CN209964673U - Self-resetting fruit picking device - Google Patents

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CN209964673U
CN209964673U CN201920324894.8U CN201920324894U CN209964673U CN 209964673 U CN209964673 U CN 209964673U CN 201920324894 U CN201920324894 U CN 201920324894U CN 209964673 U CN209964673 U CN 209964673U
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李佰洲
杜泽亮
陈鹏
罗圣文
吴挺广
张韶山
张梅
魏佳瑞
祁华蓉
卢国彩
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The utility model discloses a self-resetting fruit picking device, which comprises a shearing ring picking head and a movable storage vehicle; the shearing ring picking head comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, a buckle, a first spring seat, a second spring seat, a cylindrical spiral compression spring, a buckle control pull rope and a reset control brake cable, wherein a plurality of grooves are formed in the inner ring and the outer ring, and the buckle is arranged on the outer ring and used for positioning the initial states of the inner ring and the outer ring; first spring holder is fixed on the outer loop outer wall, the second spring holder is installed on the inner ring outer wall, and after the dop end dropout of buckle, under cylindrical helical compression spring's promotion, the second spring holder can drive the inner ring and rotate, and then shears the fruit branch in the recess. The shearing ring picking head is communicated with a fruit inlet of the movable storage vehicle through a channel, and the movable storage vehicle is provided with a reset driving mechanism for driving the reset control brake line. The device realizes automatic reset of picking action, and is rapid, convenient, safe and efficient.

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Self-resetting fruit picking device
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of fruit is picked the device, concretely relates to from reset type fruit picking device.
Background
With the development of social economy, the planting area of fruits in China is continuously increased. At present, the picking of fruits is mostly carried out by hands for picking, the picking efficiency of fruits such as fruits, pears and the like is low due to the fact that labor force is limited, and in the picking process, the picking difficulty of the fruits at the high positions of branches is high, so that the personal safety of a picking person can not be guaranteed.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to overcome prior art not enough, provide a device is picked to self-reset formula fruit.
The utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme:
a self-resetting fruit picking device comprises a shearing ring picking head and a movable storage vehicle;
the shearing ring picking head comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, a buckle, a first spring seat, a second spring seat, a cylindrical spiral compression spring, a buckle control pull rope and a reset control brake wire, wherein the inner ring is annular, a plurality of grooves are formed in the wall of the inner ring, and the grooves are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference; the outer ring is annular, the outer ring is coaxially sleeved on the inner ring in a rotating mode, and the wall of the outer ring is also provided with a plurality of grooves which are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the outer ring;
the shearing ring picking head is characterized in that the buckle is arranged on the outer wall of the outer ring through the hinged support, a spring is arranged between the tail end of the buckle and the outer wall of the outer ring, clamping force is provided for the clamping head end of the buckle through the spring, clamping holes are respectively formed in the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall corresponding to the clamping head end of the buckle, when the shearing ring picking head is in an initial state, the clamping holes of the inner ring are opposite to the clamping holes of the outer ring, the clamping head end of the buckle can be clamped into the clamping holes of the inner ring and the outer ring, so that the shearing ring picking head is kept in the initial state, and in the state, grooves in the inner ring are opposite to grooves in the outer ring;
the buckle control stay cord is used for controlling the tripping action of the buckle, one end of the buckle control stay cord is connected with the chuck end of the buckle, the buckle control stay cord sequentially penetrates through the bosses on the inner ring, the other end of the buckle control stay cord is fixed on the inner ring, and when the shearing ring picking head is in an initial state, if fruit branches are placed in a branch placing space formed by the grooves, the buckle control stay cord can be triggered, so that the buckle control stay cord pulls the buckle to enable the chuck end of the buckle to trip;
the first spring seat is fixed on the outer wall of the outer ring, the second spring seat is installed on the outer wall of the inner ring, the cylindrical spiral compression spring is installed between the first spring seat and the second spring seat, and after the clamping head end of the buckle is released, the second spring seat can drive the inner ring to rotate under the pushing of the cylindrical spiral compression spring;
