JPH0547U - Lower leaf remover in flower sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] The scraper of the lower leaves from the base end of the stem of the flower to be selected by the flower sorter is made of elastic material such as rubber provided on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft. When using the tooth rod,
The local stalk caused by the flower stems coming into contact with the tooth rods arranged in parallel in the axial direction on the peripheral surface of the rotating shaft,
Effectively prevent. [Structure] A stem 40 of a flower P conveyed by a supply device B
At a position facing the movement locus of the rod, a large number of rod-shaped tooth rods 51 made of a flexible elastic material such as a rubber material protruding in a radial direction from the rotary shaft 50 are arranged in parallel on the circumferential surface of the rotary shaft 50 in the axial direction. In the lower leaf drop device of a flower sorter, wherein the toothed bar 51 of the rotating body 5 is arranged so as to rotate along the axial direction of the stem 40 of the flower P, the rubber removing device A large number of tooth rods 51 ...
A plurality of types having different protrusion lengths from 0 are formed and mounted on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 in parallel in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention incorporates a flower sorter that sorts flowers according to their grades by weight, length, etc. to scrape off the lower leaves of the proximal end of the stem of the flowers supplied to the sorter. Regarding the improvement about the storage.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the selection of the flowers is suitable with a grade detection device 1 mounted on the machine casing a for detecting the grade of the supplied flowers and a transfer sorting body 2 arranged in parallel in multiple rows. This is done by sequentially supplying the flowers P to be selected one by one to the appropriately configured sorting machine A by the feeding device B that is appropriately configured with the lower feeding belt 3, the upper feeding belt 4, and the like. At this time, the lower leaves are scraped off by the lower-leaf removing device C from the base end side of the stem of the flower P supplied by the supplying device B.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the lower leaf drop device C normally removes individual flower arrangements P ... With a lower conveyor belt 3 and an upper conveyor belt 4 facing the upper surface thereof. A rubber material is provided on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 rotated by the motor M, on one side of the left and right sides of the feeding device B which is sandwiched and conveyed from above and below, on the side located at the base end side of the stem 40 of the flower P to be conveyed. The rotating body 5 radially provided with a large number of tooth rods 51 formed in a rod shape having the same length with a flexible material such as the above sandwiches the movement path of the stem 40 of the flower P conveyed by the supply device B from above and below. Installed on the machine frame a in such a manner that the rotating direction of the tooth rods 51 of the rotating body 5 made of elastic material is parallel to the axial direction of the stem 40 of the flower P. The stem 40 of the flower P conveyed by the supply device B is thus The lower lobes 41 are scraped off from the stem 40 by the rotating tooth rods 51, when they come into contact with the tooth rods 51 of the upper and lower rotating bodies 5, 5.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The flower P having the lower leaves 41 ... Dropped by the above-mentioned lower-leaf removing device C has a wound caused by the tooth rod 51 made of a flexible material hitting the stem 40 of the flower P. There is a problem of degrading the grade.

