CN220191461U - Fertilizing and watering device for agricultural Internet of things - Google Patents

Fertilizing and watering device for agricultural Internet of things Download PDF

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CN220191461U
CN220191461U CN202321687011.2U CN202321687011U CN220191461U CN 220191461 U CN220191461 U CN 220191461U CN 202321687011 U CN202321687011 U CN 202321687011U CN 220191461 U CN220191461 U CN 220191461U
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The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural operation of material nets and provides a fertilization watering device for the agricultural Internet of things, which comprises a vehicle body, wherein connecting columns are fixedly connected to the periphery of the bottom of the vehicle body, universal wheels are fixedly arranged at the bottom centers of the four connecting columns, a pushing handle is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the top of the vehicle body, a mixing box is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the top of the vehicle body and close to the front side of the pushing handle, a fertilizer conveying pipe is fixedly arranged at the left side of the top of the mixing box and close to the front side of the pushing handle, and a water inlet is fixedly arranged at the right side of the top of the mixing box and far from the front side of the pushing handle.

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Fertilizing and watering device for agricultural Internet of things
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural operation of material nets, in particular to a fertilizing and watering device for the agricultural Internet of things.
Background
Agriculture is an industry for producing food and industrial raw materials by cultivating animals and plants, agriculture belongs to a first industry, science for researching agriculture is agronomic, an object of labor for agriculture is living animals and plants, an obtained product is the animals and plants themselves, and various departments for obtaining the product by utilizing growth and development rules of organisms such as the animals and the plants through artificial cultivation are collectively called agriculture. The internet of things is an important component of a new generation of information technology and is also an important development stage of an 'informatization' age. The internet of things is widely applied to the fusion of networks through communication sensing technologies such as intelligent sensing, recognition technologies, pervasive computing and the like, and is also called as the third wave of development of world information industry after a computer and the Internet. The existing watering device is single in function, the stirring of fertilizer and water is divided into multiple steps, the stirring is usually performed manually, the steps are complex, time and physical strength are wasted, meanwhile, the water and the fertilizer cannot be fully fused, the effect of the fertilizer is affected, the effect of half effort is caused, loss is avoided, on the other hand, uneven conditions can be caused in the process of watering and fertilizing seedlings, partial seedlings cannot obtain due moisture and fertilizer, and the yield and growth of the seedlings are affected.
The prior Chinese published patent number is: the utility model discloses a fertilizing and watering device based on the technology of agricultural Internet of things, which belongs to the technical field of agricultural planting and comprises a bottom shell, wherein a stirring box is fixedly arranged at the top of the bottom shell, gear boxes are fixedly arranged at the left side and the right side of the stirring box, and a fertilizer box and a water tank are respectively and fixedly arranged at the two sides of the top of the stirring box. According to the utility model, the fixed gear, the round shell, the movable gear, the rectangular block and the bolt are arranged, and the fixed gear and the movable gear are meshed with each other, so that the fixed gear drives the movable gear to rotate, the transverse shaft and the round block rotate under the action of the rectangular block, and when a worker rotates the bolt and pulls the round shell outwards, the movable gear is driven to separate from the fixed gear and the rectangular block, so that the transverse shaft and the round block stop rotating, the effect of controlling the amount of fertilizer and water source in the fertilizer box and the water tank is realized, and the reasonable allocation of the proportion of the fertilizer and the water source by the worker is facilitated.
Although the scheme has the advantages, the device can be used for simultaneously discharging the fertilizer through the fertilizer box and the water tank, so that the fertilizer and the water are not fully fused when discharged easily, the irrigation effect is further affected, partial seedlings can not obtain due moisture and fertilizer, and the yield and the growth of the seedlings are affected.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the problems in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an agricultural fertilizer injection watering device for thing networking, includes the automobile body, the equal fixedly connected with spliced pole all around of bottom of automobile body, four equal fixed mounting in bottom center department of spliced pole has universal wheel, the top rear side fixed mounting of automobile body has pushing away the handle, the top rear side of automobile body is close to the front side fixed mounting who pushes away the handle has the mixing box, the top left side of mixing box is close to the left side front end fixed mounting who pushes away the handle has the fertilizer conveyer pipe, the top right side of mixing box is kept away from the front right side fixed mounting who pushes away the handle has the water inlet, the left side bottom center department fixed mounting of mixing box has the pump machine, the top front side of automobile body is kept away from the front side fixed mounting of mixing box has the backup pad, the top rear side center department fixed mounting of backup pad has the motor, the output shaft surface activity of motor inlays to be established the front side center department of mixing box.
