A fruit picker
By designing a telescopic fruit picker including a telescopic rod, pitch motor and end grab mechanism, the problems of low efficiency and inapplicable equipment in traditional picking methods are solved, and efficient and safe fruit picking and low-cost solutions are achieved. plan.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN201811529780.3
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2018-12-14
- Publication Date
- 2024-12-17
- Estimated Expiration
- 2038-12-14
AI Technical Summary
Traditional fruit picking methods are inefficient and dangerous, and most of the existing picking devices are large machinery, which are expensive and not suitable for hilly or remote areas, and are prone to fruit damage.
A telescopic fruit picker including a telescopic rod, pitch motor, screw nut mechanism and end grab mechanism is designed. Automatic picking is achieved through a single chip computer controlled grab motor and hand claws, with blades cutting the pedicle and rotating Twist the fruit handle, with centering and buffering functions, suitable for different heights and fruit types.
It realizes efficient and safe fruit picking, reduces labor intensity, reduces fruit damage, is suitable for single-person operation, is highly applicable and has low cost.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and in particular to a fruit picker. Background Art
[0002] With the rapid entry of modern technology into agricultural production and development, the extensive use of agricultural machinery has led to an increase in planting volume year by year, and the economic benefits of fruit farmers have also increased accordingly, and people's consumption capacity has also continued to improve. China is the world's largest apple producer and consumer, with apple planting area and output accounting for more than 40% of the world's total, and it occupies an important position in the world's apple industry. The apple consumer market is mainly fresh fruit and processed products, with the proportion of fresh food as high as 90%, and processed products accounting for only about 10%. In order to ensure the quality of apples, timely picking is the top priority of my country's apple industry. For fruit farmers, the harvest of crop fruits is a task that farmers have to face every year. Most of the fruit picking is mainly manual picking, which requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and increases costs. For some higher-level fruit picking, it is often necessary to use some climbing tools to achieve it. The picking efficiency is low and the risk is high. Therefore, the traditional method of picking fruits is far from meeting the demand for large-scale fruit picking, which limits the scale development of forestry, fruit industry and planting industry. Therefore, some picking devices have gradually emerged, but most of the existing picking devices are large-scale picking machines. The machines that can pick in large quantities are too large and expensive, and are not suitable for picking in some hilly or remote areas in China. In addition, during the picking process, it is easy to drop and damage the fruit, which is inconvenient to use. Many fruit pickers on the market are either too simple, bringing unnecessary labor time, or too complicated and not suitable for fruit farmers to operate. Through the investigation and analysis of the needs of fruit farmers for picking fruits, a highly versatile retractable fruit picker is designed, which can be carried and operated by one person, can be used for picking a wide range of fruit types, has a low rate of bad fruit, high picking efficiency, and has low cost and high versatility. Summary of the invention
[0003] The present invention aims at solving the shortcomings in the prior art and provides a fruit picker.
[0004] In order to solve the above technical problems, the present invention is solved by the following technical solutions:
[0005] A fruit picker comprises a telescopic rod, wherein the telescopic rod is provided with a pitch motor, a first screw nut mechanism and an end grasping mechanism, wherein the end grasping mechanism is hinged at the top of the telescopic rod, the pitch motor drives the screw in the first screw nut mechanism to rotate, a first steel wire is connected between the nut in the first screw nut mechanism and the end grasping mechanism, the end grasping mechanism comprises a support housing, a grasping motor and at least three grippers, a second screw nut mechanism is further provided on the support housing, a motor shaft of the grasping motor is connected with the screw of the second screw nut mechanism, a collar is provided between the nut of the second screw nut mechanism and each gripper, and the gripper is hinged on the support housing of the end grasping mechanism. The present invention controls the grasping motor through a single chip microcomputer, grasps the fruit with three grippers, and rotates after grasping, and can use a blade to cut the fruit stalk to pick the fruit off, and the rotation also causes the fruit stalk to twist and produce a twisting effect, so that the reliability of fruit picking is extremely high, and the end grasping mechanism with centering and buffering functions can effectively prevent the peel from being damaged, and can effectively protect the peel even when several fruits are next to each other. Under the control of the single-chip microcomputer, the fruit picking action can be completed automatically and continuously, and the user only needs to press a button to complete the fruit picking.
[0006] Preferably, a first ring hole is provided on the nut of the second screw-nut mechanism, and a second ring hole is provided on the claw, and the ring passes through the first ring hole and the second ring hole.
