Discharge hopper structure of color sorter

By setting up a feed-squeezing mechanism and vibrating parts in the outgoing hopper of the color sorter, combined with the buffer plate and the material barrier plate, the problems of material blockage and splashing are solved, and the smooth discharge and efficient sorting of materials are achieved.

CN223056162UActive Publication Date: 2025-07-04HEFEI PINGHAO PHOTOELECTRIC TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202422070638.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-08-26
Publication Date
2025-07-04
Estimated Expiration
2034-08-26

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Technical Problem

The hopper of the existing color sorter is easily blocked and the material is easily splashed when discharged, affecting the sorting effect and efficiency.

Method used

The feeding mechanism is set up in the discharge hopper, including spiral twisted dragon blades and vibrators, combined with the vibration motor to drive the discharge port to vibrate, and match the buffer plate and the material barrier plate to prevent blockage and splashing.

Benefits of technology

Effectively avoid material clogging, improve discharge efficiency, prevent material splashing, ensure smooth discharge of materials, and improve sorting effect.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a discharge hopper structure of a color sorter, and relates to the technical field of color sorters. Comprising a color sorter body, and a plurality of discharging hoppers distributed at equal intervals are arranged at the lower end of one side of the color sorter body; a material guiding opening is formed in the bottom of the discharging hopper; the vibrating part is arranged at the bottom of the discharging hopper; and the top of the discharge port is communicated with the material guide port. According to the color sorter discharging hopper structure, the material buffering mechanism is arranged in the discharging hopper, the auger blade is arranged in the movable sleeve on the material buffering mechanism, the auger blade is of a spiral structure, the material buffering effect is achieved, the movable sleeve is of a movable structure, and the effect of buffering unloading is achieved through cooperation of the movable sleeve and the first spring; and on one hand, material blockage is avoided, on the other hand, the materials are protected, the vibration motors are arranged on the two sides of the bottom of the discharging hopper, the vibration motors drive the discharging opening to vibrate, and material blockage can be avoided.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of color sorters, in particular to a discharge hopper structure of a color sorter. Background Technique

[0002] A color sorter is a device that automatically sorts out different-colored particles in granular materials based on the differences in the optical properties of the materials. It uses photoelectric detection technology and is widely used in the fields of bulk material or packaged industrial products and food quality inspection and grading. In a color sorter, the material enters the discharge hopper through the sorting area, and the discharge hopper separates materials of different qualities and centrally conveys them to a unified storage device. Among them, how to separate the better-quality part of the material and transfer it to the color sorter is the key, and the transfer effect will directly affect the color sorting effect of the color sorter.

[0003] The utility model with the publication number of CN215940710U discloses a discharge hopper of a color sorter, which includes an outer hopper. The bottom end of the outer hopper outer wall is fixedly sleeved with a second connecting sleeve, the second connecting sleeve is fixedly sleeved on the top end of the connecting cylinder outer wall through a second fixing bolt, the bottom end of the connecting cylinder outer wall is fixedly sleeved with a first connecting sleeve through a first fixing bolt, the front side of the bottom end of the first connecting sleeve is fixedly connected to the top end of the defective product discharge port, and the rear side of the bottom end of the first connecting sleeve is fixedly connected to the top end of the good product discharge port.

[0004] As shown in the above-mentioned utility model, the existing discharge hopper of a color sorter generally sets the good product discharge port to be inclined. When the material enters the good product discharge port, it first contacts the buffer plate. A number of springs fixedly connected to the bottom end of the buffer plate can effectively reduce the impact force of the material collision. At the same time, a buffer pad is filled on one side of the good product filter plate to prevent the good product from colliding when entering the good product filter pipe. However, this method reduces the flow rate of the material, making the material prone to blockage in the discharge hopper. Moreover, although the discharge port is set as an inclined structure in this way, the inclination angle of this inclined structure is small, making the material prone to splash when discharged, resulting in unnecessary waste. Content of the Utility Model

[0005] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a discharge hopper structure of a color sorter, which solves the above problems.

