KR200414835Y1 - Fruits sorting apparatus for moving tray - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention can improve the sorting efficiency of the fruit, and can be easily sorted even if the transport order of the fruit placing cup placed on the conveyor is changed, and can prevent the occurrence of scratches during the sorting of the thin fruit. It is an object to provide a tray removable fruit sorter.

Tray Removable Fruit Sorter

Description

FRUITS SORTING APPARATUS FOR MOVING TRAY}

1 is a perspective view schematically showing a conventional watermelon sorter,

FIG. 2 is a block diagram schematically showing a control circuit of the watermelon selector shown in FIG. 1;

Figure 3 is a plan layout of the tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention,

Figure 4 is a view from the top of the ejector applied to the tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention,

5 is a view from the front of FIG.

6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the operation of FIG. 4;

Figure 7 is a block diagram showing a control device of the tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention,

8 is a perspective view of a fruit sorter for a fruit sorter applied to a tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the arrow A-A in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 8.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

270: fruit inlet 302: tray union conveyor

304: tray input conveyor 306: interval conveyor

308: first barcode reader 310: microprocessor

312: weight detection means 314: sugar detection means

316: chromaticity / shape detection means 318: RAM

320: fruit sorting main conveyor 322: first guide member

324: inclined conveyor 326: second guide member

328: tray sorting conveyor 329: sorting stage

330: feed roller 334: tray feed conveyor

336: turntable 338: first empty tray return conveyor

340: second empty tray return conveyor 342: third empty tray return conveyor

344: distribution member 346: distribution conveyor

350: fourth empty tray return conveyor 352: tray guider

354: empty tray union conveyor 362: first light emitter

364: first photodetector 380: ejector

381: First hinge bolt 382: Bracket

383: hydraulic cylinder 384: piston rod

385: pivot pin 386: second hinge bolt

387: rotating plate 400: tray

410: cylindrical body 411: cylindrical wall

412: Bottom surface 412a: Through hole

413: circular protrusion 413a: flange

414: reinforcement protrusion 420: fruit stand

421: bottom plate 421a: through hole

423: top plate 423a: through hole

423b: cutout 424: round corrugated pipe

425: Shading plate 425a: Through hole

431 through-hole 431a: notch

432: circular protrusion 430: upper circular plate

The present invention relates to a tray movable fruit sorter, and in particular, can improve the sorting efficiency of the fruit, it is easy to sort even if the transport order of the tray for placing the fruit placed on the conveyor, as well as a thin peeled fruit It relates to a tray movable fruit sorter that can prevent the occurrence of scratches during the selection of.

As a fruit selector widely used in the related art, the present applicant filed on September 03, 2003, and the Korean Patent Application Publication No. 2004-0000363 published on January 03, 2004 (Patent Registration No. 10-0521898; Registration Date) October 07, 2005).

