CN104685990B - A kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment - Google Patents

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CN104685990B
CN104685990B CN201510122666.9A CN201510122666A CN104685990B CN 104685990 B CN104685990 B CN 104685990B CN 201510122666 A CN201510122666 A CN 201510122666A CN 104685990 B CN104685990 B CN 104685990B
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The present invention proposes a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, first drill bit is arranged on lower end the creeping into for Soil K+adsorption improved equipment of body, handle is arranged on the upper end of body for gripping Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, the upper end of body is provided with the cylinder symmetrical relative to body center, the internally installed of cylinder has piston, the lower end of piston is connected by piston rod the second drill bit, the bottom of body is provided with impurity dispersion machine, the internally installed motor having for driving the first drill bit of body, rotating shaft is installed on motor, the lateral symmetry of rotating shaft is distributed material storing room, the upper end of rotating shaft is provided with air compressor, air compressor and body form airtight Sampling Machine inner chamber, Sampling Machine inner chamber top is provided with analyser, this equipment can effectively detect the content of soil, change the performance of soil, optimize planting environment.

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A kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment
Technical field
The present invention relates to the technical field of soil improvement, particularly relate to a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment.
Background technology
In recent years, along with the fast development of economic society, the arable soil catagen speed of China is accelerated, husky Change, acidifying, impoverishment, rareization are on the rise, and agricultural waste resource is difficult to return to farmland, and arable land subtracts Grain-production all will be constituted a threat to by the problems such as less, land fertility is not enough.
Patent announcement number discloses a kind of soil stabilizing apparatus knot for CN 204119908 U Chinese patent literature Structure, including frame tool body, high-pressure water pipe and fountain head component, frame tool body is set to closed-in construction group Equipped with arc-shaped guide plate prominent laterally, wheel rod member and inner side frame bar plate;In high-pressure water pipe two ends are assemblied in On side frame bar plate, high-pressure water pipe top is reserved with the water filling port being connected with extraneous High-Pressure Water conveying pipe;Water spray Head component is set to multiple fountain head, and multiple fountain heads protrude out along the axis direction decile of described high-pressure water pipe and set Being placed in the downside of high-pressure water pipe, multiple fountain heads plug together in the chute of location-plate corresponding to position also respectively And be connected with slide, the technical scheme that this patent provides makes soil surface have agitation effect of loosening the soil, it is ensured that The cultivation of planting of plantation is obtained preferable growing space, makes surface soil hydrous water through concentrating on of High-Pressure Water Flowing reaches nature floating stirring, makes soil texture reach the improvement of softization, it is provided that plant the good related water of cultivation The practical purpose that soil keeps.
Although soil stabilizing apparatus structure of the prior art improvement soil makes soil fluffy, but cannot be real Now soil is detected, adaptive carry out suitable wholely, therefore can cause soil fluffy degree mistake Height, causes the water holding capacity of water and soil to decline and the loss of nutrient.
Prior art uses fertilizer to carry out the improvement of soil function mostly, but the chemistry one-tenth contained due to fertilizer Dividing a lot, the growth to vegetable is unfavorable, and therefore a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment of design is currently available technology Urgent problem.
Summary of the invention
For solving technical problem present in background technology, the present invention proposes a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, This equipment can effectively detect the content of soil, changes the performance of soil, optimizes planting environment.
The present invention propose a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, including the first drill bit, probe, impurity dispersion machine, Motor, the first induction apparatus, Sampling Machine inner chamber, the second drill bit, piston rod, piston, cylinder, handle, point Analyzer, rotating shaft, air compressor, material storing room, appendix, body, the 3rd induction apparatus, the first electronic valve, Communicating pipe, the second induction apparatus, feed pipe and the second electronic valve, the first drill bit be arranged on the lower end of body for Creeping into of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, handle is arranged on the upper end of body for gripping Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, The upper end of body is provided with the cylinder symmetrical relative to body center, and the internally installed of cylinder has piston, piston Lower end connected by piston rod and have the second drill bit, the bottom of body is provided with impurity dispersion machine, body interior Portion is provided with the motor for driving the first drill bit, and motor is provided with rotating shaft, the lateral symmetry distribution of rotating shaft Having material storing room, the upper end of rotating shaft is provided with air compressor.
