CN209964677U - Bundling machine is with picking up feed mechanism - Google Patents

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CN209964677U
CN209964677U CN201920617669.3U CN201920617669U CN209964677U CN 209964677 U CN209964677 U CN 209964677U CN 201920617669 U CN201920617669 U CN 201920617669U CN 209964677 U CN209964677 U CN 209964677U
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The utility model discloses a bundling machine is with picking up feed mechanism, including pickup and hank cage, the pickup is located the place ahead of the frame of bundling machine, is located and rotates respectively and installs the auger on the frame of the both sides above the pickup, and two augers symmetric distribution are in the both sides of feedstock channel, all are equipped with the arc striker plate in the frame that corresponds the position with every auger; the packing blocks are fixedly arranged in the grooves in the upper surfaces of the guard rings of the pickups corresponding to the lower parts of the augers, and the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers are approximate to a plane through the packing blocks, so that the transverse movement of materials is prevented from being hindered. The axostylus axostyle is stretched out to the helical blade's of auger outer end, and helical blade's axial length will be greater than the length of axostylus axostyle promptly, and the effectual relative length that has reduced the axostylus axostyle so at the transported substance in-process, can effectively reduce the material winding on the axostylus axostyle to the helical blade part that stretches out has increased the material space, has increased material conveying efficiency.

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Bundling machine is with picking up feed mechanism
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of agricultural mechanical device, concretely relates to bundling machine is with picking up feed mechanism.
Background
Along with the rapid development of economy, the agricultural is more and more mechanized, degree of automation is also more and more high, and now along with the restriction of environmental protection and the promotion of people's standard of living, the straw of a lot of crops can be timely packing after reaping and subsequent exerting oneself, can not burn by oneself or arbitrary processing, and a lot of crop straws can regard as the fodder of livestock after exerting oneself, consequently most crop straws directly pack at the in-process that crops were retrieved, convenient subsequent processing and reprocessing.
An agricultural bundling machine is an automatic device for arranging and shaping straws, and the types of the agricultural bundling machine are various (such as harvester type, traction type, shaping square bundle type, shaping round bundle type and the like). The existing bundling machine mainly comprises a pickup feeding mechanism, a molding material cavity, a discharging mechanism, a chain wheel transmission mechanism, a hydraulic control mechanism and the like.
The pickup feeding mechanism is used for picking up and carding the straws or the forage on the ground surface and sending the straws or the forage to the molding material cavity, and then molding the straws or the forage in the molding material cavity (rolling the straws or compressing the straws into round bales or square bales). Referring to fig. 1-2, a pick-up and feed mechanism generally comprises a pick-up a, a stranding cage b and a kickoff c.
At present, current pickup structure includes central pivot a.1 and distributes and plays tooth a.2 in central pivot outlying usually, picks up straw or forage through playing the tooth, pickup periphery still fixed mounting has a plurality of protective shroud a.3, the equidistant arrangement of length direction along central pivot of a plurality of protective shrouds, play the tooth and lie in the clearance between the adjacent two protective shrouds, in the course of the work, the central pivot is driven rotatory and is driven and play the tooth, the material that the tooth was salvaged is followed the protective shroud upward movement to the elasticity tooth. A feeding channel is arranged above the rear part of the pickup, a material poking mechanism c is arranged at the position of the feeding channel, the material poking mechanism generally comprises a material poking shaft which is rotatably arranged on the rack, and a plurality of axially arranged material poking elements are fixedly arranged on the material poking shaft. The twisting cage b is rotatably arranged at the two sides above the pickup device, and because the transverse width of the material shifting mechanism c is smaller than that of the pickup device a, the material on two sides conveyed by the pickup device needs to be conveyed to the material shifting mechanism towards the central direction by using the twisting cage b, and then the material shifting shaft of the material shifting mechanism drives the material shifting element to rotate and drives the material to be fed into the material cavity for forming (rolling into round bales or compressing into square bales).
To current bundling machine in practical application, the pickup feed mechanism of bundling machine often takes place the problem of feeding jam to just need to shut down the processing, and can spend a large amount of time, and then influenced bundling machine's work efficiency greatly. The reason is as follows:
1. the retainer a.3 of the pickup is generally in a horseshoe shape and is formed by bending a U-shaped steel bar, so that the outer surface of the retainer is provided with two vertical edges a.31 (see figure 3), when the auger conveys materials to the center, the materials move inwards in the transverse direction on the upper surface of the retainer, and the vertical edges can obstruct the movement of the materials and cause blockage because the surface of the retainer is provided with the two vertical edges.
