A flexible human-like glove rope-type tea picking device

By designing a flexible human-imitation gloves-type tea picking device, using wire coilers and nylon thin lines to drive elastic steel strings, imitating manual picking of tea leaves, the existing mechanical picking equipment has solved the problems of heavy damage to tea trees and high maintenance costs, and achieved efficient and low-damage tea picking effect.

CN118414977BActive Publication Date: 2025-03-11GUANGDONG UNIV OF TECH
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Application Number
CN202410703568.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-06-03
Publication Date
2025-03-11
Estimated Expiration
2044-06-03

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Technical Problem

The existing tea mechanical picking equipment is complex in design, high maintenance costs, simple and crude in picking methods, which damages the tea trees, resulting in a decline in the quality of tea and cannot meet the market's demand for high-quality tea.

Method used

A flexible human-imitation gutsso-type tea picking device is designed, using wire coilers and nylon thin lines to drive elastic steel strings to imitate manual picking, reducing damage to tea trees and reducing equipment costs.

Benefits of technology

It has achieved the reduction of tea tree damage, improved tea picking quality, and reduced the equipment cost of mechanical tea picking equipment. It has a simple structure and is easy to maintain.

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Abstract

The present invention belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and specifically relates to a flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device, comprising a shell, a wire reel is installed inside the shell, a plurality of elastic steel strings are arranged equidistantly on the bottom circumference of the shell, a nylon thread is wound around the wire reel, and the nylon thread passes through the plurality of elastic steel strings in sequence, and is used to drive the plurality of elastic steel strings to tighten or loosen at the same time, and a circular inner support ring is also installed on the inner side of the plurality of elastic steel strings, the wire reel comprises a motor, the motor is arranged inside the shell, a rotating shaft is arranged vertically downward at the bottom of the motor, a shaft sleeve is assembled on the outer side of the rotating shaft, a winding disk is fixed at the bottom of the shaft sleeve, a threading through hole is arranged at the horizontal center position of the winding disk, and a threading through hole corresponding to the threading through hole is arranged on both sides of the shell. The present invention can imitate the effect of manual picking, reduce damage to tea trees, reduce the equipment cost of mechanical tea picking equipment, and improve the quality of tea picking.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention belongs to the technical field of agricultural machinery, and in particular relates to a flexible human-like glove rope-type tea picking device. Background Art

[0002] Tea, as a traditional drink in my country, has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Its unique taste, aroma and health value make it popular among consumers. However, the way of picking tea has a vital impact on the quality of tea. At present, there are two main ways of picking tea: manual picking and mechanical picking.

[0003] Although manual picking can ensure the quality of tea, it is difficult to meet the growing demand of the tea market due to its low picking efficiency and high cost. Although mechanical picking is efficient, the existing equipment often uses a scissor-type picking method, which is complex in design, high in maintenance cost, and causes great damage to tea trees, resulting in a decline in the quality of tea picking, and the taste, aroma and quality of tea cannot be guaranteed;

[0004] Therefore, how to ensure the quality of tea while improving picking efficiency and reducing picking costs has become a technical problem that the tea industry needs to solve urgently. At present, although there are some mechanical picking equipment on the market, these equipment often have the following problems:

[0005] The picking method is simple and rough, which causes great damage to the tea trees. Picking with scissors or similar methods often causes damage to the leaves or branches of the tea trees, thus affecting the normal growth of the tea trees and the quality of the tea leaves in the next season.

[0006] The equipment design is complex and the maintenance cost is high. The existing mechanical picking equipment is often complex in structure, which not only increases the manufacturing cost, but also requires frequent maintenance and upkeep during use, which increases the use cost and causes unstable picking quality. Since mechanical picking equipment cannot accurately judge the maturity of tea leaves like manual labor during the picking process, the quality of the picked tea leaves is often uneven and cannot meet the market demand for high-quality tea leaves;

[0007] In summary, it is necessary to develop a flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device that can both ensure tea quality and improve picking efficiency. Summary of the invention

[0008] The purpose of the present invention is to provide a flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device, which can imitate the effect of human hand picking, reduce damage to tea trees, reduce the equipment cost of mechanical tea picking equipment, and improve the quality of tea picking.

[0009] The technical solution adopted by the present invention is as follows:

[0010] A flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device comprises a shell, a wire reel is installed inside the shell, a plurality of elastic steel strings are equidistantly arranged on the bottom circumference of the shell, a nylon thread is also wound around the wire reel, and the nylon thread passes through the plurality of elastic steel strings in sequence to drive the plurality of elastic steel strings to be tightened or loosened at the same time, and a circular inner support ring is also installed on the inner side of the plurality of elastic steel strings.