Further, the cavity between air compressor and body forms airtight Sampling Machine inner chamber, Sampling Machine Inner chamber top is provided with analyser, and described analyser electrically connects with cylinder.
Preferably, multiple probe is installed between impurity dispersion machine and the first drill bit.
Preferably, the outer wall of body is provided with multiple first induction apparatus.
Preferably, air compressor connects with appendix, is connected by communicating pipe between appendix with material storing room, Being provided with the first electronic valve in communicating pipe, be provided with the 3rd induction apparatus between material storing room and communicating pipe, material storing room is close The side of body is provided with the second induction apparatus, and material storing room is connected by feed pipe with the external world, is provided with the in feed pipe Two electronic valves.
Preferably, material storing room is provided with multiple, and close installation intracavity in Sampling Machine.
Preferably, the second electronic valve is controlled by the second induction apparatus, and the first electronic valve passes through the 3rd induction apparatus control System.
Preferably, the second induction apparatus and the 3rd induction apparatus are all controlled by the first induction apparatus.
In the present invention, connected with appendix by air compressor, by even between appendix and material storing room Siphunculus connects, and is provided with the first electronic valve, is provided with the 3rd induction apparatus between material storing room and communicating pipe in communicating pipe, Material storing room is provided with the second induction apparatus near the side of body, and material storing room is connected by feed pipe with the external world, charging Being provided with the second electronic valve in pipe, the second electronic valve is controlled by the second induction apparatus, and the first electronic valve passes through the 3rd Induction apparatus controls, and the second induction apparatus and the 3rd induction apparatus are all controlled by the first induction apparatus, and material storing room is provided with multiple, And close installation intracavity in Sampling Machine so that Soil K+adsorption improved equipment can collect different depth soil Soil sample, the scope on the one hand making the data of detection is more wide, the most fluffy soil, Optimize the structure of soil.
The most in the present invention, the cylinder symmetrical relative to body center, cylinder are installed in the upper end of body Internally installed have piston, the lower end of piston is connected by piston rod has the second drill bit, by the second drill bit pair Soil further bores so that soil is more fluffy, effectively prevent soil change and hardens.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment that the present invention proposes;
Fig. 2 is the close-up schematic view at this utility model A;
Fig. 3 is the close-up schematic view at this utility model B;
In figure, the 1, first drill bit;2, probe;3, impurity dispersion machine;4, motor;5, the first induction apparatus; 6, Sampling Machine inner chamber;7, the second drill bit;8, piston rod;9, piston;10, cylinder;11, handle; 12, analyser;13, rotating shaft;14, air compressor;15, material storing room;16, appendix;17, machine Body;18, the 3rd induction apparatus;19, the first electronic valve;20, communicating pipe;21, the second induction apparatus;22、 Feed pipe;23, the second electronic valve.
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As Figure 1-3, Fig. 1 is the structural representation of a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment that the present invention proposes; Fig. 2 is the close-up schematic view at A of the present invention;Fig. 3 is the partial enlargement signal at this utility model B Figure.
