JPS62201722A - Arranging device for fruits, etc. - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application This invention relates to a sorting device for fruits, etc., and can be used in a sorting device for sorting fruits such as mandarin oranges.

Conventional technology Conventionally, a device was used in which a guide belt was provided that rotated along one side of a transfer conveyor on which the underside of the fruit was placed and transferred, and this guide belt guided the lateral side of the fruit to align the fruits. there were.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention When fruits are fed in various postures onto a rotatably driven transfer conveyor, the conveyor and a guide belt rotatably driven along one side of the transfer conveyor are provided. While the fruit is being transferred, the fruit is aligned with its lateral side portion being guided by the guide belt so that the bottom portion of the fruit is in contact with the top portion of the transfer conveyor;
In this aligned state, the fruits are fed from the end of the transfer conveyor to an electronic shape sorting device for shape sorting.

This electronic shape sorting device sorts by shape, that is, by size, but since the rotational speed of the guide belt is the same from the starting end to the ending end of the transfer conveyor,
For example, all of the fruit being transported may not be changed to a state in which the flat bottom surface of the fruit contacts the top surface of the transport conveyor by the end of the transport conveyor;
If the shapes are supplied to the electronic shape sorting device in various unchanged postures, accurate sorting by size may not be possible.

Means for Solving the Problems This invention provides a means for moving the fruit (1) along one side of the conveyor (2) on which the lower surface of the fruit (1) is placed and conveyed, while guiding the lateral side of the fruit (1) in the conveying direction. The structure of the device for arranging fruits, etc. is provided with guide belts (31, +41, 51) that sequentially rotate at variable speeds as the fruit reaches .

Effect of the invention Fruits (
11, this transfer conveyor (2) and rotationally driven guide belts 3), (4), +51 contact the fruit (1) while conveying the fruit (1). During the period from (3) to the guide belt (5), the lateral side of the fruit is guided by the contact of the guide belts (3), (4), and (5), which rotate at an increased speed in sequence. Fruits (11 are sequentially flattened bottom parts are connected to the transfer conveyor (2)
) The fruits are changed into a state in which they are in contact with the upper surface part and arranged, and then fed to a sorting device that sorts the fruits in this aligned state, and the fruits are sorted by size or weight by this sorting device.

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, a plurality of guide belts (3) are provided which contact the fruit (1) to change the posture of the fruit (1) and align the fruit (1) while the fruit 111 is being conveyed by the conveyor (2). ,(
4) and (5), and this guide belt (3), (
By sequentially increasing the rotational drive speed of 4) and (5) in the direction in which the fruit (1) is transported, the fruit (1)
) is rotated faster as it approaches the end of the transfer conveyor (2), thereby ensuring that the fruit (11) changes its posture so that its flat bottom part is in contact with the top part of the transfer conveyor (2). The arranged fruits (1) can be supplied to a sorting device in an orderly manner, and accurate sorting can be maintained.

Embodiment In the example shown in FIG. 1, the fruit arranging device used for sorting fruits and the like will be explained by exemplifying the arranging device used in a tangerine sorting device.

The roller conveyor device (7) collects the mandarin oranges in a predetermined position,
This roller conveyor system (7) is a device that supplies the mandarin oranges from the terminal end to a transfer conveyor (2), and the transfer conveyor (2) has shafts +91. [+(I
is rotatably supported, the tip of this shaft (9) on the starting end side is inclined outward, and this shaft (111) on the terminal end side is provided with a tip inclined outward.
is installed in the horizontal direction, and the shaft (9) has pulleys (Ill, (
A pulley (1) is fixed to the shaft (1ω), and a transfer belt (+4
A shaft (19) inclined at the same angle as the transfer belt (height) is rotatably supported on the frame (8), and a pulley (I [il is fixed to the pulley Ov, and a transfer belt (17) is passed between the pulley grip and the pulley Ov.