[0011] The wire reel includes a motor, which is arranged inside the shell. A rotating shaft is vertically arranged downward at the bottom of the motor, a shaft sleeve is assembled on the outside of the rotating shaft, a winding disk is fixed at the bottom of the shaft sleeve, a wire threading hole is arranged at the horizontal center position of the winding disk, and wire passing holes corresponding to the wire threading hole are arranged on both sides of the shell.

[0012] The bottom of the shell is provided with a circular side skirt, and the inner circumference of the circular side skirt is provided with steel string connection holes at equal intervals;

[0013] The elastic steel string comprises a steel string head, which is inserted into and fixed inside the steel string connecting hole. The steel string head of the elastic steel string extends vertically and zigzags outward to the tail to form a steel string tail ring.

[0014] The nylon thread passes through the threading hole and one of the threading holes and extends to the outside of the shell. Then, the end of the nylon thread takes a steel string tail ring as the starting point, passes through each of the steel string tail rings in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and continues to pass through a steel string tail ring symmetrical to the steel string tail ring with the starting point in the same direction, and then passes through another threading hole and passes back into the threading hole, and is connected and fixed to the threading hole.

[0015] When the winding disc is subjected to a rotational force, the nylon thread is wound and gathered by the winding disc, and the nylon thread contracts and generates a centripetal pulling force and an upward pulling force on the elastic steel string.

[0016] The technical effects achieved by the present invention are:

[0017] The wire reel in the present invention can gather the nylon thin wire to make the elastic steel string undergo elastic deformation to clamp and pull the tender buds to achieve the effect of imitating human hand picking of tea leaves, reduce damage to tea trees, improve the quality of tea picking, reduce the equipment cost of mechanical tea picking equipment, improve the quality of tea picking, and the present invention has a simple structure, which is conducive to device maintenance. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 is a front cross-sectional view of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 2 It is a structural schematic diagram of the cable reel of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the housing in the present invention;

[0021] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the structure of the elastic steel string in the present invention;

[0022] Figure 5 It is a schematic diagram of fixing the elastic steel string and the circular inner support ring in the present invention;

[0023] Figure 6 It is a partial top view schematic diagram of the nylon fine wire threading in the present invention;

[0024] Figure 7 It is a front view cross-sectional view of the present invention during the picking process.

[0025] In the accompanying drawings, the components represented by the reference numerals are listed as follows:

[0026] 1. Wire reel; 2. Shell; 3. Elastic steel string; 4. Nylon thin wire; 5. Circular inner support ring; 101. Fixing screw hole; 102. Motor; 103. Rotating shaft; 104. Fixing through hole; 105. Winding disc; 106. Threading through hole; 107. Bushing; 201. Fixing hole; 202. Steel string connecting hole; 203. Wire through hole; 204. Circular side skirt; 205. Power outlet hole; 301. Steel string head; 302. Steel string tail ring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] In order to make the purpose and advantages of the present invention more clearly understood, the present invention is specifically described below in conjunction with embodiments. It should be understood that the following text is only used to describe one or several specific embodiments of the present invention, and does not strictly limit the scope of protection of the specific claims of the present invention.

[0028] like Figure 1-7As shown, a flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device includes a shell 2, which can be made of a hard light material, such as plastic, etc. A reel 1 is installed inside the shell 2, and a plurality of elastic steel strings 3 are equidistantly arranged on the bottom circumference of the shell 2, and the diameter of the elastic steel string 3 is 0.2MM. Through this arrangement, the elastic steel string 3 can be bent well when subjected to tension, and can be restored to an initial state by its own elastic force when not subjected to tension. A nylon thread 4 is also wound around the reel 1, and the nylon thread 4 passes through the plurality of elastic steel strings 3 in sequence, and is used to drive the plurality of elastic steel strings 3 to tighten or loosen at the same time, and a circular inner support ring 5 is also installed on the inner side of the plurality of elastic steel strings 3, and the circular inner support ring 5 and the plurality of elastic steel strings 3 can be fixed by welding or the like, and the circular inner support ring 5 is used to stably support the elastic steel strings 3, provide a force fulcrum when the elastic steel strings 3 undergo elastic deformation, and ensure that the tail of the elastic steel strings 3 is closed toward the center of the circumference when subjected to tension.

[0029] When the wire reel 1 is started, the nylon wire 4 can be tightened, and the nylon wire 4 has a centripetal force and an upward tightening force. For details, refer to the following description;

[0030] Refer to the attached Figure 2 The cable reel 1 includes a motor 102, which is arranged inside a housing 2. A plurality of fixing screw holes 101 are arranged on the top of the motor 102. A fixing hole 201 corresponding to the fixing screw hole 101 is arranged on the top of the housing 2. The fixing hole 201 is used to fix the cable reel 1. When fixing, the fixing screw hole 101 can be aligned with the fixing hole 201 and fixed by means of screws or the like. A power outlet hole 205 is also arranged on the top of the housing 2. Through the setting of the power outlet hole 205, the power outlet hole 205 can pass the power cord on the cable reel 1 through it.

