CN219046662U - Self-propelled hardened soil improvement machine - Google Patents

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CN219046662U
CN219046662U CN202122397412.1U CN202122397412U CN219046662U CN 219046662 U CN219046662 U CN 219046662U CN 202122397412 U CN202122397412 U CN 202122397412U CN 219046662 U CN219046662 U CN 219046662U
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The utility model discloses a self-propelled hardening soil improvement machine, which aims to solve the problems that the existing hardening soil improvement equipment cannot be accurately repaired, and particularly a spiral auger is easy to damage when stones are encountered, so that the service life and the working efficiency of the equipment are affected.

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Self-propelled hardened soil improvement machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an agricultural machine, in particular to a self-propelled hardened soil improvement machine which consists of a vehicle body component, a driving component, a soil inlet component, a crushing component, a fertilizer bin and a stirring bin.
Background
Chinese patent CN112567911a discloses a greening hardening soil treatment and restoration system, which is structurally characterized in that: comprises a vehicle body component, a driving component, a soil inlet component, a crushing component, a lifting component, a pull-down component and a dust discharging component; the vehicle body component comprises a main body cylinder, a soil discharge pipe, supporting legs, wheels, a pushing handle, a screen, a vertical support plate, an ash discharge pipe and an ash storage barrel; the main body cylinder is obliquely arranged at a left low position and a right high position, and the lower part of the main body cylinder is connected with a right wheel through a support leg; the left side of the main body cylinder is connected with a pushing handle, and the bottom of the left end is connected with a soil discharging pipe; a screen is arranged in the middle of the main body cylinder; the ash storage barrel is fixed above the left end of the main body barrel, the bottom of the ash storage barrel is connected with an ash discharge pipe, and the ash discharge pipe extends into the main body barrel and is positioned at the left side of the screen; the upper part of the main body cylinder is connected with a vertical support plate, and the upper part of the vertical support plate is provided with a driving assembly; the left side of the driving component is matched with a lifting component, and a pull-down component is matched below the lifting component; the ash discharging pipe is provided with an ash discharging component which is connected with the pull-down component; the left side of the screen is provided with a crushing assembly which is matched with the driving assembly; the right end of the main body cylinder is provided with a soil inlet assembly which is also matched with the driving assembly; the soil inlet assembly comprises a soil inlet pipe, a second rotating shaft, a spiral auger, a third bevel gear and a soil turner; the soil inlet pipe is obliquely arranged at the left side, the right side and the left side of the upper section are communicated with the right end of the main body cylinder; the right side of the bottom end of the soil inlet pipe is provided with a soil turning device; a second rotating shaft is arranged in the soil inlet pipe, and a spiral auger is arranged on the second rotating shaft; the top end of the second rotating shaft extends out of the soil inlet pipe and is provided with a third bevel gear, and the third bevel gear is meshed with the second bevel gear. Therefore, the system can bring hardened soil and non-hardened soil into the spiral auger, so that accurate restoration cannot be realized, thereby increasing equipment load, and simultaneously increasing fertilizer, and particularly, the spiral auger is easy to damage when encountering stones, thereby influencing the service life and the working efficiency of equipment.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a self-propelled hardening soil improvement machine which can accurately repair stone, separate the stone, prolong the service life of equipment and improve the working efficiency.
In order to achieve the purpose, the self-propelled hardening soil improvement machine comprises a vehicle body component, a driving component, a soil inlet component, a crushing component, a fertilizer bin and a stirring bin, wherein the driving component, the soil inlet component, the crushing component, the fertilizer bin and the stirring bin are arranged on the vehicle body component, the fertilizer bin is connected with the stirring bin through a pipeline, a ridger is arranged at the front part of the vehicle body component, the soil inlet component is arranged on the vehicle body component between the ridger and the vehicle body component, the upper end of the soil inlet component is respectively connected with a stone storage bin and the stirring bin through the crushing component, the fertilizer bin is arranged above the stirring bin, and a soil outlet on the stirring bin is arranged at the rear part of the vehicle body component.
