CN109526337A - A kind of underground fertilizer applicator - Google Patents

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CN109526337A
CN109526337A CN201811366397.0A CN201811366397A CN109526337A CN 109526337 A CN109526337 A CN 109526337A CN 201811366397 A CN201811366397 A CN 201811366397A CN 109526337 A CN109526337 A CN 109526337A
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    • A01C21/002Apparatus for sowing fertiliser; Fertiliser drill
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The invention discloses a kind of underground fertilizer applicators, including knapsack, motor, augers, first driven gear, control stick, first drive rod, second driven gear, third driven gear, second drive rod, spring, union, first driving gear, coupling band, round slider, clutch is suitable for reading, mouth under clutch, hexagonal sliding block, handle, third drive rod, second driving gear, feeding tube, discharge port and protecting crust, the bottom side of the knapsack is connected with feeding tube, motor is provided with below the knapsack, one end of the motor is connected with third drive rod, the outer wall of the third drive rod is socketed with the second driving gear, the side of second driving gear is provided with the first driving gear, the first driven gear is installed below first driving gear, the inside of first driven gear is plugged with the first transmission Bar, the present invention, has the characteristics that laborsaving, saving of labor and crop yield can be improved.

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A kind of underground fertilizer applicator
Technical field
The present invention relates to fertilizer apparatus technical field, specially a kind of underground fertilizer applicator.
Background technique
Fertilizer refers to nutrient necessary to the one or more kinds of plants of offer, improves soil property, improves soil fertilizer One substance of power level, is one of material base of agricultural production.It mainly include ammonium phosphate fertilizers, Macroelement water-soluble Fertilizer, organic fertilizer, multidimensional field energy concentrated organic fertilizer etc..And apply fertilizer and refer to fertilizer is imposed in soil or is sprayed on plant, Nutrient needed for plant is provided, and the agrotechnical measure for keeping and increasing soil fertility.In order to which the labour for mitigating peasant's fertilising is strong Degree gradually adopts fertilizer applicator to replace artificially applying fertilizer.
But underground fertilizer applicator currently on the market needs to dig soil in advance in use, then applies to the inside of soil Fertilizer, on the one hand, fertilization mode is cumbersome, inconvenient, on the other hand, bends over for a long time, enhances the labor intensity of peasant, meanwhile, Traditional underground fertilizer applicator not can guarantee that fertilization depth is consistent, can not effectively improve the yield of crops.Therefore, one kind is designed Laborsaving, saving of labor and the underground fertilizer applicator that crop yield can be improved are necessary.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of underground fertilizer applicators, to solve the problems mentioned in the above background technology.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention provides following technical solutions: a kind of underground fertilizer applicator, including knapsack, Motor, augers, the first driven gear, control stick, the first drive rod, the second driven gear, third driven gear, second pass Lever, spring, union, the first driving gear, coupling band, round slider, clutch be suitable for reading, mouth under clutch, hexagonal sliding block, Hand, third drive rod, the second driving gear, feeding tube, discharge port and protecting crust, the bottom side of the knapsack are connected with feeding Pipe, is provided with motor below the knapsack, and one end of the motor is connected with third drive rod, the third drive rod it is outer Wall is socketed with the second driving gear, and the side of second driving gear is provided with the first driving gear, first driving tooth First driven gear is installed, the inside of first driven gear is plugged with the first drive rod, and described first passes below wheel The tail end of lever is socketed with the second driven gear, and the side of first driving gear is provided with round slider, the concentric stroking The outer wall of block is equipped with union, and the outer wall of the third drive rod is placed with spring close to the side of union, the spring it is outer Portion is equipped with coupling band, and the side of the coupling band is provided with control stick, and the bottom of the control stick is fixedly connected by bolt Have that clutch is suitable for reading, clutch side suitable for reading is connected with mouth under clutch, the side centre bit of mouth under the clutch It sets and is welded with the second drive rod, the outer wall of second drive rod is socketed with third driven gear, the tail of second drive rod End is connected with hexagonal sliding block, and the outer wall of the hexagonal sliding block offers discharge port, and the outside of the hexagonal sliding block is socketed with spiral Drill bit, is equipped with protecting crust on the outside of the third drive rod, and the equal adhesion in the two sides of the protecting crust has a handle, the motor with External power supply is electrically connected.
