A pineapple eye-scooping device

Abstract

This utility model relates to the field of pineapple eye removal, and particularly to a pineapple eye removal device. It includes a second pin component of a rotating mechanism that cooperates with a first pin component to fix both ends of the pineapple. A motor in the rotating mechanism drives the pineapple on a limiting seat to rotate, and a vision module and an eye-removing mechanism clamp and remove the pineapple's eye. During the eye-removing process, the removed eye is separately conveyed out by a first conveyor belt. After the eye-removing operation is completed, a rotating platform rotates the pineapple above a feeding mechanism. A feeding cylinder pushes a feeding top block to push the pineapple into a feeding channel, where it falls onto a second conveyor belt for transport to the next process. This solves the problem that existing eye-removing equipment cannot automatically separate waste material from clean pineapples.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to the field of pineapple eye-removing, and in particular to a pineapple eye-removing device. Background Technology

[0002] Pineapple, a common tropical fruit, has many deep "eyes" (i.e., fruit eyes) on its surface. Traditionally, these eyes had to be removed manually using special tools, which was inefficient, labor-intensive, and prone to causing waste or damage to the fruit due to improper handling.

[0003] To improve processing efficiency, some mechanized or semi-automated pineapple eye-removing devices have appeared on the market. For example, patent application 202311022117.5 discloses an intelligent pineapple peeling and eye-removing device and method. This device uses a rotating mechanism in the middle of a conveyor belt to rotate the pineapple, which is then processed by a peeling mechanism and an eye-removing mechanism. However, this device has a significant drawback: the peeled skin, the removed eyes, and the processed pineapple all fall onto the same conveyor belt, resulting in complete mixing of useful products and waste. This mixing not only easily causes cross-contamination and affects food hygiene, but also makes it impossible to automatically separate waste from clean pineapple, severely restricting efficient integration with subsequent cleaning, packaging, or filling processes, and limiting the automation level and production efficiency of the entire processing flow. Utility Model Content

[0004] The main purpose of this utility model is to provide a pineapple eye-removing device, which addresses the problem that existing eye-removing equipment cannot automatically separate waste material from clean pineapples.

[0005] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides a pineapple eye-removing device, including a frame, which is equipped with a vision module and a rotating mechanism, and the frame has a feeding port.

[0006] It also includes a rotating platform, which is rotatably mounted on the frame. The rotating platform is provided with a support, and both ends of the support extend outward from the rotating platform. Each end of the support is provided with a rotatable limiting seat, and the limiting seat is provided with a first pin. The rotating mechanism is located above one end of the support.

[0007] A hole-digging mechanism is mounted on the frame and is opposite to the rotating platform;

[0008] The feeding mechanism is mounted on the frame. The feeding mechanism includes two feeding cylinders and two feeding top blocks. The two feeding cylinders are respectively located on the lower sides of the other end of the support. Each of the two feeding top blocks is mounted on one of the feeding cylinders. The feeding cylinders drive the feeding top blocks to move upwards on the support. A discharge channel is provided on one side of the frame of the feeding mechanism.

[0009] A first conveyor belt and a second conveyor belt, the second conveyor belt being located below the discharge channel, and the first conveyor belt being located between the hole-digging mechanism and the rotating platform.

[0010] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the stroke of the discharge cylinder near the discharge channel is less than the stroke of the other discharge cylinder.

[0011] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the rotating mechanism includes a rotating drive device, an up-and-down drive device mounted on the rotating drive device, and a socket mounted on the up-and-down drive device. The socket is provided with a second pin, which corresponds to the first pin.

[0012] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the up-and-down driving device is a cylinder, and the rotary driving device is a motor with a self-locking function.

[0013] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the eye-digging mechanism includes an eye-clamping device, upper and lower straight modules, and front and rear straight modules. The eye-clamping device is installed on the upper and lower straight modules, and the upper and lower straight modules are installed on the front and rear straight modules.

[0014] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the eye-picking device includes a finger cylinder and two eye-picking clips. The finger cylinder is provided with two claws. One end of each eye-picking clip is respectively installed on the claw. The other end of each eye-picking clip is provided with a pointed clip with a clamping opening, and the clamping openings of the two eye-picking clips are opposite each other.

