The invention discloses a combined mudflat
shellfish catching device and method. The combined mudflat
shellfish catching device is mainly composed of a rack, a walking module, a catching module, a leaked sand cleaning module and a conveying module. The walking modules are installed on the two sides of the rack and responsible for walking and steering of the rack. The catching module comprises a roller soil breaker and a rolling
shovel picker, and the roller soil breaker passively rotates along with advancing of the device and is used for pre-loosening soil; the rolling
shovel picker actively and reversely rotates to
shovel shellfish and surface sandy soil; the leaked sand cleaning module is composed of a vibration cleaning
sieve, a planar four-bar mechanism and a
vibration motor, screening and cleaning actions are driven by the
vibration motor, and shellfish and sandy soil are subjected to hydraulic scouring by a cleaning
nozzle; the conveying module comprises a hollow transverse conveying belt and an inclined conveying belt, the transverse conveying belt filters damaged or unqualified shellfish, and the inclined conveying belt lifts qualified shellfish to a rear collecting area. According to the device, the functions of soil loosening, picking, screening, cleaning and conveying are achieved through
modular design, and the device is suitable for efficient catching operation of mud flat shellfishes.