The chestnut selective device and the main selective conveyer which

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the quality of chestnuts on the market or the like and to improve client's reliability by easily confirming the internal worm-eaten state of the chestnut that can not be confirmed from chestnut's appearance, without breaking the chestnut.;SOLUTION: A chestnut sorting and forwarding line is provided with a belt type carry-in conveyer for carrying a container with harvested chestnuts A therein to a feeding part of a belt type sorting conveyer 3, and is configured to convey the empty container after chestnut supply to an empty container part of a carry-in conveyer feeding terminal. A sorting part is equipped with a photo-detector 14 for detecting the internal worm-eaten state of the chestnut in the transmitting state of an electromagnetic wave, and the internal worm-eaten state of the chestnut is accurately detected without breaking the chestnut A, such that high-quality chestnuts may be easily provided.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI