JPS5949883A - Selector - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a sorting device, and more particularly, it is suitable for use in sorting perishable items such as agricultural products or fruits, especially strawberries and 1-mud. The present invention relates to a sorting device that can be provided at a low cost by being placed on top of the container.

As this type of sorting device, a plurality of separate measurement bags 1- are installed in a circulating manner, and while the items to be sorted are stored in packets and transported, they are divided into stages such as weight or shape, and the corresponding sorting is carried out in containers. Generally, once the objects are transported to a certain location, the bucket 1- is tilted and the objects to be sorted are dropped into a container. However, this method uses Ichigo and 1-7.
There is a drawback that it cannot be used for easily damaged items such as 1-. The inventor put this into a dish-shaped container (hereinafter referred to as bread). V
While the bread is being conveyed along the conveyance path, it is sorted according to stages such as "Ichikawa" or shape, and fed into a branch conveyor, where a worker takes out the items to be sorted from the bread and puts them into shipping packs, etc. At the same time, he developed a sorting device that returns empty bread using a return conveyor, and has already filed a patent application (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53103844q).
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The above apparatus has a plurality of branch conveyors connected on both sides of a linear main conveyance path for conveying bread carrying objects to be sorted, and from the end of each branch conveyor, The equipment is large due to the three-dimensional arrangement in which the inflow conveyor is installed at an angle and connects to the return conveyor located below the main conveyance path, and the end of the return conveyor is raised upwards and connected to the main conveyance path. Compound [
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- 1" each, which farmers could not purchase individually.

The present invention further improves the conventional sorting device as described in 2.The purpose of the present invention is to provide a sorting device that can be made into a model and can be provided at a low cost. There is a conveyor for conveying the sorted articles, which places pans containing the sorted articles on the transfer surface and conveys them, and a conveyor for conveying the sorted articles, which is installed at a predetermined interval during the conveyance process. A plurality of measurement devices for each sorting stage measure the weight or size of
A bread extrusion device that operates based on the tU result and pushes the bread out of the conveyance process of the sorted material conveyor; A plurality of branch conveyors for each sorting stage transport the bread extruded by the JTII output device, and a common conveyor for each branch conveyor that takes out the sorted items as appropriate and then merges and conveys the empty bread. An empty bread return conveyor is provided, and the above-mentioned features and other features include a method for conveying objects to be sorted by transporting the pans having a recording medium and storing objects to be sorted as aS on a transfer surface. A conveyor and a device installed at the front stage of the conveyance process of the conveyor to convey the sorted objects are used to measure the size of the objects to be sorted.
? Iil? l! A recording device that records the sorting step on a recording medium of the bread based on the measurement results, and a sorting step that is provided at a predetermined interval during the conveyance process of the sorted object conveyor and reads the recorded contents of the bread. A plurality of other reading devices are provided corresponding to the reading devices, and are operated based on the reading contents of the reading device to move the bread out of the conveying process of the sorted material conveyor.
A bread 1111 dispensing device, and a plurality of branch conveyors for each sorting stage that are connected at a predetermined interval 1d during the conveyance process of the sorted object conveyor and convey the bread pushed out by the bread I dispensing device; Each of these branch conveyors is equipped with a common empty bread return conveyor that takes out the sorted items as appropriate, merges the empty breads, and conveys them.
The reason is that the to-be-sorted v/Jm conveyor, each branch conveyor, and the empty bread return conveyor are arranged so as to be substantially on the same plane.

Preferred embodiments of the present invention are illustrated below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
iY Jun will explain.

FIG. 1 shows a schematic plan view showing the entire apparatus of the present invention. First, an overview of each part will be explained based on FIG.

