A tomato vine support and fruit sorting machine

Abstract

This invention discloses a tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine, which is applied in the field of tomato harvesting machinery technology. It can pre-lift and sort lodged tomato seedlings in the field before the tomato fruit harvesting operation. During operation, the invention is installed at the front of the tractor. The motor drives the chain and sprocket to rotate the stem-lifting shaft, the intermediate shaft, and the fruit-sorting shaft. The spiral round steel on the stem-lifting shaft can continuously pull the lodged tomato seedlings upward. When the intermediate shaft rotates, it can drive the push rod to continuously push the upper part of the tomato seedlings to both sides. The stem pusher can separate the roots of the tomato seedlings and the fallen tomato fruits in one step and push them to the left and right sides of the row. The fruit-sorting shaft can separate all the remaining tomato fruits after the first separation and form a second ridge of soil. After applying this invention, compared with the existing technology, the harvest rate of tomatoes in the field and the efficiency of pre-lifting and fruit-sorting operations can be greatly improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention patent relates to a tomato harvesting auxiliary machine, and more particularly to a tomato vine support and fruit sorting machine. Background Technology

[0002] In existing technologies, after tomatoes ripen, before harvesting them using a tomato harvester, it is necessary to manually lift the tomato stalks that have fallen into the field furrows back onto the tomato rows. At the same time, it is also necessary to clear the tomato fruits that have fallen into the field furrows to both sides of the tomato rows to prevent the tomato fruits on the fallen stalks and those that have fallen into the field furrows from being unable to be effectively harvested.

[0003] Meanwhile, under this existing manual assisted tomato harvesting method, there are problems such as low work efficiency, high labor intensity, unsatisfactory work results, and tomatoes easily rolling back into the furrows.

[0004] Invention Patent Content

[0005] The purpose of this invention is to provide a tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine that can effectively solve the problems of low operating efficiency, high labor intensity, unsatisfactory operating results, and tomato fruits easily rolling back into the furrows in the existing technology.

[0006] The technical solution of this invention patent is implemented as follows: A tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine mainly includes a frame, a motor, a stem-lifting shaft, a stem pusher, a vine pusher, a fruit-sorting shaft, a central shaft, sprockets, pulleys, chains, belts, a lifting slide, a fixed frame, and a tractor. The frame is an iron-shaped frame structure, with front and rear connecting beams fixedly connected between the frames. At the front end of the frame are a sloping beam, bearing seats, and a stem-lifting shaft. The surface of the stem-lifting shaft is fitted with spiral round steel, and the lower end of the shaft is fixedly connected to a plow tip that also serves as a guide plate and a base. Guide plates are installed on both sides of the sloping beam. At the upper part of the frame are a motor, a shaft, a transmission shaft, and bearing seats, and at the bottom of the frame is a base plate fixedly connected. In the middle of the frame are a central shaft and a vine pusher, which mainly includes a crank, guide wheels, a slide, a transmission beam, guide wheels, a fixed seat, a shaft, left and right push rods, a soft guide belt, guide wheels, and a guide wheel frame. The intermediate shaft is fixedly connected to the frame via bearing seats, and the transmission beam is fixedly connected to the frame via guide wheels, fixed seats, shafts, and a rear connecting beam. Left and right push rods and slides are mounted at both ends of the transmission beam. The left and right push rods achieve alternating left and right translational movement via the intermediate shaft, crank, guide wheels, slides, transmission beam, guide wheels, fixed seats, and shaft. Soft guide belts are connected at both ends to the front ends of the left and right push rods, enabling them to follow the push rods and swing around the guide wheels, achieving alternating left and right oscillation. Left and right fruit-sorting shafts and wedge-shaped stem pushers are fixedly connected to both sides of the frame. The left and right fruit-sorting shafts are fixedly connected to the frame via bearing seats and are equipped with arc-shaped fruit-sorting teeth and soil-cutting teeth. The stem pusher mainly consists of a stem pusher frame and a stem pusher plate. The stem-lifting shaft is connected and installed via a motor, shaft, transmission shaft, and bearing seats for transmission. The intermediate shaft and fruit-sorting shaft are connected and transmitted via a motor, shaft, bearing seats, sprockets, pulleys, chains, belts, and keys. A lifting slide, a fixed frame, and a tractor are mounted at the rear of the frame. The lifting slide and the fixed frame are fixedly connected to the front of the tractor. The lifting slide contains a hydraulic cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder piston rod, a pulley, a pin, a pin seat, and a connecting plate. The frame is fixedly connected to the lifting slide via the hydraulic cylinder piston rod, pulley, pin, pin seat, and connecting plate.