[0015] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the rotating platform is further provided with a support column and a bearing, the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly connected to the support column, and the outer ring of the bearing is fixedly connected to the limiting seat.

[0016] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the eye-cutting mechanism is located between the vision module and the rotating platform.

[0017] Preferably, in the above technical solution, the rotating platform is provided with a black baffle, which is located between the two limiting seats.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following beneficial effects:

[0019] 1. This utility model's pineapple eye-removing device uses a rotating mechanism where the second and first pins work together to fix both ends of the pineapple. A motor in the rotating mechanism drives the pineapple on the limiting seat to rotate, and a vision module and eye-removing mechanism work together to remove the pineapple's eye. During the eye-removing process, the removed eye is separately conveyed out by the first conveyor belt. After the eye-removing operation is completed, the rotating platform rotates the pineapple above the unloading mechanism. The unloading cylinder pushes the unloading top block to push the pineapple into the unloading channel, where it falls onto the second conveyor belt for transport to the next process. This device automates pineapple eye-removing, significantly improving efficiency. The dual conveyor belt design automatically separates finished products from waste, ensuring hygiene and facilitating subsequent processing. The first and second pins work in conjunction with the unloading mechanism, ensuring stable and reliable fixing and unloading. The overall structure is compact, with coordinated operation of all mechanisms, providing strong continuous operation capability. It solves the problem of existing eye-removing equipment being unable to automatically separate waste from clean pineapples.

[0020] 2. In this utility model, the upper and lower linear modules and the front and rear linear modules work together to drive the eye clamping device to move the rotating platform up and down and back and forth respectively, so as to align with the eye of the pineapple.

[0021] 3. The eye-clamping device in this utility model includes a finger cylinder and two eye-clamping clips. The finger cylinder drives the two eye-clamping clips to move closer or further apart to clamp and remove the fruit eye.

[0022] 4. In this utility model, a black baffle is installed between the two limiting seats to avoid photographing other objects and to more accurately identify the position of the pineapple's eye. Attached Figure Description

[0023] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the pineapple eye-scooping device in the embodiment.

[0024] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the rotating mechanism of the pineapple eye-scooping device in the embodiment.

[0025] Figure 3 As in the embodiments Figure 1 A frontal view diagram.

[0026] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the eye-digging mechanism of the pineapple eye-digging device in the embodiment.

[0027] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the pineapple eye-scooping device in the embodiment.

[0028] Figure 6 This is a schematic diagram of the first and second pins of the pineapple eye-scooping device in the embodiment.

[0029] Figure 7 This is a schematic diagram of the vision module of the pineapple eye-picking device in the embodiment.

[0030] Among them, 1-frame, 2-hole-digging mechanism, 21-upper and lower linear modules, 22-front and rear linear modules, 23-eye-clamping device, 230-finger cylinder, 231-hole-digging clamp, 2310-point clamp, 2311-clamping opening, 3-rotation mechanism, 31-socket, 310-second pin, 32-upper and lower drive device, 33-rotation drive device, 4-rotation platform, 41-limit seat, 410-first pin, 42-baffle, 43-discharge channel, 5-first conveyor belt, 6-second conveyor belt, 7-unloading mechanism, 70-unloading cylinder, 71-unloading top block, 8-vision module. Detailed Implementation

[0031] The technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of the present utility model.

[0032] In the description of this utility model, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", and "outer" indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the accompanying drawings. They are only for the convenience of describing this utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, they should not be construed as limitations on this utility model.

[0033] In the description of this invention, "several" means one or more, "multiple" means two or more, "greater than," "less than," and "exceeding" are understood to exclude the stated number, while "above," "below," and "within" are understood to include the stated number. Where the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes and to distinguish technical features, they should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of indicated technical features or the order of the indicated technical features.

[0034] In the description of this utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "installation," "connection," "linking," and "setting" should be interpreted broadly. For example, they can refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; they can refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; they can refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; and they can refer to the internal connection of two components. Those skilled in the art can understand the specific meaning of the above terms in this utility model according to the circumstances. The embodiments of this utility model will be described below based on its overall structure.

