KR20230113253A - honeybee automatic separation machine for use of apiculture - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an automatic unpacking machine capable of driving a seating frame disposed in the beehive for lifting by hanging consumption placed in the beehive through a hook disposed at the top of the beehive and vertically ascending and descending with respect to the beehive, A whisking vibration applying unit is further provided for applying vibration by hitting the consumption so as to promote the escape of the bee from the consumption that is mounted and lifted through the hanger. According to this automatic desealing machine, in the process of lifting the consumables stored in the hive, vibration can be applied to the consumables to improve the efficiency of unsealing, and sufficient space for the bees remaining in the consumables to return to the inside of the hive is secured. As such, it helps to minimize damage to bees.

Description

Automatic separation machine {honeybee automatic separation machine for use of apiculture}

The present invention relates to an automatic bagging machine, and more particularly, to an automatic bagging machine capable of removing bees without damage while automatically gripping and lifting bees stored in a beehive.

In general, the beekeeping industry is an industry that raises bees to produce honey and beeswax. Because of the characteristics of creating economic value by using bees to collect honey and pollen from flowers that exist in nature, it is difficult to find flowers that are a beneficial source of honey and go to remote places in the mountains. It is common to beekeeping while moving on the back.

Due to the mobility of the beekeeping industry and its regional characteristics in remote mountainous areas, mechanization proceeds slowly, and it is common that the beekeeping industry is mainly composed of technical manpower who are experts in beekeeping.

Conventionally, in order to perform the honey harvesting work, a person used a brush to drop the bees attached to the consumption, and then separated the honey from the consumption by centrifugal force using a milling machine.

However, there was a disadvantage in that a lot of labor was required to remove the punishment attached to consumption one by one by human labor.

In order to improve this problem, the present applicant has proposed an automatic unsealing machine capable of performing a unsealing operation while automatically raising and lowering the consumption stored in the beehive through Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1908051.

On the other hand, there is a steady demand for a structure capable of minimizing damage to bees while further improving the sealing efficiency of the automatic unsealing machine.

The present invention was invented to solve the above requirements, and an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic unsealing machine capable of minimizing damage to bees while improving the unsealing efficiency when lifting the consumption stored in the beehive.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic debonding machine according to the present invention is disposed on the top of the beehive and through a hook that is vertically raised and lowered, the seat frame for lifting and hanging consumption disposed in the beehive can be driven with respect to the beehive. The automatic bagging machine is further provided with a hair-pulling vibration applying unit mounted on the seat frame and applying vibration by striking the bee to promote the escape of the bee from the bee lifted through the hanger.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the whisking vibration applying unit is mounted on the seating frame and mounted to protrude along a direction crossing the extending direction of the rotating rod to the rotating rod of the rod brush that is rotated so as to come into contact with the consumption to be lifted, and the rotating rod In conjunction with the rotation of the strike weight that hits the edge of the consumption is applied.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the whisking vibration application unit is mounted on the seating frame and is in contact with and separated by rotation in an eccentric state with respect to the lifted consumption, and an eccentric cam drive unit for rotationally driving the eccentric cam provide

In addition, a main frame seated on the upper part of the beehive and movably supporting the seating frame; a consumer lifting unit that is installed on the seating frame and lifts the consumer stored in the beehive vertically by hanging the consumption stored in the beehive by at least one hook mounted on a circulation chain that circulates and rotates vertically; a stopper coupled to the seating frame and installed to come into contact with a consumer disposed opposite to the forward direction of the seating frame; and a control unit for controlling driving of the seating frame by using information on whether the stopper is in contact with the consumer and controlling driving of the consumer lifting unit, wherein the consumer lifting unit is spaced apart from the seating frame and extends upward. first and second vertical pillars; rotation gears respectively installed on upper and lower portions of the first and second vertical pillars to circulate and rotate the circulation chain; a lifting drive unit for driving the circulation chain to be circulated; A rod brush installed to be spaced apart from each other and rotatably installed on the seating frame so that the consumer can come into contact with the consumer being raised and lowered through the hanger, and detecting a position where the hanger hangs the consumer and lifts the consumer to a first height. 1 sensor, wherein the control unit determines whether or not a first signal is received when the stopper moves up and down by the hanger reaches the first height when the stopper is in contact with the consumption, and the first signal is When received, the seating frame is moved backward by the rearward distance set in the opposite direction to the forward direction to secure the space for the bees to return to the inside of the beehive remaining in the lifted consumption, and then the seating frame The travel is stopped, and the seat frame remains stationary until the consumption is separated from the hanger.

