Traditional Chinese medicine material seedling raising device

Abstract

The application provides a traditional Chinese medicinal material seedling raising device, which comprises a material guiding outer cylinder, a base extending outward from the bottom of the material guiding outer cylinder, and a seedling raising assembly embedded in the material guiding outer cylinder. An annular accommodating space for accommodating soil and fertilizer is formed between the material guiding outer cylinder and the seedling raising assembly. The seedling raising assembly comprises a motor box connected to the bottom of the material guiding outer cylinder, support plates extending outward from the top of the motor box, a soil turning assembly located between the two support plates and connected to the output end of the motor box, a fixing cylinder for accommodating at least part of the soil turning assembly, and a seedling raising tray sleeved on the side of the fixing cylinder away from the support plates for planting traditional Chinese medicinal materials. The soil is guided into the fixing cylinder along the material guiding space by the soil turning assembly driven by the motor box, and the soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port and then returned to the accommodating space, and then the soil and fertilizer in the accommodating space are circulated and transmitted by the soil turning assembly, so that the soil loosening operation is realized, the fertilizer is effectively mixed, and the soil turning efficiency is improved.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] This invention relates to the field of traditional Chinese medicine cultivation technology, and in particular to a seedling cultivation device for traditional Chinese medicinal materials. Background Technology

[0002] Drugs collected, processed, and prepared according to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, with explained mechanisms of action and guidance for clinical application, are collectively referred to as Chinese herbal medicines (TCM). In short, TCM refers to substances used to prevent, treat, and diagnose diseases, and to provide rehabilitation and health maintenance, all under the guidance of TCM theory. TCM primarily originates from natural medicines and their processed products, including plant-based, animal-based, and mineral-based medicines, as well as some chemical and biological products. Because TCM is predominantly composed of plant-based medicines, there is a saying that "all medicines are based on herbs."

[0003] Seedling cultivation refers to the process of raising seedlings in nurseries, hotbeds, or greenhouses in preparation for transplanting to the ground. It can also refer to the stage in which various organisms, after being artificially protected, can survive independently. When planting medicinal plants, seedling transplanting is generally used to ensure the survival rate and growth quality of the medicinal plants.

[0004] Most existing seedling cultivation devices for Chinese medicinal herbs employ automated seedling equipment. This automated equipment typically includes automatic watering systems, environmental humidity and temperature monitoring devices, soil humidity and temperature monitoring devices, lighting equipment, automatic fertilization equipment, and pesticide spraying equipment. However, during automated seedling cultivation, when the equipment performs regular automatic fertilization, it usually applies fertilizer to the surface soil of the medicinal herbs, and most of the fertilizer remains on the soil surface and cannot penetrate, resulting in uneven fertilizer distribution within the soil, which affects the growth of the medicinal herbs and reduces seedling quality. At the same time, to improve the growth quality of the medicinal herbs, the soil needs to be loosened regularly. However, due to the different growth forms of Chinese medicinal herbs, manual loosening is usually used to minimize damage to the roots and stems during the loosening process, which greatly increases labor costs and reduces seedling efficiency. Therefore, it is particularly important to design a seedling cultivation device that can mix soil fertilizer while turning the soil. Summary of the Invention

[0005] Based on this, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a seedling cultivation device for Chinese medicinal materials, which aims to solve the problem of low seedling cultivation efficiency in existing Chinese medicinal material seedling cultivation devices.

[0006] The present invention proposes a seedling cultivation device for Chinese medicinal materials, including a material guiding outer cylinder, a base extending outward from the bottom of the material guiding outer cylinder, and a seedling assembly embedded in the material guiding outer cylinder. The material guiding outer cylinder and the seedling assembly enclose a ring-shaped storage space for accommodating soil and fertilizer.

[0007] The seedling assembly includes a motor box connected to the bottom of the outer guide cylinder, support plates extending outward from both sides of the top of the motor box, a soil turning assembly located between the two support plates and connected to the output end of the motor box, a fixing cylinder for accommodating at least part of the soil turning assembly, and a seedling tray for planting Chinese medicinal herbs, which is sleeved on the side of the fixing cylinder away from the support plates. The fixing cylinder has at least two discharge ports on the side near the seedling tray. A connecting part for connecting the outer guide cylinder is provided around the motor box. A guide space communicating with the accommodating space is provided between the two support plates.

