KR101464734B1 - Mealworm sorting unit and sorting apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a mealworm sorter equipped with a mealworm separating unit, wherein the mealworm sorter comprises: a frame; a feeding hopper which is installed in the frame and is fed with mealworms accommodated in a breeding container, and a bottom material; a ventilating and separating unit which is installed in the frame in a position adjacent to an outlet of the feeding hopper from which the mealworms and bottom material are discharged, so that external air is applied to the mealworms discharged from the feeding hopper and the bottom material is separated from the mealworms; and a mealworm separating unit. The mealworm separating unit comprises: a conveyor belt which transfers the mealworms passed through the ventilating and separating unit, re-separates the bottom material included with the mealworms, is supported by means of a plurality of support rollers installed on the frame in a position adjacent to the ventilating and separating unit to be able to be rotated, and is made of material for adhering the mealworms supplied to the top surface thereof on the surface thereof and transferring the bottom material supplied with the mealworms without the bottom material being adhered to the surface; an operating unit which rotates the support rollers so that the conveyor belt is operated; and a separating member which is installed on the frame at the bottom of the conveyor belt and is equipped with multiple brushes extended to have top ends coming in contact with the surface of the conveyor belt so that the mealworms can be separated from the conveyor belt. The mealworm sorter equipped with a mealworm separating unit according to the present invention applies external air to the bottom material fed in the feeding hopper in the breeding container, and vibration is also applied, so that the mealworms are automatically separated from the bottom material. Accordingly, time and effort needed for sorting work can be reduced.

Description

Mealworm sorting unit and sorting apparatus using the same [

The present invention relates to a wheat-worm separator provided with a wheat-worm separating unit, and more particularly, to a wheat-worm separator provided with a wheat-worm separating unit for separating the wheat-worm from a bottom material contained in a breeding container in which a wheat-

Milworms are mainly used as food for pets. Worldwide, carnivorous pets breeders purchase, feed, or feed on wheat worms and feed mainly on porcupines, lizards, frogs, and tarantulas. The wheat worms lay eggs in the grain, and the eggs are so small that they can not be easily found by the eyes and hatch after 1 to 2 weeks. The rearing period of the wheat worm is about 12 weeks.

The method for raising the wheat worm is as follows. Feed the flooring material such as malt into the inside of the breeding container, then put the larvae in the breeding container. The larvae grow by eating the flooring material contained in the breeding container. As an example of a device for raising and scattering insects in addition to the wheat worm, Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 10-2004-0040657 discloses an apparatus for raising a budworm.

The present invention provides a device for providing a large amount of fireflies, comprising: a container capable of observing the inside thereof; a larval growth portion located in the container and having sand and gravel submerged therein; An oxygen supplying means for supplying oxygen to the water of the growing portion; a toe forming portion in which the larvae of the larva growing portion are positioned so that they can be moved by themselves and moist soil is placed; And a scattering part connected to the soil formation part and formed with a plurality of holes of a size large enough to allow the larva of the firefly that has woken up from the eggs to pass through and a scattering part capable of laying grass leaves.

However, conventionally, since the worker has to manually remove the marshmallows from the breeding container, it is cumbersome and takes a lot of time and effort for the sorting operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a wheat-worm separator provided with a wheat-worm separating unit capable of automatically separating and separating wheat worms from a breeding container.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a worm-worm separating unit including a plurality of supporting rollers rotatably mounted on a frame at a spaced apart position, Wherein the bottoming member is formed of a conveying belt formed of a material to be conveyed in an unattached state, a driving unit for rotating the supporting roller to operate the conveying belt, and a driving unit installed in the frame below the conveying belt, And a plurality of brushes extending from the upper surface of the separating member to contact the surface of the conveyor belt.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a wheat-worm separating unit comprising: a frame; a feed hopper installed in the frame for receiving the wheat worm and the bottom material accommodated in a breeding container in which a plurality of wheat worms are housed; An air blowing / separating unit installed in the frame adjacent to the discharge port of the charging hopper and blowing outside air to the worms discharged from the charging hopper to separate the floor material from the worms; And a plurality of supporting rollers rotatably installed on the frame at an adjacent position of the air blowing and separating unit for separating the floors contained in the pushing worms, Wherein the floor material supplied together with the worm worm is attached to a conveyor A drive unit for rotating the support roller so that the conveyor belt is operated; a drive unit installed on the frame under the conveyor belt, the upper end contacting the surface of the conveyor belt so as to separate the worm from the conveyor belt And a worm-worm separating unit provided with a separating member provided with a plurality of elongated brushes.