The fruit sorter disclosed in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-0000363 receives a computer 1 for controlling the overall operation and a control signal output from the computer 1 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. A current flows in the relay coil RY1 at the switching-on of the first conveyor 10 and the switch SW1 provided with a plurality of watermelon placing buckets 14 at regular intervals so as to transfer the watermelon 12 to the sugar detection position. The first driving means 20 which rotates the first conveyor 10 counterclockwise (the feeding direction of the watermelon) for a predetermined time when the movable contact a1 of the relay (relay) is in contact with the fixed contact a2 when flowing. ) And a control in which the movable contact b1 of the relay (relay) is in contact with the fixed contact b2 when the current flows in the relay coil RY1 when the switch SW1 is switched on and is output from the computer 1. Counterclockwise (male) under control of the second drive means 400 receiving the signal The second conveyor 30 rotated in the conveying direction of the foil and the watermelon-mounting bucket 14 placed on the first conveyor 10 by the first driving means 20 is located at an electrostatic position. When the bucket exact position detection sensor 50 and the bucket exact position detection sensor 50 which detect whether or not and input it to the computer 1 are located at a proper position, The striking rod 74 is placed in the watermelon wit bucket 14 in accordance with the operation of the sound generating solenoid 72 to detect the maturity of the watermelon 12 placed in the watermelon wit bucket 14. Aging detection means 70 for detecting the hitting sound generated when striking the watermelon 12 is input by the microphone 76 and inputting it to the computer 1, and the bucket setting when the switch SW1 is switched on. The watermelon mounting bucket 14 is positioned at an appropriate position by the position detection sensor 50. If it is, the illumination unit 80 for irradiating light to the height of 2/3 or more of the watermelon 12 placed in the watermelon mounting bucket 14 and the radiation unit 80 is radiated from the A sugar detection means 90 for receiving the light transmitted through the watermelon 12 placed in the watermelon placing bucket 14, detecting sugar data of the watermelon 12, and inputting the same into the computer 1; Receives the watermelon 12 mounted on the watermelon loading bucket 14 conveyed by the first and second conveyors 10 and 30 linked to the driving force of the first and second driving means 40 and detects the weight thereof. The weight detection means 100 and the ripening degree of the watermelon detected by the aging detection means 70, the sugar detected by the sugar detection means 90 and the weight by the weight detection means 100 The display means 110 which displays the weight of the detected watermelon is provided.

In the conventional fruit sorter configured as described above, when the switch SW1 is switched on, the AC power supply 300 is applied to the lighting unit 80 through the relay coil RY1 of the relay to light up the lighting unit 80. In the first and second drive means (20, 40), the movable contacts (a1, b1) of the relay are in electrical contact with the fixed contacts (a2, b2) and receive a control signal output from the computer (1). The first and second conveyors 10 and 30 are intermittently driven by the output signal.

At this time, when the main switch (not shown) is switched on, the main transfer roller conveyor 200, the plurality of watermelon sorting conveyors 202, and the plurality of bin tray transfer conveyors 204 start to be driven.

Accordingly, when the watermelon is picked up by hand from the watermelon input unit 206 on the empty watermelon wit bucket 14, in which the watermelon transported by the main transport roller conveyor 200 is not placed, the main transport Watermelon wit bucket 14 is moved in accordance with the movement of the roller conveyor 200, at this time driven by the solenoid 72 for the sound generation of the maturity detection means 70 by the control signal output from the computer (1) The microphone 76 detects a sound generated when the striking rod 74 installed so as to strike the watermelon 12 placed in the watermelon placing bucket 14 according to the operation of the sound generating solenoid 72. Input to the computer 1 to determine the ripeness of the watermelon (12).

Next, after inputting the batting sound detected by the maturity detecting means 70 into the computer 1, the first conveyor 10 of the sugar content detecting means 90 is controlled under the control of the computer 1. In accordance with the intermittent drive, the watermelon-mounting bucket 14, in which watermelon is placed, is transferred to the first conveyor 10 and stopped for a predetermined time, for example, 0.5 seconds to 2 seconds, at the sugar detection position.

The watermelon wit bucket 14, which has reached the sugar content detecting position, is detected by the bucket position detecting sensor 50 and inputted to the computer 1, so that the first driving means 20 in the computer 1 The first conveyor 10 stops the drive for a predetermined time (0.5 seconds to 2 seconds) by outputting a stop signal to the first conveyor means 20 for a predetermined time (0.5 seconds to 2 seconds).

At this time, since the light emitted from the light bulb of the lighting unit 80 is irradiated toward the watermelon at the height of two-thirds of the watermelon 12, it passes through the watermelon 12 and the watermelon wit bucket 14 It is detected by the sugar content detecting means 90 provided in the lower portion of the input and input to the computer 1.

Accordingly, the computer 1 outputs a driving signal to the first driving means 20 and 40 to drive the first and second conveyors 10 and 30 so that the watermelon 12 whose sugar content is detected is placed. The watermelon placing bucket 14 is placed on the weight detecting means 100 so that the weight of the watermelon 12 is detected by the weight detecting means 100, that is, the load cell, and inputted into the computer 1.

