Patent ID: 9687877
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: A23N,B07B,Y02A

Claim:
1. A selection machine for separating fruits from foreign bodies, the selection machine comprising: a rigid support frame; a mobile frame connected to said rigid support frame and comprising an inlet mouth, an outlet mouth and a longitudinal axis; a connector between said rigid support frame and said mobile frame; an actuator cooperative with said mobile frame, wherein said mobile frame has a rectangular section and comprises an upper wall, a lower wall and a pair of sides that connect said upper wall to said lower wall, said mobile frame defining a space in which the fruits and the foreign bodies are inserted through said inlet mouth, said upper wall and said lower wall comprising a plurality of holes with dimensions suitable for allowing a passage of the fruit, said mobile frame oscillating around a horizontal rotation axis disposed transverse to the longitudinal axis, wherein said connector comprises a horizontal connecting pivoting pin disposed in said inlet mouth of said mobile frame, said pivoting pin connecting said mobile frame to the said rigid support frame, said pivoting pin having a longitudinal axis that coincides with the horizontal rotation axis of said mobile frame; and an external frame adapted to cover said mobile frame in such manner to stop the fruits and the foreign bodies coming out of the plurality of holes of said upper wall and of said lower wall of said mobile frame, said external frame comprising two lateral walls, an upper wall and a lower wall, said upper wall of said external frame and said upper wall of said mobile frame and said two lateral walls of said external frame defining an upper space adapted to receive the fruits and the foreign bodies coming out from a top of the space of said mobile frame, said lower wall of said external frame and said lower wall of said mobile frame and said two lateral walls of said external frame defining a lower space adapted to receive the fruits and the foreign bodies coming out from a bottom of the space of said mobile frame.