The blowing and separating unit includes a blower installed in the frame at a position adjacent to the discharge port of the charging hopper and blowing outside air to the worm and floor material discharged through the discharge port, And a first collection hopper installed in the frame at the position for collecting the floor material separated from the worms by the outside air blown from the blower.

Meanwhile, the wheat-worm separator provided with the wheat-worm separating unit according to the present invention is installed between the air-blowing separating unit and the wheat-worm separating unit and applies vibration to the wheat worms that have passed through the blow- Further comprising a vibration separating unit for supplying the wheat worm to the wheat-worm separating unit, wherein the vibration separating unit comprises a vibrating separating unit for separating the wheat- A diaphragm which is elastically supported on the frame by an elastic supporting member and has a plurality of discharge holes for discharging the bottom material placed on the upper surface together with the worms downward; A second collection hopper for collecting the discharged bottom material, a second collection hopper installed on the frame for vibrating the diaphragm And a vibration applying member.

Wherein the diaphragm is formed on the frame so that a front end portion of the diaphragm, which faces the discharge port of the charging hopper, is positioned above the rear end portion so that the worms positioned on the upper surface can be easily transported by the vibration applied from the vibration applying member, The vibrating separating unit may include a guide member extending along an edge of the diaphragm and protruding upward from an upper surface of the diaphragm, the guide member having a discharge passage formed at an end of the diaphragm corresponding to a rear end of the diaphragm, Respectively.

Meanwhile, the wheat-worm separator provided with the wheat-worm separating unit according to the present invention includes an auxiliary collection hopper installed in the frame under the separating member and collecting the wheat worm separated from the surface of the conveyor belt by the separating member, A conveying member provided on the frame below the outlet of the auxiliary collection hopper and having a conveying path for receiving and transporting the mullock discharged from the auxiliary collection hopper; Further comprising an auxiliary blower for blowing outside air to the pushing worms conveyed along the feed path so as to remove the bottom material contained in the pushing worms.

The wheat-worm separator provided with the wheat-worm separating unit according to the present invention saves time and effort required for the sorting operation by blowing the outside air to the floor material fed from the feeding hopper in the breeding container and automatically separating the wheat- There are advantages to be able to.

1 is a perspective view of a wheat-worm separator provided with a wheat-worm separating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention,
FIG. 2 is a side view of a mill separator provided with the worm-worm separating unit of FIG. 1,
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the wheat-worm separator provided with the wheat-worm separating unit of FIG. 1,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a vibration separating unit of a wheat-worm separator provided with the wheat-worm separating unit of FIG. 1,
Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the worm-worm separating unit of Fig. 1,
6 is a sectional view of the worm-worm separating unit of Fig.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown.

1 to 6 show a milled worm sorter 100 provided with a worm-worm separating unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a device for sorting the milwom from the flooring, "milwom (meal worm), is as one example refers to insects belonging to the geojeorigwa (Tenebrionidae), brown rice, geojeori (Tenebrio molitor) larvae or Great geojeori (Promethis of valgipes ) (aka Super- Millworm ). The wheat worm is bred in a breeding container containing a bottom material.

Referring to the drawings, a wheat-worm separator 100 provided with a worm-worm separating unit includes a frame 200, an input hopper 300, an air-blowing separating unit 400, a vibration separating unit 500, a driving unit, Respectively.

The frame 200 includes a plurality of vertical bars extending in the vertical direction, a plurality of horizontal bars extending in the front-rear direction, and a plurality of extension bars extending in the horizontal direction, A vibration isolating unit 500, a drive unit, and a worm-worm separating unit 600 are installed.

The feeding hopper 300 is installed on the upper part of the frame 200 and has a feeding port formed on the upper surface thereof so that the flooring and the mullock accommodated in the feeding container can be inserted therein. The discharge port is formed to discharge. It is preferable that the closing hopper 300 is formed so that its sectional area decreases from the upper end to the lower end.

The air blowing separation unit 400 is installed in the frame 200 adjacent to the discharge port of the input hopper 300 and separates the floor material from the pushing worms by blowing outside air to the pushing worms discharged from the input hopper 300 A blower 410, and a first collection hopper 420.

The blower 410 is installed in the frame 200 under the hopper 300 and is spaced rearward from the outlet of the hopper 300. The blower 410 is provided with a discharge port 411 through which the outside air is discharged to the front side and a drive shaft (not shown) provided with a plurality of blowing blades on the outer circumferential surface thereof is rotatably installed. Although not shown in the drawing, the drive shaft of the blower 410 is rotated by the drive unit.