the reset control brake cable has the effects that the inner ring and the outer ring are reset to the initial state, the action end of the reset control brake cable is connected with the second spring seat, when the control end of the reset control brake cable is pulled, the action end of the reset control brake cable can pull the second spring seat to enable the cylindrical spiral compression spring to compress and simultaneously rotate the inner ring, after the inner ring rotates to a certain degree, the clamping hole of the inner ring is opposite to the clamping hole of the outer ring, and then the clamping head end of the clamp buckle is clamped into the clamping holes of the inner ring and the outer ring again to enable the inner ring and the outer ring to reset to the initial state;
the shearing ring picking head is communicated with a fruit inlet of the movable storage vehicle through a channel;
the movable storage vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a fruit storage box is arranged on the vehicle body, a support is arranged above the fruit storage box, a fruit inlet is formed in the top of the support, a reset driving mechanism used for driving the reset control brake line is further arranged on the support, the reset driving mechanism comprises a rocker, a rotating shaft and a driving wheel, the outer end of the rocker is fixed to the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is rotatably installed on the support through a bearing, the driving wheel is fixed to the rotating shaft, the driving wheel is connected with the control end of the reset control brake line, the inner end of the rocker is just located under the fruit inlet, when fruit falls behind from the fruit inlet, the fruit falls just on the inner end of the rocker, the outer end of the rocker drives the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft drives the driving wheel, and the driving wheel pulls the reset control brake line, so that the inner ring and the outer ring.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, still be provided with first swash plate below the wane, the fruit that will fall through first swash plate leads to in the fruit holding box.
In the technical scheme, the ring wall of the outer ring is provided with the wire inlet hole, and the buckle controls the pull rope to be led into the threading hole of the inner ring from the wire inlet hole.
In the technical scheme, the outer ring wall is provided with a through groove used for providing a movement space for the second spring seat, and the second spring seat penetrates through the through groove and is installed on the outer wall of the inner ring.
In the technical scheme, the side wall of the groove of the inner ring is a cutting edge, and when the cylindrical helical compression spring pushes the inner ring to rotate, fruit branches in the groove are quickly cut off through the cutting edge.
In the technical scheme, the outer ring is fixedly provided with the connecting flange, and the flange is connected with the supporting rod through the bolt.
In the technical scheme, the guide frame is further arranged on the outer wall of the outer ring, the guide frame is arranged near the tail of the buckle, the threading hole for the buckle control pull rope to pass through is formed in the guide frame, the buckle control pull rope is supported through the guide frame, and friction between the buckle control pull rope and other components is prevented.
In the technical scheme, the passage adopts the corrugated pipe which can be stretched and deformed, the upper port of the passage is fixedly sleeved on the outer ring outer wall of the shearing ring picking head, the lower port of the passage is fixed on the fruit inlet of the movable storage vehicle, and the sheared fruit enters the fruit inlet of the movable storage vehicle along the passage.
The utility model discloses an advantage and beneficial effect do:
the handheld bracing piece will be sheared the fruit that the ring picking head aimed at on the tree, and the fruit branch is put into the branch space of putting that the recess formed, triggers buckle control stay cord, makes the dop end dropout of buckle, and after the dropout, under cylinder helical compression spring's promotion, the second spring holder drives the inner ring and rotates, shears the fruit branch, and the fruit after cutting off gets into the fruit import that removes the storage vehicle along the passageway. After the fruit falls down from the fruit inlet, the fruit just falls on the inner end of the wane by smashing, then the outer end of the wane drives the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft drives the driving wheel, and the driving wheel pulls the reset control brake wire, so that the inner ring and the outer ring are reset to the initial state. The process is convenient and efficient, automatic reset of picking actions is realized, and the aims of rapidness, convenience, safety and high efficiency are fulfilled.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a shear ring picking head according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic top view of the shear ring picking head of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an outer ring of the shear ring picking head of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic front view of the mobile storage cart of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic top view of the mobile storage cart according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic side view of the mobile storage cart of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is a schematic side view of the mobile storage cart and the shear ring picking head of the present invention.
