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Title:
NONDESTRUCTIVE TASTE PROPERTIES MEASURING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3159059
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nondestructive taste properties measuring apparatus in which the taste properties of a vegetable or a fruit, e.g. the glucose concentration or the ripeness, can be measured quickly and accurately without complicating the apparatus.
SOLUTION: This nondestructive taste properties measuring apparatus for measuring the taste properties of a vegetable or a fruit M being carried on a tray 1 by irradiating the vegetable or a fruit with light comprises a pair of tray side optical path sections 14, 15 provided at the receiving part of the tray, a plurality of measuring sections 4 provided with a pair of measuring side path sections 41, 42 corresponding to the tray side optical path sections disposed oppositely to the bottom face side of the tray in a carrying path, and a carrying position regulating means 2 comprising a first side bar 21 and a second side bar 22 having a press means 7 disposed at each measuring section. The vegetable or fruit M is irradiated with light, at each measuring section, through a measuring side path section of the tray and a corresponding tray side optical path section. The light reflected on the vegetable or a fruit M is directed to a detector through another tray side optical path section and measuring side path section.


Inventors:
Masahiro Ito
Junji Iida
Akira Terashima
Kazuo Maeda
Shuji Suzuki
Application Number:
JP15334596A
Publication Date:
April 23, 2001
Filing Date:
May 24, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
International Classes:
G01N21/85; B07C5/342; B65G47/244; B65G47/28; G01N21/35; (IPC1-7): G01N21/85; B07C5/342; B65G47/28; G01N21/35
Domestic Patent References:
JP4322778A
JP60223707A
JP6175726A
JP55150708U
JP5799825U
JP4952263U
JP56140519U
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shozo Ueda