[0006] To achieve the above purposes, the utility model is realized through the following technical solutions: A discharge hopper structure of a color sorter, including:

[0007] A color sorter main body, and a plurality of discharge hoppers are arranged at equal intervals at the lower end of one side of the color sorter main body;

[0008] A discharge hopper, the top of the discharge hopper is connected to the color sorter main body through a discharge port, a guide port is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper, and a material slowing mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper;

[0009] A vibrating member, which is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper and is used to drive the discharge port to vibrate and discharge materials;

[0010] A discharge port, the top of which is communicated with the material guiding port, and both sides of the top of the discharge port are connected to the vibrating member, and is used to slowly discharge materials from the color sorter.

[0011] Preferably, the material buffering mechanism includes a movable sleeve arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper. The top end of the movable sleeve is connected to the inner wall of the upper end of the discharge hopper through an elastic sealing sleeve, and a screw conveyor blade is fixed inside the movable sleeve.

[0012] Preferably, a plurality of convex blocks distributed in an annular array are fixed in the middle of the circumferential side of the movable sleeve. A plurality of chutes distributed in an annular array are opened on the inner wall of the middle part of the discharge hopper. The convex blocks are located in the chutes, and both the upper and lower ends of the convex blocks are connected to the inner wall of the chute through the first springs.

[0013] Preferably, the vibrating member includes extension plates fixed on both sides of the lower surface of the discharge hopper. A vibrating motor is fixed in the middle of the outer side of the extension plate. The output end of the vibrating motor is connected to a connecting plate. The connecting plate is located inside the extension plate. One side of the connecting plate is connected to the extension plate through a telescopic rod, and bolts are arranged at both ends of one side of the connecting plate.

[0014] Preferably, mounting holes are opened on both sides of the top end of the discharge port, and the mounting holes are adapted to the bolts. A convex plate is fixed on the top of the discharge end of the discharge port. A magnetic attraction plate is attached and connected to the top of the discharge end of the discharge port. A matching groove is opened in the middle of the magnetic attraction plate, and the matching groove is adapted to the convex plate. One end of the magnetic attraction plate is fixed with an inclined baffle plate.

[0015] Preferably, a buffer plate is movably connected to the middle side wall of the discharge port through a pin shaft. One end of the buffer plate is connected to the inner bottom wall of the discharge port through a plurality of second springs distributed at equal intervals. An elastic sealing belt is arranged on the outer side of the buffer plate, and the circumferential side of the elastic sealing belt is connected to the inner wall of the discharge port.

[0016] Beneficial effects

[0017] The utility model provides a structure of a discharge hopper of a color sorter. Compared with the prior art, the following beneficial effects are achieved:

[0018] 1. The discharge hopper structure of this color sorter is equipped with a material slow-down mechanism inside the discharge hopper. A screw blade is arranged inside the movable sleeve of the material slow-down mechanism, and the screw blade is set as a spiral structure, achieving the effect of slowing down the material. The movable sleeve is set as a movable structure and plays a role of buffering and unloading force in cooperation with the first spring. On the one hand, it avoids material blockage, and on the other hand, it protects the material. Vibration motors are arranged on both sides of the bottom of the discharge hopper. The vibration motors drive the discharge port to vibrate and simultaneously drive the discharge hopper to vibrate slightly, which can avoid material blockage and improve the discharge efficiency of this device.

[0019] 2. The discharge hopper structure of this color sorter is provided with a baffle at the opening of the discharge port. The baffle can prevent material from splashing and avoid unnecessary waste. At the same time, a buffer plate is arranged inside the cavity of the discharge port. The buffer plate plays a buffering role in cooperation with the second spring, buffers the material falling into the discharge port, and at the same time avoids the situation of material splashing caused by too fast material flow rate. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;

[0021] Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the discharge hopper structure of the present utility model;

[0022] Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the vibration member structure of the present utility model;

[0023] Figure 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the discharge hopper structure of the present utility model;

[0024] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the discharge port structure of the present utility model;

[0025] Figure 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the discharge port structure of the present utility model.

[0026] In the figure: color sorter main body 1, discharge hopper 11, material guiding port 12, movable sleeve 13, elastic sealing sleeve 14, screw blade 15, convex block 16, sliding groove 17, first spring 18, vibration member 2, extension plate 21, vibration motor 22, connecting plate 23, telescopic rod 24, bolt 25, discharge port 3, mounting hole 31, convex plate 32, magnetic attraction plate 32, mating groove 33, baffle 34, buffer plate 35, second spring 36, elastic sealing belt 37. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

[0027] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0028] Refer to Figure 1-6 , the present invention provides the following two technical solutions:

[0029] The first implementation method: A color sorter discharge hopper structure includes:

[0030] The color sorter main body 1, and a plurality of discharge hoppers 11 are arranged at equal intervals at the lower end of one side of the color sorter main body 1.

