CN217748121U - Agricultural product quality detection screening device - Google Patents

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CN217748121U
CN217748121U CN202221555687.1U CN202221555687U CN217748121U CN 217748121 U CN217748121 U CN 217748121U CN 202221555687 U CN202221555687 U CN 202221555687U CN 217748121 U CN217748121 U CN 217748121U
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The utility model provides an agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism belongs to farm quality and detects technical field, and it is including supporting support body, unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism, and edulcoration mechanism is including air supply component, edulcoration chamber and collection chamber, and unloading mechanism, edulcoration chamber, collection chamber and screening mechanism all are connected with the support body, and unloading mechanism and edulcoration chamber intercommunication, edulcoration chamber and collection chamber intercommunication, air supply component and edulcoration chamber intercommunication, screening mechanism and edulcoration chamber intercommunication. The utility model purges and removes impurities such as rice husk and sand grains doped in crops falling from the blanking mechanism through the impurity removing mechanism, so that the crops are clean; ensure the quality of crops.

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Agricultural product quality detection screening device
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of farm article quality testing, specifically be agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism.
Background
The agricultural products refer to products produced in agriculture, such as sorghum, rice, peanuts, corns, wheat and the like, and particularly, the soil and the climate of each area are different, and the corresponding agricultural products are also different. The quality detection of agricultural products is always one of the important links in the processing process of the agricultural products, and screening is generally carried out before the quality detection, so that products or impurities with unqualified particle sizes in the agricultural products are screened out.
Also there are many similar agricultural product screening devices in the market, and most screening devices in the existing market are generally directly screening when screening agricultural products, and screened agricultural products are easily mixed with impurities such as rice husks and sandy soil particles, and the quality of agricultural products is influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the problem of impurity such as current agricultural product sieving mechanism dopes easily behind the agricultural product that has sieved rice husk and sand grain in the market, the utility model provides an agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism.
The agricultural product quality detection screening device comprises an impurity removal mechanism, impurities such as rice husks and sandy soil grains doped in agricultural products are swept and removed through the impurity removal mechanism, and the quality of the agricultural products is improved; the specific technical scheme is as follows:
agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism, including supporting support body, unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism, edulcoration mechanism includes air supply component, edulcoration chamber and collects the chamber, unloading mechanism, edulcoration chamber, collection chamber and screening mechanism all are connected with the support body, unloading mechanism and edulcoration chamber intercommunication, the edulcoration chamber with collect the chamber intercommunication, air supply component and edulcoration chamber intercommunication, screening mechanism and edulcoration chamber intercommunication.
Further inject, the air supply component includes fan housing, air-out pipe and fan, fan and air-out pipe intercommunication, the air-out pipe passes through fan housing and edulcoration chamber intercommunication.
Further inject, agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism still includes dump bin and row's miscellaneous pipeline, the dump bin is connected with the support frame body, the dump bin is through arranging miscellaneous pipeline and collection chamber intercommunication, be provided with the chamber door on the dump bin.
Further limit, be provided with the ventilation window on the chamber wall of collection chamber.
Further inject, unloading mechanism is including defeated feed cylinder, hopper, the defeated thick liquid of rotation and rotary driving piece, rotatory defeated thick liquid and rotary driving piece all set up in defeated feed cylinder, rotary driving piece's power take off end and the defeated thick liquid intercommunication of rotation, the feed opening of hopper runs through the section of thick bamboo wall of defeated feed cylinder and the entry end intercommunication of the defeated thick liquid of rotation, the exit end of the defeated thick liquid of rotation runs through the section of thick bamboo wall of defeated feed cylinder and the entry end intercommunication in edulcoration chamber.
Further inject, be provided with the baffle in the edulcoration chamber, the guide panel setting of baffle is in the below of edulcoration chamber entry end.
Further limiting, the screening mechanism comprises a screening cavity, a collecting drawer, a first screening drawer and a second screening drawer, wherein the collecting drawer, the first screening drawer and the second screening drawer are all arranged in the screening cavity, and the collecting drawer is communicated with the second screening drawer through the first screening drawer; the screen mesh aperture of the second screening drawer is larger than that of the first screening drawer; the discharge end of the impurity removing cavity is communicated with the second screening drawer; the screening chamber is connected with the support frame body.
