CN111837901A - Agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter - Google Patents

Agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter Download PDF

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CN111837901A
CN111837901A CN202010755348.7A CN202010755348A CN111837901A CN 111837901 A CN111837901 A CN 111837901A CN 202010755348 A CN202010755348 A CN 202010755348A CN 111837901 A CN111837901 A CN 111837901A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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    • B05SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05BSPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
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The invention discloses an agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter, which comprises a machine body, a water spraying head, a hydraulic push rod, a base and a support frame, wherein the water spraying head and the machine body are in an integrated structure, the hydraulic push rod is arranged between the machine body and the support frame, the support frame is movably clamped at the upper end position of the base, the machine body is hinged with the support frame, cotton wool wound on the outer surface of an inner shrinkage block can extrude the inner shrinkage block when an atomizing fan rotates, the inner shrinkage block can slide inwards along a rotating shaft, a sliding frame can drive a contact plate to lift the cotton wool in an inner frame through the extrusion of the cotton wool wound on the outer surface of the inner shrinkage block, so that the cotton wool in the inner frame can be thrown outwards through two open plates, the lower extension plate can slide outwards along the plate surface and the middle fixing plate through the throwing force generated by the rotation of the atomizing fan, and the lower extension plate can be extruded through the middle fixing plate, the cotton wool adhered to the inner side of the lower connecting block can be scraped off by the cleaning block on the outer side of the lower extension plate.

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Agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of agricultural sprayers, in particular to an agricultural sprayer with a variable droplet diameter.
Background
Agricultural atomizer is used for mainly converting rivers into tiny drop of water in order to reach the equipment with rivers atomizing, can extrude rivers into trickle blowout through the sprinkler bead, rethread high-speed pivoted atomizing fan blows the trickle and is the atomizing state, rethread atomizing fan's rotation can drive atomizing fan and carry out the work of spraying forward, and the rotational speed through adjustment atomizing fan can directly change the atomizing droplet diameter of rivers, extensively apply to the agricultural watering trade, based on the discovery of the inventor of the above-mentioned description, a current variable droplet diameter agricultural atomizer mainly has following not enough, for example:
because atomizing fan when the rotational speed down transferred, spun water smoke distance also can reduce relatively, if agricultural atomizer nozzle is towards the top, then make the water smoke fall back on atomizing fan when atomizing fan rotational speed down range is great easily, if atomizing fan waters the wooden cotton tree of flowering, then make the water smoke that falls back easily take into atomizing fan with the cotton fibre that wafts in the air on, long-time accumulation then makes atomizing fan pivot department twine cotton easily, lead to atomizing fan to rotate the difficult condition.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems, the invention provides an agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: the agricultural sprayer with the variable fogdrop diameter structurally comprises a sprayer body, a sprayer head, a hydraulic push rod, a base and a support frame, wherein the sprayer head and the sprayer body are of an integrated structure; the organism includes outer tube, atomizing fan, blade, atomizing fan activity block is in the inside position of outer tube, the blade is connected with atomizing fan is embedded admittedly.
As a further optimization of the invention, the atomizing fan comprises an outer frame, an inner shrinking block, two elastic strips and a rotating shaft, wherein the inner frame and the outer frame are of an integrated structure, the inner shrinking block is in clearance fit with the rotating shaft, the elastic strips are arranged at the inner position of the rotating shaft, and the two inner shrinking blocks are uniformly and symmetrically distributed on the rotating shaft.
As a further optimization of the invention, the inner frame comprises a pipe body, a discharge mechanism, a guide rod, contact plates and sliding frames, wherein the discharge mechanism and the pipe body are of an integrated structure, the guide rod is movably clamped with the pipe body, the contact plates are fixedly embedded with the sliding frames, the sliding frames are movably clamped with the guide rod, and the four contact plates are uniformly distributed on the inner side of the pipe body in a staggered manner through the matching of the sliding frames and the guide rod.
As a further optimization of the invention, the arrangement mechanism comprises a plate body, an opening plate, a blocking strip, a linking rod and a boosting plate, wherein the opening plate is in clearance fit with the plate body, the blocking strip is fixedly embedded in the opening plate, the linking rod is movably clamped between the opening plate and the plate body, the boosting plate is hinged with the plate body, and the two boosting plates are uniformly and symmetrically distributed on the inner side of the plate body.
As a further optimization of the invention, the contact plate comprises an upper connecting plate, a clearing mechanism, a lower connecting block and a linkage rod, wherein the clearing mechanism is connected with the upper connecting plate through the linkage rod, the lower connecting block and the clearing mechanism are of an integrated structure, and the linkage rod is in an inclined state.