[0008] The soil is guided by the motor box to enter the fixed cylinder along the material guiding space through the soil turning assembly, and the soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port and introduced into the receiving space, so as to realize the circulation and mixing of soil and fertilizer in the fixed cylinder and the receiving space and meet the soil loosening conditions.

[0009] The above describes a method where existing automatic fertilization equipment adds a fixed amount of fertilizer to the surface of the seedling tray and the containing space. Then, the soil is guided by the motor box to the soil turning assembly along the material guiding space into the fixed cylinder. The soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port and then discharged back into the containing space. The soil turning assembly then continuously outputs soil and fertilizer from the containing space and circulates them back up. This process achieves soil loosening while effectively mixing the fertilizer, ensuring that the fertilizer is evenly distributed in the soil. This efficient soil turning avoids the problem of low efficiency in manual soil loosening and solves the problem of low seedling efficiency in existing Chinese medicinal herb seedling devices.

[0010] Furthermore, the soil-turning assembly includes a movable shaft connected to the output end of the motor box, and a first propeller, a transition propeller, and a second propeller sequentially mounted on the movable shaft.

[0011] Furthermore, the first propeller is sleeved on the side of the movable shaft near the motor box, and the diameter of the transition propeller gradually increases from near the first propeller to the second propeller, with the diameter of the second propeller corresponding to the maximum diameter of the transition propeller.

[0012] Furthermore, the seedling tray includes a fixed plate sleeved on the top of the fixed cylinder, multiple partitions embedded in the fixed plate, a limiting part located at the center of the fixed plate and at least partially connected to the movable shaft, and a buffer member located on the side of the fixed plate facing the fixed cylinder.

[0013] Furthermore, the partition includes at least two annular partitions and multiple rectangular partitions located between the annular partitions, so as to divide the inner side of the fixed plate into multiple planting troughs for planting Chinese medicinal materials.

[0014] Furthermore, the buffer includes an inner tube embedded inside the fixed tube, and multiple buffer sections disposed within the inner tube.

[0015] Furthermore, the buffer section is disposed opposite to the bottom of the planting trough, and the buffer section is used to reduce the pressure that acts vertically on the roots and stems of the Chinese medicinal materials during the transfer process on the soil.

[0016] Furthermore, a guide section extends from the inner side of the discharge port toward the buffer section, and the guide section guides the soil to be discharged along the discharge port. Attached Figure Description

[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the herbal seedling cultivation device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0018] Figure 2 This is a partial structural diagram of the feed guide cylinder and the seedling assembly in the Chinese medicinal herb seedling cultivation device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a partial structural diagram of the seedling assembly in the medicinal herb seedling cultivation device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

[0020] Figure 4 This is a partial cross-sectional structural diagram of the feed guide cylinder and the seedling assembly in the Chinese medicinal herb seedling cultivation device of the present invention.

[0021] Figure 5 This is a partial cross-sectional structural diagram of the soil turning assembly in the Chinese medicinal herb seedling cultivation device of the present invention.

[0022] Figure 6 This is a partial cross-sectional structural diagram of the seedling tray in the medicinal herb seedling cultivation device in an embodiment of the present invention;

[0023] Figure 7 This is a partial structural diagram of the seedling tray in the Chinese medicinal herb seedling cultivation device in an embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] Explanation of key component symbols:

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[0026] The following detailed description of the embodiments will further illustrate the present invention in conjunction with the above-described accompanying drawings. Detailed Implementation

[0027] To facilitate understanding of the present invention, a more complete description will be given below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawings. However, the invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete.

[0028] It should be noted that when a component is said to be "fixed to" another component, it can be directly on the other component or there may be an intervening component. When a component is said to be "connected to" another component, it can be directly connected to the other component or there may be an intervening component. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "left," "right," and similar expressions used in this document are for illustrative purposes only.

