CN219514994U - Dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement - Google Patents

Dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement Download PDF

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CN219514994U
CN219514994U CN202320986731.2U CN202320986731U CN219514994U CN 219514994 U CN219514994 U CN 219514994U CN 202320986731 U CN202320986731 U CN 202320986731U CN 219514994 U CN219514994 U CN 219514994U
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赵进杰
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潘明杰
王红香
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The utility model provides a dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement, includes dirty pond of collection, dirty pond one side of collection is connected with the aquarium, dirty pond degree of depth of collection is greater than aquarium degree of depth, dirty pond one end downside of collection is equipped with a plurality of water jet, fixed mounting has the water spray subassembly on the water jet, dirty pond of collection is equipped with one end-to-end downside of water inlet and is equipped with a plurality of drain, fixed mounting has the dirt subassembly on the drain, dirty pond both sides of collection are close to and block the fish net and all are equipped with the cell body on the dirty net, the otter board is installed to the cell body downside, be equipped with the dwang in the cell body, dwang output and motor shaft fixed connection, be equipped with the impeller plate with dwang sliding connection on the cell body opening, install the dwang on the impeller plate, be connected with the rain cloth on the dwang circumference, the rain cloth other end is connected with the rolling subassembly, the rolling subassembly is installed in dirty pond one end of collection, and this device can be efficient clean excrement dirty, reduces the excrement dirty residue.

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Dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement
Technical Field
The utility model relates to an aquaculture device, in particular to a device for cleaning feces of a pond circulating running water aquaculture facility.
Background
In the traditional cultivation mode, feces, residual baits, fish medicines and the like generated by fish ingestion enter large water bodies such as ponds, reservoirs, lakes and the like, and can greatly influence ecological loads of the water bodies, so that the water bodies are rich in oxidation, water quality is deteriorated and the like.
The mode of circulating water cultivation in the pond is a cultivation mode of small-area high-density cultivation, low-density ecology and circulating water body adopted in the pond, and is gradually popularized in China in recent years. For internal circulation water fish culture, the water body needs to be kept clean and pollution-free all the time, and the timely discharge of wastes such as fish waste, residual feed and the like is important. Most of the existing sewage disposal devices enable sewage disposal pipelines to be paved at the bottom of a pool, so that the cleaning efficiency is low, the sewage disposal devices are not clean, and sediment excrement and residual feed are piled up on the bottom or the pipelines until the sewage disposal devices are blocked.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the defects in the prior art, the utility model provides the excrement cleaning device for the pond circulating running water aquaculture facility, which can efficiently clean excrement and reduce excrement and sewage residues.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement, includes dirty pond of collection, dirty pond one side of collection is connected with the fish pond, dirty pond of collection is equipped with and blocks the fish pond junction with the fish pond, dirty pond of collection is equipped with and blocks dirty net with fish pond junction side offside, dirty pond degree of depth is greater than the fish pond degree of depth, dirty pond one end downside of collection is equipped with a plurality of water jet, fixed mounting has the water spray subassembly on the water jet, dirty pond of collection is equipped with a water inlet end-to-end downside and is equipped with a plurality of drain, fixed mounting has the dirt subassembly on the drain, dirty pond both sides are close to and block and all are equipped with the cell body on the dirty net, the otter board is installed to the cell body downside, be equipped with the dwang in the cell body, dwang output and motor shaft fixed connection, be equipped with the impeller plate with dwang sliding connection on the cell body opening, install the dwang on the impeller plate, be connected with the rain cloth on the dwang circumference, the rain cloth other end is connected with rolling subassembly, dirty subassembly is installed in the pond one end.
Preferably, the rotating rod is provided with spiral teeth, one side of the pushing plate is provided with a boss, the boss is in sliding connection with the opening of the groove body, the boss is provided with driven teeth meshed with the spiral teeth, and the pushing plate can move along with the rotation of the rotating rod, so that the moving rod is driven, rain cloth is paved on the screen plate, the bottom of the dirt collecting tank is divided, and the dirt collecting tank is convenient to clean.
Preferably, the one side offside that the push plate was equipped with the boss is equipped with the mounting groove, be equipped with the apron on the mounting groove, the mounting groove forms fixed mouthful with the apron, fixed mouthful cooperatees with the carriage release lever, be equipped with the recess on the mounting groove, recess bottom fixed mounting has magnet, be equipped with on the apron with recess matched with arch, be equipped with magnet in the arch, the mutual attraction of magnet can make recess and protruding closely laminate, prevents that the apron from dropping, dismantles the convenience simultaneously and improves availability factor.
