CN220693803U - Corn thresher of high-efficient threshing - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses a corn thresher with efficient threshing, which relates to the technical field of corn thresher, and comprises a bottom frame, wherein a thresher main body is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the bottom frame, a feed inlet is arranged at the upper end of the thresher main body, a corn cob outlet is arranged at the right end of the thresher main body, a corn kernel outlet is arranged at the lower end of the thresher main body, a threshing mechanism is fixedly arranged at the left end of the thresher main body, a screening mechanism is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the bottom frame, and a reinforcing plate is fixedly arranged at the outer side of the bottom frame. According to the structure, after the corn kernels are discharged through the corn kernel discharge port of the threshing machine main body, the corn kernels enter the screening frame, the screening frame drives the reinforcing plate of the supporting plate to be inclined through the cooperation of the spring and one end of the reinforcing plate, and then the vibrating motor at the lower end of the screening frame is utilized to vibrate, so that the dropped corn kernels can be efficiently screened, and the pollution to the air environment is avoided.
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Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of corn threshing machines, and particularly relates to a corn threshing machine capable of efficiently threshing.
Background
The corn thresher is used for threshing the dried corn ears. Most of them are axial-flow drums, and also have vertical threshing trays. The threshing machine has the characteristics of high production efficiency, good threshing quality, simple and convenient operation, simple structure, firmness and durability, reliable work, convenient use and maintenance and the like.
The Chinese patent with publication number of CN215898441U discloses a corn thresher which can be used in farmland sites, and relates to the technical field of corn thresher. The utility model comprises a plurality of support rods; one side fixedly connected with pneumatic cylinder of bracing piece, the output fixedly connected with body of rod of pneumatic cylinder, first spout has been seted up to one side of bracing piece, body of rod elastic fit in first spout.
Above-mentioned, corn thresher among the prior art, in the use, though can satisfy the user demand basically, nevertheless there is certain not enough, for example after corn thresher separates corncob and kernel of corn through the inside screen cloth of organism after threshing, kernel of corn is discharged together with impurity, need the manual work to collect the back and carry out the very inconvenient of screening, of course also have on the market at present and blow the sediment structure with the fan, but blow the filtration effect is not ideal, and cause the lime-ash to drift in the air easily and influence the environment, secondly, traditional corn thresher is inconvenient to remove fixedly, and at present also have some on the market to have the truckle of lock, but need trample one by one fixedly during the fixed, comparatively inconvenience.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the problems mentioned in the background art, an object of the present utility model is to provide a corn thresher capable of threshing efficiently, so as to solve the problems mentioned in the background art.
The technical aim of the utility model is realized by the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a high-efficient threshing's corn thresher, includes the chassis, the upper end fixed mounting of chassis has the thresher main part, the upper end of thresher main part is equipped with the feed inlet, the right-hand member of thresher main part is equipped with the corncob discharge port, the lower extreme of thresher main part is equipped with the kernel discharge port, the left end fixed mounting of thresher main part has threshing mechanism, the lower extreme fixed mounting of chassis has screening mechanism, the outside fixed mounting of chassis has the gusset plate, the lower extreme fixed mounting of gusset plate has collection mechanism, the outside symmetry fixed mounting of chassis has moving mechanism;
the threshing mechanism comprises a driving motor, the driving motor is fixedly arranged at the left end of the threshing machine body, the inner side of the threshing machine body is rotationally connected with an output shaft, the outer side of the output shaft is fixedly provided with a bracket, the outer side of the bracket is fixedly provided with a connecting rod, the outer side of the connecting rod is rotationally connected with a threshing pendulum, and the left end of the output shaft is rotationally arranged through the shell wall of the threshing machine body and the output end of the driving motor.
As the preferred technical scheme, the screening mechanism includes the screening frame, the lower extreme left and right sides of screening frame is all fixed mounting has the spring, the upper end fixed mounting of the left spring one end of screening frame lower extreme and gusset plate, the upper end right side fixed mounting of gusset plate has the backup pad, the lower extreme right side of screening frame is through the upper end fixed mounting of spring one end and backup pad, the lower extreme fixed mounting of screening frame has vibrating motor.
As the preferable technical scheme, the lower end of the screening frame is fixedly provided with a fixed plate, and the vibrating motor is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the fixed plate.
As the preferable technical scheme, the left end fixedly connected with positioning seat of chassis, the upper end grafting of positioning seat has the collecting box, the left end of screening frame is located the top of collecting box.
As the preferable technical scheme, collection mechanism includes the collecting hole, the collecting hole is seted up at the gusset inboard, the lower extreme aperture department fixed mounting of collecting hole collects the inclined bucket, collect the bucket mouth of inclined bucket and peg graft and have the collection box, the collection box specifically adopts transparent material to constitute.
