CN110506474A - A kind of rice transplanter and rice transplanting method for rice pot-cultivated swing load - Google Patents

A kind of rice transplanter and rice transplanting method for rice pot-cultivated swing load Download PDF

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CN110506474A
CN110506474A CN201910938507.4A CN201910938507A CN110506474A CN 110506474 A CN110506474 A CN 110506474A CN 201910938507 A CN201910938507 A CN 201910938507A CN 110506474 A CN110506474 A CN 110506474A
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吕永杰
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李金科
张庆华
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This application discloses a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing and rice transplanting methods, including rice transplanter ontology, it further include the workbench being arranged on rice transplanter, seedlings nursing plate on workbench, hold-down mechanism is provided on the workbench, the hold-down mechanism acts on seedlings nursing plate, the hold-down mechanism includes the strut perpendicular to workbench, lifting seat is cased on the strut, sliding slot is arranged in the side of locating lifting seat, ball is provided in the sliding slot, the ball is fixedly connected with compression bar outward, the compression bar is horizontally disposed, the ball, the number of compression bar is several, protruding block is additionally provided on the workbench, the protruding block is located at corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate below seedlings nursing plate.The application on the workbench of existing rice transplanter by being arranged the hold-down mechanism acted on seedlings nursing plate, protruding block below cooperation seedlings nursing plate can completely eject rice shoot and seedling soil together, the rate of being completely cured that rice shoot greatly reduces, is capable of increasing the survival rate after rice transplanting.

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A kind of rice transplanter and rice transplanting method for rice pot-cultivated swing load
Technical field
This application involves rice transplanter more particularly to a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing and rice transplanting methods.
Background technique
Alms bowl educates pendulum load technology and had been widely used in cold ground rice region in recent years at present, and has been widely applied very in cold ground rice region Long.Nursery mainly is carried out using the seedlings nursing plate with bowl, puts load or rice transplanting after the completion of nursery, and more and more extensive Rice transplanting is carried out using rice transplanter, but existing rice transplanter needs to extract rice shoot from seedlings nursing plate, then carries out rice transplanting.It is pulling up seedlings When, due to glutinous too tight of the seedlings nursing plate of nursery stage rice shoot, seedling soil and seedlings nursing plate, occur often by rice shoot stem and root The problem of tear fracture.So a kind of rice transplanter and rice transplanting method for rice pot-cultivated swing load is needed, to solve the above problems.
Summary of the invention
This application provides a kind of rice pot-cultivated swing carry rice transplanter, solve rice transplanter in the prior art need by rice shoot from It extracts and is being injected in ground in seedlings nursing plate, the process that rice shoot is extracted is being easy to cause rice shoot stem and root tear fracture from seedlings nursing plate The problem of.
This application provides a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing and rice transplanting method, including rice transplanter ontology, It is characterized in that, further includes the workbench being arranged on rice transplanter, the seedlings nursing plate on workbench, be provided on the workbench Hold-down mechanism, the hold-down mechanism act on seedlings nursing plate, and the hold-down mechanism includes the strut perpendicular to workbench, the strut On be cased with lifting seat, sliding slot is arranged in the side of locating lifting seat, and ball is provided in the sliding slot, and the ball is fixed outward to be connected Be connected to compression bar, the compression bar is horizontally disposed, the ball, compression bar number be several, be additionally provided on the workbench convex Bittiness, the protruding block is located at corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate below seedlings nursing plate.
Further, a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, the compression bar are electric telescopic rod.
Further, a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, the lifting seat are slidably connected with strut.
Further, a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, is provided with liquid between the lifting seat and workbench Press telescopic rod.
Further, a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, the size of the protruding block and the nursery of seedlings nursing plate Slot size is identical.
A kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, based on above-mentioned rice transplanter, in the nursery slot of the seedlings nursing plate Rice shoot number be 2-3 plants, the root of the rice shoot is intertwined.
Further, a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, the seedlings nursing plate are placed on the protrusion of workbench On block, keep protruding block corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate, finely tune position of the ball in sliding slot, makes educating for compression bar and seedlings nursing plate The gap of seedling slot is corresponding.
Further, a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, is pressed under the lifting seat descent tape dynamic pressure bar On the gap of the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate, so that rice shoot, seedling soil are ejected by the protruding block below nursery slot.
Further, a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, the gripper mechanism grips seedling of the rice transplanter The bottom of seedling has the position of seedling soil to take out rice shoot.
