CN114715689A - Even feeder of feed granulator - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the technical field of feed processing, and particularly relates to a uniform feeder of a feed granulator, which comprises a base, wherein a discharge window is arranged on the lower end surface of the base, the lower end of the base is fixedly connected to a feed inlet of the feed granulator, an arch-shaped inner mesh cover is fixedly connected to the upper end surface of the base, the inner mesh cover is located at the upper end of the base, a shell is arranged outside the inner mesh cover, and the shell is located on the base; sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade rotates along the inward flange of inner mesh cover, then put in the material to the hopper, later see through the inner mesh and cover the mesh, the material is when passing through the mesh, and the scraper blade sweeps the mesh position to cut the material breakage, further carry out the breakage to the material, cut the breakage with the material of big granule, help the even running of feed granulator, reduce the time that feed granulator is in under the high load high pressure operating condition, prolong feed granulator's life.
Description
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of feed processing, and particularly relates to a uniform feeder of a feed granulator.
Background
A feed granulator, also known as a pellet feed granulator, is a feed processing machine which directly presses crushed materials of corn, bean pulp, straw, grass, rice husk and the like into granules and is matched with a feeder for use, thereby being convenient for the production of feed granules.
The utility model provides a be CN215380690U an automatic feeder that feed processing used, the on-line screen storage device comprises a base, the top fixed mounting of base has the feedbox, the fixed intercommunication in bottom of feedbox has the unloading pipe, feed mechanism is installed to the bottom of unloading pipe, the bottom fixedly connected with bottom plate of base, the fodder dish has been placed at the middle part on bottom plate top, the equal fixedly connected with fixed plate in both sides of fodder dish, the equal fixed mounting in both sides at base middle part has electric telescopic handle, one side fixedly connected with fixed block on base top, the top fixed mounting of fixed block has the warning light, the positive one side fixed mounting of feedbox has time switch.
The automatic feeder is also limited to the existing functions, so that the feeding of materials is facilitated, the amount of the materials scattered outside during feeding is reduced, the materials can be regularly and uniformly injected into the feed granulator, the stable operation of the feed granulator is facilitated, production safety accidents are reduced, and operators are prevented from touching the crushing roller and the spiral blades inside the feed granulator; in the actual production course of working, remain in the material and have bulky granule, then can shadow cause the influence to the operation of feed granulator, increase its operating pressure, influence feed granulator's life.
Therefore, the invention provides a uniform feeder of a feed granulator.
Disclosure of Invention
To remedy the deficiencies of the prior art, at least one of the technical problems set forth in the background is addressed.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: the invention relates to a uniform feeder of a feed granulator, which comprises a base, wherein a discharge window is formed in the lower end surface of the base, the lower end of the base is fixedly connected to a feed inlet of the feed granulator, an arch-shaped inner mesh cover is fixedly connected to the upper end surface of the base, the inner mesh cover is located at the upper end of the base, a shell is arranged outside the inner mesh cover and is located on the base, a gap is reserved between the shell and the inner mesh, a hopper is arranged on the outer top surface of the shell, and the hopper is communicated with the gap; a cutting mechanism is arranged between the inner mesh enclosure and the base; the cutting mechanism comprises a rotating shaft and a scraping plate; the two ends of the rotating shaft rotate and penetrate through the front end face and the rear end face of the base, a plurality of scrapers are uniformly and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the rotating shaft, the cutting surface of each scraper is shaped like a horn, the large end face of each scraper is connected to the rotating shaft, the sharp edge of each scraper is close to the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure, and the sharp edge of each scraper is obliquely arranged towards the rotating direction of the rotating shaft;
firstly, a motor drives a rotating shaft to rotate, the rotating shaft drives a scraper to rotate, a sharp edge of the scraper rotates along the inner edge of an inner net cover, then a material is put into a hopper, then meshes are covered on the inner net cover, the aperture of each mesh on the inner net cover is set according to the size of the fed material particles, when the material particles are large, the aperture of the corresponding mesh is set to be large, and the aperture of each mesh is 1.2-1.5 times of the diameter of each material particle; when the material is passing through the mesh, the scraper blade sweeps the mesh position to cut the material breakage, further carry out the breakage to the material, cut the breakage with the material of big granule, help the even running of feed granulator, reduce the time that feed granulator is in under the high load high pressure operating condition, prolong feed granulator's life.