The ridger and the soil inlet assembly are connected with the vehicle body assembly through a lifting mechanism.
The lifting mechanism consists of a cultivation gearbox, an oil cylinder and a swinging rod, wherein one end of the oil cylinder is arranged on the vehicle body component, the other end of the oil cylinder is movably connected with one end of the swinging rod, the other end of the swinging rod is respectively connected with the cultivation gearbox and a bearing seat which can be connected with an agricultural implement through a shaft sleeve, the cultivation gearbox is convenient to swing, an input shaft of the cultivation gearbox is arranged in one shaft sleeve which is close to the chain gearbox, a chain wheel shaft which can be provided with a transmission chain wheel is arranged in the middle of the cultivation gearbox, and the transmission chain wheel is arranged on one side of the cultivation gearbox which is close to the soil inlet component.
The soil feeding assembly consists of a plowshare, a screen chain, a driving sprocket, a lower rotating shaft and an upper rotating shaft, wherein the upper rotating shaft arranged on the vehicle body assembly is rotationally connected with the upper end of the screen chain through the sprocket, the lower end of the screen chain is rotationally connected with the lower rotating shaft through the sprocket, the two ends of the lower rotating shaft are rotationally connected with the upper rotating shaft through connecting rods, the driving sprocket which can be in transmission connection with a cultivation gearbox is meshed in the screen chain, the driving sprocket is also in sliding connection with the connecting rods through sprocket shafts, and the two ends of the lower rotating shaft are also connected with the plowshare through eccentric mechanisms.
The screen chain consists of a plurality of round steels and two chains, wherein the round steels are arranged in parallel between the two chains which can be meshed with the chain wheel, and a space is reserved between one round steel and two adjacent round steels.
A groove which is convenient for a chain wheel shaft to slide and drives the connecting rod to swing is arranged on the connecting rod close to the cultivation gearbox.
The crushing assembly consists of a screen plate, a press roller, a bearing seat and a spring, wherein the press roller is arranged on the vehicle body assembly through the bearing seat, the spring is arranged between the upper end of the bearing seat and the vehicle body assembly, the press roller is convenient to press downwards, and the screen plate is arranged on the vehicle body assembly below the press roller.
The sieve plate is formed by arranging a plurality of round steels in a curved surface shape according to a specified interval and in parallel.
The soil guiding groove which can be connected with the stirring bin is arranged below the crushing assembly.
The outlet end of the screen plate of the crushing assembly is connected with a stone guide groove which can be connected with a stone storage bin.
After the structure is adopted, as the ridger is arranged at the front part of the vehicle body component, the soil inlet component is arranged on the vehicle body component between the ridger and the vehicle body component, the upper end of the soil inlet component is respectively connected with the stone storage bin and the stirring bin through the crushing component, the fertilizer bin is arranged above the stirring bin, and the soil outlet on the stirring bin is arranged at the rear part of the vehicle body component; the soil feeding assembly consists of a plowshare, a screen chain, a driving sprocket, a lower rotating shaft and an upper rotating shaft, wherein the upper rotating shaft arranged on the vehicle body assembly is rotationally connected with the upper end of the screen chain through the sprocket, the lower end of the screen chain is rotationally connected with the lower rotating shaft through the sprocket, the two ends of the lower rotating shaft are rotationally connected with the upper rotating shaft through connecting rods, the driving sprocket which can be in transmission connection with a cultivation gearbox is meshed in the screen chain, the driving sprocket is also in sliding connection with the connecting rods through sprocket shafts, and the two ends of the lower rotating shaft are also connected with the plowshare through eccentric mechanisms. When the hardened soil, the soil without hardening and the stone block all enter the soil inlet assembly, the soil without hardening directly falls onto the ridges or the fields from the gaps on the screen chains, and the hardened soil and the stone block are uploaded to the crushing assembly through the screen chains, so that the ridging and fertilizing process can be omitted, the precise repair can be achieved, the stone block is separated, the service life of the equipment is prolonged, and the work efficiency is improved.
