CN204974478U - Fruit autofilter device - Google Patents

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CN204974478U
CN204974478U CN201520542726.8U CN201520542726U CN204974478U CN 204974478 U CN204974478 U CN 204974478U CN 201520542726 U CN201520542726 U CN 201520542726U CN 204974478 U CN204974478 U CN 204974478U
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The utility model discloses a fruit autofilter device, include: first motor, screen plate, first bin, gravity sensor, alarm device and controlling means, be formed with the through -hole that matches with the small -size of required fruit on the screen plate, first motor is used for the drive the screen plate rotates between horizontal position and vertical position, works as the screen plate changes extremely during vertical position, fruit on the screen plate drop to in the bin, the gravity sensor detectable the weight value of the fruit on the screen plate, if the weight value is not less than the predetermined value, controlling means control first motor drives the screen plate changes extremely vertical position, if the weight value is less than the predetermined value, controlling means control alarm device sends the warning sound. Fruit autofilter device can improve the screening efficiency of fruit, guarantee the quality of the fruit of screening.

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A kind of fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening
Technical field
The utility model relates to fruit triage techniques field, particularly a kind of fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening.
Background technology
Before sale fruit, usually need to screen fruit and classify, so that remove inferior fruit, to meet the high request of people for fruit quality, in prior art, generally screen fruit by manual type, namely manual observation and weighing thus to remove volume too small, the fruit of lighter in weight, simultaneously, also the fruit obviously having disease and pest is removed, ensure the quality of the fruit sold, but such screening mode, efficiency is lower, what need is manually more, human cost is larger, and falsely dropping easily appears in operative employee's long period of operation, therefore, how to improve the efficiency of fruit screening, the quality of the fruit of guarantee screening is technical problem urgently to be resolved hurrily.
Utility model content
In view of this, the utility model provides a kind of fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening, can improve the screening effeciency of fruit, ensures the quality of the fruit of screening.
The utility model is solved the problem by following technological means:
A kind of fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening of the present utility model, comprise: the first motor, screen plate, first storage bin, gravity sensor, warning device and control device, described screen plate is formed with the through hole mated with required fruit minimum dimension, described screen plate is connected with described first motor-driven, and described first motor rotates between horizontal level and vertical position for driving described screen plate, the side of described screen plate is located at by described first storage bin, and when described screen plate goes to described vertical position, fruit on described screen plate falls in described storage bin, described first motor, described gravity sensor is all connected with described control device with described warning device, described gravity sensor is located on described screen plate, for detecting the weight of the fruit on described screen plate and sending gravimetric value to described control device, described control device is used for described gravimetric value and predetermined value to compare, if described gravimetric value is not less than described predetermined value, described control device controls screen plate described in described first driven by motor and goes to described vertical position, if described gravimetric value is less than described predetermined value, described control device controls described warning device and sends alarm sound.
Further, also comprise the second motor, two cylinders that side-by-side horizontal is arranged and tensioning sleeve are located at the conveyer belt on two described cylinders, described conveyer belt is for transmitting described fruit, described second motor is connected with drum drive described in one of them, described conveyer belt and described first storage bin lay respectively at the both sides of described screen plate, described control device also rotates for controlling cylinder described in described second driven by motor, when described cylinder rotates, described conveyer belt rotates and drives described fruit to move to the side near described screen plate, along with the rotation of described conveyer belt, fruit on described conveyer belt falls to downwards on described screen plate one by one.
Further, the below of described screen plate is provided with the second storage bin, and the fruit that size is less than described minimum dimension falls in described second storage bin through described through hole.
Further, described conveyer belt is formed with the fin that many are parallel to described cylinder axis, described in adjacent two, between fin, described fruit can be held, and described many fins are uniformly distributed on described conveyer belt along the circumference of described conveyer belt.
Further, the edge of described screen plate is formed with the sidewall perpendicular to described screen plate pivot center.