Preferably, the winding assembly comprises a winding frame, a fixed roller and a coil spring, wherein the fixed roller is arranged in the middle of the inside of the winding frame, two ends of the fixed roller are fixedly connected with two ends of the winding frame, the coil spring is fixedly installed on the circumference of the fixed roller, an outer joint of the coil spring is connected with the rain cloth, and when the pushing plate moves towards the winding assembly, the acting force of the coil spring can enable the rain cloth to be retracted and wound into the winding frame.
Preferably, the dirt absorbing assembly comprises a dirt absorbing pump, a dirt absorbing pipe and a dirt discharging pipe, the dirt discharging pipe is fixedly arranged on the dirt discharging outlet, the dirt discharging outlet of the dirt discharging pipe is connected with the dirt absorbing pipe, the dirt absorbing pump is arranged on the dirt absorbing pipe, the dirt absorbing pump is opened, and the dirt in the dirt collecting tank is sucked out through the dirt absorbing pipe and discharged into the filter tank or the sedimentation tank.
Preferably, the water spraying assembly comprises a high-pressure water pump, a first water pipe and a second water pipe, wherein a second water pipe is arranged at the water inlet end of the water spraying port, the water inlet end of the second water pipe is connected with the first water pipe, the high-pressure water pump is fixedly arranged on the first water pipe, when the sewage suction assembly sucks out more than 90% of the sewage in the sewage collecting tank, the high-pressure water pump is turned on, water flows out of the sewage collecting tank through the water spraying port, and the residual sewage at the bottom of the sewage collecting tank is completely washed.
Preferably, at least two the water outlet ends of the water spraying openings are provided with high-pressure spray heads, the high-pressure spray heads are fixedly arranged on the water spraying openings close to the two side walls, the rest water spraying openings are provided with check valves, the water spraying openings close to the two side walls are provided with the high-pressure spray heads, residual manure on the side walls can be cleaned, dead corners are better cleaned, and the check valves prevent backflow from entering the water pipe when the water spraying assembly does not operate.
Preferably, the bottom of the sewage collection tank is inclined downwards near one end of the sewage drain, and the inclined tank bottom can improve the working efficiency of the sewage suction assembly and the cleaning degree of the sewage in the tank.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows: the movable rod is driven by the pushing plate, the rain cloth is paved on the screen plate, the bottom of the sewage collecting tank is divided, the sewage is convenient to clean, then the sewage suction pump is turned on, the sewage in the bottom of the sewage collecting tank is sucked out through the sewage suction pipe, when the sewage at the bottom of the tank is sucked out by more than 90%, the high-pressure water pump is turned on, water flows out from the water spraying port through the high-pressure water pump, the sewage collecting tank is flushed, residual sewage at the bottom of the tank is flushed clean, the high-pressure spray nozzle is arranged at the water outlet end of the water spraying port, and the dead angle and residual sewage on the side wall can be cleaned.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a dirt collecting tank structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a pusher plate structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a cross-sectional structure of a tank body according to the present utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a winding assembly according to the present utility model;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a boss structure of the present utility model;
fig. 8 is a schematic view of a turning lever structure according to the present utility model.
In the figure: a sewage collecting tank 1; a dirt blocking net 11; a water jet 12; a high-pressure head 121; a check valve 122; a drain outlet 13; a tank 14; a rotating lever 141; helical teeth 142; a motor 143; a screen 15; a push plate 16; a boss 161; driven teeth 162; a mounting groove 163; a cover plate 164; a fixed port 165; a recess 166; a projection 167; a fish pond 2; a fish blocking net 21; a water spray assembly 3; a high-pressure water pump 31; a first water pipe 32; a second water pipe 33; a soil pick-up assembly 4; a suction pump 41; a dirt suction pipe 42; a drain pipe 43; a winding assembly 5; a winding frame 51; a rotating roller 52; a coil spring 53; a rain cloth 54; the lever 55 is moved.
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referring to fig. 1-8, a device for cleaning manure of a pond circulating water culture facility comprises a dirt collecting tank 1, wherein one side of the dirt collecting tank 1 is connected with a fish pond 2, a fish blocking net 21 is arranged at the joint of the dirt collecting tank 1 and the fish pond 2, a dirt blocking net 11 is arranged at the opposite side of the joint of the dirt collecting tank 1 and the fish pond 2, the depth of the dirt collecting tank 1 is greater than that of the fish pond 2, a plurality of water spray ports 12 are arranged at the bottom side of one end of the dirt collecting tank 1, a water spray assembly 3 is fixedly arranged on the water spray ports 12, a plurality of drain ports 13 are arranged at the lower side of the end-to-end of the dirt collecting tank 1, a dirt absorbing assembly 4 is fixedly arranged on the drain ports 13, groove bodies 14 are arranged on two sides of the dirt collecting tank 1, a net plate is arranged near the fish blocking net 21 and the fish blocking net 11, a rotating rod 141 is arranged in the groove body 14, the output end of the rotating rod 141 is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft of a motor 143, a pushing plate 16 is arranged on the opening of the groove body 14, a moving rod 55 is arranged on the pushing plate 16, a cloth 54 is connected with the circumference of the moving rod 55, a cloth 54 is arranged at the other end of the rolling end of the moving rod 55, and the cloth 54 is connected with the rain assembly 5 and is arranged at one end of the rain assembly 1.