For a person skilled in the art, other relevant figures can be obtained from the above figures without inventive effort.
Detailed Description
In order to make the technical field person understand the solution of the present invention better, the technical solution of the present invention is further described below with reference to the specific embodiments.
Example one
Referring to the attached drawings, the self-resetting fruit picking device comprises a shearing ring picking head and a movable storage vehicle.
The shearing ring picking head comprises an inner ring 1, an outer ring 2, a buckle 3, a first spring seat 4, a second spring seat 5, a cylindrical spiral compression spring 6, a buckle control stay cord m and a reset control brake cord n, wherein the inner ring 1 is annular, a plurality of grooves are formed in the wall of the inner ring, the number of the grooves is 6, and the 6 grooves are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference; the outer ring 2 is annular, the outer ring is coaxially sleeved on the inner ring in a rotating mode, and the wall of the outer ring is also provided with 6 grooves which are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the outer ring;
the clamp buckle 3 is installed on the outer wall of the outer ring 2 through the hinged support a, the spring 7 is arranged between the tail end of the clamp buckle 3 and the outer wall of the outer ring, the spring 7 provides clamping force for the clamping head end of the clamp buckle, the clamping holes are respectively formed in the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall corresponding to the clamping head end 3-1 of the clamp buckle, when the shearing ring picking head is in an initial state (to be sheared), the clamping hole 1-1 of the inner ring is opposite to the clamping hole 2-1 of the outer ring, the clamping head end of the clamp buckle can be clamped into the clamping holes of the inner ring and the outer ring, so that the shearing ring picking head is kept in the initial state, and in the state, the groove in the inner ring is opposite to the groove in the outer ring, and a branch placing space (namely, used for placing fruit branches to be.
The buckle control stay cord m is used for controlling the tripping action of the buckle 3, one end of the buckle control stay cord m is connected with the chuck end 3-1 of the buckle 3, the buckle control stay cord sequentially penetrates through bosses on the inner ring (bosses are arranged on two sides of a groove of the inner ring, and threading holes 1-3 are formed in the bosses of the inner ring and are arranged along the circumference of the inner ring), and the other end of the buckle control stay cord m is fixed on the inner ring. Furthermore, the ring wall of the outer ring 2 is provided with a wire inlet hole 2-2 (figure 1), and the buckle controls the pull rope m to be led into the threading hole of the inner ring from the wire inlet hole.
The first spring seat 4 is fixedly welded on the outer wall of the outer ring 2, the second spring seat 5 is installed on the outer wall of the inner ring 1 through a bolt b, and the cylindrical helical compression spring 6 is installed between the first spring seat and the second spring seat; referring to fig. 3, a through groove 2-3 for providing a movement space for a second spring seat 5 is formed in the wall of the outer ring 2, the second spring seat 5 penetrates through the through groove and is mounted on the outer wall of the inner ring 1, and after a clamping head end of the buckle is released, the second spring seat 5 drives the inner ring 1 to rotate under the pushing of a cylindrical helical compression spring 6 (the second spring seat 5 moves in the through groove 2-3 and does not collide with the outer ring 2); furthermore, the side wall of the groove of the inner ring is a cutting edge, and when the cylindrical helical compression spring pushes the inner ring to rotate, fruit branches in the groove are quickly cut off through the cutting edge.
The reset control gate line n is used for resetting the inner ring 1 and the outer ring 2 to an initial state (namely, a state to be sheared). The action end of reset control floodgate line n is connected with second spring holder 5, when the control end of pulling reset control floodgate line n, the action end of reset control floodgate line n can stimulate second spring holder 5, make cylindrical helical compression spring 6 compression while the inner ring 1 gyration, after inner ring 1 gyration to a certain degree, the card hole 1-1 of inner ring is relative with the card hole 2-1 of outer ring, and then the dop end of buckle card is gone into again in the card hole of inner ring, outer loop, make inner ring 1, outer loop 2 reset to initial condition.
