Miniature sweet pepper seed extractor
By designing a miniature bell pepper seed picking machine, automatic peeling and seed collection of bell pepper fruits is achieved using automated equipment, which solves the problems of inefficient and high labor intensity of existing bell pepper seed picking processes, and significantly improves work efficiency and the degree of automation of equipment.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202422456600.0
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-10-11
- Publication Date
- 2025-06-03
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-10-11
AI Technical Summary
The existing bell pepper seed extraction process is manual and operated manually, with low efficiency, high labor intensity and lack of support from automation equipment.
A miniature bell pepper seed picker is designed, using a highly automated structure, including a transverse shift mechanism, a rotating mechanism, a lifting mechanism and a spring boom system. Through these components, the automatic peeling and seed collection of bell pepper fruits is achieved.
The automation of bell pepper seed collection is achieved, which significantly improves work efficiency, reduces labor intensity, and ensures the fixing and reliability of bell pepper fruits during the treatment process.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural production equipment, and particularly relates to a mini sweet pepper seed extractor. Background Art
[0002] Sweet pepper, belonging to the genus Capsicum of the Solanaceae family, is a subspecies that can bear sweet berries, and is an annual or perennial herb. The pulp is thick, crispy and tender, and is rich in vitamin C. Sweet pepper evolved from peppers native to the tropical regions of Central and South America in North America. Through long-term cultivation and artificial selection, traits such as increased fruit volume, thickened pulp, disappearance of spiciness, and increased number of carpels and locules have occurred.
[0003] In order to further cultivate and plant sweet peppers, it is often necessary to extract the seeds of sweet peppers for planting. However, at present, the seeds of sweet peppers are manually extracted, with low work efficiency and high labor intensity. Therefore, it is necessary to design a mini sweet pepper seed extractor for breeding units to collect seeds. Summary of the Utility Model
[0004] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide a mini sweet pepper seed extractor with high automation degree and capable of quickly collecting seeds.
[0005] To solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is as follows:
[0006] A mini sweet pepper seed extractor, which includes a top plate and a transverse movement mechanism arranged at the bottom of the top plate. The moving block of the transverse movement mechanism is connected to a rotation mechanism, and the output shaft of the rotation mechanism is connected to a fixing component for fixing sweet pepper fruits;
[0007] A tray is arranged directly below the fixing component. The tray is arranged on an installation platform, and the installation platform is arranged on a first lifting mechanism through a flat thrust ball bearing; a second lifting mechanism is fixedly arranged on the right side of the first lifting mechanism, a placement platform is fixedly arranged above the second lifting mechanism, a support frame is placed above the placement platform, and a mesh bag is sleeved on the support frame;
[0008] On the top plate, a first spring piece and a second spring piece are respectively fixedly arranged at the left and right ends of the transverse movement mechanism. The first spring piece is connected to an arc-shaped first arm rod, and the second spring piece is connected to an arc-shaped second arm rod. A blade is fixedly arranged at the free end of the first arm rod, and a scraper is fixedly arranged at the free end of the second arm rod.
[0009] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the first spring piece and the second spring piece are fixedly arranged at the end of the top plate and inclined obliquely downward. Installation grooves are provided at both the left and right ends of the top plate, and a horizontally arranged support plate is hinged in the installation groove through a rotating shaft; the width of the support plate is smaller than the width of the installation groove, so that it can swing around the rotating shaft. Two baffle plates are vertically and fixedly arranged at the free end of the support plate. The two baffle plates form an included angle with respect to the length direction of the support plate, and the distance between the two baffle plates is not less than the width of the first spring piece or the second spring piece. When the baffle plates rotate to a position overlapping the first spring piece or the second spring piece up and down, the two baffle plates are just parallel to the length direction of the first spring piece or the second spring piece.
[0010] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the fixing component includes a horizontally arranged fixing plate and a plurality of insertion plates uniformly arranged circumferentially at the bottom of the fixing plate. The lower end of the insertion plate is in a sharp angle shape.
[0011] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the fixing component is a three-finger electric gripper, and its three gripper fingers are made of flexible plastic or rubber materials.