Wherein, be equipped with helical tooth 142 on the dwang 141, push plate 16 one side is equipped with boss 161, boss 161 and cell body 14 open side sliding connection are equipped with the driven tooth 162 with helical tooth 142 looks meshing on the boss 161, and push plate 16 can move along with the rotation of dwang 141 to drive movable rod 55, make the raincloth 54 tiling on the otter board, make the bottom of the dirt collection pond 1 split apart, be convenient for clear up the excrement dirty.
Wherein, the one side offside that the push plate 16 was equipped with boss 161 is equipped with mounting groove 163, is equipped with apron 164 on the mounting groove 163, and mounting groove 163 forms fixed mouth 165 with apron 164, and fixed mouth 165 cooperatees with movable rod 55, is equipped with recess 166 on the mounting groove 163, and recess 166 bottom fixed mounting has magnet, is equipped with the protruding 167 with recess 166 matched with on the apron 164, is equipped with magnet in the protruding 167, and the mutual attraction of magnet can make recess 166 and protruding 167 closely laminate, prevents that apron 164 from dropping, dismantles the convenience simultaneously and improves availability factor.
The winding assembly 5 comprises a winding frame 51, a fixed roller 52 and a coil spring 53, the fixed roller 52 is arranged in the middle of the inside of the winding frame 51, two ends of the fixed roller 52 are fixedly connected with two ends of the winding frame 51, the coil spring 53 is fixedly arranged on the circumference of the fixed roller 52, the outer joint of the coil spring 53 is connected with a piece of waterproof cloth 54, and when the pushing plate 16 moves towards the winding assembly 5, the waterproof cloth 54 can be retracted by acting force of the coil spring 53 and is wound into the winding frame 51.
The sewage suction assembly 4 comprises a sewage suction pump 41, a sewage suction pipe 42 and a sewage discharge pipe 43, the sewage discharge pipe 43 is fixedly installed on the sewage discharge outlet 13, a sewage outlet of the sewage discharge pipe 43 is connected with the sewage suction pipe 42, the sewage suction pump 41 is installed on the sewage suction pipe 42, the sewage suction pump 41 is opened, and the sewage in the sewage collection tank 1 is sucked out through the sewage suction pipe 42 and discharged into the filter tank or the sedimentation tank.
Wherein, the water spray subassembly 3 includes high-pressure water pump 31, first water pipe 32 and second water pipe 33, install second water pipe 33 on the water inlet of water jet 12, second water pipe 33 water inlet is connected with first water pipe 32, fixed mounting has high-pressure water pump 31 on the first water pipe 32, when the dirty pond 1 of dirt collection is made to dirt absorption subassembly 4 to suck more than 90% of interior dirty excrement of collection, open high-pressure water pump 31, rivers pass through high-pressure water pump 31, flow from water jet 12, wash dirty pond 1 of collection, make the residual dirty washing of excrement of bottom of the pool clean.
Wherein, at least two water jet 12 water outlet ends are equipped with high-pressure shower nozzle 121, and high-pressure shower nozzle 121 fixed mounting is being close to on the both sides wall water jet 12, is equipped with check valve 122 on remaining water jet 12, installs high-pressure shower nozzle 121 on the water jet 12 that is close to both sides wall, can wash the residual excrement on the lateral wall to better washs dead angle department, and check valve 122 prevents that water spray assembly 3 from flowing backwards when not moving and getting into the water pipe.
Wherein, the bottom of the sewage collecting tank 1 is close to the bottom of the sewage outlet 13, and the inclined tank bottom can improve the working efficiency of the sewage sucking component 4 and the cleaning degree of the sewage in the tank.