The present invention has been made in order to solve this problem, and conveys rod-shaped tooth rods 51 ... Made of a flexible material such as a rubber material that rotates around a rotating shaft 50 by a supply device B. While the lower leaf drop device C is configured so as to rotate and come into contact with the stem 40 of the flower P to be swung along the axial direction of the stem 40, the stem 40 of the flower P that has dropped the lower leaf 41 is damaged. Its purpose is to provide a means to prevent it.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 Therefore, the present invention has been completed based on the findings obtained by conducting various studies in order to achieve the above-mentioned object. That is, rod-like tooth rods 51 made of a flexible elastic material such as a rubber material are rotated around the rotation axis 50 along the axial direction of the stem 40 of the flower P, and the flower P The scratches that occur when the lower end 41 of the stem 40 is scraped off by contacting the base end side of the stem 40 of the stem 40 are generated on the entire surface of the stem 40 that comes into contact with the rotating tooth rod 51. 5 does not come, but appears locally at the part w / w surrounded by the chain line circle, and this part w / w shows the rotation when viewed from the conveying direction of the flower P. Since it is a portion at the intersection of the rotation locus z / z of the tip of the moving tooth rod 51 ... And the stem 40, the flower P is formed in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50 of the rotating tooth rod 51. Stem 40 of the rotary shaft 50 is sequentially moved, and is sequentially contacted with a large number of tooth rods 51 ... And when going, numerous teeth rod 51 ... are parallel in the axial direction has been der Rukoto is found by hitting sequentially same place. From this fact, a large number of rod-shaped tooth rods 51 made of a rubber material or the like protruding in the radial direction are arranged in parallel in the axial direction on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 rotated by the motor M. When configuring the rotating body 5 for removing the lower leaves, the rod-shaped tooth rods 51 ... Provided on the circumferential surface of the rotating shaft 50 are arranged at least in parallel with each other in the axial direction of the rotating shaft 50. In relation to each other, the tooth rods 51 ... Which are formed so as to have different protruding lengths and are arranged in the axial direction are formed on the stem 40 of the flower P that is sequentially moved by the transport operation of the supply device B. On the other hand, when they were brought into contact with different parts, the local scratches that had occurred on the stem 40 of the flower P that had finished the process of dropping the lower leaves by this rotating tooth rod 51 ... It is based on having obtained the result of.

From this, in the present invention, as means for achieving the above-mentioned object, the rotation of the rotation shaft on the peripheral surface of the rotation shaft at the position facing the movement trajectory of the flower stem conveyed by the supply device. A rotary body, in which a large number of rod-shaped tooth rods made of a flexible elastic material such as a rubber material protruding in a radial direction from the shaft are arranged in parallel in the axial direction, the tooth rods of which are the shafts of the stems of the flowers. In the lower leaf drop device of the flower sorter, which is arranged so as to rotate along the direction, a large number of tooth rods made of the flexible elastic material of the rubber material, each having a protruding length from the rotary shaft, are The present invention proposes a lower leaf drop device for a flower sorter, which is characterized in that it is formed into a plurality of different types and installed on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft side by side in the axial direction of the rotary shaft.

[0008]

【Example】

 Next, embodiments will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. The same reference numerals are used for the constituent members having the same effects as those of the conventional means.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part of a flower sorter according to the present invention, and FIG. 7 is a side view of the same. In FIG. 6, B is a feeding device incorporated in the flower sorter, and C is a feeder. Indicates a lower leaf drop device.

In the supply device B, the upper conveyor belt 4 that presses the conveyed flower P from above is opposed to the upper side of the lower conveyor belt 3 that supports and conveys the flower P, and the flower P is held vertically. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 described above, which is configured to be conveyed, the supporting means for the lower conveyor belt 3 and the upper conveyor belt 4 is not shown, but it is not shown in the flower sorter A. On the other hand, it is assembled and supported as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The lower leaf drop device C is provided with a large number of rod-shaped tooth rods 51 made of a flexible elastic material such as a rubber material on the circumferential surface of a rotary shaft 50 rotated by a motor M in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50. The rotator 5 constituted by being mounted in parallel with and radially attached to the stem 40 of the flower arrangement P being conveyed by the feeder B in a state of protruding from the feeder B to the side thereof. The upper and lower surfaces of the sorting machine A are arranged in a pair so as to sandwich the middle of the movement path y of the stem 40 of the flower P so that the parts of the sorting machine A can be contacted with each other. The rod-shaped tooth rod 51 made of an elastic material such as a rubber material is supported on the frame a, and at that time, the rotation of the rotating shaft 50 causes the rod 40 to move along the axial direction of the stem 40 of the flower P being conveyed. So that the stem 40 of the moving flower P can move. The lower lobes 41 of the base end portion are scraped off by the toothed rods 51, and their configurations are the same as the conventional ones.

However, as shown in FIG. 7, the tooth rods 51, which are made of a rubber material or the like and are formed in a flexible rod shape so as to radially project on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50, project at a length L1. A short-length tooth rod 51-1 ..., an intermediate-length tooth rod 51-2 that projects at a length L2, and a long-length tooth rod 51-3 that projects at a length L3, respectively. Are formed in three different types with different projecting lengths, and the mounting sites are sequentially displaced in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50 for each of the types, and are juxtaposed in the axial direction.

