CN117814142B - Bee feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the technical field of bee keeping, in particular to a bee feeding device which comprises a storage box, a feeding box and a valve, wherein the storage box is used for storing syrup, the storage box is arranged above the feeding box, an opening is formed in the bottom of the storage box, the valve comprises a driving piece and a valve body, the valve body is arranged at the opening, the lower end of the driving piece penetrates through the storage box and is connected with the valve body, the upper end of the driving piece penetrates through the outside of the storage box, the driving piece is suitable for driving the valve body to switch between a first position and a second position, the opening is communicated with the feeding box in the first position, and the opening is closed in the second position. The realization can be enough to satisfy the demand to the regular syrup that adds of feeding case, can not need the effect of frequent switching beehive again, has reduced the human cost, when having improved work efficiency, still can not disturb the normal life of honeybee, also can accomplish the feeding daytime, has reduced the condition of stolen bee.

Description

Bee feeding device

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of bee keeping, in particular to a bee feeding device.

Background

In the bee raising process, when the external honey powder source is insufficient in autumn and winter or bees can not come out of a nest for long time to collect honey in rainy seasons, beekeepers need to feed bees in the beehives with syrup. The mainstream feeding mode at present is to put a feeding box in the interior of the beehive, and sugar water is added into the feeding box by opening the beehive.

The existing feeding box is simple in structure, but has a plurality of disadvantages in feeding bees, such as frequent on-off of the beehive for feeding by the traditional feeding box, which greatly increases labor cost and can interfere with normal life of bees. Moreover, the traditional feeding box can not store syrup, can only meet the requirement of storing the primary feeding amount, and the beehive needs to be opened repeatedly during secondary feeding. Traditional feeding box feeding still needs to open the beehive, and the daytime feeding can lead to the honeybee to appear the dysphoria and attack, and the condition of stolen bee appears easily, consequently can only feed at night, and this is very inconvenient for the bee farmer.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a bee feeding device which is used for solving one of the defects in the prior art, can meet the requirement of adding sugar water to a feeding box regularly, has the effect of not needing to frequently open and close the beehive, reduces labor cost, improves working efficiency, does not interfere normal life of bees, can finish feeding in daytime, and reduces the condition of stolen bees.

The invention provides a bee feeding device which comprises a storage box, a feeding box and a valve, wherein the storage box is used for storing syrup, the storage box is arranged above the feeding box, an opening is formed in the bottom of the storage box, the valve comprises a driving piece and a valve body, the valve body is arranged in the opening, the lower end of the driving piece penetrates through the storage box and is connected with the valve body, the upper end of the driving piece penetrates through the outside of the storage box, the driving piece is suitable for driving the valve body to switch between a first position and a second position, the opening is communicated with the feeding box in the first position, and the opening is closed in the second position.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the valve body comprises the plug, the connecting rod and the column body, the plug is connected with the column body through the connecting rod, the column body is positioned in the storage box, the driving piece is connected with the column body, the connecting rod penetrates through the opening, the outer diameter of the connecting rod is smaller than the inner diameter of the opening, the plug is positioned outside the storage box in the first position, and the plug is used for sealing the opening in the second position.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the cylinder is provided with the threaded hole and the first through hole, the threaded hole is formed along the axial direction of the cylinder, the threaded hole is communicated with the inside of the storage box through the first through hole, the driving piece comprises the stud and the shaft body, the stud is coaxially connected with the shaft body, the stud is in threaded connection with the threaded hole, and the shaft body penetrates through the inside of the storage box from the outside of the storage box.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the driving piece is suitable for driving the valve body to switch among the first position, the second position and the third position, and the cylinder is inserted into the opening to close the opening in the third position.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the inner bottom wall of the storage box is provided with the groove arranged at the edge of the opening, the extending direction of the groove is perpendicular to the axial direction of the opening, the outer wall of the cylinder is provided with the first bulge matched with the groove, the first bulge is positioned below the first through hole, and the first bulge is embedded in the groove at the third position.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the annular second bulge is arranged on the inner bottom wall of the storage box, the second bulge is arranged on the edge of the opening in a surrounding mode, the groove is formed in the second bulge, and the upper surface of the second bulge gradually inclines downwards from the outer side of the opening to the inner side of the opening.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the cylinder is provided with the second through hole, the pin shaft is penetrated in the second through hole, and the two ends of the pin shaft exposed out of the cylinder are respectively provided with the clamping nuts to form the first bulge.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the first sealing gasket is arranged on the lower surface of the plug, the second sealing gasket is arranged on the outer wall of the bottom of the storage box, the second sealing gasket is arranged on the outer side of the opening in a surrounding mode, the plug is inserted into the opening in the second position, and the first sealing gasket is in tight contact with the second sealing gasket.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the driving piece further comprises an elastic piece, the elastic piece is sleeved on the part, located outside the storage box, of the shaft body, a convex edge is arranged at the upper end of the shaft body, one end of the elastic piece is abutted to the upper surface of the storage box, and the other end of the elastic piece is connected with the convex edge.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the bee feeding device further comprises a liquid level detection part, wherein the liquid level detection part is arranged in the storage box and is used for detecting the liquid level of the syrup.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the liquid level detection part comprises the ball body and the scale, the ball body is positioned in the storage box, the lower end of the scale is connected with the ball body, the upper end of the scale extends out of the storage box, and the scale is arranged on the scale.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, the connecting column is arranged on the inner wall of the bottom of the storage box and connected with the feeding box, the floating plate is arranged in the storage box and provided with the notch, the notch is matched with the connecting column, and the connecting column is embedded in the notch.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the invention, sugar water used for feeding bees can be stored in the storage box, the bottom of the storage box is provided with the opening, the valve body of the valve is arranged at the opening, the driving piece of the valve can drive the valve body to switch between the first position and the second position, the feeding box is arranged below the storage box, when the valve body is positioned at the first position, the opening is in an open state, sugar water in the storage box can flow into the feeding box through the opening, when the valve body is positioned at the second position, the opening is in a closed state, and sugar water in the storage box cannot flow into the feeding box through the opening.

