CN216358031U - Ridge forming device with adjustable ridge forming width - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a ridge building device with adjustable ridge building width, which can comprise a rack, a first telescopic clamping arm, a second telescopic clamping arm, a first conical crawler wheel, a second conical crawler wheel and a telescopic driving component, wherein the first telescopic clamping arm is arranged on the rack; the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel are connected with a driving shaft on the rack and can freely slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft. The utility model provides a bank device of building with adjustable bank width, through hydraulic cylinder and the regulation of first, two flexible arm lock, toper crawler wheel can stretch out and draw back in step simultaneously about making, the width that makes the bank is adjustable, during the operation, can adjust the width of bank anytime and anywhere, it is very convenient to adjust the use, can adapt to various topography landmasses and build the bank, can satisfy different peasant household's needs, the bank shape is diversified, especially in the more complicated landmass of geographical condition, the paddy field bank that the more humid land mass or the drier land mass built is harder, durable, the use can not cause the phenomenon of collapsing.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, in particular to a ridge forming device with adjustable ridge forming width.
Background
A ridger, an agricultural machine. It is composed of machine frame, depth-limiting wheel, ridge-making plough, compacting former and traction frame. The ridge making plough is fixed on the mounting seat through a locking screw, and the mounting seat is fixed on the frame through a U-shaped screw; the pressing former is fixed on the square shaft through a square hole, and the square shaft is connected to the rack through a bearing with a seat. The depth wheel is connected with the machine frame through the square tube vertical arm and the cylindrical pin. The frame is welded with a traction frame. The tractor is connected with a tractor through a three-point rear suspension. The tractor runs forwards, the two ridge-making plows at the front end of the machine tool firstly dig into the soil and turn the soil, the soil is pushed to the center of the machine frame, and the soil enters the turning range of the ridge-making plows at the back; the two back ridge-building ploughs continue to plough to cultivate a large amount of soil into ridges. The pressing former rolls along with the machine to form and compact the cultivated ridge. The ridge building operation can be completed by one-time ground feeding, and the cultivated ridge is tall, firm and regular.
Most of paddy field ridge building machines in the prior art are not adjustable in ridge width, single in ridge shape, narrow in built ridge shape and incapable of walking on narrow ridges. Although the existing ridge building machine with adjustable width is available, the ridge building machine is unreasonable in structural design, inconvenient to adjust and use, incapable of automatically adjusting the width of the ridge at any time and any place, incapable of building ridges in various terrain plots, and incapable of meeting the needs of farmers, and particularly, the built ridge of the paddy field is not hard and firm and is easy to collapse when in use for plots with complicated geographical conditions, wetter plots or drier plots.
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The utility model provides a ridge forming device with adjustable ridge forming width.
The utility model provides the following scheme:
a ridge making device with adjustable ridge making width comprises:
the device comprises a rack, a first telescopic clamping arm, a second telescopic clamping arm, a first conical soil-covering wheel, a second conical soil-covering wheel and a telescopic driving assembly; the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel are connected with a driving shaft on the rack and can freely slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft; the frame comprises a first cross beam and a first upright post, the telescopic driving assembly is connected with the first cross beam, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving assembly is consistent with the axial direction of the first cross beam;
the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm is connected with the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm through a connecting rod; the first cross beam is provided with a first waist-shaped hole and a second waist-shaped hole which extend along the axial direction of the first cross beam in the long direction, and the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm and the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm are respectively limited in the first waist-shaped hole and the second waist-shaped hole through shaft pins; the middle part of the first telescopic clamping arm is hinged with the first upright post through a rotating shaft pin, and the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the first conical crawler wheel; the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm is connected with a telescopic shaft of the telescopic driving assembly, and the second end of the second telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the second conical crawler wheel.
Preferably: the first conical soil-covering wheel and the second conical soil-covering wheel are respectively connected with the driving shaft through a shaft sleeve assembly, the shaft sleeve assembly comprises a first baffle plate, a second baffle plate, a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body, and the first cylindrical body is connected with the driving shaft so that the driving shaft can drive the first cylindrical body to rotate and can slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft; the first baffle plate and the second baffle plate are fixedly connected through the first cylindrical body, the second cylindrical body is positioned between the first baffle plate and the second baffle plate and sleeved outside the first cylindrical body, and the second cylindrical body is hinged with the first cylindrical body through a bearing; and the second ends of the first telescopic clamping arm and the second telescopic clamping arm are respectively and fixedly connected with the corresponding second cylindrical body.