The screening mechanism further comprises a vibrating motor and a spring, the outer side wall of the first screening drawer and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer are provided with lug plates, the positions of the cavity wall of the screening cavity, which correspond to the lug plates of the first screening drawer and the lug plates of the second screening drawer, are provided with grooves, the vibrating motor and the spring are arranged in the groove corresponding to the lug plate of the first screening drawer, and the power output end of the vibrating motor is connected with the lug plate of the first screening drawer through the spring; and a vibration motor and a spring are arranged in the groove corresponding to the lug plate of the second screening drawer, and the power output end of the vibration motor is connected with the lug plate of the second screening drawer through the spring.
Further limit, the junction of the ear plate of the first screening steamer tray and the spring and the junction of the second screening steamer tray and the spring are provided with supporting plates.
Further limiting, handles are arranged on the outer side wall of the first screening drawer and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer, and the handles on the first screening drawer and the lug plates on the first screening drawer are arranged along the radial direction of the first screening drawer; handle on the second screening steamer tray and the otic placode on the second screening steamer tray set up along the radial of second screening steamer tray.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model reside in that:
1. the utility model discloses agricultural product quality detection screening plant, it includes support frame body, unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism, fixes, supports unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism through supporting the frame body; impurities such as rice husks, sandy soil grains and the like doped in crops falling from the blanking mechanism are swept and removed through the impurity removing mechanism, and the crops with the rice husks and the sandy soil grains removed are screened through the screening mechanism, so that the crops are clean; ensure the quality of crops.
2. The utility model discloses a be provided with the baffle, the fan housing, go out the tuber pipe, the fan, the through-hole, collect the chamber, the ventilation window, arrange miscellaneous pipeline, the dump bin, the chamber door, agricultural product passes through oblique baffle whereabouts, start the fan and make its air supply in toward the fan housing, it blows to go out the tuber pipe, blow to one side with the impurity in agricultural product, impurity falls into to collecting the chamber through the through-hole, the air passes through the ventilation window and discharges, impurity drops in the dump bin through arranging miscellaneous passageway, can open the chamber door, clear up impurity, thereby be convenient for carry out the edulcoration to agricultural product before the screening.
3. The utility model discloses a be provided with first screening steamer tray, second screening steamer tray, collect the steamer tray, spring support piece, vibrating motor, the layer board, it makes its drive layer board vibrations to start vibrating motor, the layer board passes through the otic placode and transmits the vibrations power for first screening steamer tray and second screening steamer tray, first screening steamer tray and second screening steamer tray fluctuate under spring support piece's elastic action, filter agricultural product, because the screen cloth mesh of second screening steamer tray bottom is greater than the screen cloth mesh of first screening steamer tray, make the great agricultural product of granule leave to exist in the second screening steamer tray, the less agricultural product of granule passes second screening steamer tray and drops in first screening steamer tray, and the less agricultural product of granule then passes first screening steamer tray and drops in collecting the steamer tray, through triple screening, thereby make the screening of agricultural product more become more meticulous.
4. The utility model discloses a be provided with conveying cylinder, defeated ground paste, rotary driving spare, agricultural product falls into to conveying cylinder in from the hopper, and it is rotatory to start rotary driving spare and make its drive defeated ground paste, and defeated ground paste is carried agricultural product to one side for agricultural product continuity slowly enters into the inside edulcoration chamber of device main part, thereby has realized intermittent type material loading function, avoids the jam that disposable material loading caused.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the agricultural product quality inspection screening device of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a blanking mechanism;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first screening drawer;
FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the collection drawer;
wherein, 1-a support frame body; 2-a screening chamber; 3-a collection drawer; 4-a first screening drawer; 5-a second screening drawer; 6-a waste bin; 7-a box door; 8-a trash removal pipeline; 9-a collection chamber; 10-a ventilation window; 11-a through hole; 12-a feed delivery cylinder; 13-a hopper; 14-impurity removal cavity; 15-a guide plate; 16-wind cover; 17-air outlet pipe; 18-a fan; 19-rotating and conveying the slurry; 20-a rotary drive; 21-a screen mesh; 22-ear plate; 23-a spring; 24-a groove; 25-a pallet; 26-a vibration motor; 27-a handle.
