CN106824795B - Water chestnut sorting machine - Google Patents

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CN106824795B
CN106824795B CN201611264665.9A CN201611264665A CN106824795B CN 106824795 B CN106824795 B CN 106824795B CN 201611264665 A CN201611264665 A CN 201611264665A CN 106824795 B CN106824795 B CN 106824795B
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The invention discloses a water chestnut sorting machine which comprises a feeding device, a driving shaft, a conveying sorting belt, a conveying belt, a sorting hole, an upper beam, a blocking tooth, an auxiliary driving shaft and a lower beam, wherein the feeding device is arranged at one end of the conveying sorting belt, the driving shaft is arranged at the other end of the conveying sorting belt, the conveying belt is arranged below the conveying sorting belt, the sorting hole is formed in the conveying sorting belt, the upper beam is fixedly arranged above the conveying sorting belt, the lower beam is arranged below the conveying sorting belt, the blocking tooth is arranged on the upper beam, and the auxiliary driving shaft is fixedly arranged on one side of the conveying sorting belt. The invention has simple and reasonable structure, convenient use and high sorting efficiency.

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Water chestnut sorting machine
Technical Field
The invention relates to a water chestnut sorting machine, and belongs to the technical field of water chestnut processing equipment.
Background
The Henry steudnera tuber is also called chufa, a herb of shallow water perennial root of the genus Eleocharis of the family Cyperaceae, and the corm is eaten as a vegetable. Ancient teal pack (teal pack), commonly called water chestnut, is named because it is shaped like a water chestnut and also like a chestnut. Its horseshoe is called as its outer surface; it is said to be like chestnut, not only in shape, but also in flavor, ingredients and functions similar to chestnut, and because it is produced in mud, it is called chestnut. The water chestnut has purple and black peel, pure white meat, sweet and juicy taste, is crisp and delicious, has the reputation of underground snow pears in the ancient times, and is regarded as Jiangnan ginseng in the northern China. The water chestnut can be used as a fruit and a vegetable, and is a popular fashion. The water chestnut is a bulb with an enlarged tip of an underground creeping stem of a plant, namely the water chestnut, of the family Cyperaceae, the bulb is flat and spherical, the surface is smooth, the aged bulb is in a deep chestnut shell palladium or date red color, the ring is 3-5 circles, short bird beak-shaped terminal buds and side buds are arranged, and the meat is white, crisp and tender in texture and juicy and sweet. The water chestnuts grow into swamp herb for many years, and the meadow rhizomes are slender. The tail end expands into an oblate sphere with the diameter of about 4cm and is black brown; cylindrical overground stem with height of 75cm, fasciculate, non-branching, hollow, with transverse septum, smooth surface, green color, degenerated leaf, thin film of leaf sheath, oblique sheath mouth, and easy falling off. One spike-shaped inflorescence is used, the head is grown, the head is upright, the head is firstly provided with a cylinder, and the head is light green. A large or majority of flowers; the scales are in wide inverted oval shape, are arranged in a spiral or tile-covered shape, and have fine vertical stripes on the back; 6 flower quilts become seta with inverted hooks; stamens 2, filaments are slender; the ovary is superior, the stigma 2 or 3 is cracked, and the color is dark brown. The small nuts are in a double-convex mirror shape and about 2.5 mm long. The flowering period is 6-7 months. The water chestnut is rich in nutrition, and according to analysis, each 100 g of fresh corms contain 0.8-1.5 g of protein, 12.9-21.8 g of carbohydrate, 0.3 g of fat, 0.3 g of crude fiber, 0.8 g of ash, 4 mg of calcium, 45 mg of phosphorus, 0.8 mg of iron and a small amount of carotene and vitamin C. The phosphorus contained in the water chestnuts is higher in rhizome vegetables, can promote the growth and development of a human body and maintain the requirements of physiological functions, has great benefits on the development of tooth bones, can promote the metabolism of three substances of sugar, fat and protein in the body, and regulates the acid-base balance, so that the water chestnuts are suitable for children to eat. In the research of water chestnut, a water chestnut English is found in England, and the water chestnut English has a certain inhibiting effect on staphylococcus aureus, escherichia coli, aerobacter aerogenes and pseudomonas aeruginosa and also has a certain effect on reducing blood pressure. The product can also be used for preventing and treating cancer. Chufa is tender and rich in body fluid, and can be used for treating thirst due to body fluid consumption caused by febrile disease, and diabetes with symptom of diuresis. The water chestnut decoction can induce diuresis and drain stranguria, has a certain treatment effect on people who have difficulty in draining and dredging urine, and can be used as a good food therapy product for patients with urinary tract infection. Researches find that the water chestnut contains an antiviral substance which can inhibit epidemic encephalitis and influenza viruses and can be used for preventing the spread of epidemic encephalitis and influenza. The corm Eleocharitis is cold in nature, has effects of clearing heat and detoxicating, cooling blood and promoting fluid production, inducing diuresis and relaxing bowels, eliminating dampness and phlegm, resolving food stagnation and relieving flatulence, and can be used for treating jaundice, dysentery, poliomyelitis, constipation, etc.; the water chestnut contains an antibacterial component, has a certain effect of reducing blood pressure, and has a function of preventing and treating cancers.
