CN113016342B - Green soybean harvester - Google Patents

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CN113016342B
CN113016342B CN202110228722.2A CN202110228722A CN113016342B CN 113016342 B CN113016342 B CN 113016342B CN 202110228722 A CN202110228722 A CN 202110228722A CN 113016342 B CN113016342 B CN 113016342B
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本发明提供了一种青毛豆收获机,属于农作物采收装置技术领域。它解决现有青毛豆收获机所存在的问题。本青毛豆收获机的摘豆结构包括转轴和摘料桶,转轴可圆周转动,摘料桶包括两固定板和设置在两固定板之间与固定板固定连接的摘料辊,摘料桶套设在转轴外部,与转轴固定连接,摘料辊有多根并沿着转轴周向设置,摘料辊上沿着摘料辊长度方向套设有若干梳齿,梳齿中间套设在摘料辊上,在梳齿的两端分别有支脚一和支脚二,支脚一背离转轴向外延伸,支脚二沿着转轴直径方向插入转轴上开设的与支脚二对应的定位孔内,支脚一与摘料桶转动方向之间形成摘豆角度,摘豆结构上还设置有一调节摘豆角度的摘豆角度调节机构。本发明通用性强,摘豆更高效。

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The invention provides a green edamame harvester, which belongs to the technical field of crop harvesting devices. It solves the problems existing in the existing green edamame harvester. The bean picking structure of the green edamame harvester includes a rotating shaft and a picking bucket, the rotating shaft can rotate in a circle, and the picking bucket includes two fixed plates and a picking roller arranged between the two fixed plates and fixedly connected to the fixed plate, and the picking bucket sleeve It is located outside the rotating shaft and is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft. There are multiple picking rollers and are arranged along the circumference of the rotating shaft. Several comb teeth are sleeved on the picking roller along the length direction of the picking roller, and the middle of the comb teeth is sleeved on the picking roller. On the roller, there are feet one and two feet respectively at both ends of the comb teeth. The first foot extends away from the rotating shaft, and the second foot is inserted into the positioning hole corresponding to the second foot opened on the rotating shaft along the diameter direction of the rotating shaft. A bean picking angle is formed between the rotation directions of the material picking bucket, and a bean picking angle adjusting mechanism is also arranged on the bean picking structure for adjusting the bean picking angle. The invention has strong versatility and more efficient bean picking.

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Green soybean harvester
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of crop harvesting devices, and particularly relates to a green soybean harvester.
Background
The green soybean is one of common crops, and is widely planted by farmers due to the characteristics of less planting investment, high yield and high income. However, the green soybean production has the defects of high labor intensity, time and labor consumption in green soybean picking, low efficiency and high cost in manual picking, so that a green soybean harvester needs to be adopted to replace manual green soybean picking.
The existing green soybean harvester smoothes down the green soybeans on the green soybean plants through the comb teeth in the picking mechanism, but cannot adjust and pick the soybean angle according to the specific length of the soybean plants, so that the application range and the production efficiency of the green soybean harvester can be influenced.
Cleaning mechanism among current green young soya bean harvester picks inefficiency, cleans the in-process moreover and probably produces the young soya bean and piles up, influences the machine operation, and partial debris branch still can not be with the young soya bean separation moreover, and the quality is not high is cleaned to the young soya bean.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems of the existing green soybean harvester and provide the green soybean harvester with higher production efficiency and quality.
The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme:
a green soybean harvester comprises a base, a traveling mechanism, a picking mechanism, a conveying belt and a cleaning mechanism, wherein the base is arranged above the traveling mechanism, the picking mechanism is arranged on the front side of the base and used for picking green soybeans from green soybean plants, the conveying belt is arranged on the rear side of the picking mechanism, the input end of the conveying belt is connected with the output end of the picking mechanism, the green soybeans picked by the picking mechanism can be conveyed to the input end of the conveying belt, the cleaning mechanism is arranged on the rear side of the conveying belt, the input end of the cleaning mechanism is connected with the output end of the conveying belt, the cleaning mechanism is used for separating the green soybeans and sundry branches conveyed from the conveying belt, the picking mechanism comprises a guide structure and a picking structure, the guide structure is positioned in the front part of the picking structure and used for conducting the green soybean plants to the picking structure, the picking structure is used for removing the green soybeans on the green soybean plants, and is characterized in that, the picking mechanism comprises a guide structure and a bean picking structure, the guide structure is positioned in the front of the bean picking structure and used for conducting green soybean plants to the bean picking structure, the bean picking structure is used for knocking the green soybeans on the green soybean plants down, the bean picking structure is characterized in that the bean picking structure comprises a rotating shaft and a material picking barrel, the rotating shaft can rotate circumferentially, the material picking barrel comprises two fixed plates and a material picking roller which is arranged between the two fixed plates and fixedly connected with the fixed plates, the material picking barrel is sleeved outside the rotating shaft and fixedly connected with the rotating shaft, the material picking roller comprises a plurality of comb teeth and is circumferentially arranged along the rotating shaft, the material picking roller is sleeved with a plurality of comb teeth along the length direction of the material picking roller, the middle of the comb teeth is sleeved on the material picking roller, a first support leg and a second support leg are respectively arranged at the two ends of the comb teeth, the first support leg extends outwards away from the rotating shaft, the second support leg is inserted into a positioning hole which is arranged on the rotating shaft and corresponds to the second support leg, the first support leg and the rotation direction of the picking barrel form a bean picking angle, a bean picking angle adjusting mechanism for adjusting the bean picking angle is further arranged on the bean picking structure, the bean picking angle adjusting mechanism can enable the circumferential position of each picking roller relative to the rotating shaft to change, and all comb teeth synchronously rotate around the picking rollers to enable the bean picking angle to change.