CN216874162U - Agricultural is with culture apparatus that grows seedlings - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a seedling culture device for agriculture, which comprises a box body, a heat dissipation mechanism, a culture tray and a nutrient solution balance mechanism. The utility model has the beneficial effects that: when the intelligent seedling box is used, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature in the box body is lower than the standard temperature, the temperature sensor sends a signal to the controller, the controller then controls the heater to operate so as to heat up, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature in the box body is higher than the standard temperature, the controller controls the micro motor to operate so as to cool down the interior of the box body, so that the optimal temperature required by seedling growth is ensured, and the intelligent degree is high; when the nutrient solution box is used, nutrient solution in the nutrient solution box can be respectively discharged into each nutrient solution groove through the water pump, and the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution groove is discharged into the nutrient solution box again through the liquid guide pipe and the return pipe after the water level of the nutrient solution reaches a certain height, so that the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution groove can be ensured to be in a balanced state.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a seedling culture device, in particular to an agricultural seedling culture device, and belongs to the technical field of agricultural seedling culture.
Background
The essence of seedling culture is to advance growth and development, that is, under the condition that the plant cannot be cultivated in the field (field planting plot) according to the planned time due to climate or stubble number or for increasing the number of multiple cropping times, the condition which can be cultivated in time in advance is created to achieve the aim of cultivating the plant according to the normal cultivation period or in advance.
And there are some problems in current seedling raising box when using:
1) the existing seedling raising box has low intelligent degree, and cannot automatically monitor the environmental temperature in the box body, so that the growth temperature required in the seedling cultivation process cannot be automatically adjusted, and the seedling raising survival rate is low;
2) the culture dish quantity that current seedling raising box set up is limited, cultivates inefficiency, when carrying out the nutrient solution supply in addition, can not ensure the nutrient solution supply volume, often can lead to the nutrient solution too little or too much, influences the growth condition of seedling, but also causes the waste of nutrient solution.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a seedling culture device for agriculture.
The utility model realizes the purpose through the following technical scheme: comprises that
The side wall of one side of the box body is provided with a hinge lug and is connected with a box door through the hinge lug, one side of the surface of the box door is fixedly connected with a handle, and the side wall of one side of the box body is fixedly provided with a controller;
the heat dissipation mechanism is arranged inside the upper side of the box body, and the temperature in the box body can be cooled by the heat dissipation mechanism;
the cultivation plates are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the partition plates, the partition plates are fixedly arranged between the inner walls of the two sides of the box body, the partition plates are provided with a plurality of partition plates, and the upper sides of the cultivation plates are provided with illuminating lamps;
and the nutrient solution balance mechanism is arranged on the lower side in the box body, and two sides of the nutrient solution balance mechanism are respectively connected with two side walls of the culture tray.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: and a transparent observation window is arranged on the surface of the box door.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: and a ventilation window is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the upper side of the box body.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: the heat dissipation mechanism is composed of a heat dissipation cavity and a fan, wherein the heat dissipation cavity is formed in the upper side of the box body, the micro motor is fixedly connected to the center of the inner portion of the heat dissipation cavity, the fan is installed at the output end of the micro motor, and a plurality of heat dissipation holes are formed in the inner portion of the upper side wall of the box body.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: the upper side wall of the box body is provided with a filter screen at the upper side of the heat dissipation holes through fastening screws.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: every cultivate the upside of dish and all be provided with temperature sensor, every one side of cultivateing the dish all is provided with the heater, temperature sensor's output links to each other with the input of controller, the output of controller links to each other with the input of micro motor and heater respectively.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: the inside downside of cultivateing the dish is provided with the nutrient solution groove, the upside in nutrient solution groove is provided with the board of growing seedlings, and evenly is provided with a plurality of grooves of growing seedlings in the board of growing seedlings, and the lower extreme in the groove of growing seedlings is located the nutrient solution groove.