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The utility model is described in further detail below with reference to the drawings and examples.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a self-propelled hardened soil improvement machine according to the present utility model in a main sectional view.
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the self-propelled hardened soil improvement machine of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. ridger 2, tillage gearbox 3, soil intake assembly 4, screen chain 5, sprocket 6, upper shaft 7, crushing assembly 8, spring 9, roller 10, screen plate 11, stone bin 12, body assembly 13, fertilizer bin 14, soil outlet 15, stirring bin 16, soil chute 17, stone chute 18, oil cylinder 19, lifting mechanism 20, drive sprocket 21, link 22, lower shaft 23, plowshare.
Detailed Description
The self-propelled hardening soil improvement machine comprises a vehicle body component 12, a driving component, a soil feeding component 3, a crushing component 7, a fertilizer bin 13 and a stirring bin 15, wherein the driving component, the soil feeding component 3, the crushing component 7, the fertilizer bin 13 and the stirring bin 15 are arranged on the vehicle body component 12, the fertilizer bin 13 is connected with the stirring bin 15 through a pipeline, a ridger 1 is arranged in front of the vehicle body component 12, the soil feeding component 3 is arranged on the vehicle body component 12 between the ridger 1 and the vehicle body component 12, the upper end of the soil feeding component 3 is respectively connected with a stone storage bin 11 and the stirring bin 15 through the crushing component 7, the fertilizer bin 13 is arranged above the stirring bin 15, and a soil outlet 14 on the stirring bin 15 is arranged at the rear of the vehicle body component 12. The vehicle body component 12 consists of a chassis and a bracket, the chassis is provided with the bracket, and the soil inlet component 3, the crushing component 7, the fertilizer bin 13 and the stirring bin 15 are respectively connected with the chassis through the bracket. The driving assembly comprises an engine, a gearbox, a hydraulic station and tracks, wherein the engine is in transmission connection with the gearbox through a belt, the gearbox is respectively in transmission connection with the cultivation gearbox and the tracks, the engine is also in transmission connection with the hydraulic station, and the cultivation gearbox 2 is arranged on a chassis close to one of the tracks, so that the soil inlet assembly 3 is convenient to install; the ridger 1 and the soil inlet assembly 3 are connected with the vehicle body assembly 12 through a lifting mechanism 19.
The ridger 1 shown in the attached drawings 1 and 2 comprises a short transmission shaft, a gear box, a gear, a rotary tillage shaft, two side plates and rotary tillage blades, wherein one end of the short transmission shaft extends into the gear box and is connected with the gear, the other end of the short transmission shaft is connected with the upper end of one side plate through a bearing and a bearing seat, the other end of the short transmission shaft is also connected with one end of the rotary tillage shaft through chain transmission, one end of the rotary tillage shaft is connected with the lower end of the other side plate through the bearing and the bearing seat, the upper end of the other side plate is connected with the gear box through a transverse frame consisting of two angle steels, the upper end of one side plate is also connected with the gear box through a transverse frame consisting of two angle steels, the short transmission shaft is arranged in a square transverse frame consisting of two angle steels, and a depth limiting wheel is also arranged at the lower end of the side plate behind the rotary tillage shaft.
The lifting mechanism 19 shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2 is composed of a cultivation gearbox 2, an oil cylinder 18 and a swinging rod, one end of the oil cylinder 18 is arranged on the vehicle body assembly 12, the other end of the oil cylinder 18 is movably connected with one end of the swinging rod, the other end of the swinging rod is respectively connected with the cultivation gearbox 2 and a bearing seat which can be connected with farm tools through shaft sleeves, the cultivation gearbox 2 is convenient to swing, an input shaft of the cultivation gearbox 2 is arranged in one shaft sleeve close to the outer side, a chain wheel shaft capable of being provided with a transmission chain wheel 20 is arranged in the middle of the cultivation gearbox 2, and the transmission chain wheel 20 is arranged on one side of the cultivation gearbox 2 close to the soil inlet assembly 3.