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, the both sides that lie in plucking the storage bucket in the pivot are fixedly connected with curb plate respectively, and every curb plate outside still is provided with an planking, and the fixed circular motion source that is provided with on the planking, the curb plate cover is established on above-mentioned circular motion source output, plucks the storage bucket and is equipped with the internal gear in the middle of the fixed plate, is equipped with the external gear that uses with the internal gear cooperation in the pivot, and the fixed plate cover is established and is rotated with the pivot is synchronous on the external gear of pivot, plucks beans angle adjustment mechanism and can promote to pluck the storage bucket along pivot axial displacement, makes the gear engagement between external gear and the internal gear remove.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, pluck beans angle adjustment mechanism and be located the both sides of plucking the storage bucket, including the fixed first pneumatic cylinder that sets up between curb plate and fixed plate, on the fixed curb plate that sets up of first pneumatic cylinder body, the piston rod of first pneumatic cylinder set up towards the fixed plate, and the scalable promotion fixed plate of piston rod removes.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, the both sides that lie in plucking the storage bucket in the pivot are fixedly connected with curb plate respectively, and every curb plate outside still is provided with an planking, fixedly on the planking being provided with the circular motion source, and circular motion source output end is connected with the curb plate, plucks through bolt fixed connection between the fixed plate of storage bucket and the pivot curb plate, plucks beans angle adjustment mechanism including setting up the circular arc spout on the curb plate, the bolt sets up in above-mentioned circular arc spout, plucks the storage bucket and can follow the spout and slide for the pivot.
In the green young soya bean harvester, a side plate is fixedly connected to each of two sides of the rotating shaft, which are located on the picking barrel, respectively, an outer plate is further arranged on the outer side of each side plate, a circular motion source is fixedly arranged on each outer plate, each side plate is sleeved on the output end of the circular motion source, each rotating shaft comprises an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, the outer sleeves are sleeved on the outer portions of the inner sleeves, the positioning holes are formed in the inner sleeves, elongated grooves are formed in the outer sleeves in the positions corresponding to the positioning holes, which are arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer sleeves, the support legs II penetrate through the elongated grooves and are inserted into the positioning holes, the inner sleeves and the outer sleeves are detachably connected through locking pieces, and the locking pieces enable the relative circumferential positions of the inner sleeves and the outer sleeves to be adjustable, so that the bean picking angle adjusting mechanism is formed.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, still set up the height control mechanism who adjusts guide structure height on the green young soya bean harvester, the guide structure with pluck the beans structure and rotate and be connected, height control mechanism is including setting up the second pneumatic cylinder in guide structure both sides, and the second pneumatic cylinder body is fixed to be set up and is plucking beans structurally, and the piston rod of second pneumatic cylinder rotates the both sides portion of connecting at the guide structure respectively.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, the guide structure includes coiling material axle, guide roller and mounting panel, and the coiling material axle sets up in the place ahead of guide roller, and coiling material axle and guide roller can rotate in step, and coiling material axle and guide roller both ends are all established on above-mentioned mounting panel, and the mounting panel with pluck beans structure and rotate and be connected, the piston rod rotation of second pneumatic cylinder is connected in mounting panel outside portion.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, still set up the tilting mechanism that makes picking mechanism overturn to the upper back on the green young soya bean harvester, the planking of plucking the beans structure rotates with the mounting panel of guide structure to be connected, pluck the beans structure and rotate with the frame and be connected, tilting mechanism is including setting up at the third pneumatic cylinder of plucking beans structure both sides, and the third pneumatic cylinder body is fixed to be set up on the frame, and the piston rod of third pneumatic cylinder rotates respectively to be connected on plucking the planking of beans structure.
In the green soybean harvester, the comb teeth on the adjacent picking rollers are distributed in a staggered manner.