According to the bee feeding device, the storage box is arranged on the basis of the feeding box, the valve is arranged at the opening part of the feeding box communicated with the storage box, and the opening and closing of the valve can be controlled by controlling the action state of the valve, so that the pouring time of sugar water to the feeding box is controlled. The bin can store a certain amount of syrup, need not frequently to add, staff's accessible adds syrup to the bin, and the control through the valve is again poured syrup into to the feeding incasement by the bin, realizes from this that can enough satisfy the demand to the regular syrup that adds of feeding case, can not need the effect of frequent switching beehive again, reduced the human cost, when having improved work efficiency, still can not interfere with the normal life of honeybee, also can accomplish the feeding daytime, reduced the condition of stolen honeybee.

In addition to the technical problems, features of the constituent technical solutions and advantages brought by the technical features of the technical solutions described above, other technical features of the present invention and advantages brought by the technical features of the technical solutions will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings or will be understood through practice of the present invention.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are required in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the invention, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a structure of a valve body of a bee feeding device provided by an embodiment of the present invention in a second position;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a bee feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the valve body of the bee feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention in a first position;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a valve body of the bee feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention in a third position;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a valve of the bee feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a valve body of the bee feeding device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a storage box of the bee feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of a floating plate of the bee feeding device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

100. a storage tank; 110. an opening; 120. a groove; 130. a second protrusion; 140. a second gasket; 150. a box cover; 160. a storage box; 161. a first connection hole; 162. a second connection hole;

200. A feeding box;

300. A valve; 310. a driving member; 311. a stud; 312. a shaft body; 313. an elastic member; 314. a convex edge; 320. a valve body; 321. a plug head; 3211. an extension plate; 3212. a first gasket; 322. a connecting rod; 323. a column; 3231. a threaded hole; 3232. a first through hole; 3233. a second through hole; 324. a first protrusion; 3241. a pin shaft; 3242. clamping a nut;

400. a liquid level detecting member; 410. a sphere; 420. a ruler;

500. A connecting column;

600. a floating plate; 610. a notch; 620. a hole;

710. A screw; 720. and (3) a nut.

Detailed Description

Embodiments of the present invention are described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are illustrative of the invention but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

In describing embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated and limited otherwise, the terms "coupled," "coupled," and "connected" should be construed broadly, and may be either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in embodiments of the present invention will be understood in detail by those of ordinary skill in the art.

In embodiments of the invention, unless expressly specified and limited otherwise, a first feature "up" or "down" on a second feature may be that the first and second features are in direct contact, or that the first and second features are in indirect contact via an intervening medium. Moreover, a first feature being "above," "over" and "on" a second feature may be a first feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is level higher than the second feature. The first feature being "under", "below" and "beneath" the second feature may be the first feature being directly under or obliquely below the second feature, or simply indicating that the first feature is less level than the second feature.

Furthermore, in the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise indicated, the meaning of "a plurality of", "a plurality of" means two or more, and the meaning of "a plurality of", "a plurality of" means one or more ".

In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the embodiments of the present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the different embodiments or examples may be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction.

