Intelligent apple sorting line

By introducing an aluminum profile transmission frame, sorting unit, and servo-driven geared motor-driven turntable system into the apple sorting equipment, combined with a sorting camera and anti-collision magnetic components, the problem of existing equipment being unable to handle differences in ripeness has been solved, enabling intelligent sorting of apples by color and size, and improving sorting speed and equipment intelligence.

CN121131284APending Publication Date: 2025-12-16RONGCHENG KAITAI FOOD CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202511668270.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-11-14
Publication Date
2025-12-16

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Technical Problem

Existing apple sorting equipment can only sort apples by size, and cannot effectively handle the problem of apples failing to meet sorting standards due to differences in ripeness.

Method used

It adopts an aluminum profile transmission frame and multiple sorting units, combined with a servo-driven turntable, drag plate and push plate structure, along with a sorting camera and anti-collision components, to achieve intelligent sorting of apples by color and size, and uses a magnetic component to adjust the push plate speed to avoid crushing the apples.

Benefits of technology

It achieves efficient sorting of apples by color and size, improves sorting speed and capacity, and avoids apples being crushed during the sorting process, thus enhancing the intelligence of the sorting equipment.

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Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of sorting equipment, in particular to an intelligent apple sorting line which comprises an aluminum profile conveying frame and a plurality of sorting units, and the sorting units are fixedly arranged on one side of the aluminum profile conveying frame. By arranging the sorting cameras, sorting of colors and sizes of apples is achieved, an output shaft of the servo gear motor drives the rotating disc to rotate by a circle, and the rotating disc drives the sliding block and the positioning pin to rotate together through the straight groove; a dragging plate, an upper optical axis, a lower optical axis and a push plate are driven to move in the sliding connection direction of the optical axes and a fixing plate to the direction close to the aluminum profile conveying frame under the connection effect of a connecting rod, and apples located at the top of the conveying belt are pushed into a flow guide tile groove corresponding to the sorting camera in position through movement of the push plate; and finally, the apples fall into a collecting frame located at the bottom of the flow guide tile groove to be collected in a unified mode, so that green and red apples and apples with large size differences can be sorted out one by one, and the intelligent degree is high.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The application relates to the technical field of sorting equipment, in particular to an apple intelligent sorting line. BACKGROUND

[0002] Under the requirements of modern agricultural fruit transactions, strict and standardized grading of apples is an effective means to improve the market competitiveness of apples, can simplify the fruit transaction process, and can directly see the quality of each apple, and the commercialization and circulation efficiency of the apples subjected to intelligent and rigorous intelligent grading are improved.

[0003] According to the search, the Chinese patent with the application number 202410834506.6 discloses an apple sorting and conveying equipment, which realizes the separation of a gear and a transmission belt by pulling an L-shaped pull rod, so that an operator can quickly adjust the spacing between long rollers to sort apples of different sizes.

[0004] However, the above-mentioned equipment only has the function of size sorting, and due to the difference in growth speed, it cannot be ensured that all the apples are fully ripe at the picking period, and the unripe apples are usually green in color. Therefore, in addition to the difference in size, the picked apples also have the difference in maturity, and it is difficult to realize the qualified sorting of the apples by only sorting the size of the apples. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide an apple intelligent sorting line to solve the problems raised in the background art.

[0006] The present application provides the following technical solutions: An apple intelligent sorting line comprises: An aluminum profile transmission frame and a plurality of sorting units, the plurality of sorting units are fixedly arranged on one side of the aluminum profile transmission frame and are distributed at equal distances, and the sorting units are used for screening apples; The sorting unit comprises: A horizontal mounting plate fixedly mounted in the aluminum profile transmission frame; A servo reducer motor fixedly arranged at the bottom of the horizontal mounting plate; A turntable rotationally mounted at the top of the horizontal mounting plate, and the central shaft thereof is connected with the output shaft of the servo reducer motor through a shaft coupling; A connecting rod hingedly connected at one end of the top of the turntable; A trailing plate hingedly connected at the other end of the connecting rod away from the turntable; Optical axes fixedly arranged on the side of the trailing plate close to the aluminum profile transmission frame in an up-down distribution; A push plate fixedly mounted at the other end of the two optical axes away from the trailing plate.

