CN215453891U - Puncher for sowing melons at adjustable distance - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a puncher for sowing melons with adjustable distances. The puncher for sowing the distance-adjustable muskmelons comprises a square tube, wherein the inner cross section of the square tube is circular, and two strip-shaped sliding holes are formed in the inner wall of one side of the square tube; the two mounting blocks are respectively mounted on the two strip-shaped sliding holes in a sliding manner, and one sides of the two mounting blocks respectively extend out of the two strip-shaped sliding holes; the two mounting rods are respectively mounted on the two mounting blocks in a sliding manner; two punch heads, two punch head fixed mounting respectively in two the bottom of installation pole. The distance-adjustable hole puncher for melon seeding provided by the utility model has the advantages that two cultivation holes can be punched simultaneously, the punching efficiency is improved, the labor intensity of farmers is reduced, the distance between the two rows of cultivation holes is uniform, the follow-up management is convenient, the ventilation effect is improved, and the distance between the two rows of cultivation holes is adjusted according to needs.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural planting, in particular to a puncher for sowing melons with adjustable distances.
Background
The melon is also called muskmelon, and is a cucurbitaceae annual trailing herbaceous plant; the stems and branches have edges; the curly hair is fine and single and is slightly soft. The leaf stalk of the melon is long and has a groove and short setae; the blade is made of thick paper and is rough on the upper surface and is bristled by white coarse bristles. Parthenocarpy, hermaphrodite. Male flowers: several plants are clustered in the axilla of the leaf; the flower stalks are fine; yellow corolla; female flowers: single growth, rough pedicel and soft hair; the ovary is oblong. The shape and color of the fruit are different according to varieties, and are usually spherical or oblong, the peel is smooth, longitudinal furrows or stripes are formed, and the pulp is white, yellow or green and has fragrant and sweet taste; the seeds are white or yellow-white, oval or long round, the tips are sharp, and the surface is smooth. And in the flower and fruit period, in summer.
The cultivation of the melons needs to use agricultural machinery for ditching, a field bed is arranged between two ditches, the melon seedlings are cultivated on the field bed, generally two rows of melon seedlings are cultivated on one field bed, and the melon seedlings are cultivated in two rows of cultivation holes which are drilled in advance. Therefore, two rows of cultivation holes need to be punched on the field bed by using a puncher before the cultivation of the melon seedlings,
traditionally, the hole puncher that the peasant used is exactly that stock bottom installation toper piece, through pushing down the stock, makes the pointed end of the toper piece of bottom insert in the soft soil layer in the field rectangular pieces of land in a field to throw out the cultivation hole. However, although the puncher is simple in structure, the long rod needs to be pulled upwards by manpower to pull the conical block out of the cultivation hole, and physical strength is consumed; and the cultivation holes are punched one by one, the efficiency is low, the distance between two rows of cultivation holes is difficult to unify, two holes in the same row are difficult to align, the holes are difficult to be arranged in the subsequent melon seedling growth process, the ventilation effect is influenced, the pollination in the melon growth process is influenced, and the melon yield is indirectly reduced.
Therefore, a new hole puncher for sowing the melons with adjustable distances is needed to solve the technical problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to provide the puncher for sowing the melons with the adjustable distance, wherein the puncher can punch two cultivation holes at the same time, improves punching efficiency, reduces labor intensity of farmers, is uniform in distance between two rows of cultivation holes, facilitates subsequent management, improves ventilation effect, and adjusts the distance between the two rows of cultivation holes according to needs.
In order to solve the technical problem, the hole puncher for sowing the melons with the adjustable distance comprises the following components: the inner cross section of the square pipe is circular, and two strip-shaped sliding holes are formed in the inner wall of one side of the square pipe; the two mounting blocks are respectively mounted on the two strip-shaped sliding holes in a sliding manner, and one sides of the two mounting blocks respectively extend out of the two strip-shaped sliding holes; the two mounting rods are respectively mounted on the two mounting blocks in a sliding manner; the two punching heads are fixedly arranged at the bottom ends of the two mounting rods respectively; the two square sleeves are respectively and fixedly arranged at the top ends of the two mounting rods; the two springs are respectively sleeved on the two mounting rods in a sliding manner; the pressing rod penetrates through the two square sleeves and is connected with the inner walls of the two square sleeves in a sliding mode, and a rubber pressing block is fixedly installed at the top of the pressing rod; the distance adjusting mechanism is arranged on the square pipe.
