KR101804507B1 - Sorting apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a sorting apparatus, which aims to use a mechanical device to quickly and accurately screen and collect insects and pupas. The sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a first hopper dropping insects and pupas; a moving part positioned in an inclined form at a lower side of the first hopper and receiving the insects and pupas from the first hopper to move the insects and pupas in the downward direction; a second hopper positioned at a lower side of the moving part, receiving the insects and pupas from the moving part and dropping the insects and pupas; and a sorting part positioned in an inclined form at a lower side of the second hopper by being paired with two sorting portions, moving the pupas dropped from the second hopper to a discharge port located on the lower side and dropping the insects by rotating the insects in the opposite direction.

Description

{SORTING APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a sorting apparatus, and more particularly, to a sorting apparatus capable of quickly and accurately selecting and collecting insects and pupae.

Generally, wheat worms (brown ducks) are mainly used as food for pets. Slugs are used for the improvement of liver and kidney function, improvement of eosinophilia, improvement of diabetes and geriatric diseases, treatment of lung cancer, larynx cancer and ovarian cancer, It is used mainly to solve food waste.

The insects such as the mollusks, the slugs, the homosexuals (hereinafter referred to as "insects") and their corresponding pupa are cultured and sold by farmers.

In addition, insects and their corresponding pupa are generally cultivated selectively.

However, conventional screening of insects and pupae has a problem in that a plurality of workers individually select insects and pupae by hand, and therefore, the operation speed is slow and the insects and pupae are selected by the same sorting due to the operator's mistake in the selection process .

Therefore, in recent years, a large number of apparatuses for automatically selecting insects and pupae have been proposed. However, such a conventional screening apparatus has a low ability to accurately and quickly select insects and pupae.

Patent Registration No. 10-1372332 (Apr.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a sorting device capable of quickly and accurately selecting and collecting insects and their pupa using a mechanical device.

The sorting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a first hopper for dropping an insect and a pupa, a moving part which is positioned at an underside of the first hopper and which receives the insect and the pupa from the first hopper and moves downward, And a second hopper which is located below the moving part and which receives the insect and pupa from the moving part and drops the second hopper. The first hopper is disposed in an inclined form on the lower side of the second hopper, The pupa includes a sorting portion which moves to an outlet located on the lower side, and insects are rotated in the opposite direction to fall.

An insect collecting part located below the sorting part and collecting insects which are located on the lower side of the insect and the insect falls from the send part; And a pupa collecting part located below and collecting the pupa having fallen through the discharge port.

In addition, a plurality of discharge holes for dropping the feces of the insects are formed in the moving portion in an upward and downward direction,

A feces transferring section which is located below the transfer section and transfers the feces to be dropped through the discharge port,

And a feces collecting part for collecting the feces which is located below the feces sending part and dropped from the feces feeding part.

The second hopper is positioned below the moving unit in a state where a plurality of the second hoppers are continuously connected,

And a movement driving unit for reciprocating the moving unit along the longitudinal direction of the second hoppers so that insects and pupa can be supplied to the respective second hoppers.

In addition,

A motor which is spaced apart from the moving part by a predetermined distance, a first link whose one side is hinged to the moving part and whose other side is facing the motor, a second link whose one side is fixed to the motor and the other side is hinged to the other side of the first link Link,

The first link and the second link reciprocate the moving part while approaching or away from each other about the hinge-coupled part by the forward rotation or the reverse rotation of the motor.

Then,

An insect dropping portion which is located at an underside of the second hopper and which receives power from the driving portion and is rotated in a direction away from the insect dropping portion, And a pupa dropping portion formed therebetween to form the discharge port.

The selecting device according to the present invention is characterized in that an insect and a pupa belonging to the insect are dropped through a first hopper and the insect and pupa are placed in a plurality of second hoppers while the moving part reciprocates in the inner space of the moving guide part through the movement driving part The insect and pupa are selected and collected automatically in the insect collecting part and the pupa collecting part so that the time and manpower required for selecting insects and pupae can be remarkably shortened.

In addition, since the insects and the pupa can be collectively collected in any one of the insect collecting unit and the pupa collecting unit through the above-described configuration, the workability is improved.

