CN106003795A - Open type straw compressing box with two density adjusting mechanisms - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an open type straw compressing box with two density adjusting mechanisms. The open type straw compressing box comprises a first compression box body and a second compression box body, wherein the first compression box body is provided with the first density adjusting mechanism, and the second compression box body is provided with the second density adjusting mechanism. The first density adjusting mechanism comprises blocking slide blocks, springs, adjusting nuts and guiding rods. The guiding rods are fixed to lateral edges of the first compression box body, the first guiding rod is provided with the corresponding blocking slide block, the corresponding spring and the corresponding adjusting nut, and the corresponding blocking slide block stretches into the first compression box body. The second density adjusting mechanism comprises reversing manipulators and inclined lateral pressing plates, the inclined lateral pressing plates are arranged on the two opposite sides of the second compression box body through hinge pins, and the ends of the inclined lateral pressing plates are connected with the corresponding manipulators. Through the two density adjusting mechanisms, a first bundle which is actually bundled can be compressed in a high-density mode, and the two density adjusting mechanisms provide resistance at the same time, so that the compression density is greatly improved.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to the technical field of straw compression, be specifically related to a kind of open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism.
Background technology
At present, major part straw goes back field after being incinerated or pulverizing, and crop-residue incorporation is relatively big and accumulation throughout the year causes upper soll layer outstanding loose, and easily grows harmful disease pest, crop straw burning serious environment pollution.According to actual needs, application composite machine disposably completes harvest corn and straw bundling reclaims, and is to solve the effective way that straw is dealt with improperly.
Straw recycling engineering is the very important link in agriculture project, and the recycling of straw not only facilitates environmental protection, and contributes to emerging of crop.The straw being recovered can be used for furniture and makes, biogas fermentation.Owing to some straws are big compared to other straw diameters and hollow, at present, during existing straw baler bundling, density is less, easily causes straw and comes off, and shipping storage cost is high.Therefore, need to provide a kind of effective high density compressed device on the basis of existing open type compression technology, it is ensured that the seriality of straw bundling process, reduce straw transportation storage cost simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
In order to solve above-mentioned technical problem, the invention provides a kind of open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, realize the high density compressed of the first bundle straw, do not changing the successional pressed density that existing open type compression case square bale straw is simultaneously greatly improved of bundling, and convenient regulation square bale straw compression density.
In order to achieve the above object, the technical scheme is that a kind of open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, including the first compression casing and the second compression casing, described first compression casing is provided with the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, and the second compression casing is provided with the second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism；Described first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes stopping slide block, spring, adjusting nut and guide post, and guide post is fixed on the incline of the first compression casing, and the first guide post is provided with stop slide block, spring and adjusting nut, stops that slip is stretched in the first compression box body；Described second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes break-in mechanical hand and inclined side pressing plate, and inclined side pressing plate is arranged on the opposite sides of the second compression casing by hinging pin shaft, and the end of inclined side pressing plate is connected with mechanical hand.
Further, described guide post tilts to be fixed on the incline of the first compression casing by baffle plate, and the incline of the axis of guide post and the first compression casing is coplanar.
Further, the axis of described guide post and the angle of the first incline compressing casing are 20 degree.
Further, described stop slide block is actively installed on guide post by sliding sleeve, stops that the bottom surface of slide block is parallel with the first compression interior；Guide post is provided with feather key, and sliding sleeve is connected with feather key；Described stop slide block is connected with spring, and spring is connected with adjusting nut, and the length in reserve regulation of adjusting nut regulation spring, spring acts on sliding sleeve.
Further, the quantity of described first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism is provided with 4, and the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium Distribution of Institutions is on four inclines of the first compression casing.
Further, described break-in mechanical hand is fixed on the second compression casing, break-in mechanical hand includes frame, sliding sleeve, depression bar and break-in bar, frame is fixed on the second compression casing, and frame is provided with sliding sleeve, and sliding sleeve two ends are hinged with head rod, head rod and the second connecting rod are hinged, second connecting rod is hinged with break-in bar, and break-in bar is hinged with depression bar, and depression bar is fixed on inclined side pressing plate.
Further, described inclined side pressing plate is hollow.
Beneficial effects of the present invention: the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism is capable of open type compression, when square bale is through out-of-date, it stops that slide block forms squeezing action under the action of the spring to square bale straw, and the first bundle forms approximation enclosed compression, pressed density is greatly improved；Second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism introduces break-in mechanical hand, it is possible to realize controlling easily the folding angle of inclined side pressing plate, and two hollow lateral pressing plates form squeezing action to square bale straw side.The present invention is through two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, it is possible to achieve actual bundling first is tied high density compressed；Two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism provides resistance simultaneously, and pressed density is greatly improved.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly that the embodiment of the present invention or technical scheme of the prior art, the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art will be briefly described below, apparently, accompanying drawing in describing below is only some embodiments of the present invention, for those of ordinary skill in the art, on the premise of not paying creative work, it is also possible to obtain other accompanying drawing according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the left view of the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism.
