JPH08197003A - Flower sorter - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a flower sorter capable of automatically executing pretreatment for easy bundling of flowers and ornamental plants. CONSTITUTION: Arms 4 supporting the flowers and ornamental plants 1 are transported in a transporting path by a conveyor 2 and their weights are measured by a measuring section 7a. The arms 4 rotate downward and the flowers and ornamental plants 1 fall onto a pair of right and left receiving bodies 14 when the measured weights are above the set weight. The number of the falling flowers is counted by a counter 23. The flowers and ornamental plants 1 are then dropped into a bucket 43 on an endless chain 41 in the lower part from the receiving bodies 14. At this time, the receiving bodies 14 are moved back and forth in a horizontal direction N3, by which 10 pieces of the flowers and ornamental plants 1 are dropped with good position balance into the bucket 43 by changing their positions. The endless chain 41, then, turns and the bucket 43 moves. Ten pieces of the flowers and ornamental plants 1 are dropped onto an ejection conveyor at the time of turning a sprocket 42. The flowers and ornamental plants are ejected outside the flower sorter by this ejection conveyor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a flower selector for selecting flowers such as chrysanthemums, roses and carnations according to weight and length.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Flowers such as chrysanthemums, roses and carnations are sorted by weight or length and shipped to the market.
Therefore, various types of flower selectors have been conventionally proposed (for example, Japanese Utility Model No. 3-56304 and Japanese Utility Model No. 3-563).
05, Jikken 3-56306, Jikken 4-4181
No. 7, Jitsuhei 5-19782, Jitsukaihei 5-74683
No. 6, Actual Kaihei 6-24778, Actual Kaihei 6-41875
issue).

In this type of flower selector, a flower is placed horizontally on a support,
While transporting this support by a conveyor, measure the weight and length of the flower with a measuring unit such as a weight measuring unit and a length measuring unit provided in the transport path, and lower the support according to the measurement results. The flower is dropped and selected by rotating to.

By the way, generally, a predetermined number (generally 10) of flowers are bound by a binding string and shipped to the market. In this case, the length of the flower is aligned with the position of the flower at the tip of the stem, and the base end of the stem is bound with a binding string. However, no technique has been established for bundling a predetermined number of flowers by aligning the positions of the flowers, and therefore the work of aligning the flowers and bundling work is done manually by the operator. .

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a flower selector capable of automatically performing a pretreatment for bundling flowers. More specifically, a certain number of flowers can be collected with a tying string so that they can be easily bundled, a means for aligning the flowers prior to bundling, a means for firmly bundling the flowers, and a bunch It is an object of the present invention to provide a means capable of aligning the tips of flower stems.

[0006]

To this end, according to the present invention, a receiver 14 for temporarily supporting the flower 1 dropped from the support 4 of the flower conveyed by the conveyor, and the receiver 14 by the conveyor 2. A reciprocating means 30 for reciprocating the flower 1 in the conveying direction N3 and a pedestal 43 for receiving a plurality of the flowers 1 dropped from the receiving body 14 at different positions are configured. Further, the pressing plate 24 is pressed against the tip of the stem of the flower 1 that is temporarily supported by the receiver 14, and the flower a at the other end is stopped by the stopper 28.
It was provided with a position aligning means for aligning the position of the flower a by pressing it against. Further, preferably, the flower 1 dropped from the support 4 hits between the support 4 and the receiver 14, and the flower 1
A touch sensor 22 for detecting the number of flowers 1 is provided, and a counter 23 for counting the number of the flowers 1 is provided by an output signal of the touch sensor 22. Further, on the downstream side of the pedestal 43, the compression means 50 for pressing and compressing the base end portion of the stem b of the flower 1 on the pedestal 43, and the string 9 is wound around the stem b compressed by the compression means 50. A bundling section 49 including a bundling machine 70 for bundling is provided. Further, a moving means for moving the binding machine 70 forward and backward relative to the stem b is provided. Further, a cutting section 80 for cutting the tip end of the bundled stem b is provided on the downstream side of the binding machine 70.