With reference to shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, the present invention proposes a kind of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, including the One drill bit 1, probe 2, impurity dispersion machine 3, motor the 4, first induction apparatus 5, Sampling Machine inner chamber 6, second Drill bit 7, piston rod 8, piston 9, cylinder 10, handle 11, analyser 12, rotating shaft 13, air compression Machine 14, material storing room 15, appendix 16, body the 17, the 3rd induction apparatus the 18, first electronic valve 19, connection Pipe the 20, second induction apparatus 21, feed pipe 22 and the second electronic valve 23, the first drill bit 1 is arranged on body 17 Lower end for the creeping into of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, handle 11 is arranged on the upper end of body 17 for gripping Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, the upper end of body 17 is provided with relative to the centrosymmetric cylinder of body 17 10, The internally installed of cylinder 10 has piston 9, and the lower end of piston 9 is connected by piston rod 8 the second drill bit 7, Wherein, the second drill bit 7 is for carrying out fluffy process to soil so that soil improvement equipment can be according to inspection The fluffy degree of soil that measures and make adaptive adjustment, the bottom of body 17 is provided with impurity dispersion machine 3, The internally installed motor 4 having for driving the first drill bit 1 of body 17.
As shown in figures 1 and 3, motor 4 being provided with rotating shaft 13, the lateral symmetry of rotating shaft 13 is distributed Material storing room 15, the upper end of rotating shaft 13 is provided with air compressor 14, air compressor 14 and body 17 it Between cavity form airtight Sampling Machine inner chamber 6, Sampling Machine inner chamber 6 top is provided with analyser 12, described Analyser 12 is electrically connected with cylinder 10, and analyser 12 is for the soil-like collected in material storing room 15 Originally detect, analyze humidity and the viscosity of soil sample, thus result analysis obtained passes through the signal of telecommunication Pass to cylinder 10, cylinder 10 second drill bit 7 is carried out the effect of enforcement power, thus realizes soil Carry out adaptive fluffy process.
In this embodiment, between impurity dispersion machine 3 and the first drill bit 1, multiple probe 2 is installed.
In above-mentioned detailed description of the invention, by installation settings between impurity dispersion machine 3 and the first drill bit 1 Multiple probes 2, multiple probes 2 achieve and carry out whole to the area on whole detection improved equipment projection interface The scanning of body, thus obtain an overall testing result, it is ensured that detection improved equipment can keep vertical Angle enter inside soil, it is to avoid out of alignment and have impact on the accuracy of Soil K+adsorption so that this changes Good equipment is when soil being detected, it is possible to automatically start motor 4 so that the first drill bit 1 can rotate and reality Now equipment is crept into step.
In this embodiment, the outer wall of body 17 is provided with multiple first induction apparatus 5.Air pressure Contracting machine 14 connects with appendix 16, by connecting communicating pipe 20 between appendix 16 with material storing room 15, even It is provided with the first electronic valve 19 in siphunculus 20, between material storing room 15 and communicating pipe 20, is provided with the 3rd induction apparatus 18, Material storing room 15 is provided with the second induction apparatus 21 near the side of body 17, and material storing room 15 passes through charging with extraneous Pipe 22 connects, and is provided with the second electronic valve 23 in feed pipe 22;Second electronic valve 23 is by the second induction apparatus 21 control, and the first electronic valve 19 is controlled by the 3rd induction apparatus 18;Second induction apparatus 21 and the 3rd sensing Device 18 is all controlled by the first induction apparatus 5.
In above-mentioned detailed description of the invention, by the outer wall at body 17, multiple first induction apparatuss 5 are installed, make After this Soil K+adsorption improved equipment proper enters in soil, when body 17 sidewall contact is to soil, the first sense After answering device 5 to sense soil, now, the first induction apparatus 5 passes information to the second induction apparatus 21 and the 3rd Induction apparatus 18, is passed to the second electronic valve 23 He by the second induction apparatus 21 and the 3rd induction apparatus 18 by signal First electronic valve 19, thus realize the material to needing detection and draw automatically, facilitate detection, In detailed description of the invention, material storing room 15 is provided with multiple, and close installation is in Sampling Machine inner chamber 6.
In the above-described embodiment, material storing room 15 is arranged in Sampling Machine inner chamber 6, and arranges multiple, it is achieved Material is sufficiently gathered, it is simple to the information of material is fully gathered, improve the standard of sample Really property and reliability.
