JP4092793B2 - Fruit selection facility - Google Patents

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JP4092793B2
JP4092793B2 JP30683098A JP30683098A JP4092793B2 JP 4092793 B2 JP4092793 B2 JP 4092793B2 JP 30683098 A JP30683098 A JP 30683098A JP 30683098 A JP30683098 A JP 30683098A JP 4092793 B2 JP4092793 B2 JP 4092793B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、以上の種類が混在する果物を、種類別に選別する出荷ラインの発明で、そのうち特に、種類によって個数に大きな差がある場合に配慮した発明である。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
複数の種類が混在した果物などの製品を選別区分して出荷する出荷搬送ラインにおいては、選別区分した製品に、その区分を表示したラベルを貼って、搬送コンベアにより製品出荷部に送り、製品出荷部でラベルの表示を読取って直接搬出するか、または所定数量に達するまで一時保管するかを判断することが行われている。この場合、従来は、個数の多い標準品はそのまま製品出荷部より出荷され、個数の少ない希少品は倉庫に運ばれて一時保管され、所定数に達したときに倉庫から製品出荷部に運んで出荷している。このように、個数の少ない希少品は倉庫に保管する場合には、棚またはパレット上に積み重ねて保管されることが多く、広い保管スペースを必要とするばかりでなく、個数の少ない希少品の出荷が要求されると、倉庫の保管場所によっては所定区分の製品を探し出すのに時間がかかる等の問題が発生していた。
【0003】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明では、複数の種類が混在した果物群から個数の多い標準品と個数の少ない希少品を区別して、標準品はそのまま製品出荷部に送り、希少品は環状のプールコンベアに送ってそこに一時的に貯留することにより、希少品の取り出しを簡易化し、併せて保管スペースの節約を図ることを目的とする。
【0004】
【課題を解決するための手段】
本発明では、2階建てであり、1階部分と2階部分を昇降機で結び、
1階に入荷部、製品出荷部、待機コンベア、プールコンベア、取出しコンベアを設け、
2階に等級選別部、階級判定装置、階級選別部、封函装置,封函装置で封函された箱を搬送する搬送コンベアをそれぞれ2列設け、
この2列の搬送コンベアを平行に隣接して配置した場所に製品振り分け器を設け、
さらに、2以上の種類が混在する果物群の全種類を搬送する全品搬送ラインの送出側を分岐して、これに直送ラインと待機ラインを接続し
直送ラインの送出側は前記製品出荷部に接続する一方、待機ラインの送出側は待機コンベアが環状に連続したプールコンベアに接続し、
プールコンベアには取出しコンベアを接続し、
この取出しコンベアの送出側を前記製品出荷部に接続し、
2以上の種類が混在する果物群のうち、個数の多い種類の標準品と個数の少ない種類の希少品を前記製品振り分け器により振り分けて、標準品は直送ラインを経て製品出荷部に直送し、希少品は待機ラインの待機コンベアから環状に連続したプールコンベアに送ってそこに待機させ、所定個数に達したら、プールコンベアより取出しコンベアを経て製品出荷部に送出し、
製品振り分け器は、読取装置で箱の区分を読み取り、押出し装置で直送ラインと待機ラインのいずれかに振り分けるものであることを特徴とする
【0005】
【発明の実施の形態】
発明の実施の形態を説明する。
図1および図2は、本発明の選果施設の平面図で、図1はその1階部分を、図2はその2階部分を示している。
図1において、1階のほぼ中央に受入を設け、搬入されたパレットから納入箱を取出して受入コンベア1に載せて移動し、2列に別れた受入コンベア1上でそれぞれ納入箱から果物Sを取出し、それぞれ2基の昇降機2に移載して2階に送る。昇降機2は例えばバケットコンベアのように、果物Sを傷付けることなく1つづつ載せて2階に送る。
2階に運ばれた果物Sは、図2に示すように、それぞれ2箇所のオートダンパ3に一時待機し、オートダンパ3はそれぞれを2列に配置した分級コンベア4a、4bに連結する。2列の分級コンベア4a、4bはその間を中心にして左右対称に配置する。
【0006】
選果の分類は、品質の等級と大きさの組合せで決まる。品質には、秀、優、良、並の4等級があり、大きさには、3L、2L、L、M、S、2Sの6階級がある。
分級コンベア4aは、選別等級部5と選別階級部6からなり、一体に連結して構成する。分級コンベア4a(4b)は図3に示すように、その中央に4列の鍵盤式コンベア7を設ける。
選別等級部5では、その一側に作業者が待機してオートダンパ3から送られる果物Sを手に取って品質等級を判定し、秀、優、良、並の4等級に対応して4列の鍵盤式コンベア7上に果物Sを載せる。
選別階級部6の始端部に階級判定装置8を設け、4列の鍵盤式コンベア7ごとに、その上の果物Sの形状を階級判定装置8により判定し、その大きさを3Lから2Sまでの6段階に分類する。
【0007】