As shown in fig. 1,2, 3 and 7, the bee feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a storage tank 100, a feeding tank 200 and a valve 300, wherein the storage tank 100 is used for storing sugar water, the storage tank 100 is arranged above the feeding tank 200, an opening 110 is arranged at the bottom of the storage tank 100, the valve 300 comprises a driving piece 310 and a valve body 320, the valve body 320 is arranged at the opening 110, the lower end of the driving piece 310 penetrates through the interior of the storage tank 100 and is connected with the valve body 320, the upper end of the driving piece 310 penetrates through the exterior of the storage tank 100, the driving piece 310 is suitable for driving the valve body 320 to switch between a first position, in which the opening 110 is communicated with the feeding tank 200, and a second position, in which the opening 110 is closed.

According to the bee feeding device provided by the embodiment of the invention, sugar water used for bee feeding can be stored in the storage box 100, the opening 110 is arranged at the bottom of the storage box 100, the valve body 320 of the valve 300 is arranged at the opening 110, the driving piece 310 of the valve 300 can drive the valve body 320 to switch between the first position and the second position, the feeding box 200 is arranged below the storage box 100, when the valve body 320 is arranged at the first position, the opening 110 is in an open state, sugar water in the storage box 100 can flow into the feeding box 200 through the opening 110, when the valve body 320 is arranged at the second position, the opening 110 is in a closed state, and sugar water in the storage box 100 cannot flow into the feeding box 200 through the opening 110.

According to the bee feeding device, the storage box 100 is arranged on the basis of the feeding box 200, the valve 300 is arranged at the opening 110 where the feeding box 200 is communicated with the storage box 100, and the opening and closing of the opening 110 can be controlled by controlling the action state of the valve 300, so that the filling time of syrup to the feeding box 200 is controlled. The bin 100 can store a certain amount of syrup, need not frequently to add, staff's accessible adds syrup to the bin 100 in, and the syrup is poured into to the feeding case 200 by the bin 100 through the control of valve 300 again, realize from this can enough satisfying the demand to feeding case 200 periodic addition syrup, can not need the effect of frequent switching beehive again, reduced the human cost, when having improved work efficiency, still can not disturb the normal life of honeybee, also can accomplish the feeding daytime, reduced the condition of robber bee.

In this embodiment, the storage box 100 is of a cuboid structure, the inside is a cavity, the storage box 100 comprises a storage box 160 and a box cover 150 covering the upper portion of the storage box 160, the opening 110 is arranged at the bottom of the storage box 160, the box cover 150 is a beehive cover, a first through hole and two mounting holes are formed in the box cover 150, the upper end of the driving piece 310 penetrates out of the storage box 100 from the first through hole, a first connecting hole 161 is formed in the opening of the storage box 160, the first connecting hole 161 is connected with the mounting hole of the box cover 150 through a screw 710 and a nut 720, and detachment of the storage box 160 from the box cover 150 can be achieved only by unscrewing the nut 720 during detachment. The feeding box 200 has a rectangular parallelepiped structure, and a cavity is formed inside, and the feeding box 200 can hold sugar water flowing out of the opening 110 of the storage box 100 for bees to eat. Both the driving member 310 and the valve body 320 are made of light materials, and when the storage tank 100 is filled with sugar water, both the driving member 310 and the valve body 320 have better buoyancy to resist the downward pressure caused by the sugar water.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the valve body 320 includes a plug 321, a connecting rod 322, and a cylinder 323, the plug 321 is connected to the cylinder 323 through the connecting rod 322, the cylinder 323 is located inside the storage tank 100, the driving member 310 is connected to the cylinder 323, the connecting rod 322 is inserted into the opening 110, the outer diameter of the connecting rod 322 is smaller than the inner diameter of the opening 110, in a first position, the plug 321 is located outside the storage tank 100, and in a second position, the plug 321 closes the opening 110.

In this embodiment, the opening 110 is a circular opening 110, the valve body 320 is a cylindrical structure, the valve body 320 is axially divided into a cylinder 323, a connecting rod 322 and a plug 321 from top to bottom, the three cylinders with different diameters are formed, the diameter of the connecting rod 322 is smaller than that of the opening 110, when the connecting rod 322 is located in the opening 110, the outer side wall of the connecting rod 322 has a certain gap with the inner side wall of the opening 110, the diameter of the plug 321 is equal to that of the opening 110, the height of the plug 321 is the same as the bottom thickness of the storage box 100, and when the plug 321 is located in the opening 110, the outer side wall of the plug 321 can be attached to the inner side wall of the opening 110.

