CN208029781U - A kind of drip irrigation system - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of drip irrigation system, it is related to Water Resources Domain, including water storage box and water tank, water storage pot sidewall is provided with multiple irrigation pipes, and irrigation pipe peripheral wall is provided with multiple nozzles, and the junction of nozzle and irrigation pipe is both provided with pressure valve;It is provided with multiple demarcation strips in water tank, the junction intermittent rotary of water storage box and water tank is provided with turntable, and irrigating gate is offered on turntable, pressure supply device is provided in water storage box.After water is packed into water storage box and water tank, the turntable of intermittent rotary and pressure supply device cooperating, it is primary per turntable rotation of pressure supply, and then water can be injected in irrigation pipe and be injected in soil from nozzle one by one, and the hydraulic pressure of each nozzle also can be individually adjusted additionally by pressure valve.The utility model can control effectively to trickle irrigation speed, while fully consider during trickle irrigation the carry out trickle irrigation in soil absorbability region one by one, ensure the growth result of plant while saving water resource, improve the efficiency of irrigation.
Description
Technical field
The utility model is related to Water Resources Domains, more specifically, it relates to a kind of drip irrigation system.
Background technology
Trickle irrigation refers to that water is sent to crop root by aperture on pipeline or water dropper using pipeline to carry out localized irrigation
Mode.Trickle irrigation does not destroy soil texture, while evaporation loss is small, does not generate surface runoff, almost without deep percolation, is considered
It is a kind of irrigation method of water-saving.
Patent announcement number is the Chinese patent of CN205455100U, and it discloses a kind of ecological agriculture drip irrigation systems, including
Fluid reservoir, main infusion tube road, lateral and water dropper, water dropper include hose and drip nozzle, are provided with bead in hose, outside hose
It is provided with fixing sleeve, the sponge for being close to hose is provided in fixing sleeve, multiple perforative through-holes, branched pipe are provided on fixing sleeve
Road is inserted into soil, and grown on soil has crops, and water dropper is close to crop root part.
It is realized to the intermittent trickle irrigation in soil by the water absorbing capacity of sponge in above-mentioned technical proposal, but practical operation
In, the quality of sponge and the land state residing for it very influence the effect of trickle irrigation, thus lead to artificial control during trickle irrigation
Ability processed is low, and trickle irrigation speed is also difficult to effectively be controlled by operator.
Utility model content
The problem of being difficult to active control for trickle irrigation speed, the utility model aim are to propose that one kind can effectively control drop
The drip irrigation system in irrigated area domain and trickle irrigation speed, concrete scheme are as follows:
A kind of drip irrigation system, including water storage box and the water tank for being placed in its bottom and being wholely set, the water storage pot sidewall
Multiple irrigation pipes for being embedded to soil are provided with and communicated with, the irrigation pipe peripheral wall is provided with multiple nozzles along its axis direction,
The junction of the nozzle and the irrigation pipe is both provided with the pressure valve for controlling the nozzle opening and closing;
Multiple demarcation strips for separating its inner space according to the irrigation pipe, the storage are provided in the water tank
The junction intermittent rotary of water tank and the water tank is provided with turntable, is offered on the turntable for the water storage box and list
The irrigating gate of a irrigation pipe connection is provided with for supplying water to the water tank periodically for being pressed in the water storage box
It sets.
Through the above technical solutions, water is packed into water storage box by staff, periodical pressure supply device is by water out of water storage box
Through in irrigating gate indentation water tank, turntable and the pressure supply device cooperating of intermittent rotary rotate one per turntable of pressure supply
It is secondary, and then water can be injected in irrigation pipe and be injected in soil from nozzle one by one, also can individually be adjusted additionally by pressure valve
The hydraulic pressure of each nozzle.The utility model can control effectively to trickle irrigation speed, while be fully considered during trickle irrigation
The carry out trickle irrigation in soil absorbability region one by one ensures the growth result of plant, improves irrigation while saving water resource
Efficiency.
