CN212813385U - Flower cultivating pot - Google Patents

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CN212813385U
CN212813385U CN202020739816.7U CN202020739816U CN212813385U CN 212813385 U CN212813385 U CN 212813385U CN 202020739816 U CN202020739816 U CN 202020739816U CN 212813385 U CN212813385 U CN 212813385U
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The utility model discloses a flower culture pot, which relates to the technical field of flower planting and comprises a plurality of planting pots, wherein an operation table is arranged below the planting pots, a culture device is arranged on the operation table, the culture device comprises a culture box with an opening at the top end, a plurality of springs are arranged on the operation table at intervals, and two ends of each spring are respectively and fixedly arranged on two end surfaces of the operation table and the corresponding culture box along the vertical direction; a cover plate capable of sealing the culture box is arranged at the opening end of the culture box, a plurality of connecting grooves are formed in the cover plate at intervals, and the planting pots are clamped on the connecting grooves and penetrate through the connecting grooves to extend into the culture box; the operating platform is provided with a driving assembly, and the cover plate and the culture box can move towards opposite or back to back along the vertical direction under the action of the driving assembly. The utility model discloses have the staff of being convenient for and observe the root palpus of flowers bottom, avoid causing the damage to the root palpus of flowers bottom, guarantee the effect of the normal cultivation of flowers.

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Flower cultivating pot
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of the flower planting technique and specifically relates to a flower culture pot is related to.
Background
Soilless culture is a modern seedling culture technology which takes grass carbon or light materials such as forest leaf mold, vermiculite and the like as seedling culture substrates to fix plants, enables plant roots to directly contact nutrient solution and adopts mechanical precision seeding to grow seedlings once. In the current flower planting technology, more and more water-cultured flowers are adopted, and compared with the soil-cultured flowers, the water-cultured flowers are cleaner and more beautiful, and the culture process is simpler. The flower culture pot is used as a common auxiliary tool and is widely applied to the soilless culture technology of flowers.
A chinese utility model patent with an authorization publication number of CN208675890U discloses a cultivation pot for cultivating flowers, comprising; a culture container with an opening at the top, a culture device and a power mechanism; the culture device is arranged in the culture container; the power mechanism is connected with the culture device to be suitable for pushing the culture device to turn over up and down in the culture container.
The above prior art solutions have the following drawbacks: in the actual culture in-process of flowers, especially the flower culture initial stage, the root of flowers is comparatively fragile, if the too big easy damage to the flower root of rotation angle when the basin is planted in the upset, the condition that flower root and planting basin break away from probably appears when serious, influences the normal cultivation of flowers.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a flower culture pot, it has the staff of being convenient for to observe the root palpus of flowers bottom, avoids causing the damage to the root palpus of flowers bottom, guarantees the effect of the normal cultivation of flowers.
The above technical purpose of the present invention can be achieved by the following technical solutions:
a flower culture pot comprises a plurality of planting pots, an operation table is arranged below the planting pots, a culture device is arranged on the operation table and comprises a culture box with an opening at the top end, a plurality of springs are arranged on the operation table at intervals and are compression springs arranged in the vertical direction, and two ends of each spring are fixedly arranged on two end faces, opposite to each other, of the operation table and the culture box in the vertical direction respectively;
the open end of the culture box is provided with a cover plate capable of sealing the culture box tightly, a plurality of connecting grooves are arranged on the cover plate at intervals, and the planting pots are clamped on the connecting grooves and penetrate through the connecting grooves to extend into the culture box;
the operating platform is provided with a driving assembly, and the cover plate and the culture box can move towards opposite or back to back along the vertical direction under the action of the driving assembly.
