阅读说明：本技术 一种加工蔬菜的拣选装置 (Sorting device for processing vegetables ) 是由 左超 于 2020-05-21 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供了一种加工蔬菜的拣选装置,涉及蔬菜加工领域,包括通过固定件固定于地面的基体,其顶部设有储存腔,且基体的下端面设有出口,储存腔和出口分别与设于基体内部的转动腔连通；与转动腔转动连接的转动柱,其侧表面设有若干分拣槽,在其中一个分拣槽转动至储存腔正下方时,暂存由于重力下落至分拣槽的蔬菜；固定于基体外部的驱动部,用于驱动转动柱转动；位于出口下方的传送带装置,用于接受从出口落下的蔬菜,并将该蔬菜输送至拣选人员处。在使用时,由于分拣槽一次只能装少量的蔬菜,因此传送带装置在传送时,每隔一段距离就会有少量的蔬菜堆放,这样拣选人员可在堆放的少量蔬菜中快速的观察出不合格品,并挑出,提高了拣选效率。(The invention provides a sorting device for processing vegetables, which relates to the field of vegetable processing and comprises a base body fixed on the ground through a fixing piece, wherein the top of the base body is provided with a storage cavity, the lower end surface of the base body is provided with an outlet, and the storage cavity and the outlet are respectively communicated with a rotating cavity arranged in the base body; the side surface of the rotating column is provided with a plurality of sorting grooves, and when one sorting groove rotates to a position right below the storage cavity, vegetables falling to the sorting groove due to gravity are temporarily stored; the driving part is fixed outside the base body and used for driving the rotating column to rotate; and the conveyor belt device is positioned below the outlet and used for receiving the vegetables falling from the outlet and conveying the vegetables to a picker. When the vegetable sorting device is used, only a small amount of vegetables can be loaded in the sorting groove at one time, so that a small amount of vegetables can be stacked at intervals when the conveying device conveys the vegetables, and therefore a picker can quickly observe unqualified products in the stacked small amount of vegetables and pick the unqualified products out, and sorting efficiency is improved.)

1. A sorting device for processed vegetables, comprising:

the base body is fixed on the ground through a fixing piece, a storage cavity is formed in the top of the base body, an outlet is formed in the lower end face of the base body, and the storage cavity and the outlet are respectively communicated with a rotating cavity formed in the base body;

the side surface of the rotating column is provided with a plurality of sorting grooves, and when one sorting groove rotates to a position right below the storage cavity, vegetables falling to the sorting groove due to gravity are temporarily stored;

the driving part is fixed outside the base body and used for driving the rotating column to rotate;

and the conveyor belt device is positioned below the outlet and used for receiving the vegetables falling from the outlet and conveying the vegetables to a picker.

2. The device for sorting processed vegetables according to claim 1, wherein said driving portion comprises:

the motor is fixed on the outer side of the base body, and the main gear is in key connection with an output shaft of the motor;

and a secondary gear which is in key connection with the part of the rotating column extending to the outside of the base body and is meshed with the main gear.

3. The device for sorting processed vegetables according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of said partitions uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the conveyor belt of said conveyor belt device, wherein the bottoms of said partitions are fixed to the conveyor belt of said conveyor belt device.

4. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an inner groove is arranged in one side wall of each sorting groove, the inner groove is close to the outer side surface of the rotating column, the cross section of the inner groove is arc-shaped, and the circle center of the arc-shaped circle is located on the central axis of the rotating column;

the adjusting plate is connected with the inner groove in a sliding mode, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected with the bottom end face of the adjusting plate, and the other end of the first spring is fixed to the bottom of the inner groove;

the two end faces of the rotating column are respectively provided with a plurality of communicating grooves, the communicating grooves correspond to the inner grooves one by one, and the communicating grooves are communicated with the corresponding inner grooves;

the top of the connecting rod is provided with an extending end which extends into the inner groove and is fixedly connected with the side surface of the adjusting plate;

the cylinder with the connecting rod one-to-one and with cylinder output shaft articulated slider, the cylinder is fixed in the terminal surface of rotating the post, slider and the spout sliding connection who locates the connecting rod side, just the slider is the T-shaped piece, the spout is the T-slot.