The utility model provides a device for cleaning feces and sewage of a pond circulating running water culture facility, which has the following working principle:
the device is electrified, the motor 143 is firstly turned on, the rotating shaft of the motor 143 rotates to drive the rotating rod 141 to rotate, then the pushing plate 16 is driven to move away from the rolling component 5, the pushing plate 16 drives the moving rod 55 to enable the waterproof cloth 54 to be paved on the screen plate, the bottom of the sewage collecting tank 1 is divided, the motor 143 is turned off, the sewage suction pump 41 is turned on, the sewage in the bottom of the sewage collecting tank 1 is sucked out through the sewage suction pipe 42, when more than 90% of the sewage in the bottom of the tank is sucked out, the high-pressure water pump 31 is turned on, water flows flow flows out from the water spraying port 12 through the high-pressure water pump 31, the bottom of the sewage collecting tank 1 is washed, residual sewage in the bottom of the tank is washed cleanly, the residual sewage in the dead angle and the side wall can be washed completely by installing the high-pressure spray nozzle 121 at the water outlet end of the water spraying port 12, the sewage suction pump 41 and the high-pressure water pump 31 are turned off, the pushing plate 16 drives the moving rod 55 component 5 to move, and meanwhile the acting force of the coil spring 53 in the rolling frame 51 can enable the waterproof cloth 54 to be wound into the frame 51, the operation is simple, the residual sewage can be removed, and the residual sewage can be efficiently washed, and the residual sewage can be reduced.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.

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1. The utility model provides a dirty cleaning device of pond circulating water aquaculture facility excrement, includes dirt collection pond (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a rain water collecting device, including a rain water collecting pond (1), a rain water collecting pond (2), a rain water collecting pond (1), a rain water collecting pond (2), a rain water collecting net (21) and a groove body (14) are respectively arranged at the joint of the rain water collecting pond (1) and the rain water collecting pond (2), the rain water collecting pond (1) is connected with the rain water collecting pond (2), the rain water collecting pond (1) is provided with a plurality of water spray openings (12) on one side, a plurality of drain openings (13) are respectively arranged at the joint of the rain water collecting pond (1) and the rain water pond (2), the dirt collecting net (11) are respectively arranged at the opposite sides of the joint of the rain water collecting pond (1) and the rain water pond (2), the depth of the rain water collecting pond (1) is greater than that of the rain water pond (2), a rotating rod (141) is arranged in the groove body (14), a plurality of water spray openings (12) are respectively arranged at one end bottom side of the rain water collecting pond (1), a water spray assembly (3) are fixedly arranged on the water spray opening (12), a plurality of drain openings (13) are respectively arranged on one end of the rain water collecting pond (1), a rain water collecting pond (12), a rain water absorbing assembly (13) is fixedly arranged on one end of the rain water collecting pond (12), a rain water collecting net (16) and a rain water collecting net (16) respectively, a rain water collecting net (16) and a user, a water collecting net (55), the winding component (5) is arranged at one end of the sewage collecting tank (1).
2. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 1, wherein: spiral teeth (142) are arranged on the rotating rod (141), a boss (161) is arranged on one side of the pushing plate (16), the boss (161) is in sliding connection with the opening of the groove body (14), and driven teeth (162) meshed with the spiral teeth (142) are arranged on the boss (161).
3. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 2, wherein: one side opposite side that push plate (16) was equipped with boss (161) is equipped with mounting groove (163), be equipped with apron (164) on mounting groove (163), mounting groove (163) and apron (164) form fixed mouth (165), fixed mouth (165) cooperate with movable rod (55), be equipped with recess (166) on mounting groove (163), recess (166) bottom fixed mounting has magnet, be equipped with on apron (164) with recess (166) matched with protruding (167), be equipped with magnet in protruding (167).
4. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 1, wherein: the winding assembly (5) comprises a winding frame (51), a fixing roller (52) and a coil spring (53), wherein the fixing roller (52) is arranged in the middle of the inside of the winding frame (51), two ends of the fixing roller (52) are fixedly connected with two ends of the winding frame (51), the coil spring (53) is fixedly installed on the circumference of the fixing roller (52), and an outer joint of the coil spring (53) is connected with a piece of waterproof cloth (54).
5. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 1, wherein: the sewage suction assembly (4) comprises a sewage suction pump (41), a sewage suction pipe (42) and a sewage discharge pipe (43), the sewage discharge pipe (43) is fixedly installed on the sewage discharge outlet (13), the sewage discharge outlet of the sewage discharge pipe (43) is connected with the sewage suction pipe (42), and the sewage suction pump (41) is installed on the sewage suction pipe (42).
6. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 1, wherein: the water spraying assembly (3) comprises a high-pressure water pump (31), a first water pipe (32) and a second water pipe (33), wherein the second water pipe (33) is arranged at the water inlet end of the water spraying port (12), the water inlet end of the second water pipe (33) is connected with the first water pipe (32), and the high-pressure water pump (31) is fixedly arranged on the first water pipe (32).
7. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 6, wherein: at least two water outlet ends of the water spraying ports (12) are provided with high-pressure spray heads (121), the high-pressure spray heads (121) are fixedly arranged on the water spraying ports (12) close to the two side walls, and check valves (122) are arranged on the rest water spraying ports (12).
8. The device for cleaning fecal sewage in pond circulating water culture facilities according to claim 5, wherein: the bottom of the sewage collecting tank (1) is inclined downwards near one end of the sewage outlet (13).
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