[0007] This invention, with its specially designed structure, allows the tomato seedlings lying prostrate in the furrows to be continuously pulled upwards by the rotating stem shaft, driven by a tractor and the motor. The roots of the pulled-up seedlings are then pushed further towards the edges of the rows by the stem pusher, while the upper branches are alternately pushed towards the top of the rows by the pusher's push rod, or brushed towards the top of the rows by the rotating conical brush roller. Simultaneously, the separating guide plate at the front of the stem pusher initially separates some of the tomato fruits from the furrows to the roots of the rows, leaving the separated soil inside the pusher. This separated soil is then scraped back to the upper sides of the furrows by a scraper. However, due to the depression in the furrows, some tomato fruits remain after the initial separation and are buried on both sides of the furrows. These fruits are then separated again by the rotation of the fruit-splitting shaft, soil-cutting teeth, and fruit-splitting teeth, and moved to the inner side of the pusher plate. As the pusher plate moves forward, the tomato fruits initially separated on the outer side and the remaining fruits from the second separation on the inner side merge to form new tomato ridges on the inner sides of the tomato rows. Simultaneously, the soil finally separated by the fruit-splitting shaft falls onto the inner sides of these new tomato ridges, forming secondary raised soil. This secondary raised soil effectively prevents the separated tomato fruits from rolling freely into the furrows.

[0008] As a further improvement to this invention, the stem pusher is placed in a floating, constant-pressure friction state with the ground, allowing the bottom of the stem pusher to better conform to the ground. The stem pusher is connected to the frame via a sleeve fitted into telescopic sleeves on both sides of the frame. The sleeve and telescopic sleeves are hollow square tubes, and they are tightened together by bolts, springs, and hooks. The lower front end of the stem pusher is equipped with a separation guide plate made of rows of round steel bars, and the front end of the separation guide plate is also equipped with a sliding plate. The inner side of the stem pusher is connected to a scraper plate via stiffeners, bolts, and a base, and the scraper plate can be adjusted up and down along the bolt holes.

[0009] As a further improvement to this invention, to ensure the guide belt is always in a good tension state, the transmission beam can also adopt an independent motor transmission structure, and the rice pusher can also adopt an independent transmission structure with a conical brush roller. Another pusher structure for the rice pusher is to replace one side of the left and right pushers with a sleeve-type pusher, which has a hollow funnel-shaped structure and is fixedly connected internally by a spring, tie rod bolt, sleeve, and nut plate. Another connection structure between the guide belt and the pusher is that the guide belt itself is an elastic guide belt, and its two ends are connected to the guide wheel frame and the left and right pushers respectively through a connecting frame, connecting plate, and bolts. Another transmission structure for the transmission beam of the rice pusher is that a motor frame, motor, shaft, bearing seat, crank, and trunnion are mounted on the front connecting beam, and trunnions are mounted on the transmission beam, with connecting rods installed between the trunnions. Another structure of the rice pusher is that a conical brush roller is connected and installed on each of the two sides of the frame through bearing seats and bases. The front end of the brush roller is equipped with a guide plate, the rear end of the brush roller is equipped with a motor, and the base has rows of holes that allow the bearing seats of the brush roller to be installed into holes of different heights.