The ripening data of the watermelon detected by the ripening detection means 70, the sugar data detected by the sugar detection means 90 and the weight data of the watermelon detected by the weight detection means 100 The received computer 1 is judged as each grade in comparison with the maturity reference data, sugar reference data and weight reference data previously stored in a memory (not shown). The quantity of the watermelon 12 determined is displayed.

The watermelon mounting bucket 14 in which the watermelon 12 whose weight is detected by the weight detecting means 100 is placed is transferred by the main conveying roller conveyor 200 of FIG. The watermelon wit bucket 14 is placed on the watermelon 12 classified according to the grade is pushed by the watermelon sorting conveyor 202 by the pushing means 208 and transported according to the operation of the watermelon sorting conveyor 202 And moved by the worker to the watermelon collection tray 210 separated by the grade, the empty watermelon wit bucket 14 is not placed watermelon is transferred to the transfer conveyor 204 to the main transfer roller conveyor 200 It is conveyed to the watermelon input unit 206 again.

By the way, the conventional fruit sorter configured as described above, the watermelon mounting bucket 14, the conveyor is installed in the main conveying roller conveyor 200, the maturity detection means 70, the sugar detection means 90, Fruits should be arranged along the main conveying roller conveyor 200 in order after detecting the ripening degree of fruit, the sugar content and weight of the fruit, respectively, only after being arranged at regular intervals on the conveyor installed in the weight detecting means 100. Not only can there be problems such as classifying, but heavy fruits such as watermelon can be easily classified by class because the conveying speed of the conveyor is slow, but thin fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, etc. There have been several problems, including the inability to improve screening yield.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the various problems described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tray movable fruit sorter capable of improving the sorting efficiency of the fruit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tray movable fruit sorter which can be easily sorted even if the transport order of the tray for placing fruit on the conveyor is changed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a tray movable fruit sorter that can prevent the occurrence of scratches of thin fruit.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention receives an empty tray with no fruit placed thereon from the tray union conveyor and transfers it to the fruit inlet, and at the same time, the fruit tray has a thin peeled fruit on the upper tray. A tray input conveyor for transporting the conveyor, an interval conveyor driven at an intermittently high speed so as to maintain a constant gap between the trays fed from the tray input conveyor, and a recess formed on the outer circumferential surface of the tray transported by the interval conveyor. A first barcode reader for reading a barcode attached to a groove, a microprocessor for receiving and storing a code of the barcode read by the first barcode reader from the first barcode reader, weight detection means, sugar detection means and fruit By chromaticity / shape detection means RAM (Random Access Memory) for receiving the extracted data from the microprocessor and storing the grade of the processed fruit for each bar code of the tray, and the tray on which the graded fruit is placed from the chromaticity / shape detection means. The fruit sorting main conveyor for receiving and transporting, the first guide member for guiding the conveying direction of the tray on which the fruit conveyed from the fruit sorting main conveyor is placed, and the fruit changed in the conveying direction by the first guide member An inclined conveyor for transporting the tray to the lower portion, a second guide member for guiding the tray on which the fruit lowered by the inclined conveyor is placed, at a predetermined interval, and a discharged at a predetermined interval by the second guide member A tray that takes a tray loaded with fruit and moves it in the direction of arrow A. The sorting conveyor and the tray on which the fruit transferred to the sorting stage by the tray sorting conveyor are placed and sorted by the grade of the fruit through a plurality of feed rollers by a tray discharge control signal output from the microprocessor. A plurality of ejectors, a plurality of tray conveying conveyors for transporting trays on which fruit pushed out of the tray sorting conveyor, respectively, by the ejectors, and a tray on which fruits conveyed by the tray conveying conveyors are placed, respectively. A plurality of turntables for redirecting the plurality of turntables, a plurality of first empty tray return conveyors for returning empty trays for lifting fruits by the workers from the turntables, and disposed at a lower portion of the tray transfer conveyors; Empty Trek Falling From Return Conveyor A second empty tray conveying conveyor for returning at a right angle to the return direction of the sheet; a third empty tray conveying conveyor for receiving the empty trays returned by the second empty tray returning conveyor and turning the return direction at a right angle; A dispensing conveyor which receives the empty trays returned by the third empty tray conveying conveyor and distributes them in a plurality of rows to the dispensing member while turning them back at right angles and from the second empty tray conveying conveyor below the tray conveying conveyor; A tray guider for a fourth empty tray return conveyor disposed at regular intervals and returning empty trays distributed in a plurality of rows by the distribution conveyor to a plurality of rows, and an empty tray returned by the fourth empty tray return conveyor. Arranged in a line by And an empty tray union conveyor for discharging the tray into the tray feeding conveyor.

