KR20170091388A - Apparatus for sorting fruit - Google Patents

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KR20170091388A
KR20170091388A KR1020160012341A KR20160012341A KR20170091388A KR 20170091388 A KR20170091388 A KR 20170091388A KR 1020160012341 A KR1020160012341 A KR 1020160012341A KR 20160012341 A KR20160012341 A KR 20160012341A KR 20170091388 A KR20170091388 A KR 20170091388A
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Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus for sorting fruit which transfers a fruit sorting bucket in one line of chain conveyor to increase transfer speed and is able to easily attach, detach, and replace a bucket in the chain conveyor. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the apparatus for sorting fruit is automatically sorting fruit according to a measured weight of the fruit, and comprises: a transfer rail portion; a conveyor portion in which the chain conveyor is arranged in a row in the transfer rail portion and rotates in an infinite orbital shape; and a plurality of bucket portions installed in the chain conveyor, transferred along a longitudinal direction of the transfer rail portion, and sorting the fruits in accordance with the measured weight measured by putting the fruits thereon.

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{APPARATUS FOR SORTING FRUIT}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fruit sorting apparatus, and more particularly, to a fruit sorting apparatus that automatically classifies fruit according to a weight measured by measuring the weight of fruit.

Generally, the harvested fruit is differentiated in its quality and price according to its weight, so its weight must be measured and classified according to its weight. However, it takes a lot of time and labor to manually measure and classify the weight of a large number of fruits to be. In order to solve this problem, a fruit sorting apparatus has been developed, which measures the weight of fruits and automatically classifies the fruits according to the measured weights.

As such a fruit sorting apparatus, there is a fruit sorting apparatus (registered utility model No. 0128869) filed by the present applicant for utility model registration. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the fruit sorting apparatus comprises a support portion A having a predetermined length, a conveyor 9 having a plurality of bucket mechanisms 2 along the longitudinal direction at the upper end of the support portion A, A main driving part C and an auxiliary driving part C 'provided at both ends of the supporting part A to drive the conveyor 9 and a driving part which is located at one side of the supporting part A, A measuring section E provided at an intermediate portion of the supporting section A beyond the circle and the insertion section D for measuring the weight of the fruit 6 and a measuring section E positioned at the other end of the supporting section A, (F) for distributing the fruit (6) transferred by the weighing unit (9) by weight and a control unit (G) installed on one side wall of the intermediate part of the support part (A) .

However, in the conventional fruit sorting apparatus configured as described above, the bucket mechanism 2 is connected between a pair of chain conveyors 9 provided on two conveying rails 8, as shown in Fig. As a result, frictional resistance between the two conveying rails 8 and the chain conveyor 9 is significantly increased during the conveying process, which slows down the conveying speed, thereby deteriorating efficiency of fruit sorting operation.

In addition, since the chain pin is inserted through the through hole formed in the lower end of the bucket mechanism 2 and connected to the chain conveyor, it is not easy to attach or detach the bucket mechanism 2 to the chain conveyor 9, There is a problem that replacement of the bucket mechanism 2 is not easy when the mechanism 2 is broken.

Korea Registered Utility Model No. 0128869 (Notice of Mar. 30, 1999)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a fruit sorting apparatus capable of increasing the feeding speed by feeding a fruit sorting bucket to a single row of chain conveyors.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a fruit sorting apparatus that can easily attach or detach a fruit sorting bucket to a chain conveyor, thereby facilitating the assembly and replacement work of the bucket.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fruit sorting apparatus for automatically sorting fruit according to a measurement weight by measuring a weight of fruit, the fruit sorting apparatus comprising: A conveyor section in which a chain conveyor is arranged in a row on the conveying rail part and is rotated in an endless track form; And a plurality of buckets provided on the chain conveyor, the buckets being transported along the longitudinal direction of the conveying rail, and the fruits being raised to sort the fruits according to the measured weights.

The conveying rail portion may include an upper conveying rail having an upper surface opening formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail and a conveyor that is located above the endless track of the conveyor portion is positioned to be inserted into the upper surface opening portion; And a lower conveying rail disposed parallel to the upper conveying rail at a lower portion of the upper conveying rail and having a lower opening formed along a longitudinal direction of the rail, and a conveyor, which is a lower side of the conveying portion, ; ≪ / RTI >

The bucket portion may include a tray portion on which the fruit is raised; A bucket body portion rotatably installed on the upper portion of the tray portion and supported on the conveying rail portion; A rotating moving part installed between the tray part and the bucket body part and rotating the tray part; And a detachable coupling portion provided at a lower portion of the bucket body portion and detachably coupled to the chain conveyor.