[0012] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the transverse movement mechanism adopts a reciprocating lead screw, and the motor drives the lead screw to rotate to make the moving block reciprocate along the lead screw.
[0013] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the bottom of the tray is arranged on the installation platform through three buffer mechanisms uniformly arranged circumferentially. The buffer mechanism includes a buffer cylinder fixedly arranged on the installation platform and a buffer rod inserted into the buffer cylinder. The upper end of the buffer rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the tray, and a buffer spring is arranged in the buffer cylinder.
[0014] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, both the first arm rod and the second arm rod are vertically arranged and the free ends are bent towards directly below the fixing component; the cutting edge of the blade is arranged along the horizontal direction, and the scraping plate is arranged along the vertical direction.
[0015] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the scraping plate is made of rubber or silica gel material, and its inner contour is arc-shaped.
[0016] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the tray is in a bowl shape with an upward opening; the support frame is in a cylindrical shape or a bowl shape with an upward opening.
[0017] As an implementation manner of the present utility model, the top plate is arranged directly above the bottom plate through four columns, and the lower ends of the first lifting mechanism and the second lifting mechanism are installed on the bottom plate.
[0018] The beneficial effects of adopting the above technical solutions are as follows:
[0019] The mini sweet pepper seed extractor provided by the utility model has a high degree of automation. After placing the sweet pepper fruit on the tray, the tray is driven to rise by the first lifting mechanism. As the sweet pepper fruit rises, the insertion plate will insert into the upper part of the sweet pepper fruit. As the tray rises further, the tray will press tightly against the bottom of the sweet pepper fruit, and then the blade will be pressed against the upper side of the sweet pepper fruit. Subsequently, the rotation mechanism is used to control the insertion plate to drive the sweet pepper fruit to rotate. As the sweet pepper fruit rotates, the peel is cut off in a circular shape by the blade. The first lifting mechanism is controlled to descend, and the cut-off peel is taken away, and the placenta stays on the insertion plate. The rotation mechanism is driven by the transverse movement mechanism to move directly above the second lifting mechanism. After putting the support frame on the placement platform with a net bag, the scraping plate is pressed against the surface of the placenta, and then the rotation mechanism is used to control the insertion plate to drive the placenta to rotate. As the placenta rotates, the seeds are scraped off by the scraping plate and fall into the net bag. The support frame is removed, the net bag together with the seeds inside is taken off, the bag mouth is tied tightly and then dried and stored, which greatly speeds up the seed collection speed.
[0020] During the processes of peeling and seed extraction, the sweet pepper fruit is always fixed on the insertion plate without being inserted and pulled back and forth to avoid damage to the sweet pepper fruit and resulting in insecure fixation. By setting the support plate, when the blade and the scraping plate are not in use, the spring piece can be placed between the two baffles of the support plate to raise the arm rod, preventing the blade and the scraping plate from hurting people and facilitating the placement of the sweet pepper fruit on the tray. Brief Description of the Drawings
[0021] Figure 1 is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0022] Figure 2 is Figure 1 the partial enlarged schematic diagram at A in
[0023] Figure 3 is the structural schematic diagram of another angle of the utility model.
[0024] Figure 4 is the structural schematic diagram of yet another angle of the utility model.
[0025] Figure 5 is the structural schematic diagram of yet another angle of the utility model.
[0026] Figure 6 is the front view structural schematic diagram of the utility model.
[0027] Wherein: 1 bottom plate, 2 upright column, 3 top plate, 4 transverse movement mechanism, 5 moving block, 6 rotating mechanism, 7 fixing plate, 8 inserting plate, 9 first spring piece, 10 first arm rod, 11 blade, 12 second spring piece, 13 second arm rod, 14 scraping plate, 15 installation groove, 16 support plate, 17 baffle plate, 18 rotating shaft, 19 first lifting mechanism, 20 flat thrust ball bearing, 21 installation platform, 22 buffer cylinder, 23 buffer rod, 24 tray, 25 second lifting mechanism, 26 placing platform, 27 support frame, 28 sweet pepper fruit, 29 placenta, 30 spike. Detailed implementation mode
[0028] To make the objectives, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model clearer, the following describes the utility model clearly and completely with reference to specific embodiments.
