KR101656877B1

KR101656877B1 - sorting device for fruit

Info

Publication number: KR101656877B1
Application number: KR1020150153642A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 김미정
Original assignee: (주)우성에너텍
Priority date: 2015-11-03
Filing date: 2015-11-03
Publication date: 2016-09-12

Abstract

The present invention relates to a fruit sorter, comprising: a fruit sorter (110) for transferring a fruit; The sorting unit 120 includes a support frame 121 and a support frame 121 installed on the support frame 121. The support frame 121 supports the sorting unit 120, And a sorting conveyor 122. The sorting conveyor 122 includes a pair of rail frames 20 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and a pair of sprockets 20 provided at both ends of the rail frame 20, A roller chain 22 connected to the pair of sprockets 23 and circulatingly moved as the sprocket 23 is driven by the driving motor 28, And a plurality of rollers 24 that are moved together with the roller chain 22 so that the distance between the rollers 24 is increased toward the front and the size of the fruit is divided into a plurality of stages to be sorted. The roller spacing of the sorting conveyor is widened toward the front, By dividing the amount of screening in multiple stages, there is a remarkable effect of error is precisely selected by size improves the efficiency and productivity of the operation.

Description

{Sorting device for fruit}

The present invention relates to a fruit sorter, and more particularly, to a fruit sorter that minimizes fruit damage and selects fruit by size.

Generally, the fruits are classified into a size (size) by a fruit and a separator constituting a screening cylinder having a sorting hole by size, as described in the background art in Registration Practical Utility Model Registration No. 20-0458961 (fruit sorter provided with a weight sensor) And the fruits selected by size are packed in a bag or packed in a box or the like depending on the weight.

According to the above-mentioned prior art, according to Registration No. 20-0458961 (a fruit sorter equipped with a weight sensor), the fruit sorter equipped with the weight sensor has a sorting hole 11 formed in a size- A separator (10) having an outlet (13) through which the fruits are sorted and discharged by the sorting container (12) in a size; A receiving bracket 20 coupled to the outside of the outlet of the sorter 10 and having upper and lower openings; A solenoid locking portion 30 formed on the rear surface of the receiving bracket 20 and having the locking piece 31 exposed to the front surface of the receiving bracket 20; An opening / closing part 40 formed at the lower end of the receiving bracket 20 and locked by the locking piece 31 to open / close a lower portion of the receiving bracket 20; When the fruit bag 101 is located at the lower side of the opening and closing part 40 formed at the lower end of the receiving bracket 20 and the fruit bag 101 is hooked and filled with the weight of fruit inside the hanging fruit bag 101, (50) for closing the lower portion of the receiving bracket (20) by activating the receiving bracket (30).

In addition, as another prior art, in Patent Registration No. 10-1530890 (rotary type high-speed sorting machine), there is known a method in which a sorting object of a spherical or non- A rotary sorting machine comprising: a base provided with a driving unit and a control unit for controlling the driving unit; A rotating plate installed on the base, connected to the driving shaft of the driving unit and rotated, and having a downward inclined surface formed on the upper surface thereof in a direction from the center to the edge; A feeding means for feeding the sorting object fed from the hopper into the rotary plate; A partitioning member installed at one side of the introducing means to prevent the sorting object from being supplied in a reverse rotation direction, the sorting member being divided into an inlet section and an outlet section; A fixing guide member formed on the base to be curved so as to surround a part of an edge of the rotary plate and having an opening at one side thereof to communicate with an outlet of the introducing means; An aligning member disposed on the rotary plate between the inlet and the outlet to maintain a gap from the inner circumferential surface of the stationary guide member so as to align and convey the sorting object fed from the hopper to the edge of the rotary plate; A separating member provided on the rotating plate and spaced apart from an edge of the downwardly inclined surface so as to have a sorting outlet formed by gradually increasing the interval in the rotating direction along the circumference of the rotating plate starting from one side of the fixed guide member; And a discharge guide member installed at an outer side of the sorting member and having the same slope as the downward slope so that the sorting object discharged from the sorting outlet is transported to the object support. .

However, if the fruit is selected using the above-described conventional apparatus, the surface of the fruit is damaged, fragments of broken fruit are caught between the apparatuses and the hygienic properties are poor, and it is difficult to accurately select fruit by size .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problems as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a sorting apparatus and a sorting method for separating a plurality of fruits by multi- And to provide an error sorting machine.