In addition, the bucket body may be provided with load plates at the lower ends of both side surfaces thereof, and may apply a load to the load cell installed on the transport rail while moving the load plate in a state supported by the upper end of the transport rail.

The bucket body may have a recess formed at the bottom thereof and may be coupled to a lower portion of the bucket body when the detachable engagement portion is inserted into the recess.

The detachable coupling portion may include a support plate coupled to support a lower portion of the bucket body portion; And a pair of attachment and detachment plates extending downward from both sides of the support plate and having chain fit holes formed therein, wherein when the attachment and detachment portion is detachably coupled to the chain conveyor, the chain conveyor includes a pair of attachment and detachment plates And the pin of the protrusion of the chain conveyor can be inserted into the chain fitting hole to be engaged.

Further, the pair of the detachable plates may be narrowed in spacing between the detachable plates from the upper end to the lower end, and when the detachable plate is engaged with the chain conveyor, the detachable plate is opened by elasticity and is collected and detached.

In addition, the pair of detachable plates may have detachment protrusions formed on both sides thereof. In the state where the detachable plate is coupled to the chain conveyor, the detachment protrusions are positioned below the guide plates at both ends of the conveying rail, The detachable coupling portion can be prevented from being detached from the conveying rail portion when the conveying rail moves.

The support plate may have a coupling protrusion formed on an upper portion thereof, and the coupling protrusion may be inserted into a coupling hole formed in the bucket body portion, and the detachable coupling portion may be coupled to the bucket body portion to be vertically movable.

The fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention has the following effects.

First, since the present invention can constitute a fruit sorting device for transferring the fruit sorting bucket part by only one chain conveyor, it is possible to increase the feeding speed as compared with a fruit sorting device which is transferred to a conventional double row chain conveyor. It is possible to increase the efficiency of the apparatus and simplify the construction, thereby reducing the production cost.

Second, the present invention can easily attach or detach the fruit sorting bucket part by inserting the fruit sorting bucket part into the chain conveyor in a one-touch manner, so that the user can easily assemble and replace the bucket on the chain conveyor as needed.

1 is a perspective view of a fruit sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a side view schematically showing a fruit sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a perspective exploded perspective view of a fruit sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a perspective view showing a bucket portion of the fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention.
5 is an exploded perspective view of Fig.
6 is a perspective view of a recessed portion showing the engagement relationship between the bucket part and the chain conveyor;
7 is a cross-sectional view of a recessed portion showing the engagement relationship between the bucket part, the chain conveyor and the conveying rail part.
8 is a side view showing an operating state in which the bucket part is detachably attached to the chain conveyor;
9 is a sectional view showing a structure in which a slide guide portion is applied to an upper transfer rail and a lower transfer rail;

Hereinafter, a fruit sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the subject matter of the present invention.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fruit sorting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view schematically showing the fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention, 4 is a perspective view showing a bucket part of the fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention, FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a state where the bucket part is coupled to a chain conveyor, FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the bucket part is coupled to a chain conveyor and a conveying rail part, and FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a structure in which a slide guide part is applied to an upper conveying rail and a lower conveying rail .

1 to 9, the fruit sorting apparatus of the present invention may include a conveying rail part 100, a conveyor part 200, and a bucket part 300.

The fruit sorting apparatus includes not only a conveying rail part 100, a conveyor part 200 and a bucket part 300 but also a circulation path through which a fruit is introduced, a charging part 400, a circle and a charging part 400, A measuring unit 500 located at one side of the part 100 for simultaneously measuring the weight and color of the fruit and a measuring unit 500 for measuring the weight of the fruit transferred by the conveyor unit 200 on the other side of the conveying rail 100, And a control unit (not shown) installed on the conveying rail 100 to control the entire operation of the apparatus through the circulating unit 400 and the circulating unit 100. Since the circulating unit 400, the measuring unit 500, the distributing unit, the control unit, and the like are well known in the art, the detailed description is omitted here.