Through adopting the above-mentioned technical scheme, the spring is exerted and is avoided cultivateing the box because self gravity sinks along the ascending effort of vertical direction to cultivateing the box, at the cultivation in-process of flowers, when needing to observe the root palpus of flowers bottom, drive apron and cultivate the box along the direction removal of vertical direction to carrying on the back mutually, make planting pelvic floor portion be located the inner chamber outside of cultivateing the box, the staff of being convenient for observes the root palpus of flowers bottom, simultaneously at this in-process, can not cause the damage to the root of flowers, the normal cultivation of flowers has been guaranteed.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the drive assembly includes rotates the axis of rotation of connection on the operation panel along the horizontal direction, set firmly rather than coaxial gear in the axis of rotation, set firmly the first rack that sets up along vertical direction on the apron, set firmly the second rack that sets up along vertical direction on the cultivation box, first rack and second rack are located the gear both sides respectively and mesh mutually with the gear.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, rotate the axis of rotation, the gear rotates along with the axis of rotation, and first rack and second rack remove to relative or the direction of carrying on the back mutually under the effect of gear, realize the removal to apron and cultivation box, simple structure, the operation of being convenient for.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the culture box is characterized in that a limiting assembly is arranged between the culture box and the operating platform, and the limiting assembly can limit the culture box to move upwards under the action of a spring.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when will cultivate box and apron adjustment to suitable position through drive assembly, cultivate the box through spacing subassembly restriction and follow vertical direction rebound under the effect of spring, increased the stability of cultivateing the box.
The utility model discloses further set up to: spacing subassembly is including setting firmly the fixed plate on cultivateing the box, wear to be equipped with the stabilizing bolt who sets up along vertical direction on the fixed plate, stabilizing bolt bottom threaded connection is on the operation panel.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, with stabilizing bolt threaded connection on the operation panel, make the bottom end face butt of stabilizing the bolt head on the top end face of fixed plate, realize the restriction to the culture box removal.
The utility model discloses further set up to: a guide component which can guide the cover plate and the culture box is arranged between the cover plate and the culture box.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the setting up of direction subassembly has played the guide effect when moving apron and cultivation box, has increased the stability when apron and cultivation box remove.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the guide assembly comprises a guide rod fixedly arranged on the operating platform, the guide rod is arranged along the vertical direction, a connecting plate is fixedly arranged on the culture box, and the guide rod sequentially penetrates through the connecting plate and the cover plate and is connected with the connecting plate and the cover plate in a sliding mode.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the guide effect when having realized apron and cultivation box removal has been realized to the cooperation of guide arm, connecting plate and apron, makes apron and cultivation box keep the state of moving along vertical direction, simple structure, the installation of being convenient for.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the limiting piece is fixedly arranged on the guide rod and can limit the moving range of the cover plate and the culture box.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, restricted the removal scope of apron and cultivation box, avoided at the removal in-process, first rack and second rack break away from with the meshing of gear, guaranteed the stability of flower cultivation box.
The utility model discloses further set up to: the operating table is provided with an accommodating groove matched with the culture box, and the bottom end of the culture box can move into the accommodating groove.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, played the guide effect to the removal of cultivateing the box.
To sum up, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
1. the spring applies upward acting force along the vertical direction to the culture box to prevent the culture box from sinking due to self gravity, and when the root hairs at the bottom of the flower need to be observed in the culture process of the flower, the cover plate and the culture box are driven by the driving assembly to move in the opposite direction along the vertical direction, so that the bottom of the planting pot is positioned outside the inner cavity of the culture box, the root hairs at the bottom of the flower can be observed by workers conveniently, meanwhile, the root of the flower cannot be damaged in the process, and the normal culture of the flower is ensured;
2. the rotating shaft is rotated, the gear rotates along with the rotating shaft, the first rack and the second rack move towards opposite or back to back under the action of the gear, the cover plate and the culture box move, the structure is simple, and the operation is convenient;
3. when will cultivate box and apron adjustment to suitable position through drive assembly, cultivate the box through spacing subassembly restriction and follow vertical direction upward movement under the effect of spring, increased the stability of cultivateing the box.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional view of the embodiment showing the structure of the planting pot and the spring;
fig. 3 is an enlarged view at a in fig. 1.
