JPH08117696A - Automatic fruit vegetable selector - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make the surfaces of fruit vegetables resistant flawing, make particularly the warts on the surfaces of the cucumbers resistant to chipping and to enable selection with high efficiency by placing the fruit vegetables on receiving bodies, transporting these bodies, identifying the grades of the fruit vegetables during the course thereof and handling the fruit vegetables in such a manner that the fruit vegetables of the prescribed grades are retransferred from the receiving bodies to take-over transporting bodies. CONSTITUTION: The many receiving bodies 1 to be placed with the fruit vegetables A are sent in by a supplying mechanism 2. The grades of the fruit vegetables A are identified by a grade identifying device 4 during the course of transporting the sent-in receiving bodies 1 by the transporting body 3. The fruit vegetables A of the prescribed grades are retransferred from the receiving bodies 1 to the take-over transporting body 5 by a fruit vegetable retransfer mechanism 6 in accordance with the results of the identification. The receiving bodies 1 emptied by the retransfer of the fruit vegetables A are removed from the transporting body 3 by a first delivery mechanism 8 and are delivered to a first recovering route 7. The receiving bodies 1 transported by the transporting body 3 in succession while the fruit vegetables A are held placed thereon are sent to a post treating stage after the fruit vegetables A are taken out of the receiving bodies 1 by a fruit vegetable taking-out mechanism 9.

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 apparatus for automatically sorting fruits and vegetables such as cucumber into size (size) and shape (standard) grades.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a fruit and vegetable sorter for discriminating the standards (grades) such as size and shape of fruits and vegetables such as cucumber and sorting them according to the grade based on the result of the discrimination. 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. 22, a plurality of belt conveyors A are arranged side by side in a row, and the length of the tip of each belt conveyor A is changed stepwise. The table B is installed.

[0003] In this fruit and vegetable sorting device, 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 of FIG. 22 has the advantages that the surface of the cucumber is not easily scratched and the warts on the surface are not easily chipped, and that it can be efficiently sorted and boxed with a small number of human hands. For example, the fruit-picker B on 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.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device in which fruit and vegetables placed on a receiver without selection are automatically selected during transportation.

[0006]

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 20, the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention has a large number of receivers 1 on which the fruits and vegetables A are placed and a feeding mechanism 2 for feeding the receivers 1.
A carrier 3 that conveys the receiver 1 fed from the supply mechanism 2, a grade discriminator 4 that discriminates the grade of the fruit and vegetables A on the receiver 1 during conveyance by the conveyer 3, and a grade discriminator 4. Based on the signal, the fruit vegetables A of a predetermined grade is transferred from the receiver 1 to the transfer carrier 5, and the fruit 1 transfer mechanism 6 that is emptied by the fruits A is removed from the carrier 3 A first delivery mechanism 8 for delivering the fruit and vegetables A to the first collecting path 7; and a fruit and vegetable take-out mechanism 9 for taking out the fruit and vegetables A from the receiving body 1 which is continuously carried by the carrier 3 while carrying the fruit and vegetables A and sending them to the post-treatment process. , The empty receiving body 1 from which the fruit vegetable A has been taken out is used as the second recovery path 10
To the feeding mechanism 2 and the second feeding mechanism 11 for feeding to the feeding mechanism 2 and the receiving body 1 collected in both collecting paths 7 and 10.
It is equipped with 2.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables A. It is a thing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device, the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 according to the second aspect connects the receiving body 1 to the rotary carrier 73 and conveys the receiving body 1 to the fruit and vegetables. It is provided with a support plate 75 that supports the take-out mechanism 9 so that it can descend, and a retainer 78 that presses the front of the receiver 1 to be descended.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetable A. Is.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 5 of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1 is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetable A at uniform intervals. After the take-out mechanism 9, an automatic wrapping machine 14 for wrapping one or several fruit vegetables A taken out by the pick-up mechanism 9 at uniform intervals is arranged.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is provided with an interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetables A at uniform intervals. After the mechanism 13, an automatic wrapping machine 14 for wrapping one or several fruit vegetables A which are arranged at uniform intervals is arranged.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention.
Is the first to convey the receiver 1 fed from the supply mechanism 2.
The carrier 3 ₁ and a plurality of locking tools 15 are provided at regular intervals, and the locking tools 15 are locked to the receiving body ₁ carried by the _first carrier 3 ₁ to keep the receiving body 1 constant. a second carrier 3 ₂ for conveying at intervals, and the third carrier 3 ₃ for conveying the receptacle 1 conveyed by the second faster than the conveying body 3 ₂ of the second carrier 3 ₂ It is composed of

[0013] fruiting automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 8 of the present invention is the second carrier 3 ₂ fastener 15 the pin according to claim 7, Dokakaritomegu 15 to carrier 3 ₂ It can be inserted into and removed from a locking tool insertion portion 26 formed on the side surface of the receiving body 1 to be fed.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, wherein a transfer carrier 3 is provided between the _second carrier 3 ₂ and the third carrier 3 ₃ in the fruit and vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to the seventh aspect.
_It is provided with ₄ .

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the forwarding carrier 12 in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to the first aspect supplies the first collecting passage 7 and the second collecting passage 10, respectively. It is provided separately from the mechanism 2.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, a receiving carrier in which the forwarding carrier 12 in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the first aspect is sent to the first collecting path 7 and the second collecting path 10. It is provided with a merging / conveying mechanism 16 for merging the body 1 and sending it to the supply mechanism 2.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 12 of the present invention, the merging / conveying mechanism 16 according to claim 11 is used as the forwarding carrier 12.
A switching path 113 connected to the first recovery path 7 so as to be freely connectable and disconnectable to and from, and a stopper 114 for stopping the receiver 1 on the forwarding carrier 12 in front of the switching path 113. .