1 is the empty bread accumulation conveyor, and the four conveyors 1a+i+]+1c+1d running in reverse are the kitrails 2.
They are divided into sections and connected to form a meandering conveyance path. 3 is a conveyor for supplying materials to be sorted, which is in contact with the empty bread accumulating conveyor l, and has three variable forces, "r'c?"
/J:= The conveyor conveyors 3a, 3b, 3c are made up of 1114, and are divided and connected by the kite rail 4 as described above to form a meandering conveyance path. Reference numeral 5 denotes a conveyance contour A7 for objects to be sorted, which is connected to the object supply conveyor 3, and is connected to each conveyor 1a+11++1c+1d+3a+3b+3 by a large number of rollers 6.
It is provided in a straight line in a direction orthogonal to c. Reference numeral 7 denotes a number of storage spaces 91 provided at a certain distance between the sorted material conveyor 5''. 8 is a kite rail, and 9 is a pan J111 output device which also serves as a kite rail.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a branch conveyor, which is connected to the sorted material conveyor 5 at the front of the conveyance direction of the In'11 device 7, and is connected to the conveyor 5 for conveying objects to be sorted.
0a+10b+1. Consisting of Qc, Kiterail 1
1 and connected to form a meandering conveyance path, which is connected to a common empty bread return conveyor 13.

Note that the final branch conveyor 10 is provided with a corresponding in'll device and a bread extrusion device β, and all the bread 12 conveyed to this location flows into the final branch conveyor 10.

Further, the empty bread return conveyor 13 is connected to the empty bread accumulation conveyor 1. Therefore, this empty bread accumulation conveyor 1. Sorted material supply conveyor 3. Sorted material conveyor 5
．． Each branch conveyor 10 and empty bread return = conveyor 13
According to the present invention, each of the conveyors described above is arranged so as to be substantially on the same plane. Note that an appropriate retention section (not shown) may be provided between each branch conveyor 10 and the empty bread return conveyor 13 so that the bread can be retained therein.

14 is a gate stopper, and the material to be sorted supply conveyor 3
It is arranged between the conveyor 5 and the sorted material conveyor 5, and is slid manually or by an appropriate automatic mechanism to freely open and close the conveyance path.

Reference numeral 15 designates a stool provided at the end of each branch conveyor 10, that is, near the inflow end to the empty bread return conveyor 13, and is slid manually or by an appropriate automatic mechanism to freely open and close the conveyance path. ing.

16 is a work table provided along the empty bread return conveyor 13. In addition, 17 is a JIl for sorting materials such as harvested strawberries.
! 18 is a start switch.

Note that the sorted material supply conveyor 3 and the sorted material transport conveyor 5
In this case, the sorted material conveyor 5 is set to be faster. As a result, the bread 12 supplied from the low-speed sorted material supply conveyor 3 is conveyed with a gap between the preceding bread 12 and the following bread 12 for a certain period of time on the sorted material conveyor 5''2. Then, before the following bread 12 is conveyed, the first bread 12 sorted by the bread counting device 7 is smoothly flowed into the branch conveyor 10 by the bread extrusion device 9. .

In addition, between the empty bread accumulating conveyor 1, the material to be sorted J1, and the supply conveyor 3, it is desirable that the empty bread accumulating conveyor 1 is set at a higher speed than the conveyor 3. While the empty pan is at A'i5, objects to be sorted, such as strawberries, can be easily placed on the empty pan.

In addition, in the present invention, it is not necessary to form a circulation conveyance path as described above, and the empty breads sent from the empty bread return conveyor 13 are separately collected into a suitable container (not shown), etc., and then sorted. The product supply conveyor 3 may be automatically supplied with bread by an automatic mechanism (N8 Kushunazu) directly from a container (carried in from a harvest area, etc.) containing bread loaded with materials to be sorted such as strawberries. good.

Next, I will explain the 2 yen details of each part.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show the sorted material conveyor 5 and the picking device 7. FIG.

The shredded material transport conveyor 5 is composed of a large number of rollers 6 placed horizontally on a transport path. On the lower surface of this roller 6, there is a pressing roller 19. Drive roller 20° tension roller 21
The passed endless belt 22 is connected to the nl, and the driving roller 2o is connected to the driving motor 24 by the belt 23, so that the roller 6 is rotated in the conveying direction by the frictional force with the endless belt 22. There is.