[0007] As a preferred scheme of the present application, the sorting unit further comprises an anti-collision assembly, which comprises: A straight slot is formed through the top of the rotating disc; A sliding block is slidingly installed inside the straight slot and extends to the top and bottom of the rotating disc; A positioning pin is fixedly installed on the top of the sliding block, and the connecting rod is hinged to the sliding block through the positioning pin; A spring is fixedly arranged inside the straight slot and between the end of the sliding block close to the center of the rotating disc and the inner wall of the side of the straight slot close to the center of the rotating disc.

[0008] As a preferred scheme of the present application, the anti-collision assembly further comprises: A moving magnetic block is fixedly installed on the bottom of the sliding block; A static magnetic block is fixedly installed on the top of the horizontal installation plate and close to the center of the rotating disc, and the magnetic property of the static magnetic block is opposite to that of the moving magnetic block.

[0009] As a preferred scheme of the present application, the side of the aluminum profile transmission frame is fixedly installed with a fixed plate between the pulling plate and the pushing plate, the optical shafts are movably penetrated through the inside of the fixed plate, and the optical shafts are slidingly installed with the fixed plate through linear bearings, and the left and right ends of the pushing plate are bent away from the fixed plate.

[0010] As a preferred scheme of the present application, a plurality of vertical columns are fixedly installed on the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame at equal distances, a sorting camera is fixedly installed on the top of the vertical column through a support, the sorting camera is used for apple sorting and identification, and the positions of the sorting cameras correspond to the positions of the sorting units one by one.

[0011] As a preferred scheme of the present application, two anti-rolling sheet metals are fixedly installed on the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame, the two anti-rolling sheet metals are symmetrically distributed about the central axis of the aluminum profile transmission frame, the included angle between the anti-rolling sheet metal and the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame is R, and the value of R is in the range of 15-20°.

[0012] As a preferred scheme of the present application, conveying rollers are rotatably installed on the two ends of the aluminum profile transmission frame through bearings, a conveying belt is jointly sleeved on the periphery of the two conveying rollers, the conveying belt is located between the two anti-rolling sheet metals, the distance between the top of the conveying belt and the lowest point of the anti-rolling sheet metal is 2-3 mm, anti-rolling barriers are equally distributed on the outer wall of the conveying roller, and the anti-rolling barriers are integrally formed with the conveying roller.

[0013] As a preferred scheme of the present application, the side of the aluminum profile transmission frame is fixedly provided with a driving motor at one end through a fixing base, a driving sprocket is fixedly arranged on an output shaft of the driving motor, one of the conveying rollers is fixedly provided with a driven sprocket at one end close to the driving sprocket, and the driven sprocket and the driving sprocket are jointly provided with a synchronous belt.

[0014] As a preferred scheme of the present application, the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame is fixedly provided with a plurality of equally distributed flow guide tile slots away from the sorting unit.

[0015] As a preferred scheme of the present application, a gap of 2-3 mm is arranged between the bottom of the push plate and the highest point of the anti-rolling sheet metal, and a 5-mm-thick silica gel pad is pasted on the side of the push plate away from the optical axis.

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the following beneficial effects: 1、The present application realizes the sorting of the color and size of apples through the arrangement of a plurality of sorting cameras, and the output shaft of the servo deceleration motor drives the rotation of the rotating disc, the rotating disc rotates the sliding block and the positioning pin together through the straight groove, and under the connection action of the connecting rod, the dragging plate, the upper and lower optical axes and the push plate are moved along the sliding connection direction of the optical axis and the fixed plate to the direction close to the aluminum profile transmission frame, the apples on the top of the conveying belt are pushed into a flow guide tile corresponding to the position of the sorting camera through the movement of the push plate, and finally fall into the collection frame at the bottom of the flow guide tile to be uniformly collected, so that green and red apples and apples with large size difference can be sorted out one by one, and the intelligent degree is high.

[0017] 2、The sliding block rotates the dynamic magnetic block at the bottom thereof together in the process of rotating with the rotating disc, the dynamic magnetic block rotates to the periphery of the static magnetic block when the push plate is about to contact the apples on the top of the conveying belt, since the static magnetic block and the dynamic magnetic block are magnetically opposite, under the magnetic attraction of the static magnetic block to the dynamic magnetic block, the sliding block slides along the inner wall of the straight groove to the direction close to the center of the rotating disc, so that the spring is compressed and accumulates elastic force, at the same time, the sliding block drives the positioning pin to move, so that the radius of the rotating disc decreases, and therefore the speed of the dragging plate, the optical axis and the push plate driven to move by the connecting rod is slowed down, so as to slow down the contact speed of the push plate and the apples on the top of the conveying belt, so as to avoid the bruising of the apples.