[0010] As a further improvement to this invention, the vertical positions of the push rod and guide belt can be freely adjusted. The left and right push rods of the rice pusher are connected and fixed to the transmission beam through the push rod connecting frame, sliding beam, lifting sleeve, and bolts. The guide wheel is connected and fixed to the frame through the guide wheel frame, lifting sleeve, and bolts.

[0011] As a further improvement to this invention, the base plate of the frame is not subject to severe wear, and the frame height is easily adjustable and controlled. A sleeve beam, which also serves as the frame, is installed behind the inclined beam on the frame. A telescopic cylinder is fitted inside the sleeve beam, and the telescopic cylinder contains a lead screw, nut plate, pin, and nut. The telescopic cylinder and the sleeve beam are connected and fixed together by a cover plate, nut, and bolts. A wheel seat is connected and installed below the telescopic cylinder, and the wheel seat is equipped with an axle, axle nut, and support wheel.

[0012] As a further improvement to this invention, to give the frame better overall rigidity, the front and rear connecting beams are connected and fixed to the frame by bolts through front and rear connecting sleeves that also serve as the frame. The front and rear connecting beams are also connected by a triangular tie rod structure through tie rod seats, tie rods, and pins. In addition to the diagonal beams, the sleeve beams that also serve as the frame, and the front and rear connecting sleeves, the frame also includes a middle vertical beam, an upper horizontal beam, a middle horizontal beam, a lower horizontal beam, a front horizontal beam, a rear horizontal beam, side vertical beams, and a rear vertical beam.

[0013] As a further improvement to this invention, to achieve stable operation of the transmission mechanism and better separation of tomato fruits, the sprockets, pulleys, chains, and belts at the ends of the left and right comb shafts are also equipped with fixing seats, sprocket and pulley boxes, sealing covers, bolts, left sprocket and pulley box covers, and right sprocket and pulley box covers. The front ends of the left and right comb shafts are equipped with soil-cutting teeth, and the remaining parts of the shaft body are equipped with comb teeth. The comb teeth and soil-cutting teeth are continuously distributed in a straight or curved interval along the axial direction of the shaft body, and are distributed in one or more rows along the radial direction of the shaft body. The frame above the entire shaft body is equipped with comb-shaped comb plates, allowing the comb teeth and soil-cutting teeth to pass through the spaces between the comb plate teeth when the comb shaft rotates. A motor cover is also installed on the upper part of the motor, shaft, and transmission shaft.

[0014] As a further improvement to this invention, the frame can be better adjusted and controlled in height, allowing it to better follow and adapt to undulating ground, and preventing the seedlings pushed towards the sides of the tomato rows from falling back down. A limiting bolt is installed on each side of the bottom of the lifting slide. The outer surface of the lifting slide is also equipped with trunnions, a swing shaft, a stem-pressing wheel, a shaft, a fixing sleeve, a fixing frame, and bolts. The stem-pressing wheel has a ratchet-shaped structure, with inwardly recessed notches distributed on its ratchet teeth. The hole connecting the pull rod seat and the piston rod of the hydraulic cylinder inside the lifting slide is a waist-hole structure.

[0015] As a further improvement to this invention, the transmission device is designed to have better operational stability. The crank is a single-piece crank structure, an integral disc structure, or a single-piece crank structure with a circular guide disc structure mounted on its side. The drive chain and belt of the comb shaft are also equipped with a tension pulley, a tension pulley bracket, a shaft, bolts, springs, and a frame hook. Attached Figure Description

[0016] The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0017] Figure 1 This is a top view of the present invention.

[0018] Figure 2 For along Figure 1 Sectional view along line AA.

[0019] Figure 3 For along Figure 2 A magnified view of a portion of the Q-axis.

[0020] Figure 4 For along Figure 1 Sectional view along the BB line.

[0021] Figure 5 For along Figure 2 Sectional view along line HH.

[0022] Figure 6 For along Figure 2 Enlarged cross-sectional view along the CC line.

[0023] Figure 7 For along Figure 1 Sectional view along the middle FF line.