The shaft 25 of the drive motor 24 extends in the direction of the empty bread return conveyor 13, as shown in FIG.
An endless belt 2 that constitutes a conveyor for returning empty bread with a single pulley 26 fixed at its tip, pulleys 27 provided at both ends (only one is shown), and a tension roller (not shown).
The loops 8 are crossed so that the endless belt 28 and the endless belt 22 run oppositely to each other by a common driving edge.

Next, as described above, the measurement device 7 is disposed at regular intervals on the object conveyor 5, and measures the bread 12 being conveyed on the object conveyor 5 by its setting. Detects objects that are lighter than the weight, and selects the lighter one as the next ill.
The electricity is sorted in the order of 11 by feeding it into a measuring device.

Further detailed according to FIG. 3, 7; 1n 1 device i
, :j, 7 is supported on a support plate 29 so as to rotate at the heel so as to constitute a part of a large number of rollers 6 of the conveyor 5 for conveying objects to be sorted. Machine 1i
It is supported by t and 9 so as to be able to move slightly in the vertical direction.

That is, a support column 32 erected on a base 31 and an elevator 33 whose upper end is fixed to the support plate 29 are connected to form a parallelogram link by a connecting rod 34 and a balance arm 35. The shoulder roller 30 is moved to the lifting rod 33.
It is designed to be able to move downwards along with the movement. Note that the three 31 ntll rollers 30 are driven separately from the other rollers 6 of the sorted material conveyor 5 by a belt 37 connected to a motor 36. The balance arm 35 has a shaft 38 attached to the support column 32 at its midpoint, and a weight 39 is attached to the lower surface of one end of the balance arm 35.

A magnetic weight 40 is movably attached to the upper surface of the balance arm 35 so that the setter claw of the rod with the shaft 38 as a fulcrum can be changed.

41 is a microswitch provided on the column 32, and its operating arm 42 engages with a projecting pin 43 provided near one end of the balance arm 35, and the weight of the pan containing the material to be sorted is set. It is heavier than the child claw, and when the elevating rod 33 descends and the free end of the balance arm 35 rises accordingly, the protruding pin 43 presses the working arm 42, thereby being thrown in.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a collar that regulates the lowering position of the lifting rod 33, and by minimizing the amount of descent of the lifting rod 33 and the opening roller 30, the bread 12 is not pulled even if the opening roller 30 is lowered. Subsequently, it can proceed on the conveyance path. In this way, even if the amount of descent of the measuring roller 30 is small, the arm length is set so that one end of the balance arm 35 makes an enlarged movement, so that the closing operation of the microswitch 41 is ensured. Ru.

Next, the bread extrusion device 9 will be explained based on FIG.

45 is a rail for sorting, and a conveyor 5 for conveying objects to be sorted.
One end thereof is fixed to a rotating arm 46 having a shaft 47 rotatably attached to the side edge on the opposite side of the branch conveyor 10 .

Reference numeral 48 denotes a coil spring, which is stretched between the tip of the rotating arm 46 and an appropriate fixed part.
7 in the counterclockwise direction of rotation of the hour hand in FIG.
The guide rail 8 is positioned on the same straight line as the guide rail 8, and guides the bread 12.

Reference numeral 50 denotes an electromagnetic solenoid, and the end of a rod 51 thereof is connected to the end KIIf of the rotating arm 46 from the direction of the counter-coil spring 48 via a connecting rod 52.

The electromagnetic solenoid 50 is actuated by turning on the microswitch 41 of the four-measurement device 7, and attracts the rod 51 against the force of the coil spring 48, and the sorting is carried out by moving the rail 45 along the shaft 47. 4th as center
The bread 12 is rotated in the direction of rotation of the hour hand in the figure and positioned obliquely on the conveyor 5 for conveying the sorted items, and the bread 12 that has passed over the three rollers 30 of the four-measuring device 7 is pushed or guided and transferred to the branch conveyor 10. This is something that flows into the country. The electromagnetic solenoid 50 is energized for a certain period of time by a timer (not shown), etc., and after a certain period of time, the sorting rail 45 is again energized by the coil spring 48 and returns to its original position. As a result, the following breads 12, which are conveyed at regular intervals as described above, are conveyed as they are along the conveyor 5 for conveying objects to be sorted.