[0007]

According to the above structure, while the receiving body 14 for temporarily supporting the flower 1 is reciprocated in the conveying direction N3 of the flower 1,
By dropping the flower 1 from the receiving body 14 to the pedestal 43 below the receiving body 14, a plurality of the flowers 1 can be accumulated on the pedestal 43 with good positional balance. The positions of the flowers a can be aligned by pressing the pressing plate 24 against the tip end of the stem b supported by the receiver 14 and bringing the flowers a against the stopper 28. Further, the touch type sensor 22 can count the number of the flowers 1 dropped on the receiving table 14 and accumulate them on the receiving table 43 by a predetermined number. Further, by providing the binding portion 49 including the compression means 50 and the binding device 70, the bundle of the flower 1 can be automatically bound. Further, by moving the binding machine 70 forward and backward relative to the stem b, the string 9 can be firmly bound twice or twice or more. Further, by providing the cutting portion 80 on the downstream side of the binding machine 70, the tip ends of the stems b of the flowers 1 that are bound and shipped to the market can be completely aligned.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a side view of the flower selector. Reference numeral 2 is a conveyor composed of an endless chain, which is banded on a sprocket 3 and is driven by a motor M1 to rotate. A large number of arms 4 as supports for the flower 1 are attached to the conveyor 2 at a pitch. The flowers 1 are horizontally placed one by one on the arms 4 at the leading edge of the conveyor 2 (the left end in FIG. 1) (arrow N1). The flower 1 is placed on the arm 4 by a worker's manual work or an automatic mounting mechanism.

A cutter 5 and a leaf dropper 6 are provided on the uphill portion of the conveyor 2. The cutter 5 is driven by the motor M2 to rotate and cuts the tip end of the stem of the flower 1 to make the flower 1 uniform in length. The leaf drop section 6 drops the leaves at the base end of the stem. A plurality of measuring units 7 a and 7 b are provided on the horizontal transport path above the conveyor 2. This measuring unit 7a, 7b
Measures the weight of the flower 1 supported by the arm 4 and rotates the arm 4 downward according to the measurement result (arrow N2),
Drop the flower 1 downward. The measuring unit 7a and the measuring unit 7b have different set weights.
Are dropped and sorted by weight.

Below the measuring units 7a and 7b, there are respectively provided processing mechanisms after the flower 1 is dropped, which will be described below. That is, 10 is a temporary receiving part for temporarily receiving the dropped flowers 1 one by one, and 40 is a predetermined number (10 in this embodiment) of the collected flowers 1 are collected and carried out. A collecting / carrying-out section, 90 is a carrying-out section for carrying out a bundle of 10 flowers 1 bundled from the collecting / carrying-out section 40 toward the outside of the flower selecting machine, and 50 is a collecting / carrying-out section 40 of the flower 1 1 in the middle of the transportation path
A binding portion that binds 0 bundles, and a cutting portion 80 that cuts the tip end of the stem of the bundle of the flower 1 that is bundled.

Next, the temporary receiving portion 10 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. Reference numeral 11 is a frame having a quadrangular shape in plan view, to which the elements described below are assembled. 1
Reference numerals 2a and 12b denote a pair of left and right rotating shafts, to which a rod-shaped receiving body 14 is attached via a support arm 13. As shown in FIG. 3, there are three receivers 14 on each side,
There are 6 in total. A motor M3 is provided on the side portion of the frame 11. The rotation of the motor M3 is transmitted to the left rotary shaft 12a via the sprocket 16, the chain 17, and the sprocket 18. The left rotary shaft 12
The rotation shaft 12b on the right side of a is interlockingly connected via a sprocket 19, a chain 20, and a sprocket 21.
The chain 20 is banded so that the rotary shaft 12a and the rotary shaft 12b rotate in mutually opposite directions.

