FRUIT SORTER

• Main Author: CHOI, BYEONG HUN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 03.06.2014
• Subjects: APPARATUS FOR PREPARING ANIMAL FEEDING- STUFFS; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; MACHINES OR APPARATUS FOR TREATING HARVESTED FRUIT, VEGETABLESOR FLOWER BULBS IN BULK, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; OTHER SEPARATING BY DRY METHODS APPLICABLE TO BULK MATERIAL,e.g. LOOSE ARTICLES FIT TO BE HANDLED LIKE BULK MATERIAL; PEELING VEGETABLES OR FRUIT IN BULK; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEPARATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS; SEPERATING SOLIDS FROM SOLIDS BY SIEVING, SCREENING, ORSIFTING OR BY USING GAS CURRENTS; SORTING; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES; TRANSPORTING

The present invention relates to a fruit sorter, and more specifically, to a fruit sorter capable of easily selecting fruit having a circular and/or oval shape according to the size. The fruit sorter according to the present invention comprises a frame having a fruit conveying path; a washing unit installed in the frame and removing foreign substances on the surface of selecting object fruit; a selection drum installed on the fruit conveying path, selecting the selecting object fruit passed the washing unit according to the size and supported by the frame to be rotatable; and a driving unit for rotating the washing unit and the selection drum, wherein the selection drum comprises a cylindrical drum body having multiple selection holes formed to penetrate inside and outside so as to have fruits with a predetermined size enter inside, and edge parts on both ends of the drum body. The selection holes are classified into two groups according to the shape, and the groups include a first group, in which multiple selection holes having a long hole shape formed in the direction crossing the rotational center of the drum body are aligned in line, and a second group, in which multiple selection holes having a long hole shape formed to be perpendicular to the selection holes belonging to the first group, are aligned in line, and arranged to be adjacent to the first group.