CN220088164U - Hypsizygus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds - Google Patents

Hypsizygus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds Download PDF

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CN220088164U
CN220088164U CN202321057312.7U CN202321057312U CN220088164U CN 220088164 U CN220088164 U CN 220088164U CN 202321057312 U CN202321057312 U CN 202321057312U CN 220088164 U CN220088164 U CN 220088164U
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张现伟
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盛义博
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The utility model discloses a hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds, and relates to the technical field of hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring comprises a culture bottle and a harvesting lantern ring body, the lower end of the harvesting lantern ring body is provided with a threaded groove matched with the outer side wall of the upper end of the culture bottle, the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body is fixedly connected with a supporting sliding seat, the upper end of the supporting sliding seat is slidably connected with a rotary sliding sleeve, the upper end of the rotary sliding sleeve is movably connected with a plurality of light shielding plates through pin shafts, one sides of the light shielding plates, which are opposite, are respectively provided with a driving groove, the upper end of the rotary sliding sleeve is movably connected with a plurality of driving rods through pin shafts, the other ends of the driving rods are movably installed in the driving grooves through pin shafts, and the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve is provided with gears; this lantern ring is gathered to hypsizigus marmoreus is convenient for adjust the bore, avoids the trompil too big side bud that leads to grow more, reduces the production of side bud, has improved the cultivation effect, realizes accurate moisturizing's purpose, improves mushroom edible fungus's output.

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Hypsizygus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting, in particular to a hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds.
Background
Hypsizygus marmoreus is also called as hypsizigus marmoreus, hypsizygus marmoreus and Hypsizygus marmoreus, has tender meat quality, strong crab flavor and high nutritive value. The protein of hypsizigus marmoreus has complete amino acid variety (including 8 kinds of amino acids essential to human body), and several kinds of polysaccharides contained in the protein have the function of eliminating free radicals of human body. The hypsizigus marmoreus eaten frequently has the effects of preventing aging, prolonging service life, improving human immunity and the like. The culture materials of hypsizigus marmoreus are wide, such as wood chips, corncobs, bagasse, cotton seed hulls and the like can be used as main raw materials, the mycelium of hypsizigus marmoreus can not be twisted to form primordia immediately after overgrowth, the hypsizigus marmoreus must be preserved in a natural condition in a more quaternary mode, and after the hypsizigus marmoreus is fully stored, the hypsizigus marmoreus can be produced at a proper temperature after the hypsizigus marmoreus is fully grown to be physiologically mature. The mark of the mycelium reaching physiological maturity is that the color is changed from pure white to turquoise.
When hypsizigus marmoreus is cultivated, old hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern rings are often irradiated by light rays, so that the growth of hypsizigus marmoreus in a culture bottle is influenced, meanwhile, too many lateral buds of the hypsizigus marmoreus are easy to grow, the lateral buds grow slowly, limited nutrient substances in the culture bottle can be absorbed while harvesting is not carried out, the growth of main buds is limited, and therefore the growth state of the main buds is poor, the development is poor, and the quality of the fruiting is poor;
in addition, after fruiting of hypsizigus marmoreus is completed, more water is lost in the culture bottle, water needs to be timely supplemented, and the following methods are adopted at present: water spraying, soaking, pouring and the like cannot be distinguished according to the water loss condition of the fungus barrels when water supplementing is carried out, if the water supplementing amount of the culture flask with less water loss is too large, the anaerobic suffocation of hyphae can be caused, and if the water supplementing amount of the culture flask with more water loss is small, the water deficiency can be caused to influence the quality and the yield of mushrooms, the yield of mushrooms and the income of growers can be indirectly influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide a hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds, which is convenient for adjusting the internal caliber of a harvesting lantern ring body, avoids more lateral buds growing caused by overlarge openings, avoids the lateral buds occupying too many nutrient substances, effectively improves the growth condition of main buds, reduces the generation of lateral buds, improves the culture effect, achieves the aim of accurately supplementing water and improves the yield of mushroom edible fungi.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a reduce hypsizigus marmoreus of lateral bud and gather lantern ring, includes blake bottle and gathers the lantern ring body, gather the lantern ring body and be located the top of blake bottle, the lower extreme of gathering the lantern ring body is seted up with blake bottle upper end lateral wall assorted screw thread groove, the lateral wall fixedly connected with of gathering the lantern ring body supports the slide, the upper end sliding connection who supports the slide has rotatory sliding sleeve, the upper end of rotatory sliding sleeve has a plurality of light baffles through round pin axle swing joint, a plurality of the light baffle all has seted up the drive slot in one side of being on the back of the body, the upper end of rotatory sliding sleeve has a plurality of actuating levers through round pin axle swing joint, and the other end of actuating lever passes through round pin axle swing joint in the inside of drive slot, rotatory sliding sleeve's lateral wall is provided with the gear, rotatory sliding sleeve's lateral wall has seted up with gear assorted meshing tooth;
the water cavity has been seted up to the intermediate layer department of gathering the lantern ring body, a plurality of water outlet channels with the water cavity intercommunication have been seted up to the lower extreme of gathering the lantern ring body, and a plurality of water outlet channels all are located the inside of blake bottle, the inside of blake bottle is provided with the liquid level sensor with gathering lantern ring body lower extreme fixed connection, the connecting mouth of pipe with the water cavity intercommunication has been seted up to the lateral wall of gathering the lantern ring body, connecting tube's inside threaded connection has coupling hose, electric control valve and flow valve have been installed in proper order from a left side to the right side to coupling hose's lateral wall.