Hereinafter, a tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a view of the ejector applied to the tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention from the top, Figure 5 4 is a front view of FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the operation of FIG. 4. Is a perspective view of a fruit tray for a fruit sorter applied to a tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. 8, and FIG. 10 is an exploded view of FIG. 8. One perspective view.

3 to 10, the tray movable fruit sorter according to one embodiment of the present invention receives an empty tray 400 in which fruits are not placed on the upper part from the tray union conveyor 302, and a fruit inlet 270 is provided. At the same time, the fruit feeder 270, the tray feed conveyor 304 for transporting the tray 400 on which the thin fruit is placed on the empty tray 400, and the tray feed conveyor 304 An interval conveyor 306 intermittently driven at a high speed so as to maintain a constant interval of the tray 400 conveyed from the concave, and a concave groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the tray 400 conveyed by the interval conveyor 306. The first bar code reader 308 for reading a bar code (not shown) attached to 416 and the code (for example, serial number) of the bar code read by the first bar code reader 308 are described. 1, the data detected by the microprocessor 310 and the weight detection means 312, the sugar detection means 314, and the chromaticity / shape detection means 316 of the fruit are respectively received and stored from the barcode reader 308. RAM 318 (memory means) for storing (remembering) the grade of the fruit processed by the microprocessor 310 for each bar code of the tray 400, and the tray 400 on which the fruit graded fruit is placed. ) Guides the transport direction of the fruit sorting main conveyor 320 for receiving and conveying from the chromaticity / shape detecting means 316 and the tray 400 in which fruit transferred from the fruit sorting main conveyor 320 is placed. On the inclined conveyor 324 and the inclined conveyor 324 which transfers the 1st guide member 322, the tray 400 which the fruit whose direction of a change was changed by the said 1st guide member 322 was placed to the lower part, and the said inclined conveyor 324. Down to the bottom by The second guide member 326 for guiding the discharge of the tray 400, the fruit is placed at a predetermined interval, and the tray 400 is placed fruit is discharged at a predetermined interval by the second guide member 326 A tray sorting conveyor 328 for receiving and transporting in the direction of arrow A, and a tray 400 on which fruit transferred to the sorting stage 329 by the tray sorting conveyor 328 is placed in the microprocessor 310. A plurality of ejectors 380 for sorting and pushing out fruits according to grades through a plurality of feed rollers 330 by the output tray discharge control signal, and the tray sorting conveyor 328 by the ejector 380. A plurality of tray conveying conveyors 334 for conveying the trays 400 on which the fruits pushed out from each other are placed, and a tray on which the fruits conveyed by the tray conveying conveyor 334 are placed, respectively. A plurality of turntables 336 for redirecting 400, a plurality of first empty tray return conveyors 338 for returning the empty trays 400 for lifting fruit by the worker from the turntables 336 to the bottom; A second empty tray conveying conveyor 340 disposed at a lower portion of the tray conveying conveyor 334 and rotating at a right angle to the return direction of the empty tray 400 falling from the first empty tray conveying conveyor 338; A third empty tray conveying conveyor 342 for receiving the empty tray 400 returned by the second empty tray conveying conveyor 340 and bending the conveying direction again at a right angle; and the third empty tray conveying conveyor ( A distribution conveyor 346 for receiving the empty tray 400 that has been returned by the 342 and distributing it to the distribution member 344 in a plurality of lines while bending and returning it at a right angle again, and the tray transfer conveyor 334. A fourth empty tray disposed at a lower portion of the second empty tray return conveyor 340 at a predetermined interval to return the empty tray 400 distributed in a plurality of rows by the distribution conveyor 346 to a plurality of rows. The tray feed conveyor 350 and the empty tray 400 that have been returned by the fourth bin tray return conveyor 350 are arranged in a row by the tray guider 352 at a predetermined interval, and the tray input conveyor ( The bin tray union conveyor 354 which discharges to 304 is comprised.