In the green soybean harvester, the material blocking roller parallel to the material picking barrel is fixedly arranged at the rear lower part of the material picking barrel.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, cleaning mechanism is including cleaning frame, auger device and cleaning plant, and the auger device sets up in the front portion of cleaning frame, and cleaning plant sets up in auger device below, and the auger device is used for assembling the young soya bean, makes the young soya bean fall to cleaning plant on, and cleaning plant can promote the young soya bean transmission to make the young soya bean fall into the young soya bean from leaking the material passageway and collect the chamber, its characterized in that, cleaning plant includes a plurality of transverse arrangement's cleaning cylinder, and cleaning cylinder circumference rotation in step under a synchronous rotating device's effect, cleaning cylinder include a rotary drum and follow a sieve material baffle that the rotary drum lateral wall extends, and the space between two adjacent rotary drums forms above-mentioned material passageway that leaks, can promote the young soya bean transmission when sieve material baffle rotates to make and leak the material passageway and open and shut or close.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, every both ends tip of cleaning the cylinder all rotates and sets up in the bearing frame, and every one end tip of cleaning the cylinder is fixedly connected with sprocket still, synchronous rotating device includes above-mentioned sprocket, chain belt and a rotation source, the chain belt is connected with the equal chain drive of sprocket on every cleaning the cylinder, and the above-mentioned tip fixed connection of cleaning the cylinder of source output and arbitrary one of rotating.
In the green young soya bean harvester, the top of the cleaning rack is also fixedly provided with a fan cover, the fan cover is arranged above the cleaning roller, a first waste channel is formed at the top of the fan cover, a top fan is fixedly arranged in the fan cover, and branches can be discharged from the first waste channel.
In the green young soya bean harvester, a waste channel II for discharging branches is formed by the fan cover and the rear side of the cleaning roller, a flat fan is installed at an outlet of the waste channel II, the flat fan is fixedly arranged at the tail of the fan cover, and the flat fan rotates circumferentially to discharge the branches from the waste channel II.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, auger device and cleaning plant parallel arrangement each other, auger device include a homocline pole, and the homocline pole is long in cleaning drum, installs spiral homocline piece on the periphery wall at both ends about the homocline pole.
In foretell green young soya bean harvester, the cavity is collected to the young soya bean is located cleaning plant's below, and cleaning plant erects on the cleaning frame and cleaning frame between form above-mentioned young soya bean and collect the cavity, and the rear portion in cavity is collected to the young soya bean is equipped with a feed opening, and the young soya bean after cleaning is from the feed opening unloading.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. the bean picking angle adjusting mechanism is arranged, so that the bean picking angle can be adjusted according to the specific length of a bean plant, and the bean picking of the picking machine is more efficient.
2. The bean picking angle adjusting mechanism adopts hydraulic adjustment, so that the bean picking angle is simpler to adjust and more convenient to operate.
3. The height adjusting mechanism provided with the guide structure can adjust the height of the guide structure according to the specific height of the bean plants, so that the picking machine is high in universality and high in bean picking efficiency.
4. Be provided with tilting mechanism, can pick the whole upper back upset of mechanism, can make this receipts off-hook's commonality strong, it is more efficient to pluck the beans according to the concrete high tilting mechanism picking mechanism of beans plant.
5. The cleaning mechanism can separate useful green soy beans from useless sundry branches and discharge the sundry branches, so that the green soy beans can be automatically separated, the production efficiency can be improved, and the labor cost can be saved.
6. The effect of auger device can make the young soya bean assemble, makes the young soya bean fall to the cleaner that the width is narrower, prevents that the young soya bean part from piling up too much.
7. The cleaning mechanism of the green soybean harvester further comprises a flat fan, a top fan, a first waste channel and a second waste channel, so that sundries can be discharged more easily, and the cleaning quality of green soybeans is provided.
8. But be provided with sieve material baffle on the circular rotation's the cleaning roller, can promote the young soya bean transmission, prevent that the young soya bean from excessively piling up, can also make to leak the material passageway and open and shut or close, can make debris more be difficult to fall into the young soya bean and collect the intracavity, provide the quality of cleaning of young soya bean.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the green soybean harvester;
FIG. 2 is a side view of a bean picking configuration;
FIG. 3 is a half sectional view of a bean-picking structure in example 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a bean-picking configuration in example 2;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a bean-picking configuration in example 3;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning mechanism;
FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of another angle of the cleaning mechanism;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the cleaning device of the cleaning mechanism;
FIG. 9 is a top view of a cleaning device of the cleaning mechanism;
FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of a cleaning roller of the cleaning mechanism.
As shown in the figure: 1. a cleaning frame; 2. an auger device; 3. a cleaning device; 4. a green soybean collecting cavity; 5. a feeding port; 6. a material homogenizing rod; 7. homogenizing; 8. a cleaning roller; 9. a rotating drum; 10. a material screening baffle; 11. a material leaking channel; 12. a bearing seat; 13. a sprocket; 14. Rotating the source; 15. a chain belt; 16. a fan guard; 17. a waste material channel I; 18. a top fan; 19. a waste material channel II; 20. a flat fan; 21. a machine base; 22. a traveling mechanism; 23. A picking mechanism; 24. a conveyor belt; 25. a cleaning mechanism; 26. a material guiding structure; 27. picking the bean structure; 28. a rotating shaft; 29. picking a material barrel; 30. a side plate; 31. an outer plate; 32. a circular motion source; 33. a fixing plate; 34. a material picking roller; 35. comb teeth; 36. a first support leg; 37. A second support leg; 38. positioning holes; 39. picking bean angles; 40. an internal gear; 41. an outer gear; 42. a first hydraulic cylinder; 43. a material coiling shaft; 44. a material guide roller; 45. mounting a plate; 46. A second hydraulic cylinder; 47. a third hydraulic cylinder; 48. a material blocking roller; 49. a bolt; 50. a circular arc chute; 51. a locking member; 52. an inner sleeve; 53. a jacket; 54. a long groove.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present invention and are further described with reference to the drawings, but the present invention is not limited to these embodiments.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, a green young soya bean harvester, including frame 21, running gear 22, picking mechanism 23, conveyer belt 24 and cleaning mechanism 25, frame 21 locates running gear 22 top, picking mechanism 23 locates the front side of frame 21 and is used for plucking the young soya bean from the young soya bean plant, conveyer belt 24 locates the rear side of picking mechanism 23, conveyer belt 24 input end with the output end of picking mechanism 23 links up, the young soya bean that picking mechanism 23 plucked can be carried to the input of conveyer belt 24 on, cleaning mechanism 25 locates the rear side of conveyer belt 24, cleaning mechanism 25's input end with the output end of conveyer belt 24 links up, cleaning mechanism 25 is used for separating the young soya bean and the debris branch that are carried from conveyer belt 24, picking mechanism 23 includes guide structure 26 and plucks beans structure 27, guide structure 26 is located plucks beans structure 27 front portion for conduct the young soya bean plant to plucking beans structure 27, the bean picking structure 27 is used for stroking down the green beans on the green bean plants.
As shown in fig. 2-3, the picking mechanism 27 comprises a spindle 28 and a picking drum 29. The two sides of the rotating shaft 28, which are positioned on the material picking barrel 29, are respectively and fixedly connected with a side plate 30, an outer plate 31 is further arranged on the outer side of each side plate 30, a circular motion source 32 is fixedly arranged on each outer plate 31, the side plates 30 are sleeved on the output end of the circular motion source 32, and therefore the rotating shaft 28 can rotate circularly along with the circular motion source 32.
As shown in fig. 2-3, the picking barrel 29 includes two fixing plates 33 and a picking roller 34 disposed between the two fixing plates 33 and fixedly connected to the fixing plates 33, the picking barrel 29 is sleeved outside the rotating shaft 28 and fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 28, the picking roller 34 has a plurality of teeth and is circumferentially disposed along the rotating shaft 28, a plurality of comb teeth 35 are sleeved on the picking roller 34 along a length direction of the picking roller 34, the middle of the comb teeth 35 is sleeved on the picking roller 34, and the comb teeth 35 on adjacent picking rollers 34 are staggered with each other, so that the comb teeth 35 are disposed on the picking barrel 29 along the entire length direction, and all the soybeans can be stripped from the soybean plants.
As shown in fig. 2-3, two ends of the comb teeth 35 are respectively provided with a first support leg 36 and a second support leg 37, the first support leg 36 extends outward away from the rotating shaft 28, the second support leg 37 is inserted into a positioning hole 38 corresponding to the second support leg 37 formed in the rotating shaft 28 along the diameter direction of the rotating shaft 28, a bean picking angle 39 is formed between the first support leg 36 and the rotating direction of the picking barrel 29, and a bean picking angle 39 adjusting mechanism for adjusting the bean picking angle 39 is further arranged on the bean picking structure 27. The bean picking angle 39 adjustment mechanism can change the circumferential position of each picking roller 34 relative to the rotating shaft 28, and at the moment, the second support leg 37 is inserted into the positioning hole 38 of the rotating shaft 28, but the positions of the rotating shaft 28 and the picking barrel 29 are changed, so that the comb teeth 35 rotate around the picking rollers 34, the bean picking angle 39 formed between the first support leg 36 and the rotating direction of the picking barrel 29 is changed, and the purpose of changing the bean picking angle 39 is achieved.
As shown in fig. 2-3, an inner gear 40 is disposed in the middle of a fixed plate 33 of the picking barrel 29, an outer gear 41 cooperating with the inner gear 40 is disposed on the rotating shaft 28, the fixed plate 33 is sleeved on the outer gear 41 of the rotating shaft 28 to rotate synchronously with the rotating shaft 28, and the bean picking angle 39 adjusting mechanism can push the picking barrel 29 to move axially along the rotating shaft 28, so that the gear engagement between the outer gear 41 and the inner gear 40 is released. The bean picking angle 39 adjusting mechanism is positioned at two sides of the picking barrel 29 and comprises a first hydraulic cylinder 42 fixedly arranged between the side plate 30 and the fixed plate 33, the cylinder body of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 is fixedly arranged on the side plate 30, the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 is arranged towards the fixed plate 33, and the piston rod can telescopically push the fixed plate 33 to move.