Further, the both sides of described conveyer belt are provided with the fixing baffle plate in relative ground, and described baffle plate is for stopping that the fruit on described conveyer belt drops from the side of described conveyer belt.
Further, the upper end of described first storage bin is formed with the first guide plate of inclination, and described first guide plate moves in described first storage bin for guiding fruit.
Further, the upper end of described second storage bin is formed with the second guide plate of inclination, and described second guide plate moves in described second storage bin for guiding fruit.
Fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening of the present utility model, during original state, described screen plate is horizontal, in use, a desirable fruit to be screened prevents on described screen plate, if the size of described fruit is less than the size of the through hole on described screen plate, then illustrate that the size of this fruit is less than the minimum dimension of required fruit, described fruit falls through described through hole, if the size of described fruit is greater than the size of the through hole on described screen plate, being of the required size of this fruit is then described, described fruit can not fall, now, described gravity sensor detects the weight of described fruit and gravimetric value is sent to described control device, the gravimetric value of this fruit compares with predetermined value by described control device, if the gravimetric value of described fruit is not less than described predetermined value, described predetermined value is the minimum weight of required fruit, now, the weight of described fruit can satisfy the demands, described control device can control described first electric machine rotation, thus drive described screen plate to go to vertical position, fruit on it falls in described first storage bin, be convenient to collect and transhipment, if the gravimetric value of described fruit is less than described predetermined value, although then illustrate that described fruit is of the required size but weight is too low, likely withered or insect infestation, now, described control device controls described alarm and sends alarm sound, operating personnel are reminded to take out described fruit in time.Thus, by the size of fruit and the screening of weight, select satisfactory fruit, compared to artificial screening, improve screening effeciency, ensure the quality of the fruit of screening.
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Below in conjunction with drawings and Examples, the utility model is further described.
Fig. 1 is fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening top view of the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening side view of the present utility model.
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1-first motor, 2-screen plate, 21-through hole, 22-sidewall, 3-first storage bin, 31-first guide plate, 4-second motor, 5-cylinder, 6-conveyer belt, 61-fin, 62-baffle plate, 7-second storage bin, 71-second guide plate.
Detailed description of the invention
In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, term " " center ", " on ", D score, " front ", " afterwards ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end ", " interior ", orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as " outward " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the utility model and simplified characterization for convenience of description, instead of indicate or imply that the device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
Term " first ", " second " only for describing object, and can not be interpreted as instruction or hint relative importance or imply the quantity indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, be limited with " first ", the feature of " second " can express or impliedly comprise one or more these features.In description of the present utility model, except as otherwise noted, the implication of " multiple " is two or more.
Below with reference to accompanying drawing, the utility model is described in detail, as depicted in figs. 1 and 2: the fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening described in the present embodiment, comprise: the first motor 1, screen plate 2, first storage bin 3, gravity sensor (not shown), warning device (not shown) and control device (not shown), screen plate 2 is formed with the through hole 21 mated with required fruit minimum dimension, screen plate 2 and the first motor 1 are in transmission connection, and the first motor 1 rotates between horizontal level and vertical position for driving screen plate 2, the side of screen plate 2 is located at by first storage bin 3, and when screen plate 1 goes to described vertical position, fruit on screen plate 2 falls in storage bin 3, first motor 1, described gravity sensor is all connected with described control device with described warning device, described gravity sensor is located on screen plate 2, for detecting the weight of the fruit on screen plate 2 and sending gravimetric value to described control device, described control device is used for described gravimetric value and predetermined value to compare, if described gravimetric value is not less than described predetermined value, described control device controls the first motor 1 and drives screen plate 2 to go to described vertical position, then screen plate 2 automatically resets (being namely inverted to described horizontal level), if described gravimetric value is less than described predetermined value, described control device controls described warning device and sends alarm sound.
Fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening described in the present embodiment is when original state, screen plate 2 is horizontal, in use, a desirable fruit to be screened prevents on screen plate 2, if the size of described fruit is less than the size of the through hole on screen plate 2, then illustrate that the size of this fruit is less than the minimum dimension of required fruit, described fruit falls through described through hole, if the size of described fruit is greater than the size of the through hole on screen plate 2, being of the required size of this fruit is then described, described fruit can not fall, now, described gravity sensor detects the weight of described fruit and gravimetric value is sent to described control device, the gravimetric value of this fruit compares with predetermined value by described control device, if the gravimetric value of described fruit is not less than described predetermined value, described predetermined value is the minimum weight of required fruit, now, the weight of described fruit can satisfy the demands, described control device can control described first electric machine rotation, thus drive screen plate 2 to go to vertical position, fruit on it falls in the first storage bin 3, be convenient to collect and transhipment, if the gravimetric value of described fruit is less than described predetermined value, although then illustrate that described fruit is of the required size but weight is too low, likely withered or insect infestation, now, described control device controls described alarm and sends alarm sound, operating personnel are reminded to take out the too low fruit of weight in time.Thus, by the size of fruit and the screening of weight, select satisfactory fruit, compared to artificial screening, improve screening effeciency.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, for the ease of transmitting described fruit, described fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening also comprises the second motor 4, two cylinders 5 that side-by-side horizontal is arranged and tensioning sleeve are located at the conveyer belt 6 on two cylinders 5, conveyer belt 6 is for transmitting described fruit, second motor 4 is in transmission connection with one of them cylinder 5, conveyer belt 6 and the first storage bin 3 lay respectively at the both sides of screen plate 5, described control device is also for controlling the second motor 4, second motor 4 can drive cylinder 5 to rotate when rotating, when cylinder 5 rotates, conveyer belt 6 rotates and drives described fruit to move to the side near screen plate 2, in use, on conveyer belt 6, fruit to be screened is placed successively one by one along same straight line by manual type, described control device controls the second motor 4 and rotates, conveyer belt 6 is rotated, and along with the rotation of conveyer belt 6, fruit on conveyer belt 6 falls on the screen plate 5 that is horizontal one by one downwards, thus transmit by conveyer belt 2 pairs of fruit, reduce labour intensity, the further efficiency improving screening fruit, in addition, also can hopper all storage devices be set above conveyer belt 6, thus avoid manually frequently placing fruit.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, for the ease of the undesirable fruit after storage screening, second storage bin 7 can be set in the below of screen plate 2, wherein, the fruit that size is less than described minimum dimension cannot rest on screen plate 2, and be through through hole 21 and fall in the second storage bin 7, thus undesirable fruit can be collected, be convenient to transhipment and process.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, roll arbitrarily to prevent the fruit on conveyer belt, the fin 61 that many are parallel to cylinder 5 axis can be formed on conveyer belt 6, described fruit can be held between adjacent two fins 61, and many fins 61 are uniformly distributed on conveyer belt 6 along the circumference of conveyer belt 6, thus position by fin 61 pairs of fruit, avoid fruit to roll arbitrarily on conveyer belt 6, impact screening.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, in order to avoid fruit fall on screen plate 2 time, flick from edge screen plate 2, the sidewall 22 perpendicular to screen plate 2 pivot center can be formed on the edge of screen plate 2, stop that fruit drops from the side of screen plate 2 by sidewall 22, fruit on guarantee screen plate 2, when screen plate 2 goes to vertical position, accurately drops in the first storage bin 3.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, the both sides of conveyer belt 6 are provided with the fixing baffle plate 62 in relative ground, the fruit that can be stopped on conveyer belt 6 by baffle plate 62 is dropped from the side of conveyer belt 6, it also avoid the fruit manually picked up and land, be conducive to improving screening effeciency, prevent fruit to land and cause damage.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, the first storage bin 3 is fallen into for the ease of guiding fruit, first guide plate 31 of inclination can be formed in the upper end of the first storage bin 3, when screen plate 2 is positioned at vertical position, fruit falls on the first guide plate 31 downwards, and under the first guide plate 31 guides, move in described first storage bin 3, thus avoided being scattered in outside the first storage bin 3.
