Patent Application
20220210977
The present invention relates to the technical field of soilless culture, and in particular to a device suitable for automatically harvesting soilless culture sprouts.
Soilless culture is a technology of growing plants with the use of nutritional ingredients required for plant growth and natural light, artificial light or supplementary light. Recently, the soilless culture has been widely applied in large-area culture in greenhouses, plastic houses, plant factories, etc.
But in the prior art, a device is horizontally arranged during harvest, so sprouts cut by the device will fall onto a culture plate and have to be manually picked later, thereby wasting a large amount of human and material resources and influencing harvest progress.
In view of this, it is necessary to provide a device suitable for automatically harvesting soilless culture sprouts. Through the rational layout and cooperative operation of all structures, the sprouts cut by the device may fall into a collecting tank instead of falling onto a culture plate, so later treatment procedures are effectively and directly reduced and production progress is increased.
In order to achieve the object, the present invention provides a device suitable for automatically harvesting soilless culture sprouts. The device includes a bottom supporting frame, a conveying mechanism and a cutting mechanism, where the conveying mechanism is arranged on the bottom supporting frame, the cutting mechanism is arranged on the conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism moves horizontally, an included angle α is formed between the conveying mechanism and a horizontal plane, and the included angle α is larger than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 90°. Due to the fact that the conveying mechanism is inclined so the sprouts may incline after being cut by the cutting mechanism, the sprouts may fall down towards a lower end, so that the sprouts are prevented from falling onto a culture plate.
Furthermore, the bottom supporting frame includes a supporting plate and a supporting leg fixedly arranged under the supporting plate, a sprout collecting box is arranged beside the supporting leg, and a supporting plate is provided with an avoidance groove. Thus, a whole supporting frame is formed, and the device is stable and firm during operation.
Furthermore, the bottom supporting frame is provided with a lifting mechanism, and an output end of the lifting mechanism is fixedly connected to the conveying mechanism. Thus, the conveying mechanism may be controlled and lifted.
Furthermore, the lifting mechanism includes a lifting machine and a control console, the control console is fixedly connected to a bottom of a supporting plate, the lifting machine is fixedly connected to the control console, and an output end of the lifting machine penetrates through an avoidance groove to be fixedly connected to the conveying mechanism. Thus, the conveying mechanism may be controlled and stably lifted up and inclined.
Furthermore, the conveying mechanism includes a mounting seat, a conveying belt and limiting structures, a lifting rod is arranged under the mounting seat, the lifting rod is arranged on the supporting plate, the mounting seat is fixedly connected to the output end of the lifting machine, the conveying belt is arranged on the mounting seat, the limiting structures are arranged at two sides of the mounting seat, an included angle α is formed between the mounting seat and the supporting plate, and the included angle α is larger than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 90°. Thus, the culture plate is stably conveyed and positioned at a designated position so as to prevent the culture plate from moving and deviating, and thus avoiding an insignificant effect when an angle is too small and toppling when the angle is too large.
Furthermore, the conveying belt on the conveying mechanism is a chain bar conveying belt, the chain bar conveying belt is provided with a plurality of movable connecting seats and a plurality of lifting air cylinders, the supporting leg is provided with a supporting seat, one ends of the plurality of movable connecting seats are arranged on the supporting seat, the plurality of lifting air cylinders are arranged on the supporting seat, output ends of the lifting air cylinders are fixedly connected to the other ends of the movable connecting seats, the lifting air cylinders drive the other ends of the movable connecting seats to ascend or descend, the number of the movable connecting seats is consistent with the number of the lifting air cylinders, and a chain bar on the chain bar conveying belt is provided with a clasp. Thus, the culture plate moving horizontally is gradually changed to an inclined moving state.
Furthermore, the cutting mechanism includes a fixed supporting frame and a cutting machine, the fixed supporting frame is arranged on a mounting seat of the conveying mechanism, and the cutting machine is arranged below the fixed supporting frame. Thus, the cutting mechanism may operate more stably.
Furthermore, the cutting machine includes a fixed machine shell, a servo motor and a cutter, the fixed machine shell is fixedly connected to a connecting block, the servo motor is arranged on the fixed machine shell, and an output end of the servo motor is fixedly connected to the cutter. Thus, the sprouts are effectively and stably harvested.
Furthermore, the sprout collecting box includes a collecting tank and an anti-throw plate, the collecting tank is arranged on the supporting leg, the anti-throw plate is fixedly connected to the collecting tank, and the collecting tank is internally provided with an automatic conveying belt. Thus, the cut sprouts are well collected without manual operation.
Compared with the prior art, the technical solution has the following beneficial effects:
1. According to the present invention, the lifting mechanism lifts a longer side edge of one end of the conveying mechanism up, such that an included angle is formed between the conveying mechanism and the bottom supporting frame, and the sprouts cut by the cutting mechanism incline to fall down into a sprout collecting box, so that the sprouts are effectively prevented from directly falling onto the culture plate, thus reducing later treatment procedures and increasing production efficiency.