The turntable 336 is provided with a light emitter 362 that emits light on one side of the middle of the tray 400 to stop the tray transfer conveyor 334 when the tray 400 on which the fruit is placed reaches a predetermined amount or more, A first photodetector 364 for detecting light emitted from the light emitter 362 is provided to face the first light emitter 362.

The feed roller 330 is preferably coated with a silicone rubber to increase the frictional force with the bottom surface of the tray 400 by the ejector 380.

The ejector 380 has a hydraulic cylinder 383 rotatably installed at one side of the bracket 382 by a first hinge bolt 381, and hydraulic pressure is supplied to or discharged from the hydraulic cylinder 383. Accordingly, the piston rod 384 provided in the front and rear portions of the hydraulic cylinder 383 and the piston rod 384 are pivotally installed by the pivot pin 385 to move forward of the piston rod 384. The tray 400 on which the fruit conveyed by the tray conveying conveyor 334 is placed while the hydraulic cylinder 383 is pivoted about the first hinge bolt 381 and is pivoted about the second hinge bolt 386. It consists of the rotating plate 387 which pushes out.

In the above description, each conveyor is provided with a drive motor (not shown) for driving a drive pulley (not shown), and a driven pulley (not shown) is provided separately from the drive pulley. It is.

The tray 400 has a through hole 412a formed at the center of the bottom surface 412 of the cylindrical wall 411, and a circular protrusion 413 formed upwardly around the through hole 412a is formed. And a cylindrical body 410 having a plurality of reinforcing protrusions 414 formed to protrude at a predetermined interval from each other to the upper portion of the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical wall 411 from the circular protrusion 413 through the bottom surface 412. And a circular protrusion projecting outwardly around the through hole 421a of the lower plate 421 in the flange 413a which protrudes toward the through hole 412a in the circular protrusion 413 of the cylindrical body 410. 413a is coupled and fixed in the cylindrical body 410, and a through hole 423a is formed at the center thereof, and a plurality of cutouts 423b are radially spaced from the through hole 423a at regular intervals. Formed to absorb the impact forces generated when the fruit is placed A fruit stand 420 having a plurality of circular corrugated pipes 424 integrally formed between the subplate 421 and the upper plate 423 on which the fruit is placed, and a through hole 431 formed in the center thereof, The plurality of cutouts 431a are radially formed at regular intervals from the through-hole 431 to prevent damage (scratching) at the time, and inserted into a circular groove formed on the upper outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical wall 411. It is composed of an upper circular plate 430 formed by integrally bending the circular projection 432 toward the inner side from the lower edge to fix the position.

In the figure, reference numeral 425 denotes a light shielding plate which protrudes from the inner side between the circular corrugated pipes 64 toward the center, and has a through hole 425a formed in the center thereof.