[0018] 3、The application, after the push plate contacts the apples, as the rotating disc continues to rotate, the moving magnetic block rotates from the periphery of the static magnetic block to mutual misplacement, the magnetic attraction force received by the moving magnetic block disappears, then, under the action of the spring rebounding force, the sliding block, the positioning pin and the moving magnetic block slide reversely along the inner wall of the straight groove to reset, thereafter, the positioning pin restores the maximum radius of the rotating disc, therefore, the speed of the push plate moving is accelerated, the apples on the conveying belt are quickly pushed into the guide tile groove, and finally, under the action of gravity, fall into the collection frame at the bottom of the guide tile groove, so that the motion efficiency of the push plate can be further improved while avoiding the squeezing injury of the apples, and the sorting speed of the apples is improved, and the sorting capacity of the apples is improved. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a first perspective view of the overall structure of the application; Figure 2 It is a second perspective view of the overall structure of the application; Figure 3 It is a side view of the structure of the application; Figure 4 It is an enlarged structure schematic view of A in the application; Figure 3 Figure 5 It is a structure schematic view of the sorting unit of the application; Figure 6 It is an enlarged structure schematic view of the sorting unit of the application; Figure 7 It is a partial sectional view of the rotating disc of the application; Figure 8 It is an enlarged structure schematic view of B in the application. Figure 7

[0020] In the figure: 100, aluminum profile transmission frame; 200, sorting unit; 201, horizontal mounting plate; 202, servo deceleration motor; 203, rotating disc; 204, connecting rod; 205, drag plate; 206, optical axis; 207, push plate; 208, fixed plate; 209, straight groove; 2010, sliding block; 2011, positioning pin; 2012, moving magnetic block; 2013, static magnetic block; 2014, spring; 300, stand column; 301, sorting camera; 400, anti-rolling sheet metal; 500, driving motor; 501, driving synchronous wheel; 502, driven synchronous wheel; 503, synchronous belt; 600, guide tile groove; 701, conveying roller; 702, conveying belt; 703, anti-rolling partition. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] ​​With reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present application, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, rather than all the embodiments of the present application. Based on the embodiments of the present application, all the other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.

[0022] With reference to Figures 1-8 The technical solutions provided by the present application specifically include the following embodiments. The apple intelligent sorting line comprises an aluminum profile transmission frame 100 and a plurality of sorting units 200. The plurality of sorting units 200 are fixedly arranged on one side of the aluminum profile transmission frame 100 and are distributed at equal distances. The sorting unit 200 is used for screening apples. The sorting unit 200 comprises a positioning pin 2011, a servo reducer motor 202, a rotating disc 203, a push plate 207, a drag plate 205, an optical shaft 206 and the push plate 207. A horizontal mounting plate 201 is fixedly installed inside the aluminum profile transmission frame 100. The servo reducer motor 202 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the horizontal mounting plate 201. The rotating disc 203 is rotatably installed at the top of the horizontal mounting plate 201. The center shaft thereof is connected with the output shaft of the servo reducer motor 202 through a coupling. A connecting rod 204 is hingedly connected at one end of the top of the rotating disc 203. The drag plate 205 is hingedly connected at the end of the connecting rod 204 away from the rotating disc 203. The optical shaft 206 is fixedly arranged on the side of the drag plate 205 close to the aluminum profile transmission frame 100. The push plate 207 is fixedly installed at the end of the two optical shafts 206 away from the drag plate 205. A gap of 2-3 mm is arranged between the bottom of the push plate 207 and the highest point of the anti-rolling sheet metal 400. A 5-mm-thick silica gel pad is pasted on the side of the push plate 207 away from the optical shaft 206. A fixed plate 208 is fixedly installed on the side of the aluminum profile transmission frame 100. The fixed plate 208 is located between the drag plate 205 and the push plate 207. The optical shaft 206 movably penetrates through the inside of the fixed plate 208. The optical shaft 206 is slidably installed with the fixed plate 208 through a linear bearing. The left and right ends of the push plate 207 are bent by 45° away from the fixed plate 208. The top of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 is fixedly provided with a plurality of equally distributed vertical columns 300, the top of the vertical column 300 is fixedly provided with a sorting camera 301 through a support, the sorting camera 301 is used for apple sorting and identification, the position of the sorting camera 301 corresponds to the position of the sorting unit 200 one by one, the top of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 is fixedly provided with two anti-rolling sheet metals 400, the two anti-rolling sheet metals 400 are symmetrically distributed about the central axis of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100, the included angle between the anti-rolling sheet metal 400 and the top of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 is R, and the value of R is in the range of 15-20°, the two ends of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 are rotatably provided with conveying rollers 701 through bearings, the periphery of the two conveying rollers 701 is commonly sleeved with a conveying belt 702, the conveying belt 702 is located between the two anti-rolling sheet metals 400, and the distance between the top of the conveying belt 702 and the lowest point of the anti-rolling sheet metal 400 is 2-3mm, the outer wall of the conveying roller 701 is equally distributed with anti-rolling barriers 703, the anti-rolling barriers 703 are integrally formed with the conveying roller 701, the side of the top of the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 away from the sorting unit 200 is fixedly provided with a plurality of equally distributed flow guide tile grooves 600, the position of the flow guide tile groove 600 corresponds to the position of the sorting unit 200 one by one.

