Automatic grain processing apparatus and load monitoring and tracking system
AssigneeImperio Assessoria Em Informacoes LTDA
InventorsSergio Joanyr de Barros, Maria Angela Prates, Lucas Luz Duarte, Sergio Yokogawa
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Abstract
Disclosed are systems and apparatuses for processing agricultural and other grains. The systems and apparatuses include integrated units for cleaning, drying, weighing, classifying, packaging, labelling, tracking, and load monitoring of grains. In some embodiments, the systems and apparatuses include a cleaning unit for depositing and sifting grains, a drying unit for moving grains through a hot environment, a grain weighing and classification unit, and a packaging and labelling unit for vacuum sealing and labelling grains, all in one integrated unit.
Claims27
An automatic grain processing apparatus (78) comprising:
- a cleaning unit (2) comprising:
- at an upper end of the cleaning unit, a first reservoir (1) for depositing one or more grains;
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- a pair of rotary sifters with different permeabilities (3), said pair of rotary sifters (3) being moved through a gearing system (4), wherein said gearing system (4) is connected by way of a pulley (6) to a main rotational shaft (13);
- a drying unit comprising:
- a dryer (18), and said dryer comprises an air distributor (20) connected by one or more pipes (17) to a heat source (16);
- a first grain conveyor (23) connected at an upper end (21) of said dryer (18);
- one or more moisture measurement and classification devices (37);
- a plurality of air-permeable chutes (53) arranged inside said dryer (18);
- a second grain conveyor (19) coupled inside said dryer (18);
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- a second reservoir (22) comprising a first door (45) and an automatic opening system (44) at a lower end of the second reservoir;
- a grain weighing and classification unit comprising:
- a batch flow weighing scale (27) where a first portion of the one or more grains will be weighed, while a second portion of the one or more grains will be collected by way of probes (28), classified by an automatic classifier (29), and returned to the weighing scale (27), wherein the batch flow weighing scale (27) has at the batch flow weighing scale's lower end a second door (48), wherein the second door (48) is activated by a door opening and closing device (31);
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- a grain packaging and labeling unit comprising:
- forks (33), wherein the forks position and support a packaging (34) inside a mold (55) for receiving the one or more grains;
- a fork support (32), wherein said fork support moves by one or more rails (35) connected at a base (36) of said fork support (32);
- a packing securing and sealing device (46) positioned adjacently to a bagging mold;
- an air withdrawal vacuum (24) of the packaging (34);
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- a labeler (30), wherein the labeler (30) applies a label (75) on the packaging (34).
A load monitoring and tracking system comprising:
- one or a plurality of sensors arranged in a packaging and configured to measure a temperature and/or a moisture and/or a pressure and/or a vacuum property of one or more grains in the packaging, together with a location of the one or more grains;
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- at least one communication module configured to receive data from said one or a plurality sensors and configured to transmit and store the data from said one or a plurality of sensors in a cloud or any high-performance repository.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.