[0018]

According to claim 1 of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device,
When fruit vegetables A are placed one by one on the receiver 1 conveyed to the carrier 3, the grades of these fruit vegetables A are identified by the grade discriminator 4, and the fruit vegetables A of a predetermined grade are activated by the signal of the grade discriminator 4. The vegetable transfer mechanism 6 transfers the vegetables from the receiver 1 to the transfer carrier 5. On the other hand, the fruit vegetables A left in the receiver 1 and conveyed as they are are taken out from the receiver 1 by the fruit picking mechanism 9 and sent to a post-processing step such as a packaging device. In this way, in the automatic sorting apparatus, the fruit vegetables A placed on the receiver 1 are
Are automatically sorted according to the grade into those that are transferred to the transfer carrier 5 and those that are sent to the post-treatment process. Further, in this fruit and vegetable automatic selection device, the fruit 1 which has been emptied by the fruit and vegetable transferring mechanism 6 is emptied and is sent to the first collecting path 7 by the first sending mechanism 8 in the middle of the carrier 3. The empty receiving body 1 from which the fruit and vegetable A is taken out by the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism 9 is sent out from the carrier 3 to the second collecting path 10 by the second sending mechanism 11, and these receivers 1 are forwarded and carried. Is sent to the feeding mechanism 2 and is fed to the carrier 3 by the feeding mechanism 2. Therefore, the receiver 1 is circulated and supplied to the carrier 3, and the fruit A can be placed on the receiver 1 for automatic and continuous selection.

According to claim 2 of the present invention, the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus is provided with the interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the vegetable and vegetable A at a uniform interval before the vegetable and vegetable extracting mechanism 9, so that the vegetable and vegetable A are aligned at a uniform interval. Taken out.

According to claim 3 of the present invention, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device, the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 connects the receiving body 1 and conveys it, and the conveyed receiving body 1 at the fruit and vegetable taking out mechanism 9. Since the support plate 75 that supports the receiver 1 so that it can be lowered and the pressing member 78 that presses the front of the receiver 1 that is lowered are provided, the receivers 1 that are conveyed at even intervals are horizontally placed at the fruit picking mechanism 9. Then, the fruit vegetables A on the receiver 1 can be safely taken over by the fruit vegetables extraction mechanism 9.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to claim 4 of the present invention, since the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism 9 is provided with the interval aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the fruit and vegetables A at a uniform interval, the fruit and vegetables A are aligned at a uniform interval. Taken out.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the fruit and vegetable A which are arranged at uniform intervals by the sorting are automatically packaged by the automatic packaging machine 14 one by one or several by several.

In the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the vegetable and vegetable fruits A, which are arranged at uniform intervals by the sorting, are automatically packaged one by one or several by the automatic packaging machine 14.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 7 of the present invention, the carrier 3 receives the carrier 1 fed from the supply mechanism 2.
First and carrier 3 _first, the locking member 15 is provided a large number at regular intervals and the locking member 15 is first carrier 3 for conveying the ₁
The second carrier 3 ₂ that locks the receiver 1 conveyed by the second carrier 3 ₂ and conveys the receiver 1 at a constant interval, and the second carrier 3 ₂ conveyed by the _second carrier 3 ₂ Since it is composed of a third carrier 3 ₃ that carries the fruit vegetables A at a higher speed than the carrier 3 ₂ , the first receiver 1 fed from the supply mechanism 2 is used.
When the carrier 3 ₁ of FIG. ₁ conveys without spacing, the receivers 1 are evenly arranged by the second carrier 3 _{2, and} when the fruit A is placed on the receiver 1 and conveyed, during conveyance, The classification of the fruit vegetables A by the class identifier 4 and the position management of the identified fruit vegetables A become easy, and the fruit vegetables A by the fruit vegetable transfer mechanism 6 becomes easy.
The transfer to the transfer carrier 5 is performed at a reliable timing. Further, even if the receivers 1 emptied by the transfer to the transfer carrier 5 are sent to the first recovery path 7, the receivers 1 conveyed to the carrier 3 ₂ may have sparse intervals. The receiving body 1 is fast-forwarded by the high-speed third conveying body 3 ₃ to close the gap.

[0025] In greenhouse vegetable automatic sorting apparatus according to claim 8 of the present invention, the second carrier 3 ₂ fastener 15 is pin receptacle 1 Dokakaritomegu 15 is fed to the carrier 3 ₂ for which is removably inserted into the locking member insertion portion 26 formed on the side surface, it can be or clear connected to the transfer member 3 ₂ receptacle 1 only insertion of Dokakaritomegu 15. Moreover, if the locking tool 15 is locked at two positions in the front and rear of the locking tool insertion portion 26 of the receiving body 1, the receiving tool 1 can be secured with the two locking tools 15.
6, the support 1 is horizontally supported, one of the locking tools 15 is removed to support the receiving body 1 by tilting it as shown in FIG. 18, and both the locking tools 15 are removed to support the receiving body 1 of FIG. It is very easy to remove.

In the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 9 of the present invention, since the take-up carrier 3 ₅ is provided between the second carrier 3 ₂ and the third carrier 3 ₃ , the receiver 1 from the second carrier 3 ₂ having a slow speed to the third carrier 3 having a high speed
It can be replaced smoothly to ₃ .

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the forwarding carrier 12 is provided separately between each of the first collecting path 7 and the second collecting path 10 and the supply mechanism 2. Therefore, the receiving body 1 collected in the first collecting path 7 and the receiving body 1 collected in the second collecting path 10 are separate transport carriers 1
It can be sent by 2 and sent to the supply mechanism 2.

In the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the transport carrier 12 joins the receivers 1 sent to the first and second collection paths 7 and 10 to the supply mechanism 2. Since the merging / conveying mechanism 16 for sending is provided, after the merging / conveying mechanism 16 merges the receiving body 1 collected in the first collecting path 7 and the receiving body 1 collected in the second collecting path 10. It is fed by one feeding carrier 12 and fed to the supply mechanism 2.

In the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the switching path 1 connected to the first recovery path 7 so that the confluent transfer mechanism 16 can be connected to and disconnected from the forward transfer body 12.
13 and a stopper 114 for stopping the receiver 1 on the forwarding carrier 12 before the switching path 113,
When the switching path 113 is connected to the second recovery path 10 and the receiver 1 sent to the first recovery path 7 is merged with the second recovery path 10, it is transported to the second recovery path 10. If the receiver 1 is stopped by the stopper 114, the receiver 1 sent to the forwarding carrier 12 can join the receiver 1 sent from the first recovery path 7 without colliding.

[0030]

1 to 20 show an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a side view and a plan view showing an overall outline of the automatic sorting apparatus, and FIGS. 3 is a perspective view of each part of the automatic sorting apparatus, FIG. 2 is a front end portion of the apparatus, FIG. 3 is a continuation portion of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a continuation portion of FIG.
Shows the continued part (rear end part) of FIG. See also FIG.
20 to 20 are detailed views of each part of the automatic sorting apparatus.

This automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus is roughly as shown in FIG.
In the configuration as shown in FIG. 1, a large number of receivers 1 on which cucumber (fruit vegetables) A are placed, a supply mechanism 2 for feeding the receivers 1, and a carrier 3 for conveying the receivers 1 sent from the supply mechanism 2.
(3 ₁ , 3 ₂ , 3 ₃ , 3 ₄ ), a grade discriminator 4 for discriminating the grade of the fruit A on the receiving body 1 during conveyance by the conveying body 3, and a grade discriminating signal by the grade discriminating device 4. Based on the position information of the receiver 1, a predetermined grade of fruit vegetables A is transferred from the receiver 1 to the carrier 5 (5
_1, 5 _2, 5 _3, 5 _4, and 5 ₅₎ was transferred to the Order fruiting transfer sorting mechanism 6 (6 _1, 6 _2, 6 _3, 6 _4, 6 _5), emptied been transferred is fruit vegetables A The first delivery mechanism 8 for detaching the receiving body 1 from the transport body 3 and delivering it to the first recovery path 7 and the fruit vegetables A
Receiving body 1 that is continuously carried by carrier body 3 with the carrier placed
Remove fruit vegetable A from the post-treatment process (automatic packaging machine 14)
To the second collection mechanism 10, and a second delivery mechanism 11 for delivering the empty receiver 1 from which the fruits and vegetables A have been removed to the second recovery passage 10, and the receivers recovered to both the recovery passages 7 and 10. 1
Is provided to the feeding mechanism 2. A detailed description of each part of this apparatus will be given below.

[0032]

[Description of Receiver 1] The receiver 1 is made of ABS resin, and more specifically, it is manufactured in a pallet shape as shown in FIGS. 7 (a) to 7 (c). The length (L) of the receiver 1 in the front-rear direction is about 90 m.
m, the length (W) in the width direction is about 300 mm,
On the upper surface 21, the cucumber A can be laid sideways and placed (as the fruit and vegetable placing portion 24). A groove 25, a groove 26, and a groove 27 are formed on the upper surface 21, the side surface 22, and the bottom surface 23 of the main body 20 of the receiving body 1, respectively, of which the upper surface 21 prevents displacement of the placed cucumber A. A position shift prevention tool 28 is provided.

The grooves 25 on the upper surface 21 are formed in a slender shape along the front-back direction of the receiver 1, and are provided in two rows at intervals in the lateral width direction of the receiver 1, that is, the W direction in FIG. Each groove 25
The slender belt conveyor (fruit picking jig) 98 of the picking mechanism 9 can be inserted straight from the front side, and the belt conveyor 98 inserted in the groove 25 can be moved upward and pulled out as it is. I can do it. The cucumber A on the receiver 1 can be safely picked up by the belt conveyor 98.

The grooves 25 of the upper surface 21 are formed such that both side walls thereof are slightly inclined, so that the light of the grade discriminator 4 which is vertically irradiated from above the receiving body 1 toward the receiving body 1 is the same. The grade discriminator 4 is appropriately returned. By doing so, the image obtained by the grade classifier 4 is less likely to be shaded by the groove 25, and the grade classification can be performed with high accuracy. Since this depends on the type of the classifier 4 and the classification method, it is not always necessary to incline the wall surface of the groove 25 of the receiver 1.

Groove of the side surface 22 (locking tool insertion portion) 26
Is formed in a slender shape from the rear side to the front side of the receiving body 1, the rear end 26a of the groove 26 is opened on the rear surface of the receiving body 1, and the front end 26b of the groove 26 is opened on the front surface of the receiving body 1. The edges are rounded instead of being stopped. As shown in FIG. 13, the locking tool 15 of the carrier 3 (3 ₂ ) can be inserted into and removed from the groove 26. Further, as shown in FIG. When inserted, both catches 15 can support the receiver 1 horizontally, and when only the catch 15 on the rear side is pulled out from the groove 26 as shown in FIG. 17, the catch 1 is tilted sideways as shown in FIG. It is possible to release the support of the receiving body 1 by pulling out all the locking tools 15 from the groove 26 as shown in FIG.

The grooves 27 of the bottom surface 23 are formed in a slender shape along the front-rear direction of the receiver 1, and are provided in two rows at intervals in the lateral width direction of the receiver 1, that is, the W direction in FIG. Each groove 27
It is possible to set a plate-shaped guide rail as shown in the figure, so that the receiver 1 can be moved along the rail while being supported by the guide rail. Such guide rails are provided at various places in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus, and for example, the first collecting path 7 shown in FIG.
The sliding body 110, the sliding body 111 of the second recovery path 10 shown in FIG. 10, the support guide 44 shown in FIG.

The displacement prevention tool 28 is provided on the upper surface 2 of the receiver 1.
It is made by attaching a plate material made of rubber or urethane to 1 and can be fixed by sandwiching both sides of the cucumber A with the plate material as shown in FIGS. Cucumber A on each plate
The corner of the part that comes into contact with is chamfered (rounded) so that the cucumber A is not damaged by the plate material.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, a felt 29 is attached to the rear surface of the receiving body 1 so that the receiving body 1 and the receiving body 1 collide with each other via the felt 29.
The felt 29 prevents a large noise from being generated even if the receivers 1 collide with each other.

[0039]

[Description of Supply Mechanism 2] The supply mechanism 2 is provided on the front end side of the carrier 3 as shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 3, the sprocket gears 30 and 31 are vertically spaced from each other, and the sprocket gears 30 and 31 are spaced apart from each other.
A rotator (chain) 32 rotatably supported by
And a support portion 33 mounted on the chain 32 at a constant interval to mount the receiver 1 on the chain 32 so that the receiver 1 can be raised, and a drive motor 34 for rotationally driving the sprocket gear 30. The rotary carrier (elevator) 35 composed of and the receiver 1 raised by the elevator 35 is carried at a desired height by the carrier 3 (first carrier 3 ₁ ).
It is composed of an extruder 36 for extruding.

In this elevator 35, the one-way clutch provided in the transmission system between the drive motor 34 and the sprocket gear 30 drives the chain 32 to rotate only in the direction of the arrow f, and for some reason the lifting ability of the elevator 35 decreases. The receiver 1 which is also raised is prevented from falling.