The conveying rail part 100 may be in the form of a straight aluminum bar formed to be long in the longitudinal direction. In this embodiment, the conveying rail part 100 is preferably made of aluminum, but it is not limited thereto and may be made of a metal material having excellent strength.

The conveying rail part 100 may include an upper conveying rail 110 and a lower conveying rail 120.

The upper conveying rail 110 is formed such that the upper surface opening 111 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail and the conveyor 210a which is above the endless track of the conveyor part 200 to be described later is inserted into the upper surface opening 111. [

The upper conveying rail 110 is provided with a first slide guide portion 151 along the longitudinal direction of the rail at the center lower portion of the upper surface opening 111 so that the chain conveyor 210 is supported by the first slide guide portion 151 The guide rails 110 can be slidably moved. The first slide guide unit 151 has a lower protrusion 151a inserted into a groove 113a formed in the upper surface of a guide rail 113 formed at the center of the upper conveyance rail 110, Along the longitudinal direction of the rail. The first slide guide portion 151 is preferably made of a silicone material, which is an elastic material.

The lower conveying rail 120 is installed in parallel with the upper conveying rail 110 at a lower portion of the upper conveying rail 110. The lower opening 121 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail, And the conveyor 210b, which is on the lower side of the orbit, is positioned to be inserted into the lower opening 121. The lower conveying rail 120 is spaced apart from the bottom surface by a predetermined height so that the bucket part 300 moving along the lower part of the lower conveying rail 120 does not collide with the floor surface.

The lower conveying rail 120 is provided with a second slide guide portion 152 along the longitudinal direction of the rail at the center both sides of the lower opening 121 so that the detachable coupling portion 340 of the bucket portion 300 2 guide guide 152 so as to be slid along the lower conveying rail 120 without being detached from the lower conveying rail 120. The second slide guide part 152 is engaged with the groove 120a formed at both inner sides of the lower conveying rail 120 so that the upper part of the second slide guide part 152 is engaged with the side projection part 152a, May be provided along the longitudinal direction. It is preferable that the second slide guide portion 152 is made of a silicone material, which is an elastic material.

The upper transfer rail 110 and the lower transfer rail 120 are connected to each other by a support 130 and the lower transfer rail 120 is provided with a movement wheel 140 to be movable.

The conveyor unit 200 rotates in the form of an endless track by arranging the chain conveyors 210 in a line along the conveying rail part 100.

The chain conveyor 210 is an endless track type conveyor configured by arranging a plurality of chains 211 in a line and fastening the chain between the chains with a chain pin 213. Since such a chain conveyor 210 can be understood as a known configuration A detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The chain conveyor 210 is wound around a sprocket 220 provided at both ends of a rotating track and rotates in an endless track as the sprocket 220 rotates to transfer a plurality of buckets 300 installed on the chain conveyor 210 .

The chain conveyor 210 is rotated by the rotation of the sprocket 220 and has driving means (not shown) as a means for rotating the sprocket 220. The driving means may be modified in various ways, but it is preferable to use an electric motor (not shown) that is simple in structure and can be easily provided.

The bucket unit 300 is loaded with fruit (not shown), sorting the fruit according to the measured weight, and discharging the fruit to the distribution unit. A plurality of buckets 300 are installed on the chain conveyor 210 and are transported along the longitudinal direction of the transport rail 100 by the chain conveyor 210.

The bucket portion 300 may include a tray portion 310, a bucket body portion 320, a rotational movement portion 330, and a detachable coupling portion 340.

The tray unit 310 has a dish shape as a whole, and a recess 311 is formed at the center of the top surface so that the fruit can be stably placed.

The bucket body portion 320 is rotatably installed on the upper portion of the tray portion 310. For example, the lower end of the tray 310 is coupled to a side of the upper end of the bucket body 320 by a hinge 321 so that the tray 310 is rotated by a hinge 321). One side of the bucket body 320 and one side of the tray 310 are connected by a coil spring 323 so that the tray 310 rotates about the hinge 321, As shown in Fig.

The bucket body portion 320 is supported on the conveying rail portion 100. The load plate 324 is supported on the upper end of the conveying rail part 100 and is installed on the conveying rail part 100 while moving in a state that the load plate 324 is supported on the upper end of the conveying rail part 100. [ So that a load is applied to the load cell 101.