階級判定装置8は、図3に斜視図で示すように、それぞれの鍵盤式コンベア7に対向してCCDカメラ8aと光源8bを配置し、鍵盤式コンベア7に載って移動する果物Sに光を当て、CCDカメラ8aによりその形状を撮影して、その大きさを3L、2L、L、M、S、2Sの6階級に分別し、そのデータは各鍵盤式コンベア7ごとに順次集中管理装置(図示せず)に記憶する。
それぞれの鍵盤式コンベア7には、図2に示すように、その所定位置に大きさの6階級に合わせた6個の排出ゲート9を設け、それぞれの排出ゲート9には箱詰め装置10を設け、箱詰め装置10に沿って箱搬出コンベア12を設ける。
箱詰め装置10としては、例えば本出願人による昇降式箱詰め装置(特開平6−270924)がある。この箱詰め装置10は、包装箱11が供給されると、包装箱11を所定の位置に固定して手動または自動機により箱詰めを行い、包装箱11が一杯になると、包装箱11の所定位置に、その区分およびその他の管理事項等を付属の印字装置(図示せず)により印刷し、箱詰め装置10により箱搬出コンベア12上に排出する。
箱搬出コンベア12は搬送コンベア13aに連結する。
搬送コンベア13a,13bには、その途中に、ドライアイス挿入機14、エチルアルコール噴霧機15、袋内排気装置16、袋口元封止装置17、封函装置18等を順次配置して、それぞれ果物に応じた処理を行った後に封函し、さらに日付や生産ロット等を印字装置19により印刷する。
【0008】
袋内排気装置16と袋口元封止装置17は、図4に示すように、搬送コンベア13の途中に設けたターンテーブル20と、そのターンテーブル20を一定方向に回転する回転装置21とを備え、ターンテーブル20の上方にはエアーシリンダ22により上下に移動するエアー吸引ノズル23と、エアー吸引ノズル23に連結したエアー吸引ポンプ24とを設ける。
袋内排気装置16と袋口元封止装置17は箱詰めされる果物Sが例えば柿等の場合に使用し、あらかじめ包装箱11には包装袋11aを拡げてセットし、包装袋11a内に柿を箱詰めして一杯になった時に、エチルアルコール噴霧機15によりエチルアルコールを包装袋11a内に噴霧した後、袋内排気装置16により包装袋11a内の空気を吸引し、その減圧状態で包装袋11aの口元を閉じ、その口元を掴んだまま包装箱11ごとターンテーブル20を一定方向に水平に回転して包装袋11aの口元を捩って封止し、空気の流通を抑えて封函する。
この後、出荷および流通の間に外気を遮断した状態で、エチルアルコールにより熟成して柿のしぶ味を取除く。
【0009】
2列の搬送コンベア13a、13bはその終端部を平行に隣接して配置し、その間に製品振分け器28を設ける。
製品振分け器28は、搬送コンベア13a、13bの所定位置でそれぞれ対向する搬送コンベア13a、13bに向けて押出し装置28aを設けて構成し、この押出し装置28aには読取り装置33を備えて包装箱11の区分表示を読み取り、区分表示に従って連続して流れる包装箱11を振分け、搬送コンベア13a、13bのいずれかに移動する。さらに、押出し装置28aにはそれぞれ対向するコンベア上方に箱検出センサ(図示せず)を設け、対向する搬送コンベアに包装箱11がある場合は、押出し装置28aの操作を一時停止して待機して、包装箱11が通過してから操作して、包装箱11を移載する。
【0010】
本実施例では、個数の多い標準品の包装箱11を搬送コンベア13aに集め、個数の少ない区分の包装箱11を搬送コンベア13bに集める。
ついで、搬送コンベア13a、13bを床面に設けた開口25を通して1階に降ろし、一方の搬送コンベア13aはそのまま製品出荷部26に連なり、製品出荷部26では、パレタイズロボット31により出荷ロットとしてパレットにまとめて出荷する。
他方の搬送コンベア13bから、押出し装置28aにより待機コンベア27に移り、さらに待機コンベア27から押出し装置28aにより無端状に形成したプールコンベア29に移動して、プールコンベア29上を移動しながら一時待機する。この状態で、中央管理装置から所定区分の包装箱11の出荷が指示されると、プールコンベア29上の所定区分の包装箱11をその投入順に従って選択して、押出し装置28aにより取出し、コンベア30に移載して製品出荷部26に送り、製品出荷部26でパレタイズロボット31により出荷ロットに組入れられて出荷する。
【0011】
は本発明の多段プールコンベアの平面図、図はその側面図である。
プールコンベア29は無端状に長円形に形成され、プールコンベア29の上方には所定の間隔をあけてプールコンベア29aを、さらにその上方にプールコンベア29bを配置し、プールコンベア29を多数段に重ねて一体に構成する。
プールコンベア29、プールコンベア29a、プールコンベア29bはそれぞれ駆動装置を持ち、それぞれ同一方向に運転する。
このプールコンベア29の一側に沿って待機コンベア27を配置し、他側に沿って取出しコンベア30を設ける。
待機コンベア27は進行方向に向かって上向きに傾斜して、順次プールコンベア29、プールコンベア29a、プールコンベア29bと接近し、取出しコンベア30は下向きに傾斜して、プールコンベア29b、プールコンベア29a、プールコンベア29の順に接近し、それらの交叉部分に、それぞれ平坦な乗移り部32を設ける。待機コンベア27との乗移り部32には、待機コンベア27からプールコンベア29、プールコンベア29a、プールコンベア29bに向けてそれぞれ押出し装置28aを配置する。取出しコンベア30との乗移り部32には、プールコンベア29b、プールコンベア29a、プールコンベア29から取出しコンベア30に向けてそれぞれ押出し装置28aを配置する。
待機コンベア27および取出しコンベア30を、平行に配列し2本のチェーンコンベアの間にウッドスラットをわたした構造とし、各交叉部分でチェーンコンベア部の上下でガイドにより水平に規制して平坦な乗移り部32を形成することができる。