When the valve body 320 is in the second position, the plug 321 is located in the opening 110, the outer side wall of the plug 321 is closely attached to the inner side wall of the opening 110, and the connecting rod 322 is located above the outside of the opening 110, so as to realize the closing of the opening 110. During the process of the driving member 310 driving the valve body 320 from the second position to the first position, the valve body 320 moves downward as a whole, the plug 321 gradually moves downward away from the opening 110, and the cylinder 323 gradually moves downward closer to the opening 110. When the valve body 320 is in the first position, the plug 321 reaches the outside of the opening 110, the connecting rod 322 enters the opening 110, sugar water in the storage tank 100 enters the gap between the connecting rod 322 and the opening 110, and flows into the feeding tank 200, so that the valve body 320 opens the opening 110. During the process of the driving member 310 driving the valve body 320 from the first position to the second position, the valve body 320 moves upward as a whole, the plug 321 gradually moves upward to be close to the opening 110, and the column 323 gradually moves upward to be away from the opening 110.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the cylinder 323 is provided with a threaded hole 3231 and a first through hole 3232, the threaded hole 3231 is disposed along the axial direction of the cylinder 323, the threaded hole 3231 is communicated with the interior of the storage tank 100 through the first through hole 3232, the driving member 310 comprises a stud 311 and a shaft body 312, the stud 311 is coaxially connected with the shaft body 312, the stud 311 is in threaded connection with the threaded hole 3231, and the shaft body 312 is penetrated into the storage tank 100 from the exterior of the storage tank 100.

In this embodiment, the cylinder 323 is provided with a threaded hole 3231 along its axial direction from the top surface downwards, the cylinder 323 is radially provided with a first through hole 3232 along its outer side wall and is communicated with the threaded hole 3231, the driving member 310 is sequentially provided with a shaft body 312 and a stud 311 from top to bottom along its axial direction, the shaft body 312 and the stud 311 are both in cylindrical structures, the diameter of the shaft body 312 is larger than that of the stud 311, the length of the shaft body 312 is larger than that of the column, the surface of the stud 311 is provided with threads, the threads can be matched with the threaded hole 3231 of the cylinder 323, the threaded connection between the valve body 320 and the driving member 310 is realized, the upper end of the shaft body 312 passes through the first through hole of the box cover 150 to reach the outside of the storage box 100, a worker pushes the shaft body 312 to move the whole body 312 downwards, thereby driving the valve body 320 to move downwards, thereby switching the valve body 320 from the second position to the first position, and then pulling the shaft body 312 to move the whole body 312 upwards, thereby driving the valve body 320 to move upwards, and switching the valve body 320 from the first position to the second position.

When the valve body 320 is in the second position, the opening 110 is closed, the rotatable shaft 312 is rotated to rotate the stud 311 out of the threaded hole 3231, the driving member 310 is separated from the valve body 320, sugar water is injected into the threaded hole 3231, the sugar water can enter the first through hole 3232 through the threaded hole 3231, and the sugar water flows into the storage tank 100 through the first through hole 3232, so that the sugar water is injected into the storage tank 100. Therefore, the valve 300 not only can realize the opening and closing of the control opening 110, but also integrates the function of adding syrup into the storage tank 100, and the device does not need to add other interfaces, so that the operation is simple, the structure is simplified, and the device is more integrated and efficient.

Since the valve body 320 is located inside the storage tank 100, a funnel, a pipe, or the like may be used, and the valve body extends into the storage tank 100 through the first through hole, reaches the screw hole 3231, and fills the screw hole 3231 with sugar water. After the sugar water is added, the shaft body 312 is inserted into the storage tank 100 from the first through hole, the screw bolt 311 is selected into the threaded hole 3231, the driving piece 310 is reconnected with the valve body 320, and sugar water or air in the threaded hole 3231 can be discharged through the first through hole 3232 in the process of connecting the screw bolt 311 with the threaded hole 3231.

As shown in fig. 4, according to one embodiment of the present invention, the driving member 310 is adapted to drive the valve body 320 to switch among a first position, a second position and a third position, in which the cylinder 323 is inserted into the opening 110 to close the opening 110. In this embodiment, the diameter of the column 323 is equal to the diameter of the opening 110, and when the column 323 is located in the opening 110, the outer sidewall of the column 323 can be fitted with the inner sidewall of the opening 110.