In order to achieve the effect of synchronous rotation of the rotary sliding sleeve, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds is preferable, a positioning sleeve fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body is arranged below the supporting sliding seat, and a handle rod fixedly connected with the lower end of the gear is movably connected inside the positioning sleeve.
In order to facilitate water delivery into the connecting hose, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds is preferable, a water storage tank is arranged on the left side of the culture bottle, a pumping pump is communicated on the right side of the water storage tank, a shunt pipe is communicated with the other end of the pumping pump, and the other end of the connecting hose is communicated with the outer side wall of the shunt pipe.
In order to facilitate the full mixing of the added nutrient and water, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring for reducing lateral buds is preferably used as the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring for reducing lateral buds, a stirring frame is arranged in the water storage tank, and the upper end of the water storage tank is fixedly connected with a motor fixedly connected with the upper end of the stirring frame.
In order to facilitate the water addition into the water storage tank, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds is preferable, and the upper end of the water storage tank is communicated with a water adding port.
In order to facilitate the control of starting and closing of the pump and the electric control valve, the hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting lantern ring capable of reducing lateral buds is preferably used, and a controller is fixedly arranged on the front end face of the water storage tank.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the utility model, the harvesting lantern ring body is arranged at the upper end of the culture flask in a threaded manner, the rotary handle rod, the gear and the meshing teeth on the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve are meshed, so that the gear achieves the effect of synchronous limitation, a plurality of light baffles are convenient to adjust to rotate, when the light baffles relatively move, the inner caliber of the harvesting lantern ring body is convenient to adjust, more lateral buds are prevented from growing due to overlarge openings, excessive nutrient substances are prevented from being occupied by the lateral buds, the growth condition of main buds is effectively improved, the generation of the lateral buds is reduced, and the culture effect is improved.
2. According to the utility model, the pumping pump is started, water is conveyed into the water cavity through the connecting hose and is uniformly conveyed into the culture bottle through the plurality of water outlet channels, and the purpose of automatic water adding is realized.
3. According to the utility model, the flow valve is convenient for monitoring the flow of water, the liquid level sensor is convenient for monitoring the water level in the culture bottle, the purpose of accurately supplementing water is realized, the problem of too much or too little water supplementing is solved, and the yield of mushroom edible fungi is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an overall cross-section of a hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar with reduced lateral buds according to the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the body of the harvesting collar of the present utility model;
fig. 3 is a top view of the harvesting collar body of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a sectional view of the shadow mask of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a culture bottle; 2. a harvesting collar body; 201. a thread groove; 202. supporting a slide; 2021. a positioning sleeve; 2022. a handle bar; 2023. a gear; 203. rotating the sliding sleeve; 2031. meshing teeth; 204. a light shielding plate; 2041. a driving groove; 205. a driving rod; 206. a water chamber; 207. a water outlet channel; 208. a connecting pipe orifice; 209. a connecting hose; 2091. an electric control valve; 2092. a flow valve; 2093. a liquid level sensor; 3. a water storage tank; 301. pumping; 302. a shunt; 303. a stirring rack; 304. a motor; 305. a water inlet; 306. and a controller.
Detailed Description
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, a hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar capable of reducing lateral buds comprises a culture flask 1 and a harvesting collar body 2, wherein the harvesting collar body 2 is positioned above the culture flask 1, a threaded groove 201 matched with the outer side wall of the upper end of the culture flask 1 is formed in the lower end of the harvesting collar body 2, a supporting sliding seat 202 is fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the harvesting collar body 2, a rotary sliding sleeve 203 is slidingly connected with the upper end of the supporting sliding seat 202, a plurality of light shielding plates 204 are movably connected with the upper end of the rotary sliding sleeve 203 through pin shafts, driving grooves 2041 are formed in one side, opposite to the light shielding plates 204, of the plurality of driving rods 205 are movably connected with the upper end of the rotary sliding sleeve 203 through pin shafts, a gear 2023 is arranged on the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve 203, and meshing teeth 2031 matched with the gear 2023 are formed in the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve 203;
the water cavity 206 has been seted up to the intermediate layer department of gathering lantern ring body 2, a plurality of play water channel 207 with water cavity 206 intercommunication have been seted up to the lower extreme of gathering lantern ring body 2, and a plurality of play water channel 207 all are located the inside of blake bottle 1, the inside of blake bottle 1 is provided with the level sensor 2093 with gathering lantern ring body 2 lower extreme fixed connection, the connecting mouth of pipe 208 with water cavity 206 intercommunication has been seted up to the lateral wall of gathering lantern ring body 2, connecting mouth of pipe 208's inside threaded connection has coupling hose 209, electric control valve 2091 and flow valve 2092 have been installed in proper order from left to right to coupling hose 209's lateral wall.
