CN112262798A - Balanced type oyster receiving and releasing mechanized operation platform - Google Patents

Balanced type oyster receiving and releasing mechanized operation platform Download PDF

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CN112262798A
CN112262798A CN202011245223.6A CN202011245223A CN112262798A CN 112262798 A CN112262798 A CN 112262798A CN 202011245223 A CN202011245223 A CN 202011245223A CN 112262798 A CN112262798 A CN 112262798A
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谢小魁
冯国禄
房学田
郑伟雄
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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    • B66C23/18Cranes comprising essentially a beam, boom, or triangular structure acting as a cantilever and mounted for translatory of swinging movements in vertical or horizontal planes or a combination of such movements, e.g. jib-cranes, derricks, tower cranes specially adapted for use in particular purposes
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Abstract

The invention relates to a balanced type oyster folding and unfolding mechanical operation platform, which belongs to the technical field of oyster cultivation equipment and comprises a work ship, wherein a balance mechanism is installed in the work ship, a stand column is fixedly installed on the work ship, a boom rope is installed on the stand column, one end of the boom rope is connected with a work boom, the other end of the boom rope is connected with a winch, the winch is fixedly installed on the work ship, one end, far away from the boom rope, of the work boom is rotatably connected with the stand column, and a folding and unfolding transmission mechanism for folding and unfolding oyster rows is installed on the work boom; the balance mechanism is arranged to ensure that the ship body is always in a balance state, so that the stability of the ship body is ensured; the automatic picking and placing device can be used for circularly picking and placing operation, can greatly improve the picking and placing efficiency, is designed with a mechanized picking and placing system, solves the problems of labor cost and picking efficiency, and reduces the labor intensity of workers.

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Balanced type oyster receiving and releasing mechanized operation platform
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of oyster cultivation equipment, in particular to a balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform.
Background
Oyster is commonly called oyster, fresh oyster and the like, is the first cultured shellfish in the world, is one of important marine biological resources available to human beings, and is a globally distributed variety. The oyster is not only fresh and delicious in meat and rich in nutrition, but also has unique health care function and medicinal value, and is a seafood with high nutritional value. Oyster cultivation is mainly distributed in coastal zones of south China, and is a dominant aquatic product with local characteristics; the history of oyster cultivation in Guangxi province is long (more than 200 years), workers are more, the cultivation area is large, oyster cultivation becomes Guangxi and even southeast Asia region, the dominant shellfish cultivation industry with subtropical zone characteristics is one of the important post industries of marine cultivation in China, and the oyster cultivation method has great economic and social benefits and plays an extremely important role in aquaculture industry in China.
At present, in domestic oyster cultivation areas, the marine cultivation technology is mature, and cage type hanging cultivation, rope extending hanging cultivation, floating raft type cultivation on the sea and the like are mainly adopted. In the aspects of throwing seedlings, hanging seedlings, cultivating and catching, at present, all domestic main cultivating sea areas still depend on manual operation completely, workers need to detach tied ropes from a raft frame, lift the hanging ropes, gather the ropes, collect the ropes and transfer the ropes to a transport ship. The problems of high labor intensity for harvesting and transferring, low production efficiency, severe working environment, lack of protective measures and the like exist, and the existing mechanized reeling and unreeling technology and equipment of the oyster lifting rope are still in a blank state domestically.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a balanced type oyster receive and releases mechanized operation platform, includes the workboat, install balance mechanism in the workboat, work ship upper end fixed mounting has the stand, install the davit rope on the stand, davit rope one end links to each other with the work davit, and the other end links to each other with the hoist engine, hoist engine fixed mounting is on the workboat, the davit is kept away from davit rope one end and is connected with the stand rotation, install on the davit and be used for receiving and releasing the receiving and releasing transport mechanism that the oyster was arranged.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: the balance mechanism comprises a first balance water tank and a second balance water tank which are fixedly arranged on two sides inside the working ship, and the second balance water tank is connected with the first balance water tank through a balance water pump.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: the folding and unfolding conveying mechanism comprises a folding and unfolding lifting ring arranged on the working suspension arm, and a driving motor used for conveying the folding and unfolding lifting ring is fixedly arranged on the working suspension arm.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: the boom rope is a steel wire rope.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: the work davit includes the main davit, install in the main davit rather than rotate the threaded rod of being connected, be equipped with first screw thread and the second screw thread that screw thread opposite direction is equipped with on the threaded rod, the outside cover of first screw thread is equipped with rather than threaded connection's first auxiliary davit, the outside cover of second screw thread is equipped with rather than threaded connection's the vice davit of second, still install on the main davit and be used for carrying out the guiding mechanism who leads to first auxiliary davit and the vice davit of second.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: guiding mechanism includes first guide bar and second guide bar, first guide bar and second guide bar set up respectively in the threaded rod both sides and with main davit fixed connection, first pair davit cover is established in the one end of first guide bar and second guide bar outside and rather than sliding connection, the vice davit cover of second is established in the other end of first guide bar and second guide bar outside and rather than sliding connection.