The water chestnut has good taste and high edible value, is a good economic crop, but needs high-quality water chestnut when the water chestnut is sold, the quality of the water chestnut of the same variety is mainly distinguished according to the size, but the traditional method for sorting the water chestnut is to distinguish the water chestnut by naked eyes, which wastes time and labor.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects, the invention aims to provide a water chestnut sorting machine.
The scheme of the invention is as follows: a water chestnut sorting machine comprises a feeding device, a driving shaft, a conveying sorting belt, a conveying belt, a sorting hole, an upper beam, a blocking tooth, a secondary driving shaft and a lower beam, wherein the feeding device is arranged at one end of the conveying sorting belt, the driving shaft is arranged at the other end of the conveying sorting belt, the conveying belt is arranged below the conveying sorting belt, the sorting hole is formed in the conveying sorting belt, the upper beam is fixedly arranged above the conveying sorting belt, the lower beam is arranged below the conveying sorting belt, the blocking tooth is arranged on the upper beam, the secondary driving shaft is fixedly arranged on one side of the conveying sorting belt, the feeding device is composed of a front baffle plate, a feeding shaft, a left baffle plate, a right baffle plate and a bottom plate, the front baffle plate is arranged above the feeding shaft, the left baffle plate is arranged on one side of the feeding shaft, the right baffle plate is arranged on the other side of the feeding shaft, and the bottom plate, the conveying sorting belt is characterized in that a first chain wheel, a second chain wheel and a main bevel gear are arranged on the driving shaft, a driving roller is arranged at one end of the conveying sorting belt, a driven roller is arranged at the other end of the conveying sorting belt, the conveying belt is arranged between the driving roller and the driven roller, a third chain wheel is arranged on one side of the conveying belt, an auxiliary bevel gear is arranged on the auxiliary driving shaft, the lower cross beam is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam through a connecting rod, the lower cross beam is arranged above the conveying belt, a hard support pulley is arranged on the lower cross beam, the hard support pulleys are arranged on the lower cross beam through hard support rods, at least three hard support pulleys are arranged on each lower cross beam, a gap is arranged between the bottom of each retaining tooth and the conveying sorting belt, the tops of the hard support pulleys are attached to the conveying sorting belt, the transverse distances of the, the blocking teeth are not less than three rows, the blocking teeth are arranged at two ends of two transverse holes of the sorting hole, the blocking teeth of each row are arranged in a staggered way, the diameter of the baffle teeth is smaller than the transverse distance of the sorting holes, one end of the driving shaft is connected with the motor, the feeding shaft is connected with the first chain wheel through the transmission chain, the driving roller is connected with the second chain wheel through a transmission chain, the auxiliary bevel gear is meshed with the main bevel gear, the third chain wheel is connected with an auxiliary driving shaft through a transmission chain, the driving shaft and the auxiliary driving shaft are vertically arranged on the same horizontal plane, the conveying direction of the conveying and sorting belt is vertical to that of the conveying belt, the conveying belt is arranged between the upper belt surface and the lower belt surface of the conveying and sorting belt, the bottom plate is movable, the firm pulley that props is driven rotatoryly by carrying the separation band, prop the pulley setting firmly and separate between the hole at horizontal two, prop the pulley width firmly and be less than the horizontal interval of separation hole.