The supporting portion 33 is designed to fit snugly into the groove 27 formed in the bottom surface 23 of the receiving body 1 so that the receiving body 1 supported by the supporting portion 33 does not shake while rising. There is. Further, the tip of the support portion 33 is tapered so as to be tapered, so that the receiving body 1 can be smoothly fed into the support portion 33.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 15, a stop plate 37 is provided at the lower portion of the elevator 35 for stopping the receiving body 1 fed from the forwarding carrier 12. A roller 38 with a rubber ring is attached to the stopper plate 37 as shown in FIG.
The roller 38 with the rubber ring is rotatable. Therefore, the transporting carrier 12 to the stop plate 3
When the receiver 1 is sent to 7, the rubber of the roller 38 serves as a cushion to prevent the receiver 1 from returning,
Further, the rotation of the roller 38 makes it possible to raise the receiver 1 smoothly.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 15, a rotatable driven roller 39 for temporarily supporting the bottom surface 23 of the receiver 1 pushed out by the extruder 36 is provided in the upper portion of the elevator 35. The driven roller 39 is used for the carrier 3
It is provided at a position slightly lower than that, and temporarily supports the receiving body 1 that is pushed out by the extruder 36 at a position slightly lower than the height of the conveying body 3, and the receiving body 1 rides up the roller 39. Therefore, it is possible to smoothly transfer to the carrier 3.

Although not shown, the driven roller 3
Inside of 9, a belt conveyor using a rubber belt is provided. This belt conveyor is designed to temporarily take over the receiver 1 sent from the extruder 36, and to reliably send the receiver 1 to the carrier 3 by the force of the rubber belt.

[0045]

[Description of Carrier 3] As shown in FIG. 1, the carrier 3 includes a _first carrier 3 ₁ , a second carrier 3 _2, and a third carrier 3 _3.
A transfer carrier 3 ₄ is provided between the second carrier 3 ₂ and the third carrier 3 ₃ . Further, in front of the third carrier 3 ₃ , there is also provided a space alignment mechanism 13 for aligning the space between the receivers 1 transported by the carrier 3 ₃ .

The carrier 3 ₁ of the first FIG 1,2,8,1
2 and 15, the sprocket gears 40 and 41, which are spaced apart in the front-rear direction, and the sprocket gear 4
Roller chain 4 that can be rotated by being hung on 0 and 41
2, a drive motor 43 that rotationally drives the sprocket gear 41, and a groove 2 on the bottom surface of the receiving body 1 that horizontally supports the roller chain 42 and is carried on the roller chain 42.
7 and a support guide 44 that guides the receiving body 1.

The roller chain 42 is a chain in which a large number of resin rollers 45 are rotatably attached. As shown in FIG. 13, each roller 45 has a large diameter at its central portion and small diameters at both outer portions. It is made in. The support guide 44 for supporting the roller chain 42 is manufactured so as to support only the small diameter portion of the roller 45 and not the large diameter portion. Therefore, the roller chain 4
When 2 runs on the support guide 44, the small diameter portion of the roller 45 supported by the guide 44 is rotationally driven, whereby the large diameter portion of the roller 45 rotates faster than the small diameter portion. . Thus, receptacle 1 loaded in the carrier 3 _1, and is conveyed in the direction of arrow X at a speed higher than the moving speed of the roller chain 42.

[0048] Also in this transport body 3 _1, thereby making it possible to stop the receiving body 1 which carries thereon even while it is traveling roller chain 42 by an external force. The carrier 3 ₁ are those commonly referred to as free flow conveyor.

[0049] The second carrier 3 ₂ 1-4, 6,
8, 9, 13, 14, shown in FIGS. 16-20, with sprocket gears 50, 5 spaced apart in the anteroposterior direction.
1 and other auxiliary sprocket gears 52, a chain 53 rotatable around these sprocket gears 50 to 52, a locking tool 15 attached to the chain 53 at regular intervals, and the chain 53 supported horizontally. It comprises a support guide 54 and a sprocket gear drive motor (not shown).

A torque limit mechanism is provided in the power transmission system between the drive motor and the sprocket gear.
When an unexpectedly large force is applied to the chain 53 for some reason, the sprocket gear idles so that the chain 53 cannot be driven any more.

As shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the locking member 15 is an elongated pin-shaped object attached to the side surface of the chain 53 so as to be slidable in the direction of arrow ab). A roller 56 is rotatably attached to a tip end portion which is inserted into the groove 26 of the side surface 22, and an operation body 57 for pushing or pulling the locking tool 15 in the arrow ab direction is attached to the other end. is there.

At the front side of the second carrier 3 _{2 in} the carrying direction (FIG. 2), that is, at the place where the receiver 1 is sent from the carrier 3 ₁ to the carrier 3 ₂ , a locking device 15 is provided. There is provided a pushing tool 60 that pushes out the operating body 57 to the receiving body 1 side to insert the tip of the locking tool 15 into the groove 26 of the receiving body 1. As shown in FIG. 16, this pushing tool 60 is formed by forming a slope 62 on a metal block 61 so that the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 is gradually pushed toward the receiving body 1 side. This push tool 60
Is is provided with on both outer sides of the conveying body 3 _2, are to all the fastener 15 passing therethrough to be able to push the receiving body 1 side. Therefore, the receiver 1 delivered from the first carrier 3 ₁ is transferred to the carrier 3 ₂ at the pusher 60.
They are connected one after another and transported at equal intervals.

[0053] Also not shown at the conveying direction front side of the conveying body 3 _2, so that the receiving body 1 come fed from the first carrier 3 ₁ is fed reliably into the carrier 3 ₂ A rubber belt carrier is provided in the. As can be locked further engaged reliably transport body 3 _second fastener 15 to the first one by one carrier 3 ₁ comes fed continuously from receptacle 1, the receptacle 1 receptacle 1 the sides lightly pressing it is provided a brake mechanism for stopping or decelerating the temporary receptacle 1 to be conveyed is engaged with the carrier 3 ₂ of fastener 15.

[0054] Further is provided an encoder 130 of the optical measuring the amount of movement of the chain 53 (moving speed) in the middle of the carrier 3 ₂ (Figure 2). This encoder 13
As shown in FIG. 14, 0 is a sprocket gear 131 that is rotationally driven by the chain 53, a disc 133 with a hole 132 that is rotated by the gear 131, and a disc 133.
It is composed of a light emitting element 134 and a light receiving element 135 which are arranged on both outsides of the light emitting element.