Preferably, the front end and the rear end of the inner mesh enclosure are fixedly connected to the edge position of the upper end of the base, a gap is formed between the lower edge of the inner mesh enclosure and the upper end face of the base, and the lower end of the outer shell is bent inwards by 90 degrees and is horizontally slidably connected in the gap; the end face of the shell is symmetrically provided with fixing lugs, the fixing lugs are rotatably connected with push rods, and the end parts of the push rods are eccentrically and rotatably connected with the rotary disc; after the materials are put into the hopper, the materials flow along the gap, and when the materials fall onto the inner mesh enclosure, the outlet length of the hopper is smaller than the length of the inner mesh enclosure, so that the materials are not uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure, and the materials are not uniformly spread in the hopper, so that the materials fall in the middle position of the inner mesh enclosure in a concentrated manner, pressure is caused on a scraper below the inner mesh enclosure in the part, and the stable operation of the cutting mechanism is not facilitated; the shell is arranged in a reciprocating state, so that the shell is beneficial to uniformly spreading materials; drive the carousel through the motor and rotate, the carousel passes through the push rod and drives the shell removal, and the relative inside escutcheon round trip movement of shell, after the material falls into the hopper, the material is all spread out by the striking, and in the clearance was flowed to the material simultaneously, under the rubbing motion of shell inner surface for the material is rubbed with the hands and is moved and scatter, makes the material tend to the state of scattering, helps the cutting breakage of material, makes the steady smooth-going of this feeder.
Preferably, the upper end surface of the base and the outer horizontal surface of the lower end of the shell are respectively provided with a sliding chute, a rotating rod is arranged in the sliding chute of the base, and the shell is connected to the base in a sliding manner through the rotating rod; the lower end of the inner mesh cover is provided with a guide groove; the front side and the rear side of the inner horizontal plane at the lower end of the shell are fixedly connected with sliding blocks, the sliding blocks are connected in the guide grooves in a sliding mode, and the length of the shell is smaller than that of the inner mesh enclosure; the shell moves back and forth along the upper end of the base, so that the shell needs to be ensured to stably move on the base, otherwise, the normal operation of a motor for driving the turntable to rotate is influenced; through being equipped with in the guide way at the base and putting many bull sticks for sliding friction between shell and the base is transformed into rolling friction, reduces the frictional force between shell and the base, helps the smooth and easy removal between base and the shell, thereby guarantees the steady operation of drive carousel pivoted motor.
Preferably, the inner mesh enclosure is symmetrically provided with guide grooves, the guide grooves are strip-shaped and close to the lower end of the inner mesh enclosure, and guide plates are arranged in the guide grooves; the guide plate is obliquely arranged in the guide groove, is fixedly connected with the inner surface of the shell and is close to the lower end of the shell; when the material flows along interior net cover, the surface of screen panel removes in the material complied with, partial material sees through the mesh, still some materials flow to the lower extreme position department of interior net cover along the space, it piles up at this position to place the material, set up guiding gutter and guide plate, the material flows along the guide plate, the guide plate is round trip movement in the guiding gutter simultaneously for some materials on the guide plate fall into in the base, thereby avoid the material to pile up the emergence of phenomenon.
Preferably, a spring groove is formed in the position, connected with the scraper, on the outer ring of the rotating shaft, a connecting block is fixedly connected to the large end face of the scraper, and the connecting block is connected in the spring groove in a sliding mode through a spring; a notch is formed in the middle position of the sharp edge of the scraper, a guide rod is arranged in the notch, one end of the guide rod is fixedly connected into the notch, and the other end of the guide rod is spherical and is connected in a guide rail formed in the inner surface of the inner net cover in a sliding manner; the scraper blade passes through spring coupling in the pivot, the elasticity of spring to and the centrifugal force when scraper blade rotates, make the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade be close to with interior net cover internal surface, help the scraper blade to the shearing of material, the guide bar that sets up simultaneously limits the distance between sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade and the interior net cover internal surface, prevent that the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade from contacting interior net cover internal surface, polish the passivation with the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade, influence the cutting effect of the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade to the material.
