Coconut shell and meat separator

Abstract

The invention discloses a coconut shell and meat separator. A coconut tray device, a coconut clamping device and a coconut shell cutting device are arranged on a rack (1); the coconut tray device is provided with a 90-degree oscillating cylinder (2), a tray lifting cylinder (3) and a tray (4); the coconut clamping device is provided with a mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder (6), a mechanical arm (5) and a mechanical palm (8), and the mechanical palm (8) is provided with tooth-shaped mechanical fingers (9) and a mechanical arm rotating motor (7); a motor (10) is arranged on a sliding table (11) arranged on the coconut shell cutting device, a saw blade (14) is arranged at the shaft end of the motor (10), and an air cylinder (13) capable of pushing the sliding table to reciprocate is further arranged on one side of the sliding table (11). The coconut shell and meat separating device has the beneficial effects that the coconut shell and meat separating procedure is mechanized, coconut meat is integrally spherical when being separated from coconut shells, subsequent mechanical peeling processing of the coconut meat is facilitated, the labor cost is reduced, and the production efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to agricultural product processing equipment, in particular to a coconut shell meat separator. Background Art

[0002] Hainan, my country and many countries in Southeast Asia have rich tropical agricultural resources. The coconut industry is an important pillar industry for the economic development of these countries or regions. The coconut industry is mainly based on coconut food processing, and coconut meat products occupy a large share in coconut food. Coconut meat harvesting is the most time-consuming and laborious link in the production of coconut meat products. At present, the harvesting efficiency of coconut meat is not ideal, and coconut meat processing and production enterprises mainly rely on manual extraction of coconut meat. The method of manual extraction of coconut meat is that the operator uses an arc-shaped machete to extract coconut meat from the broken coconut shell. The coconut meat extracted in this way is in a broken state, and then a layer of black skin attached to the coconut meat must be manually removed, which not only consumes a lot of manpower, but also has extremely low processing efficiency, and is extremely dangerous during operation, which is very likely to cause industrial accidents, greatly restricting the development of coconut processing enterprises. Therefore, the market is in urgent need of safe, efficient and fast coconut shelling equipment. Summary of the invention

[0003] The present invention is a highly efficient, clean, sanitary and safe semi-automatic coconut shell meat separation device. The invention of the device can change the coconut shell meat separation process, the early stage of coconut processing, from manual operation to machine operation, which can not only greatly improve the production efficiency and provide sufficient raw materials for the later stage, but also meet the food hygiene requirements. More importantly, it can ensure the personal safety of operators and reduce the occurrence of disability accidents. At the same time, since the early stage process adopts automation, it can not only save a large number of labor forces, but also solve the bottleneck problem of coconut production enterprises in expanding production scale, and open up new ways for enterprises to expand production scale and improve economic benefits.

[0004] The technical solution adopted by the invention to solve the technical problem is as follows: a frame is provided, a coconut tray device is provided at the lower part of the frame, a coconut clamping device is provided at the upper part of the coconut tray device, and a coconut shell cutting device is provided opposite to the coconut clamping device.

[0005] The coconut pallet device is provided with a 90° swing cylinder, the 90° swing cylinder is connected with a pallet lifting cylinder, and the top end of the piston rod of the pallet lifting cylinder is provided with a pallet.

[0006] The coconut gripping device is provided with a mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder, mechanical arms are provided at both ends of the mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder, a mechanical palm is provided at the front end of the mechanical arm, toothed mechanical fingers are provided on the mechanical palm, and a mechanical arm rotating motor is provided behind the mechanical palm.

[0007] The coconut shell cutting device is provided with a slide, a motor is provided on the slide, a saw blade is provided at the shaft end of the motor, limit plates are provided on both sides of the saw blade, and a cylinder which can push the slide to reciprocate is also provided on one side of the slide.