Further, the pressure supply device includes that water squeezing plate in the cistern interior, the pressure is arranged in cycle events
It is offered on water plate and changes the mouth of a river, it is described to change in the mouth of a river unidirectionally overturning and be provided with multiple cover boards, it is provided with and is used on the water storage box
The drive system of Water circulation hydrodynamics is provided.
Through the above technical solutions, water squeezing plate periodic motion up and down, the process cover plate of moving upwards can be opened in water storage box
It opens, moves downward the closing of process cover plate, water is pressed into water tank in turn, and in process of press in, water squeezing plate can also increase water
Pressure, convenient for irrigating.
Further, the drive system includes being placed in the power motor of the water storage box outer wall, the power motor
Drive shaft extends to the cistern interior, and the drive shaft of the power motor is coaxially arranged with bias in the cistern interior
The peripheral wall of disk, the eccentric disc is connected to side of the water squeezing plate far from the water tank, the water squeezing plate and the water storage
Multiple elastic components are provided between bottom wall.
Through the above technical solutions, in the power motor course of work, eccentric disc rotation, and then press the pressure under elastic stage
Water plate moves down, and water squeezing plate resets again under elastic component effect, and for water squeezing plate hence into periodic working cycles, driving is simple,
Convenient for safeguarding.
Further, the drive shaft of the power motor is provided with drive disk, the drive in the water storage box outer, coaxial
The side interval of Moving plate opens up the main tooth socket of multistage, and the turntable side offers the secondary tooth socket that adaptation is engaged with the main tooth socket.
Through the above technical solutions, power motor drives drive disk to rotate simultaneously, and mutually nibbled between drive disk and turntable
It closes, gradually turntable can be pushed to rotate in drive disk rotation process, turntable is hence into intermittent working cycles, with water squeezing plate
Movement common drive power, energy consumption is lower, and driving is simple, convenient for safeguarding.
Further, the inner wall of the water storage box is vertically arranged with multiple sliding rails, and the water squeezing plate outer wall is provided with multiple
The sliding block being adapted to is slid with the sliding rail.
Through the above technical solutions, the sliding block of water squeezing plate moves in sliding rail, the moving direction of auxiliary limitation water squeezing plate subtracts
Shaking in small water squeezing plate motion process.
Further, side of the peripheral wall of the cover board far from the water tank is provided with gasket, described to change mouth of a river court
The side of the water tank is provided with the kelly for limiting the cover board rotational angle.
Through the above technical solutions, cover board, which can be improved, in gasket covers the leakproofness changed during the mouth of a river, reduce leak, protects
Hydraulic pressure is demonstrate,proved, kelly can limit the rotational angle of cover board, cover board is prevented to be turned over position.
Further, described change is provided with strainer in the mouth of a river.
Through the above technical solutions, strainer can deeply ensure the cleaning of irrigation water.
Further, the one end of the irrigation pipe far from the water tank is provided with pressure-detecting device.
Through the above technical solutions, the hydraulic pressure for irrigating pipe end is detected using pressure-detecting device, and then effectively
Monitor drip irrigation system.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
The utility model can realize different soil regions the trickle irrigation in region one by one, wherein each soil region trickle irrigation
Interlude can be adopted to give soil time enough and go to absorb moisture in the process, and then reach best soil irrigation effect
Fruit.The utility model can control effectively to trickle irrigation speed, easy to operate, ensure the growth of plant while saving water resource
Effect improves irrigation efficiency.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is a kind of overall structure diagram of drip irrigation system;
Fig. 2 is a kind of main portion sectional view of drip irrigation system;
Fig. 3 is a kind of major part top view of drip irrigation system;
Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the line A-A along Fig. 3.