Preferably, each scraper is internally provided with a plurality of first holes, one hole end of each first hole penetrates through the outer convex surface of each scraper, and the other hole ends of the first holes are bundled together and penetrate through the connecting block; the rotating shaft is hollow, the hollow part is communicated with the first hole, and the end part of the rotating shaft is rotatably connected with an external air supply pipe; when the materials penetrate through the inner mesh enclosure, some materials are filled in the meshes, and the scraper cannot reach the meshes, so that the materials are stopped in the meshes; the first hole is formed, air is injected into the hollow part of the rotating shaft by the external air supply pump and then is discharged along the first hole, after the scraper blade is sheared and swept, the air impacts on the inner mesh cover and discharges materials in the meshes in an impacting mode, so that when the materials pass through the meshes again, the passing performance of the materials is improved, the shell moves back and forth, the materials are rubbed to move on the surface of the inner mesh cover, the materials filled in the meshes are pushed out in a mode that the materials are extruded, and the materials are favorably and smoothly penetrated.
Preferably, a plurality of second holes are formed in each scraper, one hole end of each second hole penetrates through the inner concave surface of each scraper, and the other hole end of each second hole is communicated with the first hole in a bundling manner; a diversion cover is arranged on the inner concave surface of the scraper, one end of the diversion cover is fixedly connected to the edge position of a hole at one end of the second hole, and the other end of the diversion cover is arranged at the sharp edge position of the scraper; after the sweep is cuted to the scraper blade, the sharp edge adhesion material of scraper blade, when treating next time to rotate the inner net cover position, influences the shearing effect of scraper blade to the material, sets up No. two holes for this reason to and the kuppe that sets up, make gaseous after No. two hole discharge, flow along the kuppe, and strike sharp-pointed edge position on the scraper blade, thereby when making the scraper blade rotate inner net cover portion position, can effectively cut the material again.
Preferably, a plurality of elastic salient points are uniformly arranged on the inner surface of the shell; the edge of the mesh on the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure is provided with a fillet, and the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure is in a smooth state; in the relative movement process of the inner mesh enclosure and the shell, the elastic salient points on the shell extrude the materials into the meshes, and meanwhile, the fillets arranged at the edges of the meshes increase the permeability of the materials and are beneficial to the permeation of the materials.
Preferably, a filter screen is arranged in the hopper, the filter screen is erected in the hopper, and the horizontal planes at two sides of the filter screen are provided with fixing blocks which are embedded in fixing grooves formed in the horizontal planes at two sides in the hopper; through setting up the filter screen, will be greater than the material screening of inner mesh cover mesh to the filter screen on, the filter screen passes through the fixed block embedding simultaneously in the fixed slot for the filter screen helps the screening of material on the filter screen with the synchronous swing of hopper.
Preferably, handles are arranged on two sides of the upper end of the filter screen, the handles are L-shaped, one end of each handle is fixedly connected to the filter screen, and the other end of each handle is buckled on the upper end face of the hopper; through the handle that sets up, after the material collection saturation on the filter screen, extract on the filter screen, convenient operation.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the uniform feeder of the feed granulator, the sharp edge of the scraper rotates along the inner edge of the inner net cover, materials are put into the hopper and then pass through the meshes on the inner net cover, the aperture of each mesh on the inner net cover is set according to the size of the fed material particles, when the material particles are large, the aperture of the corresponding mesh is set to be large, when the materials pass through the meshes, the scraper sweeps the mesh parts, the materials are sheared and crushed, the materials are further crushed, the large-particle materials are sheared and crushed, the stable operation of the feed granulator is facilitated, the time of the feed granulator in a high-load high-pressure working state is shortened, and the service life of the feed granulator is prolonged.
2. According to the uniform feeder of the feed granulator, the shell is in a back-and-forth swinging state, so that the uniform spreading of materials is facilitated; drive the carousel through the motor and rotate, the carousel passes through the push rod and drives the shell removal, and the relative inside escutcheon round trip movement of shell, after the material falls into the hopper, the material is all spread out by the striking, and in the clearance was flowed to the material simultaneously, under the rubbing motion of shell inner surface for the material is rubbed with the hands and is moved and scatter, makes the material tend to the state of scattering, helps the cutting breakage of material, makes the steady smooth-going of this feeder.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a feeder of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a feeder of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 2 at A;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the flight of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a view showing the fitting of the scrapers to the rotating shaft according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the inner top surface of the inner mesh enclosure of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a view of the push rod and the fixing lug of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the mating of the outer shell and inner mesh enclosure of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of the mesh on the inner mesh cover of the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the filter screen and hopper of the present invention in combination;
in the figure: base 1, discharge window 2, interior screen panel 3, shell 4, space 5, hopper 6, pivot 7, scraper blade 8, fixed ear 9, push rod 10, carousel 11, bull stick 12, slider 13, guide way 14, guiding gutter 15, guide plate 16, connecting block 17, breach 18, guide bar 19, guide rail 20, No. one hole 21, No. two holes 22, kuppe 23, bump 24, filter screen 25, fixed block 26, handle 27.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement purposes and the effects of the invention easy to understand, the invention is further described with the specific embodiments.