As a further optimization of the invention, the clearing mechanism comprises a plate surface, a downward extending plate, a middle fixing plate and an elastic sheet, wherein the downward extending plate is in clearance fit between the middle fixing plate and the plate surface, the middle fixing plate and the plate surface are of an integrated structure, the elastic sheet is arranged between two opposite downward extending plates, and the downward extending plates are of a triangular structure.
As a further optimization of the invention, the downward extending plate comprises a return spring piece, an extrusion plate, a front plate, a clearing block and a ventilation cavity, wherein the return spring piece is arranged between the extrusion plate and the front plate, the clearing block is fixedly connected with the front plate in an embedded manner, the ventilation cavity and the front plate are of an integrated structure, and the ventilation cavity is of an internal and external through structure.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. through the winding cotton fibre of interior shrink piece surface when atomizing fan rotates the extrusion that the piece produced to shrinking in, can make the piece that contracts in along the pivot inwards slide, and through the power of getting rid of that produces when atomizing fan rotates, can make the carriage drive the contact plate and raise the cotton fibre of inside casing to make the inside cotton fibre of inside casing outwards throw away between two open-close plates.
2. The lower extension plate can slide out along the plate surface and the middle fixing plate outwards by the aid of throwing force generated by rotation of the atomizing fan, and cotton wool adhered to the inner side of the lower extension plate can be scraped by the removing block outside the lower extension plate through extrusion of the middle fixing plate on the lower extension plate, so that the situation that the cotton wool is not easy to remove by adhering to the lower extension plate is effectively avoided.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an agricultural sprayer with variable droplet diameter according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the body of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of an atomizing fan according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the inner frame of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a schematic side sectional view of the venting mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of a contact plate according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic side view of a portion of a cleaning mechanism of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of a side view cross section of the lower extension plate of the present invention.
In the figure: machine body-1, water spray head-2, hydraulic push rod-3, base-4, support frame-5, outer tube-a 1, atomizing fan-a 2, blade-a 3, outer frame-a 21, inner frame-a 22, inner contraction block-a 23, elastic strip-a 24, rotating shaft-a 25, pipe body-b 1, discharge mechanism-b 2, guide rod-b 3, contact plate-b 4, sliding frame-b 5, plate body-b 21, open plate-b 22, barrier strip-b 23, connecting rod-b 24, boosting plate-b 25, upper connecting plate-c 1, clearing mechanism-c 2, lower connecting block-c 3, lower connecting rod-c 4, plate surface-c 21, lower extension plate-c 22, middle linkage plate-c 23, elastic sheet-c 24, rebound sheet-d 1, extrusion plate-d 2, Front plate-d 3, cleaning block-d 4, and air-permeable cavity-d 5.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1-5:
the invention provides a variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer which structurally comprises a sprayer body 1, a sprinkler head 2, a hydraulic push rod 3, a base 4 and a support frame 5, wherein the sprinkler head 2 and the sprayer body 1 are of an integrated structure, the hydraulic push rod 3 is installed between the sprayer body 1 and the support frame 5, the support frame 5 is movably clamped at the upper end position of the base 4, and the sprayer body 1 is hinged with the support frame 5; the machine body 1 comprises an outer tube a1, an atomizing fan a2 and blades a3, wherein the atomizing fan a2 is movably clamped in the inner position of the outer tube a1, and the blades a3 are fixedly connected with the atomizing fan a 2.
The atomizing fan a2 comprises an outer frame a21, an inner frame a22, an inner contracting block a23, elastic strips a24 and a rotating shaft a25, wherein the inner frame a22 and the outer frame a21 are of an integrated structure, the inner contracting block a23 is in clearance fit with the rotating shaft a25, the elastic strips a24 are installed at the inner position of the rotating shaft a25, the number of the inner contracting blocks a23 is two, the two inner contracting blocks a23 are uniformly and symmetrically distributed on the rotating shaft a25, and the inner contracting blocks a23 can slide inwards along the rotating shaft a25 through extrusion of cotton wool wound on a mechanism on the inner contracting blocks a23, so that the cotton wool can enter the inner position of the inner frame a 22.
The inner frame a22 comprises a pipe body b1, a discharge mechanism b2, guide rods b3, a contact plate b4 and a sliding frame b5, the discharge mechanism b2 and the pipe body b1 are of an integrated structure, the guide rods b3 are movably clamped with the pipe body b1, the contact plate b4 is fixedly embedded with the sliding frame b5, the sliding frame b5 is movably clamped with the guide rods b3, the contact plates b4 are four, the sliding frame b5 is matched with the guide rods b3, the contact plates b4 are uniformly distributed on the inner side of the pipe body b1 in a staggered mode, and the sliding frame b5 can drive the contact plate b4 to be attached to the inner wall of the pipe body b1 to lift cotton wool through throwing force generated by rotation of the mechanism.