[0008] The coconut with the coconut skin removed is placed on the pallet, and the piston rod of the pallet lifting cylinder is pushed out to lift the pallet holding the coconut. When the coconut reaches the center of the robot palm, the robot opening and closing cylinder is tightened, and the robot palm is driven by the robot arm to clamp the coconut on the pallet with the toothed mechanical fingers. Then the piston rod of the pallet lifting cylinder is retracted to drive the pallet down and return to its original position. At the same time, the robot rotation motor rotates, and the coconut is driven to rotate slowly through the toothed mechanical fingers on the robot palm. At this time, the motor drives the saw blade to rotate, and the cylinder pushes the slide to drive the motor to move toward the coconut. When the saw blade touches the coconut, the coconut shell can be cut. Due to the limiting effect of the limiting plates on both sides of the saw blade, the saw blade can only cut through the coconut shell but not the coconut meat. After the saw blade cuts a circle of the coconut shell, the cylinder piston rod is retracted and the motor is driven back to its original position through the slide. At this time, the robot rotation motor stops, and the piston rod of the pallet lifting cylinder is pushed out to raise the pallet. Then the robot arm opening and closing cylinder is released. The coconut is placed on the pallet, and the 90° swing cylinder swings to operate, so that the pallet 4 drives the coconut to rotate 90°, the manipulator opening and closing cylinder is tightened, and the manipulator palm is driven by the manipulator arm to clamp the coconut on the pallet with the toothed mechanical fingers, and then the pallet lifting cylinder piston rod is retracted to drive the pallet to return to its original position, and at the same time, the manipulator rotating motor drives the coconut to rotate slowly through the toothed mechanical fingers on the manipulator palm, and then the motor drives the saw blade to rotate, and the cylinder pushes the slide to drive the motor to move toward the coconut, and when the saw blade touches the coconut, the coconut shell can be cut, and when the saw blade cuts a circle of the coconut shell, the cylinder piston rod is retracted and drives the motor to return to its original position through the slide, and then the manipulator rotating motor stops, and the pallet lifting cylinder piston rod is pushed out to make the pallet rise, and then the manipulator arm opening and closing cylinder is released to place the coconut on the pallet, take away the cut coconut on the pallet, and place the next coconut to be processed with the coconut skin removed on the pallet, and enter the next working cycle.

[0009] Since an annular groove is cut in the coconut shell in the longitudinal and transverse directions respectively, the coconut shell is divided into four petals, so it is easy to separate the four petals of coconut shell from the coconut meat to obtain complete spherical coconut meat, thereby realizing the separation of coconut shell meat.

[0010] The invention has the beneficial effects of mechanizing the coconut shell-meat separation process during coconut processing and production, so that the coconut meat is in a spherical shape when separated from the coconut shell, which is convenient for subsequent mechanized peeling of the coconut meat, reduces labor costs, and improves production efficiency. It lays a foundation for production enterprises to expand their production scale; at the same time, it reduces the occurrence of personnel injury and disability accidents; and makes the coconut shell-meat separation process efficient, hygienic, and safe. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of an embodiment of the present invention.

[0012] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of a tray according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[0013] Among them: 1. Frame 2. 90° swing cylinder 3. Pallet lifting cylinder 4. Pallet 5. Robot arm 6. Robot arm opening and closing cylinder 7. Robot hand rotation motor 8. Robot palm 9. Toothed robot finger 10. Motor 11. Slide 12. Limit plate 13. Cylinder 14. Saw blade. Implementation

[0014] A frame 1 is provided, a coconut tray device is provided at the lower part of the frame 1, a coconut clamping device is provided at the upper part of the coconut tray device, and a coconut shell cutting device is provided opposite to the coconut clamping device.

[0015] The coconut pallet device is provided with a 90° swing cylinder 2, the 90° swing cylinder 2 is connected with a pallet lifting cylinder 3, and the top end of the piston rod of the pallet lifting cylinder 3 is provided with a pallet 4.

[0016] The coconut clamping device is provided with a mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder 6, mechanical arms 5 are provided at both ends of the mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder 6, a mechanical palm 8 is provided at the front end of the mechanical arm 5, a toothed mechanical finger 9 is provided on the mechanical palm 8, and a mechanical arm rotating motor 7 is provided behind the mechanical palm 8.