The first embodiment is as follows:
referring to fig. 1 and 2, the uniform feeder for the feed granulator comprises a base 1, wherein a discharge window 2 is formed in the lower end face of the base 1, the lower end of the base 1 is fixedly connected to a feed inlet of the feed granulator, an arch-shaped inner mesh cover 3 is fixedly connected to the upper end face of the base 1, the inner mesh cover 3 is located at the upper end of the base 1, a shell 4 is arranged outside the inner mesh cover 3, the shell 4 is located on the base 1, a gap 5 is reserved between the shell 4 and the inner mesh cover, a hopper 6 is arranged on the outer top face of the shell 4, and the hopper 6 is communicated with the gap 5; a cutting mechanism is arranged between the inner mesh enclosure 3 and the base 1; the cutting mechanism comprises a rotating shaft 7 and a scraping plate 8; the two ends of the rotating shaft 7 rotate and penetrate through the front end face and the rear end face of the base 1, a plurality of scrapers 8 are uniformly and fixedly connected to the outer ring of the rotating shaft 7, the section of each scraper 8 is shaped like a bull horn, the large end face of each scraper 8 is connected to the rotating shaft 7, the sharp edge of each scraper 8 is close to the inner surface of the inner mesh cover 3, and the sharp edge of each scraper 8 is obliquely arranged towards the rotating direction of the rotating shaft 7;
firstly, a motor drives a rotating shaft 7 to rotate, the rotating shaft 7 rotates to drive a scraper 8 to rotate, the sharp edge of the scraper 8 rotates along the inner edge of an inner mesh enclosure 3, then the material is put into a hopper 6 and then passes through meshes on the inner mesh enclosure 3, the aperture of the meshes on the inner mesh enclosure 3 is set according to the size of the particles of the input material, when the particles of the material are large, the aperture of the corresponding meshes is set to be large, and the aperture of the meshes is 1.2-1.5 times of the diameter of the particles of the material; when the material is passing through the mesh, 8 sweeps the mesh position of scraper blade to cut the material breakage, further carry out the breakage to the material, cut the breakage with the material of big granule, help the even running of feed granulator, reduce the time that feed granulator is in under the high load high pressure operating condition, prolong feed granulator's life.
Referring to fig. 2, 3 and 7, the front end and the rear end of the inner mesh enclosure 3 are fixedly connected to the edge of the upper end of the base 1, a gap is formed between the lower edge of the inner mesh enclosure 3 and the upper end surface of the base 1, and the lower end of the outer shell 4 is bent inward by 90 degrees and horizontally slidably connected in the gap; the end face of the shell 4 is symmetrically provided with fixing lugs 9, the fixing lugs 9 are rotatably connected with push rods 10, and the end parts of the push rods 10 are eccentrically and rotatably connected with a turntable 11; after the materials are put into the hopper 6, the materials flow along the gap, and when the materials fall onto the inner mesh enclosure 3, because the outlet length of the hopper 6 is smaller than the length of the inner mesh enclosure 3, the materials are not uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3, and the materials are not uniformly spread in the hopper 6, so that the materials fall in the middle of the inner mesh enclosure 3 in a concentrated manner, pressure is caused on the scraper 8 below the inner mesh enclosure 3 in the part, and the stable operation of the cutting mechanism is not facilitated; the shell 4 is arranged in a reciprocating state, so that the uniform spreading of materials is facilitated; drive carousel 11 through the motor and rotate, carousel 11 drives shell 4 through push rod 10 and removes, the internal screen panel 3 round trip movement of shell 4 relatively, after the material falls into hopper 6, the material is all spread out by the striking, in the material flows the clearance simultaneously, under the rubbing with the hands of 4 internal surfaces of shell, make the material by rubbing with the hands and scatter, make the material tend to the state of scattering, help the cutting breakage of material, make the steady smooth-going operation of this feeder.