In addition, a second sensor installed on the seating frame and detecting whether the lifted consumption has reached a separation position; A third sensor arranged to detect consumption at a position higher than the second sensor to detect whether the lifted consumption is separated from the hook and drawn out, and the control unit is configured to detect consumption from the second sensor. When the second signal that consumption has reached is received, the driving of the circulation chain is controlled to temporarily stop, and when the third signal with consumption detected by the third sensor is received, the circulation chain is rotated while the seating frame travels in the forward direction. to control

In addition, a fourth sensor for detecting whether the seating frame has reached an end position is further provided in the main frame, and the control unit receives a fourth signal indicating that the seating frame has reached the terminal position, and the control unit places the seating frame on the main frame. The running of the frame is stopped, and the rotation of the circulation chain is stopped.

According to the automatic sealing removal machine according to the present invention, in the process of lifting the beehive stored in the hive, vibration can be applied to the beehive to improve the efficiency of sealing, and the return space of the remaining bees to the inside of the hive is sufficiently provided. It helps to minimize damage to bees by securing them.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which an automatic bagging machine according to the present invention is mounted on a beehive;
2 is a perspective view showing the automatic desealing machine of FIG. 1 separated into beehives and some consumption separated from the beehives;
Figure 3 is a perspective view of a partial excerpt showing some of the elements mounted on the seating frame of Figure 1;
4 is a block diagram showing a control system of the automatic unsealing machine of FIG. 1;
5 is a partial excerpted side view with parts omitted to explain the process of lifting consumption from the hive of FIG. 1;
7 to 7 are partially excerpted side views for explaining the process of lifting consumption from the beehive of FIG. 5,
8 is a side view showing a partial excerpt showing a hair vibration application unit according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an automatic bagging machine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the automatic unsealing machine according to the present invention is mounted on a beehive, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the automatic unsealing machine of FIG. 1 separated into beehives and part consumption separated from the beehives, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a partial excerpt showing some of the elements mounted on the seating frame of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system of the automatic desealing machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is consumption from the hive of FIG. It is a side view of a partial excerpt with parts omitted to explain the process of lifting, and FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a state in which the automatic unsealing machine according to the present invention is mounted on a beehive.

1 to 5, the automatic bagging machine 100 according to the present invention includes a seating frame 110, a main frame 130, a consumption lifting part 150, a stopper 155, a sensor unit 180, and A control unit 190 is provided.

The seat frame 110 is movably installed on the main frame 130 seated on the upper part of the beehive 10.

Here, the beehive 10 has a normal structure that can accommodate the consumption 20 by supporting it on the seating jaw 12.

In addition, the consumption 20 is formed in a structure having support protrusions 22 extending in the direction in which the width extends from both sides of the upper end of the firefighting portion 21 formed in the form of a square plate, and the seating jaw of the beehive 10 ( 12), and a plurality of them are stored in the hive 10 in a row so that they can be drawn upward.

The support protrusion 22 is formed longer than the width of the seating jaw 12 in a state in which it is seated on the seating jaw 12 of the beehive 10, so that the rest of the consumption 20 extends below the seating jaw 12. It is formed so that it can be extended into space.

In addition, the consumption 20 can be spaced apart from the adjacent consumption 20 and the fire fighting portion 21 by the spacer piece 24 extending in the direction orthogonal to the support protrusion 22.

The seating frame 110 is formed in the form of a square frame formed so that the lifting space 114 required to lift the consumer is opened in the center.

