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.

    APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20190039840A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-07

    申请号:US16073015

    申请日:2017-01-26

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus for processing horticultural products, pushed along a tank of a respective processing line by a fluid current, on which the horticultural products can float freely. The apparatus includes at least one floating alignment matrix, provided with a base platform, which in turn can be submerged at a predefined section of the tank, and with a plurality of mutually parallel partitions extended at right angles from the upper face of the platform and, when the platform is submerged in the predefined section, at least rise above the free surface of the predefined section. Each pair of adjacent partitions can be arranged along the movement direction of the fluid current, thus defines a respective channel for automatic forced alignment for the horticultural products, pushed toward the predefined section by the fluid current.

    MACHINE FOR FILLING CONTAINERS WITH FRUIT OR VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20170121042A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-05-04

    申请号:US15319911

    申请日:2015-06-17

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: LUCA BENEDETTI

    Abstract: A filling machine (M) for filling containers (1) with fruit or vegetables products, comprising transportation means (2) for the step-by-step conveying the said containers (1) to be filled along a horizontal determined direction (D1); primary plain belt conveyor means (3,4) for products feeding parallel to said horizontal direction (D1) and adapted to realize a main bulk filling of the said containers (1); secondary belt conveyor means (5,6) for singles products feeding parallel to said horizontal direction (D1) and adapted to cooperate simultaneously with said primary belt conveyor means (3,4) so as to complete the whole final filling of the said containers (1); motion means (7) applied to both said principal (3,4) and secondary (5,6) belt conveyor means for reciprocating moving said primary (3,4) and secondary (5,6) belt conveyor means in a direction (D2) parallel to said horizontal direction (D1); and at least a weighing station (8,9) for constant weighing the containers (1) during said filling steps.

    STATION FOR THE CONVEYANCE AND MEASUREMENT OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240375877A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-14

    申请号:US18682283

    申请日:2022-07-27

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: A station for the conveyance and measurement of horticultural products, having elements for the movement and support, along a predefined trajectory, of a horticultural products, which can be arranged in series so that they rest on the movement and support elements. The conveyance and measurement station includes at least one primary dispenser of pressurized fluid, configured to direct a continuous or intermittent jet of the fluid toward the predefined trajectory, and an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter which represents the extent of the deviation imposed by the jet on each product in transit, with respect to the predefined trajectory, for the consequent indirect verification of the weight and/or of the specific gravity of the respective product, correlated with the extent of the deviation.

    Apparatus for the treatment of horticultural products and method for controlling such apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US12076755B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US17631716

    申请日:2020-07-31

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    CPC classification number: B07C5/342 A23N15/00 B65G43/08

    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of horticultural products, including in series at least



    a first station, configured for supplying a handling and processing line with an indiscriminate mass of horticultural products,
    a second station, arranged along the line and configured for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit and for the transmission of the information to an electronic control and management unit, and
    a third station, arranged along the line and configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two distinct collection stations.




    The apparatus includes an electronic vision device, arranged along a chosen point of the line that is between the first station and the second station and is configured to count the number of horticultural products in transit.

    APPARATUS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUCH APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220266307A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17631716

    申请日:2020-07-31

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: An apparatus for the treatment of horticultural products, including in series at least a first station, configured for supplying a handling and processing line with an indiscriminate mass of horticultural products, a second station, arranged along the line and configured for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit and for the transmission of the information to an electronic control and management unit, and a third station, arranged along the line and configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two distinct collection stations. The apparatus includes an electronic vision device, arranged along a chosen point of the line that is between the first station and the second station and is configured to count the number of horticultural products in transit.

    Apparatus for treating horticultural products

    公开(公告)号:US11369998B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16614726

    申请日:2018-05-11

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products includes in series at least: a first station, which has first elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products, and at least one vision system, for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product. A second station includes second elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one device for weighing each horticultural product in transit, and a third station, which includes third elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products. The first elements, the second elements and the third elements are offset along two respective laterally adjacent trajectories for the advancement of the horticultural products.

    APPARATUS FOR TREATING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20200179984A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-11

    申请号:US16614726

    申请日:2018-05-11

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: An apparatus for treating horticultural products includes in series at least: a first station, which has first elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products, and at least one vision system, for the acquisition of information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product. A second station includes second elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products and at least one device for weighing each horticultural product in transit, and a third station, which includes third elements for the individual handling of respective horticultural products. The first elements, the second elements and the third elements are offset along two respective laterally adjacent trajectories for the advancement of the horticultural products.

    Apparatus for treating horticultural products, such as blueberries and the like

    公开(公告)号:US10549317B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-04

    申请号:US16078862

    申请日:2017-02-22

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    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.

    Apparatus for dividing horticultural products

    公开(公告)号:US10392200B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15577485

    申请日:2016-05-24

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca Benedetti

    Abstract: An apparatus for dividing horticultural products, propelled by a fluid for transport from an intake region connected to an upstream station to an evacuation region connected to a downstream station. The apparatus includes a supporting frame for a contoured floor, which is arranged so that a first edge is at said intake region and is arranged so that a second edge, arranged opposite the first edge, is at the evacuation region. The contoured floor includes a plurality of lanes interposed in a parallel arrangement between the regions and have a substantially V-shaped transverse cross-section so as to produce the progressive conveyance and alignment of the horticultural products in transit along the bottom of each lane.

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