[0023] Specifically, the conveying belt 702 rotates around the two conveying rollers 701 (the conveying belt 702 rotates along the direction of the arrow A1) Figure 1When the apple passes through the bottom of the second sorting camera 301, the sorting camera 301 can collect the volume size information of the apple, if the volume of the apple is small, the servo reduction motor 202 corresponding to the sorting camera 301 is started, the output shaft of the servo reduction motor 202 drives the rotating disc 203 to rotate one circle, the rotating disc 203 drives the sliding block 2010 and the positioning pin 2011 to rotate together through the straight groove 209, and drives the dragging plate 205, the upper and lower light shafts 206 and the push plate 207 to move along the sliding connection direction of the light shaft 206 and the fixed plate 208 to the direction close to the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 under the connection action of the connecting rod 204, the apple with small volume on the top of the conveying belt 702 is pushed into the corresponding guide tile groove 600 through the movement of the push plate 207, and finally falls into the collection frame at the bottom of the guide tile groove 600 for unified collection, while the apple with large volume is directly conveyed to the bottom of the next sorting camera 301 by the conveying belt 702, and so on, so as to realize the screening of the volume size information of the apple. When the apple passes through the bottom of the second sorting camera 301, the sorting camera 301 can collect the volume size information of the apple, if the volume of the apple is small, the servo reduction motor 202 corresponding to the sorting camera 301 is started, the output shaft of the servo reduction motor 202 drives the rotating disc 203 to rotate one circle, the rotating disc 203 drives the sliding block 2010 and the positioning pin 2011 to rotate together through the straight groove 209, and drives the dragging plate 205, the upper and lower light shafts 206 and the push plate 207 to move along the sliding connection direction of the light shaft 206 and the fixed plate 208 to the direction close to the aluminum profile conveying frame 100 under the connection action of the connecting rod 204, the apple with small volume on the top of the conveying belt 702 is pushed into the corresponding guide tile groove 600 through the movement of the push plate 207, and finally falls into the collection frame at the bottom of the guide tile groove 600 for unified collection, while the apple with large volume is directly conveyed to the bottom of the next sorting camera 301 by the conveying belt 702, and so on, so as to realize the screening of the volume size information of the apple.

[0024] Further, with reference to Figure 7 and Figure 8 illustrated: The sorting unit 200 further comprises an anti-collision assembly, which comprises a straight slot 209, a sliding block 2010, a positioning pin 2011, a dynamic magnetic block 2012, a static magnetic block 2013 and a spring 2014. The straight slot 209 is formed through the top of the rotating disc 203. The sliding block 2010 is slidingly installed in the straight slot 209 and extends to the top and bottom of the rotating disc 203. The positioning pin 2011 is fixedly installed on the top of the sliding block 2010. The connecting rod 204 is hinged to the sliding block 2010 through the positioning pin 2011. The spring 2014 is fixedly arranged in the straight slot 209 and is fixedly installed between one end of the sliding block 2010 close to the center of the rotating disc 203 and the inner wall of one side of the straight slot 209 close to the center of the rotating disc 203. The dynamic magnetic block 2012 is fixedly installed on the bottom of the sliding block 2010. The static magnetic block 2013 is fixedly installed on the top of the horizontal mounting plate 201 and is close to the center of the rotating disc 203. The magnetic property of the static magnetic block 2013 is opposite to that of the dynamic magnetic block 2012.