As the further improvement of technique scheme, the upper end of the second storage bin 7 is formed with the second guide plate 71 of inclination, when screen plate 2 is positioned at horizontal level, second guide plate 71 is relative with through hole 21, fruit through through hole 21 drops on the second guide plate 71, and guided by the second guide plate 71, enter in the second storage bin 71 mobile, thus avoided being scattered in outside the first storage bin 3.
What finally illustrate is, above embodiment is only in order to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model and unrestricted, although be described in detail the utility model with reference to preferred embodiment, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that, can modify to the technical solution of the utility model or equivalent replacement, and not departing from aim and the scope of technical solutions of the utility model, it all should be encompassed in the middle of right of the present utility model.

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1. a fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening, it is characterized in that: comprising: the first motor (1), screen plate (2), first storage bin (3), gravity sensor, warning device and control device, described screen plate (2) is formed with the through hole (21) mated with required fruit minimum dimension, described screen plate (2) and described first motor (1) are in transmission connection, and described first motor (1) is rotated between horizontal level and vertical position for driving described screen plate (2), described first storage bin (3) is located at the side of described screen plate (2), and when described screen plate (1) goes to described vertical position, fruit on described screen plate (2) falls in described storage bin (3), described first motor (1), described gravity sensor is all connected with described control device with described warning device, described gravity sensor is located on described screen plate (2), for detecting the weight of the fruit on described screen plate (2) and sending gravimetric value to described control device, described control device is used for described gravimetric value and predetermined value to compare, if described gravimetric value is not less than described predetermined value, described control device controls described first motor (1) and drives described screen plate (2) to go to described vertical position, if described gravimetric value is less than described predetermined value, described control device controls described warning device and sends alarm sound.
2. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: also comprise the second motor (4), two cylinders (5) that side-by-side horizontal is arranged and tensioning sleeve are located at the conveyer belt (6) on two described cylinders (5), described conveyer belt (6) is for transmitting described fruit, described second motor (4) is in transmission connection with cylinder (5) described in one of them, described conveyer belt (6) and described first storage bin (3) lay respectively at the both sides of described screen plate (5), described control device also drives described cylinder (5) to rotate for controlling described second motor (4), when described cylinder (5) rotates, described conveyer belt (6) rotates and drives described fruit to move to the side near described screen plate (2), along with the rotation of described conveyer belt (6), fruit on described conveyer belt (6) falls to downwards on described screen plate (5) one by one.
3. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that: the below of described screen plate (2) is provided with the second storage bin (7), the fruit that size is less than described minimum dimension falls in described second storage bin (7) through described through hole (21).
4. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: described conveyer belt (6) is formed with the fin (61) that many are parallel to described cylinder (5) axis, can hold described fruit between fin (61) described in adjacent two, and described many fins (61) are uniformly distributed on described conveyer belt (61) along the circumference of described conveyer belt (6).
5. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 1, is characterized in that: the edge of described screen plate (2) is formed with the sidewall (22) perpendicular to described screen plate (2) pivot center.
6. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: the both sides of described conveyer belt (6) are provided with the fixing baffle plate (62) in relative ground, and described baffle plate (62) is for stopping that the fruit on described conveyer belt (6) drops from the side of described conveyer belt (6).
7. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: the upper end of described first storage bin (31) is formed with first guide plate (31) of inclination, described first guide plate (31) is for guiding fruit mobile in described first storage bin (31).
8. fruit automatic splinter screening device for screening according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: the upper end of described second storage bin (7) is formed with second guide plate (71) of inclination, described second guide plate (71) is for guiding fruit mobile in described second storage bin (71).
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