In this embodiment: the screw groove 201 is formed in the lower end of the harvesting lantern ring body 2, so that the harvesting lantern ring body 2 is conveniently and fixedly mounted on the upper end of the culture flask 1, the supporting sliding seat 202 is fixedly mounted on the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body 2, the movable mounting of the rotary sliding seat 203 is further facilitated on the supporting sliding seat 202, the light shielding plate 204 and the driving rod 205 are respectively and movably mounted above the harvesting lantern ring body 2 and the rotary sliding seat 203, the other end of the driving rod 205 is movably mounted in the driving groove 2041, the rotary handle rod 2022, the gear 2023 and the meshing teeth 2031 on the outer side wall of the rotary sliding seat 203 are meshed, the gear 2023 achieves the effect of synchronous limiting, the plurality of light shielding plates 204 are conveniently adjusted to rotate, when the plurality of light shielding plates 204 relatively move, the inner caliber of the harvesting lantern ring body 2 is conveniently adjusted, the lateral buds caused by overlarge holes are prevented from growing, the lateral buds are prevented from occupying too much nutrient substances, the growth conditions of the main buds are effectively improved, the generation of lateral buds is reduced, and the culture effect is improved;
when water is replenished, the pump 301 is started, water is conveyed to the inside of the water cavity 206 through the connecting hose 209 and is uniformly conveyed to the inside of the culture flask 1 through the plurality of water outlet channels 207, the purpose of automatic water adding is achieved, the flow valve 2092 is convenient to monitor the flow of water, when the flow reaches a set value, the controller 306 receives a signal, the control electric control valve 2091 is controlled to be closed, and the liquid level sensor 2093 can monitor the water level inside the culture flask 1, before water replenishing, when the liquid level sensor 2093 monitors that water exists inside the culture flask 1, the controller 306 calculates the received water level height, controls the flow valve 2092 to pass through the water flow, and when the water level is higher than the set value, the electric control valve 2091 is closed, so that the purpose of accurate water replenishing is achieved, the problem of excessive or too little water replenishing is solved, and the yield of mushroom edible fungi is improved.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, a positioning sleeve 2021 fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body 2 is arranged below the supporting slide seat 202, and a handle rod 2022 fixedly connected with the lower end of the gear 2023 is movably connected inside the positioning sleeve 2021.
In this embodiment: the handle rod 2022 is further conveniently movably installed in the positioning sleeve 2021 through the positioning sleeve 2021, and the handle rod 2022, the gear 2023 and the meshing teeth 2031 on the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve 203 are meshed, so that the rotary sliding sleeve 203 realizes the synchronous rotation effect.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, a water storage tank 3 is arranged on the left side of the culture bottle 1, a pumping pump 301 is communicated on the right side of the water storage tank 3, a shunt tube 302 is communicated with the other end of the pumping pump 301, and the other end of a connecting hose 209 is communicated with the outer side wall of the shunt tube 302.
In this embodiment: the pump 301 is started to conveniently convey water into the connecting hose 209, and the outer side wall of the shunt pipe 302 can be communicated with a plurality of connecting hoses 209 to conveniently convey water to a plurality of culture bottles 1.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, a stirring frame 303 is arranged in the water storage tank 3, and a motor 304 fixedly connected with the upper end of the stirring frame 303 is fixedly connected with the upper end of the water storage tank 3.
In this embodiment: the motor 304 is started to rotate the stirring frame 303, so that the added nutrient and water are fully mixed.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the upper end of the water storage tank 3 is communicated with a water filling port 305.
In this embodiment: through the water filling port 305, water is further conveniently filled into the water storage tank 3.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, a controller 306 is fixedly arranged on the front end surface of the water storage tank 3.
In this embodiment: the controller 306 is electrically connected to the pump 301, the liquid level sensor 2093, the electrically controlled valve 2091, and the flow valve 2092, and is convenient to receive signals from the liquid level sensor 2093 and the flow valve 2092, and simultaneously, is convenient to control to start and close the pump 301 and the electrically controlled valve 2091.