Further, the outer wall of the handle is socketed with non-slip rubber set.
Further, the inner hub location of second drive rod offers through-hole, and the tail portion of feeding tube and through-hole It is connected.
Further, the motor is a kind of motor of model Y80M2-2 model.
Further, connection is engaged by tooth socket between second driven gear and third driven gear.
Further, the augers is a kind of component of stainless steel material.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects obtained by the present invention are as follows being: structure of the invention is scientific and reasonable, uses secure side Just, the underground fertilizer applicator, user is first put into suitable granulated fertilizer into knapsack, by gravity particle smoothly along upper Expects pipe slides to the hexagonal sliding block of augers bottom;The switch of motor is opened, motor rotation is transmitted rotation by coupling band To at third drive rod, clutch is suitable for reading at this time is in closed state with mouth under clutch, drives the second drive rod of side Rotation, so that the rotation for the augers for driving bottom to connect, realizes the process of earth drilling;It has finished, has needed when drilling When being applied fertilizer, control stick is pressed down on, drives that clutch is suitable for reading slides upwards along third drive rod by lever motion, is made Clutch is suitable for reading to be separated from each other with mouth under clutch, rotates mouth under clutch no longer, and then make to stop turn hole at augers, Union and the first driving gear is driven to move upwardly together, after moving up to a certain extent, the external tooth of the second driving gear and first The internal tooth of driving gear is intermeshed, and the second driving gear is connected to motor, therefore the rotation of the second driving gear drives first The rotation of driving gear is intermeshed by the external tooth of the first driving gear and the tooth socket of the first driven gear, drives first to pass The rotation of lever and the second driven gear, then drive bottom hexagonal sliding power transmission to the second drive rod by gear drive The fertilizer of the rotation of block, bottom is uniformly thrown away from the discharge port of hexagonal sliding block outer wall by centrifugal action;Control stick is pressed downward During, it is squeezed spring, generates elastic potential energy, there is the ability for squeezing control stick, after pressing out hand instantly, by The elastic force of the inhibition and spring of inner circular sliding block and external coupling band acts on, and makes the rise of its control stick slowly, controls The dosage problem for having made each fertilising, keeps each dose almost equal, and this kind of fertilization mode, without bending over, does not have to plane Soil, chemical fertilizer can be applied in the soil under the root of crops, not only laborsaving but also saving of labor, while guarantee that fertilization depth is consistent, be applied fertilizer apart from base Originally it is consistent, it is highly beneficial to the growth of crops, effectively raise yield.