[0029] As Figures 1-6 shown, a kind of micro sweet pepper seed removing machine includes a top plate 3 and a transverse movement mechanism 4 arranged at the bottom of the top plate 3. The moving block 5 of the transverse movement mechanism 4 is connected to a rotating mechanism 6, and the output shaft of the rotating mechanism 6 is connected to a fixing component for fixing the sweet pepper fruit 28.
[0030] A tray 24 is arranged directly below the fixing component. The tray 24 is arranged on an installation platform 21, and the installation platform 21 is arranged on a first lifting mechanism 19 through a flat thrust ball bearing 20. A second lifting mechanism 25 is fixedly arranged on the right side of the first lifting mechanism 19. A placing platform 26 is fixedly arranged above the second lifting mechanism 25. A support frame 27 is placed above the placing platform 26, and a net bag is sleeved on the support frame 27.
[0031] A first spring piece 9 and a second spring piece 12 are respectively fixedly arranged at the left and right ends of the transverse movement mechanism on the top plate 3. The first spring piece 9 is connected to an arc-shaped first arm rod 10, and the second spring piece 12 is connected to an arc-shaped second arm rod 13. A blade 11 is fixedly arranged at the free end of the first arm rod 10, and a scraping plate 14 is fixedly arranged at the free end of the second arm rod 13. The spring piece is an elastic thin plate-shaped component made of a metal material, such as a leaf spring.
[0032] The micro sweet pepper seed removing machine has a high degree of automation and greatly speeds up the seed collection speed. During the skin cutting and seed removing processes, the sweet pepper fruit 28 is always fixed on the inserting plate 8 without being inserted and pulled out back and forth to avoid damage to the sweet pepper fruit 28 and resulting in insecure fixation. By arranging the support plate 16, when the blade 11 and the scraping plate 14 are not in use, the spring piece can be placed between the two baffle plates 17 of the support plate 16 to raise the arm rod, prevent the blade 11 and the scraping plate 14 from hurting people, and at the same time facilitate placing the sweet pepper fruit 28 on the tray 24.
[0033] As Figure 2As shown, in this embodiment, the first spring piece 9 and the second spring piece 12 are fixedly arranged at the end of the top plate 3 and inclined obliquely downward. Installation grooves 15 are formed at both the left and right ends of the top plate 3. A horizontally arranged support plate 16 is hinged in the installation groove 15 through a rotating shaft 18. The width of the support plate 16 is smaller than the width of the installation groove 15, so that it can swing around the rotating shaft 18. Two baffle plates 17 are vertically and fixedly arranged at the free end of the support plate 16. The two baffle plates 17 form an angle with respect to the length direction of the support plate 16, and the distance between the two baffle plates 17 is not less than the width of the first spring piece 9 or the second spring piece 12. When the baffle plates 17 rotate to a position overlapping the first spring piece 9 or the second spring piece 12 up and down, the two baffle plates 17 are just parallel to the length direction of the first spring piece 9 or the second spring piece 12, so that the first spring piece 9 or the second spring piece 12 can be placed between the two baffle plates 17 after being lifted.
[0034] As an implementation manner, the fixing component includes a horizontally arranged fixing plate 7 and three inserting plates 8 uniformly arranged circumferentially at the bottom of the fixing plate 7. The lower end of the inserting plate 8 is in a sharp angle shape, which is convenient for inserting into the sweet pepper fruit 28. The middle part of the inserting plate 8 has a wider size, and the width direction is along the radial direction of the radius of the fixing plate 7, so that the inserting plate 8 can fully drive the sweet pepper fruit 28 to rotate, preventing the sweet pepper fruit 28 from falling due to damage caused by the inserting plate 8 being too thin.
[0035] As another implementation manner, the fixing component is a three-finger electric gripper, and its three gripper fingers are made of flexible plastic or rubber materials, and the sweet pepper fruit 28 is clamped and fixed by the three electric grippers.