【0012】
以上の構成により、この選果施設の機能を説明する。
1階に入荷した果物Sは受入コンベア1で整列して、それぞれ昇降機2により2階に送られて、2か所のオートダンパ3で一時待機する。
ついで、オートダンパ3から果物Sを分級コンベア4に運び、作業者により一つずつ品位を判定して、秀、優、良、並の4区分に分け、それぞれ選別等級部5の4列の鍵盤式コンベア7に搭載してそのまま選別階級部6に移動する。
選別階級部6では、階級判定装置8により果物Sの大きさを、3L、2L、L、M、S、2Sの6階級に分別し、秀、優、良、並の4区分と一緒にそのデータを順次集中管理装置に送り記憶する。この状態で、
果物Sはそれぞれ鍵盤式コンベア7により移動し、集中管理装置に記憶したデータに従い、4列6個の排出ゲート9のいずれか1つを作動して鍵盤式コンベア7上の果物Sを排出し、排出ゲート9に連なる箱詰め装置10に送り、それぞれ包装箱11に収納する。
この状態で果物Sは24分類に分類され、従って箱詰め装置10は排出ゲート9の数に合せて24台を必要とする。
包装箱11が満杯になると、包装箱11の側面にその区分等を印刷し、包装箱11を箱搬出コンベア12に移載して搬送コンベア13に移動する。
包装箱11に収納された果物Sは搬送コンベア13により移動しながら、順次必要に応じてドライアイス挿入機14、エチルアルコール噴霧機15、袋内排気装置16、袋口元封止装置17等により処理して、封函装置18により封函し、封函後に日付印字装置19により出荷月日等を印字して1階に移動する。
果物Sの品種によっては、包装袋11a内にドライアイスを入れたり、エチルアルコールを噴霧し、包装袋11a内を排気し袋口元を封止してから封函する。
出荷ロットは同一の選別等級と選別階級の包装箱11のみで構成するばかりでなく、他の選別等級、選別階級の包装箱11と組合せて出荷する場合が多く、製品出荷部26に設けるパレタイズロボット31も1台ではまかないきれず、出荷量にもよるが、個数の多い標準品の包装箱11に対応して別に1基を設けてその稼働効率を上げる。
【0013】
以上のように構成することにより、個数の多い標準品の包装箱11を直接製品出荷部26に送り出し、個数の少ない希少品の包装箱11は一時プールコンベア29に待機し、必要に応じ取出しコンベア30により製品出荷部26に送り出荷ロットに組み込むことにより、製品出荷部26で混乱なく荷さばきができる。
また、個数の少ない希少品の包装箱11を、無端状のプールコンベア29に待機させることにより、必要な区分の包装箱11をプールコンベア29の回転により遅滞なく取出しコンベア30に取出すことができ、出荷に支障を来さない。
さらに、プールコンベア29を多数段重ねて多段プールコンベアを構成し、その側面に待機コンベア27と取出しコンベアを斜めに傾斜して設けることにより、包装箱11の区分に従いプールコンベア29を選択して移載し、その区分の包装箱11の在庫を確実に把握することができる。同時に包装箱11の先入れ先出しを確実にすることができる。
また、区分の異なる包装箱11を一緒に選択して取り出す場合にも、各段のプールコンベア29の乗移り部32から同時に取り出すことができ、遅滞なく取り出して、出荷ロットの編成を敏速に行うことができる。
【0014】
【発明の効果】
本発明では、多種類の果物が混在して搬送される全品搬送ラインにおいて、全品搬送ラインの分岐部で製品振り分け器により個数の多い標準品と個数の少ない希少品に分けて、個数の多い標準品を直接製品出荷部に送り出すことにより、個数の多い標準品を製品出荷部で継続して出荷することができ、個数の少ない希少品を環状に連続したプールコンベアに待機させ、必要に応じて直ちに製品出荷部に送ることにより、製品出荷部での混乱を避け、出荷作業の高能率化を図ることができる。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】 本発明のプール搬送装置を備えた選果施設の1階部分の平面図である。
【図2】 本発明のプール搬送装置を備えた選果施設の2階部分の平面図である。
【図3】 本発明の階級判定装置の構成を示す斜視図である。
【図4】 袋内排気装置と袋口元封止装置の構成を示す説明図である。
【図5】 本発明の多段プールコンベアの平面図である。
【図6】 本発明の多段プールコンベアの側面図である。
【符号の説明】
S 果物
1 受入コンベア
2 昇降機
3 オートダンパ
4a、4b 分級コンベア
5 選別等級部
6 選別階級部
7 鍵盤式コンベア
8 階級判定装置
8a CCDカメラ
8b 光源
9 排出ゲート
10 箱詰め装置
11 包装箱
11a 包装袋
12 箱搬出コンベア
13a、13b 搬送コンベア
14 ドライアイス挿入機
15 エチルアルコール噴霧機
16 袋内排気装置
17 袋口元封止装置
18 封函装置
19 日付印字装置
20 ターンテーブル
21 回転装置
22 エアーシリンダ
23 エアー吸引ノズル
24 エアー吸引ポンプ
25 開口
26 製品出荷部
27 待機コンベア
28 製品振分け器
28a 押出し装置
29、29a、29b プールコンベア
30 取出しコンベア
31 パレタイズロボット
32 乗移り部
33 読取り装置
