out one side end of a long produce sorted by a sort conveyor. To do.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the take-out device of the agricultural product sorter according to claim 1 is a sorting conveyor for sorting long agricultural products conveyed laterally, and a predetermined sorting discharge of the sorting conveyor. Provided below the position, carry-out means for carrying out a predetermined number of long agricultural products sorted from the sorting conveyor, and provided between the carrying-out means and the sorting conveyor, each time receiving one long agricultural product sorted from the sorting conveyor. And an end aligning device for laterally moving and stopping one end of the long agricultural product at a predetermined position to discharge the long agricultural product onto the carrying-out means.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a device for picking up a agricultural product sorter, wherein a sorting unit of a sorting conveyor for sorting long agricultural products conveyed in a horizontal direction has a take-out unit for taking out a predetermined number of long agricultural products for the same sorting section. And a plurality of discharge devices that operate in response to the sorting signal are provided in each of the pick-up sections, and a sorting machine is provided corresponding to each of the pick-up sections of the sorting machine and sorted from the sorting conveyor. A plurality of unloading means for unloading a predetermined number of long agricultural products and a plurality of unloading means provided between the unloading means and the selecting conveyor, corresponding to each of the discharging devices, and each time receiving one long agricultural product sorted from the selecting conveyor. A plurality of end aligning devices for moving and stopping one side end thereof at a predetermined position to discharge the long agricultural products onto a corresponding carry-out means; Sorting signals are sequentially output to a plurality of ejecting devices of one take-out unit until a preset number of times is reached, and a plurality of ejecting devices of another take-out unit are output each time the sorting signal is output a preset number of times. And a control device for switching and outputting to the discharging device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a take-out device for a produce sorting machine, in which the end aligning device is provided in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a sorting conveyor, and the rotatable body is provided. A support body that is reciprocally laterally movable in the length direction of the support body and is rotatably attached by the rotation of the support body, and that receives the long agricultural products sorted one by one from the sorting conveyor, and the support body. A detection device which is provided at a predetermined position along the length direction of the receiving device and detects one side end of the long agricultural product on the horizontally moving receiving body, and each time the receiving object receives one long agricultural product on the receiving body. Is laterally moved to one predetermined side, and its lateral movement is stopped based on a signal from the detection device, and when the agricultural product on the receiving body is discharged, the receiving body is returned to the original position before the lateral movement. Lateral movement operation means, and And a rotation driving means which is provided in association with the holding body and rotates the support body to rotate the receiving body whose lateral movement is stopped to discharge the long agricultural products on the receiving body onto the carrying-out means. It is characterized by that.

Further, in the take-out device of the agricultural product sorter according to the fourth aspect, the receiving bodies for receiving the long agricultural products one by one are vertically attached to the rotatable support body.

[0012]

According to the takeout device of the agricultural product sorter of claim 1 configured as described above, one long agricultural product that is laterally sorted from the predetermined sorting and discharging position of the sorting conveyor is received horizontally by the end aligning device. Be moved. The long agricultural product that moves laterally is discharged at a predetermined position at one position so that the one end is uniformly aligned at that position and is discharged onto the carry-out means. Then, a predetermined number of long agricultural products whose one end is aligned can be carried out and taken out by the carrying-out means.

Further, according to the takeout device of the agricultural product sorter of claim 2, the long agricultural products sorted laterally from the sorting conveyor first have a plurality of discharge devices of one picking section of the same sorting section set a predetermined number of times. By sequentially operating until the end position is reached, a plurality of end aligning devices provided corresponding to the plurality of discharging devices are sequentially supplied. Then, each time the edge aligning device receives one long agricultural product, it aligns one side end of the long agricultural product at a predetermined position and discharges it on the carrying-out means. Then, a predetermined number of long agricultural products can be carried out by this carrying-out means and taken out from the sorting conveyor. When the plurality of ejecting devices of the one take-out unit are operated a preset number of times, the output destination of the sorting signal is switched to the plurality of ejecting devices of the other take-out unit so that the take-out of the other take-out unit is started. The same operation as above is repeated.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part showing a take-out device of an agricultural product sorter according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the same. FIG. 3 is a plan view of FIG.

