Automatic watermelon inspection apparatus
US12345694B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2023 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23N1/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An automatic watermelon inspection apparatus includes a weighing and fixing unit, a suction unit, an adjustable cutting unit, an imaging unit, a sugar content measuring unit, a lateral pushing unit, a crushing and pressing unit, a seed separating unit, and a frame. The suction unit sucks a watermelon and raises or releases the watermelon, the weighing and fixing unit includes a movable workbench, a weighing sensor, and a groove, the adjustable cutting unit cuts the watermelon located at a cutting position in a horizontal direction, the sugar content measuring unit is provided above the weighing and fixing unit, the imaging unit acquires information on an outline image and information on a cross-sectional image of the watermelon, the lateral pushing unit pushes the watermelon to the crushing and pressing unit, and the crushing and pressing unit crushes and presses the watermelon in a manner of forming a gap.
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