[0007] Preferably, the first steel wire is connected to the top end of the supporting shell of the terminal grasping mechanism, and the hand claw is connected to the lower end of the terminal grasping mechanism.
[0008] Preferably, the gripper is further provided with a blade, and the cutting edge direction of the blade is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the gripper.
[0009] Preferably, a pipe is provided below the telescopic rod, a pipe mounting plate is provided between the pipe and the telescopic rod, the inlet of the pipe is located below the end grabbing mechanism, and a backpack is provided at the outlet of the pipe. A storage net can also be placed in the backpack, and a storage net with small mesh and certain elasticity can effectively buffer the cut fruits and prevent the fruits from falling and being damaged directly.
[0010] Preferably, the telescopic rod comprises an inner rod and an outer coat, the inner rod moves in the outer coat, a fixed pulley is provided on the top of the outer coat, a motor wheel is provided on the outer coat, a second steel wire and a third steel wire are wound on the motor wheel, the second steel wire and the third steel wire are wound in opposite directions on the motor wheel, the free end of the second steel wire crosses the fixed pulley and is connected to the inner rod, and the free end of the third steel wire is also connected to the inner rod. Fruit farmers do not need to use a ladder, they only need to control the motor wheel through a switch to use the steel wire to pull the telescopic wire, so that the picker can pick apples at different heights.
[0011] Preferably, the telescopic rod is provided with a hole slot, the hole slot passes through the inner rod and the outer sleeve, and the second steel wire passes through the hole slot.
[0012] Preferably, a linear bearing is provided between the inner rod and the outer sleeve.
[0013] Preferably, the end gripping mechanism comprises a mounting plate, the gripper is hinged on the mounting plate, and the gripping motor drives the mounting plate to rotate.
[0014] The present invention has significant technical effects due to the adoption of the above technical scheme: the fruit picker can automatically pick and collect fruits of various sizes and different fruit stalk lengths, can effectively prevent the peel from being damaged, has high picking efficiency and low manual labor intensity. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of Example 1.
[0016] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 Top view of the .
[0017] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 A partial schematic diagram of the center A direction.
[0018] Figure 4 This is an appearance diagram of the end gripping mechanism in Example 1.
[0019] Figure 5 It is a front view of the end grasping mechanism in Example 1.
[0020] Figure 6 yes Figure 5 Section view along plane BB.
[0021] The names of the parts indicated by the numerical labels in the accompanying drawings are as follows: 5—support shell, 6—pipe mounting plate, 8—first screw nut mechanism, 9—pitch motor, 10—fixed pulley, 11—pipe, 14—backpack, 15—telescopic rod, 16—first steel wire, 17—motor pulley, 18—hole groove, 19—claw, 20—blade, 21—second screw nut mechanism, 22—ring, 23—grabbing motor, 24—mounting plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0022] The present invention is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments.
[0023] Example 1
[0024] A fruit picker, such as Figure 1 , Figure 2As shown, it includes a telescopic rod 15, on which a pitch motor 9, a first screw nut mechanism 8 and an end grabbing mechanism are provided. The end grabbing mechanism is hinged at the top of the telescopic rod 15. The pitch motor 9 drives the screw in the first screw nut mechanism 8 to rotate. A first steel wire 16 is connected between the nut in the first screw nut mechanism 8 and the end grabbing mechanism. The end grabbing mechanism includes the following: Figures 3 to 6 As shown, it includes a supporting shell 5, a grabbing motor 23 and at least three claws 19. A second screw-nut mechanism 21 is also provided on the supporting shell 5. The motor shaft of the grabbing motor 23 is connected to the screw of the second screw-nut mechanism 21. A ring 22 is provided between the nut of the second screw-nut mechanism 21 and each claw 19. The end grabbing mechanism includes a mounting plate, and the claw 19 is hinged on the mounting plate. The motor shaft of the grabbing motor 23 drives the mounting plate 24 to rotate through a transmission structure.
[0025] A first ring hole is provided on the nut of the second screw nut mechanism 21 , and a second ring hole is provided on the hand claw 19 . The ring 22 passes through the first ring hole and the second ring hole.
[0026] The first steel wire 16 is connected to the top of the supporting shell 5 of the terminal grasping mechanism, and the hand claw 19 is connected to the lower end of the terminal grasping mechanism.
[0027] The gripper 19 is also provided with a blade 20 , and the cutting edge direction of the blade 20 is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the gripper 19 .