2. The present invention is provided with the lifting mechanism, and the control console on the lifting mechanism controls the lifting machine, so that a range of the included angle formed between a conveying device and the bottom supporting frame may be more conveniently controlled, thus avoiding the insignificant effect when the angle is too small and the toppling when the angle is too large.
3. The present invention modifies the conveying belt on the conveying mechanism into the chain bar conveying belt, the device is provided with the plurality of movable connecting seats and lifting air cylinders, and then the lifting air cylinders lift movable plates to different levels correspondingly, so that the movable plate is inclined, the conveying belt becomes inclined due to increase in angle from one horizontal end to the other end, the culture plate moving horizontally may change into the inclined moving state, and the culture plate does not need to be placed on the device manually in an inclined mode, thus reducing manual labor pressure.
In order to describe the technical contents, structural features, achieved objectives and effects of the technical solution in detail, the following detailed description will be given in conjunction with specific embodiments and accompanying drawings.
With reference to
In the example, the lifting mechanism 2 includes a lifting machine 202 and a control console 201, the control console 201 is fixedly connected to a bottom of the supporting plate 102, an upper end of the control console 201 is fixedly connected to a lower portion of one end, without the avoidance groove 103, of the supporting plate 102, a side face of the lifting machine 202 is fixedly connected to a side face of the control console 201, and an output end of the lifting machine 202 penetrates through the avoidance groove 103 to be fixedly connected to the conveying mechanism 3. Specifically, the conveying mechanism 3 includes a mounting seat 301, a conveying belt 302 and limiting structures 303, a lifting rod 304 is arranged under the mounting seat 301, the lifting rod 304 is fixedly mounted at a lower end at a long side of the mounting seat 301, a lower end of the lifting rod 304 is fixedly mounted at a long side, symmetrical to the avoidance groove 103, of the supporting plate 102, it is ensured that the other end is stable and not inclined while one end ascends, the other end of the mounting seat 301 is fixedly connected to the output end of the lifting machine 202, the lifting machine 202 is symmetrical to the lifting rod 304, the conveying belt 302 is arranged on the mounting seat 301, the conveying belt 302 is integrally embedded in the mounting seat 301, the limiting structures 303 are symmetrically arranged at long sides of the mounting seat 301, the mounting seat 301 forms an included angle with the supporting plate 102 when being lifted by the lifting machine 202, that is, the included angle α is formed between a short side of the mounting seat 301 and a short side, intersecting with the short side of the mounting seat, of the supporting plate 102, and the a is larger than or equal to 30° and less than or equal to 90°.
In the example, the cutting mechanism 4 includes a fixed supporting frame 401 and a cutting machine 402, the fixed supporting frame 401 is arranged on the mounting seat 301 of the conveying mechanism 3, four supporting legs of the fixed supporting frame 401 are symmetrically and fixedly mounted at the long side of the mounting seat 301, the cutting machine 402 is arranged below the fixed supporting frame 401, specifically, the cutting machine 402 includes a fixed machine shell 4021, a servo motor 4022 and a cutter 4023, an upper end of the fixed machine shell 4021 is fixedly connected to a lower end of a connecting block 4014, the servo motor 4022 is fixedly mounted at a side face of the fixed machine shell 4021, the cutter 4023 is mounted at the other side, symmetrical to the servo motor 4022, of the fixed supporting frame 4021, an output end of the servo motor 4022 is fixedly connected to a side end of the cutter 4023, and then the servo motor 4022 drives the cutter 4023 to conduct cutting.
In specific operation, an inclination angle required for the conveying mechanism 3 is controlled by means of the lifting mechanism 2, a culture plate to be subjected to harvest is conveyed to a position below the cutting mechanism by means of the conveying mechanism 3, then the limiting structures 303 fix the culture plate, the sprouts on the culture plate are cut, and then the culture plate is conveyed to a next procedure. Specifically, the control console 201 on the lifting mechanism 2 controls the lifting machine 202, the output end of the lifting machine 202 drives one end of the mounting seat 301 on the conveying mechanism 3 to ascend, then the mounting seat 301 drives the conveying belt 302 and the cutting mechanism 4 to incline together, and meanwhile, the lifting rod 304 under the other end of the mounting seat 301 may also ascend according to a lifting condition, so that the mounting seat 301 is stable and firm. The conveying belt 302 on the conveying mechanism 3 conveys the culture plate to be subjected to harvest to the position below the cutting mechanism 4, and the limiting structures 303 fix the culture plate, so that the servo motor 4022 on the cutting mechanism 4 drives the cutter 4023 to cut the sprouts on the culture plate. The cut sprouts may fall downwards due to an inclined state of the conveying mechanism 3, so that the sprouts fall into the collecting tank 1041 on the sprout collecting box 104. The anti-throw plate 1042 may effectively prevent some sprouts from being accidentally thrown out during operation. In conclusion, the sprouts cut by the device may fall into the collecting tank 1041 but may not directly fall onto the culture plate, so that later manual treatment procedures are effectively and directly reduced, human and material resources are reduced, and production progress is accelerated.