When the bean picking angle 39 needs to be adjusted, the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 on the left side is only needed to push the picking barrel 29 to move rightwards so that the gear engagement with the rotating shaft 28 is released, and the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 on the left side retracts. Then the circular motion source 32 drives the rotating shaft 28 to rotate, at this time, because the picking barrel 29 has heavier mass, the rotating shaft cannot rotate, at this time, the second support leg 37 is still inserted into the positioning hole 38 of the rotating shaft 28, but the positions of the rotating shaft 28 and the picking barrel 29 are changed, the comb teeth 35 rotate around the picking roller 34, the bean picking angle 39 formed between the first support leg 36 and the rotating direction of the picking barrel 29 is changed, the purpose of changing the bean picking angle 39 is achieved, after the bean picking angle 39 is adjusted to be in place, the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 on the right side pushes the picking barrel 29 to move leftwards, the inner gear 40 of the picking barrel 29 is meshed with the outer gear 41 of the rotating shaft 28 again, the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder 42 on the right side retracts, and the rotating shaft 28 and the picking barrel 29 return to the synchronous circular rotation state.
As shown in fig. 1, a height adjusting mechanism for adjusting the height of the material guiding structure 26 is further disposed on the green soybean harvester. The material guiding structure 26 comprises a coiling shaft 43, a material guiding roller 44 and a mounting plate 45, the coiling shaft 43 is arranged in front of the material guiding roller 44, the coiling shaft 43 and the material guiding roller 44 can synchronously rotate, two ends of the coiling shaft 43 and the material guiding roller 44 are sleeved on the mounting plate 45, the mounting plate 45 is rotatably connected with the bean picking structure 27, namely the mounting plate 45 enables the whole material guiding structure 26 to be rotatably connected with the bean picking structure 27. The height adjusting mechanism comprises second hydraulic cylinders 46 arranged at two sides of the material guiding structure 26, wherein cylinder bodies of the second hydraulic cylinders 46 are fixedly arranged on the outer plate 31 of the bean picking structure 27, and piston rods of the second hydraulic cylinders 46 are respectively and rotatably connected to the outer side parts of the mounting plates 45 of the material guiding structure 26. Therefore, the piston rod of the second hydraulic cylinder 46 can stretch out and draw back to enable the material guiding structure 26 to rotate around the bean picking structure 27, the height of the material guiding structure 26 can be adjusted according to the specific height of a bean plant, the picking machine is high in universality, and bean picking is more efficient.
As shown in fig. 1, the green soybean harvester is further provided with a turnover mechanism for turning over the picking mechanism 23, the outer plate 31 of the bean picking structure 27 is rotatably connected with the mounting plate 45 of the material guiding structure 26, the bean picking structure 27 is rotatably connected with the base 21, the turnover mechanism comprises third hydraulic cylinders 47 arranged at two sides of the bean picking structure 27, the cylinders of the third hydraulic cylinders 47 are fixedly arranged on the base 21, and the piston rods of the third hydraulic cylinders 47 are respectively rotatably connected to the outer plate 31 of the bean picking structure 27. So, the piston rod of third pneumatic cylinder 47 is flexible can picking mechanism 23 wholly upwards overturn to the back, can pick mechanism 23 according to the specific high tilting mechanism of beans plant, makes the commonality of this harvesting machine strong, picks the beans more high-efficient.
As shown in fig. 1, a dam roller 48 is fixed behind and below the picking barrel 29 and parallel to the picking barrel 29 for catching green beans which are not transferred to the conveyor.
As shown in figures 6 and 7, the cleaning mechanism of the green soybean harvester comprises a cleaning frame 1, an auger device 2 and a cleaning device 3. The auger device 2 is arranged at the front part of the cleaning frame 1, the cleaning device 3 is arranged below the auger device 2, and the auger device 2 and the cleaning device 3 are arranged in parallel. The auger device 2 is used for gathering the green soy beans, so that the green soy beans fall onto the cleaning device 3, and the cleaning device 3 can push the green soy beans to be transmitted and make the green soy beans fall into the green soy bean collecting cavity 4 from the material leaking channel 11. Green soy bean is collected chamber 4 and is located cleaning plant 3's below, and cleaning plant 3 erects on cleaning frame 1 and cleaning frame 1 between form green soy bean and collect chamber 4, and the rear portion in green soy bean collection chamber 4 is equipped with feed opening 5, and the green soy bean after cleaning is from 5 baits of feed opening. Therefore, the automatic material distribution of the green soy beans can be realized, the production efficiency can be improved, and the labor cost is saved.
As shown in figure 6, the auger device 2 comprises a material homogenizing rod 6, the material homogenizing rod 6 is longer than the cleaning roller 8, and spiral material homogenizing sheets 7 are arranged on the outer peripheral walls of the left end and the right end of the material homogenizing rod 6. The action of the auger device 2 can lead the green beans to be gathered and fall to the cleaning device 3 with narrower width, thus preventing the green beans from being locally piled up too much.
As shown in fig. 8-10, wherein the cleaning device 3 comprises a plurality of cleaning rollers 8 arranged transversely, the cleaning rollers 8 can synchronously rotate circumferentially under the action of a synchronous rotating device, the cleaning rollers 8 comprise a rotating drum 9 and a material sieving baffle 10 extending from the outer side wall of the rotating drum 9, a gap between two adjacent rotating drums 9 forms a material leaking channel 11, and the material sieving baffle 10 can push green beans to be transmitted when rotating and enable the material leaking channel 11 to be opened, closed or closed. So, can promote the young soya bean transmission, prevent that the young soya bean from excessively piling up, can also make and leak material passageway 11 and open and shut or close, can make debris more be difficult to fall into in the young soya bean collects chamber 4, provide the quality of cleaning of young soya bean.