[0031] A rotating shaft 103 is vertically downwardly arranged at the bottom of the motor 102, and a shaft sleeve 107 is installed on the outer side of the rotating shaft 103. Both sides of the shaft sleeve 107 are provided with fixing through holes 104. The outer side of the rotating shaft 103 is also provided with holes corresponding to the fixing through holes 104, and the rotating shaft 103 and the shaft sleeve 107 are fixedly connected with screws through the fixing through holes 104. When the shaft sleeve 107 is installed on the rotating shaft 103, the shaft sleeve 107 can be sleeved on the rotating shaft 103, and the fixing through hole 104 is aligned with the hole on the rotating shaft 103, and the shaft sleeve 107 is fixed by screws. A winding disk 105 is fixed at the bottom of the shaft sleeve 107, and a threading through hole 106 is arranged at the horizontal center position of the winding disk 105, and a threading through hole 203 corresponding to the threading through hole 106 is arranged on both sides of the housing 2;

[0032] A C-shaped groove is provided on the side of the winding disk 105 and at a position corresponding to the threading hole 106. The C-shaped groove is used to prevent the nylon wire 4 from falling off, so that the nylon wire 4 can always be wound in the C-shaped groove when winding;

[0033] When the motor 102 is working, the winding disc 105 fixed on the shaft sleeve 107 is driven to rotate through the rotating shaft 103. When the winding disc 105 rotates, the nylon thin wire 4 is wound and gathered.

[0034] Refer to the attached Figure 3 And attached Figure 4 , a circular side skirt 204 is provided at the bottom of the housing 2, and steel string connection holes 202 are equidistantly provided on the inner circumference of the circular side skirt 204;

[0035] The elastic steel string 3 includes a steel string head 301. A plurality of steel string heads 301 are inserted into and fixed in the steel string connection hole 202. The steel string head 301 of the elastic steel string 3 extends vertically and zigzags outward to the tail to form a steel string tail ring 302.

[0036] The number of the steel string connection holes 202 and the elastic steel string 3 is at least 12, so that the elastic steel string 3 can better collect the ends of the tea leaves when it is contracted, and the number of the steel string connection holes 202 is greater than or equal to the number of the elastic steel strings 3. Through this arrangement, the elastic steel string 3 can be installed on the steel string connection holes 202 at different positions according to actual conditions, thereby ensuring the collection effect of the elastic steel string 3;

[0037] When the elastic steel string 3 is fixed, the steel string head 301 can be inserted into the steel string connecting hole 202 , and the steel string head 301 and the steel string connecting hole 202 can be connected by any method such as welding or clamping.

[0038] See attached Figure 6-7 As shown, the nylon thread 4 passes through the threading hole 106, and passes through one of the threading holes 203 and extends to the outside of the housing 2, and then the end of the nylon thread 4 takes a steel string tail ring 302 as the starting point, and passes through the steel string tail ring 302 of each elastic steel string 3 away from the end of the housing 2 clockwise or counterclockwise, and continues to pass through a steel string tail ring 302 symmetrical to the steel string tail ring 302 as the starting point in the same direction, and then passes through another threading hole 203 and passes back into the threading hole 106, and is connected and fixed with the threading hole 106. The nylon thread 4 may also not be connected and fixed with the threading hole 106, but connected and fixed with the other end of the nylon thread 4;

[0039] When the winding disk 105 is subjected to a rotational force, the nylon thread 4 is wound and gathered by the winding disk 105 , and the nylon thread 4 contracts and generates a centripetal pulling force and an upward pulling force on the elastic steel string 3 .

[0040] Working principle:

[0041] When the reel 1 is in the initial state, the nylon thread 4 is in a relaxed state and does not generate centripetal and upward pulling forces, the elastic steel string 3 is not subject to external forces and is in the initial state, and an opening is formed at the bottom of the device;

