CN110199929A - The material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait - Google Patents

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CN110199929A
CN110199929A CN201910507800.5A CN201910507800A CN110199929A CN 110199929 A CN110199929 A CN 110199929A CN 201910507800 A CN201910507800 A CN 201910507800A CN 110199929 A CN110199929 A CN 110199929A
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王志勇
楚树坡
谌志新
林礼群
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Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology Development Center
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Abstract

The present invention proposes a kind of material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait, belongs to technical field of aquaculture.The material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait includes feed pipe and discharge nozzle, one end of the feed pipe connects conveying pipeline, its other end is rotatablely connected the discharge nozzle, it further include the balancing device being connected on the discharge nozzle, the balancing device includes the fixed plate for being sheathed on the discharge nozzle, the counterweight being slidably connected with the fixed plate level, is also connected with spring between the counterweight and the fixed plate.The present invention has gyrostabilized platform, the uniform advantage of material casting.

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The material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait
Technical field
The invention belongs to technical field of aquaculture more particularly to a kind of material-strewing devices of strength device for feeding fish bait.
Background technique
In recent years, China's culture fishery has a large development, and aquaculture production is lasting, steady-state growth, aquaculture The main growth factor for having become China's Fisheries Development already, occupies more next in Chinese national economy, especially agro based economic development More consequence.Feedstuff feeding technology is an important link in breeding production, and the feeder of fishery cultivating is big at present Mostly it is fixed feeding, feeds device and be fixedly mounted on pond bank or net cage side, carried out by centrifugal turntable or oscillatory type Feed is sprayed, the most structure of the type feeder is simple, and feeding amount is small, using relatively wide in pond culture.Currently, China's aquatic products Cultivation development scale constantly expands, and intensive horizontal and aquatic science and technology level improves, the remote auto based on Pneumatic Conveying Technology Feeding system is widely applied, and the concentration for realizing multiple cultivation targets feeds management.
Chinese utility model patent CN204616762U discloses a kind of unpowered rotation material-strewing device, including feed pipe, Feed pipe is fixed on the carrying platform, and feed pipe lower end is made up of for connecting conveying pipeline, upper end and spreading pipe lower end bearing The rotatable structure of spreading pipe, feed pipe are communicated with the inner cavity of spreading pipe, and spreading pipe has the camber for deviateing bearing radial direction, air-flow Feed is driven to shed away by conveying pipeline, feed pipe, spreading pipe.The above material-strewing device needs to consolidate carrying platform by rope It is scheduled on corresponding position in pond, reaction during shedding due to power promotes spreading pipe to do 360 degree rotation on bearing Movement.But there is rotation shakiness, the non-uniform phenomenon of material casting in spreading pipe in turning course.
Summary of the invention
The present invention for the above technical issues, proposes a kind of material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait, has balance good, throws Expect uniform advantage.
In order to achieve the above object, the technical solution adopted by the present invention are as follows:
One end of a kind of material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait, including feed pipe and discharge nozzle, the feed pipe connects conveying Pipe, the other end are rotatablely connected the discharge nozzle, further include the balancing device being connected on the discharge nozzle, the balancing device Including the fixed plate being connect with the discharge nozzle, the counterweight being slidably connected with the fixed plate level, the counterweight and institute It states and is also connected with spring between fixed plate.
Preferably, being provided with the sliding slot for counterweight level sliding in the fixed plate, the counterweight card is set In the sliding slot.
Preferably, the counterweight includes hammer body, and is connected to the retainer plate of the hammer body, it is arranged on the hammer body There is step surface, the step surface and the retainer plate are located at the two sides of the fixed plate.
Preferably, being connected with fixed column in the fixed plate, the spring one end is connected and fixed column, and the spring is another End connects the counterweight, and the fixed column is between the sliding slot and the discharge nozzle.
Preferably, further including the floating body being connect with the feed pipe.