[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is an invention of a shipping line that sorts fruits mixed with two or more types by type, and in particular, considers when there is a large difference in the number depending on the type.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the shipping and transportation line that sorts and ships products such as fruits mixed with multiple types, labels that indicate the category are affixed to the sorted and sorted products, which are sent to the product shipping department by the transport conveyor and shipped. It is determined whether the label display is read directly by the unit and carried out directly or stored temporarily until a predetermined quantity is reached. In this case, conventionally, standard products with a large number are shipped directly from the product shipping department, and rare products with a small number are transported to the warehouse for temporary storage, and when they reach the specified number, they are transported from the warehouse to the product shipping department. Ships. In this way, when rare items with a small number are stored in a warehouse, they are often stacked and stored on shelves or pallets, which not only requires a large storage space, but also ships rare items with a small number. However, depending on the storage location of the warehouse, there has been a problem that it takes time to search for a product of a predetermined category.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the present invention, a standard product with a large number and a rare product with a small number are distinguished from a fruit group in which a plurality of types are mixed, the standard product is sent to the product shipping department as it is, and the rare product is sent to an annular pool conveyor. The purpose is to simplify the removal of rare items by temporarily storing them and to save storage space.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the present invention, a two-story, signed a first floor and second floor in the elevator,
On the first floor, there will be an arrival section, product shipment section, standby conveyor, pool conveyor, take-out conveyor,
On the second floor, there are two rows of conveyors for transporting the boxes sealed by the class selection unit, the class determination device, the class selection unit, the sealing device, and the sealing device,
A product sorter is provided at a place where these two rows of conveyors are arranged in parallel and adjacent to each other.