In FIG. 2, the left and right receivers 14 are normally in the positions shown by the solid lines, and in this state, the flower 1 dropped from the arm 4 is received in a horizontal posture. Next, when the motor M3 is driven, the rotary shaft 12a and the rotary shaft 12b rotate in mutually opposite directions, the receiver 14 attached thereto rotates from the solid line position to the chain line position and opens, and the flower 1 is collected below. -It falls on the bucket 43 of the carry-out part 40. Reference numeral 22 denotes a touch sensor, which is a flower 1 between the arm 4 and the receiver 14.
It has a freely bendable lever 22a that extends horizontally to the drop path. The flower 1 dropped from the arm 4 toward the receiving body 14 hits the lever 22a. The touch sensor 22 is electrically connected to the counter 23, and the counter 23 counts the number of the dropped flowers 1.

Next, the aligning means for aligning the positions of the flowers a at the tip of the flower 1 will be described. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 24 is a pressing plate provided on the base end side of the flower 1. Pushing plate 24
A cam follower 25 is coupled to the back surface of the. The cam follower 25 is a cam 26 that is driven by the motor M4 to rotate.
Is in contact with 27 is a spring for elastically contacting the cam follower 25 with the cam 15. A stopper 28 is provided on the tip side of the flower 1. When the motor M4 is driven and the cam 26 rotates, the pushing plate 24 is moved to the cam 26
And pushes forward (see the pressing plate 24 shown by the chain line) to press the tip of the stem b. Then, the flower 1 is pushed toward the stopper 28, and the flower a at the tip of the stem b is pressed against the stopper 28 (see the flower a shown by the chain line). When the motor M4 further rotates, the pressing plate 24 returns to the original position shown by the solid line. From the above, the position of the flower a is determined by the stopper 28.
Are aligned with the position where they abut. After aligning the positions of the flowers a in this way, the flower 1 is made 10
Bundling each book with a binding string.

Next, the reciprocating means for reciprocating the receiver 14 in the horizontal direction N3 will be described. In FIG. 3, 3
0 is a cylinder as a reciprocating means, and its rod 3
0a is connected to the side surface of the frame 11. Sliders 31 are provided on both side surfaces of the frame 11. The slider 31 is slidably fitted on a horizontal guide rail 32. Therefore, when the rod 30a of the cylinder 30 projects, the frame 11 horizontally moves to the right, and when the rod 30a retracts, the frame 11 horizontally moves to the left. Since the rod 30a is projected and retracted in this manner, the frame 11
Moves back and forth in the horizontal direction N3. This horizontal direction N3
Is in the same direction as the conveying direction N3 of the flower 1 by the conveyor 2 and the stacking / unloading section 40. The effect of this reciprocating operation will be described later.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the collecting / carrying-out section 40 of the flower 1 will be described. 41 is an endless chain,
It is banded on the sprocket 42. A bucket 43 as a receiving stand for the flower 1 is attached to the endless chain 41. The flower 1 that has fallen from the receiver 14 is
Accumulate on 3. M5 is a motor for rotating the sprocket 42. Next, a method of accumulating the flowers 1 dropped from the receiving body 14 in the bucket 43 with good positional balance will be described.

In FIGS. 3 and 4A, the frame 11 and the receiving body 14 indicated by the solid line, the broken line, and the chain line move in the horizontal direction N3 by the rod 30a of the cylinder 30 protruding and retracting as described above. Then, there is shown a state in which the receiver 14 is opened and the flower 1 is dropped downward. That is, the receiver 14 is moved in the horizontal direction N3, the receiver 14 is opened there as shown by the chain line in FIG. 2, and the flowers 1 are dropped one by one, whereby the falling positions are displaced and the flowers 1 are buckets 43. I try to collect them on top.

4 (a) and 4 (b) show this dropping operation in detail. That is, in FIG. 4A, the receiving body 14 moves in the horizontal direction N3 at three positions of the solid line position, the chain line position, and the broken line position, and the receiving body 14 is opened at each of these three positions, so that the flower 1 is placed in the bucket 43. To fall. FIG.
(B) shows the bucket 4 while changing the falling position.
3 shows a state in which 10 flowers 1 are dropped. When the flowers 1 are dropped in this way, the 10 flowers 1 are arranged on the bucket 43 in different positions and aligned in order, as shown in FIG. 4B. In the present embodiment, the flower 1 has three fall positions, but any number of fall positions may be used. The drop position is the rod 30 of the cylinder 30.
It can be freely changed by changing the number of steps of the stroke a.