[0031] The discharge hopper 11, the top of the discharge hopper 11 is connected to the color sorter main body 1 through a discharge port, a guide port 12 is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper 11, a slow-moving material mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper 11, the slow-moving material mechanism includes a movable sleeve 13 arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper 11, the top end of the movable sleeve 13 is connected to the inner wall of the upper end of the discharge hopper 11 through an elastic sealing sleeve 14, and the elastic sealing sleeve 14 plays a sealing role to prevent materials from falling into the gap between the movable sleeve 13 and the inner cavity of the discharge hopper 11. A screw blade 15 is fixed inside the movable sleeve 13, and the screw blade 15 is arranged in a spiral structure to enable the materials to be discharged slowly. A plurality of convex blocks 16 distributed in an annular array are fixed in the middle of the circumferential side of the movable sleeve 13. A plurality of chutes 17 distributed in an annular array are opened on the inner wall of the middle part of the discharge hopper 11. The convex blocks 16 are located in the chutes 17, and both the upper and lower ends of the convex blocks 16 are connected to the inner wall of the chutes 17 through the first springs 18. The cooperation between the convex blocks 16 and the chutes 17 plays a guiding role to keep the movable sleeve 13 moving vertically up and down. The first springs 18 play a buffering and vibrating role to prevent material blockage and at the same time play a protective role for the materials.

[0032] The vibrating member 2 is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper 11 and is used to drive the discharge port 3 to vibrate and discharge materials. The vibrating member 2 includes extension plates 21 fixed on both sides of the lower surface of the discharge hopper 11. A vibrating motor 22 is fixed in the middle of the outer side of the extension plates 21. The output end of the vibrating motor 22 is connected to a connecting plate 23. The connecting plate 23 is located inside the extension plates 21. One side of the connecting plate 23 is connected to the extension plates 21 through a telescopic rod 24. The arrangement of the telescopic rod 24 enables the connecting plate 23 to move horizontally and at the same time improves the connection strength between the connecting plate 23 and the extension plates 21. Bolts 25 are arranged at both ends of one side of the connecting plate 23.

[0033] The discharge port 3, the top of the discharge port 3 is communicated with the material guiding port 12, and both sides of the top of the discharge port 3 are connected with the vibrating member 2, which is used to slowly discharge the material from the color sorter. Two vibrating motors 22 cooperate to drive the discharge port 3 to vibrate.

[0034] The second implementation manner, the main difference from the first implementation manner is that: mounting holes 31 are opened on both sides of the top end of the discharge port 3, the mounting holes 31 are adapted to the bolts 25, a convex plate 32 is fixed to the top of the discharge end of the discharge port 3, a magnetic attraction plate 32 is attached to the top of the discharge end of the discharge port 3, a matching groove 33 is opened in the middle of the magnetic attraction plate 32, the matching groove 33 is adapted to the convex plate 32, which plays a role in limiting and prevents the magnetic attraction plate 32 from moving randomly. One end of the magnetic attraction plate 32 is fixed with an inclined baffle plate 34, and the baffle plate 34 plays a role in blocking the material to prevent the material from splashing. The middle side wall of the discharge port 3 is movably connected with a buffer plate 35 through a pin shaft. One end of the buffer plate 35 is connected with the inner bottom wall of the discharge port 3 through a plurality of second springs 36 distributed at equal intervals. The buffer plate 35 and the second springs 36 cooperate to play a role in buffering and protecting the material, and at the same time reduce the flow rate of the material to avoid the material from splashing. An elastic sealing belt 37 is arranged outside the buffer plate 35, and the periphery of the elastic sealing belt 37 is connected with the inner wall of the discharge port 3. The elastic sealing belt 37 is arranged to play a role in sealing to prevent the material from falling below the buffer plate 35.

[0035] At the same time, the content not described in detail in this specification belongs to the prior art well-known to those skilled in the art, and the model parameters of each electrical appliance are not specifically limited, and conventional equipment can be used.