In the illustrated example, these tooth rods 51 are arranged in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50 in the order of short, middle, and long, and then repeat short, middle, and long. However, there is a case where the protruding lengths of the tooth rods 51 arranged in the axial direction are all different from each other. Further, although the tooth rods 51 ... Radially projecting from the same portion in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50 have the same projecting length as shown in FIG. 6, they have different projecting lengths. There is a case.

[0014]

[Action]

 The embodiment apparatus configured as described above operates as follows.

The tooth rods 51 provided on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 constituting the rotating body 5 of the lower leaf drop device C are short tooth rods 51-1 projecting at the projecting length L1 and projecting at the projecting length L2. The tooth rod 51-2 having an intermediate length and the long tooth rod 53-1 having the protruding length L3 have different rotational trajectories z-1 as shown by the chain lines in FIG.・ Rotate with z-2 and z-3.

Then, the stem 40 of the flower P that is moved by being conveyed by the supply device B passes between the upper and lower rotating bodies 5 while sequentially contacting the rotating tooth rods 51. The number of crossing points with the turning locus of the tip of the tooth rod 51, which is a portion that receives a strong pressure when coming out of the tooth rod 51 in contact with each other, is three times that of the conventional means. The number of times the same part is pressed by contact with the tooth rod 51 is reduced to one-third, and the same part is repeatedly pressed with strong force from the tooth rod 51. The damage will be significantly reduced.

[0017]

[Effect of the device]

 As described above, the lower leaf drop device in the flower sorter according to the present invention comprises a plurality of tooth rods 51 ... Made of rubber, which is a flexible elastic material, and has a plurality of protruding lengths different from the rotary shaft 50. Since the stems 40 of the flower P conveyed by the supply device B are mounted on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 in parallel with each other in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50, While contacting the toothed rods 51 ... Which are rotating in parallel in the axial direction of the tooth rods in sequence, when passing through these toothed rods 51. Will be displaced in the axial direction of the stem 40 for each of the tooth rods 51-1, 51-2, 51-3 having different protruding lengths, and the same portion will be repeatedly pressed strongly. As a result, the rod made of rubber or the like provided on the rotary shaft 50 is not received. Of Ha杆 51 ... by the rotation operation of, when the drop can take-down leaves 41 ... proximal stem 40, as can significantly allowed reduce local damage to occur have stems 40 ing.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of an entire flower sorter.

FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the above.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a conventional lower leaf dropping device incorporated in the above sorting machine.

FIG. 4 is a side view of the above.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the above.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a main part of a flower sorter in which the lower leaf drop device according to the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 7 is a side view of a main part of the same.

[Explanation of symbols]

A ... sorter, B ... supply device, C ... lower leaf drop device, P ... flower, M ... motor, a ... machine frame, w ... site, y ... movement locus, z ... rotation locus, 1 ... grade detection device 2 ... Transfer sorting body, 3 ... Lower conveyor belt, 4 ... Upper conveyor belt, 40 ... Stem,
41 ... Lower lobe, 5 ... Rotating body, 50 ... Rotating shaft, 51 ... Tooth rod.

Claims (1)

[Claims for utility model registration] 1. The peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 projects radially from the rotary shaft 50 at a position facing the movement path of the stem 40 of the flower P conveyed by the supply device B. The rotating body 5 in which a large number of rod-shaped tooth rods 51 ... Made of a flexible elastic material such as a rubber material are arranged in parallel in the axial direction, and the tooth rods 51 ... of the rotating body 5 are in the axial direction of the stem 40 of the flower P. In the lower leaf drop device of the flower sorter, which is arranged so as to rotate along the axis, a large number of tooth rods 51 ... A lower leaf drop device in a flower sorter, which is formed in a plurality of different types, and is installed on the peripheral surface of the rotary shaft 50 in parallel in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 50.