[0035] like Figures 1-7 As shown, the pineapple eye-scooping device of this embodiment includes: a frame 1, an eye-scooping mechanism 2, an upper and lower linear module 21, a front and rear linear module 22, an eye-clamping device 23, a finger cylinder 230, an eye-scooping clamp 231, a pointed clamp 2310, a clamping mouth 2311, a rotating mechanism 3, a socket 31, a second insert pin 310, an upper and lower driving device 32, a rotating driving device 33, a rotating platform 4, a limiting seat 41, a first insert pin 410, a baffle 42, a first conveyor belt 5, and a second conveyor belt 6.

[0036] Continue to refer to Figures 1-7 The frame 1 is equipped with a 2-stage eye-removing mechanism, a 3-stage rotating mechanism, and a 4-stage rotating platform. Pineapples are placed on the 4-stage rotating platform, which rotates the pineapples (without eyes removed) to a designated position. A vision module 8 detects the position of each pineapple's eye and coordinates with the 2-stage eye-removing mechanism to remove the eyes. The 3-stage rotating mechanism rotates the pineapple to complete the removal of all eyes. The vision module 8 is existing technology and will not be described in detail here.

[0037] Specifically, the rotating platform 4 can rotate on the frame 1, which is existing technology and will not be described in detail here. The rotating platform 4 is provided with a bracket, two pillars mounted on the bracket, and limiting seats 41 mounted on each pillar. The two ends of the bracket extend outward from the rotating platform 4, one end of each pillar is fixed to the two ends of the bracket, and the other end of the pillar extends upward from the frame 1. Each pillar is equipped with a bearing. The inner ring of the bearing is fixedly connected to the pillar, and the outer ring of the bearing is fixedly connected to the limiting seat 41. The limiting seat 41 can rotate freely on the rotating platform 4. The limiting seat 41 is provided with a plurality of first inserts 410. One end of the pineapple with the eye is inserted into the first insert 410, and the pineapple can be fixed on the limiting seat 41. The positions of the two limiting seats 41 are symmetrical to each other, and a baffle 42 is provided between the two limiting seats 41. The color of the baffle 42 is preferably black, which is used to prevent the vision module 8 from misjudging the position of the pineapple eye. The rotating platform 4 rotates one of the pineapples on the limit seat 41 to the designated position for removing the eye and begins the eye-removing work. After the eye of the pineapple is completely removed, the rotating platform 4 rotates the next pineapple without an eye to the designated position for removing the eye and continues the eye-removing work, and so on.

[0038] In this embodiment, the rotating mechanism 3 is installed above the rotating platform 4. The rotating mechanism 3 includes a socket 31, a vertical drive device 32, and a rotating drive device 33. The vertical drive device 32 is preferably a cylinder. The socket 31 is fixedly installed on the cylinder. The cylinder drives the socket 31 to extend and retract. The rotating drive device 33 is fixedly installed on the cylinder. The rotating drive device 33 is preferably a motor with a self-locking function. The rotating drive device 33 drives the socket 31 to rotate. The socket 31 is equipped with multiple second pins 310, which correspond to the first pins 410. During operation, the rotating platform 4 rotates the pineapple without eyes to the socket 31. The cylinder drives the socket 31 to move down and insert the second pins 310 into the other end of the pineapple. The motor drives the second pins 310 to rotate, thereby rotating the pineapple so that the pineapple eyes that have not been removed face the eye-removing mechanism 2.

[0039] Specifically, the eye-removing mechanism 2 is positioned opposite to the rotating platform 4. The eye-removing mechanism 2 includes an eye-clamping device 23, an upper and lower linear module 21, and a front and rear linear module 22. The eye-clamping device 23 is fixedly installed on the upper and lower linear module 21. The upper and lower linear module 21 is used to drive the eye-clamping device 23 to move up and down. The upper and lower linear module 21 is installed on the front and rear linear module 22. At this time, the upper and lower linear module 21 and the front and rear linear module 22 are perpendicular to each other. The front and rear linear module 22 is used to drive the upper and lower linear module 21 to move back and forth. During operation, when the vision module 8 detects the eye of the pineapple, the upper and lower linear module 21 drives the eye-clamping device 23 to move up and down to the position of the eye of the pineapple. At the same time, the front and rear linear module 22 drives the eye-clamping device 23 to move towards the pineapple on the rotating platform 4, and the eye of the pineapple is removed by the eye-clamping device 23.