This encoder 130 has a chain 53
When the disc 133 between the light emitting element 134 and the light receiving element 135 is rotated by traveling, the light emitted from the light emitting element 134 may or may not pass through the hole 132 of the disc 133. The light received by the element 135 is pulsed, and the speed of the chain 53 can be detected from the pattern of the received light pulse. In addition,
The pattern of this received light pulse is a sequencer (not shown) that centrally and automatically controls the operation of the automatic fruit and vegetable selection device.
It is designed to be sent out as an electric signal.

[0056] Further, the second carrier 3 of the _second conveying direction other party side where, i.e. where the receiving body 1 is fed from the carrier 3 ₂ acceptor 1 operation body 57 of the fastener 15 There is provided a pullout tool 65 that pulls the tip of the locking tool 15 out of the groove 26 of the receiving body 1 by pulling it outward. As shown in FIG. 20, the pull-out tool 65 has a metal block 66 and an operating body 5 for the locking tool 15.
Slope 67 designed to gradually pull out 7 to the outside of the receiver 1.
Is formed. The pulling out device 65 is provided with the both outer sides of the conveying body 3 _2, are to all the fastener 15 passing therethrough can be pulled out to the outside of the receptacle 1. For this reason, the receiving body 1 connected to and transported by the transporting body 3 ₂ is entirely separated from the transporting body 3 ₂ at the drawer 65.

[0057] The third carrier 3 ₃ Figure 4, 10,
19 is a free flow conveyor (conveyor) including a roller chain 68 having the same structure as the _first conveyor 31. However, the transport speed of this transport body 3 ₃ is set to be about twice as fast as that of the second transport body 3 ₂ , and the total length is long so that many receiving bodies 1 can be pooled. . For this reason, the receivers 1 fed into the carrier 3 ₃ are collected at a destination while being conveyed at a high speed, and are pooled. And for some reason, this carrier 3
_Even if the receiver 1 is temporarily not supplied to ₃ , the cucumber A of the receiver 1 is continuously supplied without stopping the subsequent processing steps until all the receivers 1 pooled here are used up. Can be processed.

The take-up carrier 34 is shown in FIGS. 1, _{4 and 9 and} is a conveyor using a rubber belt 69. The take-up carrier 3 ₄ is configured so that the receiver 1 can be reliably transferred from the second carrier 3 _{2 having} a slower carrying speed to the third carrier 3 _{3 having} a faster carrying speed by the large frictional force of the rubber belt. There is.

The spacing alignment mechanism 13 is shown in FIGS.
11 and the sprocket gears 70, 71, 72
A chain 73 (rotary carrier) that is rotatably attached to the sprocket gears 70 to 72, a holder 74 attached to the chain 73 at a constant interval, and a support plate that supports the bottom of the receiver 1. 75 and a drive motor (not shown).

The holder 74 is the carrier 3 ₂ described above.
It is a pin-shaped object like the locking tool 15 of
It is attached to the side of 3 so as to be slidable. Then, the holders 74 are inserted into the grooves 26 of the receiver 1 arranged inside the chain 73 from both outsides thereof to connect the receiver 1 to the chain 73, or the holders 7 are provided on both outsides of the receiver 1.
4 can be pulled out to detach the receiving body 1 from the chain 73.

The supporting plate 75 has its tip portion shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, it is inclined downward at an angle, and the chain 73 is also inclined along this. Further, a rotatable pressing member 78 for pressing the front surface of the receiving body 1 which is locked by the chain 73 and conveyed is provided in this inclined portion. This retainer 78 keeps the receiver 1 that is connected to the chain 73 and conveyed and descends down the inclined surface, and prevents the receiver 1 from being pushed forward by the force until then and slides down along the inclined surface by itself. It holds the support 1 so that the receiver 1 can be surely and horizontally lowered along the inclined surface of the support plate 75 (when the receiver 1 is tilted, the cucumber A placed on the receiver 1 rolls. It is not good, and in some cases, it may fall on the belt conveyor 98 of the fruit picking mechanism 9 without being mounted). In addition, this presser foot 7
A driven roller 79 is attached to the tip of 8
I also tried not to disturb the smooth descent of the.

At the front side of the alignment mechanism 13 in the conveying direction,
That is, at the place where the receiver 1 is sent out from the carrier 3 ₃ ,
A pusher 76 (same as the pusher 60 of the carrier 32 shown in FIG. 15) that pushes the holding tool 74 toward the receiving body 1 side and inserts the tip of the holding tool 74 into the groove 26 of the receiving body ₁ is used. It is provided. Also it is provided with a belt conveyor for taking over as receptacle 1 is fed out reliably from the carrier 3 ₃ in this portion, also securely holder 74 is inserted into and engaged with the groove 26 of each receptacle 1 As described above, there is also provided a brake mechanism that presses both side surfaces of the receiver 1 to stop or decelerate the receiver 1.

At the front side of the aligning mechanism 13 in the transport direction (at the sprocket gear 72), the holders 74 are pulled to both outsides of the receiving body 1 so that the tips of the holding means 74 are in the groove 2 of the receiving body 1.
A release tool 77 for removing from 6 is provided. In this embodiment, the releasing tool 77, the receiving body 1 and the series of conveying bodies 3 to the second collecting path 1 are used.
It is a sending mechanism 11 for sending out to 0.

[0064]

[Explanation of grade discriminator 4] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the grade discriminator 4 is provided above the carrier 3 (second carrier 3 ₂ ) and is received by the carrier 3 _2. An electronic camera for photographing the cucumber A on the body 1 and a processing circuit for calculating the image data of the cucumber A to determine the grade of the cucumber A from the curve and size of the cucumber A are provided. This processing circuit classifies cucumber A as "AM", "AL", "2S", "B", "C", "
It is made possible to classify into 6 categories of "Other". And the grade data of the cucumber A obtained here is sent to the sequencer as an electric signal.

[0065]

[Description of transfer carrier 5] Transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5
₃ ...), as shown in FIG. 1, 3, 6, 9, is provided with the second carrier 3 ₂ lower, 5 in total along the second conveying direction of the conveying member 3 ₂ There are rows. And the carrier 3
_{When the} cucumber A is dropped from the receiver 1 transported by _{2, the} cucumber A can be caught and transported.
As shown in FIG. 9, the conveyor belt 80 used for the conveyor 5 is highly elastic, and can safely receive the cucumber A dropped from the receiver 1.