The frame (8) is provided with a motor (tll), and this motor (I
ll rotates the shaft (9), and the rotary drive of this shaft (9) rotates the transport belt (1111, (+71), which transports the mandarin oranges supplied to the sumo wrestlers. The mandarin oranges placed on the transfer belt (1 force) and conveyed fall as overflowing mandarin oranges from the transfer belt 1 to (1 force terminal end), and fall from the transfer belt (1 force It is configured to be discharged into a receiving box (n).

Said transfer belt 04 - This transfer belt (14
The shaft head, 121), (2,
(to) is rotatably supported, the transfer belt (the tip of this shaft 21 at the starting end is provided with an outward inclination, and this shaft at the terminal end (0 is provided in a vertical state, and the shaft head 1211, 1211, 1211, 1211, 1211, 1211,
(2a, 123 is a pulley 241.1251 whose outer diameter is successively smaller than the larger diameter. A plurality of guide belts (4) are passed between the pulleys 4 and I2 [9, and the pulleys 2e and (
A plurality of guide belts (5) are passed between the guide belts (3), (4), and (5).
) is a square shape or a round shape, the rotation speed of the guide belt (3) is slow and the rotation becomes faster as it reaches the guide belt (5), and the shaft 12cj is connected to the frame ( 8) is configured to be driven by a motor ff1l provided in 8).

The mandarin orange being carried on the transfer belt (110) is guided by the guide belt +31. The transfer belt f141 is sequentially changed into a state in which it contacts the upper surface part, is aligned, and is supplied to an electronic shape sorting device (29) that sorts the shape from the terminal end of the transfer belt f141 while maintaining this aligned state and is taken over.

The electronic shape sorting device (2) is configured to sort the mandarin oranges that are supplied in a lined-up position while being transported, sort them by shape, that is, by size, and discharge them out of the machine from a predetermined position for each size.

The mandarin oranges supplied onto the rotationally driven roller conveyor device (7) are transferred from the end of the roller conveyor device (7) to the rotationally driven transfer belt 041 of the transfer conveyor (2).
The mandarin oranges fed onto the transport belt (17) and placed on the transport belt (17) during transport by the transport belts Q4), (■ and the guide belt +31. (4) and (5)) The tangerines fall from the end of this transfer belt (1g) and are discharged into the receiving box (1g).

The mandarin oranges fed and placed on the transfer belt L-(141) are transported by the transfer belt Tl41 and the guide belt (3), (
4) and (5), the lateral side of the mandarin orange comes into contact with the guide belts (31, (4), (51) and is guided 1, and the guide bells 1 to (3), +41 Since the rotational speed of +51 is sequentially faster as the direction of transporting the mandarin oranges increases, the mandarin oranges are rotated faster as they approach the end of the transport belt +141, so that the flat bottom part of the mandarin oranges The tangerines are successively changed to a state in which they are in contact with the upper surface of the transfer belt (141) and arranged, and while remaining in this alignment state, the oranges are transferred to an electronic shape sorting bag [141] whose shape is sorted from the end of the transfer belt (141). +29),
This electronic shape sorting device C21J separates objects by shape or size during transportation.

This electronic shape sorting device Q! The tangerines are sorted according to their size and are discharged from a predetermined position outside the machine.

The guide belts (3), (4), and (5) are provided on the transfer belt (141) in contact with and guide the mandarin oranges being transported.
The rotating speed of the mandarin orange increases as it approaches the end in the transport direction, so that the flat bottom part of the mandarin orange comes into contact with the top part of the transport belt f141. By sorting the mandarin oranges according to size in the arranged state, the mandarin oranges are always facing in the same direction, so accurate sorting by size is possible. can.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure shows one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
2 is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. 4, FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line C-C in FIG. 4, FIG. The figure is an overall side view of the fruit sorting device. In the figure, numeral 111 is fruit, (2) is a transfer conveyor, (3
), (4), and (5) indicate guide belts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Transfer conveyor (2) that carries the bottom of the fruit (1) and transfers it
Arranging fruits, etc., by providing guide belts (3), (4), and (5) along one side of the top, which sequentially rotate at variable speeds in the direction of conveyance while guiding the lateral side of the fruit (1). Device.