A schematic structure of a main part will be described with reference to FIGS. In the drawings of the examples, long agricultural products are chrysanthemums,
A flower F such as a rose is used.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a sorting machine, which transports the flowers F placed horizontally on the sorting conveyor 10 and performs predetermined sorting during transportation. Reference numeral 2 is an end aligning device that aligns the flower tips of the flowers F that are sorted from the sorting conveyor 10. Denoted at 3 is a carrying-out means for carrying out a predetermined number (20 in the embodiment, the number of flowers F) discharged from the edge aligning device 2 by a predetermined number.

The configuration of each part in the embodiment will be described in detail.

First, the sorting machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. The sorting conveyor 10 is provided with a pair of left and right endless rotary chains 11 and 11 which rotate in a direction indicated by an arrow in the figure. A bucket 13 for laterally mounting a flower F is attached to the endless rotary chain 11 on a plurality of mounting bodies 12 installed along the transport direction in a vertically and laterally loosely fitted state.

The mounting body 12 is composed of a pair of left and right rotating arms 14 and 14 and parallel connecting rods 15 and 15 connecting the rotating arms 14 and 14, respectively. The rotating arm 14 has a narrow plate shape and has one end 14
A (front end) is rotatably attached to the endless rotary chain 11.

The other end 14 of the rotating arm 14 is
At b (rear end), a rotatable roller 141 for horizontally holding the rotating arm 14 is laterally projected and pivotally supported. As shown in FIG. 4, the roller 141 holds the rotating arm 14 horizontally when traveling on a traveling rail 142 provided alongside the endless rotating chain 11. On the other hand, the rotating arm 14 has one end portion 14a at the cutout portion 143 (discharging portion) of the traveling rail 142.
The other end portion 14b is adapted to rotate downward with the fulcrum as a fulcrum. 144 is a roller 141 of the rotating arm 14 rotated
It is a guide rail for receiving and guiding this.

The connecting rods 15 and 15 are the rotating arms 1.
4 and 14 are connected in parallel, and a rod-shaped body such as a round rod or a round pipe is used. The bucket 13 has a plurality of substantially M-shaped support arms 131 for laterally mounting the flower F on the upper portion thereof so as to laterally support the flower F.

Reference numerals 132 and 132 denote rotating bodies, two of which are horizontally provided on each side of the bucket 13. This rotating body 132 is a weighing device 16 described later.
Bearings, cam followers, etc. are used to rotate over.

Reference numerals 133 and 133 are loose fitting holes having a predetermined size, which are formed on both outer sides of the rotating bodies 132 and 132 on both sides of the bucket 13 as shown in FIG. The connecting rod 1 is inserted into the loose fitting holes 133 and 133.
5, 15 are penetrated in a loosely fitted state. This loose fitting hole 13
The size of 3 is formed so that the bucket 13 can move up and down by a predetermined distance and also slightly move in the front-rear direction.

Reference numeral 16 is a weighing device, and as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, a pair of left and right units are provided below the insides of the endless rotary chains 11, 11. The weighing device 16 is composed of an inlet rail 161, a weighing platform 162, and an outlet rail 163. When the rotating body 132 of the bucket 13 travels on the weighing platform 162, the bucket 13 is connected to the connecting rod 1.
The height of the weighing platform 162 is adjusted such that the weighing platform 162 is in a loosely fitted state. Then, when the bucket 13 passes over the weighing device 16, the two weighing platforms 162 are used to load the bucket 1
The flower F on 3 is weighed together with the bucket 13.

Reference numeral 17 denotes an image pickup device, which uses a camera such as a CCD type linear image sensor to take an image of the shape and surface condition (color) of the flower F on the bucket 13 during conveyance.

The information for sorting obtained by the weighing device 16 and the image pickup device 17 is sent to an arithmetic processing unit (not shown). Then, in this arithmetic processing device, the grade and the rank are determined by comparing with the preset division value based on the information for the selection. Based on this determination result, a sorting signal is sent to the sorting conveyor 1 by a control device (not shown).
The sorting section 18 of 0 outputs the output to the corresponding discharging device 19 in synchronization with the conveying speed of the sorting conveyor 10.

As the information for selection, for example, the weighing device 16 measures the weight as a class determination element. Further, the image pickup device 17 measures the bending and deformation of the flower F as a grade determination element.