Each transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ ...
As shown in FIG. 6, a conveyor belt conveyor 81 is provided in front of the () marks and a turntable 82 is provided in front of each conveyor belt conveyor 81. In addition, a work space for workers is provided beside the conveyor belt conveyor 81, in which the workers are
The cucumber A transported to 1 is picked up by hand and can be packed in a cardboard box. The cucumber A that was not picked up here was designed to be placed on the turntable 82 so that the worker could pick up the cucumber A from the turntable 82 and put it in the box when the hands were free. is there.

The transfer carrier 5 (5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ ...
..) Among them, the carrier 5 ₁ is a carrier carrying "AL" grade cucumber A, the carrier 5 ₂ is a carrier carrying "2S" grade cucumber A, and the carrier 5 ₃ is "B". Conveyor carrying grade cucumber A, carrier 5 ₄ is a carrier carrying "C" grade cucumber A, and carrier 5 ₅ is a carrier carrying "other" grade cucumber A. The cucumber A of the grade designated respectively by the fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6 which will be described later is conveyed to the bodies 5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ .

[0068]

[Explanation of Fruit and Vegetable Transfer Mechanism 6] Fruit and Vegetable Transfer Mechanism 6 (6 ₁ ,
6 ₂ , 6 ₃ ...) are shown in FIGS. 1, ₃ , 6, 9, 13, 17,
As shown in FIG. 18, the transfer carriers 5 ₁ , 5 ₂ , 5 ₃ ...
Are provided on both sides of the second carrier 3 ₂ above. For details of each fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism 6 ₁ , 6 ₂ , 6 ₃ ...
As shown in FIGS. 17 and 18, a transfer movable body 90 for locking the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 which is locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1 and an arrow a- in FIG. and a transfer driving body 91 for pulling out the locking tool 15 that is movable in the b direction and locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1.
As shown in FIG. 18, the brake plate 93 is provided so as to prevent the swinging of the receiving body 1 which is disengaged when the 5 is removed, so as to stop the swing by pressing both side surfaces of the receiving body 1.

The transfer driving body 91 is operated by a signal output from the sequencer. The sequencer, the grade information Grade identifier 4 is detected, and the conveying speed of the conveying body 3 ₂ optical encoder 130 detects information (information for grasping the position of the receptacle 1), driving Utsurigae Based on strict position information of the receiving body 1 from an optical sensor (not shown) provided slightly in front of the body 91, a signal is output to the shifting drive body 91 at a timely timing, and the same is used for the same movement. The driver 91 is operated. And receiver 1
Of the two locking members 15 inserted and locked in, the rear locking member 15 can be reliably pulled out.

When the receiving body 1 on which the "AL" grade cucumber A is placed is conveyed by the conveying body 3 _{2, the} fruit and vegetable transferring mechanism 6 ₁ operates the transferring drive body 91 to receive the receiving body. By pulling out only the rear locking device 15 from the groove 26 of 1, the receiver 1 on which the "AL" grade cucumber A is placed is laid sideways as shown in Fig. 18, and the "AL" grade cucumber A is placed. "A
The transfer mechanism 6 ₂ is placed on the transfer carrier 5 ₁ for the L ”grade. Similarly, the transfer mechanism 6 _{2 transfers} the“ 2S ”grade cucumber A to the“ 2S ”.
The carrier 5 ₂ grade, the carrier 5 ₃ cucumber A a "B" grade Utsurigae mechanism 6 ₃ "B" grade, Utsurigae mechanism 6 ₄
The carrier 5 ₄ for "C" grade cucumbers A of "C" grade,
Utsurigae mechanism 6 ₅ "Other" the cucumber A grade "Other"
Each of them is transferred to the grade carrier 5 ₅ .

[0071]

[Description of First Delivery Mechanism 8] The first delivery mechanism 8 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 4,6,9,19, it is provided on both sides of the carrier 3 ₂ other party than fruit vegetables transfer replacement mechanism 6. This sending mechanism 8
19, as shown in FIG. 19, a first separating movable body 95 for locking the operating body 57 of the locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1, and an arrow in the same figure. And a first separation driving body 96 that is movable in the direction and pulls out the locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1.

This sending mechanism 8 is operated by the signal output from the sequencer, and when the receiver 1 which is in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. Then, the remaining one locking tool 15 locked in the groove 26 of the receiving body 1 is pulled out. Then it is to send out empty receptacle 1 which is detached from the carrier 3 ₂ to guide rail 110 of the first recovery passage 7.

[0073]

[Explanation of the vegetable picking mechanism 9] The vegetable picking mechanism 9 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 5, 10, and 11, the space alignment mechanism 13 is provided at the rear end side. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the fruit and vegetable removing mechanism 9 is provided with two elongated belt conveyors (fruit and vegetable extracting jigs) 98 that can be inserted into the grooves 25 on the upper surface of the receiver 1, and the space aligning mechanism 13 is provided. The belt conveyor 98 is inserted into the receiver 1 conveyed by
The cucumber A on the receiver 1 can be picked up from the receiver 1 at the position where it is horizontally lowered by the interval alignment mechanism 13.

An automatic wrapping machine 14 is provided at the end of the fruit and vegetable picking-up mechanism 9, and the cucumbers A taken out in the state aligned by the fruit and vegetable picking-up mechanism 9 are divided into sheets as shown in FIG. It is designed to be wrapped in 100.
Portion 101 of this sheet 100 that divides cucumber A
A perforation 102 is inserted into the sheet, and the sheet 100 is cut from the perforation 102 so that the packaged cucumber A can be separated one by one or several.

[0075]

[Explanation of the second feeding mechanism 11] The second feeding mechanism 11 is provided in front of the fruit and vegetable aligning mechanism 13 as shown in FIGS. 1, 5, 10 and 11, and the cucumber A is taken out by the fruit and vegetable taking out mechanism 9. The receiving body 1 is sent out from the carrier 3 (spacing alignment mechanism 13) to the second collection path 10 and is provided in the spacing alignment mechanism 13. The receiver 1 separated from the carrier 3 (fruit and vegetable aligning mechanism 13) by the second sending mechanism 11 is the first
It is supported by a guide rail (sliding body) 111 of the recovery path 10 and is slid down.