The first collection hopper 420 is installed in the frame 200 facing the discharge port 411 of the blower 410 and has an accommodation passage in which the floor material separated from the pushing worm by the blower 410 is accommodated Lt; / RTI > In addition, the first collection hopper 420 is formed with an inlet communicating with the receiving passage so as to be introduced into the bottom material through the receiving passage on the side opposite to the discharge port 411.

A first discharge pipe (421) is installed at a front end of the first collection hopper (420) so that the bottom material in the receiving passage can be discharged to the outside. The first discharge pipe (421) (Not shown) for collecting the bottom material discharged from the first collecting bag 421.

The vibration isolating unit 500 separates the floor material from the worms by applying vibration to the worms passing through the blowing unit 400. The vibration separating unit 500 includes a diaphragm 510, a guide member 520, a second collection hopper 530 And a vibration applying member 540.

The diaphragm 510 is mounted on the frame 200 at a position opposite to the discharge port of the loading hopper 300 and is elastically supported by the elastic supporting portion 511 at a position spaced downward with respect to the blower 410 . The diaphragm 510 has a predetermined thickness and is formed to extend in a longitudinal direction by a predetermined length. The diaphragm 510 is mounted on the upper surface of the pushing worm 300 and has a plurality of exhaust holes 512 penetrating the upper surface of the diaphragm 510 in a vertical direction so that the bottoming material, Respectively.

At this time, the diaphragm 510 is inclined so that the front end adjacent to the discharge port of the charging hopper 300 is located above the rear end, and the rear end is formed so that the width of the rear end is reduced toward the rear.

The elastic supporter 511 includes a plurality of flange members 513 formed at the left and right edges of the diaphragm 510 to be spaced apart from the center of the diaphragm 510 and a flange member 513 disposed to penetrate the flange member 513, 513 fixed to the frame 200 and the upper and lower ends of which are provided on the support rod 515 so as to be in contact with the flange member 513 and the frame 200, And a plurality of coil springs 516 for elastically supporting the coil springs 513 and 513.

The flange member 513 is formed with a through hole penetrating through the support rod 515 in the vertical direction so that the support rod 515 can penetrate through the flange member 513. Further, (Not shown) having a large area.

The guide member 520 extends along the edge of the diaphragm 510 and protrudes upward with respect to the upper surface of the diaphragm 510 to prevent the worms supplied to the upper surface of the diaphragm 510 from escaping to the outside. At this time, the guide member 520 is formed with a discharge passage that is opened to discharge the worms to the outside of the diaphragm 510 at an end corresponding to the rear end of the diaphragm 510.

The second collection hopper 530 is installed on the lower surface of the diaphragm 510 and has an inner space for allowing the bottom material discharged through the discharge hole 512 of the diaphragm 510 to be received therein. Although not shown in the drawing, the second collection hopper 530 is formed so as to be inclined such that the front end portion of the bottom surface is positioned above the rear end portion. The second collection hopper 530 is provided with a second discharge pipe 531 at the rear end so that the floor material accommodated in the inner space can be discharged to the outside and the second discharge pipe 531 is provided at the end of the second discharge pipe 531 (Not shown) for collecting the bottom material discharged from the first collecting bag 531.

The vibration applying member 540 is installed on the frame 200 and applies vibration to the diaphragm 510. The vibration applying member 540 extends in the left and right direction and is supported on the lower surface of the second collection hopper 530 by brackets And a frame (200). The vibration applying member 540 is rotated by a driving unit, and an eccentric member (not shown) is provided on one outer circumferential surface to be eccentric from the rotation center. The vibration applying member 540 is rotated by a drive unit, and applies vibration generated by the eccentric member to the diaphragm 510. Meanwhile, the vibration applying member 540 is not limited to the illustrated example, but may be constituted by a vibrator that generates vibration by an external power source.

The drive unit supplies power to the blower 410 and the vibration applying member 540 and includes a drive motor 555 mounted on the frame 200 and first and second A first driven pulley (not shown) provided at a driving shaft of the blower 410; a second driven pulley (not shown) provided at an end of the vibration applying member 540; And a first transmission belt 556 connected to the first driven pulley and a second transmission belt 557 connected to the second driven pulley and the second driven pulley. In the illustrated example, the driving unit is provided to supply the rotational force to the blower 410 and the vibration applying member 540. However, in place of the driving unit, the driving shaft of the blower 410 and the vibration applying member 540 A rotary motor may be installed.

The worm-worm separating unit 600 removes the worms discharged from the diaphragm 510 and separates the discharged floor material together with the worms. The worm-worm separating unit 600 includes a conveyor belt 610, a driving unit (not shown), a third collection hopper 620, A separating member 630, and an auxiliary collection hopper 640.