The soil feeding assembly 3 shown in the attached drawings 1 and 2 consists of a plowshare 23, a screen chain 4, a driving chain wheel 20, a chain wheel 5, a lower rotating shaft 22 and an upper rotating shaft 6, wherein the upper rotating shaft 6 arranged on the vehicle body assembly 12 is rotationally connected with the upper end of the screen chain 4 through the chain wheel 5, the lower end of the screen chain 4 is rotationally connected with the lower rotating shaft 22 through the chain wheel 5, the two ends of the lower rotating shaft 22 are rotationally connected with the upper rotating shaft 6 through a connecting rod 21, the driving chain wheel 20 which can be in driving connection with the cultivation gearbox 2 is meshed in the screen chain 4, the driving chain wheel 20 is also in sliding connection with the connecting rod 21 through a chain wheel shaft, the two ends of the lower rotating shaft 22 are also connected with the plowshare 23 through an eccentric mechanism, and the length of the plowshare 23 of the soil feeding assembly 3 is smaller than or equal to the length of a rotary tillage part on a ridger 1, so that soil on a ridge can be restored after ridging; the screen chain 4 consists of a plurality of round steels and two chains, wherein the round steels are arranged in parallel between the two chains which can be meshed with the transmission chain wheel 20 and the chain wheel 5, and a space is reserved between one round steel and two adjacent round steels; a groove which is convenient for the chain wheel shaft to slide and drives the connecting rod 21 to swing is arranged on the connecting rod 21 close to the cultivation gearbox 2.
The crushing assembly 7 shown in the figures 1 and 2 consists of a screen plate 10, a press roll 9, a bearing seat and a spring 8, wherein the press roll 9 is arranged on a vehicle body assembly 12 through the bearing seat, the spring 8 is arranged between the upper end of the bearing seat and the vehicle body assembly 12, so that the press roll 9 can be conveniently pressed downwards, and the screen plate 10 is arranged on the vehicle body assembly 12 below the press roll 9; the screen plate 10 is formed by arranging a plurality of round steels in a curved surface shape at a prescribed interval in parallel with each other.
A soil guiding groove 16 which can be connected with the stirring bin 15 is arranged below the crushing assembly 7 shown in fig. 1 and 2.
The outlet end of the sieve plate 10 of the crushing assembly 7 is connected with a stone guide groove 17 which can be connected with a stone storage bin 11 as shown in fig. 1 and 2.
When the ridger 1 is used, the field is firstly formed into a ridge shape, then the soil on the ridge is conveyed upwards to the crushing assembly 7 through the ploughshare 23 and the sieve chain 4, in the process, the soil which is not hardened falls back to the ridge through the gaps on the sieve chain 4, the soil which is hardened and blocked and larger stones are continuously conveyed upwards to the crushing assembly 7 through the sieve chain 4, when the soil which is hardened and the larger stones enter between the sieve plate 10 and the press roller 9 on the crushing assembly 7, the soil which is hardened and blocked is crushed and falls into the stirring bin 15 through the gaps on the sieve plate 10 due to the action of the spring 8, and the soil which is not crushed and the larger stones are taken out by the press roller 9 and enter the stone storage bin 11 through the stone guide groove 17, and the soil which has entered into the stirring bin 15 falls back to the ridge through the soil outlet 14 after being stirred with fertilizer, so that the soil fertility is improved.
When the seeder is additionally arranged, the integrated operations of ridging, soil improvement, fertilization and seeding can be realized. When the ridger 1 is removed, the same is also used alone.