Fig. 3 is the right view of the second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the present invention is clearly and completely described, it is clear that described embodiment is only a part of embodiment of the present invention rather than whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the present invention, the every other embodiment that those of ordinary skill in the art are obtained under not paying creative work premise, broadly fall into the scope of protection of the invention.
As shown in Figure 1, Figure 2 and Figure 3, a kind of open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, including the first compression casing 1 and the second compression casing 9, first compression casing 1 front end is provided with the bore opening casing more than the first compression casing 1, for carrying unpressed straw in the first compression casing 1.First compression casing 1 is connected with the second compression casing 9, and the straw after being compressed by the first compression casing 1 is sent to the second compression casing 9, carries out second time and compresses.First compression casing 1 is provided with the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, and the second compression casing 9 is provided with the second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism.Described first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes stopping slide block 2, spring 3, adjusting nut 4 and guide post 5, guide post 5 is fixed on the incline of the first compression casing 1, first guide post 5 is provided with stop slide block 2, spring 3 and adjusting nut 4, stops that slip 2 is stretched in the first compression casing 1.Described second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes that mechanical hand 6 and inclined side pressing plate 7, inclined side pressing plate 7 are arranged on the opposite sides of the second compression casing 9 by hinging pin shaft 8, and the end of inclined side pressing plate 7 is connected with mechanical hand 6.
Stop that slide block 2 is actively installed on guide post 5 by sliding sleeve, stop that slide block 2 can move on guide post 5.Stop that two vertical bottom face of slide block 2 are parallel with first compression 1 liang of vertical inside surface of casing, stop that the bottom surface of slide block 2 becomes squeezing action to four, the side prismatic of square bale.Guide post 5 is provided with feather key, and sliding sleeve is connected with the feather key on guide post 5, for stopping that slide block 2 carries out spacing, preventing it from rotating.Stopping that slide block 2 is connected with spring 3, spring 3 can stretch along guide post 5, and spring 3 is connected with adjusting nut 4, and adjusting nut 4 regulates the length in reserve regulation of spring 3, and spring 3 acts on sliding sleeve, and regulation stops the size stretched in the first compression casing 1 of slide block 2.
Compression blade enters from the left side of the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, and be positioned at first 1 four square position of compression box stops that slide block 2 plays the effect stopping blade under the effect of spring 3, is temporarily forming enclosed compression effectiveness, along with the accumulation of blade forms square bale.
Preferably, guide post 5 tilts to be fixed on the incline of the first compression casing 1 by baffle plate, the incline of the axis of guide post 5 and the first compression casing 1 is coplanar, make square bale straw promote stop slide block 2 along guide post 5 move to certain position time, stop that two vertical bottom face of slide block 2 are the most coplanar with two orthogonal inner surfacies of the first compression box 1, and then make square bale straw to pass through.The angle of the incline of the axis of guide post 5 and the first compression casing 1 is 20 degree.
As in figure 2 it is shown, the quantity of the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism is provided with 4, the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium Distribution of Institutions is on four inclines of the first compression casing 1.The resistance that the mode of being arranged such can make square bale straw be subject to is evenly distributed symmetry, so that pressed density each several part is equal.
The frame of break-in mechanical hand 6 is fixed on the side guide 7 of the second compression casing 9, and the left end of two inclined side pressing plates 7 on the second compression casing 9 side is hinged on the side of the second compression casing 9.Inclined side pressing plate 7 is hollow, both can improve deformation intensity, has again certain deformation surplus to prevent side guide from producing plastic deformation.The terminal of break-in mechanical hand 6 is hinged on the right-hand member of inclined side pressing plate 7, controls the folding of inclined side pressing plate 7.The effect increasing resistance is played in the movement of square bale straw by the side intilted inclined side pressing plate 7 of the second compression casing 9.