5. The device for sorting processed vegetables as claimed in claim 4, wherein the device comprises a linkage plate, the linkage plate is fixed to the top end of the adjusting plate on the side close to the top, and the bottom end of the linkage plate is in contact with the bottom end of the sorting groove.

6. The device of claim 4, comprising:

the central block is arranged on two end faces of the rotating column, the bolt corresponds to the central block, the central axis of the bolt and the central axis of the rotating column are positioned on the same straight line, and the central block is connected with the end face of the rotating column through the bolt;

the bottom ends of the plurality of extension rods are fixed on the outer side surface of the central block and correspond to the connecting rods one by one, and the tops of the extension rods extend to positions close to the communicating grooves;

the first limit switch is fixed on the side face of the top of the extension rod, faces the connecting rod, and is electrically connected with the cylinder, and when the connecting rod is in contact with the first limit switch, the cylinder stops driving the connecting rod to move.

7. The device of claim 6, comprising:

the movable cavities are arranged in one end face of the rotating column, correspond to the sorting grooves one by one and are positioned at the extending positions of the corresponding sorting grooves;

a movable block located in the movable cavity;

the second limiting block is fixed in the movable cavity, and the fixed position of the second limiting block and the movable cavity is close to the central block;

the extension rod includes:

the first limit switch is fixed on the side surface of the top of the upper rod, an inner cavity is formed in the lower rod, and the bottom of the upper rod extends into the inner cavity and is in sliding connection with the inner cavity;

and the electromagnet is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity, is electrically connected with the corresponding second limit switch and is electrically connected with the corresponding air cylinder.

And one end of the second spring is fixed on the bottom end surface of the lower rod, and the other end of the second spring is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of vegetable processing, in particular to a sorting device for processed vegetables.

Background

Market status of dehydrated vegetables the main market of dehydrated vegetables in China is abroad, and only a small amount of raw materials or ingredients for food industry are put into China! Such as instant noodle ingredients, and seasoning markets such as garlic powder, chili powder and the like. In recent years, the export amount of dehydrated vegetables in China leaps the world first, and the main market of export is Japan and hong Kong area in China, which accounts for about 67% of the total export amount. According to statistics, dehydrated garlic powder, garlic slices, onions, asparagus, pumpkins, mushrooms, garlic sprouts and the like in China are popular in the international market. The vegetables need to be sorted before processing for extracting defective products in the vegetables.

The application finds that: when the vegetables are manually selected, the vegetables are often stacked beside the picking machine for picking, so that the vegetables are often picked one by one to observe whether the vegetables are qualified or not, and the picking efficiency is reduced.

Disclosure of Invention

In view of this, an object of one or more embodiments of the present disclosure is to provide a sorting device for processed vegetables, so as to solve the technical problem that when manual sorting is performed in the prior art, since a stack of vegetables is often stacked beside for sorting, it is often necessary to pick up the vegetables one by one to see whether the vegetables are qualified, which reduces the sorting efficiency.

In view of the above, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure provide a sorting apparatus for processed vegetables, including:

the base body is fixed on the ground through a fixing piece, a storage cavity is formed in the top of the base body, an outlet is formed in the lower end face of the base body, and the storage cavity and the outlet are respectively communicated with a rotating cavity formed in the base body;

the side surface of the rotating column is provided with a plurality of sorting grooves, and when one sorting groove rotates to a position right below the storage cavity, vegetables falling to the sorting groove due to gravity are temporarily stored;

the driving part is fixed outside the base body and used for driving the rotating column to rotate;

and the conveyor belt device is positioned below the outlet and used for receiving the vegetables falling from the outlet and conveying the vegetables to a picker.