The information for this sorting is preferably measured by using an appropriate measuring means according to the object to be sorted.

In the sorting section 18, as shown in FIG. 2, the discharging device 19 which operates by the sorting signal is 4 for the same sorting section (in the embodiment, it will be explained with the class M).
Individual pieces (19a, b, c, d) are arranged.

The control device (not shown) sends a sorting signal to the two discharging devices 19a and 19b corresponding to the carrying-out means 3a at the preceding stage (left side in FIG. 2) by a preset number of times ( Output alternately until reaching 20),
The output destination of the sorting signal is such that each time the sorting signal is output a preset number of times, the sorting signal is output to the two discharging devices 19c and 19d corresponding to the carrying-out means 3b at the subsequent stage (right side in FIG. 2). It can be switched.

As shown in FIG. 8, the discharging device 19 is installed in the notch 143 of the traveling rail 142, and the tongue piece 19 is attached to the operating portion of the rotary solenoid 191.
2 is attached and the tongue piece 192 is configured to rotate,
The notch 143 is configured to be openable and closable. According to this ejecting device 19, the rotary solenoid 191 operates and the tongue piece 192 rotates upward, whereby the traveling rail 1
42 is partially cut away, and this running rail 1
The roller 141 of the rotating arm 14 that rotates on the shaft 42 rotates downward from the notch 143. As a result, the bucket 13 tilts from the horizontal state, and the flower F on the bucket 13 can be discharged downward.

1 to 3 and 9 to 12, the end aligning device 2 (2a, b, c, d) receives the flower tip F each time it receives one flower F sorted from the sorting conveyor 10. They are aligned and discharged downward, and are provided corresponding to the respective discharging devices 19a, 19b, 19c, and 19d.

Reference numeral 201 denotes a frame mount, which is installed below the selection conveyor 10 in a direction traversing the selection conveyor 10. Reference numeral 202 denotes a cylindrical support provided below the sorting conveyor 10 in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the conveying direction of the sorting conveyor 10. The support 202 is a bearing bracket 203, 2 provided on the frame mount 201.
It is rotatably supported by 03. This support 202
Is intermittently rotated in a fixed direction by a drive motor 205 connected to a sprocket 204 provided at one end thereof via a chain.

Reference numerals 206a and 206b denote substantially V-shaped gutter-shaped receiving bodies which are vertically symmetrically attached to the supporting body 202.
The upper receiving body 206a is a slide shaft 207a provided on the support body 202 along the axial direction of the support body 202.
And a slide bearing 208 provided on the receiving body 206a
In combination with a, it is configured to be laterally movable on the support 202. The lower receiving body 206b is also attached to the support 202 with the same configuration as above, and the same reference numerals are given to the b symbols.

209a and 209b are the receiving members 206
It is a lateral movement operation means for laterally independently moving a and 206b, and is provided at both ends of the support 202.

First, the left lateral movement operating means 209a will be described. 210a is the cylindrical support member 202.
Is a screw shaft disposed axially inward of the. A motor 211a rotates the screw shaft 210a, and is connected to the screw shaft 210a via a coupling 212a. 213a is a screw bearing that fits with the screw shaft 210a. This screw bearing 213a has a connecting member 214
The receiving body 206a is connected via a. still,
The lateral movement operating means 209b on the right side is also configured similarly to the above although not shown.

Therefore, the lateral movement operating means 209
The a and 209b are configured to laterally move the receivers 206a and 206b to the right or left by driving the motors 211a and 211b in the forward or reverse direction. That is, the left and right motors 211a and 211b are respectively set in rotation directions so as to move the receivers 206a and 206b on which the flower F is placed to the detection device 215 side (left side in FIG. 11), and The rotation direction is set so as to return to the original position when the discharging is completed.

Reference numeral 215 denotes a detection device such as a photoelectric sensor, which is provided at a predetermined position along the length direction of the support 202, and detects the tip of the flower F of the flower F on the horizontally moving receiver 206. It is designed to detect.

As shown in FIG. 2, the carry-out means 3a, (3b) are provided with the two end aligning devices 2a, 2b (2c, 2d).
A predetermined number (20) of flowers F that are alternately discharged from the container are received and carried out to the side of the sorting conveyor 10, which is configured as follows.