[0024] Figure 8 A partial sectional view of a rice pusher equipped with a sleeve-type push rod, a soft guide belt, and guide wheels.

[0025] Figure 9 For along Figure 1 The K-axis magnified view in the image.

[0026] Figure 10 This is a top view of an embodiment where the rice pusher has a conical brush roller structure.

[0027] Figure 11 for Figure 10 The main view.

[0028] Figure 12 This is a partial top view of the transmission beam, which uses a motor, connecting rod, trunnion, and crank drive.

[0029] Figure 13 for Figure 12 A partial front view structural diagram.

[0030] Figure 14 This is a schematic diagram showing the cross-sectional effect of the field furrows and tomato rows after the operation of this invention patent.

[0031] Figure 15 A schematic diagram of the structure of the rice pusher, which uses an elastic guide belt to connect with the push rod and guide wheel frame.

[0032] Figure 16 This is a partial front view schematic diagram of the lifting carriage with stem pressing wheels mounted on the side.

[0033] Figure 17 for Figure 16 A partial top-view structural diagram.

[0034] Figure 18 For along Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the WW line.

[0035] Figure 19 For along Figure 7 Enlarged section view of the central S region.

[0036] Figure 20 For along Figure 2 A magnified view of a portion of the map.

[0037] Figure 21 For along Figure 4 A magnified view of a portion of the T-axis.

[0038] Figure 22 For along Figure 4 A magnified view of a portion of the view in the middle R direction.

[0039] Figure 23 For along Figure 5 A magnified view of a portion of the P-axis. Detailed Implementation

[0040] The present invention will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0041] like Figures 1 to 7 , Figures 18-23As shown, this invention patent discloses a tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine, which mainly includes a frame, a motor 814, a stem-lifting shaft 40, a stem pusher, a vine pusher, a fruit-sorting shaft, an intermediate shaft 32, sprockets and pulleys 813, 324, 322, 331, 333, 628, and 62, chains and belts 815, 621, and 332, a lifting slide 71, a fixed frame 31, and a traction vehicle 41. The frame is an iron-shaped frame structure, with front and rear connecting beams 51 and 211 fixedly connected between the frames. At the front end of the frame are a diagonal beam 403, a bearing seat 402, and a stem-lifting shaft 40. The surface of the stem-lifting shaft 40 is fitted with a spiral round steel 401. The lower end of the stem-lifting shaft 40 is fixedly connected to a plow tip 10 that also serves as a guide plate and a base 20. Guide plates 50, 60, and 601 are mounted on both sides of the diagonal beam 403. The upper part of the frame is equipped with a motor 814, a shaft 812, a transmission shaft 811, and a bearing seat 816. A base plate 30 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the frame. The middle part of the frame is equipped with an intermediate shaft 32 and a seedling pusher. The seedling pusher mainly includes a crank 326, a guide wheel 325, a slide rail 905, a transmission beam 903, a guide wheel 721, a fixed seat 72, a shaft 722, left and right push rods 904 and 90, a soft guide belt 80, a guide wheel 803, and a guide wheel frame 801. The intermediate shaft 32 is fixedly connected to the frame via a bearing seat 328, and the transmission beam 903 is fixedly connected to the frame via the guide wheel 721, the fixed seat 72, the shaft 722, and the rear connecting beam 211. The transmission beam 903 is equipped with left and right push rods 904 and 90 at both ends, and a slide rail 905. The left and right push rods 904 and 90 achieve alternating left and right translational movement through the intermediate shaft 32, crank 326, guide wheel 325, slide rail 905, transmission beam 903, guide wheel 721, fixed seat 72, and shaft 722. The soft guide belt 80 is connected to the front ends of the left and right push rods 904 and 90 at both ends, and achieves alternating left and right swinging movement following the left and right push rods 904 and 90 around the guide wheel 803. Left and right fruit combing shafts 61 and 614 and a wedge-shaped stem pusher are fixedly connected to both sides of the frame. The left and right fruit combing shafts 61 and 614 are fixedly connected to the frame through bearing seats 613. The left and right fruit combing shafts 61 and 614 are equipped with arc-shaped fruit combing teeth 611 and soil cutting teeth 612. The stem pusher is mainly composed of a stem pusher frame 70 and a stem pusher plate 702. The stem-lifting shaft 40 is connected and installed via a motor 814, shaft 812, transmission shaft 811, and bearing housing 816 to achieve transmission. The intermediate shaft 32 and the fruit-sorting shaft are connected and transmitted via a motor 814, shafts 812 and 334, bearing housings 816, 328, and 33, sprockets and pulleys 813, 322, 324, 331, 333, 62, and 628, chains and belts 815, 621, and 332, and key 323. A lifting slide 71, a fixed frame 31, and a traction vehicle 41 are installed at the rear of the frame. The lifting slide 71 and the fixed frame 31 are fixedly connected to the front end of the traction vehicle 41.The lifting slide 71 is equipped with a hydraulic cylinder 711, a hydraulic cylinder piston rod 712, a pulley 713, pins 717, 718, 719, 7131, a pin seat 714, and a connecting plate 715. The frame is fixedly connected and installed to the lifting slide 71 through the hydraulic cylinder piston rod 712, pulley 713, pins 717, 718, 7131, pin seat 714, and connecting plate 715.