As a further technical scheme of the invention: the first auxiliary suspension arm is provided with a threaded hole matched with the threaded rod, and the first auxiliary suspension arm is also provided with a first through hole matched with the first guide rod and a second through hole matched with the second guide rod.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the balance mechanism is arranged to ensure that the ship body is always in a balance state, so that the stability of the ship body is ensured; the automatic picking and placing device can be used for circularly picking and placing operation, can greatly improve the picking and placing efficiency, is designed with a mechanized picking and placing system, solves the problems of labor cost and picking efficiency, and reduces the labor intensity of workers.
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FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of a balanced type oyster picking and placing mechanized operation platform;
FIG. 2 is a top sectional view of a working boom in a balanced type oyster picking and laying mechanized operation platform;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a first auxiliary suspension arm in the balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform.
In the figure: 1-a work ship, 2-a first balance water tank, 3-a winch, 4-a driving motor, 5-an upright post, 6-a hanging arm rope, 7-a balance water pump, 8-a second balance water tank, 9-a fresh oyster transport vehicle, 10-a work hanging arm, 11-a retractable hanging ring, 12-an oyster row, 13-a main hanging arm, 14-a first auxiliary hanging arm, 15-a threaded rod, 16-a first thread, 17-a first guide rod, 18-a second guide rod, 19-a second auxiliary hanging arm, 20-a second thread, 21-a first through hole, 22-a threaded hole and 23-a second through hole.
Detailed Description
The technical solution in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention.
Example 1
The balance type oyster collecting and releasing mechanical operation platform shown in fig. 1 comprises a work ship 1, wherein a balance mechanism is installed in the work ship 1, namely, the stability of the work platform during collecting and releasing oysters is ensured through the balance mechanism, specifically, the balance mechanism comprises a first balance water tank 2 and a second balance water tank 8 which are fixedly installed on two sides inside the work ship 1, the second balance water tank 8 is connected with the first balance water tank 2 through a balance water pump 7, namely, when the work platform works, water in the first balance water tank 2 and the second balance water tank 8 is regulated through the balance water pump 7, so that the stability of the work ship 1 during the whole operation is ensured; the upper end of the working ship 1 is fixedly provided with an upright post 5, the upright post 5 is provided with a boom rope 6, one end of the boom rope 6 is connected with a working boom 10, the other end of the boom rope 6 is connected with a winch 3, the winch 3 is fixedly arranged on the working ship 1, one end of the working boom 10, far away from the boom rope 6, is rotatably connected with the upright post 5, namely, the boom rope 6 is lengthened and shortened through the winch 3, so that the state of the working boom 10 is adjusted, and the boom rope 6 is a steel wire rope for ensuring stable adjustment; install on the work davit 10 and be used for receiving and releasing the transport mechanism that receive and releases row of oyster 12, receive and release transport mechanism through setting up promptly and realize receiving and releasing row of oyster 12, specifically do, receive and release transport mechanism including installing receiving and releasing rings 11 on work davit 10, still fixed mounting has the driving motor 4 who is used for the conveying to receive and release rings 11 on the work davit 10, and the during operation driving motor 4 drive receives and releases rings 11 and carries out oyster receiving and releasing work, and the while is in order to collect the oyster for the sake of convenience, still is provided with fresh oyster transport vechicle 9 on the workboat 1.
Example 2
The embodiment is further optimized on the basis of embodiment 1, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the working boom 10 includes a main boom 13, a threaded rod 15 connected with the main boom 13 is installed in the main boom 13, a first thread 16 and a second thread 20 with opposite thread directions are provided on the threaded rod 15, a first auxiliary boom 14 connected with the first thread 16 is sleeved outside the first thread 16, a second auxiliary boom 19 connected with the second thread 20 is sleeved outside the second thread 20, a guide mechanism for guiding the first auxiliary boom 14 and the second auxiliary boom 19 is further installed on the main boom 13, that is, the guide mechanism is matched with the threaded rod 15 to synchronously adjust the distance between the first auxiliary boom 14 and the second auxiliary boom 19 at two sides relative to the main boom 13, so as to facilitate synchronous retraction and release of oyster rows 12 with various different distances according to use requirements, the working efficiency is improved.