Reference numeral 31 is a substantially V-shaped grooved flower carrier, which is rotated by a roller 33 on a traveling rail 32 laid outside the sorting conveyor 10. The reference numeral 34 designates a slide cylinder, which allows the flower carrier truck 31 to move on the running rail 32.
It is designed to be moved along.

Reference numeral 4 denotes an elevating device for elevating the flower carrier cart 31 sent to the side of the sorting conveyor 10 by the slide cylinder 34 to a predetermined gripping position, and combining the elevating cylinder 41 and the guide shaft 42 with a flower carrier. Trolley 3
1 is configured to be movable up and down. The flower F on the flower trolley 31 raised by the lifting device 4 is held by the chuck device 51 of the bouquet transfer conveyor 5, which will be described later.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a bouquet transfer conveyor, which is provided with a chuck device 51 for holding a predetermined number of flowers F, and holds the flowers F on the flower trolley 31 lifted by the elevating device 4 to a predetermined number. It is conveyed in the direction, and the grip of the flower F is released on the carrying-out means 8 described later.

A bundling machine 6 is provided in the middle of the conveying path of the bouquet transfer conveyor 5, and the bouquet transfer conveyor 5
A predetermined number (20) of flowers F that are transported by are bound at a predetermined binding position.

Reference numeral 7 is a cutting machine provided in the latter stage of the binding machine 6, and is designed to cut the root side of a predetermined number (20) of flowers F bound by the binding machine 6 during conveyance. .

Reference numeral 8 denotes a carry-out conveyor for carrying out a predetermined number (20) of flowers F, which are bound by the binding machine 6 and whose root side is cut by the cutting machine 7, to the outside of the machine.

The overall operation of the above configuration will be described.

The flowers F are laid sideways one by one on the bucket 13 of the rotating sorting conveyor 10 by manual work. When the rotating and rotating bucket 13 with flower F reaches the weighing position of the weighing device 16, the rotating bodies 132 pivotally supported on both sides of the bucket 13 respectively rotate on the two weighing devices 16. The rotating body 132 rotates and travels on the weighing platform 162, so that the bucket 13
Is in a loosely fitted state in which it is slightly raised with respect to the connecting rods 15, 15, and the flower F on the bucket 13 is weighed together with the bucket 13 by the two weighing platforms 162. The weighing result is sent to an arithmetic processing unit (not shown).

When the bucket 13 that has passed through the weighing device 16 reaches the image pickup position of the image pickup device 17, the image pickup device 17 picks up an image of the shape and the like of the flower F on the bucket 13 as a predetermined selection item. Is output to the arithmetic processing unit (not shown). An arithmetic processing device (not shown) determines the grade and the class based on the results of the weighing device 16 and the imaging device 17. Based on the determination result, a control device (not shown) outputs a sorting signal to the corresponding discharging device 19 in synchronization with the conveyance of the bucket 13.

In the drawings of the embodiment, the weighing device 16 and the image pickup device 17 are arranged for measurement to measure the predetermined selection items of the flower F, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

When the corresponding ejecting device 19a is operated by a sorting signal output from a control device (not shown), the traveling rail 142 is partially cut out, and the rotating arm 14 rotating on the traveling rail 142 is rotated. Roll 1
41 rotates downward from this cutout 143. As a result, the bucket 13 is tilted downward from the horizontal state, and the flower F on the bucket 13 is discharged onto the receiver 206a of the end aligning device 2a. When the flower F is placed on the receiver 206a, the receiver 206a is moved laterally by the operation means 20.
The motor 211a of 9a laterally moves toward the detection device 215. During this movement, if the flower tip of the flower F on the receiver 206a is detected by the detection device 215, the motor 211a.
Is stopped. When the lateral movement is stopped, the support 20
The drive motor 205 for rotating 2 operates to operate the flower F
The receiver 206a on which is placed is rotated, and the flower F is discharged onto the flower carrier 31a.