[0025] Specifically, in the process of the servo deceleration motor 202 output shaft driving the rotating disc 203 to rotate, initially, due to the elastic force of the spring 2014, the push block 2010 is located at one end of the straight groove 209 away from the center of the rotating disc 203, at this time, the sliding block 2010 and the positioning pin 2011 rotate with the rotating disc 203 at the maximum radius, so the connecting action of the connecting rod 204 drives the dragging plate 205, the optical shaft 206 and the push plate 207 to move at the fastest speed, and in the process of the sliding block 2010 rotating with the rotating disc 203, the moving magnetic block 2012 at the bottom of the sliding block 2010 rotates together, when the push plate 207 is about to contact the apple on the top of the conveying belt 702, the moving magnetic block 2012 just rotates to the periphery of the static magnetic block 2013 with the sliding block 2010, therefore, under the magnetic attraction of the static magnetic block 2013 to the moving magnetic block 2012, the sliding block 2010 slides along the inner wall of the straight groove 209 towards the center of the rotating disc 203, so that the spring 2014 is compressed to accumulate elastic force, at the same time, the sliding block 2010 drives the positioning pin 2011 to move, so that the positioning pin 2011 rotates with the rotating disc 203 at a smaller radius, so the connecting rod 204 drives the dragging plate 205, the optical shaft 206 and the push plate 207 to move at a slower speed, so as to slow down the contact speed of the push plate 207 and the apple on the top of the conveying belt 702, so as to avoid bruising the apple, and after the push plate 207 contacts the apple, as the rotating disc 203 continues to rotate, the moving magnetic block 2012 rotates from the periphery of the static magnetic block 2013 to be misaligned, the magnetic attraction of the moving magnetic block 2012 disappears, then the sliding block 2010, the positioning pin 2011 and the moving magnetic block 2012 are pushed to slide reversely along the inner wall of the straight groove 209 under the elastic force of the spring 2014, after that, the positioning pin 2011 rotates with the rotating disc 203 at the maximum radius, so the speed of the push plate 207 increases, the apple on the conveying belt 702 is quickly pushed into the guide tile groove 600, and finally falls into the collection frame at the bottom of the guide tile groove 600 under the action of gravity, so as to avoid bruising the apple while further improving the movement efficiency of the push plate 207, thereby improving the sorting speed of the apple and the sorting capacity of the apple.

[0026] Further, with reference to Figure 2 One end of the side surface of the aluminum profile transmission frame 100 is fixedly installed with a driving motor 500 through a fixing seat, a driving synchronous wheel 501 is fixedly installed on the output shaft of the driving motor 500, and a driven synchronous wheel 502 is fixedly installed at one end of one conveying roller 701 close to the driving synchronous wheel 501. The driven synchronous wheel 502 and the periphery of the driving synchronous wheel 501 are jointly sleeved with a synchronous belt 503.

[0027] ​Specifically, the output shaft of the drive motor 500 drives the active synchronous pulley 501 to rotate. The rotation of the active synchronous pulley 501 drives the driven synchronous pulley 502 and a conveyor roller 701 connected to the driven synchronous pulley 502 to rotate through the synchronous belt 503, thereby driving the conveyor belt 702 to rotate around the two conveyor rollers 701 to realize the transfer of apples.