The bucket body portion 320 has a substantially ∩ cross-sectional shape and a concave portion 325 is formed at a lower portion of the bucket body portion 320. The bucket body portion 320 is inserted into the concave portion 325, As shown in FIG. The upper surface flat plate of the concave portion 325 of the bucket body 320 is formed with a protrusion hole 326 in the vertical direction so that the coupling protrusion 342 of the support plate 341 to be described later can be inserted.

A pair of flanges 327 extending downward are formed at both front ends of the bucket body 320. A hinge hole 327a is formed in the flange 327 to form a hinge wire 350 having a " Is inserted into the hinge hole 327a.

The rotational movement unit 330 is installed between the tray unit 310 and the bucket body 320 so that the bucket body 320 is transferred to the load cell 101. After the fruits are sorted by weight, When the tray unit 310 is placed in the dispensing unit, the tray unit 310 is rotated by the operating unit to discharge fruit to the dispensing unit.

The rotary motion unit 330 may include a rotary arm 331 and a lever 333. [

The rotary arm 331 is coupled to the hinge 322 at the other end of the bucket body 320 and is positioned between the bucket body 320 and the tray 310. At the end of the rotary arm 331, a rotary roller 332 may be installed.

The lever 333 is coupled to the outer end of the rotary arm 331 and rotates the rotary arm 331 about the hinge 322 as it moves upward and downward by the actuating means.

The detachable coupling portion 340 is installed at a lower portion of the bucket body portion 320 in a state of being inserted into the concave portion 325 formed at the lower portion of the bucket body portion 320 and can be detachably coupled to the chain conveyor 210 have.

The detachable coupling portion 340 may include a support plate 341 and a detachable plate 343.

The support plate 341 is formed in a horizontal plate shape having a surface area smaller than that of the concave portion 325 so as to be inserted into the concave portion 325 of the bucket body portion 320, .

The supporting plate 341 is formed with a pair of flanges 344 extending downward at both rear ends thereof and a hinge hole 344a is formed in the flange 344 so that the other end of the hinge wire 350 is connected to the hinge hole 344a, As shown in FIG.

On the upper surface of the support plate 341, a coupling protrusion 342 protrudes upward. The coupling protrusion 342 is vertically inserted into the coupling hole 326 formed in the bucket body 320 and then the bolt 345 is fastened to the upper end of the coupling protrusion 342, And may be vertically coupled to the body 320.

The attachment / detachment plate 343 is formed as a pair so as to extend from both sides of the support plate 341 downwardly. That is, the pair of attachment / detachment plates 343 may be formed in the form of a vertical plate arranged in parallel to each other so as to extend in the vertical direction from both sides of the support plate 341 which is a horizontal plate.

At the lower end of the attachment / detachment plate 343, a chain fitting hole 343a is formed to penetrate the plate surface. The chain conveyor 210 is inserted between the pair of attachment and detachment plates 343 when the detachable coupling part 340 is detached and coupled to the chain conveyor 210 and the pin 213 of the chain conveyor 210, And can be fitted into and engaged with the chain fitting hole 343a in an interference fit manner.

The pair of attachment / detachment plates 343 are formed so that the distance between the attachment / detachment plates 343 becomes narrower from the upper end to the lower end. That is, the pair of attachment / detachment plates 343 are inclined inward toward each other as they go downward. The pair of attaching / detaching plates 343 are formed to be narrower than the width of the upper end, so that a pair of attaching / detaching plates 343 having the chain fitting holes 343a are formed on the chain conveyor 210 The pair of attaching / detaching plates 343 are opened to the outside and then are gathered inward again by the elasticity, so that they can be fitted into the chain conveyor 210 in a one-touch manner. The chain pin 213 of the chain conveyor 210 is disengaged from the chain fitting hole 343a of the attaching plate 343 and the bucket part 300 is pulled out of the bucket part 300. [ Can be easily removed from the chain conveyor (210).

Further, the pair of attachment / detachment plates 343 are formed on both sides with the separation preventing projections 346, respectively. The detachment prevention projection 346 is positioned at the lower portion of the upper guide plates 102 on the upper side of the conveying rail part 100 in a state where the attaching / detaching plate 343 of the bucket part 300 is coupled to the chain conveyor 210, The detachable coupling portion 340 of the portion 300 is not separated from the conveying rail portion 100 when the conveyor portion 210 is moved along the conveying rail portion 100 by the chain conveyor 210.