2. The structure of hank cage usually includes a axostylus axostyle b.1, is coiling helical blade b.2 (see attached 4) along its axial on the axostylus axostyle, and helical blade's terminal is unanimous with axostylus axostyle terminal position (namely helical blade all is connected on the axostylus axostyle from beginning to end), and during operation, the outer end of axostylus axostyle links drive unit, makes the axostylus axostyle rotatory, under axostylus axostyle and. The structure has the disadvantages that the helical blades are connected on the shaft lever from head to tail, and the shaft lever is longer, so that materials are easy to wind on the shaft lever in the material conveying process, and the materials can only move in the space between the shaft lever and the helical blades, so that the helical blades are not beneficial to conveying more materials.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to overcome prior art not enough, provide a bundling machine is with picking up feed mechanism.
The utility model discloses a realize through following technical scheme:
a pickup feeding mechanism for a bundling machine comprises a pickup device and a stranding cage, wherein the pickup device is positioned in front of a rack of the bundling machine and comprises a central rotating shaft, a plurality of guard rings are arranged on the periphery of the central rotating shaft of the pickup device, the guard rings are arranged along the length direction of the central rotating shaft, and a space is formed between every two adjacent guard rings; a plurality of elastic teeth are distributed on the periphery of a central rotating shaft of the pickup, and the elastic teeth are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the intervals of the guard rings and extend to the outer parts of the guard rings; the frame positioned at the two sides above the pickup device is respectively and rotatably provided with augers, the two augers are symmetrically distributed at the two sides of the feeding channel, and the frame at the position corresponding to each auger is provided with an arc-shaped material baffle; a chain transmission mechanism is arranged between the packing auger and the pickup device, and the central rotating shafts of the packing auger and the pickup device synchronously rotate through the chain transmission mechanism;
the packing blocks are fixedly arranged in the grooves on the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers, and the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers are approximate to a plane through the packing blocks, so that the transverse movement of materials is prevented from being hindered; the cushion block is provided with two threaded holes and is fixedly arranged in a groove on the upper surface of the guard ring through a bolt.
In the technical scheme, the retainer of the pickup is in a horseshoe shape and is formed by bending a U-shaped steel strip.
In the above technical solution, the cushion block is preferably made of a plastic material.
In the technical scheme, the width of the cushion block is consistent with the width of the groove of the guard ring, the length of the cushion block is 4-8cm, and the thickness of the cushion block is consistent with the depth of the groove of the guard ring.
In the above technical scheme, the retainer is also provided with a threaded hole corresponding to the threaded hole of the cushion block.
In the technical scheme, the threaded holes in the cushion blocks are horizontal holes so as to ensure that the top surfaces of the bolts on the cushion blocks are flush with the surfaces of the cushion blocks.
In the above technical scheme, the structure of the packing auger is as follows: the spiral blade type axial flow fan comprises a shaft rod, wherein a conical protection plate and a spiral blade are arranged on the shaft rod, the inner end of the spiral blade is connected with the conical protection plate, the outer end of the spiral blade extends out of the shaft rod, and the axial length of the spiral blade is greater than that of the shaft rod; a first reinforcing rib is welded to the inner edge of the extended helical blade, and the inner end of the first reinforcing rib is transited to the shaft rod for a distance to be welded with the outer wall of the shaft rod.
In the above technical solution, it is preferable that the axial direction of the helical blade is 1.5 to 2 times the length of the shaft.
In the technical scheme, a second reinforcing rib is further welded at the joint of the outer end of the shaft rod and the helical blade, one half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the outer wall of the shaft rod and the first reinforcing rib, and the other half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the first reinforcing rib on the inner edge of the extended helical blade.
In the above technical solution, the inner end of the shaft rod is coaxially connected with a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is installed on the frame through a bearing.
The utility model discloses an advantage and beneficial effect do:
1. the packing blocks are fixedly arranged in the grooves in the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers, and the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers are approximate to a plane through the packing blocks, so that the transverse movement of materials is prevented from being hindered.
2. The cushion block is made of plastic materials, is convenient to produce and process, and has low cost and no rustiness.
3. The cushion block is fixedly arranged in a groove on the upper surface of the guard ring through a bolt, and a threaded hole on the cushion block is a horizontal hole so as to ensure that the top surface of the bolt on the cushion block is flush with the surface of the cushion block.
4. The axostylus axostyle is stretched out to the helical blade's of auger outer end, and helical blade's axial length will be greater than the length of axostylus axostyle promptly, and the effectual relative length that has reduced the axostylus axostyle so at the transported substance in-process, can effectively reduce the material winding on the axostylus axostyle to the helical blade part that stretches out has increased the material space, has increased material conveying efficiency.