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The technical solution of the present invention is further explained below with reference to the drawings and examples, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiments explained below.
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Referring to fig. 1, this embodiment agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism, including supporting support body 1, unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism, edulcoration mechanism includes air supply member, edulcoration chamber 14 and collects chamber 9, and unloading mechanism, edulcoration chamber 14, collection chamber 9 and screening mechanism all are connected with supporting support body 1, and unloading mechanism and edulcoration chamber 14 intercommunication, edulcoration chamber 14 and collection chamber 9 intercommunication, air supply member and edulcoration chamber 14 intercommunication, screening mechanism and edulcoration chamber 14 intercommunication.
Preferably, a through hole 11 is formed between the impurity removing cavity 14 and the collecting cavity 9, and the impurity removing cavity 14 is communicated with the collecting cavity 9 through the through hole 11. Concretely, edulcoration chamber 14 sets up with collecting chamber 9 on supporting frame body 1 side by side, and unloading mechanism sets up in the top in edulcoration chamber 14, and screening mechanism sets up in the below in edulcoration chamber 14, and the top in edulcoration chamber 14 is provided with the entry end, and the bottom in edulcoration chamber 14 is provided with the exit end, and unloading mechanism and edulcoration chamber 14's entry end intercommunication, screening mechanism and edulcoration chamber 14's exit end intercommunication.
The air supply component comprises a fan cover 16, an air outlet pipe 17 and a fan 18, the fan 18 is communicated with the air outlet pipe 17, and the air outlet pipe 17 is communicated with the impurity removing cavity 14 through the fan cover 16.
Specifically, a fan cover 16 is arranged on one side of the impurity removing cavity 14 opposite to the through hole 11, one end of the air outlet pipe 17 penetrates through the fan cover 16 to be communicated with the impurity removing cavity 14, the other end of the air outlet pipe 17 is communicated with a fan 18, and the fan 18 is fixedly connected to the support frame body 1.
Agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism still includes dump bin 6 and arranges miscellaneous pipeline 8, and dump bin 6 is connected with support frame body 1, and dump bin 6 is provided with chamber door 7 through arranging miscellaneous pipeline 8 and collecting chamber 9 intercommunication on the dump bin 6. Preferably, the waste bin 6 is arranged below the collection chamber 9.
The wall of the collection chamber 9 is provided with ventilation windows 10. Preferably, the louver 10 is disposed opposite to the through hole 11, and the louver 10 corresponds to an outlet.
Referring to fig. 2, the blanking mechanism includes a material conveying cylinder 12, a hopper 13, a rotary material conveying slurry 19 and a rotary driving member 20, the rotary material conveying slurry 19 and the rotary driving member 20 are both disposed in the material conveying cylinder 12, a power output end of the rotary driving member 20 is communicated with the rotary material conveying slurry 19, a blanking port of the hopper 13 penetrates through a cylinder wall of the material conveying cylinder 12 and is communicated with an inlet end of the rotary material conveying slurry 19, and an outlet end of the rotary material conveying slurry 19 penetrates through the cylinder wall of the material conveying cylinder 12 and is communicated with an inlet end of the impurity removing cavity 14. Preferably, the hopper 13 is arranged above the material conveying cylinder 12, so that the blanking process of crops is facilitated to be smooth.
Specifically, the rotary driving member 20 is a power driving member such as a motor, an air cylinder or a hydraulic cylinder.
A guide plate 15 is arranged in the impurity removing cavity 14, and a material guide panel of the guide plate 15 is arranged below the inlet end of the impurity removing cavity 14. The guide plate 15 can buffer and disperse the crops falling into the impurity removing cavity 14, so that the purging can be better performed.