Furthermore, a connecting flange 8 is fixedly arranged on the outer ring 2, the flange is connected with a supporting rod through a bolt, and the length of the supporting rod is 2-3 m. The shear ring picking heads are aligned with the fruits on the trees by holding the support rods for picking (see figure 7).
Further, still be provided with leading truck 9 on outer ring 2 outer wall, the leading truck setting is near the afterbody of buckle 3, is provided with the through wires hole that is used for buckle control stay cord m to pass on leading truck 9, supports buckle control stay cord m through the leading truck, prevents that buckle control stay cord m from rubbing with other parts.
The shearing ring picking head is communicated with the fruit inlet 28 of the mobile storage vehicle through a channel 40, the channel 40 adopts a corrugated pipe which can be stretched and deformed, the caliber of the corrugated pipe is 18-25cm, the upper port of the channel is fixedly sleeved on the outer ring outer wall of the shearing ring picking head, the lower port of the channel is fixed on the fruit inlet of the mobile storage vehicle, and sheared fruits enter the fruit inlet of the mobile storage vehicle along the channel.
The movable storage vehicle comprises a vehicle body, a fruit storage box 21 is arranged on the vehicle body, a bracket 27 is arranged above the fruit storage box, a fruit inlet 28 is arranged at the top of the bracket, a reset driving mechanism 29 for driving the reset control brake line n is also arranged on the bracket, the reset driving mechanism 29 comprises a wane 29.1, a rotating shaft 29.2 and a driving wheel 29.3, the outer end of the wane 29.1 is fixed with the rotating shaft 29.2, the rotating shaft 29.2 is rotatably arranged on the bracket through a bearing, the driving wheel 29.3 is fixed on the rotating shaft 29.2, the driving wheel 29.3 is connected with the control end of the reset control gate line n, the inner end of the wane is just positioned under the fruit inlet, when the fruit falls behind from the fruit inlet, the fruit just falls on the inner end of the wane by smashing, and then the outer end of wane drives the pivot, and the pivot drives the drive wheel, and the drive wheel pulling reset control floodgate line n to realize that inner ring 1, outer loop 2 reset to initial condition.
Example two
The working principle of the device is as follows:
the handheld bracing piece will be sheared the fruit that the ring picking head aimed at on the tree, and the fruit branch is put into the branch space of putting that the recess formed, triggers (pushes down) buckle control stay cord, makes the dop end dropout of buckle, and the back of tripping, under the promotion of cylinder helical compression spring 6, second spring holder 5 drives inner ring 1 and rotates, shears the fruit branch, and the fruit after cutting off gets into the fruit import that removes the storage vehicle along passageway 40. After the fruit falls down from the fruit inlet, the fruit just falls on the inner end of the wane by smashing, then the outer end of the wane drives the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft drives the driving wheel, and the driving wheel pulls the reset control brake line n, so that the inner ring 1 and the outer ring 2 are reset to the initial state.
EXAMPLE III
Further, a first inclined plate 31 is further provided below the seesaw, by which falling fruit is guided into the fruit storage box 21.