As shown in figures 8-10, wherein both ends of each cleaning roller 8 are rotatably arranged in bearing seats 12, one end of each cleaning roller 8 is also fixedly connected with a chain wheel 13, the synchronous rotating device comprises a chain wheel 13, a chain belt 1515 and a rotating source 14, the chain belt 1515 is in chain transmission connection with the chain wheel 13 on each cleaning roller 8, and the output end of the rotating source 14 is fixedly connected with the end of any cleaning roller 8.
As shown in fig. 6 and 7, a fan cover 16 is fixedly arranged at the top of the cleaning frame 1, the fan cover 16 is covered above the cleaning roller 8, a waste material channel 17 is formed at the top of the fan cover 16, a top fan 18 is fixedly arranged in the fan cover 16, and branches can be discharged from the waste material channel 17. A waste channel II 19 for discharging branches is formed by the fan cover 16 and the rear side of the cleaning roller 8, a flat fan 20 is installed at the outlet of the waste channel II 19, the flat fan 20 is fixedly arranged at the tail of the fan cover 16, and the flat fan 20 rotates circumferentially to discharge the branches from the waste channel II 19. Therefore, sundries can be discharged more easily, and the cleaning quality of the green soy beans is provided.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 4, the embodiment 2 is substantially the same as the embodiment 1, except that the fixed connection between the picking drum 29 and the spindle 28 is different and the mechanism for adjusting the picking angle 39 is different. In embodiment 2, the fixed connection between the material picking barrel and the rotating shaft is as follows: the fixed plate 33 of the picking barrel 29 is connected with the side plate 30 of the rotating shaft 28 through a bolt 49. The bean picking angle 39 adjusting mechanism comprises an arc chute 50 arranged on a side plate 30 of the rotating shaft 28, a bolt 49 is arranged in the arc chute 50, the bolt 49 can drive the picking barrel 29 to slide along the chute, when the bean picking angle 39 needs to be adjusted, the bolt 49 only needs to be loosened, the picking barrel 29 is rotated to a required position, the second support leg 37 is inserted into the positioning hole 38 of the rotating shaft 28, but the positions of the rotating shaft 28 and the picking barrel 29 are changed, the comb teeth 35 rotate around the picking roller 34, the bean picking angle 39 formed between the first support leg 36 and the rotating direction of the picking barrel 29 is changed, the purpose of changing the bean picking angle 39 is achieved, and after the bean picking angle 39 is adjusted in place, the bolt 49 is locked, and the rotating shaft 28 and the picking barrel 29 return to a synchronous circumferential rotation state.
Example 3
As shown in fig. 5, basically the same as that of embodiment 1 except that the mechanism for adjusting the picking angle 39 is different. The rotating shaft 28 comprises an inner sleeve 52 and an outer sleeve 53, the outer sleeve 53 is sleeved outside the inner sleeve 52, and the inner sleeve 52 and the outer sleeve 53 are detachably connected through a locking piece 51. The positioning holes 38 are opened on the inner sleeve 52, the outer sleeve 53 is provided with a long groove 54 arranged along the circumferential direction of the outer sleeve 53 at the position corresponding to each positioning hole 38, and the second support leg 37 of the comb teeth 35 on the picking barrel 29 is inserted into the positioning hole 38 through the long groove 54. This time, the operation state is assumed. When the bean picking angle 39 needs to be adjusted, the locking piece 51 is loosened, the fixed connection between the inner sleeve 52 and the outer sleeve 53 is released, the outer sleeve 53 and the picking barrel 29 are fixedly connected at the moment, the picking barrel 29 or the inner sleeve 52 is rotated, the relative position of the inner sleeve 52 and the outer sleeve 53 along the length direction of the long groove 54 can be changed, the two support legs 37 of the comb teeth 35 are positioned in the positioning holes 38 of the inner sleeve 52, the comb teeth 35 can rotate around the picking roller 34 to change the bean picking angle 39, and after the adjustment, the locking piece 51 is locked, so that the bean picking angle can be returned to the working state again.
It is to be understood that in the claims, the specification of the present invention, all "including … …" are to be interpreted in an open-ended sense, i.e., in a sense equivalent to "including at least … …", and not in a closed sense, i.e., in a sense not to be interpreted as "including only … …".