[0036] The transverse movement mechanism adopts a reciprocating lead screw, and the motor drives the lead screw to rotate to make the moving block 5 move reciprocally along the lead screw. In addition, the transverse movement mechanism can also adopt a rodless cylinder or a rodless hydraulic cylinder, and drives the moving block 5 to move reciprocally to drive the rotating mechanism 6 to move horizontally.
[0037] The rotating mechanism 6 adopts a servo motor or a reduction motor with an output shaft facing downward.
[0038] As a further optimization, the bottom of the tray 24 is arranged on the installation platform 21 through three circumferentially and uniformly arranged buffer mechanisms. The buffer mechanism includes a buffer cylinder 22 fixedly arranged on the installation platform 21 and a buffer rod 23 inserted into the buffer cylinder 22. The upper end of the buffer rod 23 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the tray 24. A buffer spring is arranged in the buffer cylinder 22. After the tray 24 rises and the sweet pepper fruit 28 is fixed on the inserting plate 8, during the further rising of the tray 24 to clamp the sweet pepper fruit 28, due to the action of the buffer spring, it is possible to avoid squeezing the sweet pepper fruit and breaking it due to excessive pressure.
[0039] The first arm 10 and the second arm 13 are both vertically arranged and the free ends are bent downward right below the fixing assembly; the cutting edge of the blade 11 is arranged along the horizontal direction, and the scraping plate 14 is arranged along the vertical direction. The scraping plate 14 is made of rubber or silica gel, and its inner contour is arc-shaped and corresponds to the contour of the placenta 29.
[0040] As a further optimization, the tray 24 is in the shape of a bowl with an upward opening, which can make the placement and vertical movement process of the bell pepper fruit 28 more stable. As a further optimization, a plurality of spikes 30 are fixedly arranged on the upper part of the tray 24 for fixing the bottom of the bell pepper fruit 28, so that the bell pepper fruit 28 always maintains a vertical shape during the rotation process.
[0041] As Figures 1-5 shown, the support frame 27 is in a cylindrical shape. As a further optimization, as Figure 6 shown, the support frame 27 is in the shape of a bowl with an upward opening. Under the action of the second lifting mechanism 25, the upper edge of the support frame 27 can be slightly higher than the height of the placenta 29, which can prevent the seeds from flying around after being scraped off.
[0042] The top plate 3 is arranged directly above the bottom plate 1 through four columns 2, and the lower ends of the first lifting mechanism 19 and the second lifting mechanism 25 are installed on the bottom plate 1.
[0043] In addition, the transverse movement mechanism 4, the rotation mechanism 6, the first lifting mechanism 19, and the second lifting mechanism 25 are respectively provided with independent switches and a total switch for automatically realizing seed extraction. Each step can be controlled separately through the independent switches, and the cutting, transverse movement, seed extraction, and seed receiving operations of the bell pepper fruit 28 can be completed with one key through the total switch. The independent switches and the total switch are arranged on the bottom plate 1 or the top plate 3.
[0044] Specific usage process:
[0045] 1) After placing the bell pepper fruit 28 on the tray 24, drive the tray 24 to rise through the first lifting mechanism 19. As the bell pepper fruit 28 rises, the insertion plate 8 will be inserted into the upper part of the bell pepper fruit 28. As the tray 24 rises further, the tray 24 will press tightly against the bottom of the bell pepper fruit 28;
[0046] 2) Remove the first spring piece 9 from the support plate 16 to press the blade 11 against the upper side of the bell pepper fruit 28;
[0047] 3) Control the insertion plate 8 to drive the bell pepper fruit 28 to rotate through the rotation mechanism 6. The bell pepper fruit 28 will drive the installation platform 21 to rotate together. As the bell pepper fruit 28 rotates, the peel will be cut off in a ring by the blade 11;
[0048] 4) Lift the first arm 10 to make the first spring piece 9 rest between the two baffles 17 on the support plate 16;
[0049] 5) Control the first lifting mechanism 19 to descend, and the cut peel is taken away while the placenta 29 stays on the plug board 8;
[0050] 6) Drive the rotating mechanism 6 to move above the second lifting mechanism 25 through the transverse movement mechanism 4, put the support frame 27 on the placement platform 26 after covering it with a net bag;
[0051] 7) Remove the second spring piece 12 from the support plate 16, make the scraper 14 abut against the surface of the placenta 29, and then control the plug board 8 to drive the placenta 29 to rotate through the rotating mechanism 6. As the placenta 29 rotates, the seeds are scraped off by the scraper 14 and fall into the net bag;
[0052] 8) Lift the second arm rod 13 to make the second spring piece 12 be placed between the two baffles 17 of the support plate 16, remove the support frame 27, take off the net bag together with the seeds inside, tie the bag mouth tightly and dry it for storage.
