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.

    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.

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

    公开(公告)号:US20190047023A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-14

    申请号:US16078838

    申请日:2017-02-24

    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.

    VISION ASSEMBLY FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20250065374A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18724955

    申请日:2022-12-20

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    Abstract: A vision assembly for horticultural products, which includes at least sequential movement components for fruit and vegetable products along a transfer line and a data acquisition system which includes a first optical vision instrument and a second optical vision instrument, which are arranged respectively in a first operating position and in a second operating position. The first position and the second position are arranged laterally and on opposite sides with respect to an intermediate portion of the line, at a vertical elevation that is higher than that of the intermediate portion. The system also includes at least one third optical vision instrument, arranged in a third operating position, arranged along the line respectively above a portion located upstream or a portion located downstream of the intermediate portion.

    APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

    公开(公告)号:US20240294340A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-05

    申请号:US18578232

    申请日:2022-06-09

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    CPC classification number: B65G17/24 B65G47/24 B65G47/965 B65G2201/0211

    Abstract: An apparatus for conveying horticultural products, which comprises means for cyclic movement along an advancement direction of a plurality of rotating assemblies; at least some pairs of assemblies, which are consecutive, define respective conveyance units for corresponding horticultural products, which can be rested on the pairs substantially above the interspace between the assemblies. Each assembly comprises at least four rotating and circular disks; in each unit the external disks of each assembly have a larger diameter than the internal disks of the same assembly and a first internal disk, which is larger, of each assembly has a diameter that is larger than the diameter of the other internal disk, which is smaller; moreover, the larger disks and the smaller disks are arranged so as to be mutually offset in the two assemblies of the same unit.

    PLANT FOR TREATING HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240189864A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-13

    申请号:US18554906

    申请日:2022-04-07

    Applicant: UNITEC S.P.A.

    Inventor: Luca BENEDETTI

    CPC classification number: B07C5/342 B07C5/365 B07C2501/009

    Abstract: A plant for the treatment of horticultural products, the plant including at least one line for the handling and treatment of horticultural products, provided at least with
    a system for the discrete conveyance of the horticultural products;
    a detection station, which is configured to acquire information related to at least one parameter of interest of each horticultural product in transit;
    a distribution station, which is configured for the selective conveyance of each horticultural product in transit toward one of at least two separate collection stations, on the basis of commands sent by the electronic element as a function of the information acquired at least by the detection station,
    The line has at least one expulsion apparatus, which is arranged along the portion upstream of the detection station.

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