Preferably, the stirring paddle is fixedly arranged on the outer surface of the rear side of the output shaft of the motor, a supporting column is fixedly arranged at the center of the top of the supporting plate and close to the front side of the motor, a first transmission shaft is movably connected to the top of the supporting column, and one end of a first belt is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the output shaft of the motor and close to the rear side of the supporting plate.
Preferably, the other end of the first belt is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the rear side of the first transmission shaft, the center of the front side of the support column is positioned right below the first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft is movably embedded in the center of the front side of the surface of the first transmission shaft, and one end of the second belt is movably sleeved on the front side of the first transmission shaft, which is close to the support column.
Preferably, the other end of the second belt is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the second transmission shaft, the second belt is close to the front side of the supporting column, a first rotating shaft is movably embedded on the front side of the center of the top of the supporting plate, a first bevel gear is fixedly sleeved on the front side of the second transmission shaft, a second bevel gear is fixedly sleeved on the outer surface of the top of the first rotating shaft, and the second bevel gear is meshed with the first bevel gear.
Preferably, the bottom surface fixedly connected with rocking arm of first axis of rotation, the front side bottom swing joint of rocking arm has the movable block, the bottom rear side center department of backup pad is located the below activity of motor is inlayed and is equipped with the second axis of rotation, the bottom front side fixed mounting of second axis of rotation has the one end of rocking arm.
Preferably, the center of the outer surface of the rocker is movably embedded in the center of the movable block, a spray head is fixedly arranged at the other end of the rocker, one end of a hose is fixedly embedded in the center of the rear side of the bottom of the spray head, and the other end of the hose is fixedly connected with the center of the front side of the pump.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages and positive effects that,
1. when the multifunctional combined type water-saving irrigation device is used, a worker can use the universal wheels arranged at the bottom of the connecting column arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body and push the universal wheels to drive the vehicle body to walk through the push handle arranged at the top of the vehicle body, so that the operation of the worker is facilitated, after the vehicle body is pushed to a proper position, the worker can simultaneously fill water and fertilizer through the fertilizer conveying pipe and the water inlet arranged at the top of the mixing box, the working time of the worker is saved, after the fertilizer and the water are filled into the mixing box, the worker can rotate through the motor on the supporting plate arranged at the top of the front side of the vehicle body, the stirring blade arranged at the rear side of the worker is driven to rotate in the mixing box, further, the fertilizer and the water which are added into the mixing box are fully fused, the problem that the growth of seedlings is affected due to insufficient fusion of the fertilizer and the water is solved, the step of the worker for manual mixing is also avoided, the operation steps of the worker are reduced, the working strength of the worker is further reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
2. When the utility model is used, when the motor rotates, the first transmission shaft on the support column arranged on the support plate is driven to rotate by the first belt sleeved on the output shaft of the motor, the first transmission shaft rotates and simultaneously drives the second transmission shaft arranged on the front side of the support column to rotate by the second belt arranged on the front side of the support column, the first bevel gear arranged on the front side of the support column is driven to drive the first bevel gear to drive the second bevel gear which is meshed with the first bevel gear and is movably embedded on the first rotation shaft on the support plate while being driven by the first bevel gear, the rocker arm arranged at the bottom of the first rotation shaft is driven to perform circular motion while being driven to perform circular motion, the movable block arranged on the rocker arm is driven to perform rocking motion while being driven by the movable block, the nozzle arranged on the rocker arm is driven to rock by the second rotation shaft arranged on the rear side of the rocker arm to swing left and right, the pump arranged on the left side of the mixing box is driven to be opened while being conveyed into the nozzle, the nozzle is driven by the hose, and the nozzle is driven by the hose to drive the nozzle to perform circular motion, so that the spraying efficiency of workers can be greatly improved, and the working efficiency of the workers can be greatly improved by the hose is further improved.