[0036] During use, first, the material passes through the screening of the color sorter and falls into the discharge hopper 11. The movable sleeve 13 in the discharge hopper 11 contacts the material through the auger blade 15. The material falls from the material guiding port 12 into the discharge port 3 along the auger blade 15. When the auger blade 15 contacts the material, it moves downward under the impact, so that the movable sleeve 13 drives the convex block 16 to move in the chute 17, causing the first spring 18 to deform and be stressed, producing an effect of buffering and unloading force, and at the same time achieving a certain vibration effect to avoid material blockage. At the same time, two vibrating motors 22 are started. The vibrating motors 22 drive the discharge port 3 to vibrate through the connecting plate 23, and at the same time drive the discharge hopper 11 to vibrate slightly. The material in the discharge port 3 falls to the elastic sealing belt 37 on the buffer plate 35. The buffer plate 35 is stressed to drive the second spring 36 to compress, playing a role in buffering and unloading force to avoid damage to the material. When the flow rate of the material at the outlet of the discharge port 3 is too fast, the magnetic attraction plate 32 is installed at the discharge port 3, and the baffle plate 34 thereon plays a role in blocking the material to prevent the material from splashing.

[0037] It should be noted that in this text, relational terms such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any actual relationship or order between these entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "comprising", "including" or any other variation thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or device comprising a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent to such process, method, article or device.

[0038] Although the embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, those of ordinary skill in the art can understand that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present invention. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter, characterized in that, Including: A color sorter main body, and a plurality of discharge hoppers evenly distributed at equal intervals are arranged at the lower end of one side of the color sorter main body; A discharge hopper, the top of the discharge hopper is connected to the color sorter main body through a discharge port, a material guiding port is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper, and a material slow-down mechanism is arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper; A vibrating member, the vibrating member is arranged at the bottom of the discharge hopper and is used to drive the discharge port to vibrate and discharge materials; A discharge port, the top of the discharge port is communicated with the material guiding port, and both sides of the top of the discharge port are connected to the vibrating member, and are used to slowly discharge materials from the color sorter.

2. The structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter according to claim 1, wherein: The material slow-down mechanism includes a movable sleeve arranged in the inner cavity of the discharge hopper, the top end of the movable sleeve is connected to the inner wall of the upper end of the discharge hopper through an elastic sealing sleeve, and a screw conveyor blade is fixed inside the movable sleeve.

3. The structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter according to claim 2, characterized in that: A plurality of convex blocks distributed in an annular array are fixed in the middle of the circumferential side of the movable sleeve, a plurality of chutes distributed in an annular array are opened on the inner wall of the middle part of the discharge hopper, the convex blocks are located in the chutes, and both the upper and lower ends of the convex blocks are connected to the inner wall of the chute through a first spring.

4. The structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter according to claim 1, wherein: The vibrating member includes extension plates fixed on both sides of the lower surface of the discharge hopper, a vibration motor is fixed in the middle of the outer side of the extension plate, the output end of the vibration motor is connected with a connecting plate, the connecting plate is located inside the extension plate, one side of the connecting plate is connected to the extension plate through a telescopic rod, and bolts are arranged at both ends of one side of the connecting plate.

5. The structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter according to claim 1, characterized in that: Installation holes are opened on both sides of the top end of the discharge port, the installation holes are adapted to the bolts, a convex plate is fixed on the top of the discharge end of the discharge port, a magnetic attraction plate is attached and connected to the top of the discharge end of the discharge port, a matching groove is opened in the middle of the magnetic attraction plate, the matching groove is adapted to the convex plate, and an inclined baffle is fixed at one end of the magnetic attraction plate.

6. The structure of the discharge hopper of a color sorter according to claim 5, wherein: A buffer plate is movably connected to the middle side wall of the discharge port through a pin shaft, one end of the buffer plate is connected to the inner bottom wall of the discharge port through a plurality of second springs evenly distributed at equal intervals, an elastic sealing belt is arranged on the outer side of the buffer plate, and the circumferential side of the elastic sealing belt is connected to the inner wall of the discharge port.

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  • Discharging hopper of color sorter

    CN215940710U