Preferably, being provided with the tube seat worn for the feed pipe on the floating body.
Preferably, the floating body is connect by support tube with the feed pipe, the floating body is sheathed on the support tube, The upper end of the support tube is connect with the feed pipe, and the lower end of the support tube is connected with weight body.
Preferably, the feed pipe and the discharge nozzle are rotatablely connected by slewing equipment, the slewing equipment is axis Hold mounting.
Preferably, one end that the feed pipe connects the conveying pipeline is provided with mounting flange, set on the conveying pipeline It is equipped with the supported flange with mounting flange cooperation, the feed pipe is fixedly connected with the conveying pipeline.
Preferably, the discharge nozzle is connected with spreading head far from one end of the feed pipe, it is arranged on the discharge nozzle There is casing, the spreading head is connect by holding screw with described sleeve pipe.
Compared with prior art, the advantages and positive effects of the present invention are:
This material-strewing device can make material-strewing device under balancing device effect by the way that balancing device is arranged on discharge nozzle Balance and stability is kept in use, sheds uniform purpose to reach.Specifically, air-flow drives feed to pass through conveying pipeline Feed is shed away into feed pipe, discharge nozzle, reaction during shedding due to power promotes discharge nozzle to rotate, and realizes 360 degree are shed, meanwhile, discharge nozzle is in rotary course, and counterweight is acted on by centrifugal force in balancing device, to far from discharge nozzle Direction it is mobile, spring auto-tensioning, counterweight and floating body cooperation ensure that the balance and stabilization of device, have balance it is good, Shed uniform advantage.
Detailed description of the invention
In order to more clearly explain the embodiment of the invention or the technical proposal in the existing technology, to embodiment or will show below There is attached drawing needed in technical description to be briefly described, it should be apparent that, the accompanying drawings in the following description is only this Some embodiments of invention for those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts, can be with It obtains other drawings based on these drawings.
Fig. 1 is the structural schematic diagram of material-strewing device provided by the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of balancing device in material-strewing device provided by the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of fixed plate in Fig. 2 balancing device;
Fig. 4 is the structural schematic diagram of floating body in material-strewing device provided by the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the structural schematic diagram of material-strewing device another kind embodiment provided by the present invention.
In above each figure: 1, feed pipe;11, mounting flange;2, discharge nozzle;21, casing;3, balancing device;31, fixed Plate;311, sliding slot;312, through hole;313 mounting holes;32, counterweight;321, hammer body;3211, step surface;322, retainer plate; 33, spring;34, fixed column;4, floating body;41, tube seat;5, slewing equipment;6, conveying pipeline;61, supported flange;7, spreading head;8, Holding screw;9, support tube;10, weight body.
Specific embodiment
In the following, the present invention is specifically described by illustrative embodiment.It should be appreciated, however, that not into one In the case where step narration, element, structure and features in an embodiment can also be advantageously incorporated into other embodiments In.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that, term " center ", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", " left side ", The orientation or positional relationship of the instructions such as " right side ", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outside" is based on the figure Orientation or positional relationship is merely for convenience of description of the present invention and simplification of the description, rather than the device of indication or suggestion meaning or Element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, therefore be not considered as limiting the invention.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " installation ", " phase Even ", " connection " shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or be integrally connected;It can To be to be connected directly, the connection inside two elements can also be can be indirectly connected through an intermediary.For this field For those of ordinary skill, the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the present invention can be understood with concrete condition.
The material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait end floats on the surface by floating body in the prior art, and discharge nozzle is in rotation material casting In the process, can there are rotation shakiness, the non-uniform phenomenon of material casting, the present invention is based on this problems, propose following technical scheme: going out Balancing device is installed in expects pipe, balancing device includes fixed plate and counterweight, and counterweight is connect by spring with fixed plate, and Counterweight can opposing fixed plate level sliding, feed enters feed pipe, feed pipe and discharging from delivery pipe by strength when feeding Pipe is separated structure, and discharge nozzle rotates under strength effect around slewing equipment, and feed is dished out simultaneously under strength effect, discharge nozzle In rotation process, counterweight is acted on by centrifugal force and being slided along fixed plate, and feed pipe and the equilibrium of floating bodies, spreading head is kept uniformly to throw Material.