[0042] When the tender sprout enters the opening formed by the multiple elastic steel strings 3 at the bottom of the device, the reel 1 starts to work, and the motor 102 drives the winding disc 105 to rotate through the rotating shaft 103. The winding disc 105 starts to wind and gather the nylon thread 4, and the nylon thread 4 falls into the C-shaped groove of the winding disc 105, thereby shortening the active length of the nylon thread 4, and the position passing through the circular ring 302 at the tail of the steel string shrinks toward the center of the circle to generate centripetal tension and upward tension and simultaneously act on the tail of the elastic steel string 3. The elastic steel string 3 undergoes elastic deformation after being subjected to the tension, and the circular inner support ring 5 provides a fulcrum for the elastic steel string 3. The tail of the elastic steel string 3 closes toward the center of the circle. When it closes to a certain extent, several elastic steel strings 3 form a closed mouth, clamp the root of the tender sprout and pull it upward, realizing the process of imitating the human hand picking tender sprouts, and the tender sprouts are stored in the space surrounded by the elastic steel strings 3;

[0043] When the motor 102 rotates in the reverse direction, the coiled and gathered nylon thread 4 is released and restored to a relaxed state, and the active length of the nylon thread 4 becomes longer. At this time, no centripetal pulling force and upward pulling force are generated. Due to the elastic deformation of the elastic steel string 3, an elastic force outward along the center of the circle is generated. The elastic force acts on the nylon thread 4 to restore it to its initial state. The elastic steel string 3 also restores to its initial state, and the opening is re-formed. The tender buds can fall from the inside of the device and can fall into the container prepared by the user, completing the harvesting work.

[0044] The present application can repeatedly realize the human-like picking of tender buds, the picking process is simple and efficient, the damage to tea trees is reduced, the equipment cost of mechanical tea picking equipment is reduced, and the quality of tea picking is improved.

[0045] The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, several improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications should also be considered as the protection scope of the present invention. The structures, devices and operating methods not specifically described and explained in the present invention shall be implemented according to the conventional means in the art unless otherwise specified and limited.

Claims

1. A flexible humanoid glove-like rope-type tea picking device, comprising a housing (2), characterized in that: A wire reel (1) is installed inside the housing (2), and a plurality of elastic steel strings (3) are arranged at equal intervals on the bottom circumference of the housing (2); The bottom of the housing (2) is provided with a circular side skirt (204), and steel string connection holes (202) are equidistantly arranged on the inner circumference of the circular side skirt (204); the elastic steel string (3) comprises a steel string head (301), and the steel string head (301) is inserted into and fixed inside the steel string connection hole (202); the steel string head (301) of the elastic steel string (3) extends vertically and zigzags outward to the tail to form a steel string tail ring (302); The reel (1) is also wound with a nylon thread (4), and the nylon thread (4) sequentially passes through the steel string tail circular rings (302) at the ends of the plurality of elastic steel strings (3), so as to drive the plurality of elastic steel strings (3) to be tightened or loosened simultaneously, and a circular inner support ring (5) is also installed on the inner side of the plurality of elastic steel strings (3); The wire reel (1) comprises a motor (102), wherein the motor (102) is arranged inside the housing (2), a rotating shaft (103) is arranged vertically downward at the bottom of the motor (102), a shaft sleeve (107) is mounted on the outer side of the rotating shaft (103), a wire winding disc (105) is fixed at the bottom of the shaft sleeve (107), a wire threading hole (106) is arranged at the horizontal center position of the wire winding disc (105), and wire threading holes (203) corresponding to the wire threading hole (106) are arranged on both sides of the housing (2).

2. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The nylon thread (4) passes through the threading hole (106) and one of the threading holes (203) and extends to the outside of the housing (2); then, the end of the nylon thread (4) takes a steel string tail ring (302) as a starting point, passes through each of the steel string tail rings (302) in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction, and continues to pass through a steel string tail ring (302) symmetrical to the steel string tail ring (302) with the starting point in the same direction, then passes through another threading hole (203) and passes back into the threading hole (106), and is connected and fixed to the threading hole (106); When the winding disc (105) is subjected to a rotational force, the nylon thin wire (4) is wound and bundled by the winding disc (105).

3. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The diameter of the elastic steel string (3) is 0.2 mm.

4. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The top of the motor (102) is provided with a plurality of fixing screw holes (101), the top of the housing (2) is provided with fixing holes (201) corresponding to the fixing screw holes (101), and the top of the housing (2) is also provided with a power outlet hole (205).

5. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Both sides of the shaft sleeve (107) are provided with fixing through holes (104), and the rotating shaft (103) and the shaft sleeve (107) are fixedly connected with screws via the fixing through holes (104).

6. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A C-shaped groove is provided on the side of the winding disc (105) at a position corresponding to the threading through hole (106), and the C-shaped groove is used to prevent the nylon thin wire (4) from falling off.

7. The flexible humanoid glove rope tea picking device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of the steel string connection holes (202) and the number of the elastic steel strings (3) is at least 12, and the number of the steel string connection holes (202) is greater than or equal to the number of the elastic steel strings (3).

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