From the above technical scheme, this application provides a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing and rice transplanting sides Method acts on hold-down mechanism on seedlings nursing plate by being arranged on the workbench of existing rice transplanter, and hold-down mechanism has strut, suitable The lifting seat that moves up and down of strut, the side of lifting seat have sliding slot, there is ball in sliding slot, ball is connected to compression bar, ball energy It is moved left and right in sliding slot, drives compression bar, the position of compression bar can be finely tuned, and compression bar can freely be stretched using electric telescopic rod Contracting, the gap number between the number of compression bar and the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate is identical and acts on gap location, by going up and down, stretching, Pressing device can compress downwards seedlings nursing plate, cooperate the protruding block below seedlings nursing plate, and protruding block is located at the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate Lower section, lifting seat decline, compression bar are pressed on the gap between nursery slot, and the protruding block of lower section can be completely by rice shoot and seedling soil It ejects together, such rice transplanter is just more easier to catch rice shoot when grabbing seedling, compared to traditional rice transplanter from seedlings nursing plate The rate of being completely cured of rice shoot greatly reduces in the mode inside to lift seedlings, and in addition the integrality of rice shoot and seedling soil is capable of increasing after rice transplanting Survival rate.By the way that by rice shoot and the ejection of seedling soil, the clamping device of rice transplanter can catch the bottom of rice shoot to have seedling when grabbing seedling The position of soil, can guarantee the integrality of rice shoot rhizome.
Traditional rice transplanting method is that the rice shoot of square position is torn out 4-6 plants by manually or mechanically dynamics, this process rice shoot root It is possible that tear fracture, then rice shoot residue root system pressure is inserted into soil, lead to root bending, lose, be broken, root system is inserted into too It is deep, cause root system that can not breathe.This rice transplanting causes rice shoot root system to delay root or change root or death, and rice shoot is caused to delay seedling 7-10 It, tiller is postponed, and tillering capacity reduces, and rice shoot resistance is also declining.The application nursery plate seedling raising by often with the seedling in nursery slot Seedling is controlled at 2-3 plants, so that rice shoot root is tightly wound around together, rice shoot root can be healthy and strong, matches by the way that rice transplanter is relevant The rice shoot of seedlings nursing plate is extracted pendulum down on the farm, accomplishes not hurt root by nested structure, and such rice shoot is inserted into field and does not delay the seedling phase, is guaranteed Rice shoot rice transplanting is lived, and is accelerated rice and is entered tillering stage, tillering capacity improves;Rice transplanting transplanting guarantees that rice shoot is unanimously neat, rice transplanter Maximum feature, rice transplanter line space be it is controllable, line space is adjusted to 33 × 14 by adjustable line space, expands the row of rice Spacing carries out photosynthesis convenient for rice, is conducive to paddy growth tiller conducive to ventilation, the light transmission between rice, can be improved between plant Resistance;Seedling is put with rice transplanting compared with: putting seedling is inserted into rice shoot is micro- in soil, and rice shoot root system can be as moisture and nutrient direction be to soil In bore and go, grow naturally, rice transplanting is lived.
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In order to illustrate more clearly of the technical solution of the application, attached drawing needed in case study on implementation will be made below Simply introduce, it should be apparent that, for those of ordinary skills, in the premise of not making the creative labor property Under, it is also possible to obtain other drawings based on these drawings.
Fig. 1 is the application structural schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the application part A structure enlargement diagram.
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Wherein, 1- workbench, 2- strut, 3- lifting seat, 4- sliding slot, 5- ball, 6- compression bar, 7- protruding block, 8- is hydraulic to be stretched Contracting bar.
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In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solutions in the application, below in conjunction with attached drawing, it is right Technical solution in the embodiment of the present application is clearly and completely described.
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From the above technical scheme, a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing and rice transplanting method, including rice transplanter Ontology further includes the workbench 1 being arranged on rice transplanter, the seedlings nursing plate on workbench 1, is provided on the workbench 1 Hold-down mechanism, the hold-down mechanism act on seedlings nursing plate, and the hold-down mechanism includes the strut 2 perpendicular to workbench, the branch Lifting seat 3 is cased on bar 2, the side of locating lifting seat 3 is arranged sliding slot 4, is provided with ball 5, the ball 5 in the sliding slot 4 Be fixedly connected with compression bar 6 outward, the compression bar 6 is horizontally disposed, the ball 5, compression bar 6 number be several, the work Protruding block 7 is additionally provided on platform 1, the protruding block 7 is located at corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate below seedlings nursing plate.
Workbench 1 is arranged on existing rice transplanter, and strut 2 is welded on workbench 1, is set with lifting seat on strut 2 3, and moved up and down along strut 2, sliding slot 4 is opened up in the side of lifting seat 3, there is ball 5 in sliding slot 4, ball 5 can be in cunning It is moved left and right in slot 4, ball 5 is also connected with compression bar 6, and compression bar 6 stretches out sliding slot 4 horizontally outward, and seedlings nursing plate is placed on workbench 1 On, and it is located at the lower section of compression bar 6, the gap between compression bar 6 and the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate is corresponding, has below seedlings nursing plate Protruding block 7, protruding block 7 are uniformly distributed, equally corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate, and are located at the underface of nursery slot, when Lifting seat 3 decline when, when compression bar 6 presses to seedlings nursing plate, cooperate bottom protruding block 7 can completely by rice shoot and seedling soil together Ejection, after rice shoot is ejected, the enhanced convenience when clamping device of rice transplanter carries out grabbing seedling will not be completely cured.