The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the spirit of the invention. Various modifications or additions may be made to the described embodiments or alternatives may be employed by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or ambit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

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1.一种青毛豆收获机,包括机座、行走机构、采摘机构、输送带和清选机构,机座设于行走机构上方,采摘机构设于机座的前侧并用来将毛豆从毛豆植株上摘下,输送带设于所述采摘机构的后侧,输送带输入端与所述采摘机构的输出端相衔接,采摘机构摘下的毛豆能输送至输送带的输入端上,清选机构设于输送带的后侧,清选机构的输入端与所述输送带的输出端相衔接,清选机构用来分离从输送带输送过来的毛豆和杂物枝条,所述采摘机构包括导料结构和摘豆结构,导料结构位于摘豆结构前部,用于将毛豆植株传导至摘豆结构,摘豆结构用于将毛豆植株上的毛豆捋下来,其特征在于,所述摘豆结构包括转轴和摘料桶,转轴可圆周转动,所述摘料桶包括两固定板和设置在两固定板之间与固定板固定连接的摘料辊,摘料桶套设在转轴外部,与转轴固定连接,摘料辊有多根并沿着转轴周向设置,摘料辊上沿着摘料辊长度方向套设有若干梳齿,所述梳齿中间套设在摘料辊上,在梳齿的两端分别有支脚一和支脚二,支脚一背离转轴向外延伸,支脚二沿着转轴直径方向插入转轴上开设的与支脚二对应的定位孔内,支脚一与摘料桶转动方向之间形成一摘豆角度,摘豆结构上还设置有一调节摘豆角度的摘豆角度调节机构,摘豆角度调节机构可使每个摘料辊相对于转轴的圆周位置发生改变,使所有梳齿同步绕着摘料辊发生旋转使摘豆角度改变,所述转轴上位于摘料桶的两侧分别固定连接有一侧板,每个侧板外侧还设置有一外板,外板上固定设置有圆周运动源,侧板套设在上述圆周运动源输出端上,摘料桶一固定板中间设有内齿轮,转轴上设有与内齿轮配合使用的外齿轮,固定板套设在转轴的外齿轮上与转轴同步转动,摘豆角度调节机构可推动摘料桶沿转轴轴向移动,使外齿轮和内齿轮之间的齿轮啮合解除。1. A green edamame harvester, comprising a machine base, a walking mechanism, a picking mechanism, a conveyor belt and a cleaning mechanism, the machine base is arranged above the walking mechanism, and the picking mechanism is arranged on the front side of the machine base and used to separate the edamame from the edamame plant. The conveyor belt is arranged on the back side of the picking mechanism, the input end of the conveyor belt is connected with the output end of the picking mechanism, the edamame picked by the picking mechanism can be transported to the input end of the conveyor belt, and the cleaning mechanism It is located on the back side of the conveyor belt. The input end of the cleaning mechanism is connected with the output end of the conveyor belt. The cleaning mechanism is used to separate the edamame and debris branches conveyed from the conveyor belt. The picking mechanism includes a guide material. The structure and the bean picking structure, the material guiding structure is located at the front of the bean picking structure, and is used to conduct the edamame plant to the bean picking structure, and the bean picking structure is used to remove the edamame from the edamame plant, and it is characterized in that the bean picking structure It includes a rotating shaft and a material-picking bucket, the rotating shaft can rotate in a circle, the material-picking bucket includes two fixing plates and a material-picking roller which is arranged between the two fixing plates and is fixedly connected with the fixing plate. Fixed connection, a plurality of picking rollers are arranged along the circumferential direction of the rotating shaft, a number of comb teeth are sleeved on the picking roller along the length direction of the picking roller, the comb teeth are sleeved on the picking roller in the middle, and the comb The two ends of the tooth are respectively provided with a supporting foot and a supporting foot. The supporting foot is extended away from the rotating shaft and the second supporting foot is inserted into the positioning hole corresponding to the supporting foot 2 opened on the rotating shaft along the diameter direction of the rotating shaft. A bean picking angle is formed between them, and the bean picking structure is also provided with a bean picking angle adjustment mechanism to adjust the bean picking angle. The bean picking angle adjustment mechanism can change the circumferential position of each picking roller relative to the rotating shaft, so that all The teeth rotate synchronously around the material picking roller to change the bean picking angle. Side plates are fixedly connected to both sides of the material picking barrel on the rotating shaft, and an outer plate is also arranged on the outside of each side plate, and the outer plate is fixedly provided with Circular motion source, the side plate is sleeved on the output end of the above-mentioned circular motion source, an internal gear is arranged in the middle of a fixed plate of the picking bucket, the rotating shaft is provided with an external gear used in cooperation with the internal gear, and the fixed plate is sleeved on the outer surface of the rotating shaft The gear rotates synchronously with the rotating shaft, and the bean picking angle adjustment mechanism can push the picking barrel to move axially along the rotating shaft, so that the gear meshing between the external gear and the internal gear is released. 2.根据权利要求1所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,所述摘豆角度调节机构位于摘料桶的两侧,包括固定设置在侧板与固定板之间的第一液压缸,第一液压缸缸体固定设置侧板上,第一液压缸的活塞杆朝向固定板设置,活塞杆可伸缩推动固定板移动。2 . The green edamame harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the bean picking angle adjustment mechanism is located on both sides of the picking barrel, and includes a first hydraulic pressure fixedly arranged between the side plate and the fixed plate. 