Apparatus for the separation of agricultural products

    公开(公告)号:US10264812B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-23

    申请号:US15325185

    申请日:2015-06-23

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: An apparatus for separation of agricultural products, which are normally joined to each other by a stem or the like, includes a conveyor for carrying agricultural products; a plurality of cutting modules positioned above the conveyor, each having a plurality of blades spaced along a rotating shaft, the shafts of the respective cutting modules being parallel to one another and orthogonal to the direction of movement of the conveyor; a positioning ramp associated with each blade; and a mechanism for simultaneously adjusting the height of the cutting modules above the conveyor to thereby enable the apparatus to effectively process agricultural products of varying sizes.

    Unloading apparatus for horticultural products such as blueberries and the like

    公开(公告)号:US11180324B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-23

    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.

    Apparatus for dosing and packaging agricultural products

    公开(公告)号:US10392145B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    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 selecting horticultural products

    公开(公告)号:US10252297B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15577492

    申请日:2016-05-24

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: An apparatus for selecting horticultural products includes an intake section leading to at least one passage lane defined by a pair of mutually close stems rotatably supported by a support and movement assembly and are interposed longitudinally between the intake section and a discharge section. between the pair of stems, kept inclined downward from the intake section to the discharge section, a longitudinal slot is disposed that can be crossed exclusively by debris and horticultural products having dimensions that are smaller than the width of the slot. The assembly includes a drive unit meshing with an end portion of each stem proximate to the intake section and elements for the free support of an end portion of each stem proximate to the discharge section.

    Conveyor apparatus for the transportation and weighing of agricultural products

    公开(公告)号:US10093490B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15511738

    申请日:2015-09-10

    Applicant: UNITEC S.p.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: Method for the transportation and weighting of each of a continuous succession of agricultural products comprising a singling device with a plurality of pockets linearly arranged and on a rectilinear motion in translation along a parallel direction to the alignment line of the pockets, wherein the products are grasped in a drawing station by means of a first transferring means provided with gripping devices (grippers) opening downside and transferred to a release station wherein they are placed onto a second transferring means, wherein said gripping devices grasp in succession the products arranged on said singling device and wherein during the transportation onto the first transferring said products are singly weighed; said gripping means and the respective products are subjected to, in said first transferring means, a translation and to sequential and ordered distribution along two or more distinct and parallel alignment axes; said second transferring means comprises a plurality of movable conveyors parallel one to the other, aligned onto the respective vertical plane with respective alignment axes, and provided with a plurality of containers and open at the top; the motion of said grippers and of said containers is such that to a same gripping device is associated a corresponding one of said containers, so that each gripping device releases the respective product onto a respective one of said containers.

    Apparatus for separating agricultural products
    17.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for separating agricultural products 有权
    农产品分离设备

    公开(公告)号:US09357799B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-07

    申请号:US14411031

    申请日:2013-05-23

    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, the shafts being parallel to each other and mounted above conveying elements suitable to carry the products placed thereon toward the 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 the conveying elements and almost flattened and oriented vertically, the elongate upper edge of which is oriented downward toward the conveying elements with an inclination such that the height of the edges increases in the feeding direction of the conveying elements, so that the clusters of products placed on the conveying elements are carried toward the ramps. The respective upper edge determines the point of intersection of the respective blade with the stems of each cluster carried under the blade, so that the conveying elements include a table formed by a plurality of parallel grooves substantially orthogonal to the rotating shafts and reciprocally separated by respective raised portions. The table moves in a direction parallel to the grooves; and the ramps are arranged in positions corresponding to the respective grooves. The projection of each of the ramps with respect to one of the groove is aligned with the same groove.

    Abstract translation: 用于分离农业或蔬菜产品的装置,具有具有两个平行的水平侧构件的固定结构,多个切割模块,其配备有沿其长度固定位置的多个旋转叶片的公共旋转轴,所述轴平行于 彼此并且安装在适于承载其上朝向旋转叶片的产品的输送元件上方的多个定位斜面,多个定位斜面安装在与相应的旋转叶片对应的位置,并且具有在输送元件的运动方向上延伸的形状,并且几乎 扁平和垂直取向,其细长的上边缘朝向输送元件向下朝向输送元件倾斜,使得边缘的高度在输送元件的进给方向上增加,使得放置在输送元件上的产品簇是 沿着坡道行驶。 相应的上边缘确定各个叶片与在叶片下方携带的每个簇的茎的交叉点,使得输送元件包括由基本上垂直于旋转轴并且相应地彼此分开的多个平行槽形成的台 凸起部分。 桌子沿平行于凹槽的方向移动; 并且斜坡被布置在与各个凹槽相对应的位置。 每个斜面相对于凹槽中的一个的突起与相同的凹槽对准。

    APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
    18.
    发明申请
    APPARATUS FOR SEPARATING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 有权
    分离农业产品的设备

    公开(公告)号:US20150150299A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-06-04

    申请号:US14411031

    申请日:2013-05-23

    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 (32A, 32B, 32C, . . . ) having a plurality of rotating blades (11,12,13, . . . ) in fixed position along its length, said shafts (32A, 32B, 32C, . . . ) being parallel to each other and mounted GP above conveying means suitable to carry the products placed thereon toward said rotating blades (11,12,13, . . . ), a plurality of positioning ramps (11-1,12-1,13-1, . . . ) mounted in a position corresponding to a respective rotating blade (11,12,13, . . . ) 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 (11-1, 12-1,13-1, . . . ), the respective upper edge of which determines the point of intersection of the respective blade (11,12,13, . . . ) 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 (32A, 32B, 32C, . . . ) 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.

    Abstract translation: 用于分离农业或蔬菜产品的装置,具有具有两个平行的水平侧部构件的固定结构,多个切割模块,其配备有具有多个旋转叶片的公共旋转轴(32A,32B,32C ...) 11,12,13,...)沿着其长度固定的位置,所述轴(32A,32B,32C ...)彼此平行并且将GP安装在适于将其上放置的产品运送到所述 旋转叶片(11,12,13 ...),多个定位斜面(11-1,12-1,13-1 ...),其安装在对应于相应的旋转叶片(11,12)的位置 ,13,...),并且具有在所述输送装置的运动方向上延伸的形状,并且几乎变平且垂直取向,其细长的上边缘朝向所述输送装置向下朝向所述输送装置倾斜,使得所述 边缘在输送装置的进给方向上增加,从而使得线索 放置在所述输送装置上的产品的一部分被运送到所述斜面(11-1,12-1,13-1,...)。 。 。 ),其各自的上边缘确定相应叶片(11,12,13 ...)与在叶片下方承载的每个簇的茎的相交点,其中:所述输送装置包括由 多个与所述旋转轴(32A,32B,32C ...)正交的平行槽,并且由相应的凸起部分往复地分开; 所述工作台沿与所述凹槽平行的方向移动; 所述斜面被布置在与所述相应凹槽相对应的位置。

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