In this embodiment, the valve body 320 moves from the second position to the first position and then to the third position during the process of the driving member 310 driving the valve body 320 to move downward. When the valve body 320 is in the second position, the plug 321 is located in the opening 110, the outer side wall of the plug 321 is closely attached to the inner side wall of the opening 110, and the connecting rod 322 is located above the outside of the opening 110, so as to realize the closing of the opening 110. During the process of the driving member 310 driving the valve body 320 from the second position to the first position, the valve body 320 moves downward as a whole, the plug 321 gradually moves downward away from the opening 110, and the cylinder 323 gradually moves downward closer to the opening 110. When the valve body 320 is in the first position, the plug 321 reaches the outside of the opening 110, the connecting rod 322 enters the opening 110, sugar water in the storage tank 100 enters the gap between the connecting rod 322 and the opening 110, and flows into the feeding tank 200, so that the valve body 320 opens the opening 110. During the process of the driving member 310 driving the valve body 320 from the first position to the third position, the valve body 320 as a whole continues to move downward, the plug 321 gradually moves downward away from the opening 110, and the cylinder 323 gradually moves downward into the opening 110. When the valve body 320 is in the third position, the plug 321 reaches the outer lower side of the opening 110, the connecting rod 322 enters the opening 110 and partially extends out to the lower side of the opening 110, the lower end of the column 323 is inserted into the opening 110, and the outer side wall of the column 323 is tightly attached to the inner side wall of the opening 110, so that the opening 110 is sealed again.

In this embodiment, the diameter of the cylinder 323 may be slightly larger than the diameter of the plug 321, and the cylinder 323 and the opening 110 are in interference fit, so as to avoid the situation that the plug 321 and the shaft 312 rotate synchronously in the opening 110 when the valve body 320 is in the second position, and the driving member 310 and the valve body 320 cannot be effectively separated, and after the valve body 320 reaches the first position, the valve body 320 is continuously driven by the driving member 310 to move to the third position, and the cylinder 323 and the opening 110 are fixedly matched, and when the shaft 312 is screwed again, the valve body 320 is fixedly and stably fixed in the opening 110, and cannot rotate synchronously with the driving member 310, so that the valve body 320 and the driving member 310 can be effectively separated. Therefore, when it is necessary to add sugar water to the interior of the storage tank 100, the adding operation is generally performed when the valve body 320 is in the third position.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the bottom wall of the storage box 100 is provided with the groove 120 disposed at the edge of the opening 110, the extending direction of the groove 120 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the opening 110, the outer wall of the column 323 is provided with the first protrusion 324 matched with the groove 120, the first protrusion 324 is located below the first through hole 3232, and in the third position, the first protrusion 324 is embedded in the groove 120.

In this embodiment, a recess communicating with the opening 110 is provided in the inner bottom wall of the storage box 100 at the edge of the opening 110, the recess forms the groove 120, a first protrusion 324 is provided on the outer side wall of the column 323, the shape of the first protrusion 324 matches with the shape of the groove 120, and the first protrusion 324 moves downward synchronously until it is embedded in the groove 120 during the downward movement of the column 323.

The first protrusion 324 cooperates with the groove 120 to limit the rotational freedom degree of the cylinder 323 in the circumferential direction, that is, after the first protrusion 324 is embedded into the groove 120, the valve body 320 cannot realize circumferential rotation, and at this time, the cylinder 323 seals the opening 110, and the valve body 320 is in the third position. Since the first protrusion 324 is disposed below the first through hole 3232, after the first protrusion 324 is inserted into the recess 120, the first through hole 3232 is ensured to be inside the bin 100, and the sugar water adding operation to the bin 100 in the third position is not hindered.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bottom wall of the storage box 100 is provided with the annular second protrusion 130, the second protrusion 130 is surrounded on the edge of the opening 110, the groove 120 is disposed on the second protrusion 130, and the upper surface of the second protrusion 130 gradually slopes downward from the outside of the opening 110 to the inside of the opening 110.

In this embodiment, the second protrusion 130 is disposed above the opening 110, the second protrusion 130 surrounds the opening 110 in a ring shape, the upper surface of the second protrusion 130 is a slope, and the slope gradually slopes downward from the outer side of the opening 110 to the center of the opening 110 along the radial direction of the opening 110, i.e. the outer side edge of the upper surface of the second protrusion 130 is higher than the inner side edge. The recess 120 is formed in the second protrusion 130 from the upper surface of the second protrusion 130 down until reaching the bottom wall of the storage case 100.

In the process that the driving member 310 drives the valve body 320 to move downwards, the first protrusion 324 gradually approaches the second protrusion 130 until the first protrusion 324 contacts the upper surface of the second protrusion 130, the second protrusion 130 blocks the first protrusion 324 from continuing to move downwards, and downward force is continuously applied to the column 323 through the shaft body 312, and as the upper surface of the second protrusion 130 is an inclined surface, the first protrusion 324 rotates after being stressed and then rotates into the groove 120, so that the valve body 320 reaches the third position, the groove 120 and the first protrusion 324 limit the valve body 320, and the column 323 is inserted into the opening 110 to seal the opening 110.