The invention has the beneficial effects that: the invention has reasonable structure, convenient use, no need of complex operation, sorting by only opening the machine and putting the water chestnuts into the water chestnuts, is very suitable for farmers to use, and has high sorting efficiency.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a top view of the conveyor belt and the dog; FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the conveyor belt, upper and lower cross-members, blocking teeth and solid support pulleys; wherein: 1. a feeding device; 2. a driving shaft, 3, a conveying sorting belt; 4. a conveyor belt; 5. a sorting hole; 6. an upper cross beam; 7. a gear tooth; 8. a secondary drive shaft; 9. a lower cross beam; 11. a front baffle; 12. a feed shaft; 13. a left baffle; 14. a right baffle; 15. a base plate; 21. a first sprocket; 22. a main bevel gear; 23. a second sprocket; 31. a drive roller; 32. a driven roller; 41. a third sprocket; 81. a secondary bevel gear; 91. a support rod 92 supports the pulley.
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The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A water chestnut sorting machine comprises a feeding device 1, a driving shaft 2, a conveying sorting belt 3, a conveying belt 4, a sorting hole 5, an upper cross beam 6, a baffle tooth 7, an auxiliary driving shaft 8 and a lower cross beam 9, wherein the feeding device 1 is arranged at one end of the conveying sorting belt 3, the driving shaft 2 is arranged at the other end of the conveying sorting belt 3, the conveying belt 4 is arranged below the conveying sorting belt 3, the sorting hole 5 is arranged on the conveying sorting belt 3, the upper cross beam 6 is fixedly arranged above the conveying sorting belt 3, the lower cross beam 9 is arranged below the conveying sorting belt 3, the baffle tooth 7 is arranged on the upper cross beam 6, the auxiliary driving shaft 8 is fixedly arranged at one side of the conveying sorting belt 3, the feeding device 1 is composed of a front baffle plate 11, a feeding shaft 12, a left baffle plate 13, a right baffle plate 14 and a bottom plate 15, the front baffle plate 11 is arranged above the feeding shaft 12, the left baffle plate 13 is arranged at one side of the feeding shaft 12, the right baffle 14 is arranged at the other side, the bottom plate 15 is arranged between the left baffle 13 and the right baffle 14, the driving shaft 2 is provided with a first chain wheel 21, a second chain wheel 23 and a main bevel gear 22, one end of the conveying and sorting belt 3 is provided with a driving roller 31, the other end of the conveying and sorting belt is provided with a driven roller 32, the conveying belt 4 is arranged between the driving roller 31 and the driven roller 32, one side of the conveying belt 4 is provided with a third chain wheel 41, the auxiliary driving shaft 8 is provided with an auxiliary bevel gear 81, the lower cross beam 9 is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam 6 through a connecting rod, the lower cross beam 9 is arranged above the conveying belt 4, the lower cross beam 9 is provided with a firm supporting pulley 92, the firm supporting pulley 92 is arranged on the lower cross beam 9 through a firm supporting rod 91, the firm supporting pulleys 92 arranged on each lower cross beam 9 are not less than three, and a gap, the top of the hard support pulley 92 is attached to the conveying and sorting belt 3, the transverse distance between the sorting holes 5 is the same, the longitudinal distance between the sorting holes 5 is the same, the number of the upper cross beams 6 is not less than three, the blocking teeth 7 are arranged at two ends of two transverse holes of the sorting holes 5, the blocking teeth 7 of each row are arranged in a staggered mode, the diameter of each blocking tooth 7 is smaller than the transverse distance between the sorting holes 5, one end of the driving shaft 2 is connected with the motor, the feeding shaft 12 is connected with the first chain wheel 21 through the transmission chain, the driving roller 31 is connected with the second chain wheel 23 through the transmission chain, the auxiliary bevel gear 81 is meshed with the main bevel gear 22, the third chain wheel 41 is connected with the auxiliary driving shaft 8 through the transmission chain, the driving shaft 2 and the auxiliary driving shaft 8 are vertically arranged on the same horizontal plane, the conveying and sorting belt 3 is vertical to the conveying direction of the conveying and sorting, the bottom plate 15 is movable, the vertical support pulley 92 is driven by the conveying separation belt 3 to rotate, the vertical support pulley 92 is arranged between the two transverse separation holes 5, and the width of the vertical support pulley 92 is smaller than the transverse distance between the separation holes. When the