As the preferable technical scheme, the front face of the collecting inclined hopper is provided with a slot, and the collecting box is spliced with the collecting inclined hopper through the slot.
As the preferable technical scheme, the moving mechanism comprises a casing, the casing is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the underframe, a hydraulic rod is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the casing, a push block is connected to the inner side of the lower end of the casing in a sliding manner, a push rod is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the push block, a roller is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the push rod, and the output end of the hydraulic rod movably stretches into the inner side of the casing and the upper end of the push block in a fixed manner.
As the preferable technical scheme, the outside symmetry fixed mounting of ejector pad has the slider, the ejector pad passes through slider sliding connection at the lower extreme inboard of cover shell.
In summary, the utility model has the following advantages:
firstly, when corn kernels are discharged through a corn kernel discharge port of a threshing machine main body, the corn kernels enter a screening frame, the screening frame drives a reinforcing plate of a supporting plate to be inclined through one end of the spring, and then a vibrating motor at the lower end of the screening frame is utilized to vibrate, so that the dropped corn kernels can be efficiently screened, and pollution to the air environment is avoided;
secondly, in the screening process of the screening frame, the dropped impurities are collected through the collecting holes on the reinforcing plate, and then are collected in a collecting box inserted into a bucket opening at one side in a concentrated manner through the collecting inclined bucket below the collecting holes, so that the subsequent treatment is facilitated;
thirdly, when needs remove, the flexible push block that promotes of hydraulic stem output on the chassis slides in the lower extreme inboard of cover shell, and the gyro wheel is connected through the push rod to the push block lower extreme simultaneously, can remove after gyro wheel and ground contact, and when otherwise fixed, directly through the hydraulic stem with gyro wheel part rise can, easy operation, convenient to use.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of FIG. 1A in accordance with the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the stent structure of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic illustration of the connection of the hydraulic lever and push block of the present utility model.
Reference numerals: 1. the threshing machine comprises a chassis, 2, a threshing machine main body, 3, a feed inlet, 4, a threshing mechanism, 401, a driving motor, 402, a bracket, 403, a connecting rod, 404, a threshing pendulum, 405, an output shaft, 5, a corn cob discharging port, 6, a corn kernel discharging port, 7, a slot, 8, a screening mechanism, 801, a screening frame, 802, a spring, 803, a supporting plate, 804, a vibrating motor, 9, a fixed plate, 10, a reinforcing plate, 11, a collecting mechanism, 111, a collecting hole, 112, a collecting inclined hopper, 113, a collecting box, 12, a moving mechanism, 121, a casing, 122, a hydraulic rod, 123, a push rod, 124, a roller, 125, a push block, 13, a sliding block, 14, a positioning seat, 15 and a collecting box.
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Example 1
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the efficient threshing corn thresher according to the present embodiment includes a chassis 1, a thresher main body 2 is fixedly mounted at the upper end of the chassis 1, a feed inlet 3 is provided at the upper end of the thresher main body 2, a corn cob outlet 5 is provided at the right end of the thresher main body 2, a corn kernel outlet 6 is provided at the lower end of the thresher main body 2, a threshing mechanism 4 is fixedly mounted at the left end of the thresher main body 2, a sieving mechanism 8 is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the chassis 1, a reinforcing plate 10 is fixedly mounted at the outer side of the chassis 1, a collecting mechanism 11 is fixedly mounted at the lower end of the reinforcing plate 10, and a moving mechanism 12 is symmetrically and fixedly mounted at the outer side of the chassis 1; the threshing mechanism 4 comprises a driving motor 401, the driving motor 401 is fixedly arranged at the left end of the threshing machine main body 2, the inner side of the threshing machine main body 2 is rotationally connected with an output shaft 405, the outer side of the output shaft 405 is fixedly provided with a bracket 402, the outer side of the bracket 402 is fixedly provided with a connecting rod 403, the outer side of the connecting rod 403 is rotationally connected with a threshing pendulum 404, the left end of the output shaft 405 is rotationally penetrated through the shell wall of the threshing machine main body 2 and the output end of the driving motor 401 and fixedly arranged, the output shaft 405 is driven to rotate in the threshing machine main body 2 through the output end of the driving motor 401, 3 connecting rods 403 with threshing pendulum 404 are connected with the outer bracket 402 of the output shaft 405, and after corn cobs enter, the threshing pendulum 404 continuously beats corn cobs to achieve the effect of high-efficiency threshing; the threshing machine main body 2 is also internally provided with a screen, so that corn kernels and corncobs can be separated, and the prior art is not repeated.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 1, the screening mechanism 8 includes a screening frame 801, springs 802 are fixedly installed at both left and right sides of a lower end of the screening frame 801, one end of the springs 802 at the left side of the lower end of the screening frame 801 and an upper end of the reinforcing plate 10 are fixedly installed, a supporting plate 803 is fixedly installed at a right side of the upper end of the reinforcing plate 10, one end of the springs 802 and an upper end of the supporting plate 803 are fixedly installed at a right side of the lower end of the screening frame 801, a vibrating motor 804 is fixedly installed at a lower end of the screening frame 801, after corn kernels are discharged through a corn kernel discharging port 6 of the thresher main body 2, the corn kernels enter the screening frame 801, and the screening frame 801 drives the reinforcing plate 10 of the supporting plate 803 to be inclined through one end of the springs 802, and then the dropped corn kernels can be efficiently screened by vibrating the vibrating motor 804 at the lower end of the screening frame 801 without polluting the air environment.