[0042] like Figures 1 to 7 , Figure 9 , Figures 22-23 As shown, the stem pusher is connected to the frame via a sleeve 708 of the stem pusher plate frame 70, which is fitted into telescopic sleeves 705 on both sides of the frame. The sleeve 708 and telescopic sleeves 705 are hollow square tubes, and they are tightened together by bolts 701, springs 704, and hooks 706. The lower front end of the stem pusher plate 702 is equipped with a separation guide plate 703 made of rows of round steel bars, and the front end of the separation guide plate 703 is also equipped with a sliding plate 707. The inner side of the stem pusher plate 702 is connected and installed with a scraper plate 43 via a stiffener 433, bolts 432, and a base 431. The scraper plate 43 can be adjusted up and down along the holes of the bolts 432.

[0043] like Figure 8 , Figure 15 , Figures 10-13 As shown, another type of push rod structure for the rice pusher is a sleeve-type push rod 9092 installed on one side of the left and right push rods 904 and 90. This push rod has a hollow funnel-shaped structure, and its internal components are fixedly connected by a spring 906, a tie rod bolt 907, a sleeve 908, and a nut plate 909. Another connection structure between the guide belt and the push rod is that the guide belt itself is an elastic guide belt 73, with its two ends connected to the guide wheel frame 801 and the left and right push rods 904 and 90 respectively via a connecting frame 732, a connecting plate 805, and bolts 733 and 806. Another transmission structure for the transmission beam 903 of the rice pusher is as follows: a motor frame 634, a motor 633, a shaft 635, a bearing seat 636, a crank 638, and a trunnion 632 are mounted on the front connecting beam 51; a trunnion 631 is mounted on the transmission beam 903; and a connecting rod 63 is installed between the trunnions 632 and 631. Another structure of the rice pusher is that a conical brush roller 532 is connected and installed on each of the two sides of the frame through a bearing seat 531 and a base 534. The front end of the brush roller 532 is equipped with a guide plate 53, and the rear end of the brush roller 532 is equipped with a motor 533. The base 534 has rows of holes that allow the bearing seat 531 of the brush roller 532 to be inserted into holes of different heights.

[0044] like Figures 7-8 , Figure 15 , Figures 1-5As shown, the left and right push rods 904 and 90 of the rice pusher are connected and fixed to each other via push rod connecting frame 901, sliding beam 9091, lifting sleeve 902, bolts and transmission beam 903. The guide wheel 803 is connected and fixed to the frame via guide wheel frame 801, lifting sleeve 802 and bolts 804.