1 is a perspective view showing the entire configuration of a sorting apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a side view of the sorting apparatus according to the present invention. FIG.
3 is an enlarged perspective view of a moving part applied to the sorting device according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a sorting unit applied to the sorting apparatus according to the present invention; FIG.
5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a moving part is moved by an operation of a movement driving part applied to the sorting device according to the present invention.

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

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the entire construction of the sorting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the sorting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an enlarged view of a moving part applied to the sorting apparatus according to the present invention, FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a sorting unit applied to the sorting apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which a moving unit is moved by the operation of a movement driving unit applied to the sorting apparatus according to the present invention.

The sorting apparatus 1 according to the present invention is for sorting out insects and their associated pupae quickly and accurately and comprises a mounting frame 10, a first hopper 20, a moving unit 30, (40), and a sorting unit (50).

Here, the insect may be various kinds of insects such as the mulberry, slugs, and the like, and the present invention can select various kinds of insects and pupae.

The mounting frame 10 is used to install the various components of the present invention and is formed into a rectangular frame having a predetermined length and width by combining a plurality of vertical bars and horizontal bars.

Both sides of the first hopper 20 are joined to the upper end of the mounting frame 10 by bolting or welding.

The first hopper 20 has an inlet port through which an insect and a pupa can be inserted and an outlet port 52a through which an insect and a pupa are discharged to the moving part 30.

At this time, the width of the first hopper 20 is gradually narrowed from the upper end to the lower end, so that the insects and the pupa inserted into the inlet port can be quickly lowered to the discharge port 52a.

The moving unit 30 moves the insect and pupa from the first hopper 20 to the second hopper 40 and includes a main body 31 formed in a rectangular frame shape, And a bottom plate 32 installed at the lower end.

At this time, on the upper side of the installation frame 10, a movement guide part 120 having a larger size than the main body 31 and formed in a rectangular frame shape is installed downwardly.

A circular rod-shaped rail part 121 having a predetermined length and diameter is formed on the ceiling surface and the bottom surface of the movement guide part 120. On the upper surface and the lower surface of the main body 31, And a slide portion 311 which is moved in a state of being mounted on the outer periphery is formed.

That is, the moving unit 30 is disposed in an inclined form on the lower side of the first hopper 20, and sends down the insects and the pupa through the discharge port 52a.

At this time, a drop hole 32b for dropping the insect and pupa from the bottom plate 32 into the second hopper 40 is formed below the bottom plate 32. In addition, a plurality of discharge holes 32a are formed in the moving part 30 in the upward and downward directions to discharge the feces of the insects downward.

A pair of first mounting tables 11 are provided on the lower side of the moving portion 30 at a substantially central portion of the mounting frame 10 in the height direction. The first mounting tables 11 are spaced apart from each other. And a feces collecting part 100 is provided on the bottom surface of the rear side of the mounting frame 10 so that the feces collecting part 100 is positioned below the feces conveying part 90.

The first mounting base 11 may be formed in a rectangular bar shape having a predetermined length and thickness.

The feces conveying section 90 may be formed by a known conveyor belt, and rollers constituting the conveyor belt are rotatably installed between the first mounting tables 11.

At this time, the operation of the conveyor belt is the same as that in the known art, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The feces collecting part 100 is formed in a rectangular box shape having an open top and an empty space therein so that the feces of the insects discharged through the discharge hole 32a falls into the feces conveying part 90, The feces transferring unit 90 drops the feces of an insect into an empty space of the feces collecting unit 100.

The second hopper 40 is bolted or welded to a substantially central portion of the mounting frame 10 in the height direction.

The second hopper 40 is provided with an inlet port through which the insect and the pupa can be dropped through the drop hole 32b of the bottom plate 32. An outlet port 52a for discharging the insects and the pupa is provided on the lower side of the second hopper 40, .

At this time, the second hopper 40 has a shape gradually narrowing from the upper end to the lower end, so that the insects and the pupa that are introduced into the inlet port can be quickly lowered to the discharge port 52a.

At this time, the second hopper 40 is coupled to the mounting frame 10 in such a manner that a large number of insects and pupae can be selected at one time, and the moving unit 30 is connected to the movement driving unit 110 to reciprocate along the longitudinal direction of the second hoppers 40 to supply the insects and the pupa to the respective second hoppers 40 in a uniform amount.

