device for the automatic selection of agricultural products such as fruit.

摘要

The apparatus for the automatic selection and distribution of products, comprises: a conveyor (2) for transporting individual products from examination stations to discharge stations along a path, comprising an elongate flexible closed-loop belt and a plurality of rollers (5) distributed on the conveyor. The rollers have axes extending transversely to the longitudinal extension of the conveyor (2), and adjacent rollers define between one another elongated holders for individual products. Forks (8) rotatably support the rollers (5) on the chain (2) and are adapted to allow small vertical oscillations of the rollers (5), as the weight of the product and its holder is lifted from the chain (2) and transferred to a level section of the ramp associated with a weighing device at an examination station. The forks (8) are mounted along the chain (2) oscillable about an axis parallel to the path. The rollers (5) are selectively oscillable for offloading a product from said conveyor (2).