Above-mentioned technical proposal in order to better understand, with reference to the accompanying drawing and specific embodiment is to above-mentioned technical side Case is described in detail.
Join as shown in figure 1 to 3, a kind of material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait, including feed pipe 1 and discharge nozzle 2, feed pipe 1 One end connects the conveying pipeline 6 of device for feeding fish bait, and the other end connects discharge nozzle 2, and discharge nozzle 2 can be rotated relative to feed pipe 1, to realize Rotary spreading feed, feed pipe 1 are connected with floating body 4, by floating body 4 material-strewing device are bubbled through the water column;Discharge nozzle 2 is rotating through Cheng Zhong, device can have the phenomenon of unbalance shakiness, this material-strewing device is improved by the way that balancing device 3 is arranged on discharge nozzle 2 This situation, balancing device 3 include fixed plate 31 and counterweight 32, counterweight 32 can the horizontal sliding of opposing fixed plate 31, balance It is connected between hammer 32 and fixed plate 31 by spring 33, by the connection of spring 33 and counterweight 32, as discharge nozzle 2 rotates, Counterweight 32 is kept discharge nozzle 2 to balance by centrifugal force, the automatic adjustment tensioning of spring 33.
This material-strewing device can make device in use under the effect of balancing device 3 by setting balancing device 3 Balance and stability is kept, sheds uniform purpose to reach.Specifically, air-flow drives feed to enter feed pipe by conveying pipeline 6 1, discharge nozzle 2 sheds away feed, and reaction during shedding due to power promotes discharge nozzle 2 to rotate, and realizes 360 degree of throwings It spills, meanwhile, discharge nozzle 2 is in rotary course, and counterweight 32 is acted on by centrifugal force in balancing device 3, to separate discharge nozzle 2 Direction is mobile, 33 auto-tensioning of spring, and counterweight 32 and floating body 4 cooperate the balance and stabilization that ensure that device, has balance Well, uniform advantage is shed.
Specifically, feed pipe 1 and discharge nozzle 2 are whole arc-shaped, and floating body 4 is tubular, the trapezoidal structure in the upper end and lower end, Wherein, the both ends of feed pipe 1 have straightway, and lower end is horizontally parallel to the water surface, and upper end is connected to slewing equipment 5 vertically;Discharging The lower end of pipe 2 has straightway, connects slewing equipment 5, and slewing equipment 5 is specially bearing mounting, and feed pipe 1 connects the outer of bearing Circle, discharge nozzle 2 connect the inner ring of bearing.The present invention is not intended to limit the specific structure of slewing equipment 5, as long as can be realized feed pipe 1 belongs to protection scope of the present invention with the rotation connection of discharge nozzle 2.
About the specific structure of balancing device 3, shown referring to figure 2-3, one end of fixed plate 31 offers through hole 312, Discharge nozzle 2 is penetrated from through hole 312, then welds fixed plate 31 and discharge nozzle 2;The other end of fixed plate 31 offers waist Shape sliding slot 311, counterweight 32 is arranged in the sliding slot 311, and can slide in sliding slot 311;Installation is additionally provided in fixed plate 31 Hole 313, between sliding slot 311 and through hole 312, fixed column 34 is connected in mounting hole 313 mounting hole 313, can be It is full of connection or threaded connection.Counterweight 32 includes hammer body 321 and retainer plate 322, is provided with step surface 3211 on hammer body 321, Retainer plate 322 is connected to the upper end of hammer body 321, makes counterweight 321 be stuck in sliding slot by step surface 3211 and retainer plate 322 In 311, it will not be detached from from fixed plate 31.33 one end of spring is connected and fixed column 34, and one end is connected and fixed circle 322.Discharge nozzle 2 revolves When turning, counterweight 32 is mobile to the direction far from discharge nozzle 2 by centrifugal force, 33 auto-tensioning of spring.