[0053] Although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions recorded in the foregoing embodiments, or perform equivalent replacements on some of the technical features; and these modifications or replacements do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions deviate from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model.
Claims
1. A miniature sweet pepper seed extractor, characterized in that: It comprises a top plate and a transverse movement mechanism arranged at the bottom of the top plate, wherein a moving block of the transverse movement mechanism is connected to a rotating mechanism, and an output shaft of the rotating mechanism is connected to a fixing component for fixing the sweet pepper fruit; A tray is arranged directly below the fixing assembly, and the tray is arranged on a mounting platform, and the mounting platform is arranged on a first lifting mechanism through a plane thrust ball bearing; a second lifting mechanism is fixedly arranged on the right side of the first lifting mechanism, and a placement platform is fixedly arranged above the second lifting mechanism, and a support frame is placed above the placement platform, and a net bag is sleeved on the support frame; The top plate is fixed with a first spring sheet and a second spring sheet at the left and right ends of the transverse movement mechanism respectively, the first spring sheet is connected to the arc-shaped first arm rod, the second spring sheet is connected to the arc-shaped second arm rod, a blade is fixed at the free end of the first arm rod, and a scraper is fixed at the free end of the second arm rod.
2. The miniature bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first spring sheet and the second spring sheet are fixedly arranged at the end of the top plate in an inclined manner downward, and mounting grooves are provided at both left and right ends of the top plate, and a horizontally arranged support plate is hinged in the mounting groove through a rotating shaft; the width of the support plate is smaller than the width of the mounting groove, so that the support plate can swing with the rotating shaft as the axis, and two baffles are vertically fixedly arranged at the free end of the support plate, and the two baffles form an angle with respect to the length direction of the support plate and the spacing between the two baffles is not less than the width of the first spring sheet or the second spring sheet, so that when the baffle is rotated to a position overlapping with the first spring sheet or the second spring sheet up and down, the two baffles are just parallel to the length direction of the first spring sheet or the second spring sheet.
3. The miniature bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fixing assembly comprises a horizontally arranged fixing plate and a plurality of plugging plates uniformly arranged at the bottom of the fixing plate in a circumferential direction, and the lower ends of the plugging plates are pointed.
4. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fixing component is a three-finger electric clamp, and the three clamping fingers are made of flexible plastic or rubber material.
5. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The transverse movement mechanism adopts a reciprocating screw, and the motor drives the screw to rotate so that the moving block reciprocates along the screw.
6. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the tray is set on the mounting platform through three buffer mechanisms evenly arranged in the circumference. The buffer mechanism includes a buffer tube fixed on the mounting platform and a buffer rod inserted in the buffer tube. The upper end of the buffer rod is fixedly connected to the bottom of the tray. A buffer spring is arranged in the buffer tube.
7. A miniature sweet pepper seed extractor according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that: The first arm and the second arm are both arranged vertically and the free ends are bent toward the bottom of the fixed assembly; the blade edge of the blade is arranged along the horizontal direction, and the scraper is arranged along the vertical direction.
8. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 7, characterized in that: The scraper is made of rubber or silicone material, and its inner side profile is arc-shaped.
9. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 8, characterized in that: The tray is in a bowl shape with an opening facing upward; the support frame is in a cylindrical shape or a bowl shape with an opening facing upward.
10. The micro bell pepper seed extractor according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top plate is arranged directly above the bottom plate through four columns, and the lower ends of the first lifting mechanism and the second lifting mechanism are installed on the bottom plate.