UNIT FOR TRANSFERRING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND RELATED METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210198053A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US16073014

    申请日:2017-01-26

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Abstract: A unit for transferring horticultural products between at least one tank, in which the horticultural products float on a fluid mass, and at least one collection container, including a head provided with a plurality of walls normally arranged vertically. The head is movable between at least one collection position, in which the walls are interposed between respective horticultural products, which float on the fluid mass at a respective predefined section of the tank, and at least one unloading position, in which the walls face and are proximate to the collection container. In an active configuration, the transverse elements protrude transversely from the space occupation of the walls to ensure mechanical interference with the fall of the horticultural products as a consequence of the subsequent lifting of the head and of its transfer toward said unloading position.

    APPARATUS FOR TREATING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS, SUCH AS BLUEBERRIES AND THE LIKE

    公开(公告)号:US20190054503A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US16078862

    申请日:2017-02-22

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    CPC classification number: B07C5/342 B07C5/02 B07C5/368 B07C2501/009

    Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products, such as blueberries and the like, includes in series at least one station for loading the horticultural products, at least one preliminary checking station, at least one alignment station for their subsequent advancement aligned on at least one row, at least one viewing station for acquiring information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product, such as the color, size, shape, sugar content, defectiveness, and the like, at least one distribution station for sorting the products into uniform subgroups as a function of the information acquired by the viewing station, and at least one recirculation apparatus for returning, at least to the viewing station, any horticultural products that have not been sorted by the distribution station.

    IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING AND MIXING COLD BEVERAGES

    公开(公告)号:US20170347690A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-07

    申请号:US15539543

    申请日:2015-12-22

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing mixed beverages obtained by mixing fresh vegetable products that were previously cut into small pieces, ground and frozen before being inserted into the apparatus and kept frozen until they are ready to be used. This apparatus comprises a beverage pickup compartment accessible from outside, a plurality of distinct and separate containers suitable to contain a specific quantity of frozen product, and to selectively distribute a definite quantity of the product contained therein in a mixing station, in which said containers are associated with a respective collecting means to containers toward a respective path that includes said mixing station and a thawing station; the latter is suitable to be positioned either upstream or downstream of said station.

    IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR DOSING AND PACKAGING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20170240308A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-08-24

    申请号:US15516357

    申请日:2015-10-13

    Applicant: UNITEC S.p.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: The object of the invention is to realize an apparatus for automatically and precisely filling single containers in succession with a pre-defined amount of products; each container is filled with two distinct loads of products, wherein the first load is determined according to its weight roughly measured, and the second load is determined numerically based on the difference between said first load and a pre-defined conventional weight; the apparatus comprises a first conveyor, a second conveyor loaded automatically with the products transported by the first conveyor, a third conveyor which is loaded with the agricultural products transported by the second conveyor and that transfers the products poured and present onto it inside a succession of single containers, weighing means able of weighing the total weight of the products on the whole present on the second conveyor, wherein the third conveyor is able of transferring the products poured and present on it in a succession of single containers; there is arranged a fourth conveying means preferably “V”-shaped and able of pouring a numerically controlled quantity of similar products onto the third conveying means, which, in the end, pours it onto a container below with a motion of going on and partial rotation.

    APPARATUS FOR THE SEPARATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20170188619A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-07-06

    申请号:US15325185

    申请日:2015-06-23

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    CPC classification number: A23N15/02 A23N2015/006

    Abstract: Apparatus for the separation of agricultural or vegetable product, with a fixed structure having two parallel horizontal side members, a plurality of cutting modules equipped with a common rotating shaft having a plurality of rotating blades in fixed position along its length, said shafts being parallel to each other and mounted above conveying means suitable to carry the products placed thereon toward said rotating blades, a plurality of positioning ramps mounted in a position corresponding to a respective rotating blade and having a shape elongated in the direction of movement of said conveying means and almost flattened and oriented vertically, the elongate upper edge of which is oriented downward toward said conveying means with an inclination such that the height of said edges increases in the feeding direction of the conveying means, so that the clusters of products placed on said conveying means are carried toward said ramps, the respective upper edge of which determines the point of intersection of the respective blade with the stems of each cluster carried under the blade, wherein: —said conveying means include a table formed by a plurality of parallel grooves substantially orthogonal to said rotating shafts and reciprocally separated by respective raised portions; —said table moves in a direction parallel to said grooves; —said ramps are arranged in positions corresponding to said respective grooves, —and the projection of each of said ramps with respect to one of said groove is aligned with the same groove.According to the invention, maneuvering means are arranged, designed to rotate an auxiliary shaft around its centre of rotation so that said upper edges and the tips of the respective ramps are rotated so as to cause the rotational lifting of said ramps by a predetermined angle.