Detailed description of the invention
Attached drawing is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, and constitutes part of specification, with reality of the invention It applies example to be used to explain the present invention together, not be construed as limiting the invention.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is overall structure diagram of the invention;
Fig. 2 is partial structural diagram of the invention;
Fig. 3 is spring scheme of installation of the invention;
Fig. 4 is the connection schematic diagram of the second drive rod and hexagonal sliding block of the invention;
In figure: 1, knapsack;2, motor;3, augers;4, the first driven gear;5, control stick;6, the first drive rod;7, Second driven gear;8, third driven gear;9, the second drive rod;10, spring;11, union;12, the first driving gear;13, Coupling band;14, round slider;15, clutch is suitable for reading;16, mouth under clutch;17, hexagonal sliding block;18, handle;19, third passes Lever;20, the second driving gear;21, feeding tube;22, discharge port;23, protecting crust.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1-4 is please referred to, the present invention provides a kind of technical solution: a kind of underground fertilizer applicator, including knapsack 1, motor 2, spiral shell Rotary drill 3, the first driven gear 4, control stick 5, the first drive rod 6, the second driven gear 7, third driven gear 8, second pass Lever 9, spring 10, union 11, the first driving gear 12, coupling band 13, round slider 14, clutch be suitable for reading 15, under clutch Mouth 16, hexagonal sliding block 17, handle 18, third drive rod 19, the second driving gear 20, feeding tube 21, discharge port 22 and protecting crust 23, the bottom side of knapsack 1 is connected with feeding tube 21, and the lower section of knapsack 1 is provided with motor 2, and one end of motor 2 is connected with third Drive rod 19, the outer wall of third drive rod 19 are socketed with the second driving gear 20, and the side of the second driving gear 20 is provided with One driving gear 12, the lower section of the first driving gear 12 are equipped with the first driven gear 4, the inside grafting of the first driven gear 4 There is the first drive rod 6, the tail end of the first drive rod 6 is socketed with the second driven gear 7, and the side of the first driving gear 12 is provided with Round slider 14, the outer wall of round slider 14 are equipped with union 11, and the outer wall of third drive rod 19 is put close to the side of union 11 It is equipped with spring 10, the outside of spring 10 is equipped with coupling band 13, and the side of coupling band 13 is provided with control stick 5, the bottom of control stick 5 Portion is fixedly connected with clutch suitable for reading 15 by bolt, and the side of clutch suitable for reading 15 is connected with mouth 16 under clutch, clutch The side center of lower mouth 16 is welded with the second drive rod 9, and the outer wall of the second drive rod 9 is socketed with third driven gear 8, the The tail end of two drive rods 9 is connected with hexagonal sliding block 17, and the outer wall of hexagonal sliding block 17 offers discharge port 22, hexagonal sliding block 17 it is outer Portion is socketed with augers 3, and the outside of third drive rod 19 is equipped with protecting crust 23, and the equal adhesion in the two sides of protecting crust 23 has handle 18, motor 2 and external power supply are electrically connected, and the outer wall of handle 18 is socketed with non-slip rubber set, in order to increase the surface of handle 18 Frictional force, the inner hub location of the second drive rod 9 offers through-hole, and the tail portion of feeding tube 21 is connected with through-hole, in order to Enough bottoms that fertilizer is sent to hexagonal sliding block 17, motor 2 is a kind of motor of model Y80M2-2 model, for 2 energy of motor Enough normal uses, engage connection by tooth socket between the second driven gear 7 and third driven gear 8, for the second driven gear 7 It can be used cooperatively between third driven gear 8, augers 3 is a kind of component of stainless steel material, in order to increase spiral The service life of drill bit 3, user first suitable granulated fertilizer is put into knapsack 1, by gravity particle smoothly along Feeding tube 21 slides to the hexagonal sliding block 17 of 3 bottom of augers;The switch of motor 2 is opened, motor 2 rotates, and passes through coupling band 13 are transmitted to rotation at third drive rod 19, and mouth 16 is in closed state under clutch suitable for reading 15 and clutch at this time, drive The rotation of second drive rod 9 of side, so that the rotation for the augers 3 for driving bottom to connect, realizes the process of earth drilling; When drilling has finished, when being applied fertilizer, downward push control stick 5 passes through lever motion and drives clutch 15 edge suitable for reading Third drive rod 19 slide upwards, be separated from each other mouth 16 under clutch suitable for reading 15 and clutch, make under clutch mouth 16 not It rotates again, and then makes to stop turn hole at augers 3, drive union 11 and the first driving gear 12 to move upwardly together, move up After to a certain extent, the internal tooth of the external tooth of the second driving gear 20 and the first driving gear 12 is intermeshed, the second driving gear 20 are connected to motor 2, therefore the rotation of the second driving gear 20 drives the rotation of the first driving gear 12, passes through the first driving tooth The external tooth of wheel 12 and the tooth socket of the first driven gear 4 are intermeshed, and drive the rotation of the first drive rod 6 and the second driven gear 7 Turn, then power transmission to the second drive rod 9 is driven to the rotation of bottom hexagonal sliding block 17 by gear drive, the fertilizer of bottom is logical Centrifugal action is crossed uniformly to throw away from the discharge port 22 of 17 outer wall of hexagonal sliding block;During control stick 5 is pressed downward, make spring 10 It is squeezed, generates elastic potential energy, have the ability for squeezing control stick 5, after pressing out hand instantly, by inner circular sliding block 14 It is acted on the inhibition of external coupling band 13 and the elastic force of spring 10, makes its rise of control stick 5 slowly, controlled every The dosage problem of secondary fertilising, keeps each dose almost equal, and this kind of fertilization mode, without bending over, does not have to plane soil, chemical fertilizer It can be applied in the soil under the root of crops, not only laborsaving but also saving of labor, while guarantee that fertilization depth is consistent, fertilising distance is basic to keep one It causes, it is highly beneficial to the growth of crops, effectively raise yield.