Further, the driving part includes:

the motor is fixed on the outer side of the base body, and the main gear is in key connection with an output shaft of the motor;

and a secondary gear which is in key connection with the part of the rotating column extending to the outside of the base body and is meshed with the main gear.

The device further comprises partition plates, wherein a plurality of partition plates are uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the conveyor belt device, and the bottoms of the partition plates are fixed on the conveyor belt of the conveyor belt device.

Further, the method also comprises the following steps:

an inner groove is arranged in one side wall of each sorting groove, the inner groove is close to the outer side surface of the rotating column, the cross section of the inner groove is arc-shaped, and the circle center of the arc-shaped circle is located on the central axis of the rotating column;

the adjusting plate is connected with the inner groove in a sliding mode, one end of the first spring is fixedly connected with the bottom end face of the adjusting plate, and the other end of the first spring is fixed to the bottom of the inner groove;

the two end faces of the rotating column are respectively provided with a plurality of communicating grooves, the communicating grooves correspond to the inner grooves one by one, and the communicating grooves are communicated with the corresponding inner grooves;

the top of the connecting rod is provided with an extending end which extends into the inner groove and is fixedly connected with the side surface of the adjusting plate;

the cylinder with the connecting rod one-to-one and with cylinder output shaft articulated slider, the cylinder is fixed in the terminal surface of rotating the post, slider and the spout sliding connection who locates the connecting rod side, just the slider is the T-shaped piece, the spout is the T-slot.

Furthermore, the device comprises a linkage plate, one side of the linkage plate, which is close to the top, is fixed at the top end of the adjusting plate, and the bottom end of the linkage plate is in contact with the bottom end of the sorting groove.

Further, the method comprises the following steps:

the central block is arranged on two end faces of the rotating column, the bolt corresponds to the central block, the central axis of the bolt and the central axis of the rotating column are positioned on the same straight line, and the central block is connected with the end face of the rotating column through the bolt;

the bottom ends of the plurality of extension rods are fixed on the outer side surface of the central block and correspond to the connecting rods one by one, and the tops of the extension rods extend to positions close to the communicating grooves;

the first limit switch is fixed on the side face of the top of the extension rod, faces the connecting rod, and is electrically connected with the cylinder, and when the connecting rod is in contact with the first limit switch, the cylinder stops driving the connecting rod to move.

Further, the method comprises the following steps:

the movable cavities are arranged in one end face of the rotating column, correspond to the sorting grooves one by one and are positioned at the extending positions of the corresponding sorting grooves;

a movable block located in the movable cavity;

the second limiting block is fixed in the movable cavity, and the fixed position of the second limiting block and the movable cavity is close to the central block;

the extension rod includes:

the first limit switch is fixed on the side surface of the top of the upper rod, an inner cavity is formed in the lower rod, and the bottom of the upper rod extends into the inner cavity and is in sliding connection with the inner cavity;

and the electromagnet is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity, is electrically connected with the corresponding second limit switch and is electrically connected with the corresponding air cylinder.

And one end of the second spring is fixed on the bottom end surface of the lower rod, and the other end of the second spring is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity.