The movement driving unit 110 includes a motor 111, a first link 112, and a second link 113.

The motor 111 provides a moving power to the moving unit 30 and is fixed to the outer surface of the moving guide unit 120 through a bracket or the like.

The motor 111 may be formed by a known AC motor or a DC motor, and the motor shaft is rotated in the forward direction or the reverse direction.

The first link 112 may be formed in a bar shape having a predetermined length and thickness, and one side of the first link 112 may be hinged to one side of the main body 31 and the other side thereof may face the motor 111.

The first link 112 may be rotated clockwise or counterclockwise around the hinge-secured portion.

The second link 113 may be formed in a rod shape having a predetermined length and thickness, one side of which is fixed to the motor 111 and the other side of which is hinged to the other side of the first link 112. Therefore, the first link 112 and the second link 113 can be folded together.

When power is applied to the motor 111 on the basis of FIG. 5 and the motor shaft is rotated in the forward direction, the first link 112 and the second link 113 are brought close to each other with the hinge- The first link 112 and the second link 113 are moved away from each other when the movable part 30 is moved to the right side of the movement guide part 120 and the motor shaft is rotated in the opposite direction as shown in FIG. The moving part 30 is moved to the right side of the movement guide part 120 again.

That is, the motor shaft of the motor 111 is repeatedly rotated in the forward direction and the reverse direction so that the moving unit 30 is moved repeatedly on the right and left sides of the movement guide unit 120, The insect and the pupa can be supplied in a uniform amount to the insecticide 40.

In addition, since the moving unit 30 is vibrated during the movement of the moving guide unit 120 in the left and right directions through the movement driving unit 110, the insects and the pupa are moved at a higher speed than the drop holes 32b ).

On the other hand, the mounting frame 10 is provided with a mounting plate 12 for mounting the sorting unit 50 to be described later.

At this time, the mounting plate 12 is installed to be spaced from the lower side of the discharge port 52a of the second hopper 40 by a predetermined distance and have a predetermined inclination angle.

The sorting unit 50 is installed on the mounting plate 12 at the same interval as the outlet port 52a of the second hopper 40 and at the same number as the second hopper 40 and has a predetermined inclination angle.

The sorting unit 50 includes an insect dropping unit 51 and a pupa dropping unit 52.

The insect dropping section (51) is formed into a round rod shape having a certain length and diameter and is composed of two pairs. The insect dropping portions 51 are formed at the upper center portion with a rotation axis.

The upper part of the insect dropping part 51 is supported on the upper surface of the installation plate 12 and the rotation axis is installed through a fixing piece protruding from the upper end edge of the installation plate 12.

Further, a driving portion is connected to one of the pair of insect dropping portions 51.

The driving portion may be formed by a known AC motor or a DC motor, and the motor shaft is rotated in a forward direction or a reverse direction.

The motor shaft and the rotation shaft may be connected through a coupler (not shown).

The pair of insect dropping portions 51 are in contact with each other. When the insect dropping portion 51 located on the left side is connected to the insect dropping portion 51 located on the left side of FIGS. 1 and 4 and rotated counterclockwise, The insect dropping portion 51 is rotated clockwise by friction with the insect dropping portion 51 which is rotated counterclockwise on the left side. As a result, the insect dropped from the second hopper 40 into the insect dropping section 51 and the insect having a relatively large size among the pupa are dropped by the insect transmission section 60 to be described later, and the insect transmission section 60 is dropped To the insect collecting section 70 (to be described later).

The pupa having a size smaller than that of the insect descends along the inclined surface of the insect dropping section 51 and is supplied to the pupa dropping section 52.

Here, the insect transferring unit 60 is installed in a pair of second mounting tables 14 disposed at a substantially lower portion of the mounting frame 10 in a height direction thereof and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.

The second mounting table 14 is formed in a rectangular bar shape having a predetermined length and thickness and is spaced apart from the insect dropping section 51 by a predetermined distance.

The insect transferring section 60 can be formed by a known conveyor belt like the feces transferring section 90 and the roller constituting the conveyor belt can be rotated in place between the second mounting block 14 Respectively.

At this time, the operation of the conveyor belt is the same as that in the known art, so a detailed description will be omitted.