It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second and the like are used merely to a reality Body or operation are distinguished with another entity or operation, are deposited without necessarily requiring or implying between these entities or operation In any actual relationship or order or sequence.Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or its any other variant are intended to Non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or equipment including a series of elements is not only wanted including those Element, but also including other elements that are not explicitly listed, or further include for this process, method, article or equipment Intrinsic element.
Finally, it should be noted that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is not intended to restrict the invention, Although the present invention is described in detail referring to the foregoing embodiments, for those skilled in the art, still may be used To modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent replacement of some of the technical features. All within the spirits and principles of the present invention, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and so on should be included in of the invention Within protection scope.

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1. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator, including knapsack (1), motor (2), augers (3), the first driven gear (4), control stick (5), the first drive rod (6), the second driven gear (7), third driven gear (8), the second drive rod (9), spring (10), union (11), mouth (16) under the first driving gear (12), coupling band (13), round slider (14), clutch (15) suitable for reading, clutch, Hexagonal sliding block (17), handle (18), third drive rod (19), the second driving gear (20), feeding tube (21), discharge port (22) and Protecting crust (23), it is characterised in that: the bottom side of the knapsack (1) is connected with feeding tube (21), the lower section of the knapsack (1) It is provided with motor (2), one end of the motor (2) is connected with third drive rod (19), the outer wall of the third drive rod (19) It is socketed with the second driving gear (20), the side of second driving gear (20) is provided with the first driving gear (12), described It is equipped with below first driving gear (12) the first driven gear (4), the inside of first driven gear (4) is plugged with The tail end of one drive rod (6), first drive rod (6) is socketed with the second driven gear (7), first driving gear (12) Side be provided with round slider (14), the outer wall of the round slider (14) is equipped with union (11), the third drive rod (19) outer wall is placed with spring (10) close to the side of union (11), and the outside of the spring (10) is equipped with coupling band (13), the side of the coupling band (13) is provided with control stick (5), and the bottom of the control stick (5) is fixedly connected by bolt Have that clutch is (15) suitable for reading, the side of the clutch (15) suitable for reading is connected with mouth under clutch (16), mouth under the clutch (16) side center is welded with the second drive rod (9), and the outer wall of second drive rod (9) is socketed with third driven tooth It takes turns (8), the tail end of second drive rod (9) is connected with hexagonal sliding block (17), and the outer wall of the hexagonal sliding block (17) offers The outside of discharge port (22), the hexagonal sliding block (17) is socketed with augers (3), the outside dress of the third drive rod (19) Equipped with protecting crust (23), the equal adhesion in two sides of the protecting crust (23) has handle (18), and the motor (2) and external power supply are electrical Connection.
2. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the outer wall of the handle (18) is socketed with anti- Sliding rubber sleeve.
3. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: in the inside of second drive rod (9) Heart position offers through-hole, and the tail portion of feeding tube (21) is connected with through-hole.
4. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the motor (2) is a kind of model The motor of Y80M2-2 model.
5. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: second driven gear (7) and third It is engaged and is connected by tooth socket between driven gear (8).
6. a kind of underground fertilizer applicator according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the augers (3) is a kind of stainless The component of steel material.
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