[0045] like Figure 11 , Figures 1 to 7 As shown, a sleeve beam 422, which also serves as a frame, is installed behind the inclined beam 403 on the frame. A telescopic cylinder 421 is fitted inside the sleeve beam 422. The telescopic cylinder 421 contains a lead screw 42, a nut plate 423, a pin 427, and a nut 424. The telescopic cylinder 421 and the sleeve beam 422 are connected and fixed by a cover plate 425, a nut 424, and bolts 426. A wheel seat 912 is connected and installed below the telescopic cylinder 421. The wheel seat 912 is equipped with a wheel axle 911, a wheel axle nut 913, and a support wheel 91.

[0046] like Figures 1 to 7 , Figures 10-13 As shown, the front and rear connecting beams 51 and 211 are connected and fixed to the frame via the front and rear connecting sleeves 514 and 21, which also serve as the frame, and bolts 515. The front and rear connecting beams 51 and 211 are also connected by a triangular tie rod structure via tie rod seat 511, tie rod 512, and pin 513. In addition to the diagonal beam 403, the sleeve beam 422 which also serves as the frame, and the front and rear connecting sleeves 514 and 21, the frame also includes a middle vertical beam 221, an upper horizontal beam 222, a middle horizontal beam 223, a lower horizontal beam 224, a front horizontal beam 228, a rear horizontal beam 225, a side vertical beam 226, and a rear vertical beam 227.

[0047] like Figures 2-5 , Figure 7 , Figure 22 , Figure 23 , Figures 10-13 As shown, the sprockets and pulleys 62, chains and belts 621 and 332 at the ends of the left and right comb shafts 61 and 614 are also equipped with fixing seats 622, sprocket and pulley boxes 623, sealing covers 624, bolts 626, left sprocket and pulley box cover 625, and right sprocket and pulley box cover 627. The front ends of the left and right comb shafts 61 and 614 are equipped with soil-cutting teeth 612, and the rest of the shaft body is equipped with comb teeth 611. The comb teeth 611 and soil-cutting teeth 612 are continuously distributed in a straight or curved interval along the axial direction of the shaft body, and the comb teeth 611 and soil-cutting teeth 612 are distributed in more than one row along the radial direction of the shaft body. The frame above the entire shaft body is equipped with comb-shaped comb plate teeth 92. When the comb shaft rotates, the comb teeth 611 and soil-cutting teeth 612 can just pass through the space between the teeth of the comb plate teeth 92. The motor 814, shaft 812, and drive shaft 811 are also equipped with a motor cover 81.

[0048] like Figures 1-5 , Figure 7 , Figures 16-18 As shown, a limiting bolt 215 is installed on each side of the bottom of the lifting slide 71. The outer surface of the lifting slide 71 is also equipped with a trunnion 83, a swing shaft 831, a pressure wheel 832, a shaft 833, a fixing sleeve 835, a fixing bracket 836, bolts 834 and 837. The pressure wheel 832 has a ratchet-shaped structure, with inwardly recessed notches 838 distributed on its ratchet teeth. The hole connecting the pull rod seat 214 inside the lifting slide 71 and the piston rod 712 of the hydraulic cylinder is a waist-hole structure.

[0049] like Figures 2-5 , Figure 22 , Figure 23 As shown, the crank 326 is a single crank structure, an integral disc structure, or a single crank structure with a circular guide disc 327 mounted on the side. The drive chain, belts 621 and 332 of the comb shaft are also equipped with a tension wheel 522, a tension wheel bracket 52, a shaft 521, a bolt 523, a spring 524, and a frame hook 525.

[0050] like Figures 4-6 , Figure 14 , Figure 22 , Figure 23 As shown, after field operations using this invention, the fallen tomato stems 82 and fallen tomato fruits 823 within the field furrows 827 are reorganized and placed back onto the inner sides of the left and right tomato ridges 822, forming new tomato fruit ridges. The soil 821 of the original tomato ridges 822 and their inner furrows 827 is also simultaneously organized. A secondary raised soil layer 826 is formed on each side of the furrows 827 on the inner sides of adjacent tomato ridges 822. This secondary raised soil layer 826 effectively prevents the tomato fruits 823 from rolling freely into the furrows 827. The secondary raised soil layer 826 is naturally formed after the tomato fruits 825 and separated soil 824 remain after the fruit-sorting shaft has cleaned and separated the soil once. This organization of the tomato fruits 823 and tomato stems 82 is particularly beneficial for subsequent continuous harvesting operations by tomato harvesters, thereby significantly improving the harvesting efficiency and yield of the tomato fruits 823.