    Discrete conveyance unit, for blueberries and similar fruit or vegetable products

    公开(公告)号:US11254508B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16071434

    申请日:2017-01-19

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: A discrete conveyance unit for blueberries and similar fruit or vegetable products that can be installed in series along a processing line for blueberries, or similar fruit or vegetable products, includes a central plate, which can be moved cyclically along at least one portion of the line. The unit further includes a plurality of axially symmetrical supporting elements which are coupled to respective opposite lateral edges of the plate. Each adjacent pair of elements defines a respective support and accommodation seat for a corresponding blueberry, or similar fruit or vegetable product, so as to allow its discrete conveyance along the at least one portion of the line.

    System for processing fruit or vegetable products of the type of blueberries and the like

    公开(公告)号:US11213858B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-04

    申请号:US16071433

    申请日:2017-01-19

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: A system for processing fruit or vegetable products of the type of blueberries and the like, includes a first unit, in its turn having in series at least one loading station, at least one pre-sizing station, at least one pre-selection station and at least one first alignment station. The system further includes a second unit, in its turn having in series at least one second alignment station, at least one optical sizing station and at least one distribution station. Each of the first unit and the second unit has dimensions and space occupation compatible with its accommodation and transport in a single container.

    SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING FRUIT OR VEGETABLE PRODUCTS OF THE TYPE OF BLUEBERRIES AND THE LIKE

    公开(公告)号:US20210205854A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-08

    申请号:US16071433

    申请日:2017-01-19

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: A system for processing fruit or vegetable products of the type of blueberries and the like, includes a first unit, in its turn having in series at least one loading station, at least one pre-sizing station, at least one pre-selection station and at least one first alignment station. The system further includes a second unit, in its turn having in series at least one second alignment station, at least one optical sizing station and at least one distribution station. Each of the first unit and the second unit has dimensions and space occupation compatible with its accommodation and transport in a single container.

    UNLOADING APPARATUS FOR HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS BLUEBERRIES AND THE LIKE

    公开(公告)号:US20210188568A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16076163

    申请日:2017-02-07

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: An unloading apparatus for horticultural products such as blueberries and the like, which are conveyed along a predefined advancement path by respective movement units includes at least one dispenser of pressurized fluid, which can be activated on command during the transit of each product in order to send a jet of the pressurized fluid toward the product and consequently cause its fall from the respective movement unit. The apparatus also includes at least one deflector screen arranged facing and proximate to the dispenser, on the opposite side with respect to the predefined trajectory in order to intercept the products struck by the jet. The screen is inclined so as to define, between its face directed toward the dispenser and a vertical plane that passes through the dispenser, a work angle one and ninety degrees configured for the optimum downward deflection of the products.

    Assembly, and method, for processing fruit and vegetable products

    公开(公告)号:US10549318B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US15750423

    申请日:2016-08-02

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: An assembly for processing fruit and vegetable products includes a plurality of units for containing fruit and vegetable products (A), which can move in sequence along a conveyance line. The assembly includes at least one vision element, arranged along the line and intended at least to check the actual number (N) of containment units on which each product (A) lies and is conveyed along the line, with such actual number (N) being able to depend randomly or otherwise on the size, shape, arrangement and/or method of loading on the line of the respective product (A). Downstream of the element there are at least one first device for weighing a first predefined number (n1) of consecutive containment units and at least one second device for weighing a second predefined number (n2) of consecutive containment units.

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