The recess 120 extends to the bottom wall of the storage tank 100, and when the valve body 320 is located at the first position, although the outer side of the opening 110 surrounds the second protrusion 130, when the sugar water level in the storage tank 100 is below the upper surface of the second protrusion 130, sugar water can also flow out to the feeding tank 200 through the opening 110 at the position of the recess 120.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the column 323 is provided with a second through hole 3233, a pin 3241 is inserted into the second through hole 3233, and two ends of the pin 3241 exposed out of the column 323 are respectively provided with a clamping nut 3242 to form a first protrusion 324. In this embodiment, the second through hole 3233 is disposed along the radial direction of the column 323, and is used as a through hole along the radial direction of the column 323, the second through hole 3233 is located below the threaded hole 3231 and is not communicated with the threaded hole 3231 and the first through hole 3232, the pin 3241 is inserted into the second through hole 3233, the pin 3241 has a cylindrical structure, two ends of the pin 3241 extend out of the second through hole 3233, and the extending portion is in threaded connection with the clamping nut 3242.

The clamping nut 3242 is in a cylindrical structure, the diameter of the clamping nut 3242 is larger than that of the pin shaft 3241, the shape of the groove 120 on the second protrusion 130 is matched with the clamping nut 3242, namely, the groove 120 is in a semicircular groove structure, and the radius of the groove 120 is the same as that of the clamping nut 3242. The pin shaft 3241 can rotate around the shaft in the second through hole 3233, so that the clamping nut 3242 can roll on the upper surface of the second protrusion 130, and after being embedded into the groove 120, the groove 120 can clamp the clamping nut 3242, thereby limiting the axial rotation of the valve body 320.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the first sealing pad 3212 is disposed on the lower surface of the plug 321, the second sealing pad 140 is disposed on the outer wall of the bottom of the storage box 100, the second sealing pad 140 is disposed around the outside of the opening 110, and in the second position, the plug 321 is inserted into the opening 110, and the first sealing pad 3212 is in close contact with the second sealing pad 140.

In this embodiment, the lower surface of the plug 321 is provided with an extension plate 3211 radially outwards, the diameter of the extension plate 3211 is larger than that of the opening 110, the upper surface of the extension plate 3211 is provided with a first sealing gasket 3212, the outer bottom wall of the storage tank 100 is provided with a second sealing gasket 140 around the periphery of the opening 110, and the second sealing gasket 140 is opposite to the first sealing gasket 3212.

When the valve body 320 is in the second position, the plug 321 is located in the opening 110, the extension plate 3211 on the lower surface of the plug 321 is located outside the opening 110, that is, on the outer bottom wall of the storage box 100, and the upper surface of the first sealing pad 3212 and the lower surface of the second sealing pad 140 are closely attached to each other, so as to seal the opening 110.

In this embodiment, the first sealing pad 3212 and the second sealing pad 140 are both made of annular rubber gaskets, and the rubber gaskets are tightly attached and fixed to the storage box 100 and the extension plate 3211 by being attached.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the driving member 310 further includes an elastic member 313, the elastic member 313 is sleeved on a portion of the shaft 312 located outside the storage box 100, a protruding edge 314 is disposed at an upper end of the shaft 312, one end of the elastic member 313 abuts against an upper surface of the storage box 100, and the other end is connected to the protruding edge 314.

In this embodiment, a radially outwardly extending flange 314 is disposed at an end of the shaft body 312 extending outside the storage box 100, and an elastic member 313 is sleeved outside the shaft body 312 between the lower side of the flange 314 and the upper side of the box cover 150, i.e. the upper end of the elastic member 313 is connected with the lower surface of the flange 314, and the lower end of the elastic member 313 abuts against the upper surface of the box cover 150.

During the downward movement of the shaft body 312 by the operator, the protruding edge 314 cooperates with the lid 150 to apply a compressive force to the elastic member 313, the elastic member 313 contracts, and during the movement of the valve body 320 from the second position to the first position and then to the third position, the protruding edge 314 continuously applies a compressive force to the elastic member 313. After the valve body 320 is at the third position, the worker holds the flange 314 to rotate, the shaft body 312 is screwed down by the column 323, the shaft body 312 can be directly pulled out from the first through hole, and the elastic member 313 is synchronously stretched and recovered in the process that the shaft body 312 is far away from the column 323 and is separated from the box cover 150.

When the valve body 320 is at the second position, the elastic deformation of the elastic member 313 always gives the upward force to the flange 314, so as to ensure that the shaft body 312 is connected with the column 323, and the upward force is applied to the column 323, so that the plug 321 is tightly attached to the opening 110, and the first sealing pad 3212 is tightly attached to the second sealing pad 140, thereby improving the sealing effect of the opening 110.

