JPH07948U - Long vegetable sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Correction) [Purpose] To provide a long vegetable sorting device capable of taking out long vegetables discharged from a predetermined sorting section of a sorting conveyor in a predetermined direction. [Structure] In a sorting device, in which long vegetables are placed sideways on a sorting conveyor 1 and transferred, and long vegetables are dropped and discharged from a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor 1 during the transfer, below the predetermined sorting section, A 90-degree curve conveyor 2 is provided which receives and transports long vegetables dropped and discharged from the sorting conveyor 1 and horizontally rotates about 90 degrees and carries them out to the side of the sorting conveyor.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a long vegetable sorting device that can take out long vegetables dropped and discharged from a predetermined sorting section of a sorting conveyor in a predetermined direction.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Conventionally, for the extraction of long vegetables that are placed on the sorting conveyor with their lengths set horizontally, a drawer conveyor is provided below a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor in a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction of the sorting conveyor. The long vegetables on the sorting conveyor are dropped and discharged onto the drawer conveyor to be taken out.

[0003]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 However, according to the conventional extraction described above, when long vegetables are continuously discharged from the sorting conveyor, the discharged long vegetables are folded on the pulling conveyor, so that the long vegetables are easily damaged. There was a problem.

In order to prevent the long vegetables from overlapping on the drawer conveyor, it is necessary to move the transport surface of the drawer conveyor by the length of the long vegetables before the next long vegetables are discharged. It is conceivable, however, that this method has a problem that the delivery speed of the drawer conveyor becomes high, and the long vegetables to be sent cannot be easily received in the post-process of receiving the long vegetables and packaging them in a box.

The problem to be solved by the present invention is to carry out fruits and vegetables discharged from a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor to the side of the sorting conveyor in the direction (posture) while being placed on the sorting conveyor. The object is to provide a sorting device for long vegetables.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the apparatus for sorting long vegetables of the present invention is one in which long vegetables are horizontally placed on a sorting conveyor and transferred, and the long vegetables are dropped and discharged from a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor during the transfer. In the sorting device, a 90-degree curve conveyor that conveys long vegetables dropped and discharged from the sorting conveyor below the predetermined sorting section and horizontally rotates them by about 90 degrees and carries them out to the side of the sorting conveyor. It is characterized by the provision of.

[0007]

[Action]

 According to the present invention configured as described above, the long vegetables laterally transferred on the sorting conveyor are discharged from the predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor onto the 90-degree curve conveyor in the same direction. The long vegetables discharged onto the 90-degree curve conveyer can be transported laterally by the 90-degree curve conveyer, horizontally rotated by about 90 degrees, and carried out to the side of the sorting conveyer.

[0008]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a selection conveyor, and a bucket 10 on which long vegetables S are placed one by one is mounted on a conveyor chain 11 which runs and rotates endlessly by a mounting member 12 at a regular interval in a traveling direction. It is movably attached and is rotated downward at a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor 1.

The bucket 10 is formed to be long in the horizontal direction with respect to the traveling direction because the long vegetables S are placed on the long side of the long sideways and transferred. The shape of the bucket 10 can be arbitrarily set depending on the shape, size, and weight of the long vegetables to be placed.

The bucket 10 is held horizontally by a pin (not shown) projecting to the side of the rear end portion 10b thereof being engaged by a catch device (not shown). The horizontal holding of the bucket 10 is released when the engagement of a pin (not shown) is released by the operation of the discharge solenoid 13, and the bucket 10 is rotated downward by its own weight.

The mounting member 12 is preferably a round bar or a round pipe, but is not particularly limited, and the bucket 10 is rotatably provided while supporting the front end portion 10 a of the bucket 10. Other means such as a hinge may be used as long as they are available.

The sorting conveyor 1 includes a measuring device (not shown) that measures a predetermined sorting item of the long vegetables S on the bucket 10. Based on the measurement result, a sorting device (not shown) performs sorting. A signal is output to the corresponding discharge solenoid 13. When the discharge solenoid 13 is activated by this sorting signal, the bucket 10 is rotated downward and the long vegetables S on the bucket 10 are discharged.

The above description is the same as that of the conventionally known selection conveyor.

Reference numeral 2 is a 90-degree curve conveyor provided below a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor 1, and the long vegetables S discharged from the bucket 10 of the sorting conveyor 1 are the same as the transfer direction of the sorting conveyor 1. While being received in one direction and transported, it is horizontally rotated by about 90 degrees and carried out to the side of the sorting conveyor 1. The transport speed of the 90-degree curve conveyor 2 can be set arbitrarily, but is set so that at least the long vegetables S continuously discharged from the sorting conveyor 1 do not overlap on the transport surface 21.

Reference numeral 3 denotes an aligning conveyor, which is arranged so that the conveyance surface 21 of the 90-degree curve conveyor 2 aligns both ends of the long vegetables S whose lengths are laterally transferred by the guides 31.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage device provided at the tip of the alignment conveyor 3 so that the long vegetables S sent by the alignment conveyor 4 are individually placed on a tray 41 that can be stopped and transferred. .