With reference to
In the example, the lifting mechanism 2 includes a lifting machine 202 and a control console 201, the control console 201 is fixedly connected to a bottom of the supporting plate 102, an upper end of the control console 201 is fixedly connected to a lower portion of one end, without the avoidance groove 103, of the supporting plate 102, a side face of the lifting machine 202 is fixedly connected to a side face of the control console 201, and an output end of the lifting machine 202 penetrates through the avoidance groove 103 to be fixedly connected to the conveying mechanism 3. Specifically, the conveying belt 302 on the conveying mechanism 3 is a chain bar conveying belt 306, the chain bar conveying belt 306 is provided with a plurality of movable connecting seats 305 and a plurality of lifting air cylinders 308, the supporting leg 101 is provided with a supporting seat 307, one ends of the plurality of movable connecting seats 305 are arranged on the supporting seat 307, the plurality of lifting air cylinders 308 are arranged on the supporting seat 307, output ends of the lifting air cylinders 308 and the output end of the lifting machine 202 are located at the same side, the output ends of the lifting air cylinders 308 are fixedly connected to the other ends of the movable connecting seats 305, and the lifting air cylinders 308 drive the other ends of the movable connecting seats to ascend or descend so as to drive one end of the chain bar conveying belt 302 to ascend or descend. Through cooperation of the plurality of lifting air cylinders 308 and the plurality of movable connecting seats 305, angles of the movable connecting seats are gradually increased, the angle ranges from 30° to 90°. The number of the movable connecting seats 305 is consistent with the number of the lifting air cylinders 308. A chain bar on the chain bar conveying belt 306 is provided with a clasp 309, the clasps 309 sleeve two symmetrical ends of the chain bar, and the clasp 309 is used to prevent the culture plate from moving back.
During actual use, the lifting mechanism 2 lifts one end of the chain bar conveying belt 306 to a certain level, heights are increased from a horizontal end to one end lifted by the lifting mechanism 2 by a certain angle by means of the lifting air cylinder 308, the movable connecting seat 305 is driven to ascend, and then an inclination angle of the movable connecting seat 305 is consistent with that of a part close to the end lifted by the lifting mechanism 2, so that a horizontal state is gradually changed to an inclined state. The clasp 309 is used to prevent the culture plate from moving back, so the culture plate does not need to be manually placed on the device in an inclined mode, thus reducing manual labor pressure.
The beneficial effects of the Example 2 are further highlighted by selecting different angles of the device for automatically harvesting sprouts in the example for harvesting sprouts with different heights and counting corresponding falling ratios of the sprouts in a harvest process under conditions of the different selected heights of the device and the different heights of the sprouts below.
In the comparative statistical example, four sprouts with different heights 12 cm, 14 cm, 16 cm and 18 cm are selected for harvest, an angle of the device for automatically harvesting sprouts is adjusted for the sprout with each height, and six different harvest angles 30°, 45°, 60°, 75°, 80° and 90° are selected. The device suitable for automatically harvesting soilless culture sprouts in the Example 2 and a harvest mode used by the same are used to conduct harvest tests, and detailed results are as shown in the following table:
Note: the falling ratio is a ratio of sprouts falling from a sprout culture plate to harvested sprouts; and when the inclination angle is 80°-90° and sprouts are harvested when having large heights such as 16 cm and 18 cm, sprouts at a side may bend, so harvest and cutting cannot be completed thoroughly, and a harvest ratio may be reduced.
Falling ratio (%)=falling mass g/(mass before harvest (including the sprout culture plate)−mass after harvest (including the sprout culture plate)) g.
From the above statistical data, is may be seen that the higher sprout height and inclination angle of the device for harvest result in the higher falling ratio, which further shows the beneficial effects of the device for harvesting sprouts of the example, that is, the device can adjust the angle in a wide range so as to be suitable for the harvest of the sprouts with the different heights, and can effectively improve harvest efficiency of the sprouts through free adjustment of various angles.
It should be noted that relational terms herein such as first and second are only used to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relation or order between such entities or operations. Moreover, the terms “include”, “comprise” or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that a process, method, article or terminal device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes those elements that are not explicitly listed, or also includes elements inherent to this process, method, article or terminal device. Without more restrictions, the elements defined by the sentence “including a . . . ” or “comprising a . . . ” do not exclude the existence of other elements in the process, method, article, or terminal device including the elements. In addition, herein, “larger than”, “less than”, “exceeding”, etc. are understood as excluding the number; “above”, “below”, “within”, etc. are understood as including the number.
Although the above examples have been described, once the basic inventive concepts are known to those skilled in the art, additional changes and modifications may be made to these examples, so the foregoing is merely examples of the present invention and does not constitute a limitation on the scope of protection of the patent of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process change made by using the description and the accompanying drawings of the present invention and applied to other related technical fields directly or indirectly shall still fall within the scope of protection of the patent of the present invention.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 201910376594.9 | May 2019 | CN | national |
| 201910496151.3 | Jun 2019 | CN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/CN2019/090809 | 6/12/2020 | WO | 00 |