In the figure, 1, an operation table; 11. operating the bedplate; 111. accommodating grooves; 112. a spring; 12. a support bar; 13. a wheel; 2. a culture box; 3. a cover plate; 31. flanging; 32. connecting grooves; 4. planting pots; 41. an outer ring; 42. a water absorbent cotton layer; 43. connecting holes; 5. a drive assembly; 51. a support plate; 52. a rotating shaft; 53. a gear; 54. a first rack; 55. a second rack; 6. a limiting component; 61. a fixing plate; 62. a stabilizing bolt; 63. a threaded hole; 7. a guide assembly; 71. a guide bar; 72. a connecting plate; 8. a limiting sheet.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Referring to fig. 1 and 2, for the utility model discloses a flower cultivating pot, including placing in subaerial operation panel 1, operation panel 1 includes the operation platen 11 and the bracing piece 12 of fixed connection on the 11 bottom end faces of operation platen of rectangular shape. To facilitate the movement of the operation table 1, wheels 13 are fixedly connected to the bottom ends of the support rods 12.
The operation platen 11 is provided with a culture device, the culture device comprises a culture box 2, the culture box 2 is a long-strip-shaped box body arranged along the length direction of the operation platen 11, and the top end of the culture box 2 is provided with an opening. The top end face of the operation bedplate 11 is provided with an accommodating groove 111 matched with the culture box 2, a plurality of springs 112 are arranged in the accommodating groove 111 at intervals, the springs 112 are compression springs arranged along the vertical direction, and the upper end and the lower end of each spring 112 are respectively and fixedly connected to the bottom end face of the culture box 2 and the bottom wall of the accommodating groove 111. The culture cassette 2 is pressed downward in the vertical direction, and the bottom end of the culture cassette 2 can enter the accommodation groove 111. To facilitate the entry of the culture cassette 2, the top end edge of the accommodation groove 111 is provided with a chamfer.
The cover plate 3 is arranged at one end of the culture box 2, which is back to the operation bedplate 11, and the cover plate 3 can seal the opening end of the culture box 2. The cover plate 3 is formed in a strip shape along the longitudinal direction of the culture box 2, and four outer peripheral surfaces of the cover plate 3 are respectively positioned outside the four outer peripheral surfaces of the culture box 2, thereby forming flanges 31.
A plurality of connecting grooves 32 are arranged on the cover plate 3 at intervals along the length direction of the cover plate, and the connecting grooves 32 are through grooves penetrating through the thickness direction of the cover plate 3. Equal joint has rather than the planting basin 4 of looks adaptation in every connecting groove 32, and the top of planting basin 4 outwards extends has outer loop 41, and outer loop 41 butt is on the top end face of apron 3, and planting basin 4 passes connecting groove 32 and stretches into in cultivateing box 2.
Fixedly connected with cotton layer 42 that absorbs water on the inner chamber diapire of planting basin 4 has seted up a plurality of connecting holes 43 on the inner chamber diapire of planting basin 4, and the flower root of planting contacts with the nutrient solution in cultivateing box 2 behind cotton layer 42 and the connecting hole 43 that absorb water to carry out soilless culture.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the operating plate 11 is provided with a driving assembly 5, and the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2 can be moved in opposite or reverse directions in the vertical direction by the driving assembly 5. The driving unit 5 includes a support plate 51 welded to the middle of the top end face of the operating deck 11, and the support plate 51 is positioned on one side in the width direction of the incubation case 2. A rotation shaft 52 horizontally arranged in the width direction of the operation table 11 is rotatably connected to the support plate 51. A gear 53 is fixedly connected to one end of the rotating shaft 52 close to the culture box 2, the gear 53 is coaxially arranged with the rotating shaft 52, and a hand wheel 521 is fixedly connected to one end of the rotating shaft 52 opposite to the gear 53. The lower surface of the flange 31 is fixedly connected with a first rack 54 arranged along the vertical direction, the side wall of the culture box 2 close to the support plate 51 is fixedly connected with a second rack 55 arranged along the vertical direction, and the first rack 54 and the second rack 55 are respectively positioned at two sides of the gear 53 and meshed with the gear 53.
