CN220402370U - Water and fertilizer irrigation all-in-one with crop nutrient demand analysis function - Google Patents

Water and fertilizer irrigation all-in-one with crop nutrient demand analysis function Download PDF

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CN220402370U
CN220402370U CN202320477328.7U CN202320477328U CN220402370U CN 220402370 U CN220402370 U CN 220402370U CN 202320477328 U CN202320477328 U CN 202320477328U CN 220402370 U CN220402370 U CN 220402370U
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杨先明
王伟宇
杜君
魏义长
张瑞华
赵洪昌
谢丹
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The utility model discloses a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function, which comprises a carrier plate and a mixing barrel fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate, wherein a feeding assembly and a metering control assembly are arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate; the feeding assembly comprises a vertical pipe, a feeding pipe, a driving motor, a helical blade, a collecting hopper, a discharging pipe and a feeding barrel, wherein the vertical pipe is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the mixing barrel, the feeding pipe is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the carrier plate through a bracket, one end of the feeding pipe is connected with the peripheral surface of the top end of the vertical pipe, the driving motor is fixedly arranged on the bracket, and a partition plate is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of one end of the feeding pipe; the metering control assembly comprises an electromagnetic valve, a flowmeter and an analysis control host, wherein the electromagnetic valve is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the discharging pipe, the flowmeter is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom end of the vertical pipe, and the analysis control host is arranged on the top surface of the mixing barrel. The utility model has the advantages of accurate and simple overall proportioning and feeding, and ensures reasonable and scientific fertilization effect.

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Water and fertilizer irrigation all-in-one with crop nutrient demand analysis function
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of water and fertilizer irrigation, in particular to a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function.
Background
The water fertilizer is a fertilizer formed by adding water into decomposed human excrement and urine, and the operation mode of applying fertilizer to agricultural production is improved along with the rapid development of agriculture and industry, and the water fertilizer is treated and irrigated by mechanical equipment and is widely applied to the large-area crop planting process.
The utility model discloses (bulletin) number is CN215648244U, a liquid manure all-in-one for irrigation is disclosed, including base and agitating unit, agitating unit includes the fixed block, the fixed block's surface fixed mounting has electronic liter pole that contracts, the spout has been seted up on the top surface of agitator tank, the inside sliding connection of spout has the connecting plate, the one end fixed mounting that the spout was kept away from to the connecting plate has the rack, the surface rotation of agitator tank is connected with the bull stick, one end port fixed mounting of bull stick has the gear, the surface fixed mounting of bull stick has a plurality of puddlers, one end surface fixed mounting that the gear was kept away from to the bull stick has the U template, the bottom surface rotation of agitator tank is connected with the pivot, the side fixed mounting of U template has broken tooth. The problem of current irrigation water-fertilizer all-in-one is when adding the fertilizer, the condition of caking probably appears because external cause to the chemical fertilizer, and current water-fertilizer all-in-one does not have the function of breaking up the chemical fertilizer of caking, make the solution effect of chemical fertilizer and water worsen, however, water is annotated into the inside of agitator tank from the water injection mouth, and the inside of agitator tank is poured into to the fertilizer from the feeder hopper, liquid fertilizer and non-liquid fertilizer need be measured respectively and put in, personnel accurate ratio and separately throw the material troublesome laborious, and the proportion of required fertilizer of different crops is different under different growth cycle, put in according to unified standard and be difficult to reach the fertilization effect of most reasonable science, for this reason, we propose a water-fertilizer irrigation all-in-one with crop nutrient demand analysis function.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model mainly aims to provide a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function, which can effectively solve the problems that in the prior art, water is injected into a stirring box from a water injection port, fertilizer is poured into the stirring box from a feed hopper, liquid fertilizer and non-liquid fertilizer are required to be respectively metered and put in, personnel accurately mix and separately put in the materials to be troublesome and laborious, the proportion of the fertilizer required by different crops in different growth periods is different, and the most reasonable and scientific fertilization effect is difficult to achieve according to unified standard.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme: the water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with the crop nutrient demand analysis function comprises a carrier plate and a mixing drum fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate, wherein a feeding assembly and a metering control assembly are arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate;
the feeding assembly comprises a vertical pipe, a feeding pipe, a driving motor, a helical blade, a collecting hopper, a discharging pipe and a feeding barrel, wherein the vertical pipe is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the mixing barrel, the feeding pipe is fixedly arranged on the top surface of a carrier plate through a bracket, one end of the feeding pipe is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the top end of the vertical pipe, the driving motor is fixedly arranged on the bracket, a partition plate is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of one end of the feeding pipe, an output shaft of the driving motor movably penetrates through the partition plate and extends into the vertical pipe, the helical blade is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft of the driving motor, the collecting hopper is hollow in a round table shape, the discharging end of the collecting hopper is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding pipe, one end of the discharging pipe is connected with the top surface of the collecting hopper, and the feeding barrel is fixedly arranged at the other end of the discharging pipe;
the metering control assembly comprises an electromagnetic valve, a flowmeter and an analysis control host, wherein the electromagnetic valve is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the blanking pipe, the flowmeter is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom end of the vertical pipe, and the analysis control host is arranged on the top surface of the mixing barrel.