Preferably: the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel are respectively sleeved at least partially on the outer side of the third cylindrical body.
Preferably: the second telescopic clamping arm is limited in the second waist-shaped hole through at least two shaft pins.
Preferably: the telescopic driving assembly comprises a hydraulic oil cylinder.
Preferably: the rotary drive assembly is connected with the drive shaft.
Preferably: the frame also includes a trailing suspension connection port.
According to the specific embodiment provided by the utility model, the utility model discloses the following technical effects:
according to the ridge forming device with the adjustable ridge forming width, the ridge forming device can comprise a rack, a first telescopic clamping arm, a second telescopic clamping arm, a first conical crawler wheel, a second conical crawler wheel and a telescopic driving component in one implementation mode; the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel are connected with a driving shaft on the rack and can freely slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft; the frame comprises a first cross beam and a first upright post, the telescopic driving assembly is connected with the first cross beam, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving assembly is consistent with the axial direction of the first cross beam; the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm is connected with the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm through a connecting rod; the first cross beam is provided with a first waist-shaped hole and a second waist-shaped hole which extend along the axial direction of the first cross beam in the long direction, and the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm and the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm are respectively limited in the first waist-shaped hole and the second waist-shaped hole through shaft pins; the middle part of the first telescopic clamping arm is hinged with the first upright post through a rotating shaft pin, and the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the first conical crawler wheel; the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm is connected with a telescopic shaft of the telescopic driving assembly, and the second end of the second telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the second conical crawler wheel. The utility model provides a bank device of building with adjustable bank width, moreover, the steam generator is simple in structure, and reasonable design, it passes through hydraulic cylinder and the regulation of first, two flexible arm lock, the toper crawler wheel can synchronous stretch out and draw back simultaneously about the messenger, make the width of ridge adjustable, during the operation, can adjust the width of ridge at any time and any place, it is very convenient to adjust the use, can adapt to various topography landmass and build the ridge, can satisfy different peasant household's needs, the ridge shape is diversified, especially at the more complicated landmass of geographical condition, the paddy field ridge that wetter landmass or drier land mass built is harder, it is durable, the use can not cause the phenomenon of collapsing.
Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the utility model is practiced to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a ridging device with adjustable ridging width provided by an embodiment of the utility model;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a ridging device with adjustable ridging width provided by an embodiment of the utility model;
fig. 3 is a partial schematic view of a first tapered crawler wheel and a second tapered crawler wheel provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a rack 1, a first cross beam 101, a first kidney-shaped hole 1011, a second kidney-shaped hole 1012, a first upright post 102, a first telescopic clamping arm 2, a second telescopic clamping arm 3, a first conical crawler 4, a second conical crawler 5, a telescopic driving assembly 6, a driving shaft 7, a rotating shaft pin 8, a first baffle 901, a second baffle 902, a first tubular body 903, a second tubular body 904, a bearing 905, a third tubular body 10, a rotating driving assembly 11, a traction suspension connecting port 12 and a connecting rod 13.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments that can be derived by one of ordinary skill in the art from the embodiments given herein are intended to be within the scope of the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 3, the ridging device with adjustable ridging width provided by the embodiment of the utility model can comprise:
the device comprises a rack 1, a first telescopic clamping arm 2, a second telescopic clamping arm 3, a first conical crawler wheel 4, a second conical crawler wheel 5 and a telescopic driving component 6; the first conical crawler wheel 4 and the second conical crawler wheel 5 are both connected with a driving shaft 7 positioned on the rack 1 and both can freely slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft 7; the frame 1 comprises a first cross beam 101 and a first upright post 102, the telescopic driving assembly 6 is connected with the first cross beam 101, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving assembly 6 is consistent with the axial direction of the first cross beam 101;
the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 is connected with the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm 3 through a connecting rod 13; the first cross beam 101 is provided with a first kidney-shaped hole 1011 and a second kidney-shaped hole 1012 which extend along the axial direction of the first cross beam, and the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 and the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm 3 are respectively limited in the first kidney-shaped hole 1011 and the second kidney-shaped hole 1012 through shaft pins; the middle part of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 is hinged with the first upright post 102 through a rotating shaft pin 8, and the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 is rotatably connected to the first conical crawler 4; the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm 3 is connected with a telescopic shaft of the telescopic driving component 6, and the second end of the second telescopic clamping arm 3 is rotatably connected to the second conical crawler wheel 5.