Claims

1. A tomato vine-supporting and fruit-sorting machine, characterized in that: The tomato vine training and fruit sorting machine mainly includes a frame, motor, stem lifting shaft, stem pusher, vine pusher, fruit combing shaft, intermediate shaft, sprockets, pulleys, chains, belts, lifting slide, fixed frame, and tractor. The frame is an iron-shaped frame structure. Front and rear connecting beams are fixedly connected between the frames. A sloping beam, bearing seat, and stem lifting shaft are installed at the front end of the frame. The surface of the stem lifting shaft is fitted with spiral round steel. The lower end of the stem lifting shaft is fixedly connected to a plow tip and base that also serve as a guide plate. Guide plates are installed on both sides of the sloping beam. The upper part of the frame is equipped with a motor, shaft, transmission shaft, and bearing housing; a base plate is fixedly connected to the bottom of the frame; an intermediate shaft and a rice pusher are installed in the middle of the frame; the rice pusher mainly includes a crank, guide wheel, slide rail, transmission beam, guide wheel, fixed seat, shaft, left and right push rods, soft guide belt, guide wheel, and guide wheel frame; the intermediate shaft is fixedly connected to the frame through the bearing housing; the transmission beam is fixedly connected to the frame through the guide wheel, fixed seat, shaft, and rear connecting beam; left and right push rods and slide rails are installed at both ends of the transmission beam; The left and right push rods achieve alternating left and right translational movement via an intermediate shaft, crank, guide wheel, slide rail, transmission beam, guide wheel, fixed seat, and shaft. The soft guide belt connects to the front ends of the left and right push rods at both ends, allowing them to swing left and right around the guide wheel in tandem. Left and right fruit combing shafts and wedge-shaped stem pushers are fixedly connected to both sides of the frame. The left and right fruit combing shafts are fixedly connected to the frame via bearing seats, and the left and right fruit combing shafts are equipped with arc-shaped fruit combing teeth and soil-cutting teeth. The stem pusher mainly consists of a stem pusher frame and a stem pusher plate. The stem-lifting shaft is connected and installed via a motor, shaft, transmission shaft, and bearing seat to achieve transmission; the intermediate shaft and fruit-sorting shaft are connected and transmitted via a motor, shaft, bearing seat, sprocket, pulley, chain, belt, and key; a lifting slide, a fixed frame, and a traction vehicle are installed at the rear of the frame. The lifting slide and fixed frame are fixedly connected to the front end of the traction vehicle. The lifting slide contains a hydraulic cylinder, hydraulic cylinder piston rod, pulley, pin, pin seat, and connecting plate. The frame is fixedly connected and installed to the lifting slide via the hydraulic cylinder piston rod, pulley, pin, pin seat, and connecting plate.

2. The tomato vine support and fruit sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The stem pusher is connected to the frame via a sleeve fitted into telescopic sleeves on both sides of the frame. The sleeve and telescopic sleeve are hollow square tubes, and they are tightened together by bolts, springs, and hooks. The lower front end of the stem pusher is equipped with a separation guide plate made of rows of round steel bars, and the front end of the separation guide plate is also equipped with a sliding plate. The inner side of the stem pusher is connected to a scraper plate by ribs, bolts, and a base. The scraper plate can be adjusted up and down along the bolt holes.