In this embodiment, the elastic member 313 may be a spring, and the spring is sleeved on the outer side of the shaft 312.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the bee feeding device further comprises a liquid level detecting member 400, wherein the liquid level detecting member 400 is disposed inside the storage tank 100 for detecting the liquid level of sugar water. In this embodiment, in order to accurately control the feeding amount of sugar water, the situation of overmuch feeding or insufficient feeding cannot occur, a detecting member for detecting the sugar water amount inside the storage tank 100 is correspondingly arranged in the bee feeding device, the liquid level of sugar water is detected by arranging the liquid level detecting member 400, and then the liquid level falling height of sugar water is known, so that the sugar water amount entering the feeding tank 200 from the storage tank 100 is reflected, and real-time monitoring of the sugar water amount in the storage tank 100 can be realized.

In this embodiment, the liquid level detecting member 400 may use a liquid level sensor, an external display, and a display may correspondingly obtain the sugar water level in the storage tank 100.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the liquid level detecting member 400 includes a ball 410 and a scale 420, the ball 410 is located inside the storage box 100, the lower end of the scale 420 is connected to the ball 410, the upper end of the scale 420 extends out of the storage box 100, and the scale 420 is provided with scales. In this embodiment, the liquid level detecting member 400 is mainly composed of two parts, namely a scale 420 and a sphere 410, the scale 420 is connected to the upper part of the sphere 410, the sphere 410 is hollow, the scale 420 has scales, the box cover 150 is provided with a second through hole, the sphere 410 is placed in the storage box 160, and the scale 420 extends out of the storage box 100 from the second through hole.

The scale 420 floats on the syrup surface of the storage tank 100 through the ball 410 below the scale 420, and the second through hole limits the horizontal movement freedom of the scale 420, so that the scale 420 can only move up and down. The scale 420 is progressively larger from top to bottom in numbers, which in use, when the scale 420 is raised or lowered to a limit, indicates that the sugar level in the reservoir 160 is at the limit.

As shown in fig. 1 and 8, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a connection post 500 is provided on the bottom inner wall of the storage tank 100, the connection post 500 is connected with the feeding tank 200, a floating plate 600 is provided inside the storage tank 100, the floating plate 600 is provided with a notch 610, the notch 610 is matched with the connection post 500, and the connection post 500 is embedded in the notch 610.

In this embodiment, the bottom of the storage box 160 is provided with a second connecting hole 162, the connecting column 500 is in a cylindrical structure, the upper end and the lower end of the connecting column 500 are respectively provided with threads, the upper threads pass through the second connecting hole 162 to be connected with the nut 720 in a matching manner, and the lower threads are connected with a third connecting hole at the bottom of the feeding box 200 in a matching manner, so that the connection and fixation of the storage box 100 and the feeding box 200 are realized.

The floating plate 600 is placed in the feeding box 200, the floating plate 600 is of a rectangular sheet structure, light materials are selected to be made, round holes 620 are formed in the floating plate, the floating plate has good buoyancy, can float on the surface of syrup, bees entering the feeding box 200 can be lifted above the liquid level of the syrup, and the bees can be effectively prevented from drowning when being fed.

The third connecting hole is formed in the feeding box 200, so that the connecting column 500 is located at the inner side of the feeding box 200, the floating plate 600 is of a long open-cell structure, and is placed in the syrup feeding box, and gaps 610 at two ends of the floating plate are in clearance fit with the connecting column 500, so that the floating plate 600 is limited in a certain degree of freedom, and the relative horizontal position of the floating plate 600 in the feeding box 200 is kept unchanged.

The bee feeding device of this embodiment is installed as follows:

The valve body 320 is inserted into the storage box 160 from below the opening 110 of the storage box 100, and then the pin 3241 is inserted into the second through hole 3233, and the clamping nut 3242 is installed. Then, the liquid level detecting member 400 is placed in the storage box 160, the driving member 310 sleeved with the elastic member 313 passes through the box cover 150 from the first through hole, the stud 311 is connected with the column 323, and the scale 420 is exposed out of the second through hole of the box cover 150 by a certain length. Then, the first connection hole 161 of the storage box 160 is fixed to the mounting hole of the box cover 150 by the screw 710 and the nut 720, and the second connection hole 162 of the lower portion of the storage box 160 is connected to the third connection hole of the feeder box 200 by the connection post 500.