The present invention relates to a fruit sorter, comprising: a fruit sorter (110) for transferring a fruit; The sorting unit 120 includes a support frame 121 and a support frame 121 installed on the support frame 121. The support frame 121 supports the sorting unit 120, And a sorting conveyor 122. The sorting conveyor 122 includes a pair of rail frames 20 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and a pair of sprockets 20 provided at both ends of the rail frame 20, A roller chain 22 connected to the pair of sprockets 23 and circulatingly moved as the sprocket 23 is driven by the driving motor 28, And a plurality of rollers 24 which are moved together with the roller chain 22 so that the distance between the rollers 24 becomes wider as they are moved forward and the size of the fruit is divided into a plurality of stages to be sorted.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the roller spacing of the screening conveyor is widened toward the front, and the fruit is divided into a plurality of stages to be sorted, whereby the fruits are sorted accurately according to their size, thereby improving work efficiency and productivity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Fig. 1 is a photograph of a sash of a fruit /
2 is a side view of the fruit sorter of the present invention.
3 is a photograph of the transfer part of the present invention.
Figure 4 is another photograph of the transfer part of the present invention.
5 is a plan view of the transfer part of the present invention;
6 is an enlarged view of the selector shown in Fig.
7 is a side view of the sorting part of the present invention.
8 is a partial perspective view of the sorting part of the present invention.
9 is a partial detailed view of the selector of the present invention.
10 is a photograph of the storage part of the present invention.
11 is another photograph of the storage portion of the present invention.
12 is a photograph of a bracket used in the present invention.
13 is a photograph of a guide plate coupled to the support frame of the present invention.
14 to 15 are cross-sectional views of a bracket embodiment of the present invention.
16 is a side schematic view showing another embodiment of a rail frame installed in the fruit sorter according to the present invention.
17 is a plan schematic diagram of another embodiment of a rail frame installed in the fruit sorter according to the present invention.
18 is a front schematic view of another embodiment of a rail frame installed in the fruit sorter according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a fruit sorter, comprising: a fruit sorter (110) for transferring a fruit; The sorting unit 120 includes a support frame 121 and a support frame 121 installed on the support frame 121. The support frame 121 supports the sorting unit 120, And a sorting conveyor (122).

The sorting conveyor 122 includes a pair of rail frames 20 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, a pair of sprockets 23 provided at both ends of the rail frame 20, A roller chain 22 connected to the pair of sprockets 23 and circulatingly moved as the sprocket 23 is driven by the drive motor 28 and a roller chain 22 coupled to the roller chain 22, And the plurality of rollers 24 are moved. As a result, the distance between the rollers 24 is widened toward the front, so that the size of the fruit is divided into a plurality of stages and sorted.

A bracket 30 is coupled between the plurality of rollers 24 and a bracket 30 and a roller 24 are alternately disposed on the roller chain 22. (26) is vertically elongated, and an up-down roller (27) is inserted and mounted on the sheet (26).

The up-down roller 27 is seated in contact with the upper surface of the rail frame 20, and a step 29 is formed on the upper surface of the rail frame 20 so as to be downward at a predetermined distance toward the front, Down roller 27 mounted on the bracket 30 is lowered by the lowered height of the step 29 formed on the rail frame 20 in the section where the step 29 is formed when the roller chain 22 is moved forward The space between the roller 24 fixed to the rail chain 22 and the up-down roller 27 is opened.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a side view of the fruit sorter of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a photograph of the transfer part of the present invention, Fig. 4 is another photograph of the transfer part of the present invention, and Fig. 5 is a cross- FIG. 7 is a side view of the sorting part of the present invention, FIG. 8 is a partial perspective view of the sorting part of the present invention, and FIG. 9 is a partial detail view of the sorting part of the present invention Fig. 10 is a photograph of a storage part of the present invention, Fig. 11 is another photograph of the storage part of the present invention, Fig. 12 is a bracket photograph used in the present invention, Fig. 13 is a photograph of a guide plate coupled to the support frame of the present invention 14 to 15 are sectional views of the bracket embodiment of the present invention.