The insect collecting part 70 is installed on the bottom surface of the central part of the installation frame 10 and is formed in a square box shape with its top surface being opened and a hollow space being formed therein, The insect drops to the insect collecting section (70) by the sending section (60).

The pupa dropping part 52 is formed to have a predetermined length and diameter at the lower end of the insect dropping part 51 and has a lower end penetrating through a fixing table 13 provided in front of the mounting frame 10.

As a result, the insect dropping section 51 and the pupa dropping section 52 can be rotated at the same time.

At this time, the pupa dropping part 52 is formed to have a smaller diameter than the insect dropping part 51, and a discharge port 52a is formed therebetween. Thus, the pupa having descended along the insect dropping section 51 drops downward through the discharge port 52a.

A pupa collection unit 80 located below the discharge port 52a of the pupa dropping unit 52 is installed on the front side bottom surface of the mounting frame 10.

The pupa collection unit 80 is formed in a rectangular box shape having an open upper surface and an empty space formed therein so that the pupa discharged through the discharge port 52a of the pupa dropping unit 52 drops into the pupa collection unit .

As described above, the sorting apparatus according to the present invention drops insects and pupa through the first hopper 20, and the moving unit 30 reciprocates the inner space of the movement guide unit 120 through the movement driving unit 110 The insect and the pupa are uniformly supplied to the plurality of second hoppers 40 while the insect and pupa are moved and the insect and pupa are selected and collected automatically by the insect collection unit 70 and the pupa collection unit 80 Thus, the time and manpower required to select insects and pupae can be remarkably shortened.

In addition, since the insects and the pupa can be collectively collected in any one of the insect collection unit 70 and the pupa collection unit 80 through the above-described configuration, the workability is improved.

The present invention has been described above with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications or other embodiments falling within the scope of the present invention are possible by those skilled in the art.

1: Selection device 10: Installation frame
11: first mounting base 12: mounting base plate
13: Fixture 14: Second installation
20: first hopper 30: moving part
31: main body 311: slide part
32: bottom plate 32a: exhaust hole
32b: falling hole 40: second hopper
50: selector 51: insect dropper
52: a pupil dropping part 52a:
60: insect transmission 70: insect collection part
80: pupa collection section 90: feces transmission
100: feces collection unit 110:
111: motor 112: first link
113: second link 120:
121: Le Mans

Claims (6)

A first hopper for dropping the insect and the pupa,
A moving part located in an inclined form on the lower side of the first hopper and receiving the insect and pupa from the first hopper and moving it in a downward direction,
A second hopper which is located below the moving part and which receives the insect and pupa from the moving part and drops it,
A pair of puddles disposed in a lower portion of the second hopper, a puddle dropped from the second hopper is moved to a discharge port located on the lower side, and insects are rotated in opposite directions to fall down Including,
The second hopper is positioned below the moving unit in a state where a plurality of the second hoppers are continuously connected,
And a movement driving unit for reciprocating the moving unit along the longitudinal direction of the second hoppers so that insects and pupa can be supplied to the respective second hoppers.
The method according to claim 1,
An insect that is positioned below the sorting unit and transports the insect dropped by the sorting unit,
An insect collecting part located above the insect and collecting the insect that the insect falls from the send part,
Further comprising a pupae collecting unit located below the discharge port and collecting the pupae falling through the discharge port.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein a plurality of discharge holes for dropping the feces of the insects are formed in the moving part in an upward and downward direction,
A feces transferring section which is located below the transfer section and transfers the feces to be dropped through the discharge port,
Further comprising: a feces collection unit located below the feces sending unit and collecting feces from the feces sending unit.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The movement drive unit may include:
A motor spaced apart from the moving unit by a predetermined distance,
One side of which is hinged to the moving part and the other side of which is a first link toward the motor,
A first link fixed to one side of the motor and a second link hinged to the other side of the first link,
Wherein the first link and the second link move reciprocally about the hinge-coupled portion by moving forward or backward in the forward or reverse direction of the motor.
The method according to claim 1,
The sorting unit,
An insect dropping portion that is positioned in an inclined form below the second hopper and receives power from the drive portion and is rotated in a direction away from the insect dropping portion,
And a pupa dropping portion formed below the insect dropping portion and formed to have a smaller diameter than the insect dropping portion and forming the discharge port therebetween.

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