Self-singulating weight sizer
    381.
    发明授权
    Self-singulating weight sizer 失效
    自动分切机

    公开(公告)号:US4957619A

    公开(公告)日:1990-09-18

    申请号:US248199

    申请日:1988-09-23

    Abstract: A sorter sorts discrete bruisable articles, such as pieces of fruit like applies, with minimum bruising. A continuous conveyor chain has a number of discrete article supporting elements connected to it for linear movement with it, and for pivotal movement about an axis parallel to the chain. At various stations along the chain a self-singulating section is provided in which the articles are singulated onto the supporting elements, a weighing section (or like property determining section) is provided after the self-singulating section, and a discharge section is provided at which the articles are discharged depending upon the weight sensed in the weighing section. The same chain supporting elements may continue through a second self-singulating section, a second weighing section, and a second discharge section. The supporting elements comprise plastic cups defining a shallow depresssion on a top face, e.g. a conically shaped depression with sidewalls making an angle of about 20.degree.-30.degree. with respect to the horizontal. The discharge section comprises a rail and a stationary cam having an upwardly angled cam surface located above the rail, and vertically spaced from the rail a distance slightly greater than the thickness of a pin extending from the cup. An electromagnet, or related mechanism, selectively deflects the pin so as to engage the angled cam surface to thereby ride up the cam surface and discharge the article carried by the cup.

    Abstract translation: 分拣机排列不可磨损的物品,如适用的水果,最小的瘀伤。 连续输送链具有连接到其上的多个分立的制品支撑元件,用于与其直线运动,并且围绕平行于链条的轴线枢转运动。 在链条的各个站处,设置有自动分割部分,其中制品被分割在支撑元件上,在自分割部分之后设置称重部分(或类似属性确定部分),并且排出部分设置在 这些物品根据在称重部分中感测到的重量而排出。 相同的链条支撑元件可以通过第二自分割部分,第二称重部分和第二排出部分继续。 支撑元件包括在顶面上限定浅凹陷的塑料杯,例如。 具有侧壁相对于水平线约20°-30°的角度的锥形凹陷。 放电部分包括轨道和固定凸轮,其具有位于轨道上方的向上倾斜的凸轮表面,并且与轨道垂直间隔开距离稍大于从杯延伸的销的厚度的距离。 电磁体或相关机构选择性地使销弯曲,以便接合成角度的凸轮表面,从而骑起凸轮表面并排出由杯承载的物品。

    Method and device for distributing and feeding
    382.
    发明授权
    Method and device for distributing and feeding 失效
    分配和喂养的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4860882A

    公开(公告)日:1989-08-29

    申请号:US246949

    申请日:1988-09-16

    CPC classification number: B65G17/005 B65G47/71 B65G2201/02 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: Distributive feeding apparatus for separating a plurality of articles fed to a receiving part (12) to a plurality of separated lanes has a bar conveyor (11) comprising two chains (103) with bars (104) extending therebetween and carrier elements (105) slidably mounted on the bars (104). Guide rails (106) are provided below the carrying run of the conveyor and are engaged by lugs (1055) provided on each carrying element (105). During advancement of the conveyor with articles on the carrying surfaces (1051) of the elements (105), the elements (105) are gradually slid apart, guided by the rails (106), so that the elements are directed along each lane so as to feed carried articles in those lanes for further processing.

    Abstract translation: 用于将馈送到接收部分(12)的多个物品分离到多个分离的车道的分配馈送设备具有条形传送器(11),其包括两个链条(103),其中杆(104)在其间延伸,并且载体元件(105)可滑动地 安装在杆(104)上。 导轨(106)设置在输送机的运输行程的下方,并且由设置在每个承载元件(105)上的凸耳(1055)接合。 在具有物品的元件(105)的承载表面(1051)上的输送机的推进期间,元件(105)由轨道(106)引导而逐渐滑动,使得元件沿着每个通道被引导以便 在这些车道中饲养携带物品进行进一步加工。

