KR20160149421A

KR20160149421A - Apparatus for sorting low-quality garlic

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Publication number: KR20160149421A
Application number: KR1020150086348A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 백성기; 백도웅
Original assignee: 백성기; 백도웅
Priority date: 2015-06-18
Filing date: 2015-06-18
Publication date: 2016-12-28
Also published as: KR101763565B1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device to sort low quality garlic, capable of easily and automatically sorting and separating low quality garlic. The sorting device includes: a body; an operating part including a pair of chains installed inside the body as a caterpillar, an operating sprocket interlocked with the chains to rotate the chains with motor operation, and a vertical sprocket interlocked with the chains in the other side of the operating sprocket; a transfer part including a plurality of horizontal rods having both ends horizontally connected between the chains and installed along the chains at regular intervals, and a plurality of containers having an end installed on each of the horizontal rods to be able to rotate and horizontally slide; a sorting and discharging frame installed in the body by being matched with the bottom of the containers, arranged along the chains, and including a support step formed inside to support the lower surface of the containers, and a movement space formed in the other side by being matched with the support step; a sorting and discharging part installed in each sorting and discharging frame by being matched with at least one horizontal rod; a plurality of cameras installed in the upper part of the body by being matched with the upper surface of the containers; and a detection control part connected with the cameras and the sorting and discharging part.

Description

{APPARATUS FOR SORTING LOW-QUALITY GARLIC}

The present invention relates to a low-quality garlic screening apparatus for sorting raw garlic having low quality, and more particularly, to a low-quality garlic screening apparatus for automatically and easily separating and separating low quality garlic.

Generally, among garlic, garlic is harvested after harvesting whole garlic, and fresh garlic is classified according to its size and packed in a net or box. In this process, since the selection of garlic depends on the naked eye of the operator, There is a problem that the packaged garlic does not have a certain size and the merchantability is lowered.

A garlic sorting apparatus has been proposed in order to sort garlic by a certain size. In a conventional garlic size sorting apparatus, a perforated plate having perforated holes is slanted or flat, and the garment is moved by vibrating the perforated plate, The garlic is passed through by size and is selected.

However, the above-described conventional techniques have the following problems.

The conventional garlic sorting apparatus easily selects fresh garlic according to its size, but has a problem in that it can not easily sort out low quality garlic which is wounded, broken or partially corrupted.

Particularly, there has been a problem in that it takes a lot of manpower and time to sort out low quality garlic among garlic because it depends on manpower only for sorting low quality garlic as described above.

Published patent application No. 2012-0083786 "Garlic selection device" (2012.07.26)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a low-quality garlic sorting apparatus capable of automatically sorting and separating low-quality garlic automatically.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a low-quality garlic screening apparatus which allows low-quality garlic to be selectively removed through an entire discharge frame, and to allow remaining garlic to be easily discharged.

In order to achieve the above object, a "low-quality garlic selecting apparatus" according to the present invention comprises: a main body; A drive sprocket engaged with the chain and rotating the chain by motor driving; and a drive sprocket arranged on the other side of the drive sprocket to rotate the chain, A drive unit including a driven sprocket to support the driven sprocket; A plurality of horizontal bars connected at both ends thereof horizontally between the chain and the chain and spaced at regular intervals along the chain, and a plurality of horizontal bars each of which is rotatable at one end and slidable horizontally, A conveying part including a plurality of containers which are opened and closed at the bottom; A support bracket is provided inside the main body corresponding to a lower portion of the plurality of containers aligned along the chain, a support bracket is formed on the inside to slidably support one side of the bottom surface of the container, A discriminating discharge frame in which a moving space is formed on the other side corresponding to the supporting jaw so as to be detachable from the supporting jaw; A sorting and discharging unit installed in each of the sorting discharge frames corresponding to at least one of the horizontal rods and pushing the container from the supporting jaw to the moving space and discharging the loaded garlic while rotating the container; A plurality of cameras installed on the upper portion of the main body corresponding to the upper surface of the container and photographing the garlic loaded in the container; And a detection control unit connected to the camera and the sorting discharge unit for detecting low-quality garlic through an image transmitted through the camera and controlling the operation of the sorting and discharging unit to discharge the detected low-quality garlic to the lower part; .

