摘要 |
<p>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a grader capable of classifying fruit vegetable precisely.SOLUTION: The grader 1 comprises: a first conveyor 10 (a first transporting body) for transporting and classifying tomato (fruit vegetable) C; position detection means 11 for detecting optically a position of the transported tomato C; grade measurement means 12 for measuring the grade of the tomato C; a feed belt 13 for feeding the tomato C toward an approximately orthogonal direction from the first conveyor 10 at a desired position; and a controller for instructing feeding of the tomato C to the feed belt 13 on the basis of the position of the tomato C detected by the position detection means 11 and the grade of the tomato C measured by the grade measurement means 12. To a unit base 25, plural feed belts 13 are attached, and many feed belts 13 are provided on the first conveyor 10 in the transporting direction at a constant interval.</p> |