FIG. 4 (c) shows a case where the flower 1 is dropped to the same position while the receiver 14 is not moved in the horizontal direction N3 and is fixed at a fixed position (that is, the drop position of the flower 1 is not changed). Shows. In this case, the ten flowers 1 fall to the same position, so the flowers 1 are stacked as shown in the figure, and the stacked flowers 1 fall on the bucket 43 (arrow N4). The bucket 43 usually has 10
It is a collection of flower 1 books (because it is flower 1
10 are bundled in the market and shipped to the market.) When the flower 1 falls on the bucket 43 as shown by an arrow N4, the position of the flower a whose folding angle positions are aligned by the pressing plate 24 and the stopper 28 described above is changed. There is an inconvenience that the flowers 1 cannot be properly tied up at the binding portion 49 in the subsequent process.
On the other hand, if the flower 1 is dropped while the receiver 14 is horizontally moved as described above, 10 flower 1s are shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, they are collected on the bucket 43 in an orderly and well-balanced manner, which is extremely advantageous for bundling the flowers 1 in the subsequent process.

Next, the binding portion 49 will be described. The bundling unit 49 includes a compression unit 50 and a bundling machine 70, as described below. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the binding portion, and FIG. 6 is a side view of the same. 7 (a) and 7 (b) are front views of the compression means arranged in the binding portion, FIG. 7 (a) shows a state before compression, and FIG. 7 (b) shows a state after compression. Shows. Moreover, FIG. 8 has shown the bundle of the flora which was united. First, the compressing means 50 for compressing and bundling the occupied sectional area of the stems b before binding the plurality of stems b with a string will be described. As shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7A, the compression means 50 is provided above the bundling position P. This compression means 50
It is composed of a drive unit 51 and a compression unit 52. Compressor 52
Is composed of a plate-shaped pressing member 53 and two rod-shaped holding members 54 provided on the front surface of the pressing member 53.
The holding member 54 intersects in an X shape, and is held by a receiving portion 55 provided on the front surface of the pressing member 53 so as to be vertically movable in the longitudinal direction N5. A coil-shaped spring member 56 for elastically holding the holding member 54 is attached to the holding member 54. As shown in FIG. 6, a guide ring 57 is attached to the back surface of the pressing member 53, and a vertical guide rod 58 for guiding the vertical movement of the pressing member 53 is inserted in the guide ring 57. Reference numeral 65 is a holder for the guide rod 58.

The driving means 51 includes a motor 59 and a motor 5
It consists of a disc 60 which is driven by 9 and rotates. The disc 60 and the pressing member 53 are connected by a shaft 61. Reference numeral 62 is a mounting plate for the motor 59, and a proximity switch 63 is provided on the front surface thereof. A first proximity plate 64a and a second proximity plate 64b are provided on the back surface of the disc 60. The disc 60 and the mounting plate 62 are arranged close to each other with a small gap, and the proximity switch 63 detects the proximity plates 64a and 64b.

In FIG. 5, a binding machine 70 is provided on the side of the compression means 50. Reference numeral 71 denotes a binding arm provided in the binding machine 70, which extends forward. Reference numeral 72 denotes a plate-shaped support member that supports the tip of the stem b of the flower 1, and supports the tip of the stem b from below so that the tip of the stem b does not sway during binding. Reference numeral 73 is a long plate-shaped grounding member disposed near the tip of the stem b along the transport direction N3. As described above, when the motor 59 is driven and the compression section 52 descends,
The lower end of the sandwiching member 54 is grounded to the grounding member 73 (see FIG. 7B). The binding machine 70 is a movable table 75.
It is placed on the top and can move forward and backward toward the flower 1 in the direction of arrow N7.