The invention has the beneficial effects that: when the sorting device for processing vegetables is used, the vegetables are placed in the storage cavity, the rotating column is driven to rotate by the driving part, when any one sorting groove rotates to be right below the storage cavity in the rotating process of the rotating column, a part of the vegetables fall into the sorting groove under the action of gravity, when the sorting groove rotates to the outlet, the vegetables in the sorting groove fall onto the conveying belt device under the action of gravity, then the conveying belt device drives the vegetables to move to a sorting worker, and because the sorting groove can only contain a small amount of vegetables at one time, a small amount of vegetables can be stacked at intervals in the conveying process of the conveying belt device, so that the sorting worker can quickly observe unqualified products in the stacked small amount of vegetables and pick the unqualified products out, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a conveyor belt assembly in an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a side view of a substrate in an embodiment of an example of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view of a rotating cylinder in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a side view of a rotating post in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of the embodiment of the present invention at the connecting rod;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of an extension rod in an embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein, 1, a substrate; 2. a rotation chamber; 3. a storage chamber; 4. rotating the column; 5. a sorting tank; 6. a conveyor means; 7. a partition plate; 8. a motor; 9. a main gear; 10. a pinion gear; 11. an inner tank; 12. an adjusting plate; 13. a first spring; 14. a communicating groove; 15. a cylinder; 16. a connecting rod; 17. an extension rod; 18. a first limit switch; 19. a center block; 20. a bolt; 21. a movable cavity; 22. a movable block; 23. a second limit switch; 24. a slider; 25. a chute; 26. a linkage plate; 171. a rod is arranged; 172. a lower rod; 173. an inner cavity; 174. an electromagnet; 175. a second spring.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of this disclosure; technical solutions and advantages will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description of the present disclosure with reference to specific embodiments.

It is to be noted that unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used in one or more embodiments of the present specification should have the ordinary meaning as understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. "first" as used in one or more embodiments of the present specification; "second" and similar words do not denote any order; quantity or importance, but merely to distinguish one element from another. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item listed before the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "Up"; "Down"; "left"; "right" and the like are used only to indicate a relative positional relationship, and when the absolute position of the object to be described is changed, the relative positional relationship may also be changed accordingly.

In view of the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides an embodiment of a sorting apparatus for processed vegetables, as shown in fig. 1, comprising:

the device comprises a base body 1 fixed on the ground through a fixing piece, wherein the top of the base body 1 is provided with a storage cavity 3, the lower end face of the base body 1 is provided with an outlet, and the storage cavity 3 and the outlet are respectively communicated with a rotating cavity 2 arranged in the base body 1;

a plurality of sorting grooves 5 are formed in the side surface of the rotating column 4 which is rotatably connected with the rotating cavity 2, and when one sorting groove 5 rotates to a position right below the storage cavity, vegetables falling to the sorting groove 5 due to gravity are temporarily stored;

a driving part fixed outside the base body 1 and used for driving the rotating column 4 to rotate;

and a conveyor means 6 located below the outlet for receiving the vegetables falling from the outlet and conveying the vegetables to the picker.

In this embodiment, when the vegetable sorting device is used, vegetables are placed in the storage cavity 3, then the rotating column 4 is driven by the driving part to rotate, in the rotating process of the rotating column 4, when any one sorting groove 5 rotates to be under the storage cavity 3, under the action of gravity, a part of vegetables fall into the sorting groove 5, when the sorting groove 5 rotates to be at an outlet, under the action of gravity, the vegetables in the sorting groove 5 fall onto the conveying belt device 6, then the conveying belt device 6 drives the vegetables to move to a sorting personnel, and because the sorting groove 5 can only contain a small amount of vegetables once, a small amount of vegetables can be stacked at intervals when the conveying belt device 6 conveys the vegetables, so that the sorting personnel can quickly observe unqualified products in the stacked small amount of vegetables and pick the unqualified products, and the sorting efficiency is improved.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 3, the driving part includes:

the motor 8 is fixed on the outer side of the basal body 1, and the main gear 9 is in key connection with an output shaft of the motor 8;

a sub-gear 10, which is keyed to the part of the rotary column 4 extending outside the basic body 1, meshes with the main gear 9. Here, the rotary column 4 is rotated by the motor 8.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, the belt conveyor comprises a plurality of partition plates 7, wherein a plurality of partition plates 7 are uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the belt conveyor 6, and the bottoms of the partition plates 7 are fixed on the belt of the belt conveyor 6.