Reference numeral 5 denotes a boxing device, which takes a predetermined number of long vegetables S standing by on the storage device 4 by a vacuum suction pad (not shown) and packs them in a cardboard box 6 waiting at a predetermined position. ing.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a product transfer conveyor for carrying out the packed cardboard box 6 in a predetermined direction.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a merging conveyor for merging the corrugated carton boxes 6 packed in the respective box packing devices 5 and sent out from the respective product carrying conveyors 7 in a predetermined direction and carrying them.

The operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be described.

The bucket 10 on which the long vegetables S transferred by the sorting conveyor 1 are placed is rotated downward by the discharge solenoid 13 of a predetermined sorting section being activated by a sorting signal output from an arithmetic processing unit (not shown). Be moved. When the bucket 10 rotates, the long vegetables S on the bucket 10 are discharged on the conveying surface 21 of the 90-degree curved conveyor in the same direction, and are transported on the conveying surface 21 and horizontally rotated by about 90 degrees. It is carried out to the side of the sorting conveyor 1. As a result, the long vegetables S, which are conveyed by the sorting conveyor 1 in the lateral direction with respect to the traveling direction, can be taken out in the same direction and carried out to the side of the selection conveyor 1.

Then, the long vegetables S supplied from the 90-degree curve conveyor 2 to the alignment conveyor 3 are aligned on both ends by the guides 31 and are supplied one by one onto the pan 41 of the storage device 4. Then, when a predetermined number of long vegetables S are stored on the storage device 4, the boxing device 5 picks up a predetermined number of the long vegetables S and packs them in the cardboard box 6. The boxed cardboard boxes 6 are sent out onto the merging conveyor 8 by the product carrying conveyor 7 to complete the boxing and packaging.

In the embodiment, the boxing device 5 for automatically boxing the long vegetables S is provided on the lower side of the 90-degree curve conveyor 2 to configure the automatic boxing and packaging area for the long vegetables, but it is limited. It may be a manual work area instead of a thing.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a carry-out conveyor 9 is provided below the predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor 1 and before the 90-curve conveyor 2. This embodiment is an example suitable for cucumber, eggplant, etc., where long vegetables are particularly easy to roll.

The carry-out conveyor 9 is provided such that its carrying surface 91 is gently inclined downward in the traveling direction, and is configured to run and rotate at substantially the same speed as the carrying speed of the sorting conveyor 1. This inclination angle is preferably set to an angle at which the discharged long vegetables S do not roll on the transport surface 91 and run by itself.

A rear end 10b of the rotating bucket 10 is brought into contact with the transfer surface 91 of the carry-out conveyor 9, and the inclination angle of the bucket 10 during transfer of the bucket 10 is the transfer surface 91. It acts to increase gradually above. Therefore, the long vegetables S on the bucket 10 are smoothly discharged onto the carry-out conveyor 9 while the bucket 10 is being rotated, and are transported forward by the transport surface 91 without rolling.

[0029]

[Effect of device]

 As described above, the present invention receives the long vegetables dropped and discharged from the sorting conveyor under the predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor, and horizontally transports them by about 90 degrees while transferring them to the side of the sorting conveyor. Since the 90-degree curve conveyor for carrying out to the is provided, it is possible to take out the long vegetables laterally placed on the selection conveyor in the same direction by the 90-degree curve conveyor.

This has an excellent feature that a large amount of long vegetables can be continuously taken out without increasing the carrying speed for carrying out the long vegetables.

Further, since the long vegetables are taken out sideways as described above, it is possible to omit the correction work such as the alignment during the box packaging, and it is possible to efficiently perform the box packaging process.

Further, in the case of bundling and packaging the long vegetables in a box, since the long vegetables are transported laterally with a narrow interval, the bundling work is easy and the productivity is further improved. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing another example.

[Explanation of Codes] 1: Selection Conveyor 2: 90 ° Curve Conveyor 3: Aligning Conveyor 4: Storage Device 5: Boxing Device 6: Cardboard Box 7: Product Conveying Conveyor 8: Joining Conveyor 9: Carrying Conveyor S: Long Vegetable 10 : Bucket 11: Conveyor chain 12: Mounting member 13: Discharge solenoid 21: Conveying surface 31: Guide 41: Saucet 91: Conveying surface

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A sorting device for horizontally transporting long vegetables on a sorting conveyor and transporting them, and dropping and discharging long vegetables from a predetermined sorting section of the sorting conveyor on the way below the predetermined sorting section. An apparatus for selecting long vegetables, which is provided with a 90-degree curve conveyor that receives and transports long vegetables dropped and discharged from the sorting conveyor while horizontally rotating them by about 90 degrees and carrying them out to the side of the sorting conveyor.