CN112568113B - Vegetable soilless culture seedling device with adjustable water temperature - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of vegetable soilless culture, in particular to a vegetable soilless culture seedling raising device capable of adjusting water temperature, which comprises a box body, wherein a partition plate is arranged in the box body through bolts, the box body is divided into a first cavity and a second cavity by the partition plate, a storage battery is arranged in the first cavity, a heating rod is placed in the second cavity, the heating rod penetrates through the partition plate through a sealing ring and extends to the inside of the first cavity, a temperature sensor is arranged on one side of the inner wall of the second cavity, a controller is arranged on one side of the box body, a waterproof motor is arranged at the bottom of the second cavity, a rotating blade is arranged on an output shaft of the waterproof motor, the rotating blade and the heating rod are arranged at intervals, the temperature sensor, the heating rod and the waterproof motor are connected with the controller through wires, and the heating rod, the waterproof motor and the storage battery are connected through wires; the device has high practical value and is worth popularizing.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of vegetable soilless culture, in particular to a vegetable soilless culture seedling device with an adjustable water temperature.
Background
With the development of science and technology, people are increasingly demanding food, and under the condition of limited land resources, the soilless culture technology enables food planting and yield to be further improved. In the vegetable soilless culture seedling raising process, a laboratory is used for raising seedlings and selecting seeds, but the temperature of the soilless culture water is controlled by controlling the indoor temperature, so that the seedling raising cost in the experiment is high, and the price after seedling raising cannot be reduced.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the defect that the temperature of soilless culture water is controlled by controlling the indoor temperature in the prior art, so that the cost of seedling culture in an experiment is high, and provides a vegetable soilless culture seedling culture device with the adjustable water temperature.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme:
the vegetable soilless culture seedling raising device with the adjustable water temperature comprises a box body, wherein a partition plate is arranged in the box body through bolts, the partition plate divides the box body into a first cavity and a second cavity, a storage battery is arranged in the first cavity, a heating rod is arranged in the second cavity, the heating rod penetrates through the partition plate through a sealing ring to extend into the first cavity, a temperature sensor is arranged on one side of the inner wall of the second cavity, a controller is arranged on one side of the box body, a waterproof motor is arranged at the bottom of the second cavity, a rotating blade is arranged on an output shaft of the waterproof motor, the rotating blade and the heating rod are arranged at intervals, the temperature sensor, the heating rod and the waterproof motor are connected with the controller through wires, and the heating rod, the waterproof motor and the storage battery are connected through wires;
the water pump is installed to box top, closing cap top one side is installed to closing cap top one side, two backup pads are installed at the closing cap top, two the interval sets up between the backup pads, two the cultivation board has been placed at the top between the backup pad, water pump one side intercommunication has the outlet pipe, water pump one side intercommunication has the water suction pipe, water suction pipe one end runs through the closing cap and extends to inside the second cavity, the one end that the water pump was kept away from to the outlet pipe extends to in the cultivation board, the valve is installed in the outlet pipe outside, cultivation board bottom one side intercommunication has the water pipe, the water pipe runs through the closing cap and extends to inside the second cavity.
Preferably, the inside foam-rubber cushion of having placed of cultivation board, cultivation board is close to water pipe department and installs U type frame, the interior sliding of U type frame is provided with the bolt, the bolt is close to cultivation board bottom one end installation sealing washer, and sealing washer is close to cultivation board one end and set up to the interior awl shape, the bolt outside cover between sealing washer and the U type frame is equipped with the spring.
Preferably, the bottom of the cultivation plate outside the water pipe is provided with a clamping ring, the water pipe in the clamping ring is provided with a groove, and the vertical projection of the sealing gasket is positioned in the clamping ring.
Preferably, two fixing seats are installed in the second chamber, two fixing seats are arranged at intervals, clamping hoops are installed at the tops of the two fixing seats through bolts, and the heating rod is fastened by the two fixing seats and the two clamping hoops.
Preferably, the outer side of the rotating blade is coated with a corrosion-resistant coating.
Preferably, the cultivating plate comprises an insulating layer, and a shell is wrapped outside the insulating layer.
Preferably, the bottom of the shell is provided with anti-skid patterns.
The vegetable soilless culture seedling device with the adjustable water temperature has the beneficial effects that: this vegetable soilless culture device of growing seedlings of adjustable temperature is at inside injection water of second cavity, monitor the inside temperature of second cavity through temperature sensor, heat the temperature through controller control heating rod, drive the rotation leaf through waterproof motor and rotate, let the inside temperature of second cavity keep as far as possible unanimous, the power through the peripheral hardware starts the water pump, utilize the water velocity of valve control outlet pipe, let the inside injection cultivation board of heated water slow, unnecessary water flows back to the second cavity through the water pipe in, thereby let the inside temperature of cultivation board keep invariable.
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Fig. 1 is a side view of a vegetable soilless culture seedling device capable of adjusting water temperature.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the cross-sectional view at A-A of fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the cross-sectional view of fig. 1 at B-B.
Fig. 4 is a front view of the cross-sectional view of fig. 1 at B-B.