In this embodiment, constitute a space of placing between the adjacent division board, when the letter sorting groove 5 that is equipped with vegetables rotated to the exit position, just had a space of placing to be located the export under, at this moment, vegetables can drop to this place in the space, because the isolation of division board like this, when selecting the vegetables of personnel in one of them place the space, vegetables in other place the space will not have the interference for it is better to select the effect.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, 5 and 6, the method further includes:

an inner groove 11 is arranged in one side wall of each sorting groove 5, the inner groove 11 is close to the outer side surface of the rotating column 4, the cross section of the inner groove 11 is arc-shaped, and the circle center of the arc-shaped circle is located on the central axis of the rotating column 4;

an adjusting plate 12 connected with the inner groove 11 in a sliding manner, and a first spring 13 with one end fixedly connected with the bottom end surface of the adjusting plate 12, wherein the other end of the first spring 13 is fixed at the bottom of the inner groove 11;

a plurality of communicating grooves 14 are formed in the two end faces of the rotating column 4, the communicating grooves 14 correspond to the inner grooves 11 one by one, and the communicating grooves 14 are communicated with the corresponding inner grooves 11;

a connecting rod 16 arranged outside the communicating groove 14, the top of which is provided with an extending end, and the extending end extends into the inner groove 11 and is fixedly connected with the side surface of the adjusting plate 12;

the connecting rod 16 is provided with air cylinders 15 in one-to-one correspondence and sliding blocks 24 hinged to output shafts of the air cylinders 15, the air cylinders 15 are fixed on the end faces of the rotating columns 4, the sliding blocks 24 are in sliding connection with sliding grooves 25 formed in the side faces of the connecting rods 16, the sliding blocks 24 are T-shaped blocks, and the sliding grooves 25 are T-shaped grooves.

In this embodiment, when the size of the opening of the sorting chute 5 is not adjusted at this time when the size of the first vegetable is small, a large number of the vegetables are stored in the sorting chute 5 at a time, therefore, when the size of the vegetables is smaller, the number of the vegetables falling into the conveyor belt device 6 in the sorting groove 5 at one time is increased, which is not beneficial for sorting personnel to select, therefore, when the size of some vegetables is small, the cylinder 15 is actuated to push the slider 24 to slide on the chute 25, the adjusting plate 12 is pushed by the connecting rod 16 to slide into the sorting chute 5 against the elastic force of the first spring 13, this makes it possible to make the opening of the sorting chute 5 smaller, so that when the sorting chute 5 is rotated to below the storage chamber 3, although the size of the vegetables is small, a small amount of vegetables enter the sorting chute 5 because the opening of the sorting chute 5 is small.

Considering that some vegetables cannot fall from the sorting chute 5 after the opening of the sorting chute 5 is reduced by the adjusting plate 12, as an embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the vegetable sorting device comprises an interlocking plate 26, wherein the interlocking plate 26 is fixed to the top end of the adjusting plate 12 near the top side, and the bottom end of the interlocking plate 26 is in contact with the bottom end of the sorting chute 5.

In the embodiment, the linkage plate 26 changes the volume of the vegetables in the sorting groove 5 after the adjusting plate 12 moves into the sorting groove 5, and the vegetables can normally fall from the sorting groove 5 through the linkage plate 26.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the method includes:

the central block 19 and the bolt 20 are arranged on two end faces of the rotating column 4, the central axis of the central block 19, the central axis of the bolt 20 and the central axis of the rotating column 4 are located on the same straight line, and the central block 19 is connected with the end face of the rotating column 4 through the bolt 20;

the bottom ends of the extension rods 17 are fixed on the outer side surface of the central block 19 and correspond to the connecting rods 16 one by one, and the top parts of the extension rods 17 extend to positions close to the communication grooves 14;

be fixed in first limit switch 18 of extension rod 17 top side, first limit switch 18 is towards connecting rod 16, and first limit switch 18 and cylinder 15 electric connection, when connecting rod 16 contacts with first limit switch 18, cylinder 15 stops to drive connecting rod 16 and removes.