As a still further scheme of the utility model: nutrient solution balance mechanism is by setting up nutrient solution case and the water pump of the inside bottom side of box constitute, the inside of nutrient solution case is provided with the water pump, and the play water end of water pump is connected with the drain pipe, one side of drain pipe is provided with a plurality of liquid distribution pipes, every the one end of liquid distribution pipe all communicates with the bottom in nutrient solution groove, and every the inside of liquid distribution pipe all is provided with the check valve pad, one side lateral wall upside intercommunication that liquid distribution pipe was kept away from to the nutrient solution groove is provided with the catheter, one side that nutrient solution groove was kept away from to the catheter all is linked together with the back flow, the nutrient solution incasement is arranged in to the lower extreme of back flow.
The utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1) when the intelligent seedling box is used, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature in the box body is lower than the standard temperature, the temperature sensor sends a signal to the controller, the controller then controls the heater to operate so as to heat the seedling, when the temperature reaches the standard temperature, the controller stops operating, when the temperature sensor detects that the temperature in the box body is higher than the standard temperature, the temperature sensor sends a signal to the controller, the controller then controls the micro motor to operate so as to cool the interior of the box body, and therefore the optimal temperature required by seedling growth is guaranteed, and the intelligent degree is high;
2) when the nutrient solution box is used, nutrient solution in the nutrient solution box can be respectively discharged into each nutrient solution groove through the water pump, and the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution grooves is discharged into the nutrient solution box again through the liquid guide pipe and the return pipe after the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution grooves reaches a certain height, so that the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution grooves can be ensured to be in a balanced state, the influence on the growth of seedlings caused by too little or too much nutrient solution is avoided, and the waste of the nutrient solution is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a seedling raising device according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal connection structure of the seedling raising device of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the structure at A in FIG. 2;
fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of B in fig. 2.
In the figure: 1. the box, 2, hinge ear, 3, chamber door, 4, transparent observation window, 5, handle, 6, controller, 7, transom, 8, heat dissipation mechanism, 801, heat dissipation chamber, 802, micro motor, 803, fan, 804, louvre, 9, filter screen, 10, fastening screw, 11, baffle, 12, culture dish, 13, nutrient solution groove, 14, seedling raising board, 15, light, 16, nutrient solution case, 17, water pump, 18, drain pipe, 19, liquid distribution pipe, 20, heater, 21, check valve pad, 22, catheter, 23, back flow, 24, temperature sensor.
Detailed Description
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, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example one
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, an agricultural seedling culture device comprises
The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body 1, a hinge lug 2 is arranged on one side wall of the refrigerator body 1, the refrigerator body is connected with a refrigerator door 3 through the hinge lug 2, a handle 5 is fixedly connected to one side of the surface of the refrigerator door 3, and a controller 6 is fixedly arranged on one side wall of the refrigerator body 1;
the heat dissipation mechanism 8 is arranged inside the upper side of the box body 1, and the temperature in the box body 1 can be reduced by arranging the heat dissipation mechanism 8;
the cultivation tray 12 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the partition plate 11, the partition plate 11 is fixedly arranged between the inner walls of the two sides of the box body 1, the partition plates 11 are provided with a plurality of partitions, and the upper side of the cultivation tray 12 is provided with a light illuminator 15;
and the nutrient solution balance mechanism is arranged at the lower side in the box body 1, and two sides of the nutrient solution balance mechanism are respectively connected with two side walls of the culture tray 12.
In the embodiment of the utility model, the transparent observation window 4 is arranged on the surface of the box door 3, so that the growth condition of seedlings in the box body 1 can be observed in real time.
In the embodiment of the utility model, the upper side wall of the box body 1 is fixedly provided with the ventilation window 7, so that the air concentration required by the growth of seedlings can be ensured.
In the embodiment of the present invention, the heat dissipation mechanism 8 is composed of a heat dissipation cavity 801 and a fan 803 which are arranged inside the upper side of the box body 1, the central position inside the heat dissipation cavity 801 is fixedly connected with a micro motor 802, the fan 803 is installed at the output end of the micro motor 802, and a plurality of heat dissipation holes 804 are arranged inside the upper side wall of the box body 1, so as to dissipate heat of the temperature inside the box body 1 and avoid the influence of over-high temperature on the growth of seedlings.
In the embodiment of the utility model, the filter screen 9 is fixedly installed on the upper side wall of the box body 1, which is positioned on the upper side of the heat dissipation hole 804, through the fastening screw 10, so that external dust is prevented from entering the box body 1 and damaging the growing environment of seedlings.