    Denesting apparatus
    383.
    发明授权
    Denesting apparatus 失效
    不良设备

    公开(公告)号:US4789291A

    公开(公告)日:1988-12-06

    申请号:US063171

    申请日:1987-06-17

    Inventor: William W. Allan

    CPC classification number: B65G59/103 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for automatically denesting an article from a stack of nested articles. The apparatus includes a frame supporting the stack of articles in an elevated downwardly inclined position relative to a conveyor unit defining a substantially horizontal plane. Adjustably mounted on the frame for controlled movement along a path inclined upwardly towards the lower end article of the supported stack is a carrier unit. Carried on the carrier unit are elements adjustable independently of the unit between operative and inoperative modes. When the carrier unit approaches the upper limit of its upward movement along the path, the elements carried thereby are adjusted to an operative mode and frictionally engage the lowermost article of the stack and cause the latter to be denested from the stack as the carrier unit commences its downward movement along the path. The elements are adjusted to an inoperative mode when the carrier unit has moved downwardly a predetermined distance along the path thereby releasing the denested article onto the conveyor unit. When the carrier unit assumes a normal rest position, it is disposed beneath the horizontal plane.

    Abstract translation: 提供了一种用于自动地将一件物品从一堆嵌套物品中剥离的装置。 该装置包括一框架,该框架相对于限定基本上水平的平面的传送单元,在升高的向下倾斜位置中支撑物品堆叠。 可调节地安装在框架上,以沿着朝向所支撑的堆叠的下端制品向上倾斜的路径受到控制的移动是承载单元。 在载体单元上携带的元件可独立于操作和不工作模式之间的单元进行调节。 当载体单元接近其沿着路径的向上移动的上限时,由此携带的元件被调节到操作模式并且摩擦地接合堆叠的最下面的物品,并且当载体单元开始时使其从堆叠中脱落 它沿着路径向下移动。 当载体单元沿着路径向下移动预定距离时,元件被调节到不工作模式,从而将被破坏的物品释放到输送单元上。 当载体单元呈现正常的静止位置时,它被布置在水平面之下。

    Conveyor system for sorting small articles
    385.
    发明授权
    Conveyor system for sorting small articles 失效
    用于分类小物品的输送系统

    公开(公告)号:US4569434A

    公开(公告)日:1986-02-11

    申请号:US755975

    申请日:1985-07-17

    CPC classification number: B07C5/365 B07C5/36 B65G47/965 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: A conveyor system of a unique configuration is designed for conveying relatively small, light weight articles, such as agricultural products particularly fruits and the like, by feeding them in alignment in the travelling direction of the conveyor and at random spacing. A sorting zone is provided for sorting these articles during the conveying process. An information read-out device which is provided either at a feeding device before the entrance point of the conveyor or at a point before the sorting zone produces sorting signals in synchronism with the travel of the articles. The articles are sorted and discharged in response to the signals by dropping them to lower side places. The conveying upper surface of the conveyor consists of slat-like receiving plates spaced at a small pitch measuring only a quarter or fifth or thereabout of the size of articles to be processed. Each of the slat-like receiving plates is horizontally carried by an engaging mechanism, which disengages from the slat-like receiving plate to drop and discharge the article thereon by tilting the plate downward close to a perpendicular posture at a predetermined sorting point.

    Abstract translation: 独特结构的输送机系统设计用于通过在输送机的行进方向上以随机间隔进给的方式输送相对较小,重量轻的物品,例如农产品,特别是水果等。 提供了一个分拣区,用于在输送过程中对这些物品进行分类。 一种信息读取装置,其在输送机的入口点之前或在分拣区域之前的一个点处在进给装置处设置,与制品的行进同步地产生分拣信号。 这些物品通过将它们放在下侧的位置来响应信号而排序和排出。 输送机的输送上表面由狭缝状的接收板组成,间距小,仅仅要处理的物品的四分之一或五分之一左右。 每个板条接收板由接合机构水平地承载,该接合机构与板条接收板脱离接合,以通过在预定的分拣点处将板向下倾斜接近垂直姿势将其放置并排出。

    Belt conveyer system and conveyer belt usable therewith
    386.
    发明授权
    Belt conveyer system and conveyer belt usable therewith 失效
    皮带输送机系统和可用的输送带

    公开(公告)号:US4515265A

    公开(公告)日:1985-05-07

    申请号:US409179

    申请日:1982-08-18

    Applicant: Daryl G. Hill

    Inventor: Daryl G. Hill

    Abstract: A belt conveyer and a conveying system using a belt conveyer. The system is designed to convey articles around curves and between vertically and horizontally spaced locations. The belt used in the system has a central substantially inextensible flexible spine and an upper load carrying portion supported by the spine. The load carrying portion has a plurality of ribs and a plurality of pleats interposed between the ribs. The ribs provide rigidity for the belt and limit movement of articles with respect to the belt, while the pleats provide longitudinal extension and contraction of side edges when the belt is following a curved path. The distance between top edges of the pleats and top edges of the ribs increases from outer edges of the belt towards the center so that top edges of the pleats are generally V shaped and conveyed articles and juices and liquids exuded from the conveyed articles tend to be conveyed in a central region of the belt.