In this embodiment, can adjust the opening size of letter sorting groove 5 according to the size of the individual head of different vegetables, when the size of letter sorting groove 5 needs to be adjusted, at first loosen bolt 20, make center block 19 can rotate on bolt 20, then rotate center block 19 according to the size of the individual head of vegetables, adjust the distance of first limit switch 18 to connecting rod 16, after the regulation is accomplished, rethread bolt 20 is fixed with center block 19, restart cylinder 15 this moment, after connecting rod 16 touches first limit switch 18, cylinder 15 stops driving, at this moment, the opening size of adjusting letter sorting groove 5 has been accomplished promptly, make the regulation more convenient.

As an embodiment, as shown in fig. 5 and 7, the method includes:

the movable cavities 21 are arranged in one end face of the rotating column 4, the movable cavities 21 correspond to the sorting grooves 5 one by one, and the movable cavities 21 are located at the extending positions of the corresponding sorting grooves 5;

a movable block 22 located in the movable cavity 21;

the second limiting block is fixed in the movable cavity 21, and the fixed position of the second limiting block and the movable cavity 21 is close to the central block 19;

the extension bar 17 includes:

the first limit switch 18 is fixed on the top side surface of the upper rod 171, an inner cavity 173 is arranged in the lower rod 172, and the bottom of the upper rod 171 extends into the inner cavity 173 and is in sliding connection with the inner cavity 173;

and the electromagnet 174 is fixed at the bottom of the inner cavity 173, and the electromagnet 174 is electrically connected with the corresponding second limit switch 23 and the corresponding air cylinder 15.

The second spring 175, which is located in the cavity 173, has one end fixed to the bottom end surface of the lower rod 172 and the other end fixed to the bottom of the cavity 173.

The movable blocks 22 can slide up and down in the movable cavities 21, when the movable block 22 in one of the movable cavities moves to be separated from the second limit switch 23, the electromagnet 174 is electrified to generate attraction force on the upper rod 171, so that the upper rod 171 overcomes the elastic force of the second spring 175 and moves towards the direction close to the electromagnet 174, and when the movable block 22 in one of the movable cavities moves to be contacted with the second limit switch 23, the electromagnet 174 is electrified, and the upper rod 171 is restored to the original position. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the central block 19 is adjusted to make the adjusting plate 12 reduce the opening of the sorting slot 5, when the sorting slot 5 filled with vegetables moves to a position close to the outlet, under the action of gravity, the movable block 22 in the movable chamber is inevitably separated from the second limit switch 23, at this time, the electromagnet 174 is powered on to generate attraction force to the upper rod 171, so that the upper rod 171 overcomes the elastic force of the second spring 175 to move towards the direction close to the electromagnet 174, when the first limit switch 18 on the upper rod 171 is separated from the connecting rod 16, at this time, the air cylinder 15 drives the adjusting plate 12 to return to the original position, so that the opening of the sorting slot 5 returns to the original position, at this time, when the sorting slot 5 moves to a position below the outlet, the vegetables in the sorting slot 5 will more easily drop from the sorting slot 5, after the vegetables in the sorting slot 5 fall, the rotating column 4 continues to rotate, and when the sorting slot 5 rotates to a, under the action of gravity, the movable block 22 in the movable cavity is inevitably contacted with the second limit switch 23, at this time, the electromagnet 174 is powered off, the upper rod 171 is restored to the original position, at this time, the air cylinder 5 drives the corresponding adjusting plate 12 to move again until the connecting rod 16 is contacted with the first limit switch 18.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that: the discussion of any embodiment above is meant to be exemplary only, and is not intended to intimate that the scope of the disclosure, including the claims, is limited to these examples; within the spirit of the present disclosure, features from the above embodiments or from different embodiments may also be combined, steps may be implemented in any order, and there are many other variations of different aspects of one or more embodiments of the present description as described above, which are not provided in detail for the sake of brevity.

It is intended that the embodiment or embodiments of this specification cover all such alternatives as fall within the broad scope of the appended claims; modifications and variations. Accordingly, any omissions may be made that are within the spirit and principles of one or more embodiments of the present description; modifying; equivalents are substituted; modifications, etc. are intended to be included within the scope of the present disclosure.