Preferably, the unloading pipe is equipped with two altogether and is the symmetry setting on the vertical central horizontal plane of collecting hopper, and the unloading pipe is the slope and place, throw the material bucket and be the one-to-one setting with the unloading pipe, the slope is placed the underground and is expected the pipe and can be cooperated two and throw the material bucket and acquire bigger space of placing, and two throw the material bucket and can separately place liquid fertilizer and non-liquid fertilizer.
Preferably, the driving motor, the electromagnetic valve and the flowmeter are all electrically connected with an analysis control host, the analysis control host mainly controls the operation of the driving motor and the electromagnetic valve and judges the amount of fertilizer put in the vertical pipe through the flowmeter, and the analysis control host is mainly provided with a proportional analysis data system for the fertilizer required by different crops in different growth periods.
Preferably, the fixed stirring motor that is provided with in mixing drum top surface center department, stirring motor's output is connected with the bull stick, and the bull stick activity extends to the fixed stirring slat that is provided with on the outer peripheral surface of mixing drum inside, and analysis control host computer carries out the even mixing to the fertilizer of putting into in the mixing drum under stirring motor drive so as to guarantee the fertilization effect.
Preferably, the mounting groove has been seted up to carrier plate bottom surface center department, and fixed mounting has the material pump on the mounting groove, material pump input is through first pipeline and mixing drum bottom exit linkage, the material pump output has the shower nozzle through the second pipeline connection, and the shower nozzle mainly cooperates the material pump to lead out fertilizer dispersion to guarantee fertilization degree of consistency.
Preferably, the bottom surface of the carrier plate is fixedly provided with a supporting seat, a supporting rod is arranged on the supporting seat, and casters are arranged at two ends of the supporting rod.
Preferably, a pushing handle is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side, close to the mixing drum, of the carrier plate.
Compared with the prior art, the water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with the crop nutrient demand analysis function has the following beneficial effects:
according to the utility model, the carrier plate and the mixing bucket are arranged as the supporting main bodies, the feeding assembly and the metering control assembly are assembled, the liquid fertilizer and the non-liquid fertilizer are separately placed into the two feeding buckets, the analysis control main machine inputs the variety and growth cycle data of the fertilizing crops, the system database correspondingly analyzes and reasonably feeds the fertilizer proportion and controls the operation of the driving motor and the electromagnetic valve, the liquid fertilizer and the non-liquid fertilizer are independently led into the feeding pipe from the feeding pipe through the opening and closing states of the corresponding electromagnetic valve, the driving motor can drive the helical blade to rotate by utilizing the output shaft of the driving motor, the single-form fertilizer led into the feeding pipe is pushed to the vertical pipe by the helical blade and falls into the mixing bucket, the flowmeter arranged on the vertical pipe measures the fertilizer feeding amount and transmits signals to the analysis control main machine, the electromagnetic valve is controlled to be closed after the proper amount is reached, the other electromagnetic valve is opened, the other form fertilizer is fed and metered, the fertilizer feeding amount and the proportion are effectively controlled, and the reasonable and scientific fertilization effect is ensured when the whole proportion feeding of the equipment is accurate.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with crop nutrient demand analysis function according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 2 at A-A in accordance with the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of the utility model at B-B in FIG. 2;
fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of the front view structure of a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function.