The device that this application embodiment provided can drive first flexible arm lock 2 and the flexible arm lock 3 of second respectively first end action through flexible drive assembly 6 to make first flexible arm lock 2 and the flexible arm lock 3 of second respectively drive first toper soil covering wheel 4 and second toper soil covering wheel 5 and be close to after separating each other, thereby realize the regulation of the width of building ridges.
The specific adjustment principle and process are that when the ridge is formed, the telescopic rod of the telescopic driving component 6 extends out, under the limiting action of the first kidney-shaped hole 1011 and the second kidney-shaped hole 1012, the telescopic rod extends out to drive the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm 3 to move rightwards, the second telescopic clamping arm 3 drives the first telescopic clamping arm 2 to move rightwards simultaneously, the second telescopic clamping arm 3 drives the second conical crawler wheel 5 to move rightwards in the process of moving rightwards, meanwhile, the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 can drive the first conical crawler wheel 4 to move leftwards under the action of the rotating shaft pin 8, the first telescopic clamping arm 2 rotates to drive the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 to move leftwards, the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 can drive the first conical crawler wheel 4 to move leftwards due to the leftward movement of the first conical crawler wheel 4 and the rightward movement of the second conical crawler wheel 5 simultaneously, therefore, the distance between the two conical soil-covering wheels can be increased, thereby achieving the purpose of widening the ridge. When the ridge is narrowed, the telescopic rod is only required to be recycled, and the action modes of other parts are opposite to those of the widened ridge.
In order to realize that the device can realize the adjustment of the distance between the first tapered crawler 4 and the second tapered crawler 5 without stopping the device in the use process, as shown in fig. 2 and 3, the embodiment of the present application may further provide that the first tapered crawler 4 and the second tapered crawler 5 are respectively connected to the driving shaft 7 through a bushing assembly, the bushing assembly includes a first baffle 901, a second baffle 902, a first cylinder 903 and a second cylinder 904, the first cylinder 903 is connected to the driving shaft 7 so that the driving shaft 7 can drive the first cylinder 903 to rotate and the first cylinder 903 can slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft 7; the first baffle 901 and the second baffle 902 are fixedly connected through the first cylindrical body 903, the second cylindrical body 904 is positioned between the first baffle 901 and the second baffle 902 and sleeved outside the first cylindrical body 903, and the second cylindrical body is hinged to the first cylindrical body 903 through a bearing 905; the second ends of the first telescopic clamping arm 2 and the second telescopic clamping arm 3 are respectively fixedly connected with the corresponding second cylindrical body 904.
The first barrel-shaped body 903 that this application embodiment provided is used for connecting first baffle 901 and second baffle 902, second baffle 902 with rather than the toper crawler wheel that corresponds fixed the linking to each other, during operation drive shaft 7 can drive first barrel-shaped body 903, first baffle 901, second baffle 902 and corresponding toper crawler wheel are rotatory, second barrel-shaped body 904 passes through bearing 905 and links to each other with first barrel-shaped body 903, consequently can make second barrel-shaped body 904 keep not rotating in first barrel-shaped body 903 rotation process. After the second end of the telescopic clamping arm provides a force in a corresponding direction to the second cylindrical body 904, the first cylindrical body 903, the first baffle 901, the second baffle 902 and the corresponding conical crawler wheel can be driven to move along the axial direction of the driving shaft 7 due to the limitation of the first baffle 901 and the second baffle 902 on the two sides of the second cylindrical body 904. Since the first cylindrical body 903 can slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft 7, it can be ensured that the normal operation is not affected when the distance between the two conical crawler wheels is adjusted during the operation. The driving shaft 7 may be a hexagonal shaft, and the first cylindrical body 903 and the driving shaft 7 may be connected by a hexagonal sleeve in a matching manner.
In order to ensure the formed ridge structure to be regular, the embodiment of the application can further provide that the soil-leveling soil-. The third cylindrical body 10 may be the same as the upper surface of the ridge.
Because the second telescopic clamping arm 3 of the embodiment of the present application needs to move along the axial direction of the first cross beam 101, in order to ensure the stability of the movement, the embodiment of the present application may provide that the second telescopic clamping arm 3 is limited in the second kidney-shaped hole 1012 by at least two shaft pins.