[0028] In operation, the present invention drives the active synchronous pulley 501 to rotate via the output shaft of the drive motor 500. The rotation of the active synchronous pulley 501 drives the driven synchronous pulley 502 and a conveyor roller 701 connected to the driven synchronous pulley 502 to rotate via the synchronous belt 503. This, in turn, drives the conveyor belt 702 to rotate around the two conveyor rollers 701. Figure 1 (The conveyor belt 702 operates in the L direction) and transports apples to be sorted. Because anti-roll barriers 703 are evenly spaced on the surface of the conveyor belt 702, the apples can be prevented from rolling laterally during the transport process. Furthermore, due to the limiting effect of the anti-roll sheet metal 400 symmetrically arranged on the top of the conveyor belt 702, the apples on the top of the conveyor belt 702 can be prevented from rolling longitudinally, ensuring that the apples can be transported by the conveyor belt 702 to the other end of the aluminum profile transmission frame 100. During the process of apples being conveyed by conveyor belt 702, multiple sorting cameras 301 continuously collect the appearance, size, and color of the apples. When an apple passes the first set of sorting cameras 301, the sorting camera 301 can identify the apple's color. If the apple's color is bluish, a servo reduction motor 202 corresponding to that sorting camera 301 is activated. Its output shaft drives the turntable 203 to rotate one revolution. The turntable 203 drives the slider 2010 and positioning pin 2011 to rotate together through the straight groove 209, and under the connection of the connecting rod 204, it drives the drag plate 2. 05. The upper and lower optical axes 206 and the push plate 207 move towards the aluminum profile transmission frame 100 along the sliding connection direction between the optical axis 206 and the fixed plate 208. The movement of the push plate 207 pushes the green apples located at the top of the conveyor belt 702 into a guide trough 600 corresponding to the position of the sorting camera 301. Finally, the apples fall into the collection box at the bottom of the guide trough 600 and are collected uniformly. The red apples are directly transported by the conveyor belt 702 to the bottom of the next sorting camera 301 through the bottom of the sorting camera 301. When an apple passes the bottom of the second sorting camera 301, the sorting camera 301 can collect the apple's size information. If the apple is too small, a servo reduction motor 202 corresponding to the sorting camera 301 is activated, and its output shaft drives the turntable 203 to rotate one revolution. The turntable 203 drives the slider 2010 and the positioning pin 2011 to rotate together through the straight groove 209. Under the connection of the connecting rod 204, it drives the drag plate 205, the upper and lower optical axes 206 and the push plate 207 to move along the optical axis 206 and the fixed plate 208. The sliding connection moves towards the aluminum profile transmission frame 100. The push plate 207 moves to push the smaller apples on the top of the conveyor belt 702 into a guide trough 600 corresponding to the position of the sorting camera 301. The apples fall into the collection box at the bottom of the guide trough 600 and are collected uniformly. The larger apples are directly transported by the conveyor belt 702 to the bottom of the next sorting camera 301 through the bottom of the sorting camera 301, and so on, so as to achieve the sorting of apples by size. During the rotation of the turntable 203 driven by the output shaft of the servo geared motor 202, initially, due to the elastic force of the spring 2014, the pusher slider 2010 is located at the end of the straight groove 209 furthest from the center of the turntable 203. At this time, the slider 2010 and the positioning pin 2011 have the largest radius of rotation with the turntable 203. Therefore, the drag plate 205, the optical shaft 206, and the push plate 207 move at the fastest speed through the connecting action of the connecting rod 204. During the rotation of the turntable 203, the slider 2010 drives the moving magnet 201 located at its bottom. 2. As they rotate together, when the push plate 207 is about to contact the apple located at the top of the conveyor belt 702, the moving magnetic block 2012 rotates with the slider 2010 to the periphery of the stationary magnetic block 2013. Since the stationary magnetic block 2013 and the moving magnetic block 2012 have opposite magnetic properties, under the magnetic attraction of the stationary magnetic block 2013 on the moving magnetic block 2012, the slider 2010 slides along the inner wall of the straight groove 209 towards the center of the turntable 203, thereby compressing and storing the elastic force of the spring 2014. At the same time, the slider 2010 drives the positioning pin 2011 to move, causing the positioning pin 2011 to move. As the radius of the pivot pin 2011 decreases with the rotation of the turntable 203, the speed at which the drag plate 205, the optical shaft 206, and the push plate 207 move via the connecting rod 204 slows down. This reduces the contact speed between the push plate 207 and the apples on the top of the conveyor belt 702, preventing the apples from being crushed. After the push plate 207 contacts the apples, as the turntable 203 continues to rotate, the moving magnetic block 2012 rotates from the periphery of the stationary magnetic block 2013 to a misalignment. The magnetic attraction force on the moving magnetic block 2012 disappears, and then, under the action of the spring 2014's rebound force, the push plate 2012... The movable slider 2010, positioning pin 2011, and movable magnetic block 2012 slide back to their original positions along the inner wall of the straight groove 209. Then, the positioning pin 2011 returns to its maximum radius as the turntable 203 rotates, thus accelerating the movement of the push plate 207. This quickly pushes the apples on the conveyor belt 702 into the guide trough 600, where they finally fall into the collection frame at the bottom of the guide trough 600 under gravity. This not only avoids crushing the apples but also further improves the movement efficiency of the push plate 207, thereby increasing the apple sorting speed and improving the apple sorting capacity.

[0029] Although embodiments of the invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention.