In the drawings, the list of components represented by the various numbers is as follows:
1. a carrier plate; 2. a mixing drum; 3. a standpipe; 4. a feed pipe; 5. a driving motor; 6. a helical blade; 7. a collecting hopper; 8. discharging pipes; 9. charging barrel; 10. an electromagnetic valve; 11. a flow meter; 12. analyzing a control host; 13. an agitation motor; 14. stirring the ribbon board; 15. a material pump; 16. casters; 17. pushing the handle.
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The utility model is further described in connection with the following detailed description, in order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement of the purpose and the effect of the utility model easy to understand.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "both ends", "one end", "the other end", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in the specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "provided," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Referring to fig. 1-5, the utility model relates to a water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function, which comprises a carrier plate 1 and a mixing drum 2 fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate 1, wherein a feeding component and a metering control component are arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate 1;
the feeding assembly comprises a vertical pipe 3, a feeding pipe 4, a driving motor 5, a helical blade 6, a collecting hopper 7, a discharging pipe 8 and a feeding barrel 9, wherein the vertical pipe 3 is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the mixing barrel 2, the feeding pipe 4 is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the carrier plate 1 through a bracket, one end of the feeding pipe 4 is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the top end of the vertical pipe 3, the driving motor 5 is fixedly arranged on the bracket, a baffle is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of one end of the feeding pipe 4, an output shaft of the driving motor 5 movably penetrates through the baffle and extends into the vertical pipe 3, the helical blade 6 is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft of the driving motor 5, the collecting hopper 7 is in a hollow round table shape, the discharge end of the collecting hopper 7 is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding pipe 4, one end of the discharging pipe 8 is connected with the top surface of the collecting hopper 7, the feeding barrel 9 is fixedly arranged at the other end of the discharging pipe 8, liquid fertilizer and non-liquid fertilizer are independently guided into the feeding pipe 4 from the opening and closing state of the discharging pipe 8 through a corresponding electromagnetic valve 10, the driving motor 5 is used for driving the helical blade 6 to rotate by the output shaft, and the single-form fertilizer guided into the feeding pipe 4 is pushed to 3 by the helical blade 6 and falls into the mixing barrel 2;
the metering control assembly comprises an electromagnetic valve 10, a flowmeter 11 and an analysis control host 12, wherein the electromagnetic valve 10 is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the blanking pipe 8, the flowmeter 11 is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom end of the vertical pipe 3, and the analysis control host 12 is arranged on the top surface of the mixing drum 2.
Further, the blanking pipes 8 are arranged in two in total and are symmetrically arranged on the horizontal plane of the vertical center of the collecting hopper 7, the blanking pipes 8 are obliquely arranged, and the feeding barrels 9 and the blanking pipes 8 are arranged in one-to-one correspondence.
Further, the driving motor 5, the solenoid valve 10, and the flow meter 11 are electrically connected to the analysis control main unit 12.
Further, an agitating motor 13 is fixedly arranged in the center of the top surface of the mixing drum 2, the output end of the agitating motor 13 is connected with a rotating rod, and an agitating slat 14 is fixedly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating rod which movably extends to the inside of the mixing drum 2.
Further, a mounting groove is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the carrier plate 1, a material pump 15 is fixedly mounted on the mounting groove, the input end of the material pump 15 is connected with the outlet of the bottom end of the mixing drum 2 through a first pipeline, and the output end of the material pump 15 is connected with a spray head through a second pipeline.
Further, the bottom surface of the carrier plate 1 is fixedly provided with a supporting seat, a supporting rod is arranged on the supporting seat, and casters 16 are arranged at two ends of the supporting rod.