The fruit sorter 100 of the present invention comprises a transfer unit 110 for transferring fruits and a sorting unit 120 connected to one end of the transfer unit and sorting the fruit transferred by the transfer unit by size.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the conveying unit includes a hopper 112 into which a fruit is inserted, and a conveying conveyor 111 installed at a lower portion of the hopper and conveying the fruit placed on the upper surface to a next process.

The hopper 112 is coupled to the upper surface of the rear side of the conveying conveyor and is formed so as to surround the left and right and rear sides of the conveying conveyor.

The conveying conveyor is a roller conveyer that conveys an object by the rotation of the rollers. The conveying conveyor is configured to have a slope that increases in height from the rear to the front, and a wheel is coupled to the bottom of the conveying conveyor to facilitate movement.

The sorting unit 120 includes a support frame 121 and a support frame 121 which is installed on the support frame 121. The sorting unit 120 includes a sorting unit 120, And a sorting conveyor 122.

6 to 9, the sorting conveyor 122 includes a pair of rail frames 20 spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and a pair of sprockets (not shown) provided at both ends of the rail frame A roller chain 22 connected to the pair of sprockets and circulatingly moved as the sprocket is driven by the driving motor 28, a roller 24 coupled to the roller chain and moving together with the roller chain, A bracket 30 coupled to the chain to move together with the chain, and an up-down roller 27 mounted to the bracket, wherein the rollers and the brackets are alternately connected to a plurality of roller chains.

In addition, a storage part 123 through which fruit fruits of selected sizes are discharged and stored is coupled to the bottom surface of the rail frame.

The fruit seated on the sorting conveyor is discharged downward through a space between the rollers and the up-down roller and is stored in the storage part 123, so that the distance between the rollers becomes wider as they go forward, and fruit is sorted in multiple stages.

More specifically, the rail frame is composed of left and right pair of left and right rail frames and a right rail frame, and is installed so as to be parallel to the left and right directions and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.

The vertical cross section of the left and right rail frames is'

A step 29 is formed on the upper surface of the rail frame at a predetermined distance toward the front, and the height decreases from the rear to the front.

Referring to FIG. 6, the rail frame shown in FIG. 6 has three stepped portions divided into four sections according to their heights. The number of stepped portions and height between the stepped portions may be variously formed according to the needs of the user have.

In addition, a plurality of projections 21 are formed on the upper surface of the rail frame at a predetermined interval, and the projections are seated on the upper part of the roller to align the fruit to be conveyed. I will explain it.

On the other hand, sprockets are provided at both ends of the left and right rail frames, and a roller chain is coupled to the sprockets. The sprockets transfer the driving force of the driving motor to the roller chain, .

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the pair of left and right rail frames are each provided with a pair of sprockets, and one roller chain is connected to the pair of sprockets, so that a left roller chain is mounted on the left rail frame , And the right rail frame is fitted with the right roller chain.

Since the left and right rail frames are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, the left roller chain and the right roller chain are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. A plurality of rollers and brackets are alternately arranged between the left and right roller chains They are combined one by one.

As shown in Figs. 8 to 9, the roller is coupled in a direction orthogonal to the rail frame, one end of the roller is coupled to the left roller chain, and the other end is coupled to the right roller chain.

A long hole 26 having a long length in the vertical direction is formed in the bracket 30 which is alternately engaged with the rollers in the roller chain. Up-down rollers 27 are provided on the rollers 24, One end of the up-down roller is inserted into the slot of the bracket coupled to the left roller chain, and the other end is inserted into the slot of the bracket coupled to the right roller chain .

That is, the rollers and the up-down rollers are alternately engaged with each other, and the rollers are fixed to the roller chains so that they are simultaneously circulated as the roller chains are moved. The up-down rollers circulate along with the brackets as the roller chains are moved, It is inserted and circulated so as to be movable up and down inside the slot of the bracket.

The vertical cross-

Shaped in the shape of a pentagonal shape having a lower portion and a long hole is formed in the center portion in the vertical direction.

The bending piece formed on the bracket is coupled to the rail chain so that the bracket can be rotated along the rail without being directly in contact with the sprocket.

The up-down roller mounted on the bracket is moved in contact with the upper surface of the rail frame, and the up-down roller descends from the inside of the slot of the bracket along the upper surface of the rail frame.

That is, when the bracket passes the other section of the height of the rail frame, the up-down roller mounted on the bracket advances in a state in which the height is lowered by the lowered height of the step formed on the rail frame, So that a relatively large fruit falls down through the space between the roller and the up-down roller.

