CN108552021B - Drip irrigation equipment for corn field - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a corn field drip irrigation device, which comprises a water inlet pipe, a cylinder body, an insertion rod, a circular truncated cone body and a second spring, wherein a plurality of drip irrigation pipes which are arranged in an annular mode are inserted in the outer side of the cylinder body, a cavity is connected between each drip irrigation pipe and the side wall of the cylinder body, a plurality of support rods which are arranged in the annular mode are connected to the side wall of the cylinder body, a circular ring is fixedly connected to the inner side of each support rod, a first sliding block is movably sleeved on each support rod, a first spring is connected between each first sliding block and the circular ring, a second sliding block is fixedly connected to the top of each first sliding block and is in sliding contact with the side wall of the circular truncated cone body, a first connecting block is fixedly connected to the outer side of each first sliding block, a sucking disc is connected to each first connecting block, a hemispherical body is further connected to the outer side of each first connecting block, a dredging needle is movably inserted, the invention can improve the defects of the prior art and has better anti-blocking effect.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to an irrigation device, in particular to drip irrigation equipment for a corn field.
Background
The method of flood irrigation and drip tube belt irrigation is generally adopted for irrigation, the problem that the flood irrigation is large in watering amount and high in cost and the problem that the lawn is submerged and trees are not watered is solved due to the flood irrigation, the drip tube is integrally irrigated, and the Chinese utility model patent CN 206284010U discloses a corn shallow flooding type ground surface drip irrigation device. The drip irrigation device with the structure is connected with the water pump positioned in the water well through the drip irrigation main pipe and is communicated with a plurality of branch pipes connected to the drip irrigation pipes, but the drip irrigation pipes are easy to block in the drip irrigation mode, so that the irrigation effect is reduced, and the root growth of plants is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide the drip irrigation equipment for the corn field, which can overcome the defects of the prior art and has a better anti-blocking effect.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows.
A corn field drip irrigation device comprises a water inlet pipe and a cylinder body, wherein the cylinder body is communicated with the water inlet pipe, an insertion rod is inserted into the top of the cylinder body, a truncated cone-shaped truncated cone body is connected below the insertion rod, a second spring is connected between the truncated cone body and the top surface of the cylinder body, a plurality of drip irrigation pipes which are arranged in an annular mode are inserted into the outer side of the cylinder body, a cavity is connected between each drip irrigation pipe and the side wall of the cylinder body, a plurality of support rods which are arranged in an annular mode are connected onto the side wall of the cylinder body, a circular ring is fixedly connected to the inner side of each support rod, a first sliding block is movably sleeved on each support rod, a first spring is connected between each first sliding block and the circular ring, a second sliding block is fixedly connected onto the top of each first sliding block, each second sliding block is in sliding contact with the side wall of the truncated cone body, a first connecting block is fixedly connected onto the outer, the outer side of the hemisphere is connected with a dredging needle, the dredging needle is movably inserted into the drip irrigation pipe, and the hemisphere is selectively positioned in the cavity.
Preferably, a top cover is connected to the top of the inserted link.
Preferably, a support plate is fixedly connected to a lower portion of the cylindrical body, and a tip portion is connected to a lower portion of the support plate.
Preferably, the top surface area of the truncated cone is larger than the bottom surface area.
Preferably, the cambered surface of the hemisphere faces outwards, and the hemisphere is located at the outer center of the sucker.
Preferably, the edge of the sucking disc is provided with an outer edge which is selectively attached to the cylinder, and the joint of the sucking disc and the outer edge is provided with an elastic metal ring.