Further branches the delivery side of all goods conveying line for conveying all types of fruits group 2 or more types are mixed, to which Connect the direct line and the standby line,
The sending side of the direct feed line is connected to the product shipping section, while the sending side of the waiting line is connected to a pool conveyor in which the waiting conveyor is annularly connected,
A take-out conveyor is connected to the pool conveyor,
Connect the delivery side of this take-out conveyor to the product shipping department,
In the fruit group with two or more kinds mixed, the standard product with a large number and the rare product with a small number are sorted by the product sorter, and the standard product is directly sent to the product shipping department via the direct delivery line. Rare items are sent from the standby conveyor on the standby line to the continuous pool conveyor in a ring shape, waiting there, and when the specified number is reached, it is sent out from the pool conveyor to the product shipping department via the takeout conveyor,
The product sorter is characterized in that it reads a section of a box with a reader and sorts it into either a direct feed line or a standby line with an extruder .
[0005]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described.
1 and 2 are plan views of the fruit selection facility of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the first floor portion and FIG. 2 shows the second floor portion.
In FIG. 1, a reception is provided in the center of the first floor, a delivery box is taken out from the pallet that has been loaded, moved on the reception conveyor 1, and the fruits S are received from the delivery boxes on the reception conveyor 1 divided into two rows. Take out, transfer to two elevators 2 each, and send to the second floor. The elevator 2 puts the fruits S one by one without damaging them, such as a bucket conveyor, and sends them to the second floor.
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the fruits S transported to the second floor temporarily stands by at two auto dampers 3, and the auto dampers 3 are connected to classification conveyors 4a and 4b arranged in two rows, respectively. Two rows of classifying conveyors 4a and 4b are arranged symmetrically with the center therebetween.
[0006]
The classification of selection is determined by a combination of quality grade and size. There are four grades of quality: excellent, excellent, good, and average, and there are six grades of sizes: 3L, 2L, L, M, S, and 2S.
The classification conveyor 4a includes a sorting grade unit 5 and a sorting class unit 6, and is configured by being integrally connected. As shown in FIG. 3, the classifying conveyor 4a (4b) is provided with four rows of keyboard type conveyors 7 in the center thereof.
In the sorting grade section 5, an operator waits on one side and picks up the fruit S sent from the auto damper 3 to determine the quality grade, and corresponds to 4 grades of excellent, excellent, good, and average. The fruit S is placed on the keyboard conveyor 7 in the row.
A class determining device 8 is provided at the starting end of the sorting class unit 6, and the shape of the fruit S thereon is determined by the class determining device 8 for each of the four rows of the keyboard-type conveyors 7, and the size is determined from 3L to 2S. Classify into 6 levels.
[0007]
As shown in a perspective view in FIG. 3, the class determining device 8 arranges a CCD camera 8 a and a light source 8 b so as to face each keyboard type conveyor 7, and emits light to the fruit S moving on the keyboard type conveyor 7. The shape is photographed by the CCD camera 8a, the size is classified into 6 classes of 3L, 2L, L, M, S, and 2S, and the data is sequentially managed for each keyboard type conveyor 7 ( (Not shown).
As shown in FIG. 2, each of the keyboard type conveyors 7 is provided with six discharge gates 9 corresponding to the six classes of sizes at predetermined positions, and each of the discharge gates 9 is provided with a boxing device 10. A box carry-out conveyor 12 is provided along the boxing device 10.
As the boxing device 10, for example, there is an elevating type boxing device (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-270924) by the present applicant. When the packaging box 11 is supplied, the boxing device 10 fixes the packaging box 11 in a predetermined position and performs boxing manually or by an automatic machine. When the packaging box 11 is full, the packaging box 11 is placed in a predetermined position. The classification and other management items are printed by an attached printing device (not shown) and discharged onto the box carry-out conveyor 12 by the boxing device 10.