In the present invention, since the step is formed so that the height decreases from the rear to the front, the distance between the roller and the up-down roller The larger the size of the fruit is selected and discharged.

13, the bent piece of the bracket 30 has a thickness and is divided into left and right sides. For convenience of explanation, the bent piece of the bracket 30 is coupled to the roller chain 22 The bent piece is referred to as the outer bent piece 31 and the other is referred to as the inner bent piece 32. [

The inner bent piece and the outer bent piece are each formed with a coupling groove on a surface facing each other,

The center shaft 33 is inserted and inserted into the inner bending piece so that the inner bent piece can be rotated forward and backward. Direction is forward)

Both ends of the central shaft 33 are formed to have a larger diameter than the center so that the inner bent piece and the outer bent piece are not separated from each other and the corresponding engaging groove also has a diameter smaller at the entrance side than at the inside thereof So that the central axis can not be separated from the outside.

In addition, a tension spring (S) resisting a force to be pulled is mounted on the joint groove of the outer bending piece, and a center shaft is coupled to the spring end portion. Normally, the outer bending piece and the inner bending piece are in contact with each other When the user pulls the inner bent piece toward the roller side, the inner bent piece is released from the outer bent piece and is hinged to the front and rear sides.

14 to 15, the inner bent piece is formed with a hooking groove at a lower end of the surface facing the outer bent piece, and the outer bent piece is inserted into the hooking groove of the inner bent piece to be fastened, .

The inner bent piece can be pulled in a direction opposite to the outer bent piece so as to be hinged in the forward and backward directions. When the inner bent piece comes into contact with the facing surface of the outer bent piece, So that the hinge rotation can not be performed.

On the contrary, when the inner bent piece is pulled in the opposite direction of the outer folded piece, the engaging piece of the outer folded piece inserted into the hooked groove of the inner folded piece is separated, And the inner bent piece is hinged to the outer bent piece by the coupling axis so that the inner bent piece can be rotated forward and backward.

A handle 34 is formed on the upper surface of the inner bending piece so that the user can easily rotate the inner bending piece 32 by a hinge.

Accordingly, in the fruit sorter 100 of the present invention, when a fruit room which is seated on the upper part of a plurality of up-down rollers and rollers is caught between the up-down roller and the roller, the bracket is rotated to vibrate the up- It is possible to select it accurately.

According to the present invention, a plurality of projections are formed on the upper surface of the rail frame so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance. When the up-down roller advances, when the projections come into contact with the projections, they rotate while passing over the projections. Effect.

13, a guide plate 124 is coupled to the support frame 121 located on the sprocket 23 side so that the end of the bracket 30 is tilted to be in contact with the sprocket 23 .

In other words, a guide plate is coupled to the sprocket-side support frame to prevent an accident that the end of the bracket may be generated by tilting toward the sprocket when the rail chain coupled to the bracket directly contacts the sprocket.

The guide plate is protruded in a space between the sprocket and the bracket so as to guide the end of the bracket to prevent an accident that the end of the bracket is inclined toward the sprocket.

12, when the bent portion of the bracket is positioned at the lower portion, the guide plate is coupled to the upper portion of the bent piece formed on the bracket at a predetermined interval, so that the upper end of the bracket contacts the sprocket .

In addition, when the bent portion of the bracket is located at the upper portion, the guide plate is coupled to the lower portion of the bent piece formed at the bracket at a predetermined interval to prevent the lower end of the bracket from contacting the sprocket.

Meanwhile, a storage unit 123 is coupled to the lower portion of the rail frame 20, and is discharged downward through a space between the rollers of the sorting conveyor and the up-down roller, and is stored in the storage unit.

Since the roller interval of the con- vey conveyor is widened toward the front and the fruit of a larger size is gradually discharged toward the front, the storage unit also divides the inner space and stores fruit selected by size.

The storage unit is shaped like a box having a space formed therein, and the storage unit is opened on one side, and the opening / closing door rotatable on the upper and lower sides is coupled to the opened one surface so that the user can easily transfer fruit stored in the space to the box. .

In addition, the inner bottom surface of the storage portion is formed to have a slope, so that the fruit can be easily discharged to the outside through one opened surface of the fruit.