Adopt the beneficial effect that above-mentioned technical scheme brought to lie in: the water inlet pipe of the invention is connected with the irrigation main pipe and the branch pipe in the prior art, water can be fed into the cylinder body, water can pass through the drip irrigation pipes which are arranged in a ring shape from the cylinder body and drip irrigation into soil, the ring-shaped drip irrigation pipes can enlarge the irrigation area, the circular platform body in the cylinder body is connected below the top surface of the cylinder body through the second spring and can move up and down along with the up-and-down movement of the inserted rod, when the circular platform body moves down, the side surface of the circular platform body can act on the second sliding block downwards to drive the second sliding block to further act on the first sliding block, so that the first sliding block moves outwards, the first sliding block can slide on the supporting rod and limit the position through the circular ring and the first spring, when the first sliding block moves outwards, the sucking disc semi-sphere and the dredging needle can be driven to synchronously move, and the dredging needle can penetrate through each drip irrigation pipe at the moment, further, when the sucking disc moved to the outside, can touch the inner wall of cylinder earlier, make sucking disc and cavity form an inboard confined semi-closed chamber, further outwards remove along with first slider, the hemisphere meeting enters into in the cavity, the compression cavity, make the inside moisture of cavity quick flow in to driping irrigation the pipe, because cavity department cross section is far greater than the cross section of driping irrigation the pipe, the interior moisture velocity of flow of driping irrigation the pipe can be very fast, can cooperate the mediation effect of dredging the needle, more thorough clearance is driped irrigation the earth impurity of pipe etc. to reach better clearance effect, press the inserted bar when stopping, under the effect of first spring and second spring, each part resets. The top cap of the top connection of inserted bar, the personnel of being convenient for press the top cap, also can prevent that the inserted bar from getting into impurity, backup pad and pointed end portion of cylinder below, the whole cylinder of being convenient for is inserted and is established and fix in soil, and the top surface area of the round platform body is greater than the bottom surface area to can make the round platform body descend and can outwards extrude the second slider, the position relation of hemisphere and sucking disc, the first slider of being convenient for removes the extrusion to moisture. The edge structure of sucking disc can improve its inseparable degree of laminating with the cylinder to effectively improve sucking disc deformation process's uniformity everywhere.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a view showing the structure of the inside of the cylinder according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a plurality of drip irrigation tubes in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a ring and struts according to one embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of the drip irrigation tube and the dredging needle according to one embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the rim of the suction cup in an embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a structural view of a second connection block in an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a cylinder; 2. a top cover; 3. inserting a rod; 4. a support plate; 5. a tip portion; 6. a water inlet pipe; 7. a drip irrigation pipe; 8. a circular ring; 9. a strut; 10. a first slider; 11. dredging needles; 12. a first spring; 13. a second slider; 14. a circular truncated cone; 15. a second spring; 16. a hemisphere; 17. brushing; 18. a cavity; 19. a first connection block; 20. a suction cup; 21. a second connecting block; 22. a cover plate; 23. a third connecting block; 24. an outer edge; 25. an elastic metal ring; 26. an annular chute.
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The standard parts used in the invention can be purchased from the market, the special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description and the description of the attached drawings, and the specific connection mode of each part adopts the conventional means of mature bolts, rivets, welding, sticking and the like in the prior art, and the detailed description is not repeated.
Referring to fig. 1-7, a specific embodiment of the present invention includes a water inlet pipe 6, and further includes a cylindrical body 1, the cylindrical body 1 is connected with the water inlet pipe 6 in a penetrating manner, an insertion rod 3 is inserted into the top of the cylindrical body 1, a truncated cone-shaped truncated cone 14 is connected below the insertion rod 3, a second spring 15 is connected between the truncated cone 14 and the top surface of the cylindrical body 1, a plurality of drip irrigation pipes 7 arranged in a ring shape are inserted into the outer side of the cylindrical body 1, a cavity 18 is connected between the drip irrigation pipes 7 and the side wall of the cylindrical body 1, a plurality of support rods 9 arranged in a ring shape are connected to the side wall of the cylindrical body 1, a ring 8 is fixedly connected to the inner side of the plurality of support rods 9, a first slide block 10 is movably sleeved on the support rods 9, a first spring 12 is connected between the first slide block 10 and the ring 8, a second slide block 13 is fixedly connected to the top of, the outer side of the first sliding block 10 is fixedly connected with a first connecting block 19, the first connecting block 19 is connected with a sucker 20, the outer side of the first connecting block 19 is further connected with a hemisphere 16, the outer side of the hemisphere 16 is connected with a dredging needle 11, the dredging needle 11 is movably inserted into the drip irrigation pipe 7, and the hemisphere 16 is selectively located in the cavity 18. The water inlet pipe 6 of the invention is connected with the irrigation main pipe and the branch pipe of the prior art, water can be sent into the cylinder body 1, water can drip irrigation into soil from the cylinder body 1 through the drip irrigation pipes 7 which are arranged in a ring shape, the ring-shaped drip irrigation pipes 7 can enlarge the irrigation area, the circular table body 14 in the cylinder body 1 is connected below the top surface of the cylinder body 1 through the second spring 15 and can move up and down along with the up-and-down movement of the inserted rod 3, when the circular table body 14 moves downwards, the side surface of the circular table body 14 can act downwards on the second slide block 13 to drive the second slide block 13 to further act on the first slide block 10, so that the first slide block 10 can move outwards, the first slide block 10 can slide on the support rod 9 and is limited in position through the ring 8 and the first spring 12, when the first slide block 10 moves outwards, the sucker 20 hemispheres 16 and the dredging needle 11 can be driven to synchronously move, dredging needle 11 can alternate the mediation to each drip irrigation pipe 7 this moment, it is further, when sucking disc 20 moves to the outside, can contact the inner wall of cylinder 1 earlier, make sucking disc 20 and cavity 18 form an inboard confined semi-closed chamber, along with the further outside removal of first slider 10, hemisphere 16 can enter into cavity 18 in, compression cavity 18, make the quick interior flow to drip irrigation pipe 7 of the inside moisture of cavity 18, because cavity 18 department cross section is far greater than drip irrigation pipe 7's cross section, drip irrigation pipe 7 internal water shunts speed can be very fast, can cooperate dredging needle 11's the mediation effect, more thorough clearance drip irrigation pipe 7's earth impurity etc. thereby reach better clearance effect, when stopping according to inserted bar 3, under first spring 12 and second spring 15's effect, each part resets. The top of the inserted link 3 is connected with a top cover 2. The top cap 2 that the top of inserted bar 3 is connected, the personnel of being convenient for press top cap 2, also can prevent that inserted bar 3 from getting into impurity, the below fixedly connected with backup pad 4 of cylinder 1, the below of backup pad 4 is connected with pointed end portion 5. The supporting plate 4 and the tip part 5 below the cylinder body 1 are convenient for the whole cylinder body 1 to be inserted and fixed in soil, and the area of the top surface of the circular truncated cone body 14 is larger than that of the bottom surface. The area of the top surface of the truncated cone 14 is larger than that of the bottom surface, so that the second sliding block 13 can be extruded outwards when the truncated cone 14 descends, the cambered surface of the hemisphere 16 faces outwards, and the hemisphere 16 is located at the center of the outer side of the sucking disc. The hemisphere 16 and the suction cup 20 are positioned to facilitate the squeezing of moisture by the movement of the first slider 10. The edge of the sucker 20 is provided with an outer edge 24 selectively attached to the cylinder 1, and the joint of the sucker 20 and the outer edge 24 is provided with an elastic metal ring 25, so that the attaching tightness of the sucker and the cylinder can be improved, and the consistency of the sucker in the deformation process can be effectively improved.