Further, a pushing handle 17 is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate 1 adjacent to the mixing drum 2.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows:
when people use, the carrier plate 1 is pushed by pushing the handle 17, the trundle 16 is rolled to help the equipment to move to the working position, the stirring motor 13 is matched with the stirring ribbon board 14 to uniformly mix the fertilizer put into the mixing drum 2, the material pump 15 is operated to match the pipeline to guide out the fertilizer from the spray head, the liquid fertilizer and the non-liquid fertilizer are separately placed into the two feeding drums 9, the analysis control host 12 inputs the variety and growth cycle data of the fertilized crops, the system database correspondingly analyzes and reasonably puts the fertilizer proportion and controls the driving motor 5 and the electromagnetic valve 10 to operate, the liquid fertilizer and the non-liquid fertilizer are independently led into the feeding tube 4 from the blanking tube 8 through the opening and closing states of the corresponding electromagnetic valve 10, the driving motor 5 is operated to drive the helical blade 6 to rotate by utilizing the output shaft of the driving motor, the single-form fertilizer led into the feeding tube 4 is pushed into the vertical tube 3 by the helical blade 6 and falls into the mixing drum 2, the flowmeter 11 mounted on the vertical tube 3 measures the fertilizer put quantity and conveys signals to the analysis control host 12, the electromagnetic valve 10 is controlled to be closed after the proper quantity is reached, the other electromagnetic valve 10 is controlled to open, and the other form fertilizer is fed and metered.
The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles and main features of the present utility model and the advantages of the present utility model. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present utility model, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, which is defined in the appended claims. The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with the crop nutrient demand analysis function is characterized by comprising a carrier plate (1) and a mixing drum (2) fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate (1), wherein a feeding assembly and a metering control assembly are arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate (1);
the feeding assembly comprises a vertical pipe (3), a feeding pipe (4), a driving motor (5), a helical blade (6), a collecting hopper (7), a discharging pipe (8) and a feeding barrel (9), wherein the vertical pipe (3) is fixedly arranged on the top surface of one side of the mixing barrel (2), the feeding pipe (4) is fixedly arranged on the top surface of a carrier plate (1) through a support, one end of the feeding pipe is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the top end of the vertical pipe (3), the driving motor (5) is fixedly arranged on the support, a partition plate is fixedly arranged on the inner wall of one end of the feeding pipe (4), an output shaft of the driving motor (5) movably penetrates through the partition plate and extends into the vertical pipe (3), the helical blade (6) is wound on the outer peripheral surface of the output shaft of the driving motor (5), the collecting hopper (7) is hollow in a round table shape, the discharging end of the collecting hopper is connected with the outer peripheral surface of the feeding pipe (4), one end of the discharging pipe (8) is connected with the top surface of the hopper (7), and the other end of the feeding barrel (9) is fixedly arranged on the other end of the discharging pipe (8).
The metering control assembly comprises an electromagnetic valve (10), a flow meter (11) and an analysis control host machine (12), wherein the electromagnetic valve (10) is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the blanking pipe (8), the flow meter (11) is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the bottom end of the vertical pipe (3), and the analysis control host machine (12) is arranged on the top surface of the mixing barrel (2).
2. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the blanking pipes (8) are arranged in two in total and are symmetrically arranged on the horizontal plane of the vertical center of the collecting hopper (7), the blanking pipes (8) are obliquely arranged, and the feeding barrels (9) and the blanking pipes (8) are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode.
3. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the driving motor (5), the electromagnetic valve (10) and the flowmeter (11) are electrically connected with the analysis control host machine (12).
4. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the stirring device is characterized in that a stirring motor (13) is fixedly arranged at the center of the top surface of the mixing barrel (2), the output end of the stirring motor (13) is connected with a rotating rod, and stirring strips (14) are fixedly arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating rod which movably extends to the inside of the mixing barrel (2).
5. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the mounting groove is formed in the center of the bottom surface of the carrier plate (1), the material pump (15) is fixedly mounted on the mounting groove, the input end of the material pump (15) is connected with the bottom end outlet of the mixing drum (2) through a first pipeline, and the output end of the material pump (15) is connected with a spray head through a second pipeline.
6. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the bottom surface of the carrier plate (1) is fixedly provided with a supporting seat, a supporting rod is arranged on the supporting seat, and casters (16) are arranged at two ends of the supporting rod.
7. The water and fertilizer irrigation integrated machine with a crop nutrient demand analysis function according to claim 1, wherein: the top surface of one side of the carrier plate (1) close to the mixing drum (2) is fixedly provided with a pushing handle (17).
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