[0017] The coconut shell cutting device is provided with a slide 11, on which a motor 10 is provided, a saw blade 14 is provided at the shaft end of the motor 10, and limit plates 12 are provided on both sides of the saw blade 14. A cylinder 13 that can push the slide to reciprocate is also provided on one side of the slide 11.

[0018] Place the coconut with the skin removed on the tray 4, push out the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder 3, and lift the tray 4 holding the coconut. When the coconut reaches the center of the robot palm 8, the robot opening and closing cylinder 6 is tightened, and the robot palm 8 is driven by the robot arm 5, so that the toothed robot finger 9 clamps the coconut on the tray 4. Then the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder 3 is retracted, driving the tray 4 to descend and return to its original position. At the same time, the robot rotating motor 7 rotates, and the coconut is driven to rotate slowly through the toothed robot finger 9 on the robot palm 8. At this time, the motor 10 drives the saw blade 14 rotates, the cylinder 13 pushes the slide 11 to drive the motor 10 to move toward the coconut. When the saw blade 14 touches the coconut, the coconut shell can be cut. Due to the limiting effect of the limiting plates 12 on both sides of the saw blade 14, the saw blade 14 can only cut through the coconut shell but not the coconut meat. After the saw blade 14 cuts a circle of the coconut shell, the piston rod of the cylinder 13 retracts and drives the motor 10 to return to its original position through the slide 11. At this time, the manipulator rotating motor 7 stops, and at the same time, the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder 3 is pushed out to make the tray 4 rise, and then the manipulator arm opens and closes the cylinder 6 Release and place the coconut on the tray 4, the 90° swing cylinder 2 swings to make the tray 4 drive the coconut to rotate 90°, the manipulator opening and closing cylinder 6 tightens, and drives the manipulator palm 8 through the manipulator arm 5, so that the toothed manipulator finger 9 clamps the coconut on the tray 4, and then the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder 3 retracts, driving the tray 4 to descend and return to its original position, and at the same time, the manipulator rotating motor 7 drives the coconut to rotate slowly through the toothed manipulator finger 9 on the manipulator palm 8, and then the motor 10 drives the saw blade 14 to rotate, and the cylinder 13 pushes the slide 11 to drive the motor 10 moves toward the coconut. When the saw blade 14 touches the coconut, the coconut shell can be cut. After the saw blade 14 cuts a circle of the coconut shell, the piston rod of the cylinder 13 retracts and drives the motor 10 to return to its original position through the slide 11. At this time, the manipulator rotating motor 7 stops, and at the same time, the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder 3 is pushed out to make the tray 4 rise. Then the mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder 6 is released to place the coconut on the tray 4, take away the cut coconut on the tray 4, and place the next coconut to be processed with the coconut skin removed on the tray 4 to enter the next working cycle.

[0019] Since an annular groove is cut in the coconut shell in the longitudinal and transverse directions respectively, the coconut shell is divided into four petals, so it is easy to separate the four petals of coconut shell from the coconut meat to obtain complete spherical coconut meat, thereby realizing the separation of coconut shell meat.

Claims

1. A coconut shell meat separator, characterized in that: A frame (1) is provided, a coconut tray device is provided at the lower part of the frame (1), a coconut clamping device is provided at the upper part of the coconut tray device, and a coconut shell cutting device is provided opposite to the coconut clamping device; the coconut tray device is provided with a 90° swing cylinder (2), a tray lifting cylinder (3) is connected to the 90° swing cylinder (2), and a tray (4) is provided at the top of the piston rod of the tray lifting cylinder (3); the coconut clamping device is provided with a mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder (6), and mechanical arms are provided at both ends of the mechanical arm opening and closing cylinder (6). The coconut shell cutting device comprises an arm (5), a mechanical palm (8) at the front end of the mechanical arm (5), a toothed mechanical finger (9) on the mechanical palm (8), and a mechanical hand rotating motor (7) behind the mechanical palm (8); the coconut shell cutting device comprises a slide table (11), a motor (10) on the slide table (11), a saw blade (14) at the shaft end of the motor (10), and limit plates (12) on both sides of the saw blade (14); and a cylinder (13) capable of driving the slide table to reciprocate is also provided on one side of the slide table (11).

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