The conveyor belts 610 are mounted on a frame 200 below the diaphragm 510 and are supported by a plurality of support rollers 611 rotatably provided on the frame 200 at mutually spaced positions in the forward and backward directions. At this time, the support rollers 611 are preferably installed on the frame 200 spaced apart from each other in the front-rear direction with respect to the rear end of the diaphragm 510.

In the illustrated example, the conveyor belt 610 is formed of a mesh material so that the surface of the conveyor belt 610 is attached, but the bottom material is not attached to the surface. However, the conveyor belt 610 is not limited to the illustrated example, May be formed of a fused material, a cloth material, or a nonwoven fabric material.

Although not shown in the drawing, the driving unit includes an electric motor that is installed on the rotating shaft of at least one of the supporting rollers 611 to rotate the supporting roller 611. At this time, the driving unit drives the support roller 611 so that the push-motion worm seated on the upper part of the conveyor belt 610 is transferred from the rear to the front.

The third collection hopper 620 is installed below the front side support roller 611 of the support rollers 611 and extends forward. At this time, the third collection hopper 620 is inclined so that one end adjacent to the support roller 611 is positioned above the other end, and a discharge path for discharging the bottom material to the outside is provided on the upper surface.

The third collection hopper 620 configured as described above is installed at a position adjacent to the conversion portion in which the operating direction of the conveyor belt 610 is changed, so that when the conveyor belt 610 changes in the operating direction, The floor material separated from the surface is collected and discharged to the outside.

The separating member 630 is installed on the frame 200 under the conveyor belt 610 and extends in the width direction of the conveyor belt 610. The separating member 630 is provided with a plurality of brushes 631 on its upper surface so as to separate the worm worm attached to the surface of the conveyor belt 610 from the conveyor belt 610. The brush 631 is formed of a soft material and has an upper end extended to abut the surface of the conveyor belt 610.

The auxiliary collection hopper 640 is installed in the frame 200 under the separating member 630 and has a top opened collection box 610 for collecting the worms separated from the surface of the conveyor belt 610 by the separating member 630 There is space. The auxiliary collection hopper 640 is formed such that the collection space is reduced as it goes from the top to the bottom. A discharge port (not shown) is formed on the lower surface of the auxiliary collection hopper 640 so that the worms in the collection space can be discharged downward.

Meanwhile, the worm-worm separating unit 600 is installed in the frame 200 on the lower side of the outlet of the auxiliary collection hopper 640, and receives the worms discharged from the auxiliary collection hopper 640, And a transfer member 650 installed on the transfer member 650. The transfer member 650 transfers the air to the worms transferred along the transfer path so as to remove the bottom material contained in the worms transferred along the transfer path, And an auxiliary blower 660 for blowing air.

The conveying member 650 is formed to be slanted so as to extend in the left-right direction and have a left end positioned above the right end. Further, it is preferable that the conveying member 650 is formed so that the left and right sides of the conveying path are opened. Although not shown in the drawing, it is preferable that a collection container is provided at the right end of the transfer member 650 so as to collect selected worms.

The auxiliary blower 660 is installed on the conveying member 650 and blows the outside air in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the pushing worm conveyed through the conveying member 650. The floor material discharged to the conveying member 650 together with the worm through the auxiliary blower 660 is separated from the pushing worm through the open left side of the conveying member 650. [

The operation of the wheat-worm separator 100 provided with the wheat-worm separating unit according to the present invention constructed as described above will be described in detail as follows.

First, the bottom material and the wheat worms contained in the breeding container are introduced into the loading hopper 300 provided on the upper side of the frame 200. The bottom material and the pushing worms injected into the loading hopper 300 are discharged to the outside through the discharge port of the loading hopper 300. At this time, the floor material to be discharged together with the worms is separated into the first collection hopper 420 by the outside air supplied by the blower of the air blowing and separating unit 400.

The worms that have passed through the blower separation unit 400 are seated on the upper surface of the diaphragm 510 of the vibration isolation unit 500. The worms are transported backward along the upper surface of the diaphragm 510. At this time, the diaphragm 510 is vibrated by the vibration applying member 540, and the floor material, which is seated on the upper surface of the diaphragm 510 together with the worms, is secondarily separated from the pushing worms, And is discharged to the collection hopper 530.