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Fig. 1 is a right-side perspective structure schematic diagram of an agricultural internet of things application fertilization watering device provided by the utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a left-view perspective structure of an agricultural internet of things application fertilization watering device provided by the utility model;
fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a front perspective structure of an agricultural internet of things applied fertilization watering device;
fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of an upper view structure inside a mixing box of an agricultural internet of things application fertilization watering device.
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1. a vehicle body; 101. a connecting column; 102. a universal wheel; 103. a pushing handle; 104. a mixing box; 105. a fertilizer delivery pipe; 106. a water inlet; 107. a support plate; 108. a motor; 109. stirring paddles; 2. a support column; 201. a first belt; 202. a first drive shaft; 203. a second drive shaft; 204. a first bevel gear; 205. a second belt; 206. a first rotation shaft; 207. a second bevel gear; 208. a rocker arm; 209. a movable block; 210. a second rotation shaft; 211. a rocker; 212. a spray head; 213. a hose; 214. and (5) pumping.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present utility model provides a technical solution: the utility model provides an agricultural fertilizer injection watering device for thing networking, including automobile body 1, the bottom all around fixedly connected with spliced pole 101 of automobile body 1, the bottom center department of four spliced poles 101 all fixedly mounted has universal wheel 102, the top rear side fixed mounting of automobile body 1 pushes away the handle 103, the top rear side of automobile body 1, be close to the front side fixed mounting who pushes away the handle 103 has mixing box 104, the top left side of mixing box 104, be close to the left side front end fixed mounting who pushes away the handle 103 has fertilizer conveyer pipe 105, the top right side of mixing box 104, the front right side right-hand member fixed mounting who keeps away from pushing away from the handle 103 has water inlet 106, the left side bottom center department fixed mounting of mixing box 104 has pump 214, the top front side of automobile body 1, the front side fixed mounting who keeps away from mixing box 104 has backup pad 107, the top rear side center department fixed mounting of backup pad 107 has motor 108, the outer surface activity of the output shaft of motor 108 inlays to be established at mixing box 104's front side center department.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-4, the stirring paddle 109 is fixedly installed on the outer surface of the rear side of the output shaft of the motor 108, the support column 2 is fixedly installed near the top center of the support plate 107, the first transmission shaft 202 is movably connected to the top of the support column 2, one end of the first belt 201 is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the output shaft of the motor 108 near the rear side of the support plate 107, the stirring paddle 109 installed on the rear side of the motor 108 can be driven to rotate in the mixing box 104 through the rotation of the motor 108, further, the fertilizer and water added into the mixing box 104 are fully fused, the problem that the growth of seedlings is affected due to insufficient fusion of the fertilizer and water in the irrigation process is avoided, meanwhile, the step of manual mixing by workers is avoided, the operation steps of the workers are reduced, the working strength of the workers is further reduced, the working efficiency is improved, and the first transmission shaft 202 installed on the support column 2 on the support plate 107 is driven to rotate through the first belt 201 sleeved on the output shaft of the motor 108 when the motor 108 rotates.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-4, the other end of the first belt 201 is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the rear side of the first transmission shaft 202, the center of the front side of the support column 2 is located at the center of the front side of the first transmission shaft 202, the second transmission shaft 203 is movably embedded under the first transmission shaft 202, and the front side of the outer surface of the first transmission shaft 202 is close to the front side of the support column 2, and one end of the second belt 205 is movably sleeved on the front side of the first transmission shaft 202, so that the first transmission shaft 202 can rotate and simultaneously is driven to rotate on the second transmission shaft 203 installed on the front side of the support column 2 through the second belt 205 installed on the front side of the first transmission shaft.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-4, the other end of the second belt 205 is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the second transmission shaft 203, and is close to the front side of the support column 2, a first rotating shaft 206 is movably embedded in the front side of the top center of the support plate 107, a first bevel gear 204 is fixedly sleeved on the front side of the second transmission shaft 203, a second bevel gear 207 is fixedly sleeved on the outer surface of the top of the first rotating shaft 206, the second bevel gear 207 is meshed with the first bevel gear 204, and when the second transmission shaft 203 rotates, the first bevel gear 204 installed on the front side of the second belt is driven to rotate, and then the second bevel gear 207 meshed with the first bevel gear 204 and movably embedded on the first rotating shaft 206 on the support plate 107 is driven to rotate when the first bevel gear 204 rotates.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-4, the outer surface of the bottom of the first rotating shaft 206 is fixedly connected with a rocker arm 208, the bottom of the front side of the rocker arm 208 is movably connected with a movable block 209, a second rotating shaft 210 is movably embedded below the motor 108 in the center of the bottom rear side of the supporting plate 107, one end of the rocker arm 211 is fixedly installed on the bottom front side of the second rotating shaft 210, and the rocker arm 208 installed at the bottom of the first rotating shaft 206 is driven to perform a circular motion while the rocker arm 208 performs a circular motion, and the movable block 209 movably installed on the rocker arm 208 is driven to perform a circular motion.