Then, the sorting signal outputted from the control device (not shown) is outputted to the discharging device 19b side, and the flower F is discharged onto the flower carrier truck 31a in the same manner as above. Thereafter, when the preset number (20) of flowers F are discharged by alternately performing the operations of the discharging devices 19a and 19b, the two discharging devices 1 corresponding to the flower carrier cart 31b in the subsequent stage are discharged.
The output destination of the sorting signal is switched to 9c and 19d, and the same operation as described above is repeated.

When a predetermined number (20) of flowers F are discharged onto the flower receiving trolley 31a, the flower receiving trolley 31a is discharged.
Is traveled on the travel rail 32 by the slide cylinder 34 and fed to the lifting device 5.

During operation of the flower carrier truck 31a, the output destination of the sorting signal is the latter stage (right side in FIG. 2) of the flower carrier truck 31a.
The discharge devices 19c and 19d are switched to the side of b, and the above-described series of operations are performed.

The flower receiving cart 31 fed onto the lifting device 4
The a is lifted to the upper grip position by the lifting cylinder 41. The flower F on the raised flower carrier 31a
It is gripped by the chuck device 51 of the bouquet transfer conveyor 5 and transferred to the binding machine 6 by the bouquet transfer conveyor 5 and stopped at a predetermined binding position.

On the other hand, the flower receiving trolley 31 from which the flower F has been removed
a is lowered by the elevating cylinder 41 and is moved to the original position by the slide cylinder 34 (below the end aligning device 2).
It is returned to and waits.

The flowers F bound by the binding machine 6 are transferred to the cutting machine 7 by the bouquet transfer conveyor 5 and the root side of the flowers F is cut. The cut flower F is released from the grip of the chuck device 51 on the carry-out conveyor 8 and discharged to the conveyor surface.

The above-described series of operations is performed by the two flower carrier trucks 31.
By repeating the steps a and 31b alternately, the selection conveyor 10 can be continuously performed without stopping.

Depending on the processing amount of the sorting conveyor 10, the numbers of the edge aligning device 2 and the flower carrier 31 can be set differently from those in the drawing.

[0060]

As described above, according to the takeout device of the agricultural product sorter of claim 1, the long agricultural products sorted laterally from the sorting conveyor have one end thereof fixed at a predetermined position by the end aligning device. Since they are aligned and carried out on the carry-out means, one side end of the long agricultural product can be automatically aligned without requiring manual work and without damaging the long agricultural product, which saves labor for edge alignment work. Can be planned.

Furthermore, this automation has the effect of eliminating the unevenness of one side edge and improving the commercial value.

Further, according to the extracting device of the agricultural product sorter of claims 2 and 3, a plurality of extracting parts for extracting a predetermined number of long agricultural products are set in the sorting part of the sorting conveyor for the same sorting section. Then, a plurality of discharging devices that operate according to the sorting signal are arranged in this take-out portion, and each discharging device is provided with an end aligning device for aligning one side end of the long agricultural product, and the sorting signal is provided. ,
The output devices are sequentially output to the plurality of discharge devices of the one take-out unit until a preset number of times is reached, and each time the sorting signal is output a preset number of times, the plurality of discharge devices of another take-out unit are output. Since it is configured to output by switching to each other, it is possible to sequentially sort by a plurality of discharge devices even in a state where they are concentrated and sorted in the same sorting section, and high speed without stopping or slowing down the sorting conveyor. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to provide an efficient take-out device while automating the end aligning work.

Further, according to the takeout device of the agricultural product sorter of claim 4, since the receiving body for receiving the long vegetables is vertically symmetrically attached to the supporting body, the discharging operation and the discharging of the long vegetables on the receiving body are carried out. The subsequent return operation can be alternately performed by reversing the support by 180 degrees. Therefore, there is an effect that the discharging operation becomes quick and the processing speed of the apparatus can be increased.

According to the extracting device of the agricultural product sorter of the fifth aspect, a predetermined number of long agricultural products can be automatically bound and taken out.

Further, according to the take-out device of the agricultural product sorter of claim 6, since the root side of the bundled predetermined number of long agricultural products is automatically cut, the total length of the long agricultural products is adjusted to a constant predetermined length. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an essential part of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a sorter.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the same.

FIG. 4 is a partial detailed view of a sorting conveyor.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a sorting conveyor.

FIG. 6 is a front view of the bucket.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing the relationship between the weighing device and the bucket.