In FIG. 6, the arm 71 of the binding machine 70 rotates around the end of the stem b (arrow N6),
The first binding is performed, and the ends are bound by the binding strap 9a (see FIG. 8). Next, when the movable table 75 is driven, the binding machine 70 advances slightly (about 5 cm) toward the flower 1 side. Therefore, the arm 7 of the binding machine 70
When 1 rotates again in the direction of the arrow N6, the second binding is performed and the binding strap 9b binds (see FIG. 8). Next, the movable table 75 is driven in the opposite direction and the binding machine 70 retracts to return to the original position.

Next, the operation of the compression means 50 will be described. In FIG. 7A, the bucket 43 has the compression means 5 at the bundling position P.
The state is shown in which the paper is conveyed to a position immediately below 0 and is temporarily stopped there. At this time, the compression unit 52 is retreating upward. In this state, the stems b are separated, and therefore the occupied cross-sectional area S1 of the 10 stems b shown by the broken line frame is large. As described above, the stem b has a large number of leaves, and because of these leaves, the stem b is scattered and occupies a large occupied cross-sectional area S1.

In FIG. 7A, when the bucket 43 on which the flower 1 is placed stops at the binding position, the motor 59 starts driving and the disc 60 rotates. Then the shaft 61
Moves downward, the pressing member 53 descends along the guide rod 58, and the lower end of the holding member 54 lands on the grounding member 73 (see arrows N8 in FIGS. 6 and 7A and FIG. 7A). (Refer to the holding member 54 indicated by the chain line).

When the motor 59 further rotates, the pressing member 53 further descends. Along with this lowering, the holding member 54 landed on the ground contact member 73 compresses the spring member 56 and projects upward (in the direction of arrow N5) with respect to the holding member 53. The first proximity plate 64a is the proximity switch 6
When the proximity switch 63 detects that the position is opposite to 3, the driving of the motor 59 is stopped and the pressing member 53 is stopped from descending. FIG. 7B shows the state at this time. Since the holding member 54 moves up relative to the pressing member 53, the distance between the lower ends of the holding members 54 is W1.
To W2, and by the lower surface of the pressing member 53, the stem b
Can be pressed down. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the plurality of stems b, which are scattered on the bucket 43 and occupy a large occupied cross-sectional area S 1, are held by the holding members 54 from the left and right, and contact with the lower surface of the holding member 53 and the ground. A small occupied cross-sectional area S sandwiched between the members 73 from above and below and shown by a broken line frame in FIG.
It is compressed to 2 and bundled into small pieces.

Then, the binding machine 70 operates as described above,
The bundling arm 71 rotates around the compressed plurality of stems b (see arrow N6 in FIG. 6), and the bundling string 9a performs the first bundling of these stems b. When the first bundling is completed, the motor 59 is driven to rotate the disk 60 in the same direction as in the above case, and the compression section 52 is lifted to release the compressed state of the stem b, When the second proximity plate 64b is detected by the proximity switch 63, the motor 59 stops driving and the compression unit 52 also stops rising. Next, the binding machine 70
Moves forward to the flower 1 side and performs the second binding with the binding string 9b by the same operation.

FIG. 8 shows a bundle of the flowers 1 which are bound together. In the figure, 9a is a first binding cord and 9b is a second binding cord. In this way, a plurality of times (2 in this embodiment)
The flower 1 can be firmly bound by bundling (twice). Further, when binding with the binding strings 9a and 9b, by compressing the occupied cross-sectional area of the stem b from S1 to S2 by the compression means 50 as described above, it is possible to tightly bind the small bundles. Further, in this case, by supporting the stem b from below with the support member 72 and the grounding member 73, the stem b can be sufficiently compressed and firmly bound. In the present embodiment, the binding is carried out at two places, but it is also possible to bind at only one place, or the binding machine 70 is moved to three or more places by the movable table 75 and three or more places are bound by a binding string. Is also good. Alternatively, the bundling machine 70 is fixed, and the bucket 43 is slidably installed on the endless chain 41 in the longitudinal direction of the flower 1, and the bucket 43 is bundled.
By sliding it to 0 and moving it forward and backward,
You may make it unite in multiple places.