It will be appreciated that the telescopic drive assembly 6 provided in the embodiments of the present application may comprise a variety of forms, and that since the banking apparatus is normally used in conjunction with a tractor, the embodiments of the present application may provide that the telescopic drive assembly 6 comprises a hydraulic ram in order to be able to better utilize the hydraulic mechanism associated with the tractor, while reducing additional fittings. The hydraulic oil source of the hydraulic oil cylinder can be provided by a hydraulic system of a tractor.
The embodiment of the present application may further provide a rotary drive assembly 11, wherein the rotary drive assembly 11 is connected with the driving shaft 7. The rotary drive assembly 11 may be powered by the tractor's own power system, and the rotary drive assembly 11 may provide rotary power from the tractor to the drive shaft 7 so that the drive shaft 7 rotates the components.
In order to facilitate connection with a traction device, the embodiment of the present application may further provide that the rack 1 further includes a traction suspension connection port 12.
In a word, the ridge making device with adjustable ridge making width, which is provided by the application, has simple structure and reasonable design, can make the left and right conical crawler wheels synchronously stretch out and draw back simultaneously through the adjustment of the hydraulic oil cylinder and the first and second telescopic clamping arms, can make the width of the ridge adjustable, can adjust the width of the ridge at any time and any place during operation, is very convenient to adjust and use, can adapt to the ridge making of various landforms, can meet the requirements of different farmers, has diversified ridge shapes, is particularly suitable for the landforms with complex geographical conditions, and is harder and firmer than the paddy field ridge made of wet land or dry land, and cannot cause the phenomenon of collapse during use.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other identical elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.
The above description is only for the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. A ridge building device with adjustable ridge building width is characterized by comprising a rack, a first telescopic clamping arm, a second telescopic clamping arm, a first conical crawler wheel, a second conical crawler wheel and a telescopic driving component; the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel are connected with a driving shaft on the rack and can freely slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft; the frame comprises a first cross beam and a first upright post, the telescopic driving assembly is connected with the first cross beam, and the telescopic direction of the telescopic driving assembly is consistent with the axial direction of the first cross beam;
the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm is connected with the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm through a connecting rod; the first cross beam is provided with a first waist-shaped hole and a second waist-shaped hole which extend along the axial direction of the first cross beam in the long direction, and the first end of the first telescopic clamping arm and the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm are respectively limited in the first waist-shaped hole and the second waist-shaped hole through shaft pins; the middle part of the first telescopic clamping arm is hinged with the first upright post through a rotating shaft pin, and the second end of the first telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the first conical crawler wheel; the first end of the second telescopic clamping arm is connected with a telescopic shaft of the telescopic driving assembly, and the second end of the second telescopic clamping arm is rotatably connected to the second conical crawler wheel.
2. The ridge forming device with the adjustable ridge forming width according to claim 1, wherein the first conical soil-covered wheel and the second conical soil-covered wheel are respectively connected with the driving shaft through a shaft sleeve assembly, the shaft sleeve assembly comprises a first baffle plate, a second baffle plate, a first cylindrical body and a second cylindrical body, the first cylindrical body is connected with the driving shaft, so that the driving shaft can drive the first cylindrical body to rotate, and the first cylindrical body can slide along the axial direction of the driving shaft; the first baffle plate and the second baffle plate are fixedly connected through the first cylindrical body, the second cylindrical body is positioned between the first baffle plate and the second baffle plate and sleeved outside the first cylindrical body, and the second cylindrical body is hinged with the first cylindrical body through a bearing; and the second ends of the first telescopic clamping arm and the second telescopic clamping arm are respectively and fixedly connected with the corresponding second cylindrical body.
3. A ridging device with adjustable ridging width according to claim 1, further comprising a third cylindrical body sleeved outside the driving shaft, wherein at least a part of each of the first conical crawler wheel and the second conical crawler wheel is sleeved outside the third cylindrical body.
4. A ridging device with adjustable ridging width according to claim 1, characterized in that the second telescopic clamping arm is limited in the second kidney-shaped hole through at least two shaft pins.
5. A ridging device with adjustable ridging width according to claim 1, characterized in that the telescopic driving assembly comprises a hydraulic oil cylinder.
6. A ridging device with adjustable ridging width according to claim 1, characterised in that it also comprises a rotary drive assembly, which is connected to the drive shaft.
7. A ridging device with adjustable ridging width according to claim 1, characterized in that the frame further comprises a traction and suspension connection port.
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