Wherein, emission mechanism b2 includes plate body b21, open plate b22, blocks strip b23, links up pole b24, boost board b25, open plate b22 and plate body b21 clearance fit, block strip b23 and open plate b22 and inlay solid the connection, link up pole b24 activity block between open plate b22 and plate body b21, boost board b25 and plate body b21 hinged joint, boost board b25 is equipped with two, and even inboard at plate body b21 is symmetric distribution, and the whipping force that produces through the mechanism rotation can make boost board b25 upwards swing along plate body b21 to make boost board b25 can push open plate b22 outwards to slide the expansion, so make the inside cotton wool of mechanism can throw away through the opening between two open plate b 22.
The detailed use method and action of the embodiment are as follows:
in the present invention, since the distance of the sprayed mist is relatively reduced when the rotation speed of the atomizing fan a2 is adjusted downward, if the opening of the machine body 1 is upward, the mist is easily dropped onto the atomizing fan a2 when the rotation speed of the atomizing fan a2 is adjusted to a large extent, if the atomizing fan a2 waters the flowering kapok tree, the dropped mist is easily led to bring the cotton wool drifting in the air onto the atomizing fan a2, if the cotton wool is accumulated for a long time, the cotton wool is easily wrapped around the inner shrinking block a23 of the atomizing fan a2, which makes the rotation of the atomizing fan a2 difficult, and if the cotton wool is wrapped around the outer surface of the inner shrinking block a23 of the atomizing fan a2, the inner shrinking block a23 is pressed when the atomizing fan a2 rotates, so that the inner shrinking block a 686a 6 slides inward, and the cotton wool is easily wrapped around the inner shrinking block 3527 a between the inner shrinking block 73729 a and the inner frame 73729 a when the inner shrinking block a rotates, which makes the cotton wool wrap around the inner shrinking block 23 a In a22, the sliding frame b5 can be extended and retracted up and down along the guide rod b3 by the throwing force generated when the atomizing fan a2 rotates, so that the sliding frame b5 can drive the contact plate b4 to lift cotton wool in the inner frame a22, and the boosting plate b25 can push the split plate b22 to slide out along the plate body b21 by the throwing force generated by the rotation of the atomizing fan a2, so that the cotton wool in the inner frame a22 can be thrown out through the opening between the two split plates b22, and the situation that the cotton wool drifting in the air is brought into the atomizing fan a2 by the falling water mist to cause the elastic strip a24 on the atomizing fan a2 to be wound with cotton is effectively avoided.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 6-8:
the contact plate b4 comprises an upper connecting plate c1, a clearing mechanism c2, a lower connecting block c3 and a linkage rod c4, the clearing mechanism c2 is connected with the upper connecting plate c1 through the linkage rod c4, the lower connecting block c3 and the clearing mechanism c2 are of an integrated structure, the linkage rod c4 is in an inclined state, and the linkage rod c4 can push the clearing mechanism c2 forward when swinging through extrusion of an object on the lower connecting block c3, so that cotton wool can be pushed forward by the lower connecting block c 3.
The removing mechanism c2 comprises a plate surface c21, a downward extending plate c22, a middle fixing plate c23 and an elastic sheet c24, wherein the downward extending plate c22 is in clearance fit between the middle fixing plate c23 and the plate surface c21, the middle fixing plate c23 and the plate surface c21 are of an integrated structure, the elastic sheet c24 is installed between the two opposite downward extending plates c22, the downward extending plate c22 is of a triangular structure, and the downward extending plate c22 can slide out along the space between the plate surface c21 and the middle fixing plate c23 through throwing force generated by the mechanism, so that cotton wool on the surface of an object can be scraped by the downward extending plate c 22.
The downward extending plate c22 comprises a resilient piece d1, a pressing plate d2, a front plate d3, a clearing block d4 and a ventilation cavity d5, the resilient piece d1 is mounted between the pressing plate d2 and the front plate d3, the clearing block d4 is fixedly connected with the front plate d3, the ventilation cavity d5 and the front plate d3 are in an integrated structure, the ventilation cavity d5 is in an inner-outer through structure, the pressing plate d2 is pressed by an object, the pressing plate d2 can swing leftwards along the front plate d3, and therefore air flow in the front plate d3 can be blown out through the ventilation cavity d5, and cotton wool on the surface of the front plate d3 can be blown out.
