A device and method for adjusting the posture of crayfish tails

Abstract

This invention provides a crayfish tail posture adjustment device and method, aiming to solve the problem of low processing efficiency in the mechanized processing of crayfish meat, where the feeding process of crayfish tails in the same posture is still done manually. This invention mainly includes a conveyor base, a main conveyor device, a feeding device, a sorting component, and a discharge conveyor device. This invention utilizes the product's center of gravity to slide to both sides for discharge, reducing damage to the crayfish tails during posture adjustment and ensuring their quality. Secondly, by rationally setting the depth, width, and length of the belt partition, it ensures that only one crayfish tail can be accommodated in the feeding chamber, achieving single-tail sorting. In this invention, the coordinated work of the main conveyor device and the sorting component utilizes the characteristic that the crayfish tail's center of gravity is located on the head side, causing the crayfish tail to tilt and slide onto the outer conveyor belt, thereby achieving posture adjustment. This invention can sort and arrange crayfish tails, ensuring that they are transported in the same posture, guaranteeing the consistency of raw material feeding during mechanical processing.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of crayfish processing equipment technology, and in particular to a crayfish tail posture adjustment device and method. Background Technology

[0002] Crayfish is an important freshwater aquatic product in my country with high economic value. However, in the mechanized production of crayfish meat, the adjustment of the crayfish's tail posture is mostly done manually, which is inefficient and costly. With rising labor costs, a decreasing workforce of working age, and increasing crayfish production, manual processing can no longer meet the production needs of enterprises. Therefore, in the mechanized production process of crayfish meat, how to achieve tail posture adjustment to maintain a unidirectional posture for efficient feeding of crayfish tail raw materials has become the primary problem in solving the mechanized processing of crayfish. Summary of the Invention

[0003] This application addresses the shortcomings of the prior art by providing a crayfish tail posture adjustment device and method. This invention can sort and arrange crayfish tails to ensure that the tails are transported in the same posture, thus guaranteeing the consistency of raw material feeding during mechanical processing.

[0004] The technical solution adopted in this invention is as follows:

[0005] A crayfish tail posture adjustment device, comprising:

[0006] The conveyor base is a frame constructed from aluminum profiles. The hollow profile frame provides a foundation for mounting the feeding device, conveying device, and sorting components.

[0007] The main conveyor is set along the center line of the conveyor base and is used to convey the crayfish tails before the posture is adjusted.

[0008] The feeding device is located above one end of the main conveyor and is used for centralized feeding and providing limit.

[0009] The sorting component is located in the middle of the main conveyor to push the product from the middle of the conveyor belt of the main conveyor to both sides, forcing the product to fall to both sides and conveying the shrimp tails in different orientations to achieve posture adjustment.

[0010] The discharge conveyor is installed on both sides of the main conveyor to classify and convey products with inconsistent orientations to the next process.

[0011] Furthermore, the sorting component is a head and tail identification support plate, which is set below the conveyor belt of the main conveyor device and pushes the conveyor belt upward, so that the conveyor belt has a certain angle, and the outer contour of the sorting component is triangular pyramidal.

[0012] Furthermore, the feeding device includes a feeding funnel and limiting plates connected to the lower edges of both sides of the feeding funnel. The limiting plates extend vertically to cover part of the main conveying device and extend rearward to cover part of the main conveying device.

[0013] Furthermore, both the main conveying device and the discharge conveying device include belt drive mechanisms mounted on the conveying base. The main conveying device includes two sets of parallel belt drive mechanisms, and the two sets of belt drive mechanisms of the discharge conveying device are separately and closely arranged on both sides of the main conveying device.

[0014] Furthermore, each set of belt drive mechanisms includes bearing seats at both ends of the conveyor base, each bearing seat is equipped with a horizontal bearing, a rotating shaft is connected between the horizontal bearings, a pulley is installed on the rotating shaft, and the opposite pulleys are connected by belt drive, and spacers are provided at intervals on each set of belts.

[0015] Furthermore, the four belt drive mechanisms of the main conveying device and the discharge conveying device operate synchronously, ensuring that all partitions do not become misaligned during the adjustment process.

[0016] Furthermore, it also includes a discharge limiting component, which includes two baffles disposed on one side of each set of discharge conveying devices.

[0017] Furthermore, the raw material for the crayfish tail posture adjustment device is pre-treated crayfish tails, which are extended to an upright position and can remain uncurled during transport.

[0018] The beneficial effects of this invention are as follows:

[0019] Compared with existing technologies, this invention can slide the crayfish tails towards the conveyor belts on both sides through the center of gravity. The posture adjustment process causes less damage to the crayfish tails and can maintain the quality of the crayfish tails.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the present invention achieves single-tail sorting by reasonably setting the depth (i.e., height), width and length of the partition plates on the conveyor belt, so that the material cavity formed by the partition plates on the conveyor belt cannot accommodate more than one crayfish tail.