Next, an empty bread accumulation conveyor 1, a sorted material supply conveyor 3
, the specific configuration of each branch conveyor 10 will be explained according to FIGS. 5 to 10.

FIG. 5 shows a 111th X-XQ sectional view. In the figure, 53 is a belt mounting plate provided to extend in the conveyance direction of each conveyor, and there is free space at both ends of this plate. A beast roller 54 is rotatably supported.

55 is a drive motor (61st pin), and 56 is a shaft supported by a bearing 57 and connected to the drive motor 55 by a bell 1-58.

The shaft 56 extends in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the fifth factor paper, and has a position 11 corresponding to the lower blade of each belt placement plate 53. A drive pulley 59 is fitted to l. 60 is a resin bell I-, and a tension pulley 61 is connected to the bell 1 between an idling roller 54 provided at both ends of the 14 plate 53 and a drive pulley 59.
tJ) has been applied once through tJ). As shown by solid lines and broken lines in FIG. 5, each resin belt 60 of the conveyor in contact with <Vf is alternately inscribed and circumscribed with respect to the drive pulley 59, so that it is alternately run in reverse. 62
is a transfer row provided at a part of a corner of an adjacent conveyor, and is supported by a shaft 63 so as to rotate in a direction jF perpendicular to the conveyance direction of the conveyor. As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the transfer rollers 62 are connected to pulleys 64 arranged in corresponding positions below each transfer roller 62 by a belt 65. and each pulley 6
4 is a pulley 66 provided on the shaft 25 for driving the conveyor 5 for conveying the sorted items and the empty bread return conveyor 13.
They are sequentially connected by a belt 67 so that they can be rotated all at once.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the transfer roller 62 is set so that its upper surface is located slightly higher than the idle rollers 54 located on both sides, and the bread 12 being conveyed is placed at a part of the corner. When the transfer roller 62 moves in the direction of the transfer roller 62 while being guided by the guide rails 2I, 4', and 11', the upper part of the transfer roller 62 easily comes into contact with the lower surface of the pan 12, and the pan 12 is moved by the contact friction. This makes it easier to pull in the conveyance direction and feed it onto the conveyor in the conveyance direction. In order to further facilitate feeding, it is also preferable to set the reversing roller 54 of the conveyor in the conveyance direction lower than the idle roller 54 of the conveyor on the feeding side. On the other hand, the guide rail 2 at the corner part
', 4', 11' are guide rails 2 on the side edge of the conveyor
, 4.11, it is possible to expand the space and facilitate the movement of the bread 12 located in a part of the corner.

The shape of the bread 12 may be any shape as long as it forms a plate and can cut the objects to be sorted such as strawberries, but it may be formed into a circular shape to facilitate sudden turns at some corners of each conveyor. It is preferable to do so.

The present invention is configured as described above.

The objects to be sorted, such as strawberries, are transferred from the container carried to the container table 17 onto the empty bread accumulation conveyor 1 or the empty bread 12 which is carried onto the sorted object supply conveyor 3.
When the object to be sorted is placed on top, the gate stopper 14 is opened, and the object to be sorted is sent onto the conveyor 5, the bread 12 exceeding the set weight in the four measuring device 7 is handled by the bread extrusion device 9 as described above. The objects to be sorted, such as strawberries, are extruded onto each branch conveyor 10 and are sorted according to set weight levels. Here, when the appropriate number of breads 12 have been distributed on the side edges of each branch conveyor, the operator opens the stopper 15 to allow the breads 12 to flow onto the empty bread return conveyor 13, and at the same time place them on the workbench 16. The items to be sorted, such as strawberries, are taken out and packaged in shipping packs, and the empty bread containers 12 can be returned as they are to the empty bread collection conveyor 1 by the empty bread return conveyor 13. . Note that with the stopper 15 closed, the object to be sorted is taken out from the pan 12 within reach, stored in a shipping pack, and then the stopper 15 is opened to allow the empty bread to flow into the empty bread return conveyor 13. You can also do it.