FIG. 16 is a side outline view of another embodiment of a rail frame installed in the present invention. FIG. 17 is a plan schematic diagram of another embodiment of a rail frame installed in the present invention. FIG. Fig. 3 is a front schematic view of another embodiment of a rail frame installed in a sorter. Fig.

16 to 18, the rail frame 20 is divided into a plurality of stepped units, and the rail frame 20 is divided into a plurality of divided rail frames 20, So that the upper portion of the guide block 40 protrudes more than a predetermined length.

A slide groove (50) formed in a longitudinal direction is formed in any one of the rail frames (20) which are divided into a plurality of portions and are in contact with each other. On the other side, a slide projection ).

A slide groove 50 is formed on one side of the divided rail frame 20 and a slide projection 50 inserted into the slide groove 50 is formed on one surface of another rail frame 20 contacting the rail frame 20. And a slide groove 60 is formed on the other surface so that the slide protrusion 60 formed on another rail frame 20 can be inserted.

The divided rail frames 20 are coupled to each other and are vertically movable by the turnbuckle 70.

The turnbuckle 70 includes a pair of round rods 71 having threads formed therein and a rotating body 72 having thread grooves formed on the inner surface thereof so that threads of the round rods 71 are inserted and fastened. The round bar 71 is connected to the rotating body 72 and protrudes to the outside or is inserted into the inside of the rotating body 72 by fixing the one end of the rotating rod 72 to the structure so as to prevent rotation.

18, a pair of round rods 71 having threaded ends are formed on the outer side surface of the divided rail frame 20 and the guide block 40, The guide block 40 is fixed to the support frame 121 by rotating the rotation body 72 by fastening the rotation body 72 screwed to the both ends by the thread formed on the round bar 80, (20) moves up and down.

Therefore, it is possible to adjust the step according to the height between the divided rail frames 20 according to the type and size of fruit to be classified.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the roller spacing of the sorting conveyor is widened toward the front, and the size of the fruit is divided into a plurality of stages to select the fruit, and the efficiency of the work and the productivity are improved.

100: Fruit selector
110: conveying section 111: conveying conveyor
112: Hopper
120: selection unit 121: support frame
122: sorting conveyor 123: storage unit
124: guide plate
20: rail frame 21: projection
22: Roller chain 23: Sprocket
24: Roller
26: Slot 27: Up-down roller
28: Driving motor 29:
30: bracket 31: outer bending piece
32: inner bent piece 33: central axis
34: handle 35: latching jaw
36: Retaining groove
40: guide block
50: Slide groove
60: slide projection
70: Turnbuckle 71. Round bar
72. Rotating body
S: Spring

Claims

A fruit sorter comprising a sorting unit (120) for sorting fruit by size,
The sorting unit 120 includes a support frame 121 and a sorting conveyor 122 disposed on the support frame 121. The sorting conveyor 122 includes a pair of A pair of sprockets 23 provided at both ends of the rail frame 20, a roller chain 22 mounted to the pair of sprockets 23, And a plurality of rollers 24 fastened to the roller chain 22 and moved together with the roller chain 22,
A bracket 30 is coupled between the plurality of rollers 24 and a bracket 30 and a roller 24 are alternately disposed in the roller chain 22. The bracket 30 is provided with a slot 26 Down roller 27 is inserted into the elongated hole 26,
The up-down roller 27 is seated to contact the upper surface of the rail frame 20, and a step 29 is formed on the upper surface of the rail frame 20 so as to be downward at a predetermined distance toward the front, Down roller 27 mounted on the bracket 30 is lowered by the lowered height of the step 29 formed on the rail frame 20 in the section where the step 29 is formed, The space between the roller 24 fixed to the rail chain 22 and the up-down roller 27 is opened,
A plurality of projections 21 are formed on the upper surface of the rail frame 20 so as to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance and the projections 21 are seated on the roller 24,
The bending piece formed on the bracket 30 is coupled to the rail chain 20 so that the bracket 30 does not come into direct contact with the sprocket 23 Is rotatable along the rail chain (20)
A storage part 123 is coupled to the lower part of the rail frame 20 and is discharged downward through a space between the roller 24 and the up-down roller 27 of the sorting conveyor 122 and stored in the storage part 123 Wherein the first separator is formed of a first separator and a second separator.

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