In addition, in order to further improve the dredging effect of the invention on the drip irrigation pipe 7, the outer side of the dredging needle 11 is fixedly connected with a second connecting block 21, the outer side of the second connecting block 21 is connected with a plurality of bristles 17, the bristles 17 are mutually contacted with the inner wall of the drip irrigation pipe 7, a cover plate 22 is also fixedly connected above the drip irrigation pipe 7 through a third connecting block 23, the cover plate 22 is positioned at the outer side of the drip irrigation pipe 7, through the structure, the cover plate 22 can shield the water leakage part of the drip irrigation pipe 7 to prevent impurities from falling from the upper part and depositing into the interior of the drip irrigation pipe 7, and the second connecting block 21 and the bristles 17 can brush and sweep the interior of the drip irrigation pipe 7 to a certain extent along with the forward and backward penetrating action of the dredging needle 11 to further prevent dust from accumulating, so as to achieve a better anti-blocking effect.
The second connecting block 21 is cylindrical, an annular sliding groove 26 is formed in the outer side wall of the second connecting block 21, and the bristles 17 are slidably clamped in the annular sliding groove 26. When impurities which are difficult to clean are encountered, the bristles 17 can effectively remove stubborn impurities by utilizing the relative rotation between the bristles 17 and the interior of the drip irrigation pipe 7.
Among them, the main irrigation pipe and branch pipe used in the present invention are fully disclosed in the patent documents cited in the background art, which belong to the mature prior art, and the detailed structure thereof is not described in detail herein.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of description of the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles and broad features of the present invention and advantages thereof. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a drip irrigation equipment in maize field, includes inlet tube (6), its characterized in that: the drip irrigation device is characterized by further comprising a cylinder (1), the cylinder (1) is in through connection with a water inlet pipe (6), an insertion rod (3) is inserted into the top of the cylinder (1), a circular truncated cone-shaped circular truncated cone body (14) is connected below the insertion rod (3), a second spring (15) is connected between the circular truncated cone body (14) and the top surface of the cylinder (1), a plurality of drip irrigation pipes (7) which are annularly arranged are further inserted into the outer side of the cylinder (1), a cavity (18) is connected between each drip irrigation pipe (7) and the side wall of the cylinder (1), a plurality of support rods (9) which are annularly arranged are further connected onto the side wall of the cylinder (1), a ring (8) is fixedly connected onto the inner sides of the plurality of support rods (9), a first sliding block (10) is movably sleeved on each support rod (9), a first spring (12) is connected between each first sliding block (10) and the corresponding circular ring (8), and a second sliding block, the lateral wall sliding contact of second slider (13) and round platform body (14), the first connecting block (19) of outside fixedly connected with of first slider (10), be connected with sucking disc (20) on first connecting block (19), the outside of first connecting block (19) still is connected with hemispheroid (16), the outside of hemispheroid (16) is connected with dredge needle (11), dredge needle (11) activity is inserted and is established to drip irrigation the pipe (7) in, hemispheroid (16) selectivity is located cavity (18).
2. The corn field drip irrigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the top of the inserted bar (3) is connected with a top cover (2).
3. The corn field drip irrigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the lower part of the cylinder body (1) is fixedly connected with a supporting plate (4), and the lower part of the supporting plate (4) is connected with a tip part (5).
4. The corn field drip irrigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the area of the top surface of the truncated cone body (14) is larger than that of the bottom surface.
5. The corn field drip irrigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the cambered surface of the hemispheroid (16) faces outwards, and the hemispheroid (16) is positioned at the central position of the outer side of the sucking disc.
6. The corn field drip irrigation apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the edge of the sucker (20) is provided with an outer edge (24) which is selectively attached to the cylinder body (1), and the joint of the sucker (20) and the outer edge (24) is provided with an elastic metal ring (25).
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