The sorting and discharging portion of the "low-quality garlic sorting device" according to the present invention further comprises an air jetting hole formed at a lower portion of the screening discharge frame and passing through one side of the supporting jaw to which the container is closely attached, An air supply pipe connected to the lower end of the air supply pipe and supplied with high pressure air by an external device, and an on / off valve installed on the duct of the air supply pipe and connected to the operation control unit to open / close the air supply pipe.

Further, the "low-quality garlic sorting device" according to the present invention is provided in the inside of the main body so as to be connected to one end of the sorting discharge frame corresponding to the camera, A supporting frame having a sliding jaw formed on the inner side thereof and having a protruding contact protrusion slidably attached to the other side of the container at the other side so as to prevent the container from being detached from the sliding protrusion; A guide frame provided inside the main body so as to be continuous with one end of the support frame and rounded corresponding to the drive sprocket and having a plurality of guide grooves formed on an upper surface thereof so as to guide the container to the sliding guide; And further comprising:

Further, the "low-quality garlic selecting apparatus" according to the present invention comprises: a garlic clad plate installed in the main body above the guide frame, for loading garlic into the plurality of containers provided in the horizontal bar, one by one; And further comprising:

Further, the "low-quality garlic sorting apparatus" according to the present invention is provided in the inside of the main body so as to be connected to the other end of the sorting discharge frame, and an empty space is formed corresponding to the supporting jaws, An entire discharge frame for discharging the remaining garlic discharged to the lower portion; And further comprising:

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to automatically and selectively sort garlic of low quality, thereby minimizing waste of manpower and time for sorting low-quality garlic, thereby remarkably improving simplicity of sorting operation.

In addition, the present invention has the effect that the low-quality garlic is selectively removed through the entire discharge frame and the remaining garlic is easily discharged, thereby improving convenience in use.

1 is a schematic side cross-sectional view of a low-quality garlic sorter according to the present invention,
Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the main part of Fig. 1,
3 is a schematic plan view of a low-quality garlic sorter according to the present invention,
4 and 5 are enlarged views of the essential parts of Fig. 3,
FIG. 6 is a schematic plan view showing the inside of a low-quality garlic sorting apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view showing the arrangement of the camera of the low-quality garlic sorting apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 8 is a schematic plan view showing a part of a top surface of a low-quality garlic sorting apparatus according to the present invention,
FIG. 9 is a schematic side view of a bottom part of a low-quality garlic sorting apparatus according to the present invention,
Fig. 10 is a front view of a recessed portion along the direction A in Fig. 9,
11 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the BB line according to Fig. 9,
Figure 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the CC line according to Figure 9,
Figure 13 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the DD line according to Figure 9;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be understood, however, that the invention can be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

1 to 13 are schematic views of a low-quality garlic sorter according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the low-quality garlic selecting apparatus according to the present invention comprises a main body 10, a driving unit 20 installed in the main body 10, a feeding unit 30 installed in the driving unit 20, A sorting discharge frame 40 installed on the main body 10 at a lower portion of the transfer unit 30 and a sorting discharge unit 50 installed in the sorting discharge frame 40; And a detection control unit 70 connected to the camera 60 and the sorting discharge unit 50. [

The main body 10 is provided in a hollow rectangular box shape and functions to provide a place where various components including the driving unit 20 are installed inside.

The driving unit 20 is installed inside the main body 10 and rotates the feeding unit 30 in an endless track by driving the motor.

The driving unit 20 includes a pair of chains 21 disposed on an inner side of the main body 10 in an endless track and spaced apart from each other, And a driven sprocket 23 for supporting the rotation of the chain 21 by engaging with the chain 21 at the other side of the drive sprocket 22.