FIG. 8 is a partial detailed view of a sorting and discharging position.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the edge aligning device.

10 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a partial detailed view of the edge aligning device.

12 is a sectional view taken along line BB of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Sorting machine 10: Sorting conveyor 11: Endless rotating chain 12: Mounting body 13: Bucket 131: Support arm 132: Rotating body 133: Free fitting hole 14: Rotating arm 141: Roller 142: Traveling rail 143: Notch 144: Guide rail 15: Connecting rod 16: Weighing device 161: Entrance rail 162: Weighing platform 163: Exit rail 17: Imaging device 18: Sorting unit 19: Discharging device 191: Rotary solenoid 192: Tongue 2: End aligning device 201: Frame stand 202: Support body 203: Bearing bracket 204: Sprocket 205: Drive motor 206: Receiver 207: Slide shaft 208: Slide bearing 209: Lateral movement operating means 210: Screw shaft 211: Motor 212: Coupling 213: Screw bearing 214: Connection member 215: Detection device 3 Carrying out means 31: Flower carrier truck 32: Traveling rail 33: Roller 34: Slide cylinder 4: Lifting device 41: Lifting cylinder 42: Guide shaft 5: Bouquet transfer conveyor 51: Chucking device 6: Binding machine 7: Cutting machine 8: Carrying out Conveyor F: Flower

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A sorting conveyor that sorts laterally conveyed long agricultural products, and a unloading unit that is provided below a predetermined sorting and discharging position of the sorting conveyor and carries out a predetermined number of long agricultural products sorted from the sorting conveyor. It is provided between the carrying-out means and the sorting conveyor, and is moved laterally each time one long agricultural product to be sorted from the sorting conveyor is received, and one side end thereof is stopped at a predetermined position to place the long agricultural product on the carrying-out means. An extractor of an agricultural product sorter comprising an end aligning device for discharging. 2. A sorting unit of a sorting conveyor for sorting long agricultural products conveyed in a horizontal direction is provided with a predetermined plurality of extracting units for extracting a predetermined number of long agricultural products in the same sorting section, and each of these extracting units. A sorting machine having a plurality of discharge devices that operate according to sorting signals, and a plurality of unloading means that carry out a predetermined number of long agricultural products to be sorted from the sorting conveyor, which are provided corresponding to the respective take-out portions of the sorting machine. And each of the discharge devices is provided between the carry-out means and the selection conveyor, and horizontally moves each time one long agricultural product to be sorted from the selection conveyor is received, and one side end thereof is stopped at a predetermined position. A plurality of end aligning devices for discharging the long agricultural products onto the corresponding discharging means, and a plurality of discharging devices for the one take-out part. A control device that sequentially outputs the sorting signal until the preset number of times is reached, and switches to and outputs to the plurality of discharge devices of other take-out units each time the sorting signal is output the preset number of times. An extractor of the agricultural product sorter, which comprises and. 3. The end aligning device includes a rotatable support body provided in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to a conveying direction of a sorting conveyor, and a reciprocating lateral movement of the support body in a longitudinal direction of the support body. A receiver that is rotatably attached by rotation of the support, and that receives the long agricultural products sorted from the sorting conveyor one by one; and the support is provided at a predetermined position along the length of the support. A detection device for detecting one side edge of a long agricultural product on the horizontally moving receiving body, and each time one long agricultural product is received on the receiving body, the receiving body is laterally moved to a predetermined side and the detection is performed. Lateral movement operation means for stopping the lateral movement based on a signal from the device and returning the receiving body to the original position before the lateral movement when the agricultural products on the receiving body are discharged, and in relation to the support body. And the lateral movement is 3. The rotation driving means for rotating the support body to rotate the stopped receiving body and discharging the long agricultural product on the receiving body onto the carrying-out means. Take-out device of the agricultural product sorter. 4. The take-out device of an agricultural product sorter according to claim 3, wherein the receiving body is vertically symmetrically attached to the support body. 5. The take-out device of the agricultural product sorter according to claim 1, further comprising a binding machine for binding a predetermined number of long agricultural products carried out by the carrying-out means. 6. The extractor of the agricultural product sorter according to claim 5, further comprising a cutting machine for cutting the root side of the bundled long agricultural products.