[0076]

[Explanation of the transport carrier 12] The transport carrier 12 is shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 and 15, they are provided on the lower side of the series of carriers 3. The transfer body 12 includes the receiving body 1 transferred to the guide rail 110 of the first recovery path 7 and the second recovery path 1
0 is provided with a receiving body 1 that is conveyed to the guide rail 111 and a conveying body 112 that conveys to the supply mechanism 2. Further, in the middle of the conveying body 112, the receiving body 1 that is conveyed to the guide rail 110 and a guide body A merging / conveying mechanism 16 for smoothly merging with the receiver 1 conveyed to the rail 111 is provided.

The merging / transporting mechanism 16 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 2, a switching path 113 connected to the guide rail 110 so as to be freely connected to and disconnected from the forwarding carrier 12,
When the receiver 1 from the guide rail 110 is sent to the recovery transport body 12 through the switching path 113, the stopper 114 is provided to stop the receiver on the recovery transport body 2 before the switching path 113.

In the merging / conveying mechanism 16, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, when the receiver 1 is conveyed to the guide rail 110, the switching path 113 automatically lowers, and the stopper 1
14 operates to guide the carrier 112 from the guide rail 111 side.
The receiver 1 that has been conveyed to is temporarily stopped, and during this time, the receiver 1 from the guide rail 110 can be sent to the forwarding carrier 12 through the switching path 113. Further, when the receiving body 1 on the switching path 113 is transferred to the forwarding carrier 12, the switching path 113 is automatically flipped up, and the stop of the receiving body 1 by the stopper 114 is released, so that the forwarding carrier 1
The receiver 1 on 2 is subsequently made movable. In this way, the receiving body 1 of the first recovery path 7 and the receiving body 1 of the second recovery path 10 can be merged without colliding with each other. The series of operations are all controlled by signals from the sequencer.

The carrier 112 is the first carrier 3
Are those using roller chain as well as ₁ and the third carrier 3 _3, are as the roller chain is supported by the support guide 115 (the support guide 115 is 1
2 is the same as the support guide 44 shown in FIG. The labor side of the carrying body 112 in the carrying direction (direction of arrow Y in FIG. 1),
That is, as shown in FIG. 10, an intermediate transfer carrier 121 using a rubber belt 120 is provided at a place where the receiver 1 slides off the guide rail 111, and the receiver 1 slips down from the rail 111 is conveyed. It can be reliably delivered to the body 112. Further, a belt conveyor (not shown) is provided at the end of the conveying direction of the conveying body 112 (direction of arrow Y in FIG. 1) for surely feeding the conveyed receiving body 1 to the supply mechanism 2.

In addition, above the upper end of the switching path 113, a speed reducer 116 for reducing the speed of the receiver 1 sliding down the guide rail 110 of the first recovery path 7 is provided. The speed reducer 116 is a roller whose rotation is suppressed, and comes into contact with the upper surface of the receiving body 1 that slides down to receive the receiving body 1.
Can slow down.

In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 20 described above, the space aligning mechanism 13 for aligning the space between the receiving bodies 1 is provided ahead of the _third transporting body 33. You may take out the cucumber A from the top of the body 3 ₃ . In this case, even if the cucumber A is packed in the automatic packing machine 14 as it is,
Alternatively, a space adjusting device may be separately provided so that the space between the cucumbers A is made uniform and then the cucumber A is packaged.

Further, the receiving body 1 conveyed to the first recovery path 7
And the receiver 1 conveyed to the second recovery path 10 are merged by the merging / conveying mechanism 16 shown in FIG. 9, and then the receiver 1 is sent to the supply mechanism 2. The receiving body 1 conveyed to the second collecting path 10 and the receiving body 1 conveyed to the second collecting path 10 may be directly sent to the supply mechanism 2 without being merged. In this case, it is advisable to separately control the timing of sending the receivers 1 to the supply mechanism 2 by a desired means so that the receivers 1 can be placed one by one on the support portion 33 of the elevator 35 of the supply mechanism 2.

When two or more automatic fruit and vegetable sorting devices of the present invention are used in parallel, the sorting ability is significantly increased. In this case, the transfer carrier 5 of each automatic sorting device is separately provided for each device. Instead of providing the cucumbers, it is preferable that the cucumbers A are arranged so as to straddle the respective devices, and the cucumbers A dropped from the carriers 3 of the respective devices are sequentially merged and placed on the transfer carrier 5. In this way, even if the number of sorting devices is increased, the number of transfer carriers 5 may be five in the case of the device described in FIGS. 1 to 20, and it is not necessary to increase the number of workers.

[0084]

The automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention has the following effects. ． The grades of the fruit vegetables A are automatically identified only by placing the fruit vegetables A one by one on the receiver 1 in the front in the transport direction, and the fruit vegetables A that are based on the identification information are left on the receiver 1 and the fruit extract mechanism 9 is installed. Since the other fruits and vegetables A taken out at this point are placed on the transfer carrier 5 and conveyed, automatic selection of the fruits and vegetables A is realized. ． Since the fruit vegetables A taken out by the fruit vegetables taking-out mechanism 9 remain on the receiver 1 until then, they can be safely selected without being damaged or damaged. ． In particular, if the fruit vegetables A of the main grade are taken out by the fruit picking mechanism 9, extremely efficient selection can be performed. ． Since the receiver 1 used for transporting the fruit vegetables A is circulated,
Fruit vegetables A can be continuously selected.

Particularly, in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to the second to fourth aspects, since the fruit and vegetables A are taken out in the aligned state, the boxing and the packaging by the machine become very easy.

Further, in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to the fifth and sixth aspects, since one or several fruits and vegetables A are packaged and come out, it is possible to pack the fruits and vegetables in a corrugated cardboard box, for example. It's simple and this can be easily implemented on a machine. Therefore, in this case, it is possible to consistently mechanize from sorting to packaging. In addition, the packed fruit vegetables A need not be packaged again, which is convenient for the seller, and also for the consumers, the fruit vegetables A packed in the production area are hygienic. In addition, the packed fruit vegetables A have a better life than the case of being packaged without being packed, and there is also an advantage that the deterioration of freshness is less likely to occur.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, (a) is a side view thereof, and (b) is a plan view thereof.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of the present invention, showing the front end portion of the device.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of the present invention, showing the continuation of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device of the present invention, showing the continuation of FIG.