    Abstract translation: 带式输送机和使用带式输送机的输送系统。 该系统设计用于在曲线周围和垂直和水平间隔位置之间传送物品。 在系统中使用的带具有中心的基本不可伸展的柔性脊柱和由脊柱支撑的上承载部分。 承载部分具有插入在肋之间的多个肋和多个褶。 肋条为皮带提供刚性并限制制品相对于皮带的移动,而当皮带跟随弯曲路径时,褶皱提供侧边缘的纵向延伸和收缩。 褶皱的顶部边缘和肋的顶部边缘之间的距离从带的外边缘朝向中心增加,使得褶皱的顶部边缘通常为V形并且输送的物品,从输送的物品渗出的果汁和液体倾向于 在皮带的中央区域传送。

    Picking implement
    387.
    发明授权
    Picking implement 失效
    采摘工具

    公开(公告)号:US4456113A

    公开(公告)日:1984-06-26

    申请号:US331145

    申请日:1981-12-16

    Inventor: Alphee Thibault

    Abstract: An implement to be used by a fruit picker person to gently deposit the fruits in a box, directly from climbed positions near the box, irrespective of the level of fruits in the box, with easy and readily removal from among the fruits when the box has been filled, and with readily disconnectable components for convenient assembly and dessassembly in the orchard. This fruit picking implement comprises a support fitting onto a conventional orchard box, a frame removably mountable on the support, a hanger bracket removably connecting to the frame, fruit braking shelves pivotally attached to the hanger bracket, and a flexible tube having one end hooking to the belt of one fruit picker person and having another end entering into a whirling eductor overlying the uppermost shelf to gently drop fruits successively onto that uppermost shelf and dropping of the fruits serially through the vertically spaced apart shelves.

    Abstract translation: 一个水果采摘者使用的工具,将水果轻轻地放在盒子中,直接从盒子附近的爬坡位置,不管箱子里的果实水平如何,当箱子有水果时容易和容易地从果实中取出 已经装满,并且易于拆卸的部件,便于在果园中组装和装配。 这种水果采摘工具包括一个支撑配件到常规的果园盒上,一个可拆卸地安装在支架上的框架,一个可拆卸地连接到框架上的衣架支架,可枢转地连接到衣架支架上的水果制动架,以及一端钩住 一个水果采摘者的腰带,另一端进入顶部搁板上的旋转式喷射器,将果实连续地轻轻滴落到最上面的货架上,并将果实连续地通过垂直间隔开的货架落下。

    Apparatus for orienting halved fruit cut side down
    388.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for orienting halved fruit cut side down 失效
    用于定向半切果实切割面的装置

    公开(公告)号:US4339027A

    公开(公告)日:1982-07-13

    申请号:US205454

    申请日:1980-11-10

    Inventor: George E. Lauer

    CPC classification number: A23N4/00 B65G47/248 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: An apparatus for orienting halved fruit with the cut sides thereof facing downwardly includes a longitudinally extending vibrating table which is inclined slightly downwardly from the receiving end to the discharge end. The table is provided with longitudinally extending opposed side walls, with a bottom extending therebetween to define a channel along which the fruit translates. In the first receiving section of the apparatus, the bottom is inclined laterally toward one side as well as longitudinally. In the second section, contiguous with the first, a channel is formed in the one side wall to engage the upwardly facing cut faces of the fruit. In a third section, a trough narrower than the width of the fruit is formed in the bottom wall generally adjacent to the lower edge of the one side, the channel of the second section directing the fruit into the trough. The trough widens and deepens with increasing distance along the vibrating table, forming a V shaped trough which is bilaterally symmetrical. The lower end of the table includes a rectangular trough portion having a substantially flat bottom. A central spine protrudes upwardly along the midline of the rectangular trough portion to engage the longitudinal groove in the fruit formed by the coring operation. The rectangular trough portion includes laterally inclined surfaces spaced on alternate sides therealong to cause the fruit to traverse the midline and engage the spine.