Preferably, the compression bar 6 is electric telescopic rod.It is for the distance mistake between rice shoot using in electric telescopic rod When close, lifting seats 3 can be waited to stretch out again when being down to close to seedlings nursing plate, can be avoided the stem that compression bar 6 breaks rice shoot, in lifting seat 3 are stopping at seedlings nursing plate, push again after fully extended from compression bar 6 is from bottom gap close to seedlings nursing plate.
Preferably, the lifting seat 3 is slidably connected with strut 2.
Preferably, hydraulic telescopic rod 8 is provided between the lifting seat 3 and workbench 1.Lifting seat 3 is by hydraulic telescopic rod 8 Drive lifting.
Preferably, the size of the protruding block 7 and the nursery slot size of seedlings nursing plate are identical.
A kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, based on above-mentioned rice transplanter, in the nursery slot of the seedlings nursing plate Rice shoot number be 2-3 plants, the root of the rice shoot is intertwined.
Preferably, the seedlings nursing plate is placed on the protruding block 7 of workbench 1, makes nursery slot phase of the protruding block 7 with seedlings nursing plate It is corresponding, position of the ball 5 in sliding slot 4 is finely tuned, keeps compression bar 6 corresponding with the gap of nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate.
Preferably, it is pressed on the gap of nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate under the 3 descent tape dynamic pressure bar 6 of lifting seat, so that rice shoot, Seedling soil is ejected by the protruding block 7 below nursery slot.
Preferably, the bottom of the gripper mechanism grips rice shoot of the rice transplanter has the position of seedling soil to take out rice shoot.
When practical operation, needs staff to put seedlings nursing plate on the workbench 1 of rice transplanter, seedlings nursing plate is put It sets on protruding block 7, after clamping device all catches away the rice shoot in seedlings nursing plate, staff replaces seedlings nursing plate.
Those skilled in the art will readily occur to its of the application after considering specification and practicing application disclosed herein Its embodiment.This application is intended to cover any variations, uses, or adaptations of the application, these modifications, purposes or Person's adaptive change follows the general principle of the application and including the undocumented common knowledge in the art of the application Or conventional techniques.The description and examples are only to be considered as illustrative, and the true scope of the application is pointed out by claim.
It should be understood that the application is not limited to the precise structure that has been described above and shown in the drawings, and And various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof.Above-described the application embodiment is not constituted to this Shen Please protection scope restriction.

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1. a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, including rice transplanter ontology, which is characterized in that further include being arranged in rice transplanting Workbench (1) on machine, the seedlings nursing plate being located on workbench (1) are provided with hold-down mechanism, the pressure on the workbench (1) Tight mechanism acts on seedlings nursing plate, and the hold-down mechanism includes the strut (2) perpendicular to workbench, is cased with liter on the strut (2) It drops seat (3), sliding slot (4) are arranged in the side of locating lifting seat (3), are provided with ball (5) in the sliding slot (4), the ball (5) Be fixedly connected with compression bar (6) outward, the compression bar (6) is horizontally disposed, the ball (5), compression bar (6) number be several, It is additionally provided with protruding block (7) on the workbench (1), the protruding block (7) is located at the nursery slot below seedlings nursing plate with seedlings nursing plate It is corresponding.
2. a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the compression bar (6) For electric telescopic rod.
3. a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the lifting seat (3) it is slidably connected with strut (2).
4. a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the lifting seat (3) it is provided between workbench (1) hydraulic telescopic rod (8).
5. a kind of rice transplanter carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the protruding block (7) size is identical as the nursery slot size of seedlings nursing plate.
6. a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, based on rice transplanter described in claim 1-5, which is characterized in that Rice shoot number in the nursery slot of the seedlings nursing plate is 2-3 plants, and the root of the rice shoot is intertwined.
7. a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing, which is characterized in that the seedlings nursing plate is placed on the convex of workbench (1) On bittiness (7), keep protruding block (7) corresponding with the nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate, finely tunes the position of ball (5) in sliding slot (4), make to press Bar (6) is corresponding with the gap of nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate.
8. a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the lifting seat (3) it is pressed on the gap of nursery slot of seedlings nursing plate under descent tape dynamic pressure bar (6), so that rice shoot, seedling soil are by convex below nursery slot Bittiness (7) ejection.
9. a kind of rice transplanting method carried for rice pot-cultivated swing according to claim 6, which is characterized in that the rice transplanter The bottom of gripper mechanism grips rice shoot there is the position of seedling soil to take out rice shoot.
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