Preferably, the distance adjusting mechanism includes a threaded rod, two threaded sleeves, a middle shaft, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear and a crank, the threaded rod is rotatably arranged in the square tube, two threads with opposite rotation directions are arranged on the threaded rod, the threaded sleeves are symmetrically sleeved on the threaded rod, two mounting blocks are fixedly connected to one side of each of the two threaded sleeves, the middle shaft is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the bottom of the square tube, the first bevel gear is fixedly arranged at the top end of the middle shaft, the second bevel gear is fixedly sleeved on the threaded rod, the second bevel gear is meshed with the first bevel gear, and the crank is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the middle shaft.
Preferably, the inner wall of the bottom of the square tube is provided with a mounting hole, the inner wall of the mounting hole is fixedly provided with a bearing, and the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly sleeved on the middle shaft.
Preferably, the top fixed mounting who manages the side has the scale bar, two the telescopic top fixed mounting of screw thread has the instruction piece, two bar holes, two have been seted up to the symmetry on the top inner wall of side's pipe the instruction piece runs through two respectively the bar hole, two it establishes to instruct the equal sliding sleeve of piece to establish on the scale bar.
Preferably, the both ends of square pipe are equal fixed mounting have the bearing frame, the both ends of threaded rod extend to two respectively in the bearing frame, and with respectively with two the bearing frame rotates to be connected.
Preferably, one side fixed mounting of square pipe has the handle, just the bottom symmetry fixed mounting of square pipe has two first support frames, two the bottom of first support frame is all rotated and is installed the straight line wheel, square pipe keeps away from one side fixed mounting of handle has the second support frame, the bottom fixed mounting of second support frame has the universal wheel.
Preferably, threaded holes are formed in the inner wall of the top of the square sleeve, screws are installed on the threaded holes, and the bottom ends of the screws are in contact with the pressing rod.
Compared with the prior art, the hole puncher for sowing the melons with the adjustable distance has the following beneficial effects:
the utility model provides a puncher for sowing melons with adjustable distances, which comprises the following steps:
the square tube, the threaded rod, the threaded sleeve, the mounting block, the mounting rod, the punching head, the square sleeve, the spring and the pressure rod are matched, so that two cultivation holes can be punched simultaneously, the punching efficiency is improved, the labor intensity of farmers is reduced, the distances between two rows of punched cultivation holes are uniform, the follow-up management is facilitated, the ventilation effect is improved, the pollination rate is improved, and the yield of the muskmelons is indirectly improved; can adjust the distance between two punching heads through roll adjustment mechanism, and can clearly indicate the distance of adjusting, satisfy melon actual cultivation needs.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front sectional view illustrating a preferred embodiment of a hole puncher for sowing seeds of melons with adjustable distances, according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion B of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the present invention;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the portion C shown in fig. 4.
Reference numbers in the figures: 1. a square tube; 2. a threaded rod; 3. a threaded sleeve; 4. mounting blocks; 5. mounting a rod; 6. punching a hole head; 7. a square sleeve; 8. a spring; 9. a pressure lever; 10. a middle shaft; 11. a first bevel gear; 12. a second bevel gear; 13. a crank; 14. a graduated rod; 15. an indication block; 16. a bearing seat; 17. a handle; 18. a straight line wheel; 19. a universal wheel.
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The utility model is further described with reference to the following figures and embodiments.
Please refer to fig. 1-5, wherein fig. 1 is a schematic front sectional view illustrating a preferred embodiment of a hole puncher for sowing melons with adjustable distances according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion B of FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a schematic side view of the present invention; fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the portion C shown in fig. 4. But hole puncher for range adjustment melon seeding includes: the square tube 1 is characterized in that the inner section of the square tube 1 is circular, and two strip-shaped sliding holes are formed in the inner wall of one side of the square tube 1; the two mounting blocks 4 are respectively mounted on the two strip-shaped sliding holes in a sliding manner, and one sides of the two mounting blocks 4 respectively extend out of the two strip-shaped sliding holes; the two mounting rods 5 are respectively mounted on the two mounting blocks 4 in a sliding manner; the two punching heads 6 are respectively and fixedly arranged at the bottom ends of the two mounting rods 5; the two square sleeves 7 are respectively and fixedly arranged at the top ends of the two mounting rods 5; the two springs 8 are respectively sleeved on the two mounting rods 5 in a sliding manner; the pressing rod 9 penetrates through the two square sleeves 7 and is connected with the inner walls of the two square sleeves 7 in a sliding mode, and a rubber pressing block is fixedly installed at the top of the pressing rod 9; the distance adjusting mechanism is arranged on the square pipe 1.