Claims

1. An intelligent apple sorting line, characterized in that, include: An aluminum profile conveying frame (100) and a plurality of sorting units (200) are fixedly disposed on one side of the aluminum profile conveying frame (100) and are distributed at equal intervals. The sorting units (200) are used for apple screening. The sorting unit (200) includes: A horizontal mounting plate (201) is fixedly installed inside the aluminum profile transmission frame (100); A servo geared motor (202) is fixedly mounted at the bottom of a horizontal mounting plate (201); Turntable (203), which is rotatably mounted on the top of horizontal mounting plate (201), and its central shaft is connected to the output shaft of servo geared motor (202) via a coupling; Linkage (204), which is hinged to one end of the top of turntable (203); A drag plate (205) is hinged to the end of the connecting rod (204) away from the turntable (203); The optical axis (206) is fixed vertically on one side of the drag plate (205) near the aluminum profile transmission frame (100); Push plate (207), which is fixedly installed at the end of the upper and lower optical axes (206) away from the drag plate (205).

2. The intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 1, characterized in that, The sorting unit (200) further includes an anti-collision component, which includes: A straight groove (209) is formed through the top of the turntable (203); A slider (2010) is slidably mounted inside a straight groove (209) and extends to the top and bottom of a turntable (203); A positioning pin (2011) is fixedly installed on the top of the slider (2010), and the connecting rod (204) is hinged to the slider (2010) through the positioning pin (2011); Spring (2014) is fixedly installed inside the straight groove (209) and fixedly installed between the end of the slider (2010) near the center of the turntable (203) and the inner wall of the straight groove (209) near the center of the turntable (203).

3. The intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 2, characterized in that, The anti-collision component also includes: A moving magnetic block (2012) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the slider (2010); A static magnetic block (2013) is fixedly installed on the top of a horizontal mounting plate (201) and close to the center of a turntable (203). The static magnetic block (2013) has the opposite magnetism to the moving magnetic block (2012).

4. The intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 3, characterized in that, A fixing plate (208) is fixedly installed on the side of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100). The fixing plate (208) is located between the drag plate (205) and the push plate (207). The optical axis (206) moves through the inside of the fixing plate (208). The optical axis (206) is slidably installed with the fixing plate (208) through linear bearings. The left and right ends of the push plate (207) are bent at 45° away from the fixing plate (208).

5. An intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 4, characterized in that, The aluminum profile transmission frame (100) has multiple columns (300) that are evenly distributed on the top. The top of the columns (300) is fixedly mounted with a sorting camera (301) by a bracket. The sorting camera (301) is used for apple sorting and identification, and the position of the sorting camera (301) corresponds one-to-one with the position of the sorting unit (200).

6. The intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 5, characterized in that, Two anti-roll sheet metals (400) are fixedly installed on the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100). The two anti-roll sheet metals (400) are symmetrically distributed about the central axis of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100). The included angle between the anti-roll sheet metals (400) and the top of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100) is R, and the value of R is between 15 and 20°.

7. An intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 6, characterized in that, Both ends of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100) are rotatably mounted with conveyor rollers (701) via bearings. The two conveyor rollers (701) are connected together by a conveyor belt (702). The conveyor belt (702) is located between two anti-roll sheet metals (400), and the distance between the top of the conveyor belt (702) and the lowest point of the anti-roll sheet metal (400) is 2-3 mm. Anti-roll barriers (703) are evenly distributed on the outer wall of the conveyor roller (701), and the anti-roll barriers (703) are integrally formed with the conveyor roller (701).

8. An intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 7, characterized in that, A drive motor (500) is fixedly mounted on one side of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100) via a fixed seat. An active synchronous pulley (501) is fixedly mounted on the output shaft of the drive motor (500). A driven synchronous pulley (502) is fixedly mounted on one end of the conveying roller (701) near the active synchronous pulley (501). A synchronous belt (503) is fitted around the driven synchronous pulley (502) and the active synchronous pulley (501).

9. An intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 8, characterized in that, Multiple equally spaced guide grooves (600) are fixedly installed on the top side of the aluminum profile transmission frame (100) away from the sorting unit (200), and the positions of the guide grooves (600) correspond one-to-one with the positions of the sorting unit (200).

10. An intelligent apple sorting line according to claim 9, characterized in that, A 2-3mm gap is provided between the bottom of the push plate (207) and the highest point of the anti-roll sheet metal (400), and a 5mm thick silicone pad is pasted on the side of the push plate (207) away from the optical axis (206).

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