The seating frame 110 is a lifting space between the first and second base bars 121 and 122 and the first and second base bars 121 and 122 slidably coupled to the main frame 130 to be described later. (114) has a structure having a housing part 116 coupled to the outside of the first and second base bars 121 and 122.

Here, the distance between the first base bar 121 and the second base bar 122 is the distance between the mounting jaws 13 at the top of the beehive 10 along the width direction in which the consumption 20 of the beehive 10 is mounted. It is applied corresponding to the separation distance.

The housing portion 116 is formed to have an inner space, and a movable element including a first motor 152 for driving a rotation gear to be described later is mounted. The enclosure portion 116 is rotatably mounted from both edges of the upper end of the enclosure portion 116 to open and close the upper space so as to shield the upper space and support the elevation of the consumer 20 being elevated to be exposed to the outside. It has a structure with upper covers 116a and 116b. A finishing brush 173 to be described later is mounted on the upper covers 116a and 116b.

On the other hand, the seat frame 110 is stretched along the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132, and the lower surfaces of the first and second base bars 121 and 122 are coupled to the extension bar slidably. It has a combined structure and the detailed structure is disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1908051, so a detailed description is omitted.

The main frame 130 supports the seating frame 110 so that the seating frame 110 can be slidably moved along the driving direction, and is formed to be supported in the beehive 10 in a seated state.

The main frame 130 includes first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132, first and second end bars 133 and 134, first and second seating bars 135 and 136, and A transfer guide bar 138 is provided.

The first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132 are spaced apart from each other at a distance that can be seated on the mounting jaw 13 at the top of the beehive 10, and extend along the running direction of the seating frame 110. It is supported so that the seating frame 110 can be slidably moved. The extension length of the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132 is longer than that of the beehive 10.

The first and second end bars 133 and 134 are coupled at both ends of the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132, respectively, between the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132. form a square space in The first and second end bars 133 and 134 are extended to both sides longer than the distance between the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132 and have a handle portion that can be used as a handle. .

The first and second seating bars 135 and 136 are located on a position where they can be seated on the mounting jaw 130 of the beehive 10 between the first and second terminal bars 133 and 134. It extends parallel to the second end bars 133 and 134 and is coupled to the first and second sliding support bars 131 and 132.

The transfer guide bar 138 has a rack gear 195 for guiding the transfer of the seating frame 110 formed on the surface, and extends in parallel with the first sliding support bar 131 to first and second end bars. (133) is combined with (134).

The consumer lifting unit 150 is a support protrusion of the consumer 20 stored in the hive 10 by a hook 153 installed on the seating frame 110 and mounted on a circulation chain 151 that is circulated and rotated vertically. It is designed to be lifted vertically by hanging (22).

The consumer lifting unit 150 includes first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162, a rotating gear 163, a first motor 152, and a brush 171.

The first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 are spaced apart from each other on the seating frame 110 and extend upward.

In the illustrated example, the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 are installed to extend upward from the first and second base bars 121 and 122 .

Rotating gears 163 are installed at upper and lower portions of the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 so as to circulate and rotate the circulation chain 151 .

The hanger 153 is coupled to the circulation chain 151 and is formed in the form of a "B"-shaped hook so that the consumption 20 stored in the hive 10 can be hung and lifted. In the illustrated example, two hooks 153 are mounted at positions divided into two along the extending direction of the circulation chain 151.

The rotation gears 163 installed below the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 are interconnected by a rotation shaft 164. The rotation gear 163 installed on the top of the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 moves upward from the horizontal bar 166 connected to each other in the middle of the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162, respectively. It is rotatably supported through first and second auxiliary pillars 167 and 168 extending and disposed opposite to the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 .

The first motor 152 is applied as a lifting driving unit, and is mounted to be built into the enclosure part 116 to rotate the rotational shaft 164 to rotate the circulation chain 151 through the rotational gear 163 coupled to the rotational shaft 164. circulate

Unlike the illustrated example, the hanger 153 is not circulated, and the consumer lifting unit can be built so that it is vertically raised and lowered from a position where the consumption 20 can be hung to a separation position where the operator separates the consumption 20. am.