[0021] Compared with existing technologies, this invention uses the main conveyor and sorting unit to work together. Since the center of gravity of the crayfish tail is located on the head side, when a single crayfish tail passes through the sorting unit, the head side of the tail is heavier, so the crayfish tail will tilt towards the head side until it slides onto the outer conveyor belt. This achieves the adjustment of the crayfish tail posture, ensuring that the tails are conveyed in the same posture, thus guaranteeing the consistency of raw material feeding during mechanical processing. Attached Figure Description

[0022] Figure 1This is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the feeding device in this invention;

[0024] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the main conveying device and the discharge conveying device in this invention;

[0025] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the sorting component in this invention.

[0026] Among them: 1. Conveying base;

[0027] 2. Main conveying device; 21. Bearing housing; 22. Horizontal bearing; 23. Rotary shaft; 24. Pulley; 25. Belt; 26. Spacing plate;

[0028] 3. Feeding device; 31. Feeding funnel; 32. Limiting plate;

[0029] 4. Sorting parts; 5. Discharge conveyor; 6. Baffle. Detailed Implementation

[0030] The technical solution of the present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

[0031] The present invention aims to solve the problem of low efficiency in the mechanized processing of crayfish, where the feeding process of crayfish tails in the same posture is replaced by manual labor.

[0032] like Figures 1 to 4 As shown, the present invention includes:

[0033] The conveyor base 1 is an installation frame constructed from aluminum profiles, used to install the feeding device, conveying device and sorting components;

[0034] The main conveying device 2 is set along the center line of the conveying base 1 and is used to convey the crayfish tails before the posture is adjusted.

[0035] The feeding device 3 is located above one end of the main conveying device 2 and is used for centralized feeding and providing a limit.

[0036] The sorting component 4 is located in the middle of the main conveyor 2. It is used to push the product from the middle of the conveyor belt of the main conveyor 2 to both sides, forcing the product to fall to both sides, and sorting the shrimp tails with inconsistent orientations to achieve posture adjustment.

[0037] The discharge conveying device 5 is installed on both sides of the main conveying device 2 to classify and convey products with inconsistent orientations to the next process.

[0038] In one embodiment of the present invention, the sorting component 4 is a head and tail identification support plate, which is set below the main conveying device 2 and lifts the conveyor belt of the main conveying device 2 upward to make it have a certain angle, and its outline is triangular pyramidal.

[0039] In one embodiment of the present invention, the feeding device 3 includes a feeding funnel 31 and a limiting plate 32 connected to the lower edges of both sides of the feeding funnel 31. The limiting plate 32 extends vertically to cover part of the main conveying device 2 and extends rearward to cover part of the main conveying device 2.

[0040] In one embodiment of the present invention, both the main conveying device 2 and the discharge conveying device 5 include belt drive mechanisms mounted on the conveying base 1. The main conveying device 2 includes two sets of parallel belt drive mechanisms, and the two sets of belt drive mechanisms of the discharge conveying device 5 are separately and abutted against the two sides of the main conveying device 2.

[0041] In one embodiment of the present invention, each belt drive mechanism includes bearing seats 21 disposed at both ends on the conveying base 1, each bearing seat 21 is equipped with a horizontal bearing 22, the horizontal bearings 22 are connected by a rotating shaft 23, the rotating shaft 23 is equipped with a pulley 24, the opposite pulleys 24 are connected by a belt 25, and each belt 25 is provided with spacers 26 at intervals.

[0042] In one embodiment of the present invention, a discharge limiting component is also included, which includes two baffles 6 disposed on one side of each set of discharge conveying devices 5.

[0043] The specific structure and working principle of this invention are as follows:

[0044] The present invention includes a conveying base 1, a feeding device 3, a main conveying device 2, a discharge conveying device 5, and a sorting component 4. The crayfish tail raw material used in this device is in an upright state. The feeding device 3 is located above one end of the main conveying device 2. The upper part of the feeding device 3 is a feeding funnel 31, and the lower part is a limiting plate 32 connected to the funnel for limiting the crayfish tail perpendicular to the conveying direction. The main conveying device 2 is composed of two separate belt drive mechanisms arranged in parallel. The discharge conveying device 5 is composed of two separate belt drive mechanisms and is attached to both sides of the main conveying device 2. Each belt drive mechanism is provided with a spacer plate 26 at intervals, and the spacer plates 26 of the four separate belt drive mechanisms are in the same position.

[0045] Notably, two adjacent partition plates 26 form a material chamber for placing crayfish tails. The depth of the chamber is 1.0-1.7 times the thickness of the crayfish tail, the width b is 1.0-1.5 times the length of the crayfish tail, and the length a is 1.0-2.0 times the length of the crayfish tail. This size design ensures that each material chamber can only hold one product—a crayfish tail—and cannot hold more than one product, thus ensuring that each material chamber can only sort and transport one product at a time.