Further, the guide mechanism comprises a first guide rod 17 and a second guide rod 18, the first guide rod 17 and the second guide rod 18 are respectively arranged on two sides of the threaded rod 15 and fixedly connected with the main boom 13, and preferably, the second guide rod 18 and the first guide rod 17 are symmetrically arranged around the threaded rod 15, so that the sliding stability is improved; the first auxiliary suspension arm 14 is sleeved outside one end of the first guide rod 17 and the second guide rod 18 and is in sliding connection with the first guide rod, the second auxiliary suspension arm 19 is sleeved outside the other end of the first guide rod 17 and the second guide rod 18 and is in sliding connection with the second guide rod 18, preferably, the installation connection is convenient, a threaded hole 22 matched with the threaded rod 15 is formed in the first auxiliary suspension arm 14, and a first through hole 21 matched with the first guide rod 17 and a second through hole 23 matched with the second guide rod 18 are further formed in the first auxiliary suspension arm 14.
The working principle is as follows: the workboat 1 arrives at the operation site, berths along one side of the oyster row 12, and after all the operations are ready, the operation of workers is as follows: the winch 3 pulls up the working boom 10, the working boom 10 is operated to rotate by 90 degrees to enable the working boom 10 to be positioned above the oyster row 12 to be collected, the winch 3 is operated to enable the working boom 10 to be parallel to the oyster row 12 and to be lifted to a proper height, and when the working boom 10 rotates away from a ship deck, the balance mechanism is automatically started to ensure that the ship body is always in a balance state, so that the stability of the ship body is ensured; then, the collecting and releasing transmission mechanism is started to carry out collecting and releasing operation, oysters to be harvested are hung on the collecting and releasing hanging ring 11 in a manual assistance mode, and therefore circular collecting and releasing operation can be carried out, collecting and releasing efficiency can be greatly improved, a mechanical throwing and collecting system is designed, the problems of labor cost and collecting efficiency are solved, and labor intensity of workers is reduced.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a mechanized operation platform is receive and release to balanced type oyster, includes workboat (1), its characterized in that: install balance mechanism in work ship (1), work ship (1) upper end fixed mounting has stand (5), install boom rope (6) on stand (5), boom rope (6) one end links to each other with work davit (10), and the other end links to each other with hoist engine (3), hoist engine (3) fixed mounting is on work ship (1), boom rope (6) one end is kept away from in work davit (10) and stand (5) rotate to be connected, install on work davit (10) and be used for receiving and releasing receiving the transport mechanism that receive and releases oyster row (12).
2. The balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform of claim 1, wherein: the balance mechanism comprises a first balance water tank (2) and a second balance water tank (8) which are fixedly arranged on two sides inside the work ship (1), and the second balance water tank (8) is connected with the first balance water tank (2) through a balance water pump (7).
3. The balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform of claim 1 or 2, wherein: the retractable conveying mechanism comprises a retractable lifting ring (11) installed on the working lifting arm (10), and a driving motor (4) used for conveying the retractable lifting ring (11) is further fixedly installed on the working lifting arm (10).
4. The balanced type oyster picking and placing mechanized operation platform of claim 3, wherein: the boom rope (6) is a steel wire rope.
5. The balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform of claim 1, wherein: work davit (10) includes main davit (13), install in main davit (13) rather than rotate threaded rod (15) of being connected, be equipped with first screw thread (16) and second screw thread (20) that screw thread opposite direction on threaded rod (15), first screw thread (16) outside cover is equipped with rather than threaded connection's first auxiliary davit (14), the outside cover of second screw thread (20) is equipped with rather than threaded connection's the vice davit of second (19), still install on main davit (13) and be used for carrying out the guiding mechanism that leads to first auxiliary davit (14) and the vice davit of second (19).
6. The balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform of claim 5, wherein: guiding mechanism includes first guide bar (17) and second guide bar (18), first guide bar (17) and second guide bar (18) set up respectively in threaded rod (15) both sides and with main davit (13) fixed connection, first vice davit (14) cover is established at the one end of first guide bar (17) and second guide bar (18) outside and rather than sliding connection, the other end of the vice davit (19) cover of second is established at first guide bar (17) and second guide bar (18) outside and rather than sliding connection.
7. The balanced type oyster collecting and releasing mechanized operation platform of claim 6, wherein: the first auxiliary suspension arm (14) is provided with a threaded hole (22) matched with the threaded rod (15), and the first auxiliary suspension arm (14) is further provided with a first through hole (21) matched with the first guide rod (17) and a second through hole (23) matched with the second guide rod (18).
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