The bong brush 171 is installed to be spaced apart from each other and rotatable to the seating frame 110 so as to be in contact with the consumer 20 that is lifted through the hook 153. The brush 171 has a structure having a rotating rod 171a and a spiral brush 171b coupled to the rotating rod 171a in a spiral shape along the extension direction.

Reference numeral 175 is a second motor for driving the rod brush 171 to rotate.

The pair of brushes 171 are coupled to a drive gear 176 and a drive gear mounted on the drive shaft of the second motor 175 that rotates one brush 171 so that they can be mutually rotated by the second motor 175. 176) has a structure in which the other rod brush 171 is coupled to rotate in conjunction with the driven rotation shaft of the driven gear 177 provided to be engaged.

In the illustrated example, the first and second base bars 121 and 121 extend in parallel and the horizontal bars 169 coupled to the first and second vertical pillars 161 and 162 have brushes 171, respectively. It is installed rotatably.

The finishing brush 173 shields the upper space of the housing part 116 and supports the lifting of the consumption 20 lifted by the hook 153 through the brush 171 to be exposed to the outside. It is coupled to extend along the edge parallel to the extension direction of the brush 171 of the upper cover (116a) (116b) of (116).

It is preferable that the finishing brushes 173 disposed to face each other are disposed so that a part of each other overlaps, and the consumption 20 is bent when rising due to interference, allowing the consumption 20 to rise.

The stopper 155 is coupled to the seating frame 110 and contacts the upper end of the consumer 20 disposed opposite to the moving direction of the seating frame 110 to temporarily block the driving of the seating frame 110. there is.

The stopper 155 is installed to obliquely extend forward along the driving direction from the crossbar connected across the first and second base bars 121 and 122.

The whisking vibration application unit 140 is mounted on the seating frame 110 and applies vibration by hitting the consumption 20 being lifted to promote the separation of the bee from the consumption 20 being lifted through the hook 153 .

The whisking vibration applying unit 140 is mounted to protrude along the direction intersecting the extension direction of the rotating rod 171a through the bracket 142 mounted on the rotating rod 171a of the rod brush 171 to rotate the rotating rod 171a. It is formed of a striking weight 146 that interlocks and strikes the edge forming the frame of the consumption 20. Reference numeral 143 denotes a coupling member between the striking weight 146 and the bracket 142. The coupling structure of the strike weight 145 and the bong brush 171 may be applied in various ways, such as a method of coupling with a band differently from the illustrated example.

According to this structure, the batting weight 146 strikes the consumption once for each rotation of the bong brush 171, thereby further improving the separation efficiency of the bee from the consumption 20.

Unlike the illustrated example, the brushing vibration applying unit 140, as shown in FIG. 8, is mounted on the mounting frame 110 and is in contact with and separated from the consumer 20 by rotation in an eccentric state (147). ) is applied. In addition, as an eccentric cam driver for rotationally driving the eccentric cam 147, a rotating rod 171a to which the eccentric cam 147 is mounted from the outside is applied. Unlike the illustrated example, the eccentric cam drive unit applies an eccentric motor (not shown) for rotationally driving a separate eccentric cam 147 so that the eccentric cam 147 rotates in an eccentric state and intermittently contacts the consumption 20 Of course, it can be built to apply vibration.

The sensor unit 180 is applied to obtain sensing information necessary for lifting consumption and transport control of the seating frame 110, and the first to fourth sensors 181, 182, 183, and 184 and the stopper contact detection unit (186).

The first sensor 181 is applied to detect the position where the hook 153 hangs the consumption 20 and lifts it to the first height, and one hook 153 lifts the consumption 20 to the first height. When this is done, the consumption 20 is disposed at a position to detect the remaining unloaded hanger 153 and outputs a first signal corresponding to the detection of the hanger 153. As the first sensor 181, a variety of well-known sensors such as a proximity sensor, a photo interrupter that emits light and detects the presence or absence of reflected light may be applied.

Here, the first height may be appropriately applied to correspond to the entry position of the vertical extension of the circulation chain 151 by hanging the consumption 20 with the hanger 153.

