CN211267965U - Device for observing root form of rice in seedling stage - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an observe device of rice seedling stage root system form belongs to the plant cultivation technology field, including the base, the middle part fixed mounting on base top has the fixed block, and the spout has all been seted up to the both sides on fixed block top, and the equal fixed mounting of tank bottom of two spouts has the rack, and two racks are connected with two gear engagement respectively, and two gears alternate with the second pivot respectively and are connected. The utility model discloses a rotation of the small-size step-by-step drive second pivot of installation, rotation through the second pivot drives the rotation of gear, make the gear at rack surface slip, drive the incubator through gear revolve and remove, be convenient for adjust the distance between incubator and the sight glass, drive the sight glass through first pivot and rotate, be convenient for carry out the observation of form through the sight glass to the rice root system of incubator inside, be convenient for carry out the light filling through the light filling lamp of installation at the in-process of observing, guarantee the root system form and the record of clear careful observation rice.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a, in particular to observe device of rice seedling stage root system form.
Background
The root system of the rice is a main organ for absorbing nutrition and water of the rice, and different root forms directly influence the water and nutrient absorption of the rice and the capability of coping with environmental stress, and can cause obvious difference on the growth and reproduction of the rice. For example, the root system of rice belonging to the grass book belongs to a fibrous root system, which is divided into a deep root type and a shallow root type, most of the deep root type varieties have root systems more than 20 cm, and can absorb water in deep soil; most root systems of shallow-root varieties are concentrated on the surface layer of soil, water and nutrition on the upper layer are absorbed mainly, and the form and the configuration of rice roots in different varieties and under different conditions are different, so that the research on the form of the root system of rice is very important for screening excellent rice varieties, exploring a stress resistance mechanism of rice and the like.
At present, rice is generally planted in soil, due to the opaqueness of soil media and the complexity of environmental conditions, in-situ observation and measurement are difficult to carry out, so far, reports of root system two-dimensional and three-dimensional structure morphology analysis exist, but the methods are not strong in pertinence, and therefore a device for observing the root system morphology of rice in a seedling stage needs to be designed.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide an observe device of rice seedling stage root system form to solve the problem that proposes in the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the device for observing the root form of rice in the seedling stage comprises a base, wherein a fixed block is fixedly arranged in the middle of the top end of the base, sliding grooves are formed in two sides of the top end of the fixed block, racks are fixedly arranged on the bottoms of the sliding grooves, the racks are respectively meshed with two gears, the two gears are respectively and alternately connected with a second rotating shaft, grooves are formed in two sides of the bottom end of the second rotating shaft and are alternately connected with an embedded bearing, one end of the second rotating shaft is alternately connected with an output shaft of a small stepping motor, the small stepping motor is fixedly arranged at the bottom of one side of an incubator through screws, a transparent observation window is fixedly arranged in the middle of one side of the incubator, a plurality of insulating blocks are fixedly arranged on two sides of the inner wall of the incubator in equidistance mode, and electric heating wires are fixedly arranged between the two insulating blocks, a plurality of culture tank has been seted up to the top equidistance of incubator, the avris fixed mounting on fixed block top has two mounts, two one side of mount all alternates through the bearing that inlays to establish and is connected with first pivot, two the other end of first pivot alternates with the both sides of sight glass and is connected, two the equal fixed mounting of opposite side of mount has the horizontal pole, two the equal fixed mounting in bottom of horizontal pole has electric telescopic handle, two the equal fixed mounting in electric telescopic handle's the flexible end has the camera, the reservoir has been seted up to the inside of fixed block, tank bottom one side fixed mounting of reservoir has the drawing liquid pump, the one end of drawing liquid pump and the one end fixed connection of connecting pipe, the other end of drawing liquid pump and the inside intercommunication of incubator.
As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, the equal fixed mounting in four edges of base bottom has the sucking disc, the cavity has all been seted up to four inside sides of base, four the equal fixed mounting in bottom chamber wall of cavity has the air pump of the same race model, four the inlet end of air pump is advanced and is passed through the pipe and the fixed connection of giving vent to anger of the sucking disc that corresponds, four the through-hole has all been seted up, four to one side chamber wall of cavity the inside equal fixed mounting of through-hole has the dust screen.