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1. The utility model provides a self-propelled soil improvement machine that hardens, includes automobile body subassembly, drive assembly, advances native subassembly, broken subassembly, fertilizer storehouse and stirring storehouse, with drive assembly, advance native subassembly, broken subassembly, fertilizer storehouse and stirring storehouse setting on automobile body subassembly, fertilizer storehouse passes through the pipeline and is connected its characterized in that with stirring storehouse: the ridger (1) is arranged at the front part of the vehicle body component (12), the soil inlet component (3) is arranged on the vehicle body component (12) between the ridger (1) and the vehicle body component (12), the upper end of the soil inlet component (3) is respectively connected with the stone storage bin (11) and the stirring bin (15) through the crushing component (7), the fertilizer bin (13) is arranged above the stirring bin (15), and the soil outlet (14) on the stirring bin (15) is arranged at the rear part of the vehicle body component (12).
2. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 1, wherein: the ridger (1) and the soil inlet assembly (3) are connected with the vehicle body assembly (12) through a lifting mechanism (19).
3. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 2, wherein: the lifting mechanism (19) consists of a cultivation gearbox (2), an oil cylinder (18) and a swing rod, one end of the oil cylinder (18) is arranged on the vehicle body component (12), the other end of the oil cylinder (18) is movably connected with one end of the swing rod, the other end of the swing rod is respectively connected with the cultivation gearbox (2) and a bearing seat which can be connected with farm tools through shaft sleeves, the cultivation gearbox (2) is convenient to swing, an input shaft of the cultivation gearbox (2) is arranged in a shaft sleeve which is close to the chain gearbox, a chain wheel shaft which can be provided with a transmission chain wheel (20) is arranged in the middle of the cultivation gearbox (2), and the transmission chain wheel (20) is arranged on one side of the cultivation gearbox (2) which is close to the soil inlet component (3).
4. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 1, wherein: the soil feeding assembly (3) consists of a plowshare (23), a screen chain (4), a driving chain wheel (20), a chain wheel (5), a lower rotating shaft (22) and an upper rotating shaft (6), wherein the upper rotating shaft (6) arranged on the vehicle body assembly (12) is rotationally connected with the upper end of the screen chain (4) through the chain wheel (5), the lower end of the screen chain (4) is rotationally connected with the lower rotating shaft (22) through the chain wheel (5), two ends of the lower rotating shaft (22) are rotationally connected with the upper rotating shaft (6) through connecting rods (21), the driving chain wheel (20) which can be in transmission connection with the cultivation gearbox (2) is meshed in the screen chain (4), the driving chain wheel (20) is also in sliding connection with the connecting rods (21) through chain shafts, and two ends of the lower rotating shaft (22) are also connected with the plowshare (23) through eccentric mechanisms.
5. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine of claim 4, wherein: the screen chain (4) consists of a plurality of round steels and two chains, wherein the round steels are arranged in parallel between the two chains which can be meshed with the chain wheel (5), and a space is reserved between one round steel and two adjacent round steels.
6. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine of claim 4, wherein: a groove which is convenient for a sprocket shaft to slide and drives the connecting rod (21) to swing is arranged on the connecting rod (21) close to the cultivation gearbox (2).
7. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 1, wherein: the crushing assembly (7) consists of a screen plate (10), a press roller (9), a bearing seat and a spring (8), wherein the press roller (9) is arranged on the vehicle body assembly (12) through the bearing seat, the spring (8) is arranged between the upper end of the bearing seat and the vehicle body assembly (12), the press roller (9) is convenient to press downwards, and the screen plate (10) is arranged on the vehicle body assembly (12) below the press roller (9).
8. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine of claim 7, wherein: the screen plate (10) is formed by arranging a plurality of round steels in a curved surface shape according to a specified interval and in parallel with each other.
9. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 1, wherein: a soil guiding groove (16) which can be connected with the stirring bin (15) is arranged below the crushing assembly (7).
10. The self-propelled hardened soil improving machine according to claim 1, wherein: the outlet end of the sieve plate (10) of the crushing assembly (7) is connected with a stone guide groove (17) which can be connected with a stone storage bin (11).
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