Next, the operation and effects of the tray movable fruit sorter according to an embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, when the main switch (not shown) is switched on, the tray union conveyor 302, the tray input conveyor 304, the interval conveyor 306, the first barcode reader 308, and the fruit sorting main conveyor ( 320, the inclined conveyor 324, the tray sorting conveyor 328, the tray conveying conveyor 334, the turntable 336, the first empty tray conveying conveyor 338, and the second empty tray conveying conveyor 340, the third bin tray return conveyor 342, the distribution conveyor 346, the fourth bin tray return conveyor 350, and the bin tray union conveyor 354 start to be driven, respectively.

At this time, when the empty tray 400 is not placed on the upper portion from the tray union conveyor 302 is received from the tray input conveyor 304 and transferred to the fruit input unit 270, the fruit input unit 270 In the empty tray 400, the thin peeled fruit (for example, apples, pears, persimmons, etc.) is placed and transferred to the interval conveyor 306 according to the operation of the tray input conveyor 304.

 Since the interval conveyor 306 is intermittently driven faster than the tray input conveyor 304, the interval conveyor 306 is transported while maintaining a constant interval between the trays 400 on which fruits are placed. When the barcode (not shown) attached to the outer circumferential surface of the tray 400 is read by the barcode reader 308 installed near the end of the interval conveyor 306 and input to the microprocessor 310, the microprocessor 310 is read. In accordance with the execution program stored in the ROM (not shown), the operation is stored in the RAM 318.

The tray 400 stored for each bar code in the RAM 318 is sequentially received by the weight detecting means 312 and input to the microprocessor 310 by detecting a weight by a micro cell, for example, and detecting the sugar content ( 314; and the chromaticity / shape at the same time as inputting the sweetness detected by the applicant of the patent application and disclosed by Japanese Patent Application No. 10-2004-0000363 published on January 03, 2004) to the microprocessor 310 The detection means 316 detects the chromaticity and shape of the fruit and inputs it to the microprocessor 310.

In this way, the data on the weight, sugar content, and chromaticity / shape inputted to the microprocessor 310 are processed by the microprocessor 310 to be stored in the RAM 318 in advance in the class reference weight and class reference sugar. And the grade is set for each tray by comparing with the reference chromaticity / shape for each grade.

The tray 400 in which the chromaticity and shape of the fruit is detected by the chromaticity / shape detecting means 316 is received by the fruit sorting main conveyor 320 and transported, and has been conveyed by the fruit sorting main conveyor 320. The tray 400 is guided to be bent by 90 degrees by the first guide member 322 installed near the end of the fruit sorting main conveyor 320 and lowered by the inclined conveyor 324. The second guide member 326 provided at the end of the conveyor 324 is transferred to the tray selection conveyor 328 at regular intervals.

The tray 400 transferred to the tray conveyor 328 is installed on the sorting stage 329 when the tray conveyor 328 rotates counterclockwise along the arrow A direction and reaches the sorting stage 329. By reading a bar code by a plurality of second bar code readers 366 and inputting the bar code into the microprocessor 310, the ejector 380 may read the bar code by the ejector 380 according to the classified grade control signal output from the microprocessor 310. Pushed through the transfer roller 330 to the tray transfer conveyor 334 corresponding to the grade, and is transferred to the turntable 336 mounted on the tray transfer conveyor 334, respectively.

Fruits placed on the trays 400 respectively transferred to the turntable 336 are gripped by a worker or a suction gripper (not shown) and transferred to a packaging box.

When the tray 400 is transferred to the turntable 336 by the tray transfer conveyor 334 and the tray 400 has a predetermined amount or more (when light emitted from the light emitter 362 is not detected by the photo detector 364), the micro By the control of the processor 310, the tray transfer conveyor 334 is stopped for a predetermined time to solve the inconvenience of the sorting operation, and when the tray 400 transferred to the turntable 336 is less The tray 400 is transferred to the turntable 336 by driving the tray transfer conveyor 334.

The empty tray 400 in which the fruit is transferred from each turntable 336 is rotated downward by the first empty tray return conveyor 338, and the return direction is bent by 90 degrees by the second empty tray return conveyor 340. By the said 3rd empty tray conveyance conveyor 342, the conveyance direction is rotated by 90 degree | times again.

