US 12,358,726 B2
Station for the conveyance and measurement of horticultural products
Luca Benedetti, Frazione Savarna (IT)
Assigned to UNITEC S.P.A., Lugo (IT)
Appl. No. 18/682,283
Filed by UNITEC S.P.A., Lugo (IT)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/071074
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 8, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/016806, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 16, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 102021000021629 (IT), filed on Aug. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0375877 A1, Nov. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. B65G 13/08 (2006.01); A23N 15/00 (2006.01); B07C 5/342 (2006.01); B07C 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 13/08 (2013.01) [A23N 15/00 (2013.01); B07C 5/3422 (2013.01); B07C 5/36 (2013.01); A23N 2015/008 (2013.01); B07C 2501/009 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0202 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A station for conveyance and measurement of horticultural products, comprising movement and support means for movement and support, along a predefined trajectory, of a plurality of horticultural products, which can be arranged in series so that they rest on said movement and support means with a resting arrangement defining a resting surface on said movement and support means of said horticultural products which are only partially hindered with respect to said resting surface, further comprising at least one primary dispenser of pressurized fluid, configured to direct a continuous or intermittent jet of the fluid toward said predefined trajectory, and an apparatus for measuring at least one parameter which represents an extent of deviation imposed by the jet on each product in transit, with respect to said predefined trajectory of said horticultural products with respect to said resting surface on said movement and support means of said horticultural products, for a consequent indirect measurement of a weight and/or of a specific gravity of the respective product, correlated with the extent of the deviation.