Referring to fig. 3, the upper end surface of the base 1 and the outer horizontal surface of the lower end of the shell 4 are respectively provided with a sliding chute, a rotating rod 12 is arranged in the sliding chute of the base 1, and the shell 4 is slidably connected to the base 1 through the rotating rod 12; the lower end of the inner mesh enclosure 3 is provided with a guide groove 14; the front side and the rear side of the inner horizontal plane at the lower end of the shell 4 are fixedly connected with sliding blocks 13, the sliding blocks 13 are connected in the guide grooves 14 in a sliding manner, and the length of the shell 4 is smaller than that of the inner mesh enclosure 3; as the shell 4 moves back and forth along the upper end of the base 1, the shell 4 needs to be ensured to move stably on the base 1, otherwise the normal operation of a motor for driving the turntable 11 to rotate is influenced; through being equipped with many bull sticks 12 in the guide way 14 of base 1 for the sliding friction between shell 4 and the base 1 changes into rolling friction, reduces the frictional force between shell 4 and the base 1, helps the smooth and easy removal between base 1 and the shell 4, thereby guarantees the steady operation of drive carousel 11 pivoted motor.
Referring to fig. 3, the inner mesh enclosure 3 is symmetrically provided with flow guide grooves 15, the flow guide grooves 15 are strip-shaped and close to the lower end of the inner mesh enclosure 3, and flow guide plates 16 are arranged in the flow guide grooves 15; the guide plate 16 is obliquely arranged in the guide groove 15, and the guide plate 16 is fixedly connected to the inner surface of the shell 4 and is close to the lower end of the shell 4; when the material flows along inner mesh enclosure 3, the surface that the material complied with inner mesh enclosure 3 removes, partial material sees through the mesh, still some materials flow to inner mesh enclosure 3's lower extreme position department along space 5, it piles up at this position to place the material, set up guiding gutter 15 and guide plate 16, the material flows along guide plate 16, guide plate 16 round trip movement in guiding gutter 15 simultaneously, make partly material on the guide plate 16 fall into in base 1, thereby avoid the material to pile up the emergence of phenomenon.
Referring to fig. 2, 4 and 6, a spring groove is formed in a position where the outer ring of the rotating shaft 7 is connected with the scraper 8, a large end face of the scraper 8 is fixedly connected with a connecting block 17, and the connecting block 17 is slidably connected in the spring groove through a spring; a notch 18 is formed in the middle position of the sharp edge of the scraper 8, a guide rod 19 is arranged in the notch 18, one end of the guide rod 19 is fixedly connected into the notch 18, and the other end of the guide rod 19 is spherical and is connected into a guide rail 20 formed in the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3 in a sliding manner; scraper blade 8 passes through spring coupling on pivot 7, the elasticity of spring, and the centrifugal force when scraper blade 8 rotates, make scraper blade 8's sharp-pointed edge be close to with 3 internal surfaces of intranet cover, help the shearing of scraper blade 8 to the material, the guide bar 19 that sets up simultaneously, the distance between 8 sharp-pointed edges of restriction scraper blade and the 3 internal surfaces of intranet cover prevents that 8 sharp-pointed edges of scraper blade from contacting 3 internal surfaces of intranet cover, polish the passivation with 8 sharp-pointed edges of scraper blade, influence the cutting effect of 8 sharp-pointed edges of scraper blade to the material.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, each of the scrapers 8 is internally provided with a plurality of first holes 21, one hole end of each first hole 21 penetrates through the outer convex surface of the scraper 8, and the other hole ends of the first holes 21 are bundled together and penetrate through the connecting block 17; the rotating shaft 7 is hollow, the hollow part is communicated with the first hole 21, and the end part of the rotating shaft 7 is rotatably connected with an external air supply pipe; when the materials penetrate through the inner mesh enclosure 3, some materials are filled in the meshes, and the scraper 8 cannot reach the meshes, so that the materials are stopped in the meshes; therefore, a first hole 21 is formed, air is injected into the hollow part of the rotating shaft 7 by an external air supply pump and then is discharged along the first hole 21, after the scraping plate 8 is sheared and swept, the air impacts the inner mesh enclosure 3 to discharge materials in the meshes in an impacting manner, so that when the materials pass through the meshes again, the passing performance of the materials is improved, the shell 4 moves back and forth, the materials are rubbed to move on the surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3, and the materials filled in the meshes are pushed out in a material extruding manner, so that the materials can smoothly permeate.