5. In order to ensure that the part of the extended helical blade has enough strength, a first reinforcing rib is welded on the inner edge of the extended helical blade, and the inner end of the first reinforcing rib is transited to the shaft rod for a distance to be welded with the outer wall of the shaft rod; and because the helical blade position atress of the outer end department of axostylus axostyle is great, so in order to guarantee the intensity of this position, still weld the second strengthening rib in the junction of the outer end of axostylus axostyle and helical blade, the length of second strengthening rib is preferred 4-8cm, and half section and axostylus axostyle outer wall and first strengthening rib welding of second strengthening rib, and the first strengthening rib on the helical blade inner edge that the other half section and the extension of second strengthening rib weld.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a prior art pick-up and feed mechanism.
Fig. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional structure diagram of a prior art pick-up and feed mechanism.
Fig. 3 is a schematic view of a retainer according to the related art.
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a stranding cage in the background art.
Fig. 5 is the structure schematic diagram of the pickup feeding mechanism for the bundling machine of the utility model.
Fig. 6 is the cross-sectional structure schematic diagram of the pickup feeding mechanism for the bundling machine of the utility model.
Fig. 7 is the utility model discloses a bundling machine is with picking up feeding mechanism's local structure schematic diagram.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural diagram of the stranding cage of the present invention.
Wherein:
0: frame, 1: pickup, 2: stranding cage, 3: arc striker plate, 4: cushion block, 1.1: central shaft, 1.2: spring tooth, 1.3: retainer, 2.1: shaft, 2.2: tapered guard, 2.3: helical blade, 2.4: first reinforcing rib, 2.5: second reinforcing rib, 2.6: a rotating shaft.
For a person skilled in the art, other relevant figures can be obtained from the above figures without inventive effort.
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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 5-8, the pickup feeding mechanism for the bundling machine comprises a pickup 1 and a stranding cage 2, wherein the pickup 1 is positioned in front of a rack 0 of the bundling machine, the pickup comprises a central rotating shaft 1.1, a plurality of guard rings 1.3 are arranged on the periphery of the central rotating shaft of the pickup, the guard rings 1.3 are fixedly arranged on the rack, the guard rings are arranged along the length direction of the central rotating shaft, and a space is formed between every two adjacent guard rings; a plurality of elastic teeth 1.2 are distributed on the periphery of a central rotating shaft of the pickup, and the elastic teeth 1.2 are arranged corresponding to the guard ring in a one-to-one mode and extend to the outside of the guard ring 1.3. The frames positioned at the two sides above the pickup device are respectively and rotatably provided with the packing augers 2, the two packing augers have opposite rotating directions and are symmetrically distributed at the two sides of the feeding channel, the packing augers 2 and a central rotating shaft 1.1 of the pickup device are arranged in a staggered way, and the frame at the position corresponding to each packing auger 2 is provided with an arc-shaped material baffle plate 3; a chain transmission mechanism is arranged between the packing auger 2 and the pickup device, and the central rotating shafts of the packing auger 2 and the pickup device 1 synchronously rotate through the chain transmission mechanism.
The retainer 1.3 of the pickup is shaped like a horseshoe and is formed by bending a U-shaped steel bar.
The packing blocks 4 (figure 7) are fixedly arranged in the grooves on the upper surface of the guard ring 1.3 corresponding to the lower part of the packing auger 2, and the upper surface of the guard ring 1.3 corresponding to the lower part of the packing auger is approximate to a plane through the packing blocks, so that the transverse movement of materials is prevented from being hindered. The cushion block is preferably made of plastic, the width of the cushion block is consistent with the width of a groove of the guard ring 1.3, the length of the cushion block is 4-8cm, the thickness of the cushion block is consistent with the depth of the groove of the guard ring 1.3, two threaded holes are formed in the cushion block, and the cushion block is fixedly arranged in the groove in the upper surface of the guard ring 1.3 through bolts (threaded holes corresponding to the threaded holes of the cushion block are also formed in the guard ring 1.3). Further, the threaded holes in the cushion blocks are horizontal holes, so that the top surfaces of the bolts on the cushion blocks are flush with the surfaces of the cushion blocks.