Further, the connection type of feed pipe 1 and floating body 4 is managed referring to tube seat 41 shown in Fig. 1,4, is offered on floating body 4 The shape of slot 41 and the shape of feed pipe 1 are adapted, and feed pipe 1 is through in tube seat 41, realizes the connection of the two.Feed pipe 1 with Floating body 4 can be worn by the way of assembly, or when making floating body 4, directly feed pipe 1 is embedded in floating body 4.Using The form that floating body 4 and feed pipe 1 are directly connected to, has the advantages that structure is simple, at low cost.
In addition, the connection of feed pipe 1 and floating body 4 can also use the form of Fig. 5, connected by support tube 9, support tube 9 Upper end and feed pipe 1 weld, floating body 4 is through on support tube 9, and the lower end of support tube 9 connects weight body 10, weight body 10 and branch Stay tube 9 is connected by screw bolts.
Specifically, the lower end of feed pipe 1 is connected with mounting flange 11, and the end of conveying pipeline 6 has step and is cased with compression Mounting flange 11 and supported flange 61 are connected by bolt, the connection of feed pipe 1 and conveying pipeline 6 may be implemented by flange 61.
Specifically, the upper end of discharge nozzle 2 is connected with casing 21, and the end sleeve of spreading head 7 in casing 21 and uses clamp screw Nail 8 is fastenedly connected, and unclamping holding screw 8 can be convenient the spraying angle of arbitrarily adjustment spreading head 7.
The above description is merely a specific embodiment, but scope of protection of the present invention is not limited thereto, any Those familiar with the art in the technical scope disclosed by the present invention, can easily think of the change or the replacement, and should all contain Lid is within protection scope of the present invention.Therefore, protection scope of the present invention should be based on the protection scope of the described claims.

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1. one end of a kind of material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait, including feed pipe and discharge nozzle, the feed pipe connects conveying pipeline, Its other end is rotatablely connected the discharge nozzle, which is characterized in that and it further include the balancing device being connected on the discharge nozzle, it is described Balancing device includes the fixed plate connecting with the discharge nozzle, the counterweight being slidably connected with the fixed plate level, described flat Spring is also connected between weighing apparatus hammer and the fixed plate.
2. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that be provided with confession in the fixed plate The sliding slot of the counterweight level sliding, the counterweight are arranged in the sliding slot.
3. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the counterweight includes hammer body, And it is connected to the retainer plate of the hammer body, step surface is provided on the hammer body, the step surface and the retainer plate are distinguished Positioned at the two sides of the fixed plate.
4. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that be connected in the fixed plate solid Fixed column, the spring one end are connected and fixed column, and the spring other end connects the counterweight, and the fixed column is located at the cunning Between slot and the discharge nozzle.
5. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that further include connecting with the feed pipe The floating body connect.
6. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 5, which is characterized in that be provided on the floating body for institute State the tube seat that feed pipe is worn.
7. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the floating body by support tube with The feed pipe connection, the floating body are sheathed on the support tube, and the upper end of the support tube is connect with the feed pipe, described The lower end of support tube is connected with weight body.
8. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the feed pipe and the discharging Pipe is rotatablely connected by slewing equipment, and the slewing equipment is bearing mounting.
9. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the feed pipe connection is described defeated One end of expects pipe is provided with mounting flange, and the supported flange with mounting flange cooperation is provided on the conveying pipeline, will The feed pipe is fixedly connected with the conveying pipeline.
10. the material-strewing device of strength device for feeding fish bait according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the discharge nozzle is far from described One end of feed pipe is connected with spreading head, is provided with casing on the discharge nozzle, the spreading head by holding screw with it is described Casing connection.
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