As an optimal technical scheme of the utility model, the equal equidistance fixed mounting in both ends of incubator one side has a plurality of light filling lamp.
As a preferred technical scheme of the utility model, four edges on base top all offered threaded hole, four the equal threaded connection in inside of screw hole has fastening bolt.
As an optimal technical scheme of the utility model, the inlet that communicates with the reservoir is seted up to the opposite side of fixed block, the sealing plug is inlayed in the inside of inlet.
As an optimized technical scheme of the utility model, transparent viewing window's surface subsides are equipped with transparent dust-proof membrane.
As an optimized technical proposal of the utility model, the connecting pipe is provided with a sealing ring with the joint cover of the incubator.
As an optimal technical scheme of the utility model, one side fixed mounting of incubator inner wall has water temperature control switch, electric heating wire passes through water temperature control switch and external power supply electric connection.
As an optimal technical scheme of the utility model, one side fixed mounting of fixed block has flush mounting plate of switch, flush mounting plate of switch's surface is installed light filling lamp control switch, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch respectively, light filling lamp, small-size step motor, electric telescopic handle, camera, drawing liquid pump and air pump are respectively through light filling lamp control switch, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch and external power supply electric connection.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:
1) the small-sized stepping motor is installed to drive the second rotating shaft to rotate, the rotation of the second rotating shaft drives the gear to rotate, the gear slides on the surface of the rack, the incubator is driven to move through the rotation of the gear, the distance between the incubator and the observation mirror is convenient to adjust, the observation mirror is driven to rotate through the first rotating shaft, the rice root system in the incubator is convenient to observe in shape through the observation mirror, in the observation process, light is convenient to supplement through the installed light supplement lamp, and the rice root system shape can be clearly and carefully observed and recorded;
2) the electric heating wire is controlled to work by the installed water temperature control switch, and when the water temperature is too low, the culture solution is subjected to heating treatment by the water temperature control switch, so that the temperature of the culture solution is ensured to be suitable for the growth of rice, and the phenomenon that the growth of the rice is influenced by freezing of a rice root system in cold weather is avoided;
3) the air pump is arranged in the cavity, so that the air pump can conveniently charge and discharge air into and out of the sucker, the base can be conveniently fixed in the process of observing the rice root system, the shaking of the base to cause the shaking of the culture solution in the incubator is avoided, and the rice root system is driven to shake by the culture solution to influence the observation and the recording of the rice root system;
4) the electric telescopic handle through horizontal pole bottom installation drives rising and the reduction of camera, is convenient for adjust the height of camera, guarantees that the camera is adjusted well with the root system position of rice, is convenient for carry out real-time recording through the form of the root system of camera to the rice, guarantees the reliability of observed data.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic front structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic side view of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic side view of the incubator of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a base; 2. fastening a bolt; 3. a fixed block; 4. a switch panel; 5. a fixed mount; 6. an observation mirror; 7. a first rotating shaft; 8. a chute; 9. a rack; 10. an incubator; 11. a light supplement lamp; 12. a transparent viewing window; 13. a culture tank; 14. a small-sized stepping motor; 15. a connecting pipe; 16. a cross bar; 17. an electric telescopic rod; 18. a camera; 19. a gear; 20. a water temperature control switch; 21. an electric heating wire; 22. a liquid storage tank; 23. a liquid pump; 24. a cavity; 25. an air pump; 26. a suction cup; 27. a groove; 28. a second rotating shaft.