The box carry-out conveyor 12 is connected to the transfer conveyor 13a.
In the middle of the conveyors 13a and 13b, a dry ice insertion machine 14, an ethyl alcohol sprayer 15, an in-bag exhaust device 16, a bag mouth sealing device 17, a sealing device 18 and the like are sequentially arranged, and fruits are respectively provided. After performing the processing according to the above, the package is sealed, and the date, production lot, and the like are printed by the printing device 19.
[0008]
As shown in FIG. 4, the bag exhaust device 16 and the bag mouth sealing device 17 include a turntable 20 provided in the middle of the transfer conveyor 13 and a rotating device 21 that rotates the turntable 20 in a certain direction. An air suction nozzle 23 that moves up and down by an air cylinder 22 and an air suction pump 24 connected to the air suction nozzle 23 are provided above the turntable 20.
The bag exhaust device 16 and the bag mouth sealing device 17 are used when the fruit S to be packed is, for example, a bag or the like. The bag 11a is set in advance in the packing box 11, and the bag is put in the bag 11a. When the box is filled, ethyl alcohol is sprayed into the packaging bag 11a by the ethyl alcohol sprayer 15, and then the air in the packaging bag 11a is sucked by the bag exhaust device 16 and the packaging bag 11a is decompressed. The turntable 20 together with the packaging box 11 is rotated horizontally in a certain direction while twisting the mouth of the packaging bag 11a and sealed, and the airflow is suppressed and sealed.
Then, with the outside air shut off during shipping and distribution, ripen with ethyl alcohol to remove the savory taste of koji.
[0009]
The end portions of the two rows of conveyors 13a and 13b are arranged adjacent to each other in parallel, and a product sorter 28 is provided therebetween.
The product sorter 28 is configured by providing an extruding device 28a toward the conveying conveyors 13a and 13b facing each other at predetermined positions of the conveying conveyors 13a and 13b. The extruding device 28a includes a reading device 33 and includes a packaging box 11. The packaging boxes 11 that flow continuously according to the classification display are sorted and moved to one of the conveyors 13a and 13b. Further, the extrusion device 28a is provided with a box detection sensor (not shown) above the opposing conveyor, and when the packaging box 11 is on the opposite conveyor, the operation of the extrusion device 28a is temporarily stopped and waited. The packaging box 11 is transferred by operating after the packaging box 11 has passed.
[0010]
In the present embodiment, a large number of standard packaging boxes 11 are collected on the conveyor 13a, and a small number of packaging boxes 11 are collected on the conveyor 13b.
Subsequently, the conveyors 13a and 13b are lowered to the first floor through the opening 25 provided on the floor, and the one conveyor 13a is directly connected to the product shipping unit 26. In the product shipping unit 26, the palletizing robot 31 puts it on a pallet as a shipping lot. Ship together.
The other conveyor 13b is moved to the standby conveyor 27 by the extruding device 28a, and further moved from the standby conveyor 27 to the pool conveyor 29 formed endless by the extruding device 28a, and temporarily waits while moving on the pool conveyor 29. . In this state, when the central management device gives an instruction to ship the packaging boxes 11 of the predetermined section, the packaging boxes 11 of the predetermined section on the pool conveyor 29 are selected according to the loading order, taken out by the extruding device 28a, and the conveyor 30 The product is shipped to the product shipping unit 26, and is shipped into the shipping lot by the palletizing robot 31 in the product shipping unit 26.
[0011]
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a side view thereof.
The pool conveyor 29 is endlessly formed in an oval shape. The pool conveyor 29a is disposed above the pool conveyor 29 with a predetermined interval, and the pool conveyor 29b is further disposed above the pool conveyor 29, and the pool conveyor 29 is stacked in multiple stages. To be integrated.
Each of the pool conveyor 29, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool conveyor 29b has a driving device and operates in the same direction.
A standby conveyor 27 is arranged along one side of the pool conveyor 29, and a take-out conveyor 30 is provided along the other side.