The screening mechanism comprises a screening cavity 2, a collecting drawer 3, a first screening drawer 4 and a second screening drawer 5, the collecting drawer 3, the first screening drawer 4 and the second screening drawer 5 are all arranged in the screening cavity 2, and the collecting drawer 3 is communicated with the second screening drawer 5 through the first screening drawer 4; the aperture of the screen 21 of the second screening drawer 5 is larger than that of the screen 21 of the first screening drawer 4; the discharge end of the impurity removing cavity 14 is communicated with the second screening drawer 5; the screening chamber 2 is connected with the support frame body 1.
Referring to fig. 3 and 4, the screening mechanism further includes a vibration motor 26 and a spring 23, the outer side wall of the first screening drawer 4 and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer 5 are both provided with ear plates 22, the positions of the cavity wall of the screening cavity 2 corresponding to the ear plates 22 of the first screening drawer 4 and the ear plates 22 of the second screening drawer 5 are both provided with grooves 24, the groove 24 corresponding to the ear plate 22 of the first screening drawer 4 is internally provided with the vibration motor 26 and the spring 23, and the power output end of the vibration motor 26 is connected with the ear plate 22 of the first screening drawer 4 through the spring 23; a vibration motor 26 and a spring 23 are arranged in the groove 24 corresponding to the ear plate 22 of the second screening drawer 5, and the power output end of the vibration motor 26 is connected with the ear plate 22 of the second screening drawer 5 through the spring 23. Preferably, the face of the lug 22 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the spring 23.
The connecting part of the ear plate 22 of the first screening drawer 4 and the spring 23 and the connecting part of the second screening drawer 5 and the spring 23 are provided with supporting plates 25. Preferably, the face of the support plate 25 is perpendicular to the axial direction of the spring 23 and abuts against the face of the ear plate 22 for better vibration reception.
Referring to fig. 5, handles 27 are arranged on both the outer side wall of the first screening drawer 4 and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer 5, and the handle 27 on the first screening drawer 4 and the ear plate 22 on the first screening drawer 4 are arranged along the radial direction of the first screening drawer 4; the handle 27 of the second screen drawer 5 and the ear plate 22 of the second screen drawer 5 are arranged in the radial direction of the second screen drawer 5.
The utility model discloses a use does: agricultural products are poured into a hopper 13 and slowly enter a material conveying cylinder 12, at the moment, a rotary driving piece 20 is started to drive a rotary material conveying slurry 19 to rotate, the rotary material conveying slurry 19 conveys the agricultural products to one side, so that the agricultural products continuously and slowly enter an impurity removing cavity 14 in a support frame body 1, an intermittent feeding function is realized, congestion caused by one-time feeding is avoided, then the agricultural products fall down through a guide plate 15, at the moment, a fan 18 is started to supply air into a fan cover 16, an air outlet pipe 17 blows air to one side, impurities in the agricultural products fall into a collecting cavity 9 through a through hole 11, the air is discharged through a ventilation window 10, the mesh of the ventilation window 10 is small, the impurities can be prevented from leaking, the impurities fall into a waste material box 6 through an impurity discharging pipeline 8, a box door 7 can be opened, the impurities are cleaned, and are conveniently removed before screening, and, the agricultural product in edulcoration chamber 14 drops inside screening chamber 2, at this moment, start vibrating motor 26 and make its drive layer board 25 shake, layer board 25 transmits the shaking force to first screening steamer tray 4 and second screening steamer tray 5 through otic placode 22, first screening steamer tray 4 and second screening steamer tray 5 float from top to bottom under the elastic action of spring 23, screen agricultural product screening, because the mesh 21 mesh of second screening steamer tray 5 bottom is greater than the mesh of first screening steamer tray 4, make the agricultural product that granule is great remain in second screening steamer tray 5, the agricultural product that granule is less passes second screening steamer tray 5 and drops in first screening steamer tray 4, and the agricultural product that granule is less passes first screening steamer tray 4 and drops in collecting steamer tray 3, through triple screening, thereby make the screening of agricultural product more meticulous, and, can be directly with collecting steamer tray 3, first screening steamer tray 4, second screening steamer tray 5 take out to unload fast, accomplish agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism's work.