Example two
Referring to fig. 8, the auger 2 has the following structure: the spiral blade type axial flow fan comprises a shaft rod 2.1, wherein a conical protection plate 2.2 and a spiral blade 2.3 are arranged on the shaft rod, the inner end of the spiral blade 2.3 is connected with the conical protection plate 2.2, and the outer end of the spiral blade 2.3 extends out of the shaft rod 2.1, namely the axial length of the spiral blade 2.3 is greater than the length of the shaft rod 2.1, and preferably the axial direction of the spiral blade is 1.5-2 times of the length of the shaft rod; further, in order to ensure that the part of the extended helical blade 2.3 has enough strength, a first reinforcing rib 2.4 (the first reinforcing rib is a steel bar) is welded on the inner edge of the extended helical blade 2.3, and the inner end of the first reinforcing rib is transited to the shaft rod for a certain distance to be welded with the outer wall of the shaft rod; furthermore, because the helical blade 2.3 position of the outer end of the shaft lever 2.1 is stressed greatly, in order to ensure the strength of the position, a second reinforcing rib 2.5 (the second reinforcing rib is a reinforcing steel bar) is also welded at the joint of the outer end of the shaft lever 2.1 and the helical blade 2.3, the length of the second reinforcing rib is preferably 4-8cm, one half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the outer wall of the shaft lever 2.1 and the first reinforcing rib, and the other half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the first reinforcing rib on the inner edge of the extended helical blade 2.3.
Further, the inner end of the shaft 2.1 is coaxially connected to a rotating shaft 2.6, which is mounted on the frame through a bearing.
EXAMPLE III
On the basis of the first embodiment or the second embodiment, further, the arc-shaped material baffle 3 is uniformly provided with holes, the aperture size is 4-10mm, the hole bearings are arranged in a dot matrix manner, and the holes are used for enabling particles in the material to fall.
Spatially relative terms, such as "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like, may be used in the embodiments for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element or feature as illustrated in the figures. It will be understood that the spatial terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "below" other elements or features would then be oriented "above" the other elements or features. Thus, the exemplary term "lower" can encompass both an upper and a lower orientation. The device may be otherwise oriented (rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
Moreover, relational terms such as "first" and "second," and the like, may be used solely to distinguish one element from another element having the same name, without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such elements.
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. A pickup feeding mechanism for a bundling machine comprises a pickup device and a stranding cage, wherein the pickup device is positioned in front of a rack of the bundling machine and comprises a central rotating shaft, a plurality of guard rings are arranged on the periphery of the central rotating shaft of the pickup device, the guard rings are arranged along the length direction of the central rotating shaft, and a space is formed between every two adjacent guard rings; a plurality of elastic teeth are distributed on the periphery of a central rotating shaft of the pickup, and the elastic teeth are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the intervals of the guard rings and extend to the outer parts of the guard rings; the method is characterized in that: the frame positioned at the two sides above the pickup device is respectively and rotatably provided with augers, the two augers are symmetrically distributed at the two sides of the feeding channel, and the frame at the position corresponding to each auger is provided with an arc-shaped material baffle; a chain transmission mechanism is arranged between the packing auger and the pickup device, and the central rotating shafts of the packing auger and the pickup device synchronously rotate through the chain transmission mechanism;
the packing blocks are fixedly arranged in the grooves on the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers, and the upper surfaces of the guard rings corresponding to the lower parts of the augers are approximate to a plane through the packing blocks, so that the transverse movement of materials is prevented from being hindered; the cushion block is provided with two threaded holes and is fixedly arranged in a groove on the upper surface of the guard ring through a bolt.
2. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the protective ring of the pickup is in a horseshoe shape and is formed by bending a U-shaped steel bar.
3. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the cushion block is made of plastic.
4. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the width of the cushion block is consistent with the width of the groove of the guard ring, the length of the cushion block is 4-8cm, and the thickness of the cushion block is consistent with the depth of the groove of the guard ring.
5. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the retainer is also provided with a threaded hole corresponding to the threaded hole of the cushion block.
6. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the threaded holes in the cushion blocks are horizontal holes so as to ensure that the top surfaces of the bolts on the cushion blocks are flush with the surfaces of the cushion blocks.
7. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the structure of auger is: the spiral blade type axial flow fan comprises a shaft rod, wherein a conical protection plate and a spiral blade are arranged on the shaft rod, the inner end of the spiral blade is connected with the conical protection plate, the outer end of the spiral blade extends out of the shaft rod, and the axial length of the spiral blade is greater than that of the shaft rod; a first reinforcing rib is welded to the inner edge of the extended helical blade, and the inner end of the first reinforcing rib is transited to the shaft rod for a distance to be welded with the outer wall of the shaft rod.
8. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the axial direction of the helical blade is 1.5-2 times the length of the shaft.
9. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: and a second reinforcing rib is further welded at the joint of the outer end of the shaft lever and the helical blade, one half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the outer wall of the shaft lever and the first reinforcing rib, and the other half section of the second reinforcing rib is welded with the first reinforcing rib on the inner edge of the extended helical blade.
10. A pick-up feed mechanism for a baler according to claim 1, characterised in that: the inner end of the shaft lever is coaxially connected with a rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is arranged on the rack through a bearing.
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