Reference numeral:1, water storage box;2, water tank;3, irrigation pipe;4, nozzle;5, pressure valve;6, demarcation strip;7, turntable;
8, irrigating gate;9, water squeezing plate;10, the mouth of a river is changed;11, cover board;12, power motor;13, eccentric disc;14, elastic component;15, it drives
Disk;16, main tooth socket;17, secondary tooth socket;18, sliding rail;19, sliding block;20, gasket;21, kelly;22, strainer;23, pressure detecting
Device.
Specific implementation mode
In order to keep the purpose of this utility model, technical solution and advantageous effect clearer, with reference to embodiment and attached
The utility model is described in further detail for figure, but the embodiment of the utility model is not limited only to this.
A kind of drip irrigation system, as shown in Figure 1, including water storage box 1, water storage box 1 is in hatch frame in cuboid and top, is stored
The integrated fixed water tank 2 in 1 bottom of water tank, water tank 2 is cylindrical and is connected to water storage box 1.
2 side wall of water tank is connected with multiple irrigation pipes 3 with being connected to inside it and for being embedded to soil, and irrigation pipe 3 is preferred
Symmetrically it is arranged for four and centered on water tank 2.3 peripheral wall of irrigation pipe is fixed with multiple nozzles 4 along its axis direction, spray
First 4 stretch into soil, and the junction of nozzle 4 and irrigation pipe 3 is respectively and fixedly provided with the pressure valve 5 for controlling the opening and closing of nozzle 4, pressure valve
5 valve is located at soil surface, convenience valve regulation and control.Water is sent to each position in soil by irrigation pipe 3 out of water tank 2, right
Plant carries out trickle irrigation, and the flow at 5 nozzle adjustable 4 of pressure valve, control are more accurate.Irrigation pipe 3 far from water tank 2 one
End is fixed with pressure-detecting device 23, and pressure-detecting device 23 is hydraulic pressure sensor.By pressure-detecting device 23 to irrigation pipe 3
The hydraulic pressure of end is detected, so in effective monitoring drip irrigation system each irrigation pipe 3 hydraulic pressure.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, it is fixed with multiple demarcation strips 6 for separating irrigation pipe 3 in water tank 2, and demarcation strip
6 are only connected to single irrigation pipe 3 with the region that 2 side wall of water tank surrounds, and demarcation strip 6 is in " ten " font.Water storage box 1 and water storage
The junction intermittent rotary of tank 2 is provided with turntable 7, and 2 top of water tank is completely covered by by turntable 7, and irrigating gate is offered on turntable 7
8,8 openings of sizes of irrigating gate is equal to the region openings that demarcation strip 6 is surrounded with water tank 2, while the area of irrigating gate 8 is equal to turntable
The a quarter of 7 areas.Wind partition board will be divided into four storage zones inside water tank 2, irrigating gate 8 can will be in water storage box 1
Water lead into water tank 2 so that irrigation pipe 3 can obtain water resource one by one.
As shown in Fig. 2, being provided with the pressure supply device for supplying water to 2 periodically of water tank, pressure supply device in water storage box 1
Including water squeezing plate 9, water squeezing plate 9 is periodically up and down to be arranged inside water storage box 1, and four corners of 1 inner wall of water storage box are perpendicular
It directly is fixed with sliding rail 18, multiple sliding blocks 19 being adapted to the sliding of sliding rail 18 are respectively and fixedly provided on 9 four angles of water squeezing plate.Pass through water squeezing plate
9 sliding block 19 moves in sliding rail 18, and then limits the moving direction of water squeezing plate 9, reduces the rolling in 9 motion process of water squeezing plate
It is dynamic.