[0029] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention pertains. The terminology used herein in the description of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. The term "and / or" as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

[0030] Example 1

[0031] Please see Figures 1 to 7 The image shows a medicinal herb seedling cultivation device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. It includes a feed guide cylinder 1, a base 3 extending outward from the bottom of the feed guide cylinder 1, and a seedling assembly 2 embedded within the feed guide cylinder 1. The feed guide cylinder 1 and the seedling assembly 2 enclose a ring-shaped storage space for accommodating soil and fertilizer. The seedling assembly 2 includes a motor box 21 connected to the bottom of the feed guide cylinder 1, support plates 23 extending outward from both sides of the top of the motor box 21, a soil-turning assembly 24 located between the two support plates 23 and connected to the output end of the motor box 21, a fixing cylinder 25 for accommodating at least part of the soil-turning assembly 24, and a sleeve. A seedling tray 27 for planting Chinese medicinal herbs is provided on the side of the fixed cylinder 25 away from the support plate 23. At least two discharge ports 26 are provided on the side of the fixed cylinder 25 near the seedling tray 27. A connecting part 22 for connecting the outer guide cylinder 1 is provided around the motor box 21. A guide space communicating with the accommodating space is provided between the two support plates 23. The soil is guided into the fixed cylinder 25 by the soil turning assembly 24 driven by the motor box 21, and the soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port 26 and discharged into the accommodating space, so as to realize the circulation and mixing of soil and fertilizer in the fixed cylinder 25 and the accommodating space and meet the soil loosening conditions.

[0032] Furthermore, the soil-tilling assembly 24 includes a movable shaft 241 connected to the output end of the motor box 21, and a first propeller 242, a transition propeller 243, and a second propeller 244 sequentially mounted on the movable shaft 241. The first propeller 242 is mounted on the side of the movable shaft 241 near the motor box 21. The diameter of the transition propeller 243 gradually increases from near the first propeller 242 to the second propeller 244. The diameter of the second propeller 244 corresponds to the maximum diameter of the transition propeller 243. The seedling tray 27 includes a fixed plate 271 mounted on the top of the fixed cylinder 25, multiple partitions 273 embedded in the fixed plate 271, and a limiting device located at the center of the fixed plate 271 and at least partially connected to the movable shaft 241. The device includes a positioning part 274 and a buffer member disposed on the side of the fixed plate 271 facing the fixed cylinder 25. The partition includes at least two annular partitions and multiple rectangular partitions located between the annular partitions to divide the inner side of the fixed plate 271 into multiple planting troughs for planting Chinese medicinal materials. The buffer member includes an inner cylinder 275 embedded in the inner side of the fixed cylinder 25 and multiple buffer parts 276 disposed in the inner cylinder 275. The buffer parts 276 are disposed opposite to each other at the bottom of the planting trough. The buffer parts 276 are used to reduce the pressure that acts vertically on the roots and stems of Chinese medicinal materials during the transfer of soil. A guide part 28 extends from the inner side of the discharge port 26 toward the direction close to the buffer part 276. The guide part 28 guides the soil to be discharged along the discharge port 26.