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the utility model provides a device for observing the root morphology of rice in seedling stage, which comprises a base 1, a fixed block 3 is fixedly arranged in the middle of the top end of the base 1, sliding grooves 8 are respectively arranged on both sides of the top end of the fixed block 3, racks 9 are respectively fixedly arranged on the bottoms of the two sliding grooves 8, the two racks 9 are respectively engaged with two gears 19, the two gears 19 are respectively penetrated and connected with a second rotating shaft 28, the second rotating shaft 28 is penetrated and connected with grooves 27 arranged on both sides of the bottom end of an incubator 10 through embedded bearings, one end of the second rotating shaft 28 is penetrated and connected with an output shaft of a small-sized stepping motor 14, the small-sized stepping motor 14 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of one side of the incubator 10 through screws, a transparent observation window 12 is fixedly arranged in the middle of one side of the incubator 10, a plurality of insulating blocks are fixedly arranged on both sides of the inner wall of, the top of the incubator 10 is equidistantly provided with a plurality of incubators 13, the side of the top of the fixed block 3 is fixedly provided with two fixed frames 5, one sides of the two fixed frames 5 are respectively and alternately connected with first rotating shafts 7 through embedded bearings, the other ends of the two first rotating shafts 7 are respectively and alternately connected with the two sides of the observation mirror 6, the other sides of the two fixed frames 5 are respectively and fixedly provided with a cross rod 16, the bottom ends of the two cross rods 16 are respectively and fixedly provided with electric telescopic rods 17, the telescopic ends of the two electric telescopic rods 17 are respectively and fixedly provided with a camera 18, a liquid storage tank 22 is arranged inside the fixed block 3, one side of the tank bottom of the liquid storage tank 22 is fixedly provided with a liquid pump 23, one end of the liquid pump 23 is fixedly connected with one end of a connecting pipe 15, the other end of the liquid pump 23 is communicated with the inside of the incubator 10, the small-sized stepping, the gear 19 slides on the surface of the rack 9, the incubator 10 is driven to move by the rotation of the gear 19, the distance between the incubator 10 and the observation mirror 6 is convenient to adjust, the observation mirror 6 is driven to rotate by the first rotating shaft 7, the observation of the shape of the rice root system in the incubator 10 is convenient to be carried out by the observation mirror 6, in the observation process, the light supplement is convenient to be carried out by the light supplement lamp 11, the shape and the record of the root system of the rice can be clearly and carefully observed, the suckers 26 are fixedly installed at four corners of the bottom end of the base 1, the cavities 24 are respectively arranged at four sides in the base 1, the air pumps 25 of the same type are fixedly installed on the bottom end cavity walls of the four cavities 24, the air inlet ends of the four air pumps 25 are fixedly connected with the air outlet ends of the corresponding suckers 26 through the guide pipes, the through holes are respectively formed on one side cavity, through the installed sucking disc 26, the fixation of the base 1 is ensured, the observation of the shaking of the base 1 is avoided, a plurality of light supplement lamps 11 are fixedly installed at the two ends of one side of the incubator 10 at equal intervals, the light supplement lamps 11 are installed to facilitate light supplement, threaded holes are formed in the four corners of the top end of the base 1, fastening bolts 2 are connected with the insides of the four threaded holes in a threaded manner, the base 1 is further fixed through the fastening bolts 2 connected in a threaded manner, a liquid inlet communicated with a liquid storage tank 22 is formed in the other side of a fixed block 3, a sealing plug is embedded in the liquid inlet, the nutrient solution is supplemented conveniently through the arranged liquid inlet, a transparent dustproof film is attached to the surface of the transparent observation window 12, the dust is prevented from being accumulated on the surface of the transparent observation window 12 to influence the observation through the attached transparent dustproof film, a sealing ring is sleeved at the joint of the connecting, the sealing performance of the connection part is ensured, one side of the inner wall of the incubator 10 is fixedly provided with a water temperature control switch 20, the electric heating wire 21 is electrically connected with an external power supply through the water temperature control switch 20, work through temperature control switch 20 control electric heating wire 21, one side fixed mounting of fixed block 3 has flush mounting plate 4, flush mounting plate 4's surface is installed light filling lamp control switch respectively, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch, light filling lamp 11, small-size step motor 14, electric telescopic handle 17, camera 18, drawing liquid pump 23 and air pump 25 are respectively through light filling lamp control switch, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch and external power supply electric connection.