As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, it is offered at the center of water squeezing plate 9 and changes the mouth of a river 10, changed in the mouth of a river 10 there are two articulated connections
Cover board 11,11 semicircular in shape of cover board, direction of the cover board 11 to water squeezing plate 9 towards 2 side of water tank are opened, and two cover boards 11 can be with
The mouth of a river 10 will be changed to cover.Cover board 11 unilateral can be opened, and when water squeezing plate 9 rises, change the unlatching of the mouth of a river 10, when water squeezing plate 9 declines
When, the closing of the mouth of a river 10 is changed, to realize the conveying function of irrigation water.Side of the peripheral wall of cover board 11 far from water tank 2 is fixed
It is in semi-circular to have gasket 20, gasket 20.The sealing during the mouth of a river 10 is changed in the covering of cover board 11 can be improved by gasket 20
Property, reduce leak, ensures the intensity of hydraulic pressure.
As shown in Fig. 2, the side for changing the mouth of a river 10 towards water tank 2 is fixed with the kelly for limiting 11 rotational angle of cover board
21, the both ends of kelly 21 with change the mouth of a river 10 be fixedly connected and kelly 21 be in " C " font.Turning for cover board 11 can be limited by kelly 21
Dynamic angle, prevents cover board 11 to be turned over position.It changes in the mouth of a river 10 and is fixed with strainer 22.Irrigation water can be deeply ensured by strainer 22
Cleaning.
As depicted in figs. 1 and 2, the drive system for providing Water circulation hydrodynamics, drive system packet are provided on water storage box 1
The power motor 12 for being fixed on 1 outer wall of water storage box is included, the drive shaft of power motor 12 extends to inside water storage box 1, power motor
12 drive shaft is horizontally set in water storage box 1.The drive shaft of power motor 12 is coaxially fixed with multiple inclined in 1 inside of water storage box
Cartridge 13, the peripheral wall of eccentric disc 13 are connected to side of the water squeezing plate 9 far from water tank 2, between 1 bottom wall of water squeezing plate 9 and water storage box
Multiple elastic components 14 are fixed with, elastic component 14 is preferably four and is separately fixed on four angles of water squeezing plate 9, and elastic component 14 is
Spring.In 12 course of work of power motor, eccentric disc 13 rotates, and then presses the water squeezing plate 9 under elastic stage and move down, water squeezing plate
9 reset again under the effect of elastic component 14, and for water squeezing plate 9 hence into periodic working cycles, driving is simple, convenient for safeguarding.
The drive shaft of power motor 12 is fixed with drive disk 15, the side interval of drive disk 15 in 1 outer, coaxial of water storage box
Open up the main tooth socket 16 of multistage, the expression of 7 side of turntable is offered engage with main tooth socket 16 and is adapted in the outside of water tank 2 and peripheral wall
Secondary tooth socket 17.Power motor 12 drive eccentric disc 13 rotate during, while drive drive disk 15 rotate, and drive disk 15 with
It is intermeshed between turntable 7, can gradually push turntable 7 to rotate in 15 rotation process of drive disk, turntable 7 is hence into intermittent
In working cycles, the movement common drive power with water squeezing plate 9, energy consumption is lower, and driving is simple, convenient for safeguarding.
The working principle and beneficial effect of the utility model is as follows:
After water is packed into water storage box 1 by staff, the water in water storage box 1 is directly entered water tank 2.Power motor 12 starts
Afterwards, the drive shaft of 12 machine of power motor drives eccentric disc 13 to rotate, and during eccentric disc 13 pushes water squeezing plate 9, water squeezing plate 9 will
Hydraulic pressure enters in water tank 2, and the drive shaft of power motor 12 drives drive disk 15 to rotate, and drive disk 15 is without turn disk 7 at this time
Rotation, the water of pushing is entered a storage zones in water tank 2 by water squeezing plate 9 through the irrigating gate 8 of turntable 7, single to irrigate
Pipe 3 is connected, and nozzle 4 is discharged, and staff can adjust the flow of each nozzle 4 and monitor the hydraulic pressure of the irrigation pipe 3.Eccentric wheel
During being rotated further, water squeezing plate 9 lifts under the effect of elastic component 14, lifts the unlatching of process cover plate 11,9 top water of water squeezing plate
It wears to 9 lower section of water squeezing plate, and drive disk 15 can then drive turntable 7 to rotate at this time, the storage zones of 8 face of irrigating gate change, most
Whole irrigated area changes.It during power motor 12 works on, repeats the above steps, to which irrigation pipe 3 realizes trickle irrigation one by one.