Referring to fig. 4, each of the scrapers 8 is internally provided with a plurality of second holes 22, one hole end of each second hole 22 penetrates through the inner concave surface of the scraper 8, and the other hole end of each second hole 22 is communicated with the first hole 21 in a bundling manner; a guide cover 23 is arranged on the inner concave surface of the scraper 8, one end of the guide cover 23 is fixedly connected to the edge of one end hole of the second hole 22, and the other end of the guide cover 23 is arranged at the sharp edge of the scraper 8; after 8 shears the sweep of scraper blade, 8 sharp edge adhesion materials of scraper blade, treat next time to rotate and cover 3 positions in the net, influence the shearing effect of scraper blade 8 to the material, set up No. two holes 22 for this reason, and the kuppe 23 of setting, make gaseous follow No. two holes 22 discharge backs, flow along kuppe 23, and strike sharp-pointed edge position on scraper blade 8, thereby when making scraper blade 8 rotate and cover 3 positions in the net, can effectively cut the material again.
Referring to fig. 8 and 9, a plurality of elastic bumps 24 are uniformly arranged on the inner surface of the shell 4; the edge of the mesh on the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3 is provided with a fillet, and the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3 is in a smooth state; in the relative movement process of the inner mesh enclosure 3 and the shell 4, the elastic salient points 24 on the shell 4 extrude the material into the meshes, and meanwhile, the fillets arranged on the edges of the meshes increase the permeability of the material and are beneficial to the permeation of the material.
Example two:
referring to fig. 10, in a first comparative example, as another embodiment of the present invention, a filter screen 25 is disposed in a hopper 6, the filter screen 25 is erected in the hopper 6, and fixing blocks 26 are disposed on horizontal surfaces on two sides of the filter screen 25 and are embedded in fixing grooves formed on horizontal surfaces on two sides in the hopper 6; through setting up filter screen 25, will be greater than on the material screening to filter screen 25 of inner mesh cover 3 mesh, filter screen 25 passes through fixed block 26 embedding in the fixed slot simultaneously for filter screen 25 and hopper 6 swing in step help the screening of material on the filter screen 25.
The working principle is as follows: firstly, a motor drives a rotating shaft 7 to rotate, the rotating shaft 7 rotates to drive a scraper 8 to rotate, the sharp edge of the scraper 8 rotates along the inner edge of an inner mesh enclosure 3, then the material is put into a hopper 6 and then passes through meshes on the inner mesh enclosure 3, the aperture of the meshes on the inner mesh enclosure 3 is set according to the size of the particles of the input material, when the particles of the material are large, the aperture of the corresponding meshes is set to be large, and the aperture of the meshes is 1.2-1.5 times of the diameter of the particles of the material; when the materials pass through the meshes, the scraper 8 sweeps the mesh parts, and cuts and crushes the materials, so that the materials are further crushed, large-particle materials are cut and crushed, the stable operation of the feed granulator is facilitated, the time of the feed granulator in a high-load high-pressure working state is shortened, and the service life of the feed granulator is prolonged;
after the materials are put into the hopper 6, the materials flow along the gap, and when the materials fall onto the inner mesh enclosure 3, because the outlet length of the hopper 6 is smaller than the length of the inner mesh enclosure 3, the materials are not uniformly distributed on the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3, and the materials are not uniformly spread in the hopper 6, so that the materials fall in the middle of the inner mesh enclosure 3 in a concentrated manner, pressure is caused on the scraper 8 below the inner mesh enclosure 3 in the part, and the stable operation of the cutting mechanism is not facilitated; the shell 4 is arranged in a reciprocating state, so that the uniform spreading of materials is facilitated; the motor drives the rotary table 11 to rotate, the rotary table 11 drives the shell 4 to move through the push rod 10, the shell 4 moves back and forth relative to the inner mesh enclosure 3, when materials fall into the hopper 6, the materials are impacted and spread out, meanwhile, the materials flow into the gap, and under the rubbing action of the inner surface of the shell 4, the materials are rubbed and scattered, so that the materials tend to be scattered, the cutting and crushing of the materials are facilitated, and the feeder can run stably and smoothly;
as the shell 4 moves back and forth along the upper end of the base 1, the shell 4 needs to be ensured to move stably on the base 1, otherwise the normal operation of a motor for driving the turntable 11 to rotate is influenced; the multi-rotating rod 12 is arranged in the guide groove 14 of the base 1, so that sliding friction between the shell 4 and the base 1 is converted into rolling friction, the friction force between the shell 4 and the base 1 is reduced, smooth movement between the base 1 and the shell 4 is facilitated, and stable operation of a motor for driving the rotating disc 11 to rotate is guaranteed;
