CHICKEN EGG SORTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF USING INFORMATION OBTAINABLE FROM WEIGHING UNIT

    公开(公告)号:EP4298901A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-03

    申请号:EP22780775.7

    申请日:2022-03-28

    申请人: Nabel Co., Ltd.

    发明人: NAMBU, Kunio

    IPC分类号: A01K43/00 B07C5/18 G01G11/00

    摘要: A chicken egg sorter (1) of the present invention includes a measuring unit (7), an egg conveyor (2), a triggering unit (8), and an anomaly detector (9). The measuring unit (7) measures the weight of each of chicken eggs (E) placed one by one on the measuring unit. The egg conveyor (2) conveys chicken eggs to and from the measuring unit (7). The triggering unit (8) indicates a measurement timing at which the chicken egg weight is to be obtained from the measuring unit (7). The anomaly detector (9) detects an anomaly of at least one of a mechanical part of the measuring unit (7) and a mechanical part of the egg conveyor (2), based on information, collected from the measuring unit 7, about the chicken egg weight at timings other than the measurement timing. A method for utilizing information available from the measuring unit (7) includes collecting, from the measuring unit (7) mounted on the sorter (1) for chicken eggs (E), information about chicken egg weight at timings other than a measurement timing, and using the information for normal-operation monitoring of at least one of a mechanical part of the measuring unit (7) and a mechanical part of the sorter (1).