Roller Sorting Assembly With Brush-Clearance Step for Fruit Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing fruit and vegetable sorting apparatuses suffer from gaps between conveying devices and strip brushes that cause fruits and vegetables to fall, leading to loss and damage.
Innovation Solution
A fruit and vegetable sorting device with a roller assembly and support bracket that reduces the distance between a strip brush and the roller assembly by incorporating an avoidance step on the mounting arm, enhancing stability and preventing fruits and vegetables from getting stuck in the gap.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If a gap is defined between the conveying device and strip brush, then the structure allows for assembly and cleaning, but fruits and vegetables may fall into the gap causing loss
Solution Approach 1:
The support bracket is designed to be movable relative to the base, allowing dynamic adjustment of the gap size between the conveying device and strip brush. This enables the structure to adapt to different operational requirements while maintaining reliable fruit and vegetable retention.
Solution Approach 2:
The avoidance step extends in the vertical dimension to create a protective barrier that prevents fruits and vegetables from falling into the gap between the conveying device and strip brush, adding a dimensional solution to the retention problem.
2Reliability
If the gap between conveying device and strip brush is reduced, then fruit and vegetable loss is prevented, but the structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The support bracket serves multiple functions: it supports the conveying device, provides the avoidance step to prevent fruit and vegetable loss, and enables movable adjustment. This multi-functionality reduces the need for additional separate components, thereby limiting the increase in structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The avoidance step is integrated into the mounting arm structure, merging the support function and the protective function into a single component. This integration simplifies the overall structure compared to having separate protective barriers and support elements.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the distance between strip brush and roller assembly is reduced, then conveyance stability is improved, but the risk of fruit and vegetable entrapment increases
Solution Approach 1:
The avoidance step acts as an intermediary protective element between the strip brush and the roller assembly, creating a buffer zone that prevents direct contact and entrapment of fruits and vegetables while maintaining the reduced distance needed for stable conveyance.
Solution Approach 2:
The avoidance step is pre-positioned on the mounting arm to proactively prevent fruit and vegetable entrapment before it can occur, creating a protective barrier in advance that allows the strip brush to be positioned closer to the roller assembly without causing harm.
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AI summary
A fruit and vegetable sorting and conveying device includes a roller assembly, a support bracket and a base. The roller assembly is positioned on the support bracket. The support bracket is movably connected to the base. The support bracket and the roller assembly are cooperatively configured to carry fruit and vegetable. The roller assembly is also configured to make the fruit and vegetable rotate. The support bracket includes a support portion and two mounting arms. Two ends of the support portion are connected to the two mounting arms respectively. The roller assembly is positioned between the two mounting arms. Each mounting arm includes an avoidance step. The avoidance step is configured to allow a strip brush to extend thereinto to reduce a relative distance between an end of the strip brush and an axis of the roller assembly.