3. The tomato vine-supporting and fruit-sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: Another push rod structure of the rice pusher is that a sleeve-type push rod is installed on one side of the left and right push rods. The push rod is a hollow funnel-shaped structure, and its interior is fixedly connected by springs, tie rod bolts, sleeves, and nut plates. Another connection structure between the guide belt and the push rod is that the guide belt itself is an elastic guide belt, and its two ends are connected to the guide wheel frame and the left and right push rods respectively through connecting frames, connecting plates, and bolts. Another transmission structure of the transmission beam of the rice pusher is that a motor frame, motor, shaft, bearing seat, crank, and trunnion are installed on the front connecting beam, and trunnions are installed on the transmission beam. Connecting rods are installed between the trunnions. Another structure of the rice pusher is that a conical brush roller is connected and installed on each of the two sides of the frame through bearing seats and bases. The front end of the brush roller is equipped with a guide plate, and the rear end of the brush roller is equipped with a motor. The base has rows of holes that allow the bearing seats of the brush rollers to be installed into holes of different heights.

4. The tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine according to claim 1 or 3, characterized in that: The left and right push rods of the rice pusher are connected and fixed to the transmission beam through push rod connecting frame, sliding beam, lifting sleeve, and bolts. The guide wheel is connected and fixed to the frame through guide wheel frame, lifting sleeve, and bolts.

5. The tomato vine training and fruit sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The upper inclined beam of the frame is also equipped with a sleeve beam that also serves as the frame. A telescopic cylinder is installed inside the sleeve beam. The telescopic cylinder contains a lead screw, a nut plate, a pin, and a nut. The telescopic cylinder and the sleeve beam are connected and fixed by a cover plate, a nut, and bolts. A wheel seat is connected and installed below the telescopic cylinder. The wheel seat is equipped with a wheel axle, a wheel axle nut, and a support wheel.

6. The tomato vine-supporting and fruit-sorting machine according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that: The front and rear connecting beams are connected and fixed to the frame by bolts through the front and rear connecting sleeves that also serve as the frame. The front and rear connecting beams are also connected by a triangular tie rod structure through tie rod seats, tie rods, and pins. In addition to the inclined beams, the sleeve beams that also serve as the frame, and the front and rear connecting sleeves, the frame also includes a middle vertical beam, an upper horizontal beam, a middle horizontal beam, a lower horizontal beam, a front horizontal beam, a rear horizontal beam, a side vertical beam, and a rear vertical beam.

7. The tomato vine-supporting and fruit-sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The left and right comb shaft ends are equipped with sprockets, pulleys, chains, and belts, which are also fitted with fixed seats, sprocket and pulley boxes, sealing covers, bolts, left sprocket and pulley box covers, and right sprocket and pulley box covers. The front ends of the left and right comb shafts are equipped with soil-cutting teeth, and the rest of the shaft body is equipped with comb teeth. The comb teeth and soil-cutting teeth are continuously distributed in a straight or curved interval along the axial direction of the shaft body, and the comb teeth and soil-cutting teeth are distributed in one or more rows along the radial direction of the shaft body. The frame on the upper part of the shaft body is equipped with comb-shaped comb plate teeth. When the comb shaft rotates, the comb teeth and soil-cutting teeth can just pass through the space between the teeth of the comb plate teeth. The motor, shaft, and drive shaft are also equipped with motor covers.

8. The tomato vine training and fruit sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The lifting slide is equipped with a limit bolt on each of its two bottom sides; the outer side of the lifting slide is also equipped with a trunnion, a swing shaft, a pressing wheel, a shaft, a fixing sleeve, a fixing bracket, and bolts. The pressing wheel has a ratchet-shaped structure, and there are inwardly recessed notches distributed on its ratchet teeth; the hole connecting the pull rod seat and the piston rod of the oil cylinder in the lifting slide is a waist hole structure.

9. The tomato vine-lifting and fruit-sorting machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The crank is a single crank structure or an integral disc structure, or a single crank structure with a circular guide disc structure mounted on the side; the drive chain and belt of the comb shaft are also equipped with a tension wheel, a tension wheel frame, a shaft, bolts, springs, and a frame hook.

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