The invention has been described above by way of example, and it should be noted that any simple variants, modifications or other equivalent substitutions by a person skilled in the art without spending creative effort may fall within the scope of protection of the present invention without departing from the core of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a device is picked to self-reset formula fruit which characterized in that: comprises a shearing ring picking head and a movable storage vehicle;
the shearing ring picking head comprises an inner ring, an outer ring, a buckle, a first spring seat, a second spring seat, a cylindrical spiral compression spring, a buckle control pull rope and a reset control brake wire, wherein the inner ring is annular, a plurality of grooves are formed in the wall of the inner ring, and the grooves are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference; the outer ring is annular, the outer ring is coaxially sleeved on the inner ring in a rotating mode, and the wall of the outer ring is also provided with a plurality of grooves which are arranged at equal intervals along the circumference of the outer ring;
the shearing ring picking head is characterized in that the buckle is arranged on the outer wall of the outer ring through the hinged support, a spring is arranged between the tail end of the buckle and the outer wall of the outer ring, clamping holes are formed in the outer ring wall and the inner ring wall corresponding to the clamping head end of the buckle respectively, when the shearing ring picking head is in an initial state, the clamping holes of the inner ring are opposite to the clamping holes of the outer ring, and the clamping head end of the buckle can be clamped into the clamping holes of the inner ring and the outer ring so that the shearing ring picking head can keep an initial state, and in the state, a groove in the inner ring is opposite to a groove in the outer ring to form a;
one end of the buckle control pull rope is connected with the chuck end of the buckle, the buckle control pull rope sequentially penetrates through bosses on the inner ring, the other end of the buckle control pull rope is fixed on the inner ring, and when the shearing ring picking head is in an initial state, if fruit branches are placed in a branch placing space formed by the grooves, the buckle control pull rope can be triggered, so that the buckle control pull rope pulls the buckle, and the chuck end of the buckle is released;
the first spring seat is fixed on the outer wall of the outer ring, the second spring seat is installed on the outer wall of the inner ring, the cylindrical spiral compression spring is installed between the first spring seat and the second spring seat, and after the clamping head end of the buckle is released, the second spring seat can drive the inner ring to rotate under the pushing of the cylindrical spiral compression spring;
the action end of the reset control brake cable is connected with the second spring seat, when the control end of the reset control brake cable is pulled, the action end of the reset control brake cable can pull the second spring seat to enable the cylindrical spiral compression spring to compress and the inner ring to rotate at the same time, after the inner ring rotates to a certain degree, the clamping hole of the inner ring is opposite to the clamping hole of the outer ring, and then the clamping head end of the clamp buckle is clamped into the clamping holes of the inner ring and the outer ring again to enable the inner ring and the outer ring to reset to an initial state;
the shearing ring picking head is communicated with a fruit inlet of the movable storage vehicle through a channel;
remove storage car including the automobile body, be provided with the fruit storage case on the automobile body, be provided with the support in the top of fruit storage case, the top of support sets up the fruit import, still is provided with on the support and is used for the drive reset actuating mechanism of reset control floodgate line, reset actuating mechanism includes wane, pivot, drive wheel, and the outer end and the pivot of wane are fixed, and the pivot is passed through the bearing and is rotated and install on the support, and the drive wheel is fixed in the pivot, the drive wheel with the control end of reset control floodgate line is connected, and the inner of wane just in time is located the fruit import under.
2. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: a first inclined plate is arranged below the rocker.
3. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: the ring wall of the outer ring is provided with a wire inlet hole, and the buckle controls the pull rope to be led into the threading hole of the inner ring from the wire inlet hole.
4. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: a through groove used for providing a movement space for the second spring seat is formed in the outer ring wall, and the second spring seat penetrates through the through groove and is installed on the inner ring outer wall.
5. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: the side wall of the groove of the inner ring is a knife edge.
6. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: and a connecting flange is fixedly arranged on the outer ring.
7. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 6, wherein: the flange on the outer ring is connected with the supporting rod through a bolt.
8. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: the outer wall of the outer ring is also provided with a guide frame, the guide frame is arranged near the tail part of the buckle, and the guide frame is provided with a threading hole for the buckle to control the stay cord to pass through.
9. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 1, wherein: the passage is made of a tensile deformable corrugated pipe.
10. The self-resetting fruit picking device of claim 9, wherein: the fixed suit of the last port of passageway is on the outer loop outer wall of shearing ring picking head, and the lower port of passageway is fixed on the fruit import of removing the storage car, and the fruit that cuts off gets into the fruit import of removing the storage car along the passageway.
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