    Abstract translation: 用于定向半切果实的设备,其切割面面向下包括纵向延伸的振动台,其从接收端稍稍向下倾斜到排出端。 桌子设置有纵向延伸的相对的侧壁,底部在其间延伸以限定水果翻译所沿的通道。 在设备的第一接收部分中,底部朝向一侧以及纵向倾斜。 在与第一部分邻接的第二部分中,在一个侧壁中形成通道以接合水果的面向上的切割面。 在第三部分中,在大致相邻于一侧的下边缘的底壁中形成比水果宽度窄的槽,第二部分的通道将果实引导到槽中。 槽沿着振动台的距离越来越宽,加深,形成一个双边对称的V形槽。 桌子的下端包括具有基本平坦的底部的矩形槽部分。 中心脊沿着矩形槽部的中线向上突出,以接合通过取芯操作形成的果实中的纵向凹槽。 矩形槽部分包括在其旁边隔开的侧向倾斜表面,以使果实穿过中线并接合脊柱。

    Walking-beam conveyor with adjustable width gauging aperture
    389.
    发明授权
    Walking-beam conveyor with adjustable width gauging aperture 失效
    具有可调节宽度测量孔的步进式输送机

    公开(公告)号:US4285434A

    公开(公告)日:1981-08-25

    申请号:US32548

    申请日:1979-04-23

    CPC classification number: B07C5/065 B65G25/02 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: Elongated components such as piston pins may be sequentially fed at an entrance point onto a conveyor connected to a distant discharge point. The conveyor includes a pair of guides so spaced to allow the pins to fit loosely therebetween and a stop plate which limits downward movement of the pins. An elongated drive plate having a top edge positioned between the guides and below the pins is rotated in an elliptical-like pattern so that the top edge lifts the pins from the stop plate, moves the pins forward and then re-engages the pins with the stop plate at a point forward of the point of initial lifting. The pins thus may be conveniently stepped between the entrance point and the discharge point as well as accumulated and stored if such is required. The conveyor may include sorting sections to separate the pins into different groups having equal diameters where pins of varying diameters have been inadvertently mixed.

    Abstract translation: 诸如活塞销的细长部件可以在入口处顺序地供给到连接到远离排放点的输送机上。 输送机包括一对引导件,其间隔开以允许销松动地配合在其间,并且限制销限制销的向下移动。 具有位于引导件之间并位于销下方的顶部边缘的细长驱动板以椭圆形图案旋转,使得顶部边缘将销钉从止动板提升,然后将销向前移动,然后将销钉重新接合 在最初提升点前方的一点停止板。 因此,这些销可以方便地在入口点和排放点之间步进,并且如果需要,则可以累积和存储。 输送机可以包括分离部分,以将销分成具有相同直径的不同组,其中不同直径的销被不经意地混合。

    Stepped baffle storage bin
    390.
    发明授权
    Stepped baffle storage bin 失效
    步进式挡板储物箱

    公开(公告)号:US4285425A

    公开(公告)日:1981-08-25

    申请号:US66492

    申请日:1979-08-13

    Inventor: George L. Smith

    CPC classification number: B65G11/088 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: A storage bin for plural articles, such as citrus fruit, comprises a housing having an opening at the upper extremity thereof for gravity feeding the articles into the housing. The bin includes a downwardly sloped baffle in the housing for breaking the fall of the article to prevent damage to the articles, the baffle formed of plural, parallel steps, each step being spaced from adjacent steps a distance which permits the articles to pass there between in order to fill the void underneath the baffle.

    Abstract translation: 用于多个物品(例如柑橘类水果)的储藏箱包括在其上端具有开口的壳体,用于将物品重新供给到壳体中。 箱体包括在壳体中的向下倾斜的挡板,用于破坏物品的坠落,以防止损坏物品,挡板由多个平行的步骤形成,每个台阶与相邻的台阶间距一定距离,允许物品通过其间 以填补挡板下面的空隙。

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