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1. Agricultural product quality testing sieving mechanism, its characterized in that is including supporting support body (1), unloading mechanism, edulcoration mechanism and screening mechanism, edulcoration mechanism is including air supply component, edulcoration chamber (14) and collection chamber (9), unloading mechanism, edulcoration chamber (14), collection chamber (9) and screening mechanism all are connected with supporting support body (1), unloading mechanism and edulcoration chamber (14) intercommunication, edulcoration chamber (14) and collection chamber (9) intercommunication, air supply component and edulcoration chamber (14) intercommunication, screening mechanism and edulcoration chamber (14) intercommunication.
2. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 1, wherein the air supply member includes a fan housing (16), an air outlet pipe (17) and a fan (18), the fan (18) is communicated with the air outlet pipe (17), and the air outlet pipe (17) is communicated with the trash chamber (14) through the fan housing (16).
3. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 2, further comprising a waste bin (6) and an impurity removal pipeline (8), wherein the waste bin (6) is connected with the support frame body (1), the waste bin (6) is communicated with the collection cavity (9) through the impurity removal pipeline (8), and a box door (7) is arranged on the waste bin (6).
4. The agricultural product quality inspection screening apparatus of claim 1, wherein a ventilation window (10) is provided on the wall of the collection chamber (9).
5. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 3, wherein the discharging mechanism includes a material delivery cylinder (12), a hopper (13), a rotary material delivery slurry (19) and a rotary driving member (20), the rotary material delivery slurry (19) and the rotary driving member (20) are both disposed in the material delivery cylinder (12), a power output end of the rotary driving member (20) is communicated with the rotary material delivery slurry (19), a discharging opening of the hopper (13) penetrates through a cylinder wall of the material delivery cylinder (12) and is communicated with an inlet end of the rotary material delivery slurry (19), and an outlet end of the rotary material delivery slurry (19) penetrates through a cylinder wall of the material delivery cylinder (12) and is communicated with an inlet end of the impurity removal cavity (14).
6. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 5, wherein a guide plate (15) is arranged in the trash chamber (14), and a guide panel of the guide plate (15) is arranged below the inlet end of the trash chamber (14).
7. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 6, wherein the screening mechanism comprises a screening cavity (2), a collection drawer (3), a first screening drawer (4) and a second screening drawer (5), the collection drawer (3), the first screening drawer (4) and the second screening drawer (5) are all arranged in the screening cavity (2), and the collection drawer (3) is communicated with the second screening drawer (5) through the first screening drawer (4); the aperture of the screen (21) of the second screening drawer (5) is larger than that of the screen (21) of the first screening drawer (4); the discharge end of the impurity removing cavity (14) is communicated with the second screening drawer (5); the screening cavity (2) is connected with the support frame body (1).
8. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 7, wherein the screening mechanism further comprises a vibration motor (26) and a spring (23), the outer side wall of the first screening drawer (4) and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer (5) are provided with lug plates (22), the positions of the cavity wall of the screening cavity (2) corresponding to the lug plates (22) of the first screening drawer (4) and the lug plates (22) of the second screening drawer (5) are provided with grooves (24), the groove (24) corresponding to the lug plate (22) of the first screening drawer (4) is internally provided with the vibration motor (26) and the spring (23), and the power output end of the vibration motor (26) is connected with the lug plate (22) of the first screening drawer (4) through the spring (23); and a vibration motor (26) and a spring (23) are arranged in a groove (24) corresponding to the ear plate (22) of the second screening drawer (5), and the power output end of the vibration motor (26) is connected with the ear plate (22) of the second screening drawer (5) through the spring (23).
9. The agricultural product quality detection screening apparatus according to claim 8, wherein a connection portion of the lug plate (22) of the first screening drawer (4) and the spring (23) and a connection portion of the second screening drawer (5) and the spring (23) are provided with a supporting plate (25).
10. The agricultural product quality detection screening device according to claim 9, wherein handles (27) are provided on both the outer side wall of the first screening drawer (4) and the outer side wall of the second screening drawer (5), and the handles (27) on the first screening drawer (4) and the ear plates (22) on the first screening drawer (4) are arranged along the radial direction of the first screening drawer (4); and the handle (27) on the second screening drawer (5) and the ear plate (22) on the second screening drawer (5) are arranged along the radial direction of the second screening drawer (5).
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