The empty tray 400 that has been returned by the third empty tray conveying conveyor 342 is received by the distribution conveyor 346 and is returned by turning the return direction by 90 degrees. The on empty tray 400 that is returned in this way is A plurality of strings (4 rows are shown in the present invention by means of a distribution member 344 provided on the distal end of the distribution conveyor 346, 4 depending on the width of the distribution conveyor 346 and the distribution member 344). Can be aligned more than a row) to align the empty tray 400 with a plurality of rows in the fourth empty tray conveying conveyor 350 to discharge to the tray union conveyor 352, the tray union conveyor ( The empty tray discharged to the 352 is received in a plurality of rows by the tray guider 352 of the plurality of rows installed on the tray union conveyor 352, the idle tray installed at the end of the tray union conveyor 352 The empty tray 400 is lined up by the roller 352a to be discharged to the tray input conveyor 304.

Accordingly, the tray movable fruit sorter of the present invention reads the tray 400 by the first and second barcode readers 308 and 366 and inputs it to the microprocessor 310 to identify the unique barcode of the tray 400 to obtain the fruit. Since it is separated by grade, it is possible to improve the sorting efficiency of the fruit, not only can be easily sorted even if the transfer order of the fruit placing cup placed on the conveyor is changed, but also does not spill thin fruit, Scratches can be prevented from occurring at the time of fruit selection.

In the above description, although illustrated and described with reference to specific embodiments, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the concept of the present invention Of course, the design can be changed in various ways.

As described above, according to the tray movable fruit sorter of the present invention, the sorting efficiency of the fruit can be improved, and even if the transport order of the fruit placing cup placed on the conveyor is changed, the peeling can be easily performed. There is a very good effect that can prevent the occurrence of scratches when sorting thin fruits.