Break-in mechanical hand 6 is fixed on the second compression casing 9, break-in mechanical hand 6 includes frame 6-1, sliding sleeve 6-2, depression bar 6-3 and break-in bar 6-4, frame 6-1 can be slided on the second compression casing 9, frame 6-1 is provided with sliding sleeve 6-2, sliding sleeve 6-2 two ends are hinged with head rod 6-6, head rod 6-6 and the second connecting rod 6-5 is hinged, and the second connecting rod 6-5 is hinged with break-in bar 6-4, break-in bar 6-4 is hinged with depression bar 6-3, and depression bar 6-3 is hinged on inclined side pressing plate 7.Sliding sleeve 6-2 in up-down adjustment frame 6-1 can control the folding of inclined side pressing plate 7.The interstitial hole of the second connecting rod 6-5 is hinged in frame 6-1.Ignoring the thickness of each bar, the equal hinged in series of all bars is in approximately the same plane.The specific works process of break-in mechanical hand 6: regulation sliding sleeve 6-2 moves down and head rod 6-6 can be driven to rotate counterclockwise, trend towards horizontal level to move, drive the second connecting rod 6-5 rotate in an anti-clockwise direction simultaneously, promote depression bar 6-3 internal mobile to compression box 9 by the leverage of the second connecting rod 6-5, thus regulate the Guan Bi of side guide 7.Divertical motion due to side guide can be decomposed into the motion of both direction, therefore needs break-in bar 6-4 to regulate the space motion direction of mechanical hand.
Under the conditions of first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism is capable of open type compression, makes the first bundle form approximation enclosed contractive condition during actual bundling operation, pressed density is greatly improved.When square bale is through the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, and four stop that slide block forms squeezing action to square bale straw under the effect of spring 3.Second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism introduces break-in mechanical hand 6, it is possible to realize controlling easily the folding angle of inclined side pressing plate 7, is simultaneously introduced two hollow inclined side pressing plates 7 and square bale straw side is formed squeezing action.The present invention is through two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, it is possible to achieve actual bundling first is tied high density compressed；Two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism provides resistance simultaneously, and pressed density is greatly improved.The present invention solves when actual compression first and ties the problem that density is not enough, is simultaneously introduced two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism and adds open type compression density, in that context it may be convenient to utilizes the inclination angle of break-in manipulator mechanism regulation inclined side pressing plate 7, thus change pressed density.The present invention is applicable to high-density straw compression.
The above; being only the present invention preferably detailed description of the invention, but protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, any those familiar with the art is in the technical scope that the invention discloses; the change that can readily occur in or replacement, all should contain within protection scope of the present invention.
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1. an open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, including the first compression casing (1) and the second compression casing (9), it is characterized in that: described first compression casing (1) is provided with the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism, the second compression casing (9) is provided with the second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism；Described first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes stopping slide block (2), spring (3), adjusting nut (4) and guide post (5), guide post (5) is fixed on the incline of the first compression casing (1), first guide post (5) is provided with stop slide block (2), spring (3) and adjusting nut (4), stops that slide (2) are stretched in the first compression casing (1)；Described second Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism includes break-in mechanical hand (6) and inclined side pressing plate (7), inclined side pressing plate (7) is arranged on the opposite sides of the second compression casing (9) by hinging pin shaft (8), and the end of inclined side pressing plate (7) is connected with mechanical hand (6).
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described guide post (5) tilts to be fixed on the incline of the first compression casing (1) by baffle plate, and the incline of the axis of guide post (5) and the first compression casing (1) is coplanar.
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 2, it is characterised in that the angle of the incline of the axis of described guide post (5) and the first compression casing (1) is 20 degree.
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 1 and 2, it is characterized in that, described stop slide block (2) is actively installed on guide post (5) by sliding sleeve, stops that the bottom surface of slide block (2) is parallel with the first compression casing (1) inner surface；Described guide post (5) is provided with feather key, and sliding sleeve is connected with feather key；Described stop slide block (2) is connected with spring (3), and spring (3) is connected with adjusting nut (4), and the length in reserve regulation of adjusting nut (4) regulation spring (3), spring (3) acts on sliding sleeve.
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the quantity of described first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism is provided with 4, the first Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium Distribution of Institutions is on four inclines of the first compression casing (1).
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described break-in mechanical hand (6) is fixed on the second compression casing (9), break-in mechanical hand (6) includes frame (6-1), sliding sleeve (6-2), depression bar (6-3) and break-in bar (6-4), frame (6-1) is fixed on the second compression casing (9), frame (6-1) is provided with sliding sleeve (6-2), sliding sleeve (6-2) two ends are hinged with head rod (6-6), head rod (6-6) is hinged with the second connecting rod (6-5), second connecting rod (6-5) is hinged with break-in bar (6-4), break-in bar (6-4) is hinged with depression bar (6-3), depression bar (6-3) is fixed on inclined side pressing plate (7).
The open type straw compression case with two-stage Auto-regulating System of Density of Heavy Medium mechanism the most according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described inclined side pressing plate (7) is hollow.
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