Accordingly, the present invention can provide a fruit sorting apparatus that can transfer the fruit sorting bucket unit 300 only by a single chain conveyor 210, so that the fruit sorting apparatus that feeds the fruit sorting bucket unit 300 to a conventional two- It is possible to increase the efficiency of the fruit sorting work, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced because the construction is simple.

Further, since the fruit sorting bucket part 300 can be easily attached or detached by fitting the fruit sorting bucket part 300 into the chain conveyor 210 in a one-touch manner, the user can easily assemble and replace the bucket to the chain conveyor 210 can do.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken in conjunction with the present invention. You will understand. It is therefore to be understood that the embodiments described above are in all respects illustrative and not restrictive. It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

100: Feeding rail part 101: Load cell
110: upper conveying rail 120: lower conveying rail
130: support member 140: moving wheel
151: first slide guide part 152: second slide guide part
200: Conveyor part 210: Chain conveyor
211: chain 213: chain pin
220: sprocket 300: bucket part
310: tray part 320: bucket body part
330: rotating and moving part 331: rotating arm
332: rotating roller 333: lever
340: detachable coupling portion 341:
342: engaging projection 343: attaching plate
344: Flange 345: Bolt
346: Disengagement prevention projection 400:
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1. A fruit sorting apparatus for automatically sorting fruit according to a measurement weight by measuring a weight of fruit,
Transport rail;
A conveyor unit in which chain conveyors are arranged in a row along the conveying rail unit and are rotated in an endless track form; And
And a bucket unit which is provided on the chain conveyor and is conveyed along the conveying rail unit by the chain conveyor and the fruit is raised to sort the fruit according to the measurement weight.
The method according to claim 1,
The conveying rail portion
An upper conveying rail in which an upper surface opening is formed along the longitudinal direction of the rail and a conveyor which is above the endless track of the conveyor portion is positioned to be inserted into the upper surface opening; And
A lower conveying rail disposed parallel to the upper conveying rail at a lower portion of the upper conveying rail and having a lower opening formed along a longitudinal direction of the rail and a conveyor at a lower end of the conveying portion of the conveying portion is positioned to be inserted into the lower opening; The fruit sorting apparatus comprising:
The method according to claim 1,
The bucket part
A tray portion on which the fruit is placed;
A bucket body portion rotatably installed on the upper portion of the tray portion and supported on the conveying rail portion;
A rotating moving part installed between the tray part and the bucket body part and rotating the tray part; And
And a detachable coupling portion provided at a lower portion of the bucket body portion and detachably coupled to the chain conveyor.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the bucket body is provided with load plates at the lower ends of both side surfaces thereof, and a load is applied to the load cell mounted on the conveying rail while the load plate is supported on the upper end of the conveying rail.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the bucket body portion is formed with a concave portion at a lower portion thereof and is coupled to a lower portion of the bucket body portion in a state where the detachable engagement portion is inserted into the concave portion.
The method of claim 3,
Wherein the detachable-
A support plate coupled to support a lower portion of the bucket body portion; And
And a pair of attaching / detaching plates extending downward from both sides of the support plate and each having a chain fitting hole,
Wherein the chain conveyor is inserted between a pair of the detachable plates when the detachable coupling part is detachably coupled to the conveyor part, and the pin, which is a protrusion of the chain conveyor, is inserted into and engaged with the chain fitting hole.
The method according to claim 6,
The pair of detachable plates are narrowed in spacing between the detachable plates from the upper end to the lower end so that when the detachable plate is fitted to the chain conveyor, the detachable plate is opened by elasticity and then assembled and detached in a one- Fruit sorting device.
The method according to claim 6,
The detachable plate has a detachment protrusion formed on both sides thereof. The detachment protrusion is located at a lower portion of both upper guide plates of the conveying rail in a state where the detachable plate is coupled to the chain conveyor, Wherein the conveying unit is not separated from the conveying rail when the conveying unit moves along the conveying rail unit by the chain conveyor.
The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the support plate has a coupling protrusion formed on an upper portion thereof and the coupling protrusion is inserted into a coupling hole formed in the bucket body portion and the detachable coupling portion is coupled to the bucket body portion so as to be vertically movable.
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