Working principle: firstly, the harvesting lantern ring body 2 is arranged at the upper end of the culture flask 1 in a threaded manner, the rotary handle rod 2022, the gear 2023 and the meshing teeth 2031 on the outer side wall of the rotary sliding sleeve 203 are meshed, so that the gear 2023 achieves the effect of synchronous limiting, a plurality of light baffles 204 are convenient to adjust to rotate, when the light baffles 204 relatively move, the inner caliber of the harvesting lantern ring body 2 is convenient to adjust, more lateral buds grow due to overlarge holes are avoided, excessive nutrient substances are prevented from being occupied by the lateral buds, the growth condition of main buds is effectively improved, the generation of the lateral buds is reduced, and the culture effect is improved;
the pump 301 is started, water is conveyed to the inside of the water cavity 206 through the connecting hose 209, and is uniformly conveyed to the inside of the culture flask 1 through the plurality of water outlet channels 207, the purpose of automatic water adding is achieved, the flow valve 2092 is convenient to monitor the flow of water, when the flow reaches a set value, the controller 306 receives a signal, the control electric control valve 2091 is controlled to be closed, and the liquid level sensor 2093 can monitor the water level in the culture flask 1, before water supplementing, when the liquid level sensor 2093 monitors that the water exists in the culture flask 1, the controller 306 calculates the received water level height, controls the flow valve 2092 to pass through the flow, and when the water level is higher than the set value, the electric control valve 2091 is closed, the purpose of accurate water supplementing is achieved, the problem of excessive or insufficient water supplementing is solved, and the yield of mushroom edible mushrooms is improved.
The foregoing description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model is not intended to be limiting, but rather is intended to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and principles of the utility model.

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1. The utility model provides a reduce hypsizigus marmoreus of lateral bud and gather lantern ring, includes blake bottle (1) and gathers lantern ring body (2), gather lantern ring body (2) and be located the top of blake bottle (1), its characterized in that: the harvesting lantern ring comprises a harvesting lantern ring body (2), wherein the lower end of the harvesting lantern ring body (2) is provided with a threaded groove (201) matched with the outer side wall of the upper end of a culture bottle (1), the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body (2) is fixedly connected with a supporting sliding seat (202), the upper end of the supporting sliding seat (202) is slidably connected with a rotating sliding sleeve (203), the upper end of the rotating sliding sleeve (203) is movably connected with a plurality of light shielding plates (204) through pin shafts, one sides of the light shielding plates (204) opposite to each other are provided with driving grooves (2041), the upper end of the rotating sliding sleeve (203) is movably connected with a plurality of driving rods (205) through pin shafts, the other end of the driving rods (205) is movably arranged in the driving grooves (2041) through pin shafts, the outer side wall of the rotating sliding sleeve (203) is provided with gears (2023), and the outer side wall of the rotating sliding sleeve (203) is provided with meshing teeth (2031) matched with the gears (2023);
the water cavity (206) has been seted up in intermediate layer department of gathering lantern ring body (2), a plurality of play water channel (207) with water cavity (206) intercommunication have been seted up to the lower extreme of gathering lantern ring body (2), and a plurality of play water channel (207) all are located the inside of blake bottle (1), the inside of blake bottle (1) is provided with liquid level sensor (2093) with gathering lantern ring body (2) lower extreme fixed connection, connecting mouth of pipe (208) with water cavity (206) intercommunication have been seted up to the lateral wall of gathering lantern ring body (2), connecting hose (209) have connecting hose (209) in the inside threaded connection of connecting hose (209), electric control valve (2091) and flow valve (2092) are installed in proper order from a left side to a right side to the lateral wall of connecting hose (209).
2. A side bud reducing hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar of claim 1, wherein: a locating sleeve (2021) fixedly connected with the outer side wall of the harvesting lantern ring body (2) is arranged below the supporting sliding seat (202), and a handle rod (2022) fixedly connected with the lower end of the gear (2023) is movably connected inside the locating sleeve (2021).
3. A side bud reducing hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar of claim 1, wherein: the left side of blake bottle (1) is provided with storage water tank (3), the right side intercommunication of storage water tank (3) has pump (301), the other end intercommunication of pump (301) has shunt tubes (302), the other end of coupling hose (209) and the lateral wall intercommunication of shunt tubes (302).
4. A hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar with reduced lateral buds according to claim 3, wherein: the inside of storage water tank (3) is provided with stirring frame (303), the upper end fixedly connected with of storage water tank (3) is with stirring frame (303) upper end fixed connection's motor (304).
5. A hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar with reduced lateral buds according to claim 3, wherein: the upper end of the water storage tank (3) is communicated with a water filling port (305).
6. A hypsizigus marmoreus harvesting collar with reduced lateral buds according to claim 3, wherein: the front end face of the water storage tank (3) is fixedly provided with a controller (306).
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