The utility model may be implemented to realize trickle irrigation one by one to different soil regions, wherein it is single it is interregional every trickle irrigation when
Between can be used to give soil time enough and go to absorb moisture, fully consider the ability that soil absorbs moisture, it is best to reach
Soil irrigation effect.It is easy to operate by controling effectively to trickle irrigation speed, ensure plant while saving water resource
Growth result improves the efficiency of irrigation.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and the scope of protection of the utility model is not limited merely to
Above-described embodiment, technical solution belonging to the idea of the present invention belong to the scope of protection of the utility model.It should refer to
Go out, for those skilled in the art, it is without departing from the principle of the utility model it is several improvement and
Retouching, these improvements and modifications also should be regarded as the scope of protection of the utility model.
Claims (8)
1. a kind of drip irrigation system, which is characterized in that including water storage box(1)With the water tank for being placed in its bottom and being wholely set(2),
The water tank(2)Side wall is provided with and communicated with multiple irrigation pipes for being embedded to soil(3), the irrigation pipe(3)Peripheral wall is along it
Axis direction is provided with multiple nozzles(4), the nozzle(4)With the irrigation pipe(3)Junction be both provided with for controlling
The nozzle(4)The pressure valve of opening and closing(5);
The water tank(2)It is inside provided with multiple for according to the irrigation pipe(3)Separate the demarcation strip of its inner space(6),
The water storage box(1)With the water tank(2)Junction intermittent rotary be provided with turntable(7), the turntable(7)On offer
For the water storage box(1)With single irrigation pipe(3)The irrigating gate of connection(8), the water storage box(1)It is inside provided with for institute
State water tank(2)The pressure supply device that periodically supplies water.
2. drip irrigation system according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the pressure supply device includes that cycle events are arranged in institute
State water storage box(1)Internal water squeezing plate(9), the water squeezing plate(9)On offer and change the mouth of a river(10), described to change the mouth of a river(10)Interior list
Overturning is provided with multiple cover boards(11), the water storage box(1)On be provided with drive system for providing Water circulation hydrodynamics.
3. drip irrigation system according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the drive system includes being placed in the water storage box
(1)The power motor of outer wall(12), the power motor(12)Drive shaft extend to the water storage box(1)Inside, it is described dynamic
Force motor(12)Drive shaft in the water storage box(1)Inside is coaxially arranged with eccentric disc(13), the eccentric disc(13)Week
Wall is connected to the water squeezing plate(9)Far from the water tank(2)Side, the water squeezing plate(9)With the water storage box(1)Bottom wall
Between be provided with multiple elastic components(14).
4. drip irrigation system according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the power motor(12)Drive shaft in the storage
Water tank(1)Outer, coaxial is provided with drive disk(15), the drive disk(15)Side be spaced apart be equipped with the main tooth socket of multistage(16),
The turntable(7)Side offers and the main tooth socket(16)Engage the secondary tooth socket of adaptation(17).
5. drip irrigation system according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the water storage box(1)Inner wall be vertically arranged with it is more
A sliding rail(18), the water squeezing plate(9)Outer wall is provided with the multiple and sliding rail(18)Slide the sliding block of adaptation(19).
6. drip irrigation system according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the cover board(11)Peripheral wall far from the water tank
(2)Side be provided with gasket(20), described to change the mouth of a river(10)Towards the water tank(2)Side be provided with for limiting
The cover board(11)The kelly of rotational angle(21).
7. drip irrigation system according to claim 6, which is characterized in that described to change the mouth of a river(10)Inside it is provided with strainer(22).
8. drip irrigation system according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the irrigation pipe(3)Far from the water tank(2)'s
One end is provided with pressure-detecting device(23).
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