In order to enable the bottom end of the planting pot 4 to be separated from the inner cavity of the culture box 2, the compressible amount of the spring 112 under the action of the driving assembly 5 is at least one half of the height of the planting pot 4. Rotate axis of rotation 52 through hand wheel 521, gear 53 rotates along with axis of rotation 52, first rack 54 and second rack 55 move to the direction of carrying on the back mutually under gear 53's effect, the realization is to apron 3 and the removal of cultivateing box 2, make the planting basin 4 bottom that is located on apron 3 be located the cultivation box 2 inner chamber outside, the staff of being convenient for observes the root palpus of flowers bottom, simultaneously at this in-process, can not cause the damage to the root of flowers, the normal cultivation of flowers has been guaranteed.
Referring to fig. 1, four sets of limiting assemblies 6 are arranged between the culture box 2 and the operation platform plate 11, and four sets of limiting assemblies 6 are arranged at four end corners of the operation platform plate 11 at intervals. Spacing subassembly 6 includes fixed plate 61 of fixed connection on cultivateing 2 lateral walls of box, and fixed plate 61 sets up along the horizontal direction, wears to be equipped with along the stabilizing bolt 62 of vertical direction setting on the fixed plate 61. A threaded hole 63 is formed in the operating table 11 at a position corresponding to the stabilizing bolt 62, and the bottom end of the stabilizing bolt 62 is screwed into the threaded hole 63. When will cultivate box 2 and apron 3 and adjust to suitable position through drive assembly 5, with in stabilizing bolt 62 threaded connection the screw hole 63 on operation panel 1 to make the bottom end face butt of stabilizing bolt 62 head on the top end terminal surface of fixed plate 61, restricted the removal of cultivating box 2, avoid cultivating box 2 along vertical direction rebound under spring 112's effect, increased the stability of cultivating box 2.
A guide component 7 which can guide the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2 is arranged between the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2, and four groups of guide components 7 are arranged at the four end corners of the culture box 2 at intervals. The guide assembly 7 comprises a guide rod 71 fixedly connected to the top end face of the operation table plate 11, and the guide rod 71 is arranged along the vertical direction. The outer side wall of the culture box 2 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 72, a guide rod 71 sequentially penetrates through the fixed plate 61, the connecting plate 72 and the flanging 31 on the cover plate 3 from bottom to top, the guide rod 71 is connected with the fixed plate 61, the connecting plate 72 and the flanging 31 in a sliding manner, and one end of the guide rod 71, which is back to the operation bedplate 11, extends out of the upper surface of the cover plate 3. The guide rods 71, the connecting plates 72 and the cover plates 3 are matched to realize the guiding function of the cover plates 3 and the culture boxes 2, so that the cover plates 3 and the culture boxes 2 are kept in a state of moving along the vertical direction when moving.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in order to limit the moving range of the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2 and avoid the situation that the first rack 54 and the second rack 55 are separated from the gear 53 in the moving process, a limiting plate 8 is fixedly connected to the guide rod 71. Spacing piece 8 cover locate on the outer peripheral face of guide arm 71 and with guide arm 71 fixed connection, spacing piece 8 is located between connecting plate 72 and fixed plate 61, spacing piece 8 upper surface can with the lower surface butt of connecting plate 72, the moving range of restriction apron 3 and culture box 2.