5 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus of the present invention, showing the continuation of FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an embodiment of the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus of the present invention, showing a conveyor connected to the tip of the transfer carrier of FIG.

FIG. 7 is an example of a receiver used in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus of the present invention, in which (a) is a plan view thereof and (b) is a front view thereof.
(C) is a side view thereof.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing the front end portion of FIG. 2 in detail.

9 is a side view showing in detail a central portion of FIG.

10 is a side view showing the rear end portion of FIG. 5 in detail.

FIG. 11 is a side view showing a part of FIG. 10 in more detail.

FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a roller chain and a receiver that is carried on the roller chain.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing in detail a connecting portion between the receiving body and the second transport body.

FIG. 14 is an example of an optical encoder provided on a second carrier, (a) is a front view thereof, and (b) is a side view with a partial sectional view thereof.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view of a supply mechanism.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view showing how a receiver is connected to a second carrier.

FIG. 17 is a perspective view showing a state in which the receiving body connected to the second transport body is turned over.

FIG. 18 is a perspective view showing a state where the receiving body connected to the second transporting body falls down.

FIG. 19 is a perspective view showing a state in which an empty receiver is removed from the second carrier.

FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing a state in which the receiver on which the fruit and vegetables are placed is taken over from the second carrier to the third carrier.

FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing an example of packaging of fruits and vegetables selected by the automatic vegetable and vegetable selecting device.

FIG. 22 is a plan view showing an example of an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device developed by the applicant of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Fruit and vegetables 1 Receptor 2 Supply mechanism 3 Conveyor 4 Grade classifier 5 Transfer carrier 6 Fruit and vegetables transfer mechanism 7 First collection path 8 First delivery mechanism 9 Fruit and vegetables extraction mechanism 10 Second collection path 11 Second Delivery mechanism 12 Transport carrier 13 Interval alignment mechanism 14 Automatic wrapping machine 15 Locking tool 16 Merging transport mechanism 26 Locking tool insertion part 73 Rotating transport body 75 Support plate 78 Presser foot 113 Switching path 114 Stopper

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A large number of receivers (1) on which fruit vegetables (A) are placed,
A supply mechanism (2) for feeding the receiver (1), a carrier (3) for conveying the receiver (1) fed from the supply mechanism (2), and a grade of fruit vegetables (A) on the receiver (1). And a grade discriminator (4) for identifying the fruits during transportation by the conveyer (3), and the fruit conveyer (A) of a predetermined grade based on the signal of the grade discriminator (4) from the receiver (1) to the conveyer (1). The fruit and vegetable transfer mechanism (6) for transferring to (5) and the empty receiver (1) by which the fruit and vegetables (A) have been transferred are removed from the carrier (3) and transferred to the first recovery path (7). The first feeding mechanism (8) for feeding and fruit vegetables (A)
The fruit vegetable pick-up mechanism (9) that takes out the fruit vegetable (A) from the receiving body (1) that is continuously conveyed by the carrier body (3) and sends it to the post-treatment step, and the fruit vegetable (A) is taken out. A second delivery mechanism (11) for delivering the emptied receiver (1) to the second recovery path (10), and both recovery paths (7) (1)
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device comprising a forwarding carrier (12) for feeding the receiver (1) collected in (0) to the supply mechanism (2). 2. The fruit and vegetable picking mechanism (9) in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval arrangement mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables (A). Automatic sorting device. 3. A fruit picking mechanism (9) according to claim 2, wherein a rotary carrier (73) for connecting and carrying the receiver (1) and a fruit picking mechanism (9) for carrying the carried receiver (1). ), A supporting plate (75) for supporting it so that it can be lowered, and a retainer (78) for pressing the front surface of the receiver (1) to be lowered, an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 4. An automatic fruit and vegetable picking apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising an interval aligning mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables (A) after the fruit and vegetable picking mechanism (9). Sorter. 5. An interval aligning mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables (A) is provided in front of the fruit and vegetable removing mechanism (9) in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device according to claim 1, and the fruit and vegetable removing mechanism (9) is provided. An automatic wrapping machine (14) for wrapping one or several fruit vegetables (A), which are subsequently taken out at uniform intervals.
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by being arranged. 6. An interval aligning mechanism (13) for uniformly aligning the fruit and vegetables (A) is provided after the fruit and vegetable extracting mechanism (9) in the automatic fruit and vegetable selecting device according to claim 1, and the interval and aligning mechanism (1) is provided.
After 3), an automatic packaging machine (14) for packaging one or several fruit vegetables (A) thus arranged at even intervals.
An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by being arranged. 7. A transport of fruit vegetables automatic sorting apparatus of claim 1, wherein body (3) is a first carrier for transporting the receiving body (1) fed from the feed mechanism (2) and (3 _1), engagement Stopper (1
A large number of 5) are provided at regular intervals, and their locking members (15)
Is locked to the receiving body ( ₁ ) conveyed by the first conveying body (3 ₁ ) and conveys the receiving body (1) at regular intervals.
Carrier of (3 ₂₎ and the third carrier that transports faster than receptacle conveyed (1) the second carrier (3 ₂₎ by the second conveying member (3 ₂₎ ( 3 ₃ ) and an automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 8. The receiving member (15) of the second conveyor (3 ₂ ) according to claim 7, wherein the engaging member (15) is a pin, and the engaging member (15) is fed into the conveyor (3 ₂ ). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by being able to be inserted into and removed from a locking tool insertion portion (26) formed on the side surface of (1). 9. A transfer carrier (3 ₄ ) is provided between the second carrier (3 ₂ ) and the third carrier (3 ₃ ) in the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 7. Automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device. 10. The forwarding carrier (12) of the automatic fruit and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a first collecting path (7) and a second collecting path (10) and a supply mechanism (2). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorter characterized by being installed separately. 11. The forwarding carrier (12) in the automatic vegetable and vegetable sorting apparatus according to claim 1, receives the receiver (1) sent to the first collecting path (7) and the second collecting path (10). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device comprising a merging / conveying mechanism (16) for merging and feeding to a supply mechanism (2). 12. The confluent transfer mechanism (16) according to claim 11.
Is a switching path (113) that is connected to the first recovery path (7) so that it can be connected to and disconnected from the forwarding carrier (12), and a receiving path (1) on the forwarding carrier (12). An automatic fruit and vegetable sorting device comprising a stopper (114) which is stopped before (113).