The detailed use method and action of the embodiment are as follows:
in the invention, when the contact plate b4 raises the cotton wool in the inner frame a22, the cotton wool is easy to be wound inside the lower block c3 protruding from the bottom of the contact plate b4, the problem can be effectively solved by the cleaning mechanism c2 on the contact plate b4, when the inner frame a22 is pressed by the contact plate b4, the reverse thrust generated by the inner frame a22 on the contact plate b4 can make the lower block c3 drive the cotton wool to be conveyed forward under the cooperation of the linkage rod c4, and the throwing force generated by the rotation of the atomizing fan a2 can make the lower extension plate c22 slide outwards along the space between the plate surface c21 and the middle fixing plate c23, and then the cleaning block d4 on the outer side of the lower extension plate c22 can make the cotton wool in the lower block c 3687458 fall off by the pressing of the middle fixing plate c23 on the lower extension plate c22, and make the cleaning block d 23 on the outer side of the lower extension plate c22 stick to the pressing plate c23, so that the air flow can pass through the inner space 23 and make the pressing plate 23 and swing through the air chamber 23, therefore, the air flow extruded out from the air permeable cavity d5 can blow down the cotton wool on the removing block d4, and the condition that the cotton wool is adhered to the lower connecting block c3 and is not easy to remove is effectively avoided.
The technical solutions of the present invention or similar technical solutions designed by those skilled in the art based on the teachings of the technical solutions of the present invention are all within the scope of the present invention to achieve the above technical effects.

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1. The utility model provides a variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer, its structure includes organism (1), sprinkler bead (2), hydraulic push rod (3), base (4), support frame (5), sprinkler bead (2) and organism (1) structure as an organic whole, hydraulic push rod (3) are installed between organism (1) and support frame (5), support frame (5) activity block in the upper end position of base (4), its characterized in that: the machine body (1) is hinged with the support frame (5);
the machine body (1) comprises an outer pipe (a1), an atomizing fan (a2) and blades (a3), wherein the atomizing fan (a2) is movably clamped at the inner position of the outer pipe (a1), and the blades (a3) are fixedly connected with the atomizing fan (a 2).
2. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 1, wherein: atomizing fan (a2) includes frame (a21), inside casing (a22), retraction block (a23), elastic strip (a24), pivot (a25), inside casing (a22) and frame (a21) structure as an organic whole, retraction block (a23) and pivot (a25) clearance fit, elastic strip (a24) is installed in the inside position of pivot (a 25).
3. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 2, wherein: the inner frame (a22) comprises a pipe body (b1), a discharge mechanism (b2), a guide rod (b3), a contact plate (b4) and a sliding frame (b5), the discharge mechanism (b2) and the pipe body (b1) are of an integrated structure, the guide rod (b3) is movably clamped with the pipe body (b1), the contact plate (b4) is fixedly embedded with the sliding frame (b5), and the sliding frame (b5) is movably clamped with the guide rod (b 3).
4. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 3, wherein: emission mechanism (b2) includes plate body (b21), open-close board (b22), blocks strip (b23), links up pole (b24), boosting board (b25), open-close board (b22) and plate body (b21) clearance fit, block strip (b23) and open-close board (b22) embedded solid be connected, link up pole (b24) activity joint in between open-close board (b22) and plate body (b21), boosting board (b25) and plate body (b21) hinged joint.
5. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 3, wherein: the contact plate (b4) comprises an upper connecting plate (c1), a clearing mechanism (c2), a lower connecting block (c3) and a linkage rod (c4), the clearing mechanism (c2) is connected with the upper connecting plate (c1) through the linkage rod (c4), and the lower connecting block (c3) and the clearing mechanism (c2) are of an integrated structure.
6. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 5, wherein: the clearing mechanism (c2) comprises a plate surface (c21), a downward extending plate (c22), a middle fixing plate (c23) and an elastic sheet (c24), wherein the downward extending plate (c22) is in clearance fit between the middle fixing plate (c23) and the plate surface (c21), the middle fixing plate (c23) and the plate surface (c21) are of an integrated structure, and the elastic sheet (c24) is installed between the two opposite downward extending plates (c 22).
7. The variable droplet diameter agricultural sprayer of claim 6, wherein: the downward extending plate (c22) comprises a return spring piece (d1), an extrusion plate (d2), a front plate (d3), a clearing block (d4) and a ventilation cavity (d5), wherein the return spring piece (d1) is installed between the extrusion plate (d2) and the front plate (d3), the clearing block (d4) is fixedly embedded in the front plate (d3), and the ventilation cavity (d5) and the front plate (d3) are of an integrated structure.
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