NZ738618B2 - Apparatus for dividing horticultural products - Google Patents

Apparatus for dividing horticultural products

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Publication number
NZ738618B2
NZ738618B2 NZ738618A NZ73861816A NZ738618B2 NZ 738618 B2 NZ738618 B2 NZ 738618B2 NZ 738618 A NZ738618 A NZ 738618A NZ 73861816 A NZ73861816 A NZ 73861816A NZ 738618 B2 NZ738618 B2 NZ 738618B2
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New Zealand
Prior art keywords
lanes
edge
conveyance
horticultural products
interposed
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Application number
NZ738618A
Other versions
NZ738618A (en
Inventor
Luca Benedetti
Original Assignee
Unitec Spa
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Publication date
Priority claimed from ITUB2015A001290A external-priority patent/ITUB20151290A1/en
Application filed by Unitec Spa filed Critical Unitec Spa
Publication of NZ738618A publication Critical patent/NZ738618A/en
Publication of NZ738618B2 publication Critical patent/NZ738618B2/en

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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N15/00—Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposes; Machines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
    • A23N—MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLES OR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS
    • A23N15/00—Machines or apparatus for other treatment of fruits or vegetables for human purposes; Machines or apparatus for topping or skinning flower bulbs
    • A23N2015/006—Singularising cherries or other clustered fruit and vegetables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G11/00—Chutes
    • B65G11/02—Chutes of straight form
    • B65G11/023—Chutes of straight form for articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G11/00—Chutes
    • B65G11/20—Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating articles or solids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G11/00—Chutes
    • B65G11/20—Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating articles or solids
    • B65G11/203—Auxiliary devices, e.g. for deflecting, controlling speed of, or agitating articles or solids for articles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0202—Agricultural and processed food products
    • B65G2201/0211—Fruits and vegetables
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/22—Devices influencing the relative position or the attitude of articles during transit by conveyors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G47/00—Article or material-handling devices associated with conveyors; Methods employing such devices
    • B65G47/34—Devices for discharging articles or materials from conveyor 
    • B65G47/44—Arrangements or applications of hoppers or chutes

Abstract

apparatus for dividing horticultural products, propelled by a fluid for transport from an intake region, which can be connected to an upstream station, to an evacuation region, which can be connected to a downstream station, said apparatus comprising a supporting frame for a contoured floor, which is arranged so that a first edge is at said intake region and is arranged so that a second edge, which is arranged opposite said first edge, is at said evacuation region, said contoured floor comprising a plurality of lanes which are interposed in a parallel arrangement between said regions and have a substantially V-shaped transverse cross-section for the progressive conveyance and alignment of the horticultural products in transit along the bottom of each one of said lanes said apparatus comprising at least one auxiliary redirection element, which is interposed between a pair of said adjacent lanes, substantially at said second edge, for the conveyance of the transport fluid toward said bottom of said lanes, said at least one auxiliary redirection element consisting of a pillar that protrudes from the respective said adjacent lanes, substantially at said second edge, a face of said pillar that is directed toward said lanes having a substantially semicylindrical surface, for the conveyance of the transport fluid toward said bottom of said lanes.

Claims (8)

1. An apparatus for dividing horticultural products, propelled by a fluid for transport from an intake region, which can be connected to an upstream station, to an evacuation region, which can be connected to a 5 downstream station, said apparatus comprising a supporting frame for a contoured floor, which is arranged so that a first edge is at said intake region and is arranged so that a second edge, which is arranged opposite said first edge, is at said evacuation region, said contoured floor comprising a plurality of lanes which are interposed in a parallel arrangement between 10 said regions and have a substantially V-shaped transverse cross-section for the progressive conveyance and alignment of the horticultural products in transit along the bottom of each one of said lanes said apparatus comprising at least one auxiliary redirection element, which is interposed between a pair of said adjacent lanes, substantially at said second edge, for the conveyance 15 of the transport fluid toward said bottom of said lanes, said at least one auxiliary redirection element consisting of a pillar that protrudes from the respective said adjacent lanes, substantially at said second edge, a face of said pillar that is directed toward said lanes having a substantially semicylindrical surface, for the conveyance of the transport 20 fluid toward said bottom of said lanes.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of said auxiliary redirection elements, which are interposed between respective pairs of said lanes which are adjacent substantially at said second edge.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, comprising at least one 25 discharge channel, which is connected to a respective said lane at said second edge.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, comprising a plurality of said channels, which are connected to respective said lanes and are arranged downstream of corresponding said redirection elements. 30 5. The apparatus according to one or more of the preceding claims, 12 wherein said contoured floor comprises at least one chute, which is arranged at the inlet of a respective said lane, to aid the conveyance of the horticultural products in transit, toward the bottom of the respective said lane.
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6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said contoured floor comprises a plurality of said chutes, arranged at the respective inlets of corresponding said lanes.
7. The apparatus according to any one or more of the preceding claims, wherein said floor is substantially constituted by a metal plate that is 10 folded so as to form said lanes.
8. The apparatus according to claim 1, substantially as herein described with reference to any embodiment disclosed.
NZ738618A 2016-05-24 Apparatus for dividing horticultural products NZ738618B2 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ITUB2015A001290A ITUB20151290A1 (en) 2015-05-28 2015-05-28 APPARATUS FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS.
PCT/IB2016/053028 WO2016189456A1 (en) 2015-05-28 2016-05-24 Apparatus for dividing horticultural products

Publications (2)

Publication Number Publication Date
NZ738618A NZ738618A (en) 2024-01-26
NZ738618B2 true NZ738618B2 (en) 2024-04-30

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