The second sensor 182 is installed on the seating frame 110 and detects whether the lifted consumption 20 has reached the separation position, and outputs a second signal when detected. The second sensor 182 extends upward from the horizontal bar 166 and is mounted on the sensing housing 180a, the front of which is open, at a height corresponding to the detection of the consumption separation position. The separation position is raised so that the consumption 20 is exposed to the outside of the housing part 116 and is applied to an appropriate position where the operator can withdraw it.

The third sensor 183 is a sensing housing capable of detecting the consumption 20 at a position higher than the second sensor 182 to detect whether the lifted consumption 20 is separated from the hanger 153 and pulled out by the operator. It is mounted so as to be disposed at (180a). The third sensor 183 outputs a third signal when consumption 20 is detected.

The fourth sensor 184 is mounted on the lower surface of the housing part 116 of the main frame 130 to detect whether the seating frame 110 has reached the terminal position, and the first sensor 184 of the main frame 130 It is designed to detect whether or not the end bar 133 has reached the handle. Here, the terminal unit may be a position where all consumption of the beehive 10 is lifted.

Here, the first to fourth sensors 182 to 184 may also be a variety of well-known sensors such as a proximity sensor, a photo interrupter that emits light and detects the presence or absence of reflected light.

The stopper contact detection unit 186 is applied to detect whether the stopper 155 is in contact with the consumption. As an example, the control unit 193 detects a load current flowing in the third motor 195 traveling on the seating frame 110. ) or detects the load current, and outputs a contact signal to the control unit 193 when it exceeds a set reference current.

The control unit 190 controls the driving of the seat frame 110 by using the sensing information of the sensor unit 180, including whether or not the stopper 155 is in contact, and controls the driving of the consumer lifting unit 150.

The control unit 190 includes a control unit 191, a control unit 193, a third motor 197, and a pinion gear 198.

The control unit 191 is capable of setting supported functions such as an activation key for instructing consumption lifting and a stop key for stopping operation.

The third motor 197 is mounted in the housing portion 116 of the seating frame 110 and is controlled by the control unit 193 to drive the pinion gear 198 forward and reverse rotation.

The pinion gear 198 is rotatably installed on the seat frame 110 and meshes with the rack gear 195 formed on the transfer guide bar 138.

The control unit 193 performs a consumption lifting mode in which the consumption 20 is lifted when the operating key is operated and an operation instruction signal is received.

The control unit 193 controls the vehicle third motor 197 to rotate forward so that the seat frame 110 moves forward along the driving direction in the consumption lifting mode, and the first and second motors 197 rotate the circulation chain 163 and the brush brush 171. The second motor 152 (175) is controlled.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 193 receives a signal in which the stopper 155 contacts the consumption 20 from the stopper contact detection unit 186, by the hook 153 from the first sensor 181. It is determined whether or not a first signal in which the rising and falling consumption reaches a first height is received. Here, the control unit 193 temporarily stops the operation of the third motor 197 when a signal that the stopper 155 contacts the consumption 20 is received from the stopper contact detection unit 186 as shown in FIG. catalog can be built. Alternatively, the operation of the third motor 197 may be maintained until the first signal is received, but additional forward movement is not made by the stopper 155 despite the operation current supplied to the third motor 197.

On the other hand, after the stopper 155 is in contact with the consumer 20, the hook 153 of the circulation chain 151 circulated by the first motor 152 is in contact with the stopper 155 of the consumer 20 It enters between the support protrusions 22 and lifts the consumption 20 upward.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control unit 193 controls the beehive 10 remaining in the lifted consumption 20 when the consumption 20 rises to the first height and the first signal is received from the first sensor 181. ) In order to secure sufficient return space to the inside, the third motor 197 is rotated in reverse so that the seating frame 110 retreats by the rearward separation distance set in the rear opposite to the forward direction, and the seating frame 110 is reversed as shown in FIG. After moving the 110 to the rear, the driving of the seating frame 110 is stopped. Thereafter, when the consumption 20 rises due to the rotation of the circulation chain 151 and the consumption 20 reaches the separation position and the second signal is received from the second sensor 182, the control unit 193 controls the circulation chain 151 ) Stops the driving of the first motor 152 so that the driving is temporarily stopped. At this time, the second motor 175 may also be constructed to stop driving.