It should be noted that the pans 12 that have not been loaded with objects to be sorted flow from the final branch conveyor 10 into the empty pan return conveyor 13 and are returned.

FIG. 11 shows another embodiment of the lighting device.

In this case, projectors 70a and 701+ that emit beams and light receivers 71a17111 that receive the corresponding beams are provided at regular intervals on both sides of the sorted material conveyor 5 (roller type or belt type may be used). When two beams are interrupted at the same time, the pan t+++ output device 9
It is designed to operate.

A suitable number of the illuminance measuring devices 7I are arranged at regular intervals along the object transport conveyor 5, so that the objects to be sorted are sorted in descending order of size.

FIG. 12 shows another embodiment.

In this embodiment, there is a
Four measuring devices 7+1 are provided, and this word i1 device 1°゛1'
11n of all sorted objects passing through 7+1! II. Classify the sorting stage based on weight, and record the classification contents at appropriate locations on the bread 12 using the recording device 72.1. : The recorded contents are recorded on a recording medium (not shown) made of a magnetic material or the like, and the recorded contents are read and transcribed by the reading device 73 installed at regular intervals during the conveyance of the bread 12. This is to operate the bread extrusion device 9.

In this case, the measuring device (g 7+ +) converts the actual weight into an electrical signal to correspond to the individual weight of the object to be sorted, and classifies this into an electric signal using a 5I calculator etc. The recording device 72 is operated.Alternatively, as shown in Fig. 13, a light emitter 74 and a light receiver 75 are provided facing each other, and set so that one pulse electric signal is output every time the object to be sorted is sent a predetermined distance. By detecting this number of pulses, the thickness of the object to be sorted can be measured, classified, and recorded. 1t for 1 river
It is also possible to use the 11 means and the size measurement lower stage to measure the force component more precisely. 1. In FIG. 12, 76 is a recording device provided on the conveyor 30 for supplying objects to be sorted. This recording device 76 is useful, for example, in sorting apples.

When sorting by grade of force, etc., and then sorting by small quantity or size in each grade, first, if the grade is determined by the 1j visual field and it is determined to be excellent, then ηV, M
The baked bread is stored in the recording device +7. The sorted bread is passed through the recording device 76 on the front side of the yj 76 to record the sorted contents, and if it is possible to pass through the recording device 76, the bread containing it is passed through the recording device Ff.
It is possible to select excellent and excellent by not allowing recording at the rear of 76.

As described below, according to the apparatus of the present invention, since the conveyance path is laid out in a flat manner, the drive source for each conveyor can be shared, resulting in a simple configuration, and the overall size of the apparatus can be reduced to 3S-1H: This has great effects, such as reducing cost by 1-.