The implementation principle of the above embodiment is as follows:
when the root hair part of the flower needs to be observed, the rotating shaft 52 is rotated through the hand wheel 521, the gear 53 rotates along with the rotating shaft 52, the first rack 54 and the second rack 55 move in opposite directions under the action of the gear 53 to realize the movement of the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2, the cover plate 3 is separated from the culture box 2, so that the bottom of the planting pot 4 on the cover plate 3 is positioned outside the inner cavity of the culture box 2, and the root hair at the bottom of the flower can be observed; when observing, the stabilizing bolt 62 is screwed into the threaded hole 63 on the operating platform 1, and the bottom end surface of the head part of the stabilizing bolt 62 abuts against the top end surface of the fixing plate 61, so that the culture box 2 is prevented from moving upwards along the vertical direction under the action of the spring 112; after the observation is finished, the stabilizing bolt 62 is rotated to separate the operating platen 11, the rotating shaft 52 is rotated to rotate the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2 in opposite directions until the cover plate 3 and the culture box 2 are mutually abutted along the two opposite end surfaces in the vertical direction, and the bottom end of the planting pot 4 extends into the nutrient solution in the culture box 2.
The present embodiment is only for explaining the present invention, and it is not limited to the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make modifications to the present embodiment without inventive contribution as required after reading the present specification, but all of them are protected by patent laws within the scope of the claims of the present invention.

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1. A flower culture pot, includes a plurality of planting basins (4), its characterized in that: an operation table (1) is arranged below the planting pot (4), a culture device is arranged on the operation table (1), the culture device comprises a culture box (2) with an opening at the top end, a plurality of springs (112) are arranged on the operation table (1) at intervals, the springs (112) are compression springs arranged along the vertical direction, and two ends of each spring (112) are fixedly arranged on two end faces, opposite to each other, of the operation table (1) and the culture box (2) along the vertical direction respectively;
the open end of the culture box (2) is provided with a cover plate (3) capable of sealing the culture box, a plurality of connecting grooves (32) are arranged on the cover plate (3) at intervals, and the planting pot (4) is clamped on the connecting grooves (32) and penetrates through the connecting grooves (32) to extend into the culture box (2);
the operating table (1) is provided with a driving assembly (5), and the cover plate (3) and the culture box (2) can move in opposite or back-to-back directions along the vertical direction under the action of the driving assembly (5).
2. A flower culture pot as claimed in claim 1, wherein: drive assembly (5) include along the horizontal direction rotation axis (52) of rotating connection on operation panel (1), set firmly gear (53) rather than coaxial on axis of rotation (52), set firmly first rack (54) that set up along vertical direction on apron (3), set firmly second rack (55) that set up along vertical direction on cultivateing box (2), first rack (54) and second rack (55) are located gear (53) both sides respectively and mesh mutually with gear (53).
3. A flower culture pot as claimed in claim 2, wherein: be provided with spacing subassembly (6) between cultivateing box (2) and operation panel (1), spacing subassembly (6) can restrict and cultivate box (2) upward movement under the effect of spring (112).
4. A flower culture pot as claimed in claim 3, wherein: spacing subassembly (6) including setting firmly fixed plate (61) on cultivateing box (2), wear to be equipped with on fixed plate (61) along stabilizing bolt (62) of vertical direction setting, stabilizing bolt (62) bottom threaded connection is on operation panel (1).
5. A flower culture pot as claimed in claim 2, wherein: a guide component (7) which can guide the cover plate (3) and the culture box (2) is arranged between the cover plate and the culture box.
6. A flower culture pot according to claim 5, wherein: the guide assembly (7) comprises a guide rod (71) fixedly arranged on the operating platform (1), the guide rod (71) is arranged along the vertical direction, a connecting plate (72) is fixedly arranged on the culture box (2), and the guide rod (71) sequentially penetrates through the connecting plate (72) and the cover plate (3) and is connected with the connecting plate (72) and the cover plate (3) in a sliding manner.
7. A flower culture pot according to claim 6, wherein: the guide rod (71) is fixedly provided with a limiting piece which can limit the moving range of the cover plate (3) and the culture box (2).
8. A flower culture pot as claimed in claim 1, wherein: offer on operation panel (1) with cultivate holding tank (111) of box (2) adaptation, cultivate box (2) bottom and can move to in holding tank (111).
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