Further, as shown in fig. 1-4, the center of the outer surface of the rocker 211 is movably embedded in the center of the movable block 209, the other end of the rocker 211 is fixedly provided with a spray head 212, one end of a hose 213 is fixedly embedded in the center of the bottom rear side of the spray head 212, the other end of the hose 213 is fixedly connected in the center of the front side of the pump 214, the rocker 211 installed on the hose 213 is driven to swing through the movable block 209 while moving, the spray head 212 installed at the top of the rocker 211 is driven to swing left and right through a second rotating shaft 210 installed at the rear side of the rocker 211, the pump 214 installed at the left side of the mixing box 104 is further opened to be transported into the spray head 212 through the hose 213, the spray head 212 is driven to swing left and right through a linkage structure, the spray area is increased, the labor intensity of workers is greatly reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.
Working principle: when in use, a worker can use the universal wheel 102 arranged at the bottom of the connecting column 101 arranged at the bottom of the vehicle body 1, push the universal wheel 102 to drive the vehicle body 1 to walk through the push handle 103 arranged at the top of the vehicle body 1, time and labor are saved, the worker can conveniently operate, after the vehicle body 1 is pushed to a proper position, the worker can simultaneously pour water and fertilizer through the fertilizer conveying pipe 105 and the water inlet 106 arranged at the top of the vehicle body 1, the working time of the worker is saved, after the fertilizer and water are poured into the mixing box 104, the motor 108 on the supporting plate 107 arranged at the top of the front side of the vehicle body 1 can be rotated, the stirring paddle 109 arranged at the rear side of the fertilizer is driven to rotate in the mixing box 104, further, the fertilizer and the water added into the mixing box 104 are fully fused, the situation that the fertilizer and the water are fused in the irrigation process is prevented, the growth of seedlings is influenced, the step of the worker for carrying out manual mixing is also avoided, the operation step of the worker is reduced, the working strength of the worker is further reduced, and the working efficiency is improved. When the motor 108 is used, when the motor 108 rotates, the first belt 201 sleeved on the output shaft drives the first transmission shaft 202 arranged on the support column 2 on the support plate 107 to rotate, the second belt 205 arranged on the front side of the first transmission shaft 202 rotates while the second transmission shaft 203 arranged on the front side of the support column 2 rotates, the first bevel gear 204 arranged on the front side of the second transmission shaft is driven to rotate while the second transmission shaft 203 rotates, the second bevel gear 207 meshed with the first bevel gear 204 and movably embedded on the first rotation shaft 206 on the support plate 107 is driven to rotate while the first bevel gear 204 rotates, the rocker 208 arranged at the bottom of the first rotation shaft 206 is driven to perform circular motion while the rocker 208 performs circular motion, the movable block 209 movably arranged on the rocker is driven to perform motion while the movable block 209 moves, the rocker 211 arranged on the movable block is driven to shake, the spray head 212 arranged on the top of the rocker 211 is driven to shake left and right through the second rotation shaft 210 arranged on the rear side of the rocker 211 while the second transmission shaft 203, the spray head 212 is driven to shake the spray head 212 on the left side of the feed box 104, the spray head 212 is further driven to shake the spray head 212 on the side of the feed box 104 through the spray head 212, the spray head 212 is further, and the spray efficiency is greatly improved, and the spray efficiency is further improved by the spray efficiency is improved.