Referring to fig. 1, a fixing plate 9 is fixedly installed at the lower end of a screen frame 801, a vibration motor 804 is fixedly installed at the lower end of the fixing plate 9, and the vibration motor 804 can be conveniently installed by installing the fixing plate 9 on the screen frame 801; the left end fixedly connected with positioning seat 14 of chassis 1, the upper end of positioning seat 14 peg graft and have collection box 15, and the top of collecting box 15 is located to the left end of screening frame 801, through installing positioning seat 14 on chassis 1, can conveniently collect the kernel of corn after screening through positioning seat 14 location grafting collection box 15.
Referring to fig. 1-2, the collecting mechanism 11 comprises a collecting hole 111, the collecting hole 111 is formed in the inner side of the reinforcing plate 10, a collecting inclined hopper 112 is fixedly arranged at the hole of the lower end of the collecting hole 111, a collecting box 113 is inserted into the hopper hole of the collecting inclined hopper 112, the collecting box 113 is specifically made of transparent materials, in the screening process of the screening frame 801, the dropped impurities are collected through the collecting hole 111 on the reinforcing plate 10, and then are collected into the collecting box 113 inserted into the hopper hole at one side in a concentrated manner through the collecting inclined hopper 112 below the collecting hole 111, so that the subsequent treatment is facilitated; the slot 7 has been seted up to the front of collecting inclined fill 112, and collecting box 113 is pegged graft through slot 7 and collecting inclined fill 112, and collecting inclined fill 112 is last to be through seting up slot 7, can conveniently peg graft the installation to collecting box 113, and collecting box 113 adopts the transparence, conveniently knows the collection condition cooperation handle of inside impurity and facilitates the use.
Example 3
Referring to fig. 1 and 4, the moving mechanism 12 includes a casing 121, the casing 121 is fixedly installed at the outer side of the chassis 1, a hydraulic rod 122 is fixedly installed at the upper end of the casing 121, a push block 125 is slidably connected at the inner side of the lower end of the casing 121, a push rod 123 is fixedly installed at the lower end of the push block 125, a roller 124 is fixedly installed at the lower end of the push rod 123, the output end of the hydraulic rod 122 movably stretches into the inner side of the casing 121 and the upper end of the push block 125, and by installing the moving mechanism 12 on the chassis 1, when the moving mechanism is required to move, the output end of the hydraulic rod 122 on the chassis 1 stretches and contracts to push the push block 125 to slide at the inner side of the lower end of the casing 121, meanwhile, the lower end of the push block 125 is connected with the roller 124 through the push rod 123, when the roller 124 is in contact with the ground, and otherwise fixed, the roller 124 is partially lifted through the hydraulic rod 122, so that the operation is simple and the use is convenient; the outside symmetry fixed mounting of ejector pad 125 has slider 13, and ejector pad 125 passes through slider 13 sliding connection in the lower extreme inboard of cover shell 121, through the slider 13 of installation on ejector pad 125, can make things convenient for ejector pad 125 spacing slip in cover shell 121.