[0040] More specifically, the eye-cleaning device 23 includes a finger cylinder 230 and two eye-cleaning clips 231. The finger cylinder 230 is equipped with two grippers, and one end of each eye-cleaning clip 231 is respectively mounted on the gripper. The other end of each eye-cleaning clip 231 is provided with a pointed clip 2310, which has a clamping opening 2311. The clamping openings 2311 of the two eye-cleaning clips 231 face each other. When the eye-cleaning device 23 is working, the front and rear linear modules 22 drive the eye-cleaning device 23 to move. At the same time, the eye-cleaning clips 231 on the finger cylinder 230 are in the initial position, that is, the two eye-cleaning clips 231 are moving away from each other. When the device 23 moves to the designated clamping position, the pointed clips 2310 of the eye-picking clip 231 are already inserted into the pineapple, and the pineapple eye is located between the two pointed clips 2310. The finger cylinder 230 drives the two eye-picking clips 231 to move closer to each other until the pointed clips 2310 are in contact. At this time, the pineapple eye is clamped between the two clamping openings 2311. After the pineapple eye is peeled out of the pineapple, while the upper and lower linear module 21 drives the eye-picking device 23 away from the pineapple, the finger cylinder 231 drives the two eye-picking clips 231 to reset. At this time, the pineapple eye falls out of the clamping opening 2311, thus completing one eye-picking action.

[0041] In this embodiment, the frame 1 is also equipped with a first conveyor belt 5, a second conveyor belt 6, and a feeding mechanism 7. The first conveyor belt 5 is installed between the rotating platform 4 and the eye-clamping device 23. When the pineapple eye falls off from the clamping opening 2311, it will fall onto the first conveyor belt 5, which will then transport the pineapple eye out of the frame 1. The feeding mechanism 7 includes two feeding cylinders 70 and two feeding top blocks 71. The two feeding top blocks 71 are respectively installed on the output end of one feeding cylinder 70. The feeding cylinder 70 drives the feeding top blocks 71 to move upwards on the frame 1. The second conveyor belt 6 is installed on the first conveyor belt 5. Below; after the eye-cutting operation of a pineapple is completed, the rotating platform 4 rotates the pineapple to the designated feeding position. At this time, the pineapple is above the feeding mechanism 7. The two feeding cylinders 70 simultaneously drive the feeding top block 71 to extend upwards to the frame 1 to push the pineapple out of the first insert 410. The frame 1 on one side of the feeding mechanism 7 has a discharge channel 43. The extension stroke of the feeding cylinder 70 closer to the discharge channel 43 is less than that of the other feeding cylinder 70. At this time, the pineapple will finally roll down onto the second conveyor belt 6 through the discharge channel 43 and be transported to the next process by the second conveyor belt 6.

[0042] In summary, before removing the eye from the pineapple, the pineapple is placed on the limiting seat 41 of the rotating platform 4. The first insert 410 restricts one end of the pineapple to the limiting seat 41. The rotating platform 4 moves the pineapple to the designated position to begin the eye-removing operation. At this time, the pineapple is located below the second insert 310. The cylinder drives the socket 31 to move down so that the second insert 310 is inserted into the other end of the pineapple. At this time, both ends of the pineapple are fixed. After the vision module 8 detects the position of the pineapple eye, the upper and lower linear modules 21 drive the eye-clamping device 23 to move up and down, and the front and rear linear modules 22 drive the eye-clamping device 23 to move back and forth. 3. The forward and backward movement precisely places the pineapple eye to be removed between the two pointed clamps 2310. The finger cylinder 230 drives the two pointed clamps 2310 closer together until they fit, placing the pineapple eye between the two clamp openings 2311. At this point, the pineapple eye is removed. Simultaneously, the upper and lower linear modules 21 and the front and rear linear modules 22 drive the eye-clamping device 23 to reset, and the finger cylinder 230 also drives the two pointed clamps 2310 to reset. At this point, the two pointed clamps 2310 move away from each other, and the removed pineapple eye falls onto the first conveyor belt 5, which carries the pineapple eye away from the frame 1. During the pineapple eye removal process, when the vision module 8 cannot detect the pineapple eye, the motor drives the second insert 310 to rotate, causing the pineapple on the rotating platform 4 to rotate and expose the pineapple eye, until the vision module 8 can no longer detect the pineapple eye, indicating that the pineapple eye has been completely removed. The cylinder drives the second insert 310 to reset. At this time, the second insert 310 disengages from the other end of the pineapple. The rotating platform 4 rotates to move the next pineapple to the designated hole-cutting position to continue the hole-cutting operation. After the pineapple with holes has been cut, it is pushed into the discharge channel 43 by the discharge cylinder 70 after being moved to the designated discharge position, and finally rolls into the second conveyor belt 6. The second conveyor belt 6 transports the pineapple to the next process.