When the device for observing the root form of the rice seedling stage is used, firstly, the air pump 25 is opened through the air pump control switch, the air in the sucker 26 is pumped out through the air pump 25, the sucker 26 is adsorbed with the workbench, so that the base 1 is fixed, then, the small-sized stepping motor 14 is opened through the small-sized stepping motor control switch 14, the second rotating shaft 28 is driven to rotate through the rotation of the small-sized stepping motor 14, the gear 19 is driven to rotate through the rotation of the second rotating shaft 28, the incubator 10 is driven to slide in the chute 8 through the rotation of the gear 19, so that the distance between the incubator 10 and the observation mirror 6 is adjusted, the rice root form can be observed clearly, then, the observation mirror 6 is rotated manually for observation, in the observation process, the light supplementing lamp 11 is opened through the light supplementing lamp control switch, provide the light filling through light filling lamp 11, guarantee to observe careful of observing, in addition, the electric telescopic handle 17 through the installation is convenient for adjust the height of camera 18, guarantees that camera 18 and rice root system are located same level, is convenient for carry out the record to plant roots's form through camera 18.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the indicated orientation or positional relationship is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the indicated device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, for example, it may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and may be connected through the inside of two elements or in an interaction relationship between two elements, unless otherwise specifically defined, and the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides an observe device of rice seedling stage root form, includes base (1), its characterized in that, the middle part fixed mounting on base (1) top has fixed block (3), spout (8) have all been seted up to the both sides on fixed block (3) top, two the equal fixed mounting of tank bottom of spout (8) has rack (9), two rack (9) are connected with two gear (19) meshing respectively, two gear (19) alternate with second pivot (28) respectively and are connected, second pivot (28) are seted up recess (27) through the bearing of inlaying and incubator (10) bottom both sides and alternate and are connected, the one end of second pivot (28) alternates with the output shaft of small-size step motor (14) and is connected, small-size step motor (14) are through screw fixed mounting in the bottom of incubator (10) one side, the middle part fixed mounting of incubator (10) one side has transparent observation window (12), the both sides equidistance fixed mounting of incubator (10) inner wall has a plurality of collets, and the position is adjusted well two fixed mounting has electric heating wire (21) between the collets, a plurality of culture tank (13) have been seted up to the top equidistance of incubator (10), the avris fixed mounting on fixed block (3) top has two mount (5), two one side of mount (5) all alternates through the bearing of inlaying establishing and is connected with first pivot (7), two the other end of first pivot (7) alternates with the both sides of sight glass (6) and is connected, two the equal fixed mounting of opposite side of mount (5) has horizontal pole (16), two the equal fixed mounting in bottom of horizontal pole (16) has electric telescopic handle (17), two the equal fixed mounting in flexible end of electric telescopic handle (17) has camera (18), reservoir (22) have been seted up to the inside of fixed block (3), a liquid pump (23) is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom of the liquid storage tank (22), one end of the liquid pump (23) is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting pipe (15), and the other end of the liquid pump (23) is communicated with the inside of the incubator (10).
2. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the dust-proof screen is characterized in that suckers (26) are fixedly mounted at four corners of the bottom end of the base (1), cavities (24) are formed in four sides of the inside of the base (1), air pumps (25) of the same type are fixedly mounted on the bottom cavity wall of the cavities (24), the air inlets of the air pumps (25) are fixedly connected with the air outlets of the corresponding suckers (26) through pipes, through holes are formed in one side cavity wall of the cavities (24), and dust-proof screens are fixedly mounted in the through holes.
3. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage according to claim 2, wherein: the equal equidistance fixed mounting in both ends of incubator (10) one side has a plurality of light filling lamp (11).
4. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: threaded holes are formed in four corners of the top end of the base (1), and fastening bolts (2) are connected with the inner portions of the threaded holes in a threaded mode.
5. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a liquid inlet communicated with the liquid storage tank (22) is formed in the other side of the fixing block (3), and a sealing plug is embedded in the liquid inlet.
6. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: and a transparent dustproof film is adhered to the surface of the transparent observation window (12).
7. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the connecting part of the connecting pipe (15) and the incubator (10) is sleeved with a sealing ring.
8. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage of the rice as claimed in claim 1, wherein: one side fixed mounting of incubator (10) inner wall has water temperature control switch (20), electric heating wire (21) are through water temperature control switch (20) and external power supply electric connection.
9. The device for observing the root morphology of rice in the seedling stage according to claim 3, wherein: one side fixed mounting of fixed block (3) has flush mounting plate (4), light filling lamp control switch, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch are installed respectively to the surface of flush mounting plate (4), light filling lamp (11), small-size step motor (14), electric telescopic handle (17), camera (18), drawing liquid pump (23) and air pump (25) are respectively through light filling lamp control switch, small-size step motor control switch, electric telescopic handle control switch, camera control switch, drawing liquid pump control switch and air pump control switch and external power supply electric connection.
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