The distance adjusting mechanism comprises a threaded rod 2, two threaded sleeves 3, a middle shaft 10, a first bevel gear 11, a second bevel gear 12 and a crank 13, wherein the threaded rod 2 is rotatably arranged in the square tube 1, two threads with opposite rotation directions are arranged on the threaded rod 2, the two threaded sleeves 3 are symmetrically sleeved on the threaded rod 2 in a threaded manner, one sides of the two mounting blocks 4 are fixedly connected with one sides of the two threaded sleeves 3 respectively, the middle shaft 10 is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the bottom of the square tube 1, the first bevel gear 11 is fixedly arranged at the top end of the middle shaft 10, the second bevel gear 12 is fixedly sleeved on the threaded rod 2, the second bevel gear 12 is meshed with the first bevel gear 11, the crank 13 is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the middle shaft 10, and the distance between the two punching heads 6 can be adjusted through the distance adjusting mechanism, meets the actual cultivation requirement of the muskmelon.
The inner wall of the bottom of the square tube 1 is provided with a mounting hole, the inner wall of the mounting hole is fixedly provided with a bearing, and the inner ring of the bearing is fixedly sleeved on the middle shaft 10 to enable the middle shaft 10 to stably rotate.
The equal fixed mounting in both ends of square pipe 1 has bearing frame 16, the both ends of threaded rod 2 extend to two respectively in the bearing frame 16, and with respectively with two bearing frame 16 rotates to be connected, can be right threaded rod 2 supports and makes its steady rotation.
One side fixed mounting of square pipe 1 has handle 17, just the bottom symmetry fixed mounting of square pipe 1 has two first support frames, two the bottom of first support frame is all rotated and is installed straight line wheel 18, square pipe 1 keeps away from one side fixed mounting of handle 17 has the second support frame, the bottom fixed mounting of second support frame has universal wheel 19, can conveniently remove the hole puncher.
Two set up threaded hole on the top inner wall of square sleeve 7 to the screw is installed to the screw, two the bottom of screw all contacts depression bar 9, can fix depression bar 9.
The working principle of the hole puncher for sowing the melons with the adjustable distance provided by the utility model is as follows: when the hole puncher is used, the handle 17 is pushed through the two straight line wheels 18 and the universal wheel 19 to facilitate the hole puncher to move on a field;
pressing the rubber pressing block on the pressing rod 9 to enable the pressing rod 9 to drive the two square sleeves 7 to descend and compress the two springs 8, enabling the two square sleeves 7 to drive the punching heads 6 at the bottom ends of the two mounting rods 5 to be inserted into soft soil layers on the field bed to punch two cultivation holes, enabling the punching heads 6 to automatically rise above the soil layers under the action of elastic potential energy of the springs 8, then pushing the handles 17 to move forwards for a row distance, pressing the rubber pressing block on the pressing rod 9 again to continue punching the two cultivation holes, and continuously punching two rows of cultivation holes on the whole field bed in the above step;
according to the growth requirement, the distance between two rows of cultivation holes can be adjusted, firstly two screws on two square sleeves 7 are loosened, then a crank 13 is rotated to drive a central shaft 10 to rotate, the central shaft 10 drives a first bevel gear 11 to rotate, the first bevel gear 11 drives a second bevel gear 12 to rotate, the second bevel gear 12 drives a threaded rod 2 to rotate, the threaded rod 2 enables two threaded sleeves 3 to be away from each other, so as to drive two installation blocks 4 to be away from each other, so as to drive two punching heads 6 at the bottom ends of two installation rods 5 to be away from each other, then the two screws on the two square sleeves 7 are screwed, a pressure rod 9 is fixed, so as to adjust the distance between the two punching heads 6, meanwhile, the two threaded sleeves 3 drive two indication blocks 15 to be away from each other on a scale rod 14, and the adjusted distance between the two punching heads 6 can be indicated through the scale between the two indication blocks 15 on the scale rod 14, thereby conveniently adjusting the required distance between two rows of cultivation holes.