The present utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and any equivalent embodiments which can be changed or modified by the technical content disclosed above can be applied to other fields, but any simple modification, equivalent changes and modification made to the above-mentioned embodiments according to the technical substance of the present utility model will still fall within the protection scope of the technical solution of the present utility model.

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1. The utility model provides an agricultural is fertilization watering device for thing networking, includes automobile body (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a novel energy-saving vehicle is characterized in that connecting columns (101) are fixedly connected to the periphery of the bottom of a vehicle body (1), universal wheels (102) are fixedly installed at the bottom center of each connecting column (101), pushing handles (103) are fixedly installed at the top rear side of the vehicle body (1), a mixing box (104) is fixedly installed at the front side of each pushing handle (103) and close to the top rear side of the vehicle body (1), a fertilizer conveying pipe (105) is fixedly installed at the left side of the top of each mixing box (104) and close to the left front side front end of each pushing handle (103), a water inlet (106) is fixedly installed at the right side of the top of each mixing box (104) and far from the front side of each pushing handle (103), a pump (214) is fixedly installed at the left bottom center of each mixing box (104), a motor (108) is fixedly installed at the center of the top rear side of each supporting plate (107), and an output shaft of each motor (108) is movably embedded at the front side of each mixing box (104).
2. The fertilization watering device for the agricultural internet of things according to claim 1, wherein: the stirring device is characterized in that stirring paddles (109) are fixedly arranged on the outer surface of the rear side of an output shaft of the motor (108), a support column (2) is fixedly arranged at the center of the top of the support plate (107) and close to the front side of the motor (108), a first transmission shaft (202) is movably connected to the top of the support column (2), and one end of a first belt (201) is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the output shaft of the motor (108) and close to the rear side of the support plate (107).
3. The fertilization watering device for the agricultural internet of things according to claim 2, wherein: the other end of the first belt (201) is movably sleeved on the outer surface of the rear side of the first transmission shaft (202), the front center of the support column (2) is located at the position right below the first transmission shaft (202), a second transmission shaft (203) is movably embedded in the position right below the first transmission shaft, the front side of the outer surface of the first transmission shaft (202) is close to one end of the second belt (205) is movably sleeved on the front side of the support column (2).
4. A fertilizer application watering device for agricultural internet of things according to claim 3, characterized in that: the other end movable sleeve of second belt (205) is in the surface of second transmission shaft (203), is close to the front side of support column (2), the front side activity of top center department of backup pad (107) is inlayed and is equipped with first pivot (206), the fixed cover in front side of second transmission shaft (203) is equipped with first bevel gear (204), the top surface fixed cover of first pivot (206) is equipped with second bevel gear (207), second bevel gear (207) meshing in first bevel gear (204).
5. The fertilization watering device for the agricultural internet of things according to claim 4, wherein: the bottom surface fixedly connected with rocking arm (208) of first axis of rotation (206), the front side bottom swing joint of rocking arm (208) has movable block (209), the bottom rear side center department of backup pad (107) is located the below activity of motor (108) is inlayed and is equipped with second axis of rotation (210), the one end of rocking arm (211) is installed to the bottom front side fixed mounting of second axis of rotation (210).
6. The fertilization watering device for the agricultural internet of things according to claim 5, wherein: the center of the outer surface of the rocker (211) is movably embedded in the center of the movable block (209), a spray head (212) is fixedly arranged at the other end of the rocker (211), one end of a hose (213) is fixedly embedded in the center of the rear side of the bottom of the spray head (212), and the other end of the hose (213) is fixedly connected with the center of the front side of the pump (214).
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