In the embodiment of the present invention, a temperature sensor 24 is provided on the upper side of each of the culture trays 12, a heater 20 is provided on one side of each of the culture trays 12, an output terminal of the temperature sensor 24 is connected to an input terminal of a controller 6, and an output terminal of the controller 6 is connected to a micro motor 802 and an input terminal of the heater 20, respectively, wherein the model of the heater 20 is CLJBQ11, the model of the controller 6 is LD-5, the model of the temperature sensor 24 is GM320A, when the temperature sensor 24 detects that the temperature in the cabinet 1 is lower than a standard temperature, the temperature sensor 24 sends a signal to the controller 6, the controller 6 then controls the heater 20 to operate to increase the temperature, when the temperature reaches the standard temperature, the operation is stopped, when the temperature sensor 24 detects that the temperature in the cabinet 1 is higher than the standard temperature, the temperature sensor 24 sends a signal to the controller 6, the controller 6 then controls the micro motor 802 to operate, and then cools the inside of the box body 1, thereby ensuring the optimal temperature required by the growth of the seedlings.
Example two
Referring to FIGS. 1 to 4, an agricultural seedling culture device comprises
The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body 1, a hinge lug 2 is arranged on one side wall of the refrigerator body 1, the refrigerator body is connected with a refrigerator door 3 through the hinge lug 2, a handle 5 is fixedly connected to one side of the surface of the refrigerator door 3, and a controller 6 is fixedly arranged on one side wall of the refrigerator body 1;
the heat dissipation mechanism 8 is arranged inside the upper side of the box body 1, and the temperature in the box body 1 can be reduced by arranging the heat dissipation mechanism 8;
the cultivation tray 12 is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the partition plate 11, the partition plate 11 is fixedly arranged between the inner walls of the two sides of the box body 1, the partition plates 11 are provided with a plurality of partitions, and the upper side of the cultivation tray 12 is provided with a light illuminator 15;
and the nutrient solution balance mechanism is arranged at the lower side in the box body 1, and two sides of the nutrient solution balance mechanism are respectively connected with two side walls of the culture tray 12.
In the embodiment of the utility model, the nutrient solution tank 13 is arranged at the lower side in the culture tray 12, the seedling raising plate 14 is arranged at the upper side of the nutrient solution tank 13, a plurality of seedling raising grooves are uniformly arranged in the seedling raising plate 14, and the lower ends of the seedling raising grooves are positioned in the nutrient solution tank 13, so that a plurality of seedlings can be simultaneously cultured, and the culture efficiency is improved.
In the embodiment of the utility model, the nutrient solution balancing mechanism IS composed of a nutrient solution tank 16 and a water pump 17 which are arranged at the bottom side inside the box body 1, the water pump 17 IS arranged inside the nutrient solution tank 16, a water outlet end of the water pump 17 IS connected with a liquid outlet pipe 18, one side of the liquid outlet pipe 18 IS provided with a plurality of liquid distribution pipes 19, one end of each liquid distribution pipe 19 IS communicated with the bottom of the nutrient solution tank 13, a one-way valve pad 21 IS arranged inside each liquid distribution pipe 19, a liquid guide pipe 22 IS communicated with the upper side of the side wall of the nutrient solution tank 13 far away from the liquid distribution pipe 19, one side of the liquid guide pipe 22 far away from the nutrient solution tank 13 IS communicated with a return pipe 23, the lower end of the return pipe 23 IS arranged inside the nutrient solution tank 16, wherein the water pump 17 IS of type IS100-65-315, when in use, the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 16 can be respectively discharged into each nutrient solution tank 13 through the water pump 17, after the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 13 reaches a certain height, the nutrient solution is discharged into the nutrient solution tank 16 again through the liquid guide pipe 22 and the return pipe 23, so that the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 13 can be ensured to be in a balanced state, and the situation that the seedling cannot be provided with nutrition due to too little nutrient solution is avoided.