The chains 21 are spaced apart from each other and serve to provide a space in which the transfer unit 30 is installed. The driving sprocket 22 is driven by a motor to face one side of the chain 21 and moves the pair of chains 21 to one side at the same time. The driven sprocket 23 serves to rotatably support the chain 21 by engaging the other side of the chain 21.

The transfer unit 30 is installed between the chain 21 and the chain 21 and is responsible for transferring raw garlic to the upper side of the transfer unit 30 while being moved to an endless track by the chain 21 .

The conveying unit 30 has a plurality of horizontal bars 31 which are horizontally connected at both ends between the chain 21 and the chain 21 and installed at regular intervals along the chain 21, And a plurality of containers 32 each having one end rotatable and horizontally slidable to the respective horizontal bar 31 and having an upper portion opened and a lower portion closed to receive garlic one by one.

The horizontal bar 31 provides a place where a large number of the containers 32 are rotatably installed so that a plurality of the containers 32 can be arranged around the chain 21 in an aligned state. The container 32 serves to receive raw garbage one by one and is rotated along the horizontal bar 31 to discharge the garlic received therein.

The sorting and discharging frame 40 is installed inside the main body 10 in correspondence with the lower portions of the plurality of containers 32 aligned along the chain 21 and slides one side of the lower surface of the container 32 And the container 32 is moved horizontally to be separated from the support jaw 41 so that the movement space 42 is provided on the other side of the support jaw 41 corresponding to the support jaw 41. [ So that the container 32 can be transported along the chain 21 while the lower surface of the container 32 is supported through the support tongue 41, The garniture 32 is rotated around the horizontal bar 31 while being moved to the moving space 42 by the sorting discharge unit 50 so that the garlic of low quality contained in the container 32 can be discharged downward will be.

The sorting and discharging unit 50 is installed in each of the sorting discharge frames 40 in correspondence with at least one of the horizontal bars 31. The sorting and discharging unit 50 is provided at the supporting jaws 41, 42, and discharges the low-quality garlic to the lower portion while the container 32 is rotated.

The sorting and discharging part 50 serving as the sorting part has an air injection hole 51 formed to pass through one side of the supporting jaw 41 to which the container 32 is closely attached, An air supply pipe 52 connected to a lower end of the air injection hole 51 and supplied with high-pressure air by an external device, and an air supply pipe 52 installed on a duct of the air supply pipe 52 and connected to the operation control unit And an opening / closing valve (53) for opening / closing the air supply pipe (52).

The air injection hole 51 is sprayed on one side of the container 32 which is in close contact with one side of the supporting step 41 so that the container 32 is horizontally moved into the moving space 42, So that the container 32 is rotated around the horizontal bar 31 to discharge the lower-quality garlic, which has been accommodated therein, to the lower portion.

The air supply pipe 52 connects an external device such as an air compressor and the air injection hole 51 to supply compressed air through the external device to the air injection hole 51. The on-off valve 53 is a known automatic valve that opens or closes the air supply pipe 52 under the control of the detection control unit 70 to prevent air from being sprayed or sprayed through the air injection hole 51.

The camera 60 is installed at a plurality of upper portions of the main body 10 in correspondence with the upper surface of the container 32 and is mounted on a series of the containers 32 moved along the upper surface of the main body 10. [ It plays a role in shooting whole garlic. A plurality of cameras 60 are installed on the upper portion of the main body 10 as shown in FIG.

The detection control unit 70 is connected to the camera 60 and the sorting unit 50 and detects low quality garlic through an image transmitted through the camera 60 and discharges the detected low quality garlic to the bottom And controls the operation of the sorting and discharging unit 50.

The sorting apparatus includes a support frame 80 installed at the body 10 at one end of the sorting discharge frame 40 and a guide frame 90 installed at the body 10 at one end of the support frame 80 ).