The standby conveyor 27 is inclined upward in the traveling direction, and sequentially approaches the pool conveyor 29, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool conveyor 29b, and the takeout conveyor 30 is inclined downward, and the pool conveyor 29b, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool The conveyors 29 are approached in this order, and flat transfer portions 32 are provided at the intersections thereof. In the transfer part 32 with the standby conveyor 27, an extrusion device 28a is arranged from the standby conveyor 27 toward the pool conveyor 29, the pool conveyor 29a, and the pool conveyor 29b. In the transfer part 32 with the take-out conveyor 30, an extrusion device 28 a is arranged from the pool conveyor 29 b, the pool conveyor 29 a, and the pool conveyor 29 toward the take-out conveyor 30.
The standby conveyor 27 and the take-out conveyor 30 are arranged in parallel and have a structure in which wood slats are provided between the two chain conveyors. The part 32 can be formed.
[0012]
The function of this fruit selection facility is demonstrated by the above structure.
The fruits S received on the first floor are aligned on the receiving conveyor 1, sent to the second floor by the elevator 2, and temporarily stand by at two auto dampers 3.
Next, the fruit S is transported from the automatic damper 3 to the classification conveyor 4, and the grade is determined one by one by the operator, and is divided into four categories of excellent, excellent, good, and average. It mounts on the type | formula conveyor 7, and moves to the selection class part 6 as it is.
In the selection class section 6, the class determination device 8 classifies the size of the fruit S into six classes of 3L, 2L, L, M, S, and 2S, along with four categories of Hide, Yu, Good, and Average. The data is sequentially sent to and stored in the central management device. In this state,
Each of the fruits S is moved by the keyboard conveyor 7, and according to the data stored in the central control device, one of the four rows and six discharge gates 9 is operated to discharge the fruits S on the keyboard conveyor 7, It is sent to the boxing device 10 connected to the discharge gate 9 and stored in the packaging box 11 respectively.
In this state, the fruits S are classified into 24 categories, and therefore the boxing device 10 requires 24 units in accordance with the number of discharge gates 9.
When the packaging box 11 is full, the section or the like is printed on the side surface of the packaging box 11, and the packaging box 11 is transferred to the box carry-out conveyor 12 and moved to the transport conveyor 13.
The fruit S stored in the packaging box 11 is sequentially processed by a dry ice insertion machine 14, an ethyl alcohol sprayer 15, an in-bag exhaust device 16, a bag mouth sealing device 17 and the like as necessary while being moved by a conveyor 13. Then, it is sealed by the sealing device 18, and after the sealing, the shipping date is printed by the date printing device 19 and moved to the first floor.
Depending on the varieties of the fruit S, dry ice is put into the packaging bag 11a or ethyl alcohol is sprayed, the packaging bag 11a is evacuated and the bag mouth is sealed before sealing.
The shipment lot is not only composed of the packaging boxes 11 of the same sorting class and sorting class, but is often shipped in combination with other sorting classes and packaging boxes 11 of the sorting class, and the palletizing robot provided in the product shipping section 26. 31 can not be handled by one unit, and it depends on the shipment amount, but another unit is provided corresponding to the large number of standard packaging boxes 11 to increase the operation efficiency.
[0013]
By configuring as described above, the standard product packaging box 11 having a large number is sent directly to the product shipping section 26, and the rare product packaging box 11 is waiting on the temporary pool conveyor 29, and is taken out as necessary. 30, the product is shipped to the product shipping unit 26 and incorporated into the shipping lot, so that the product shipping unit 26 can handle the cargo without confusion.
In addition, by placing a small number of rare packaging boxes 11 on an endless pool conveyor 29, the necessary division of the packaging boxes 11 can be taken out to the takeout conveyor 30 without delay by the rotation of the pool conveyor 29. Does not hinder shipping.
Furthermore, a plurality of pool conveyors 29 are stacked to form a multi-stage pool conveyor, and a standby conveyor 27 and a take-out conveyor are obliquely provided on the side surfaces thereof, so that the pool conveyor 29 is selected and transferred according to the classification of the packaging box 11. It is possible to ascertain the stock of the packaging box 11 in that section reliably. At the same time, first-in first-out of the packaging box 11 can be ensured.
In addition, when packaging boxes 11 having different sections are selected and taken out together, they can be taken out simultaneously from the transfer section 32 of the pool conveyor 29 at each stage, and can be taken out without delay to quickly organize shipping lots. be able to.