device works, the water chestnuts are placed into the feeding device 1, the motor drives the driving shaft 2, the driving shaft 2 rotates, the first chain wheel drives the feeding shaft 12 to rotate anticlockwise through the transmission chain, the water chestnuts are conveyed onto the conveying and sorting belt 3, the second chain wheel 23 on the driving shaft 2 drives the driving roller 31 to rotate anticlockwise so that the conveying and sorting belt 3 starts to work, the main bevel gear 22 on the driving shaft 2 is meshed with the auxiliary bevel gear 81 on the auxiliary driving shaft 8 so that the auxiliary driving shaft rotates anticlockwise, the third chain wheel 41 on the conveying belt is connected with the auxiliary driving shaft 8 through the transmission chain so that the conveying belt 4 starts to work, the conveying and sorting belt 3 works to drive the water chestnuts to pass through the blocking teeth 7, the blocking teeth 7 ensure that each water chestnut falls into the sorting hole 5, at the moment, the large water chestnuts can be left on the conveying and sorting belt 3 to be conveyed, the small water chestnuts can fall onto the conveying belt 4 to be conveyed, and, the invention has simple use and high sorting efficiency.
Although particular embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in detail, it should be understood that various equivalent changes and modifications could be made to the above-described embodiments in accordance with the spirit of the invention, and the resulting functional effects would still fall within the scope of the invention, without departing from the spirit of the description and the accompanying drawings. .

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1. The utility model provides a water chestnut sorter, includes material feeding unit, drive shaft, carries to select separately area, conveyer belt, selects separately hole, entablature, fender tooth, vice drive shaft, bottom end rail, its characterized in that: the feeding device is arranged at one end of the conveying and sorting belt, the driving shaft is arranged at the other end of the conveying and sorting belt, the conveying belt is arranged below the conveying and sorting belt, the sorting holes are formed in the conveying and sorting belt, the upper cross beam is fixedly arranged above the conveying and sorting belt, the lower cross beam is arranged below the conveying and sorting belt, the blocking teeth are arranged on the upper cross beam, the auxiliary driving shaft is fixedly arranged on one side of the conveying and sorting belt, the lower cross beam is fixedly connected with the upper cross beam through a connecting rod, the lower cross beam is arranged above the conveying belt, the lower cross beam is provided with the hard supporting pulleys, the hard supporting pulleys are arranged on the lower cross beam through hard supporting rods, at least three hard supporting pulleys are arranged on each lower cross beam, a gap is formed between the bottom of the blocking teeth and the conveying and sorting belt, and the tops of the hard supporting;
the feeding device comprises a front baffle, a feeding shaft, a left baffle, a right baffle and a bottom plate, wherein the front baffle is arranged above the feeding shaft, the left baffle is arranged on one side of the feeding shaft, the right baffle is arranged on the other side of the feeding shaft, the bottom plate is arranged between the left baffle and the right baffle, a first chain wheel, a second chain wheel and a main bevel gear are arranged on the driving shaft, a driving roller is arranged at one end of the conveying and sorting belt, a driven roller is arranged at the other end of the conveying and sorting belt, the conveying belt is arranged between the driving roller and the driven roller, a third chain wheel is arranged on one side of the conveying belt, and an auxiliary bevel gear is arranged on;
the transverse spacing of the sorting holes is the same, the longitudinal spacing of the sorting holes is the same, the number of the upper cross beams is not less than three, the number of the blocking teeth is not less than three, the blocking teeth are arranged at two ends of two transverse holes of the sorting holes, the blocking teeth of each row are arranged in a staggered manner, and the diameter of the blocking teeth is smaller than the transverse spacing of the sorting holes;
one end of the driving shaft is connected with the motor, the feeding shaft is connected with the first chain wheel through the transmission chain, the driving rolling shaft is connected with the second chain wheel through the transmission chain, the auxiliary bevel gear is meshed with the main bevel gear, and the third chain wheel is connected with the auxiliary driving shaft through the transmission chain.
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