The support frame 80 is installed inside the main body 10 to correspond to one end of the sorting discharge frame 40 corresponding to the camera 60 and supports one side of the lower surface of the container 32 in a slidable manner A sliding jaw 81 connected to the supporting jaw 41 is formed on the inner side and is slidably brought into close contact with the other side of the container 32 on the other side so that the container 32 is not detached from the sliding jaw 81 The conveyance guide is guided in a state in which the container 32 is not rotated through the sliding protrusion 81 and the protrusion close-up step 82 so as to be guided to the discriminating discharge frame 40 So that they can enter smoothly.

The guide frame 90 is installed inside the main body 10 so as to extend to one end of the support frame 80 and is formed to be rounded corresponding to the drive sprocket 22, A plurality of guide grooves 91 are formed on the upper surface so as to guide the container 32 to the support frame 80 by guiding the container 32 through the guide groove 91, So as to enter an aligned state.

The screening apparatus further includes a garlic clad 100 installed on the main body 10 above the guide frame 90. The garlic clad plate 100 has a plurality of crests formed corresponding to a plurality of the containers 32 installed on the horizontal bar 31. The garlic clad plate 100 has a plurality of crests formed thereon, So that garlic is put into the plurality of containers 32 installed in the horizontal bar 31 one by one.

The sorting apparatus further includes an entire discharge frame 110 installed inside the main body 10 so as to be connected to the other end of the sorting discharge frame 40 and having a hollow space corresponding to the support step 41. The entire discharge frame (110) rotates the container (32) to discharge low quality garlic and discharge the remaining garlic to the bottom.

The operation state of the present low-quality garlic sorting apparatus having such a structure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 13. FIG. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 9, when the drive sprocket 22 is driven by a motor and the chain 21 interposed between the driven sprockets 23 is rotated in an endless track, Fresh garlic G is put into the upper surface of the container 32 which is moved counterclockwise along the upper surface of the guide frame 90 through the garlic inlet plate 100 one by one.

The container 32 on which the garlic G is loaded is transported by the horizontal bar 31 from the upper portion of the main body 10 toward the one side. At this time, the container 32 is taken by the camera 60 installed on the support frame 80 while passing through the support frame 80.

The camera 60 transmits an image of the garlic G captured in the container 32 to the detection control unit 70. The detection control unit 70 that has received the captured image reads the image Quality garlic G which is damaged or corrupted due to damage or decay is selected and the position of the container 32 containing the selected low quality garlic G is judged.

The container 32 is continuously transported and transported along the upper surface of the sorting discharge frame 40. At this time, the detection control unit 70 performs the sorting operation corresponding to the sorting of the container 32 containing the garlic G of low quality The discharge unit 50 is operated to push the container 32 containing the garlic G of the low quality one by one and rotate selectively along the horizontal bar 31 to discharge the garlic G of the low quality downward.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, the sorting and discharging unit 50 is installed on the two horizontal bars 31, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 9, .

Garlic G of low quality discharged from the container 32 and dropped to the bottom is discharged to the outside from the main body 10 by the discharge conveyor C located at the lower portion of the sorting discharge unit 50.

After the low-quality garlic G is discharged as described above, the container 32 continuously moves to enter the entire discharge frame 110, so that all the containers 32 are rotated along the horizontal bar 31, The remaining garlic (the remaining high quality garlic excluding the low-quality garlic) loaded on the main body 32 is discharged to the lower portion of the main body 10 through the discharge conveyor C located at the lower portion of the entire discharge frame 110 And is discharged to the outside.