The sugar water of the storage tank 100 of the bee feeding device is filled as follows:

Through pressing the axis body 312 to the bottommost end, the valve body 320 is in the third position at this moment, namely joint nut 3242 can block and establish in recess 120, through axis body 312, make double-screw bolt 311 and the screw hole 3231 junction of cylinder 323 begin not hard up, until disconnection take off driving piece 310, use funnel device to insert screw hole 3231, carry out the syrup to the bin 100 and supply, judge the syrup volume in the bin 160 through the altitude variation of observation scale 420, accomplish the syrup and supply and can install back driving piece 310 and make honeybee feeding device resume the former state.

The sugar water filling mode of the feeding box 200 of the bee feeding device is as follows:

When the valve 300 is in the second position, the opening 110 is in a closed state, the first sealing pad 3212 on the plug 321 is tightly attached to the second sealing pad 140 of the storage box 100, the outer side surface of the plug 321 is tightly attached to the inner side surface of the opening 110, and sugar water is stored in the cavity of the storage box 100. The valve body 320 moves down further as the pressing driving member 310 is pressed down, the connection rod 322 is engaged with the opening 110, and sugar water is flowed from the storage tank 100 into the feeding tank 200.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present invention, and are not limiting; although the invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (11)

1. A bee feeding device which is characterized in that: the automatic sugar water feeding device comprises a storage box, a feeding box and a valve, wherein the storage box is used for storing sugar water, the storage box is arranged above the feeding box, an opening is formed in the bottom of the storage box, the valve comprises a driving piece and a valve body, the valve body is arranged in the opening, the lower end of the driving piece penetrates through the storage box and is connected with the valve body, the upper end of the driving piece penetrates through the storage box, the driving piece is suitable for driving the valve body to switch between a first position and a second position, the opening is communicated with the feeding box in the first position, and the opening is closed in the second position; the valve body comprises a plug, a connecting rod and a cylinder, the plug is connected with the cylinder through the connecting rod, the plug is positioned outside the storage box in the first position, and the plug closes the opening in the second position; the cylinder is equipped with screw hole and first through-hole, the screw hole is followed the axial setting of cylinder, the screw hole passes through first through-hole with the inside intercommunication of bin, the driving piece includes double-screw bolt and axis body, the double-screw bolt with axis body coaxial coupling, the double-screw bolt with screw hole threaded connection, the axis body is from the outside of bin wears to locate inside the bin.

2. The bee feeding device of claim 1, wherein said cylinder is located inside said storage bin, said driving member is connected to said cylinder, said connecting rod is disposed through said opening, and the outer diameter of said connecting rod is smaller than the inner diameter of said opening.

3. The bee feeding device of claim 2, wherein said drive is adapted to drive said valve body between said first position, said second position and a third position in which said post is inserted into said opening to close said opening.

4. A bee feeding device as claimed in claim 3, wherein the inner bottom wall of the storage box is provided with a recess provided at the edge of the opening, the extending direction of the recess is perpendicular to the axial direction of the opening, the outer wall of the column is provided with a first protrusion cooperating with the recess, the first protrusion is located below the first through hole, and in the third position, the first protrusion is embedded in the recess.

5. The bee feeding device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the inner bottom wall of the storage box is provided with a second annular protrusion, the second protrusion is surrounded on the edge of the opening, the groove is formed in the second protrusion, and the upper surface of the second protrusion is gradually inclined downwards from the outer side of the opening to the inner side of the opening.

6. The bee feeding device of claim 4, wherein the cylinder is provided with a second through hole, a pin shaft is arranged in the second through hole in a penetrating manner, and two ends of the pin shaft, which are exposed out of the cylinder, are respectively provided with a clamping nut to form the first bulge.

7. The bee feeding device of claim 2, wherein a first gasket is provided on a lower surface of said plug, a second gasket is provided on an outer wall of a bottom of said storage bin, said second gasket is disposed around an outer side of said opening, and said plug is inserted into said opening in said second position, said first gasket being in close contact with said second gasket.

8. The bee feeding device according to claim 2, wherein the driving member further comprises an elastic member, the elastic member is sleeved on the portion, located outside the storage box, of the shaft body, a protruding edge is arranged at the upper end of the shaft body, one end of the elastic member abuts against the upper surface of the storage box, and the other end of the elastic member is connected with the protruding edge.

9. The bee feeding device of any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a level detection member disposed inside said storage bin for detecting the level of said sugar water.

10. The bee feeding device of claim 9, wherein the liquid level detecting member comprises a ball and a scale, the ball is located inside the storage box, the lower end of the scale is connected with the ball, the upper end of the scale extends out of the storage box, and a scale is arranged on the scale.

11. The bee feeding device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein a connecting column is provided on the inner wall of the bottom of the storage tank, the connecting column is connected with the feeding tank, a floating plate is provided inside the storage tank, the floating plate is provided with a notch, the notch is matched with the connecting column, and the connecting column is embedded in the notch.