[0028] A pipe 11 is further provided below the telescopic rod 15 , a pipe mounting plate is provided between the pipe 11 and the telescopic rod 15 , the inlet of the pipe 11 is located below the end grabbing mechanism, and a backpack 14 is provided at the outlet of the pipe 11 .
[0029] The telescopic rod 15 includes an inner rod and an outer sleeve, the inner rod moves inside the outer sleeve, a fixed pulley 10 is provided on the top of the outer sleeve, and a motor pulley 17 is also provided on the outer sleeve, a second steel wire and a third steel wire are wound on the motor pulley 17, and the second steel wire and the third steel wire are wound in opposite directions on the motor pulley 17, the free end of the second steel wire crosses the fixed pulley 10 and is connected to the inner rod, and the free end of the third steel wire is also connected to the inner rod.
[0030] The telescopic rod 15 is provided with a hole slot 18 , which passes through the inner rod and the outer sleeve, and the second steel wire passes through the hole slot 18 .
[0031] A linear bearing is provided between the inner rod and the outer sleeve.
[0032] The working principle of the present invention is as follows: the telescopic rod 15 is extended or retracted to adapt to the picking of fruits at different heights under the rotation of the motor wheel 17; the pitch motor 9 drives the nut in the first screw nut mechanism 8 to move, thereby changing the angle of the terminal grabbing mechanism through the first steel wire 16; the grabbing motor 23 in the terminal grabbing mechanism drives the claw 19 to grab the fruit through the second screw nut mechanism 21, and the blade 20 on the claw 19 can cut off the fruit stalk. After the fruit is picked, it rolls into the pipe 11 and is collected into the backpack 14 along the pipe 11.
[0033] In conclusion, the above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and all equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention should fall within the scope of the patent of the present invention.
Claims
1. A fruit picker, characterized in that: The telescopic rod (15) is provided with a pitch motor (9), a first screw nut mechanism (8) and an end gripping mechanism, the end gripping mechanism is hinged at the top of the telescopic rod (15), the pitch motor (9) drives the screw in the first screw nut mechanism (8) to rotate, a first steel wire (16) is connected between the nut in the first screw nut mechanism (8) and the end gripping mechanism, the end gripping mechanism comprises a support shell (5), a gripping motor (23) and at least three grippers (19), the support shell (5) is further provided with a second screw nut mechanism (21), the motor shaft of the gripping motor (23) is connected to the screw of the second screw nut mechanism (21), a collar (22) is provided between the nut of the second screw nut mechanism (21) and each gripper (19), and the gripper (19) is hinged on the support shell (5) of the end gripping mechanism; The telescopic rod (15) comprises an inner rod and an outer sleeve, the inner rod moves within the outer sleeve, a fixed pulley (10) is provided on the top of the outer sleeve, a motor wheel (17) is also provided on the outer sleeve, a second steel wire and a third steel wire are wound on the motor wheel (17), the second steel wire and the third steel wire are wound on the motor wheel (17) in opposite directions, the free end of the second steel wire crosses the fixed pulley (10) and is connected to the inner rod, and the free end of the third steel wire is also connected to the inner rod; The telescopic rod (15) is provided with a hole groove (18), the hole groove (18) passes through the inner rod and the outer sleeve, and the second steel wire passes through the hole groove (18); The end grasping mechanism comprises a mounting plate (24), a hand claw (19) is hinged on the mounting plate (24), and a grasping motor (23) drives the mounting plate (24) to rotate.
2. A fruit picker according to claim 1, characterized in that: A first ring hole is provided on the nut of the second screw nut mechanism (21), a second ring hole is provided on the hand claw (19), and the ring (22) passes through the first ring hole and the second ring hole.
3. A fruit picker according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first steel wire (16) is connected to the top end of the supporting shell (5) of the end grasping mechanism, and the hand claw (19) is connected to the lower end of the end grasping mechanism.
4. A fruit picker according to claim 1, characterized in that: The gripper (19) is also provided with a blade (20), and the direction of the blade edge of the blade (20) is perpendicular to the rotation direction of the gripper (19).
5. A fruit picker according to claim 1, characterized in that: A pipe (11) is also provided below the telescopic rod (15), a pipe mounting plate (6) is provided between the pipe (11) and the telescopic rod (15), an inlet of the pipe (11) is located below the end grabbing mechanism, and a backpack (14) is provided at the outlet of the pipe (11).
6. A fruit picker according to claim 1, characterized in that: A linear bearing is provided between the inner rod and the outer sleeve.