IJ, A: Although the present invention has been described in various ways with reference to preferred embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention. Of course, it is possible to make modifications5.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 shows an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, and Fig. 2 is a side view showing a conveyor for conveying objects to be sorted.
1x+, Fig. 3 is a normal m1 view showing the sight measuring device, Fig. 4 is a plan view showing the bread extrusion device, and Fig. 5 is an The mechanism is shown. FIG. 6 is a side view of the device of the present invention, FIG. 7 is a front view showing the IFA moving mechanism of the transfer 1-1-ra, FIG. 8 is a plan view thereof, and FIG. 9 is the idle roller and transfer 11 & FIG. 10 is a plan view of the roller, and FIG. Figures 1 and 13 show other embodiments of the h1 measuring device, respectively. Figure 12 shows other embodiments of the device of the present invention.
It is an is-like plan view. 1 ,,,gjipan accumulation conveyor+ 1 a+
I II + l C+ 1 +1...conveyor,
2, 2I... No.J idle rail, 3... Sorted material supply conveyor + 3a+3''+3C...
Conveyor, 4.4'... Kite rail,
5...Selected material conveyor, 6...Roller + 7+7"7+1...1+1 measuring device, 8
・Kiterail. 9... Bread extrusion device, 10... Branch conveyor. 1 oa+i 011+1 Qc...conveyor,
11.11'...Kiterail, 12...Bread, 13...7) Bread return J' to゛i-1 me1
Nbeya 14...game l~su1-tsuba. 15... Sl ~ brim, 16... workbench, 17
...Container stand, 18...Start switch, 1
,9...Ilg;"ITJ-ra, 20...
Drive roller, 21... Tension roller, 22...
...f! ! (End belt. 23... Bell h, 24... Drive motor, 25...
・Shirt +-, 26, 27...Pulley, 28...
Il! t %: i bell l-, 29... support plate,
30...fTl' 1! ! ITJ-RA, 31
...Base, 32...Support:. 33...υ7 descend 41. 34...Connecting rod, 35
...Balance arm, 36...Motor,
37... Bell h, 38... Shaft, 39...
・Weight, 40... (Shige Igoi) Weight, 41
····Microswitch. 42...Arm for A1-, 43...Protrusion pin,
44・S1~Brim, 45...Rail for sorting, 4
6... Rotating arm, 47...: li1+ 4
8...=fill spring, 49...s I-flange, 50...electromagnetic solenoid, 51...
Rod, 53... Bell 1 - fraud board, 54...
play 11v10-ra, 55... drive motor,
56...Shirts 1~. 57...lll1ll,
58... Bell l-, 59... Drive pulley. 60... Resin pal h, 61... Tension pulley, 62... Transfer roller, 63... Shaft, 6
4...Pulley, 65...Bell h, 66...
Pulley, 67...Bell 1~+70a+7 Qb
... Light emitting device, 71a, 7111... Light receiving) state, 72... Recording device, 73... F''6 capturing device,
74... Light projection: Kan. 75... Light receiver, 76... Recording device l'ft
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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A sorted object conveyor that transports pans containing sorted objects by placing them on a transfer surface, and a sorted object conveyor that is installed at predetermined intervals during the conveyance process of the sorted object conveyor. A plurality of measuring devices for each sorting stage measure the weight or size of the objects to be sorted, and a corresponding N measuring device is provided corresponding to each of these 11 measuring devices.
li! ! ! A bread extrusion device that operates based on the intoxication result from the device and pushes the bread out of the conveyance process of the conveyor for conveying the sorted articles, and a bread extrusion device that is connected at a predetermined interval during the conveyance process of the conveyor for conveying the sorted articles. A plurality of branch conveyors for different sorting stages transport the bread extruded by the bread extrusion device, and each branch conveyor takes out the sorted items as appropriate and then merges and conveys the empty bread. 1. A sorting device comprising: a common empty bread return conveyor; said conveyor for conveying objects to be sorted; and said branch conveyor and empty bread return conveyor arranged so as to be on substantially the same plane. 2. A conveyor for transporting objects to be sorted that carries a pan containing a recording medium and containing objects to be sorted, placed on a transfer surface, and a conveyor for conveying objects to be sorted that is installed before the conveyance process of this conveyor for conveying objects to be sorted. 11. A verbal measuring device for measuring quantity or size;
A recording device is installed in accordance with this terminology and records the sorting stage on a recording medium of the bread based on the measurement results of the measuring device, and the conveyance of the sorted object conveyor is provided. A plurality of readers are provided at predetermined intervals during the process and read the recorded contents of the bread for each sorting stage; A bread extrusion device for pushing out the bread out of the conveyance process of the object conveyor, and a sorting stage separate device connected at a predetermined interval during the conveyance process of the object conveyor to convey the bread extruded by the bread extrusion device. A plurality of branch conveyors are provided, and a common empty bread return conveyor is provided for appropriately taking out the sorted items from each branch conveyor and conveying the empty breads together, and conveying the sorted items. A sorting system characterized by the fact that the conveyor, each branch conveyor, and the empty bread return conveyor are arranged almost on the same plane.1. li.