The use principle and the advantages are that: when the corn cob is required to move, the output end of the hydraulic rod 122 on the underframe 1 stretches and pushes the push block 125 to slide on the inner side of the lower end of the shell 121, meanwhile, the lower end of the push block 125 is connected with the roller 124 through the push rod 123, when the roller 124 is contacted with the ground and then can move, and otherwise, the roller 124 is partially lifted by the hydraulic rod 122, in the using process, the corn cob enters through the feeding hole 3, then the output end of the driving motor 401 drives the output shaft 405 to rotate in the thresher main body 2, the 3 connecting rods 403 with threshing pendulum hammers 404 are connected with the support 402 outside the output shaft 405, after the corn cob enters, the threshing pendulum hammers 404 continuously beat the corn cob for threshing, and the threshed corn cob and corn cob pass through the separation part of the sieve mesh inside the thresher main body 2, and after the corn kernels are discharged through the corn kernel discharging port 6 of the threshing machine main body 2, the corn kernels enter the screening frame 801, the screening frame 801 drives the reinforcing plate 10 of the supporting plate 803 to incline through one end of the spring 802, then the vibrating motor 804 at the lower end of the screening frame 801 is utilized to vibrate, the dropped corn kernels can be efficiently screened, the screened corn kernels enter the collecting box 15 to be collected through the left end of the screening frame 801, meanwhile, in the screening process of the screening frame 801, the dropped impurities are collected through the collecting holes 111 on the reinforcing plate 10, and then the collected corn kernels are collected in the collecting box 113 inserted at one side of the bucket opening in a concentrated manner through the collecting inclined bucket 112 below the collecting holes 111 to be waiting to be processed.
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1. The utility model provides a corn thresher of high-efficient threshing, includes chassis (1), its characterized in that: the threshing machine is characterized in that a threshing machine main body (2) is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the underframe (1), a feeding port (3) is formed in the upper end of the threshing machine main body (2), a corn cob discharging port (5) is formed in the right end of the threshing machine main body (2), a corn cob discharging port (6) is formed in the lower end of the threshing machine main body (2), a threshing mechanism (4) is fixedly arranged at the left end of the threshing machine main body (2), a screening mechanism (8) is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the underframe (1), a reinforcing plate (10) is fixedly arranged at the outer side of the underframe (1), a collecting mechanism (11) is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the reinforcing plate (10), and a moving mechanism (12) is symmetrically and fixedly arranged at the outer side of the underframe (1).
Threshing mechanism (4) are including driving motor (401), driving motor (401) fixed mounting is in the left end of thresher main part (2), the inboard rotation of thresher main part (2) is connected with output shaft (405), the outside fixed mounting of output shaft (405) has support (402), the outside fixed mounting of support (402) has connecting rod (403), the outside rotation of connecting rod (403) is connected with threshing pendulum (404), the left end rotation of output shaft (405) runs through the shell wall of thresher main part (2) and the output fixed mounting of driving motor (401).
2. The efficient threshing corn thresher of claim 1, wherein: the screening mechanism (8) comprises a screening frame (801), springs (802) are fixedly installed on the left side and the right side of the lower end of the screening frame (801), one end of each spring (802) on the left side of the lower end of the screening frame (801) and the upper end of each reinforcing plate (10) are fixedly installed, a supporting plate (803) is fixedly installed on the right side of the upper end of each reinforcing plate (10), the right side of the lower end of the screening frame (801) is fixedly installed on the right side of the upper end of each supporting plate (803) through one end of each spring (802), and a vibrating motor (804) is fixedly installed on the lower end of the screening frame (801).
3. A high efficiency threshing corn thresher as recited in claim 2, wherein: the lower end of the screening frame (801) is fixedly provided with a fixed plate (9), and the vibrating motor (804) is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the fixed plate (9).
4. A high efficiency threshing corn thresher as recited in claim 2, wherein: the left end fixedly connected with positioning seat (14) of chassis (1), the upper end of positioning seat (14) is pegged graft and is had collecting box (15), the left end of screening frame (801) is located the top of collecting box (15).
5. The efficient threshing corn thresher of claim 1, wherein: the collecting mechanism (11) comprises a collecting hole (111), the collecting hole (111) is formed in the inner side of the reinforcing plate (10), a collecting inclined hopper (112) is fixedly mounted at the hole opening of the lower end of the collecting hole (111), a collecting box (113) is inserted into the hopper opening of the collecting inclined hopper (112), and the collecting box (113) is made of a transparent material.
6. The efficient threshing corn thresher of claim 5, wherein: the front of the collection inclined hopper (112) is provided with a slot (7), and the collection box (113) is connected with the collection inclined hopper (112) in an inserting mode through the slot (7).
7. The efficient threshing corn thresher of claim 1, wherein: the moving mechanism (12) comprises a casing (121), the casing (121) is fixedly arranged on the outer side of the underframe (1), a hydraulic rod (122) is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the casing (121), a push block (125) is slidably connected to the inner side of the lower end of the casing (121), a push rod (123) is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the push block (125), a roller (124) is fixedly arranged at the lower end of the push rod (123), and the output end of the hydraulic rod (122) movably stretches into the inner side of the casing (121) and the upper end of the push block (125) to be fixedly arranged.
8. The efficient threshing corn thresher of claim 7, wherein: the outside of ejector pad (125) is symmetry fixed mounting has slider (13), ejector pad (125) are through slider (13) sliding connection in the lower extreme inboard of cover shell (121).
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