[0014]
【The invention's effect】
In the present invention, in the entire product transport line in which many kinds of fruits are transported in a mixed manner, it is divided into a standard product with a large number and a rare product with a small number by a product sorter at the branch part of the all product transport line. By sending products directly to the product shipping department, standard products with a large number can be shipped continuously in the product shipping department, and rare products with a small number are kept waiting on a circular continuous pool conveyor. By sending the product immediately to the product shipping department, it is possible to avoid confusion in the product shipping department and increase the efficiency of the shipping work.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view of a first floor portion of a fruit selection facility equipped with a pool transfer device of the present invention.
It is a plan view of a second floor of the fruit sorting facilities equipped with pools conveying apparatus of the present invention; FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a class determination device of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing configurations of an in-bag exhaust device and a bag mouth sealing device.
FIG. 5 is a plan view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the multi-stage pool conveyor of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
S Fruit 1 Receiving conveyor 2 Elevator 3 Auto damper 4a, 4b Classification conveyor 5 Sorting grade section 6 Sorting class section 7 Keyboard type conveyor 8 Class judging device 8a CCD camera 8b Light source 9 Discharge gate 10 Packing device 11 Packaging box 11a Packaging bag 12 boxes Unloading conveyor 13a, 13b Conveying conveyor 14 Dry ice insertion machine 15 Ethyl alcohol spraying machine 16 Bag exhaust device 17 Bag mouth sealing device 18 Sealing device 19 Date printing device 20 Turntable 21 Rotating device 22 Air cylinder 23 Air suction nozzle 24 Air suction pump 25 Opening 26 Product shipping section 27 Standby conveyor 28 Product sorter 28a Extruding device 29, 29a, 29b Pool conveyor 30 Unloading conveyor 31 Palletizing robot 32 Transfer section 33 Reading device

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2階建てであり、1階部分と2階部分を昇降機で結び、
1階に入荷部、製品出荷部、待機コンベア、プールコンベア、取出しコンベアを設け、
2階に等級選別部、階級判定装置、階級選別部、封函装置,封函装置で封函された箱を搬送する搬送コンベアをそれぞれ2列設け、
この2列の搬送コンベアを平行に隣接して配置した場所に製品振り分け器を設け、
さらに、2以上の種類が混在する果物群の全種類を搬送する全品搬送ラインの送出側を分岐して、これに直送ラインと待機ラインを接続し
直送ラインの送出側は前記製品出荷部に接続する一方、
待機ラインの送出側は待機コンベアが環状に連続したプールコンベアに接続し、
プールコンベアには取出しコンベアを接続し、
この取出しコンベアの送出側を前記製品出荷部に接続し
2以上の種類が混在する果物群のうち、個数の多い種類の標準品と個数の少ない種類の希少品を前記製品振り分け器により振り分けて、標準品は直送ラインを経て製品出荷部に直送し、希少品は待機ラインの待機コンベアから環状に連続したプールコンベアに送ってそこに待機させ、所定個数に達したら、プールコンベアより取出しコンベアを経て製品出荷部に送出し、
製品振り分け器は、読取装置で箱の区分を読み取り、押出し装置で直送ラインと待機ラインのいずれかに振り分けるものであることを特徴とする選果施設。
It is a two-story building, connecting the first and second floor parts with an elevator,
On the first floor, there will be an arrival section, product shipment section, standby conveyor, pool conveyor, take-out conveyor,
On the second floor, there are two rows of conveyors for transporting the boxes sealed by the class selection unit, the class determination device, the class selection unit, the sealing device, and the sealing device,
A product sorter is provided at a place where these two rows of conveyors are arranged in parallel and adjacent to each other.
Further branches the delivery side of all goods conveying line for conveying all types of fruits group 2 or more types are mixed, to which Connect the direct line and the standby line,
One delivery side of the direct line to be connected to the product shipment unit,
The delivery side of the standby line is connected to a pool conveyor with standby conveyors in an annular shape,
A take-out conveyor is connected to the pool conveyor,
Connect the delivery side of this take-out conveyor to the product shipping department ,
In the fruit group with two or more kinds mixed, the standard product with a large number and the rare product with a small number are sorted by the product sorter, and the standard product is directly sent to the product shipping department via the direct delivery line. Rare items are sent from the standby conveyor on the standby line to the continuous pool conveyor in a ring shape, waiting there, and when the specified number is reached, it is sent out from the pool conveyor to the product shipping department via the takeout conveyor,
The product sorter is a fruit selection facility characterized in that a reading device reads a section of a box and an extrusion device sorts it into either a direct feed line or a standby line.
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