As described above, the present sorting apparatus is a breakthrough invention for automatically sorting garlic (G) of low quality and high quality and discharging it individually.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments. It is clear that the present invention can be suitably modified and applied in the same manner. Therefore, the above description does not limit the scope of the present invention, which is defined by the limitations of the following claims.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

10: Body
20:
21: chain 22: drive sprocket
23: Follower sprocket
30:
31: horizontal bar 32: container
40: Selective discharge frame
41: supporting jaw 42: moving space
50:
51: air blower 52: air supply pipe
53: opening / closing valve
60: camera
70:
80: Support frame
81: sliding chin 82: protruding chin
90: guide frame
91: Guide groove
100: Garlic filling plate
110: Entire discharge frame
C: Discharge conveyor
G: Garlic

Claims

A body 10;
A pair of chains 21 provided on the inner side of the main body 10 in an infinite orbit and spaced apart from each other, a drive sprocket 22 for rotating the chain 21 by engaging with the chain 21 and driven by a motor, A drive part 20 including a driven sprocket 23 that engages with the chain 21 to support the rotation of the chain 21 to the other side of the drive sprocket 22;
A plurality of horizontal bars 31 connected at both ends between the chain 21 and the chain 21 at equal intervals along the chain 21; (30) comprising a plurality of containers (32) which are slidably horizontally slidable and open at the top and closed at the bottom to receive garlic one by one;
(32) are arranged inside the main body (10) corresponding to the lower portions of the plurality of containers (32) aligned along the chain (21) And a movement space (42) is formed on the other side of the container (32) corresponding to the support step (41) so that the container (32) (40);
(32) is pushed to the moving space (42) from the supporting jaw (41) and the container (32) is installed in each of the sorting discharge frames (40) corresponding to at least one horizontal bar (50) for discharging the garlic to the lower portion while being rotated;
A plurality of cameras 60 installed on the upper part of the main body 10 corresponding to the upper surface of the container 32 and photographing the garlic loaded on the container 32;
Quality garlic is detected through an image transmitted through the camera 60 and connected to the camera 60 and the sorting unit 50 so that the low-quality garlic is discharged to the lower portion of the sorting and discharging unit 50, A detection control unit 70 for controlling the operation of the vehicle;
Characterized in that it comprises a low-grade garlic selection device.

The method according to claim 1,
The sorting and discharging unit (50)
An air injection hole 51 formed at a lower portion of the sorting discharge frame 40 so as to penetrate through a side surface of the supporting jaw 41 to which the container 32 is attached,
An air supply pipe 52 connected to the lower end of the air injection hole 51 and supplied with high-pressure air by an external device,
An open / close valve (53) installed on a channel of the air supply pipe (52) and connected to the operation control unit for opening / closing the air supply pipe (52)
Characterized in that it comprises a low-grade garlic selection device.

The method according to claim 1,
The sorting device comprises:
And is provided inside the main body 10 so as to extend to one end of the discriminating discharge frame 40 in correspondence with the camera 60. The supporting jaw 41 is provided so as to slidably support one side of the lower surface of the container 32, And a sliding protrusion 81 is formed on the inner side of the sliding protrusion 81 so as to slide on the other side of the container 32 on the other side so as to prevent the container 32 from being separated from the sliding protrusion 81. [ A support frame 80 on which the support frame 80 is formed;
And is provided inside the main body 10 so as to be continuous with one end of the support frame 80 and rounded corresponding to the drive sprocket 22 to guide the container 32 to the sliding chin 81 A guide frame 90 having a plurality of guide grooves 91 formed on an upper surface thereof;
Further comprising a low-grade garlic selection device.

The method of claim 3,
The sorting device comprises:
A garlic clad 100 installed inside the main body 10 at an upper portion of the guide frame 90 and feeding garlic to the plurality of containers 32 installed in the horizontal bar 31 one by one;
Further comprising a low-grade garlic selection device.

The method according to claim 1,
The sorting device comprises:
The garbage is installed in the main body 10 so as to be connected to the other end of the sorting discharge frame 40 and has a hollow space corresponding to the supporting jaw 41 so that the container 32 is completely rotated, And discharging the remaining garlic to the lower portion;
Further comprising a low-grade garlic selection device.