[0046] In one embodiment of the present invention, the conveying speed of the discharge conveying device 5 is the width c of the belt 25 / the feeding interval time of the feeding device 3, and its stepping distance is the width between adjacent vertical partitions.

[0047] In one embodiment of the present invention, the sorting component 4 is a head and tail identification support plate, which is in the shape of a triangular cone. It is installed below the two sets of belts 25 of the main conveyor 2 and supports the two sets of belts 25 in the middle. It is used to slide the continuously conveyed crayfish tails to the discharge conveyor 5 on both sides based on the center of gravity, and adjust the crayfish tails with inconsistent postures to face the same direction, so that they fall on the discharge conveyor 5 in the correct head and tail arrangement.

[0048] In particular, in order to improve overall transportation efficiency and speed, in another embodiment of the present invention, the spacing and size of the partition plates 26 of the discharge conveying devices 5 on both sides can be adjusted to meet the requirement that one material chamber can accommodate one or more lobster tails, thereby speeding up the transportation.

[0049] Working principle: Crayfish tails are fed into the feeding hopper 31 in batches via the upper feeding unit or manually. At this time, the material chamber of the main conveying device 2 will be loaded with a crayfish tail as it moves in the conveying direction. Under the limit of the limiting plate 32, it continues to move forward towards the sorting piece 4. After being transported to the sorting piece 4, since the sorting piece 4 is a triangular pyramidal structure, the center of gravity of the crayfish tail is located on the head side. When a single crayfish tail passes through the sorting piece 4, the head side of the tail is heavier, so the crayfish tail will tilt towards the head side until it slides onto the outer belt 25, thereby adjusting the posture of the crayfish tail. Under the action of the baffles 6 on both sides, it is sorted and conveyed, realizing the mechanized adjustment, sorting and conveying of the crayfish tail posture. This invention can sort and arrange the crayfish tails to ensure that the tails are conveyed in the same posture, ensuring the consistency of raw material feeding during mechanical processing.

[0050] The above description is an explanation of the present invention and not a limitation thereof. The scope of the present invention is defined by the claims. Within the scope of protection of the present invention, any form of modification may be made.

Claims

1. A crayfish tail posture adjustment device, characterized in that: include: The conveying base (1) has a hollow profile frame to provide an installation foundation; The main conveying device (2) is arranged along the centerline of the conveying base (1) for conveying products along the centerline direction; The feeding device (3) is located above one end of the main conveying device (2) and is used for centralized feeding and providing a limit; The sorting component (4) is located in the middle of the main conveyor (2) to push the product from the middle of the main conveyor (2) to both sides, forcing the product to fall to both sides, and to sort and convey the shrimp tails with different orientations. The discharge conveying device (5) is installed on both sides of the main conveying device (2) to convey the product after the posture has been adjusted to the next process. The sorting component (4) is a head and tail identification support plate, which is set below the main conveyor (2) and lifts the conveyor belt of the main conveyor (2) upward, so that it presents a shape that is high in the middle and low on both sides, and its outline is triangular pyramidal. Both the main conveying device (2) and the discharge conveying device (5) include belt drive mechanisms mounted on the conveying base (1). The main conveying device (2) includes two sets of parallel belt drive mechanisms, and the two sets of belt drive mechanisms of the discharge conveying device (5) are separately mounted on both sides of the main conveying device (2). Each of the belt drive mechanisms includes bearing seats (21) at both ends of the conveyor base (1), each bearing seat (21) is equipped with a horizontal bearing (22), the horizontal bearings (22) are connected by a rotating shaft (23), the rotating shaft (23) is equipped with a pulley (24), the opposite pulleys (24) are connected by a belt (25), and each belt (25) is provided with spacers (26) at intervals.

2. The crayfish tail posture adjustment device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The feeding device (3) includes a feeding hopper (31) and a limiting plate (32) connected to the lower edges of both sides of the feeding hopper (31). The limiting plate (32) extends vertically to cover part of the main conveying device (2) and extends rearward to cover part of the main conveying device (2).

3. The crayfish tail posture adjustment device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The four belt drive mechanisms of the main conveying device (2) and the discharge conveying device (5) operate synchronously, ensuring that all partitions do not become misaligned during the adjustment process.

4. The crayfish tail posture adjustment device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a discharge limiting component, which includes two baffles (6) disposed on one side of each set of discharge conveying devices (5).

5. The crayfish tail posture adjustment device as described in claim 1, characterized in that: The raw material for the crayfish tail posture adjustment device is pre-treated crayfish tails, which are extended to an upright position and can remain uncurled during transport.

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