when the materials flow along the inner mesh enclosure 3, the materials move along the outer surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3, part of the materials penetrate through the meshes, and part of the materials flow to the lower end position of the inner mesh enclosure 3 along the gap 5, so that the materials are placed to be accumulated at the position, the guide groove 15 and the guide plate 16 are arranged, the materials flow along the guide plate 16, and meanwhile, the guide plate 16 moves back and forth in the guide groove 15, so that part of the materials on the guide plate 16 fall into the base 1, and the phenomenon of material accumulation is avoided;
the scraper 8 is connected to the rotating shaft 7 through a spring, the elastic force of the spring and the centrifugal force generated when the scraper 8 rotates enable the sharp edge of the scraper 8 to be close to the inner surface of the inner mesh cover 3, so that the material can be sheared by the scraper 8, meanwhile, the distance between the sharp edge of the scraper 8 and the inner surface of the inner mesh cover 3 is limited by the guide rod 19, the sharp edge of the scraper 8 is prevented from contacting the inner surface of the inner mesh cover 3, the sharp edge of the scraper 8 is polished and passivated, and the cutting effect of the sharp edge of the scraper 8 on the material is influenced;
when the materials penetrate through the inner mesh enclosure 3, some materials are filled in the meshes, and the scraper 8 cannot reach the meshes, so that the materials are stopped in the meshes; the first hole 21 is arranged, an external air supply pump injects air into the hollow part of the rotating shaft 7 and then discharges the air along the first hole 21, after the scraping plate 8 is sheared and swept, the air impacts the inner mesh enclosure 3 to discharge materials in the meshes in an impacting manner, so that when the materials pass through the meshes again, the passing performance of the materials is improved, the shell 4 moves back and forth, the materials are rubbed to move on the surface of the inner mesh enclosure 3, and the materials filled in the meshes are pushed out in a material extruding manner, so that the smooth passing of the materials is facilitated;
after the scraping plate 8 is sheared and swept, materials are adhered to sharp edges of the scraping plate 8, when the scraping plate 8 rotates to the inner mesh cover 3 position next time, the shearing effect of the scraping plate 8 on the materials is influenced, and therefore the second hole 22 and the diversion cover 23 are arranged, so that gas flows along the diversion cover 23 after being discharged from the second hole 22 and impacts the sharp edge position on the scraping plate 8, and the materials can be effectively sheared when the scraping plate 8 rotates to the inner mesh cover 3 position;
in the relative movement process of the inner mesh enclosure 3 and the shell 4, the elastic salient points 24 on the shell 4 extrude the materials into the meshes, and meanwhile, the fillets arranged on the edges of the meshes increase the permeability of the materials and are beneficial to the permeation of the materials; by arranging the filter screen 25, materials larger than meshes of the inner mesh enclosure 3 are screened onto the filter screen 25, and meanwhile, the filter screen 25 is embedded into the fixed groove through the fixed block 26, so that the filter screen 25 and the hopper 6 synchronously swing, and the screening of the materials on the filter screen 25 is facilitated; through the handle 27 that sets up, after the material collection saturation on filter screen 25, lift filter screen 25 and take out convenient operation.
The front, the back, the left, the right, the upper and the lower are all based on figure 1 in the attached drawings of the specification, according to the standard of the observation angle of a person, the side of the device facing an observer is defined as the front, the left side of the observer is defined as the left, and the like.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention.
The foregoing illustrates and describes the principles, general features, and advantages of the present invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed. The scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a fodder granulation machine even feeder which characterized in that: the feed granulator comprises a base (1), wherein a discharge window (2) is formed in the lower end face of the base (1), the lower end of the base (1) is fixedly connected to a feed inlet of the feed granulator, an arch-shaped inner mesh enclosure (3) is fixedly connected to the upper end face of the base (1), the inner mesh enclosure (3) is located at the upper end of the base (1), an outer shell (4) is arranged outside the inner mesh enclosure (3), the outer shell (4) is located on the base (1), a gap (5) is reserved between the outer shell (4) and an inner mesh, a hopper (6) is arranged on the outer top face of the outer shell (4), and the hopper (6) is communicated with the gap (5); a cutting mechanism is arranged between the inner mesh enclosure (3) and the base (1); the cutting mechanism comprises a rotating shaft (7) and a scraping plate (8); the both ends of pivot (7) are rotated and are run through the front and back both ends face of base (1), and even rigid coupling has a plurality of scraper blades (8) on pivot (7) outer lane, and the section face of scraper blade (8) is the ox horn shape, and the big terminal surface of scraper blade (8) is connected on pivot (7), and the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade (8) is close to the internal surface with interior screen panel (3), and the sharp-pointed edge of scraper blade (8) sets up to the direction of rotation slope of pivot (7).
2. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 1, characterized in that: the front end and the rear end of the inner mesh enclosure (3) are fixedly connected to the edge of the upper end of the base (1), a gap is formed between the lower edge of the inner mesh enclosure (3) and the upper end face of the base (1), and the lower end of the shell (4) is bent inwards by 90 degrees and is horizontally connected in the gap in a sliding manner; the end face of the shell (4) is symmetrically provided with fixing lugs (9), the fixing lugs (9) are rotatably connected with push rods (10), and the end parts of the push rods (10) are eccentrically and rotatably connected with the rotary table (11).
3. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 2, characterized in that: the upper end face of the base (1) and the outer horizontal plane of the lower end of the shell (4) are respectively provided with a sliding chute, a rotating rod (12) is arranged in the sliding chute of the base (1), and the shell (4) is connected to the base (1) in a sliding manner through the rotating rod (12); the lower end of the inner mesh enclosure (3) is provided with a guide groove (14); the front side and the rear side of the horizontal plane in the lower end of the shell (4) are fixedly connected with sliding blocks (13), the sliding blocks (13) are connected in the guide grooves (14) in a sliding mode, and the length of the shell (4) is smaller than that of the inner mesh enclosure (3).
4. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 3, characterized in that: the inner mesh enclosure (3) is symmetrically provided with guide grooves (15), the guide grooves (15) are strip-shaped and close to the lower end of the inner mesh enclosure (3), and guide plates (16) are arranged in the guide grooves (15); the guide plate (16) is obliquely arranged in the guide groove (15), and the guide plate (16) is fixedly connected with the inner surface of the shell (4) and is close to the lower end of the shell (4).
5. A feed granulator homogenous feeder according to claim 1, characterized in that: a spring groove is formed in the position, connected with the scraper (8), on the outer ring of the rotating shaft (7), a connecting block (17) is fixedly connected to the large end face of the scraper (8), and the connecting block (17) is connected into the spring groove in a sliding mode through a spring; a notch (18) is formed in the middle of the sharp edge of the scraper (8), a guide rod (19) is arranged in the notch (18), one end of the guide rod (19) is fixedly connected into the notch (18), and the other end of the guide rod (19) is spherical and is slidably connected into a guide rail (20) formed in the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure (3).
6. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 5, characterized in that: a plurality of first holes (21) are formed in each scraper (8), one hole end of each first hole (21) penetrates through the outer convex surface of each scraper (8), and the other hole ends of the first holes (21) are bundled together and penetrate through the connecting blocks (17); the inside position hollow form of pivot (7), hollow portion intercommunication hole (21), the tip of pivot (7) is rotated and is connected external air supply pipe.
7. The homogeneous feeder of feed grain machine as set forth in claim 6, wherein: a plurality of second holes (22) are formed in each scraper (8), one hole end of each second hole (22) penetrates through the inner concave surface of each scraper (8), and the other hole end of each second hole (22) is communicated with the first hole (21) in a bundling manner; be equipped with kuppe (23) on the interior concave surface of scraper blade (8), the one end rigid coupling of kuppe (23) is in the one end hole edge position of No. two holes (22), and the other end of kuppe (23) is arranged in the sharp-pointed edge position of scraper blade (8).
8. The homogeneous feeder of feed grain machine as set forth in claim 4, wherein: a plurality of elastic salient points (24) are uniformly arranged on the inner surface of the shell (4); the edge of the outer surface mesh of the inner mesh enclosure (3) is provided with a fillet, and the inner surface of the inner mesh enclosure (3) is in a smooth state.
9. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 1, characterized in that: be equipped with filter screen (25) in hopper (6), filter screen (25) erect in hopper (6), and filter screen (25) both sides horizontal plane is equipped with fixed block (26) and imbeds in the fixed slot that the horizontal plane of both sides was seted up in hopper (6).
10. A feed granulator homogenizing feeder according to claim 9, characterized by: handles (27) are arranged on two sides of the upper end of the filter screen (25), the handles (27) are L-shaped, one end of each handle (27) is fixedly connected to the filter screen (25), and the other end of each handle (27) is buckled on the upper end face of the hopper (6).
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