Compared with the prior art, the hole puncher for sowing the melons with the adjustable distance has the following beneficial effects:
the utility model provides a puncher for sowing melons with adjustable distance, which can punch two cultivation holes at the same time by matching a square pipe 1, a threaded rod 2, a threaded sleeve 3, an installation block 4, an installation rod 5, a punching head 6, a square sleeve 7, a spring 8 and a pressure lever 9, thereby improving the punching efficiency, reducing the labor intensity of farmers, unifying the distance between two rows of the punched cultivation holes, facilitating the subsequent management, improving the ventilation effect, improving the pollination rate and indirectly improving the yield of the melons; can adjust the distance between two punching heads 6 through roll adjustment mechanism, and can clearly indicate the distance of adjusting, satisfy melon actual cultivation needs.
It should be noted that the device structure and the accompanying drawings of the present invention mainly describe the principle of the present invention, and in the technology of the design principle, the settings of the power mechanism, the power supply system, the control system, and the like of the device are not completely described and clear, and on the premise that those skilled in the art understand the principle of the present invention, the details of the power mechanism, the power supply system, and the control system can be clearly known;
furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless explicitly specified otherwise;
in addition, in the present invention, unless otherwise expressly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; may be mechanically coupled, may be electrically coupled or may be in communication with each other; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a but puncher is used in planting of roll adjustment melon which characterized in that includes:
the inner cross section of the square pipe is circular, and two strip-shaped sliding holes are formed in the inner wall of one side of the square pipe;
the two mounting blocks are respectively mounted on the two strip-shaped sliding holes in a sliding manner, and one sides of the two mounting blocks respectively extend out of the two strip-shaped sliding holes;
the two mounting rods are respectively mounted on the two mounting blocks in a sliding manner;
the two punching heads are fixedly arranged at the bottom ends of the two mounting rods respectively;
the two square sleeves are respectively and fixedly arranged at the top ends of the two mounting rods;
the two springs are respectively sleeved on the two mounting rods in a sliding manner;
the pressing rod penetrates through the two square sleeves and is connected with the inner walls of the two square sleeves in a sliding mode, and a rubber pressing block is fixedly installed at the top of the pressing rod;
the distance adjusting mechanism is arranged on the square pipe.
2. The puncher for sowing melons according to claim 1, wherein the distance adjusting mechanism comprises a threaded rod, two threaded sleeves, a central shaft, a first bevel gear, a second bevel gear and a crank, the threaded rod is rotatably arranged in the square tube, two threads with opposite rotation directions are formed in the threaded rod, the two threaded sleeves are symmetrically sleeved on the threaded rod through threads, one side of each of the two mounting blocks is fixedly connected with one side of each of the two threaded sleeves, the central shaft is rotatably arranged on the inner wall of the bottom of the square tube, the first bevel gear is fixedly arranged at the top end of the central shaft, the second bevel gear is fixedly arranged on the threaded rod, the second bevel gear is meshed with the first bevel gear, and the crank is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the central shaft.
3. The hole puncher for sowing melons in adjustable distance according to claim 2, wherein a mounting hole is formed in the inner wall of the bottom of the square pipe, a bearing is fixedly mounted on the inner wall of the mounting hole, and an inner ring of the bearing is fixedly sleeved on the middle shaft.
4. The hole puncher for sowing melons in the adjustable distance according to claim 2, wherein a scale rod is fixedly installed at the top of the square pipe, indication blocks are fixedly installed at the tops of the two threaded sleeves, two strip-shaped holes are symmetrically formed in the inner wall of the top of the square pipe, the two indication blocks respectively penetrate through the two strip-shaped holes, and the two indication blocks are both slidably sleeved on the scale rod.
5. The hole puncher for sowing melons according to claim 2, wherein bearing seats are fixedly mounted at two ends of the square tube, and two ends of the threaded rod extend into the two bearing seats respectively and are rotatably connected with the two bearing seats respectively.
6. The hole puncher for sowing melons according to claim 1, wherein a handle is fixedly mounted on one side of the square pipe, two first support frames are symmetrically and fixedly mounted at the bottom of the square pipe, straight-line wheels are rotatably mounted at the bottom ends of the two first support frames, a second support frame is fixedly mounted on one side, away from the handle, of the square pipe, and universal wheels are fixedly mounted at the bottom ends of the second support frames.
7. The hole puncher for sowing melons according to claim 1, wherein the top inner walls of the two square sleeves are provided with threaded holes and are provided with screws in a threaded mode, and the bottom ends of the two screws are in contact with the pressing rod.
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