FIG. 9 shows a side view of the cutting section 80. The cutting unit 80 is composed of a disk-shaped cutter 81, a motor M6 for rotating the cutter 81, and an elastic roll 82 that presses down the stem b from above so that the stem b does not wobble during cutting. In FIG. 1, the bundle of flower 1 bundled by the binding machine 70 is conveyed toward the carry-out section 90, and the base end of the stem b is cut by the cutter 81 in the middle thereof. That is, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the position of the tip portion of the stem b tends to vary in the bound state. Therefore, by cutting the tip of the stem b with a cutter 81, the stem b
Completely align the positions of the tips of the. In FIGS. 8 and 9, a broken line K indicates a cutting line by the cutter 81. When the tips of the stems b are aligned in this way, the flower bundle looks better and is welcomed by the market.

In FIG. 2, the carry-out section 90 comprises a belt conveyor 91. The belt conveyor 91 is driven by a motor (not shown). When the motor M5 is driven,
The endless chain 41 rotates, the bucket 43 rotates clockwise, and when rotating along the right sprocket 42,
Bucket 43 is inverted as shown by the chain line, and flower 1
A bundle of paper is dropped onto the belt conveyor 91. Then, the belt conveyor 91 is driven to carry the bundle of flower 1 out of the flower selector. Well-known control means is used as the control means such as an electric circuit for controlling the drive units such as the motors M1 to M6, the cylinder 30, the movable table 75, etc. Therefore, description thereof will be omitted.

This flower selector is constructed as described above, and the overall operation will be described below. In FIG. 1, the flower 1 placed on the arm 4 at the tip of the conveyor 2 is indicated by the arrow N
1) After being conveyed obliquely upward, the tip of the stem is cut by the cutter 5, and the leaves at the base end of the stem are dropped by the leaf drop section 6.

Next, the flower 1 is conveyed rightward on the upper traveling portion of the conveyor 2. Then, the weight is measured by the first measuring unit 7a, and when the flower 1 has the set weight, the arm 4 rotates downward and the flower 1 drops onto the receiving body 14 below (arrow N2). When the touch sensor 22 is dropped, it hits the lever 22a of the touch sensor 22 and is counted up by the counter 23. When the flower 1 does not have the weight set by the measuring unit 7a, the arm 4 does not rotate downward and is directly conveyed to the next measuring unit 7b. The measuring unit 7
For a and 7b, the set weight is increased toward the upstream side.

Now, when the flower 1 falls on the receiver 14,
In FIG. 3, the motor M4 is driven, and the pressing plate 24 hits the tip end of the stem b to press the flower a against the stopper 28 and align the flower a. Then, in FIG. 2, the motor M3 is driven to open the pair of left and right receivers 14 from the solid line position to the chain line position, and the flower 1 is dropped into the bucket 43. By repeating the above operation, 10 flowers 1 are accumulated in the bucket 43. In this case, as described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4, the cylinder 30 is operated to move the receiving body 14 in the horizontal direction. By changing the fall position and dropping the flower 1 while moving it to N3, the ten flowers 1 are collected in the bucket 43 in an orderly and well-balanced position as shown in FIG. 4B.