[0043] The foregoing description of specific exemplary embodiments of the present invention is for illustrative and explanatory purposes. These descriptions are not intended to limit the present invention to the precise forms disclosed, and it will be apparent that many changes and variations can be made in accordance with the foregoing teachings. The exemplary embodiments were chosen and described in order to explain the specific principles of the present invention and its practical application, thereby enabling those skilled in the art to implement and utilize various different exemplary embodiments of the invention, as well as various different choices and variations. The scope of the present invention is intended to be defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A pineapple eyeing device comprising a frame provided with a vision module and a rotating mechanism, characterized in that, The rack is provided with a discharging port, The rotating platform is rotatably arranged on the rack, and the rotating platform is provided with a support, both ends of the support extend outward from the rotating platform, both ends of the support are respectively provided with a limiting seat arranged in a rotatable manner, the limiting seat is provided with a first pin, and the rotating mechanism is arranged above one end of the support; The eye digging mechanism is arranged on the rack and opposite to the rotating platform; The discharging mechanism is arranged on the rack, and the discharging mechanism comprises two discharging cylinders and two discharging jacks, the two discharging cylinders are arranged below both sides of the other end of the support, the two discharging jacks are respectively arranged on one of the discharging cylinders, the discharging cylinder drives the discharging jack to move upward of the support, and the rack on one side of the discharging mechanism is provided with a discharging channel; The first conveying belt and the second conveying belt are arranged below the discharging channel, and the first conveying belt is located between the eye digging mechanism and the rotating platform.

2. A pineapple eye coring device according to claim 1, wherein, The stroke of the discharging cylinder close to the discharging channel is smaller than the stroke of the other discharging cylinder.

3. The pineapple eye coring device of claim 1, wherein, The rotating mechanism comprises a rotating driving device, an up-down driving device arranged on the rotating driving device, and a socket arranged on the up-down driving device, the socket is provided with a second pin, and the second pin corresponds to the first pin.

4. A pineapple eye coring device according to claim 3, wherein, The up-down driving device is a cylinder, and the rotating driving device is a motor with a self-locking function.

5. The pineapple eye coring device of claim 1, wherein, The eye digging mechanism comprises a clamping eye device, an up-down linear module, and a front-rear linear module, the clamping eye device is arranged on the up-down linear module, and the up-down linear module is arranged on the front-rear linear module.

6. A pineapple eye coring device according to claim 5, wherein, The clamping eye device comprises a finger cylinder and two eye digging clamps, the finger cylinder is provided with two clamping jaws, one end of each of the eye digging clamps is arranged on each of the clamping jaws, the other end of the eye digging clamp is provided with a sharp clamp, the sharp clamp is provided with a clamping opening, and the clamping openings of the two eye digging clamps are opposite to each other.

7. The pineapple eye coring device of claim 1, wherein, The rotating platform is further provided with a support column and a bearing, the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly connected with the support column, and the outer ring of the bearing is fixedly connected with the limiting seat.

8. The pineapple eye coring device of claim 1, wherein, The eye digging mechanism is arranged between the visual module and the rotating platform.

9. The pineapple eye coring device of claim 1, wherein, The rotating platform is provided with a black baffle between the two limiting seats.

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