During specifically used, first pass through probe 2 and detect, when probe 2 detects soil, Now signal is passed to motor 4 by probe 2, and motor 4 realizes the rotation to the first drill bit 1 by rotating shaft 13, Under the drive of the first drill bit 1, Sampling Machine body 17 is made to enter in soil, when the first induction apparatus 5 senses During sand bed, now signal is passed to the second induction apparatus 21 and the 3rd induction apparatus 18 by the first induction apparatus 5, with After by the second induction apparatus 21, second electronic valve 23 is opened, by the 3rd induction apparatus 18 by the first electronic valve 19 Opening, now, air compressor 14 realizes evacuating material storing room 15 by appendix 16, thus real Having showed the automatic material-absorbing to soil, material storing room 15 is provided with multiple, and Sampling Machine body 17 is at the band of drill bit 1 Dynamic lower constantly sinking, this completes the soil to different depth is acquired, after material storing room 15 fills up, Second electronic valve 23 cuts out by the second induction apparatus 21, and the first electronic valve 19 cuts out by the 3rd induction apparatus 18, Thus complete the whole process to the sampling of different depth sand bed.
The above, the only present invention preferably detailed description of the invention, but protection scope of the present invention not office Being limited to this, any those familiar with the art is in the technical scope that the invention discloses, according to this The technical scheme of invention and inventive concept thereof in addition equivalent or change, all should contain the protection in the present invention Within the scope of.

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1. a Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, it is characterised in that: include the first drill bit (1), probe (2), impurity dispersion machine (3), motor (4), the first induction apparatus (5), Sampling Machine inner chamber (6), the second drill bit (7), piston rod (8), piston (9), cylinder (10), handle (11), analyser (12), rotating shaft (13), air compressor (14), material storing room (15), Appendix (16), body (17), the 3rd induction apparatus (18), the first electronic valve (19), communicating pipe (20), the second sensing Device (21), feed pipe (22) and the second electronic valve (23), the first drill bit (1) is arranged on the lower end of body (17) and is used for Creeping into of Soil K+adsorption improved equipment, handle (11) is arranged on the upper end of body (17) and is used for gripping Soil K+adsorption improvement and sets Standby, the upper end of body (17) is provided with relative to body (17) centrosymmetric cylinder (10), the inside of cylinder (10) Being provided with piston (9), the lower end of piston (9) is connected by piston rod (8) the second drill bit (7), body (17) Bottom is provided with impurity dispersion machine (3), the internally installed motor (4) having for driving the first drill bit (1) of body (17), Being provided with rotating shaft (13) on motor (4), the lateral symmetry of rotating shaft (13) is distributed material storing room (15), rotating shaft (13) Upper end is provided with air compressor (14), and air compressor (14) connects with appendix (16), appendix (16) and storage Connected by communicating pipe (20) between material room (15), in communicating pipe (20), be provided with the first electronic valve (19), material storing room (15) And being provided with the 3rd induction apparatus (18) between communicating pipe (20), material storing room (15) is provided with second near the side of body (17) Induction apparatus (21), material storing room (15) is connected by feed pipe (22) with extraneous, and feed pipe is provided with the second electronics in (22) Valve (23).
Soil K+adsorption improved equipment the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that material storing room (15) is provided with multiple, And close installation is in Sampling Machine inner chamber (6).
Soil K+adsorption improved equipment the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the second electronic valve (23) is by the Two induction apparatuss (21) control, and the first electronic valve (19) is controlled by the 3rd induction apparatus (18).
Soil K+adsorption improved equipment the most according to any one of claim 1 to 3, it is characterised in that air compressor (14) cavity and between body (17) forms airtight Sampling Machine inner chamber (6), and Sampling Machine inner chamber (6) top is provided with Analyser (12), described analyser (12) electrically connects with cylinder (10).
Soil K+adsorption improved equipment the most according to claim 3, it is characterised in that the second induction apparatus (21) and the 3rd Induction apparatus (18) is all controlled by the first induction apparatus (5).
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