3 . The cylinder body of the first hydraulic cylinder is fixedly arranged on the side plate, the piston rod of the first hydraulic cylinder is arranged towards the fixing plate, and the piston rod is retractable and pushes the fixing plate to move. 3.根据权利要求1或2所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,所述青毛豆收获机上还设置调节导料结构高度的高度调节机构,所述导料结构与摘豆结构转动连接,高度调节机构包括设置在导料结构两侧的第二液压缸,第二液压缸缸体固定设置在摘豆结构上,第二液压缸的活塞杆分别转动连接在导料结构的两侧部。3. A green edamame harvester according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, a height adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of a material guide structure is also provided on the green edamame harvester, and the material guide structure and the bean picking structure rotate Connection, the height adjustment mechanism includes second hydraulic cylinders arranged on both sides of the material guide structure, the second hydraulic cylinder cylinder is fixedly arranged on the bean picking structure, and the piston rods of the second hydraulic cylinders are respectively connected to the two sides of the material guide structure. department. 4.根据权利要求3所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,所述导料结构包括卷料轴、导料辊和安装板,卷料轴设置在导料辊的前方,卷料轴和导料辊能同步转动,卷料轴和导料辊两端均套设在上述安装板上,安装板与摘豆结构转动连接,第二液压缸的活塞杆转动连接在安装板外侧部。4. A green edamame harvester according to claim 3, characterized in that the material guiding structure comprises a reeling shaft, a material guiding roller and a mounting plate, the reeling shaft is arranged in front of the material guiding roller, and the reeling material The shaft and the guide roller can rotate synchronously. Both ends of the coiling shaft and the guide roller are sleeved on the above-mentioned mounting plate. The mounting plate is rotatably connected to the bean picking structure, and the piston rod of the second hydraulic cylinder is rotatably connected to the outer side of the mounting plate. . 5.根据权利要求4所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,所述青毛豆收获机上还设置使采摘机构向后上方翻转的翻转机构,摘豆结构的外板与导料结构的安装板转动连接,所述摘豆结构与机座转动连接,翻转机构包括设置在摘豆结构两侧的第三液压缸,第三液压缸缸体固定设置在机座上,第三液压缸的活塞杆分别转动连接在摘豆结构的外板上。5. A green edamame harvester according to claim 4, characterized in that, the green edamame harvester is further provided with a turning mechanism for turning the picking mechanism backward and upward, and the outer plate of the bean picking structure and the material guiding structure are separated from each other. The mounting plate is rotatably connected, the bean picking structure is rotatably connected with the machine base, the overturning mechanism includes a third hydraulic cylinder arranged on both sides of the bean picking structure, the third hydraulic cylinder body is fixedly arranged on the machine base, and the third hydraulic cylinder The piston rods are respectively rotatably connected to the outer plate of the bean picking structure. 6.根据权利要求1所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,所述清选机构包括清选机架、绞龙装置和清选装置,绞龙装置设置在清选机架的前部,清选装置设置在绞龙装置下方,绞龙装置用于汇聚毛豆,使毛豆落至清选装置上,清选装置可推动毛豆传输,并使毛豆从漏料通道落入毛豆收集腔,所述清选装置包括多个横向排列的清选滚筒,清选滚筒在一同步转动装置的作用下可同步圆周转动,清选滚筒包括一转筒和从转筒外侧壁延伸出的一筛料挡板,两个相邻转筒之间的空隙形成上述漏料通道,所述筛料挡板转动时可推动毛豆传输,并使漏料通道开合或关闭。6 . The green edamame harvester according to claim 1 , wherein the cleaning mechanism comprises a cleaning frame, an auger device and a cleaning device, and the auger device is arranged in front of the cleaning frame. 7 . The cleaning device is arranged under the auger device, and the auger device is used to gather the edamame, so that the edamame falls on the cleaning device, the cleaning device can push the edamame to transport, and make the edamame fall into the edamame collection cavity from the leakage channel, The cleaning device includes a plurality of horizontally arranged cleaning drums, the cleaning drums can rotate synchronously in a circle under the action of a synchronous rotating device, and the cleaning drum includes a rotating drum and a screening material extending from the outer side wall of the rotating drum. The baffle, the gap between two adjacent drums forms the above-mentioned leakage channel, and the rotation of the screen baffle can push the edamame to transfer, and make the leakage channel open or close. 7.根据权利要求6所述的一种青毛豆收获机,其特征在于,每个清选滚筒的两端端部均转动设置在轴承座内,每个清选滚筒的一端端部还固定连接有链轮,所述同步转动装置包括上述链轮、链带和一转动源,所述链带与每个清选滚筒上的链轮均链传动连接,上述转动源输出端与任意一清选滚筒的端部固定连接。7 . The green edamame harvester according to claim 6 , wherein both ends of each cleaning drum are rotatably arranged in the bearing seat, and one end of each cleaning drum is also fixedly connected. 8 . There is a sprocket, the synchronous rotation device includes the above-mentioned sprocket, a chain belt and a rotation source, the chain belt is connected with the chain wheel on each cleaning drum, and the output end of the above-mentioned rotation source is connected to any cleaning drum. The ends of the drum are fixedly connected.
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