In FIG. 2, the counter 23 causes 10
When it is determined that the book flowers 1 are accumulated in the bucket 43, the motor M5 is driven and the bucket 43 is rotated to the carry-out conveyor 91 side. In the middle of the process, the tying machine 70 binds, and then the cutting portion 80 cuts the tip end of the stem b to align the positions of the tip end of the stem b. Next, when the sprocket 42 is rotated, the bundle of flower 1 is dropped onto the carry-out conveyor 91 and carried out.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, the measuring units 7a and 7b perform weight measurement, but the flower 1 is of different lengths or a combination of weight and length. Sorting may be done, and the content of the sorting is determined by the market requirements. A cam mechanism including a cam 26 is used as a mechanism for operating the pressing plate 24, and a cylinder 30 is used as a mechanism for horizontally moving the receiving body 14.
However, it is needless to say that the specific structure of such a driving means is not limited to the above embodiment. Further, although there are various types of flower selectors, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be applied to other types of flower selectors.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention, the receiver 14 for temporarily supporting the flower 1 is reciprocated in the conveying direction of the flower 1, while the receiver 4 below the receiver 14 is moved.
By dropping the flower 1 to the 3rd, a plurality of the flower 1s can be accumulated on the pedestal 43 in a well-balanced position. Therefore, not only the automatic selection of the flower 1s but also the bundling of the flower 1s performed in the subsequent process. The pre-treatment can be automatically performed together, and thus the flower 1 can be easily bound. Further, by pressing the pressing plate 24 against the tip of the stem b supported by the receiver 14 and pressing the flower a against the stopper 28, the flowers a can be aligned and bound.
Further, by counting the number of the flowers 1 dropped on the receiving table 14 by the touch type sensor 22 and accumulating them on the receiving table 43 by a predetermined number, it is possible to reliably send out the flowers 1 by the number required for bundling. Further, by providing the bundling unit 49 with the compression means 50 and the bundling machine 70, the stems b can be bunched in small and tightly bound. Further, by moving the binding machine 70 forward and backward relative to the stem b, the stems b can be firmly bound at a plurality of locations.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1] Side view of a flower sorter

[Fig.2] Side view of the main part of the flower sorter

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the essential parts of a flower sorter.

4A is an explanatory view of a fall / accumulation mode of a flower; FIG. 4B is an explanatory diagram of a fall / accumulation mode of a flower;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a binding portion.

FIG. 6 is a side view of the binding portion.

FIG. 7 (a) is a front view of the compression means. (B) is a front view of the compression means.

FIG. 8: Side view of a bunch of flowers tied with a string

FIG. 9 is a side view of the cutting portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Flower a Flower b Stem 2 Conveyor 4 Arm (Support) 5 Cutter 7a, 7b Measuring part 9a, 9b Binding string 10 Temporary receiving part 14 Receptor 22 Touch sensor 23 Counter 24 Pressing plate 28 Stopper 30 Cylinder ( Reciprocating means) 41 conveyor 43 cradle 49 bundling section 50 compression means 70 bundling machine 90 unloading section

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A support body 4 for supporting a flower 1 is attached to a conveyor 2.
While being transported by the measuring unit 7a provided on the transport path,
In the flower selector which measures the flower 1 by 7b and drops the flower 1 from the support 4 according to the measurement result, a receiver 14 for temporarily supporting the flower 1 dropped from the support 4 and the receiver 14 The flower 14 by the conveyor 2
2. A flower selecting machine comprising: a reciprocating means 30 for reciprocating in the conveying direction N3, and a receiving table 43 for receiving a plurality of the flowers 1 dropped from the receiving body 14 at different positions. 2. A support body 4 for supporting a flower 1 is attached to a conveyor 2.
While being transported by the measuring unit 7a provided on the transport path,
In the flower selector which measures the flower 1 by 7b and drops the flower 1 from the support 4 according to the measurement result, a receiver 14 for temporarily supporting the flower 1 dropped from the support 4 and the receiver 14 The pressing member 24 is pressed to the tip of the stem b of the flower 1 that is temporarily supported by the body 14, and the flower a at the other end is pressed.
A flower selector including a position aligning unit that aligns the positions of the flowers a by pressing the stoppers 28 against the stopper 28. 3. A touch sensor 22 is provided between the support 4 and the receiver 14 to detect the flower 1 when the flower 1 dropped from the support 4 hits the touch sensor 22. 3. The flower selecting machine according to claim 1, further comprising a counter 23 for counting the number of the flowers 1 according to the output signal. 4. The pedestal 43 is provided downstream of the pedestal 43.
The compression means 50 for pressing and compressing the base end portion of the stem b of the upper flower 1 and the string 9 attached to the stem b compressed by the compression means 50.
A binding unit 49 including a binding machine 70 for winding and binding
The flower selector according to claim 1, wherein the flower selector is provided. 5. The flower selector according to claim 4, further comprising moving means for moving the binding machine 70 forward and backward relative to the stem b. 6. The flower selector according to claim 4, wherein a cutting section 80 for cutting the tip of the bundled stem b is provided on the downstream side of the binding machine 70.