Fig. 5 is a partial enlarged view of fig. 2 at a.
In the figure: the box body 1, the partition plate 2, the first chamber 3, the second chamber 4, the storage battery 5, the heating rod 6, the temperature sensor 7, the controller 8, the waterproof motor 9, the rotating blade 10, the sealing cover 11, the water pump 12, the supporting plate 13, the cultivating plate 14, the water outlet pipe 15, the water suction pipe 16, the valve 17, the water pipe 18, the foam-rubber cushion 19, the U-shaped frame 20, the plug pin 21, the sealing gasket 22, the spring 23, the clamping ring 24, the groove 25, the fixing seat 26, the clamping hoop 27, the shell 28 and the heat preservation 29.
Description of the embodiments
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments.
Example 1
Referring to figures 1-5, a vegetable soilless culture seedling raising device capable of adjusting water temperature comprises a box body 1, wherein a baffle plate 2 is arranged in the box body 1 through bolts, the baffle plate 2 divides the box body 1 into a first chamber 3 and a second chamber 4, a storage battery 5 is arranged in the first chamber 3 (clear water is added in the second chamber 4, the baffle plate 2 prevents the storage battery 5 in the first chamber 3 from damaging water inlet), a heating rod 6 is arranged in the second chamber 4, the heating rod 6 penetrates through the baffle plate 2 through a sealing ring to extend into the first chamber 3, a temperature sensor 7 is fixedly arranged on one side of the inner wall of the second chamber 4, a controller 8 is arranged on one side of the box body 1, a waterproof motor 9 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the second chamber 4, the rotary blade 10 is fixedly arranged on the output shaft of the waterproof motor 9, a corrosion-resistant coating is coated on the outer side of the rotary blade 10 (the waterproof motor 9 has corrosion resistance, the rotary blade 10 is subjected to corrosion resistance treatment through arc spraying coating particles, the service life of the rotary blade 10 is long, the disassembly and maintenance times of the device are reduced, and accordingly the cost performance of the device is improved), the rotary blade 10 and the heating rod 6 are arranged at intervals (the rotary blade 10 and the heating rod 6 are arranged at intervals and are not contacted with each other), the temperature sensor 7, the heating rod 6 and the waterproof motor 9 are connected with the controller 8 through wires, and the heating rod 6, the waterproof motor 9 and the storage battery 5 are connected through wires;
the water pump 12 is installed on one side of the top of the sealing cover 11, two supporting plates 13 are installed on the top of the sealing cover 11, a cultivation plate 14 is arranged on the top of the two supporting plates 13, the cultivation plate 14 comprises a heat preservation layer 29, a shell 28 is wrapped on the outer side of the heat preservation layer 29, anti-slip patterns are formed in the bottom of the shell 28 (due to the fact that the cultivation plate 14 is placed in an outer space, the upper surface of the anti-slip patterns has poor heat preservation effect on seedling cultivation, the cultivation plate 14 has good rigidity and certain heat preservation capacity through the combination of the shell 28 and the heat preservation layer 29, so that the temperature control capacity of the device is improved), a water outlet pipe 15 is communicated on one side of the water pump 12, a water suction pipe 16 is communicated on one side of the water pump 12, one end of the water suction pipe 16 penetrates through the sealing cover 11 and extends into the second chamber 4, one end of the water outlet pipe 15 extends into the cultivation plate 14, a valve 17 is installed on the outer side of the water outlet pipe 15 (the arrangement of the valve 17 enables the flow speed of water to be controlled, waste of water resources to be avoided when the inside the cultivation plate 14 is added into the second chamber 4). The second cavity 4 internally mounted has two fixing bases 26, and the interval sets up between two fixing bases 26, and clamp 27 is all installed through the bolt at two fixing bases 26 tops, and heating rod 6 is fastened with two clamps 27 by two fixing bases 26 (because heating rod 6 does not have specific strong points in the inside of second cavity 4, so the effort of heating rod 6 can concentrate on baffle 2, provides extra strong points through fixing base 26 and clamp 27, reduces the power that receives on the baffle 2 to provide the protection to baffle 2).
Working principle: water is injected into the second chamber 4, the water temperature in the second chamber 4 is monitored through the temperature sensor 7, the heating rod 6 is controlled by the controller 8 to heat the water temperature, the water-proof motor 9 drives the rotary blade 10 to rotate, the water temperature in the second chamber 4 is kept as consistent as possible, the water pump 12 is started through an external power supply, the water flow speed of the water outlet pipe 15 is controlled through the valve 17, the heated water is slowly injected into the cultivating plate 14, and redundant water flows back into the second chamber 4 through the water pipe 18, so that the water temperature in the cultivating plate 14 is kept constant.