The wormhole passed through the diaphragm 510 is conveyed to a conveyor belt 610 provided below the diaphragm 510. The conveyor belt 610 is formed of a cloth material or a nonwoven material, and the worm is attached to the surface, but the bottom material is not attached to the surface. The bottom material that is not attached to the conveyor belt 610 is separated from the conveyor belt 610 at the portion where the operating direction of the conveyor belt 610 is converted and is discharged to the outside through the third collection hopper 620. At this time, the worm worm is attached to the surface of the conveyor belt 610, separated from the surface of the conveyor belt 610 by the brush 631 of the separating member 630, and put into the auxiliary collection hopper 640.

The worms that have been introduced into the auxiliary collection hopper 640 are discharged to the transfer member 650 through the outlet of the auxiliary collection hopper 640 and are transported through the auxiliary blower 660 provided in the transfer member 650, 650) is separated from the pushing worms.

The wheat-worm separator 100 provided with the wheat-worm separating unit according to the present invention configured as described above blows outside air to the floor material introduced into the hopper 300 in the breeding container and automatically separates the wheat- Therefore, there is an advantage that the time and effort required for the sorting operation can be saved.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be determined only by the appended claims.

100: Mill-type worm separator equipped with a worm-worm separating unit
200: frame
300: Feed hopper
400: air blowing unit
410: blower
420: first collection hopper
500: Vibration isolation unit
510: diaphragm
512: Exhaust hole
520: guide member
530: second collection hopper
540: vibration applying member
600: worm-worm separating unit
610: Conveyor belt
611: Support roller
620: Third collection hopper
630: separating member
631: Brushes
640: Auxiliary collection hopper
650:
660: Auxiliary blower

Claims (6)

delete A frame;
A feeding hopper which is installed in the frame and into which the wheat worm and the bottom material accommodated in the breeding container in which a plurality of the worms are bred are charged;
An air blowing / separating unit installed in the frame adjacent to the discharge port of the charging hopper through which the worm and the bottom material are discharged and blowing outside air to the worm worm discharged from the charging hopper to separate the floor material from the worm worm;
The air blowing and separating unit is supported by a plurality of support rollers rotatably installed on the frame at an adjacent position of the air blowing and separating unit, The conveying belt being attached to the surface of the mill worm and being supplied with the worm, the bottom material being supplied to the conveying belt in an unattached state, a driving unit for rotating the supporting roller to operate the conveyor belt, And a worm-worm separating unit provided on the frame under the belt and provided with a separating member provided with a plurality of brushes whose upper ends are in contact with the surface of the conveyor belt so as to separate the worms from the conveyor belt Wherein said worm-separating unit is provided with a worm-worm separating unit.
3. The method of claim 2,
The air blow-
A blower installed in the frame at a position adjacent to the discharge port of the charging hopper and blowing outside air to the worm and floor material discharged through the discharge port,
And a first collection hopper installed in the frame at a position opposed to a vent for discharging outside air of the blower and collecting the bottom material separated from the worm by the outside air blown from the blower. A worm-separator with a unit.
The method according to claim 2 or 3,
A vibration isolating unit installed between the air blowing separating unit and the worm-worm separating unit for applying vibration to the worm passing through the air blowing separating unit to re-separate the floor material from the worm worm and supply the worm to the worm- Respectively,
The vibration isolation unit
Wherein the bottom portion of the bottom portion of the hopper which is mounted on the upper surface is elastically supported by the elastic support portion on the frame opposed to the outlet so that the hopper discharged through the outlet of the hopper is seated on the upper surface, A diaphragm provided with a plurality of discharge holes to be discharged to the discharge port,
A second collection hopper installed at a lower portion of the diaphragm to collect the floor material discharged through the discharge hole,
And a vibration applying member provided on the frame and applying vibration to the diaphragm.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the diaphragm is formed on the frame such that the front end of the diaphragm, which is opposed to the discharge port of the charging hopper, is positioned above the rear end so that the worm worm seated on the upper surface can be easily transferred by the vibration applied from the vibration applying member,
The vibration isolation unit
And a guide member extending along an edge of the diaphragm and protruding upward from an upper surface of the diaphragm and having a discharge passage for discharging the worm to the outside of the diaphragm at an end corresponding to a rear end of the diaphragm Characterized by a worm-worm separating unit.
3. The method of claim 2,
An auxiliary collection hopper installed in the frame below the separation member and collecting the mulled worm separated from the surface of the conveyor belt by the separation member;
A transfer member installed in the frame below the outflow port of the auxiliary collection hopper through which the worm is discharged and having a transfer path for receiving and transporting the worm worm discharged from the auxiliary collection hopper;
And an auxiliary blower installed on the conveying member and blowing the outside air to the mower which is conveyed along the conveying path so as to remove the bottom material contained in the mower worm conveyed along the conveying path, A worm-separator with a worm-worm separator unit.

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