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The tray union conveyor 302 receives the empty tray 400, the fruit is not placed on the upper portion is transferred to the fruit inlet 270, at the same time the peeling on the empty tray 400 in the fruit inlet 270 A tray input conveyor 304 for transporting the tray 400 on which thin fruits are placed, An interval conveyor 306 intermittently driven at a high speed so as to maintain a constant interval between the trays 400 conveyed from the tray input conveyor 304; A first bar code reader 308 for reading a bar code attached to the concave groove 416 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the tray 400 transported by the interval conveyor 306; A microprocessor 310 for receiving and storing a code of a barcode read by the first barcode reader 308 from the first barcode reader 308; The tray 400 may be used to calculate the grade of the fruit obtained by the microprocessor 310 by receiving the data detected by the weight detecting means 312, the sugar detecting means 314, and the color / shape detecting means 316 of the fruit, respectively. RAM 318 for storing each bar code, A fruit sorting main conveyor 320 for receiving and transferring the tray 400 on which the fruit of which the grade of the fruit is determined is placed from the chromaticity / shape detecting means 316; A first guide member 322 for guiding the conveying direction of the tray 400 in which the fruit conveyed from the fruit sorting main conveyor 320 is placed; An inclined conveyor 324 for transferring the tray 400 on which the fruit whose direction is changed by the first guide member 322 is placed; A second guide member 326 for guiding discharge of the tray 400 on which the fruits lowered by the inclined conveyor 324 are placed at regular intervals; Tray sorting conveyor 328 for receiving the tray 400, the fruit discharged at a predetermined interval by the second guide member 326 is placed in the direction of the arrow A, The tray 400 on which the fruit transferred to the sorting stage 329 by the tray sorting conveyor 328 is placed, and the plurality of feed rollers 330 are controlled by the tray discharge control signal output from the microprocessor 310. A plurality of ejectors 380 which are classified and pushed out by the grade of the fruit through the A plurality of tray transport conveyors 334 for transporting the trays 400 in which the fruits pushed out from the tray sorting conveyor 328 by the ejector 380 are placed; A plurality of turntables 336 for redirecting the trays 400 on which the fruits conveyed by the tray conveying conveyor 334 are placed; A plurality of first empty tray return conveyors 338 for returning the empty trays 400 in which the fruits are lifted by the worker at the turntable 336 to the lower part; A second empty tray conveying conveyor 340 disposed at a lower portion of the tray conveying conveyor 334 and rotating at a right angle to the return direction of the empty tray 400 falling from the first empty tray conveying conveyor 338; A third empty tray conveying conveyor 342 which receives the empty tray 400 returned by the second empty tray conveying conveyor 340 and rotates the conveying direction at right angles again; A distribution conveyor 346 which receives the empty tray 400 that has been returned by the third empty tray return conveyor 342 and distributes the plurality of rows to the distribution member 344 in a plurality of lines while being rotated at a right angle again and then rotated; A plurality of rows of empty trays 400 disposed at a lower distance from the second empty tray return conveyor 340 at a lower portion of the tray transport conveyor 334 and distributed in a plurality of rows by the distribution conveyor 346. A fourth empty tray return conveyor 350 for returning, Bins for discharging the bin trays 400 which have been returned by the fourth bin tray return conveyor 350 to the tray input conveyor 304 sequentially at regular intervals while being arranged in a row by the tray guider 352. Tray movable fruit sorter, characterized in that consisting of a tray union conveyor (354). 2. The light emitter 362 according to claim 1, wherein when the tray 400 on which fruits are placed is a predetermined amount or more, the turntable 336 emits light to one side of the tray to stop the tray transport conveyor 334. And a light source (362) facing the light emitter (362) so as to detect the light emitted from the light emitter (362). The tray movable fruit of claim 1, wherein the feed roller 330 is coated with silicone rubber to increase friction with the bottom surface of the tray 400 by the ejector 380. Selector. According to claim 1, wherein the ejector 380 is hydraulically supplied to the hydraulic cylinder 383 and the hydraulic cylinder 383, one side of which is pivotally mounted to the bracket 382 by the first hinge bolt 381. Or as the hydraulic pressure is discharged, the piston rod 384 is installed in the front end of the hydraulic cylinder 383 so as to be retracted and the piston rod 384 is pivotally installed by the pivot pin 385 so that the piston rod ( When the hydraulic cylinder 383 is pivoted about the first hinge bolt 381 at the time of advancing 384, the fruit is pivoted about the second hinge bolt 386 to be transported by the tray transport conveyor 334. Tray movable fruit sorter, characterized in that consisting of a rotating plate (387) for pushing the mounted tray 400. According to claim 1, The tray 400 has a through hole 412a is formed in the center of the bottom surface 412 of the cylindrical wall 411, and the circular shape is raised up around the through hole 412a A protrusion 413 is formed, and has a plurality of reinforcing protrusions 414 formed to protrude at a predetermined interval from each other from the circular protrusion 413 to the upper portion of the inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical wall 411 through the bottom surface 412. The outer side around the through-hole 421a of the lower plate 421 in the cylindrical body 410 and the flange 413a which protrudes toward the through-hole 412a side in the circular protrusion 413 of the said cylindrical body 410. The circular protrusion 413a protruding toward the side is coupled and fixed in the cylindrical body 410, and a through hole 423a is formed at the center thereof, and a plurality of cutouts 423b are formed from the through hole 423a. It is formed radially at regular intervals and absorbs the impact force generated when the fruit is placed. While the lower plate 421 and the upper plate 423 on which the fruit is placed, a plurality of circular corrugated pipes 424 are integrally formed with a fruit support 420 and a through hole 431 is formed in the center thereof. A plurality of cutouts 431a are radially formed at regular intervals from the through hole 431 so as to prevent damage when the fruit is placed, and is inserted into a circular groove formed on the upper outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical wall 411. Tray movable fruit sorter, characterized in that the circular protrusion 432 is formed by integrally bending the upper circular plate 430 formed from the lower edge toward the inside to be fixed.

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