After stopping the rise of the consumption 20 in this way, the control unit 193 detects the consumption from the third sensor 183 while the worker lifts the consumption 20 upward to be separated from the hook 153. When the signal 3 is received, the circulation chain 151 is rotated to lift the consumption 20 of the next turn, and the seating frame 110 is controlled to travel in the forward direction. As described above during the driving process, when the stopper 155 contacts the consumption 20 in the next turn, the control unit 193 performs a control process so that the consumption 20 is lifted in the same manner as before.

Through this process, when all the consumption 20 in the beehive 10 is withdrawn and the fourth signal indicating that the seating frame 110 has reached the terminal position is received from the fourth sensor 184, the seating frame 110 is stopped from traveling. Stop, stop the rotation of the circulation chain 151, and control the first to third motors 152, 175, 197 to stop the rotation of the brush 171.

According to the automatic desealing machine 100 described above, in the process of lifting the consumption 20 from the beehive 10, the consumption 20 is hit to improve the separation efficiency of the bees, and the bees separated from the consumption 20 Provides the advantage of minimizing damage to the bees by securing and providing sufficient space for returning to the inside of the hive (10).

110: seating frame 130: main frame
140: hair vibration application unit 145: strike weight
151: circulation chain 153: hook
155: stopper 152: first motor
190: control unit

Claims (5)

In the automatic unpacking machine, which is capable of driving a seating frame for lifting and hanging consumption disposed in the beehive with respect to the beehive through a hook disposed at the top of the beehive and vertically ascending and descending,
a main frame seated on an upper portion of the beehive and movably supporting the seating frame;
a consumer lifting unit that is installed on the seating frame and lifts the consumer stored in the beehive vertically by hanging the consumption stored in the beehive by at least one hook mounted on a circulation chain that circulates and rotates vertically;
a stopper coupled to the seating frame and installed to come into contact with a consumer disposed opposite to the forward direction of the seating frame;
and a control unit that controls driving of the seat frame and controls driving of the consumer lifting unit by using contact information of the consumer of the stopper. The method of claim 1, wherein the consumer lifting unit
first and second vertical pillars spaced apart from the seating frame and extending upward;
rotation gears respectively installed on upper and lower portions of the first and second vertical pillars to circulate and rotate the circulation chain;
a lifting drive unit for driving the circulation chain to be circulated;
Automatic bagging machine characterized in that it comprises a; a rod brush installed to be spaced apart from each other and rotatable to the seating frame so that it can come into contact with the consumer that is raised and lowered through the hook. According to claim 2,
A first sensor for detecting a position where the hanger lifts the consumption to a first height; further comprising,
When the stopper contacts the consumption, the control unit determines whether or not a first signal that the consumption being lifted by the hanger has reached the first height is received, and when the first signal is received, the consumption being lifted In order to secure a space for the remaining bees to return to the inside of the hive, the seat frame is moved backward as much as the rearward separation distance set in the opposite direction to the forward direction, and then the travel of the seat frame is stopped, and consumption is reduced. Automatic unsealing machine, characterized in that the control to maintain the stationary state of the seating frame until the consumption is separated from the hook. The method according to claim 3, further comprising: a second sensor installed on the seating frame and detecting whether the lifted consumption has reached a separation position;
A third sensor disposed to detect consumption at a position higher than the second sensor to detect whether the lifted consumption is separated from the hanger and withdrawn;
The control unit controls the driving of the circulation chain to temporarily stop when a second signal that consumption has reached is received from the second sensor, and when a third signal of consumption detection is received from the third sensor, the circulation chain Automatic stripping machine, characterized in that for controlling the seating frame to travel in the forward direction while rotating. The method of claim 4, further comprising a fourth sensor in the main frame that detects whether the seating frame has reached an end position,
The control unit stops the driving of the seating frame and stops the rotation of the circulation chain when receiving a fourth signal from the fourth sensor.

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