| 摘要 |
<p>Provided is an egg collecting machine (1) configured so that the rolling of hen eggs (3) toward a centralized egg collecting conveyor (7) is assisted in a roll-out region (a) to save the labor of cleaning and maintenance work. The conveying and rolling device (8) of the egg collecting machine (1) is provided with: an endless conveyor (11) having at at least a part thereof a vertical path (ß) and rotationally driven; a rotation support section (13) for supporting the rotation of the endless conveyor (11); hen egg placement sections (6) attached at equal intervals to the endless conveyor (11) and holding hen eggs (3) placed thereon; a roll-out mechanism section (15) provided with a start point-side roll-out support section (37) and an end point-side roll-out support section (41) and changing the path of the endless conveyor (11) to an oblique path to tilt the hen egg placement sections (6), causing the hen eggs (3) to roll out; and discharge plates (16, 17) provided so as to protrude from the end point-side rotating shaft of the end point-side roll-out support section (41), the discharge plates (16, 17) operating in association with the rotation of the end point-side rotating shaft and making contact near the end-point position with hen eggs (3), which have not been caused to roll out and which are located on the hen egg placement section (6),to push out the hen eggs (3) toward the centralized egg collecting conveyor (7).</p> |