Example 2
Since the experimental seedling raising process is performed by comparing the sets of data, part of the water is wasted after the cultivating plate 14 in example 1 is removed from the supporting plate 13 (the cultivating plate 14 leaks water after the water pipe 18 is taken out, and the cover 11 is easily polluted), so the experimental seedling raising process is optimized based on example 1. Referring to fig. 1-5, a foam-rubber cushion 19 is placed inside the cultivating plate 14 (the heat-insulating capability of the cultivating plate 14 is better through the foam-rubber cushion 19), a U-shaped frame 20 is installed at the position, close to the water pipe 18, of the cultivating plate 14, a plug pin 21 is slidably arranged in the U-shaped frame 20, a sealing pad 22 is installed at one end, close to the bottom of the cultivating plate 14, of the plug pin 21, one end, close to the cultivating plate 14, of the sealing pad 22 is arranged in an inner cone shape, a spring 23 is sleeved outside the plug pin 21 between the sealing pad 22 and the U-shaped frame 20, a clamping ring 24 is installed at the bottom of the cultivating plate 14 outside the water pipe 18, a groove 25 is formed in the water pipe 18 in the clamping ring 24 (the groove 25 is formed in the water pipe 18, the sealing pad 22 cannot seal the water pipe 18, after the cultivating plate 14 is placed on the supporting plate 13, the device can be used), and the vertical projection of the sealing pad 22 is located in the clamping ring 24.
Through U type frame 20, utilize spring 23 to extrude sealed pad 22, when water pipe 18 is not in snap ring 24 inside, sealed pad 22 receipts spring 23 elasticity can seal snap ring 24, avoids cultivation board 14 can leak, and when water pipe 18 is in snap ring 24 inside, water pipe 18 top can extrude sealed pad 22 bottom, lets the spring 23 shrink of sealed pad 22 top, and recess 25 on the cooperation water pipe 18 lets water pipe 18 can not receive the influence to cultivation board 14 inside hydrologic cycle.
The foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art, who is within the scope of the present invention, should make equivalent substitutions or modifications according to the technical scheme of the present invention and the inventive concept thereof, and should be covered by the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a vegetable soilless culture seedling device of adjustable temperature, includes box (1), a serial communication port, baffle (2) are installed through the bolt in box (1) inside, baffle (2) are cut apart into first cavity (3), second cavity (4) with box (1), first cavity (3) internally mounted has battery (5), heating rod (6) have been placed in second cavity (4), heating rod (6) run through baffle (2) through the sealing washer and extend to inside first cavity (3), temperature sensor (7) are installed to second cavity (4) inner wall one side, controller (8) are installed to box (1) one side, waterproof motor (9) are installed to second cavity (4) bottom, install rotary vane (10) on the output shaft of waterproof motor (9), the interval sets up between rotary vane (10) and heating rod (6), waterproof motor (9) pass through wire connection director (8), waterproof motor (6), battery (5) are connected through between the electric wire;
the novel water tank is characterized in that the top of the tank body (1) is provided with a sealing cover (11), one side of the top of the sealing cover (11) is provided with a water pump (12), the top of the sealing cover (11) is provided with two supporting plates (13), two supporting plates (13) are arranged at intervals, a cultivating plate (14) is arranged at the top of each supporting plate, one side of the water pump (12) is communicated with a water outlet pipe (15), one side of the water pump (12) is communicated with a water suction pipe (16), one end of the water suction pipe (16) penetrates through the sealing cover (11) and extends into the second cavity (4), one end of the water outlet pipe (15) far away from the water pump (12) extends into the cultivating plate (14), a valve (17) is arranged outside the water outlet pipe (15), one side of the bottom of the cultivating plate (14) is communicated with a water pipe (18), and the water pipe (18) penetrates through the sealing cover (11) and extends into the second cavity (4).
A foam cushion (19) is placed inside the cultivating plate (14), a U-shaped frame (20) is installed at the position, close to the water pipe (18), of the cultivating plate (14), a plug pin (21) is arranged in the U-shaped frame (20) in a sliding mode, a sealing gasket (22) is installed at one end, close to the bottom of the cultivating plate (14), of the plug pin (21), one end, close to the cultivating plate (14), of the sealing gasket (22) is in an inner cone shape, and a spring (23) is sleeved outside the plug pin (21) between the sealing gasket (22) and the U-shaped frame (20);
the bottom of the cultivating plate (14) at the outer side of the water pipe (18) is provided with a clamping ring (24), the water pipe (18) in the clamping ring (24) is provided with a groove (25), and the vertical projection of the sealing gasket (22) is positioned in the clamping ring (24).
2. The vegetable soilless culture seedling raising device with the adjustable water temperature according to claim 1, wherein two fixing seats (26) are installed in the second chamber (4), two fixing seats (26) are arranged at intervals, clamping hoops (27) are installed at the tops of the two fixing seats (26) through bolts, and the heating rod (6) is fastened by the two fixing seats (26) and the two clamping hoops (27).
3. The vegetable soilless culture seedling device capable of adjusting water temperature according to claim 1, wherein the outer side of the rotating blade (10) is coated with a corrosion-resistant coating.
4. The vegetable soilless culture seedling device capable of adjusting water temperature according to claim 1, wherein the cultivation plate (14) comprises a heat preservation layer (29), and a shell (28) is wrapped outside the heat preservation layer (29).
5. The vegetable soilless culture seedling device capable of adjusting water temperature according to claim 4, wherein anti-skidding lines are formed in the bottom of the shell (28).
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