The working principle is as follows: when the agricultural seedling culture device is used, seedlings to be cultured are placed in the seedling culture tank, the compartment door 3 is closed, the water pump 17 is started, nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 16 is discharged into each nutrient solution tank 13 through the water pump 17, the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 13 is discharged into the nutrient solution tank 16 again through the liquid guide pipe 22 and the return pipe 23 after the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 13 reaches a certain height, the water level of the nutrient solution in the nutrient solution tank 13 can be ensured to be in a balanced state, the influence on the growth of the seedlings caused by too little or too much nutrient solution is avoided, in the culture process, when the temperature in the box body 1 is detected by the temperature sensor 24 to be lower than the standard temperature, the temperature sensor 24 sends a signal to the controller 6, the controller 6 then controls the heater 20 to operate, the temperature is further raised, when the temperature reaches the standard, the operation is stopped, when the temperature in the box body 1 is detected by the temperature sensor 24 to be higher than the standard temperature, temperature sensor 24 sends the signal for controller 6 this moment, and controller 6 controls micro motor 802 then and operates, and then cools down to box 1 is inside to guarantee the required optimum temperature of seedling growth, intelligent degree is high.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the utility model is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the utility model being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
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1. An agricultural seedling culture device is characterized by comprising
The refrigerator comprises a box body (1), wherein a hinge lug (2) is arranged on the side wall of one side of the box body (1), the box body is connected with a box door (3) through the hinge lug (2), a handle (5) is fixedly connected to one side of the surface of the box door (3), and a controller (6) is fixedly arranged on the side wall of one side of the box body (1);
the heat dissipation mechanism (8) is arranged inside the upper side of the box body (1), and the temperature in the box body (1) can be reduced by arranging the heat dissipation mechanism (8);
the cultivation plates (12) are fixedly arranged on the upper surfaces of the partition plates (11), the partition plates (11) are fixedly arranged between the inner walls of the two sides of the box body (1), the partition plates (11) are provided with a plurality of partition plates, and the upper sides of the cultivation plates (12) are provided with illuminating lamps (15);
and the nutrient solution balance mechanism is arranged at the lower side in the box body (1), and two sides of the nutrient solution balance mechanism are respectively connected with two side walls of the culture tray (12).
2. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the surface of the box door (3) is provided with a transparent observation window (4).
3. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: and a ventilation window (7) is fixedly arranged on the side wall of the upper side of the box body (1).
4. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the heat dissipation mechanism (8) is composed of a heat dissipation cavity (801) and a fan (803) which are arranged inside the upper side of the box body (1), a micro motor (802) is fixedly connected to the center of the inside of the heat dissipation cavity (801), the fan (803) is installed at the output end of the micro motor (802), and a plurality of heat dissipation holes (804) are formed in the inner side wall of the box body (1).
5. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 4, characterized in that: the upper side wall of the box body (1) is positioned at the upper side of the heat dissipation holes (804) and is fixedly provided with a filter screen (9) through fastening screws (10).
6. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: every the upside of cultivateing dish (12) all is provided with temperature sensor (24), every one side of cultivateing dish (12) all is provided with heater (20), temperature sensor's (24) output links to each other with the input of controller (6), the output of controller (6) links to each other with the input of micro motor (802) and heater (20) respectively.
7. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: the inside downside of cultivateing dish (12) is provided with nutrient solution groove (13), the upside of nutrient solution groove (13) is provided with seedling growing plate (14), and evenly is provided with a plurality of grooves of growing seedlings in seedling growing plate (14), and the lower extreme in the groove of growing seedlings is located nutrient solution groove (13).
8. An agricultural seedling culture device according to claim 1, characterized in that: nutrient solution balance mechanism is by setting up nutrient solution case (16) and water pump (17) of box (1) inside bottom side constitute, the inside of nutrient solution case (16) is provided with water pump (17), and the play water end of water pump (17) is connected with drain pipe (18), one side of drain pipe (18) is provided with a plurality of liquid distribution pipes (19), every the one end of liquid distribution pipe (19) all communicates with the bottom of nutrient solution groove (13), and every the inside of liquid distribution pipe (19) all is provided with check valve pad (21), nutrient solution groove (13) keep away from one side lateral wall upside intercommunication of liquid distribution pipe (19) and is provided with catheter (22), one side that nutrient solution groove (13) were kept away from to catheter (22) all is linked together with back flow (23), the lower extreme of back flow (23) is arranged in nutrient solution case (16).
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