[0033] In practical implementation, firstly, the operator can plant the medicinal herb seeds or seedlings into the planting troughs within the seedling tray 27. It should be noted that the seedling tray 27 can be filled with soil of a corresponding depth according to the seedling needs, providing soil support for the seeds or seedlings to ensure they remain at the top of the tray and have sufficient contact with the external environment. Afterward, the operator can deploy corresponding automated seedling equipment around the medicinal herb seedling device of this invention. This automated seedling equipment includes at least automatic watering equipment, environmental humidity and temperature monitoring equipment, soil humidity and temperature monitoring equipment, lighting equipment, automatic fertilization equipment, and insecticide spraying equipment. All of the above automated equipment is understandable to those skilled in the art. The control of the automated equipment... In some optional embodiments, the relevant automated equipment can be activated to carry out seedling operation according to environmental conditions, soil conditions and light conditions. During the fertilization and loosening of soil operations in the seedling process, the operator can control the automatic fertilization equipment to add a certain amount of fertilizer to the accommodating space formed between the outer cylinder 1 and the seedling assembly 2 and the surface of the seedling tray 27 through the controller. In some optional embodiments of the present invention, the automatic fertilization equipment can be a tank equipped with a conduit connecting the accommodating space. An electric valve can be installed between the tank and the conduit to realize automatic control of the fertilizer in the tank to be introduced into the accommodating space along the conduit to complete the fertilization operation. In addition, the controller can be set at any convenient position on the Chinese herbal medicine seedling device, and the controller can be an MCU (Microcontroller Unit).A microcontroller unit (MCU) chip is used to control the entire medicinal herb seedling cultivation device and automated seedling equipment. The controller is electrically connected to both the medicinal herb seedling device and the automated seedling equipment. This electrical connection includes wired and wireless connections. Wireless connections include, but are not limited to, Bluetooth, WiFi, IF radio frequency, and Zigbee. Wired connections include, but are not limited to, USB lines connecting the medicinal herb seedling device and automated seedling equipment to the controller. Then, when a measured amount of fertilizer is introduced into the container and mixed with the soil, the operator can activate the controller. The motor inside the motor housing 21 drives the soil-turning assembly 24 at its output end to perform soil-turning operations within the fixed cylinder 25. It should be noted that the soil depth in the accommodating space is higher than the material-guiding space formed between the two support plates 23. Understandably, the material-guiding space is covered by the soil in the accommodating space. Furthermore, the funnel-shaped design of the outer material-guiding cylinder 1 ensures that the soil consistently converges towards the material-guiding space during subsequent transfer, guaranteeing full contact between the soil-turning assembly 24 and the soil. After the motor housing 21 drives the soil-turning assembly 24, the first propeller 242 sequentially spirals the soil from the material-guiding space towards the transition propeller 242 and the second propeller 244. During the transfer process, fertilizer originally located on the soil surface is carried along with the soil, achieving the initial mixing of soil and fertilizer. As the soil-turning assembly 24 continuously outputs, the soil and fertilizer are continuously pushed towards the bottom of the seedling tray 27 within the fixed cylinder 25. The soil pushed upwards only serves to compress the roots and stems of the medicinal herbs below the seedling tray 27, and the soil in this state is loose, preventing direct and severe compression damage to the roots and stems. Simultaneously, the upward pushing of soil avoids directly digging up the medicinal herbs, preventing severe root and stem damage from pulling. Furthermore, the buffer section 2 located below the planting trough on the seedling tray 27... 74. This unit, in conjunction with the planting trough, forms a protective space for the medicinal herbs. During the continuous upward pushing of the soil, the buffer section 274 disperses the vertical pressure exerted by the soil on the rhizomes, allowing the soil to enter the planting trough along the edge of the buffer section 274. The protective space formed by the planting trough and the buffer section 274 effectively wraps and protects the medicinal herb rhizomes, ensuring the integrity of the main parts of the rhizomes. Furthermore, in some optional embodiments, depending on the cultivation cycle of the medicinal herbs, such as during the early stages when the rhizome length is relatively short, the operator can choose to separate the seedling tray 27 from the fixing cylinder 25 before driving the soil turning assembly 24 to perform soil fertilization and turning operations.

[0034] Furthermore, after the soil is pushed up to the seedling tray 27, the structure of the second propeller 244 tilting towards the guide section 28 allows a large portion of the soil being spirally pushed up to be directly intercepted by the guide section 28, which has a circular structure. The intercepted soil is then discharged through the outlet 26 at the bottom of the guide section 28 and falls into the receiving space. Then, the soil turning assembly 24 continuously outputs soil and fertilizer from the receiving space and circulates them up. This process achieves soil loosening while effectively mixing the fertilizer, ensuring that the fertilizer is evenly distributed in the soil. During the process, a small portion of the soil and fertilizer mixture enters the seedling tray 27, replacing the soil at the bottom of the seedling tray 27 and improving the seedling quality.

[0035] In addition, in some optional embodiments of the present invention, the partitions 273 can also be designed as detachable structures, allowing operators to adapt the installation and disassembly of the partitions 273 according to the number and density of seedlings, thereby improving the adaptability of the present invention.

[0036] In summary, by adding a fixed amount of fertilizer to the surface of the seedling tray 27 and the containing space using existing automatic fertilization equipment, the soil is then guided along the material guiding space into the fixed cylinder 25 by the soil turning assembly 24 driven by the motor box 21. The soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port 26 and discharged back into the containing space. Then, the soil turning assembly 24 continuously outputs soil and fertilizer from the containing space and circulates them back up. This process achieves soil loosening while effectively mixing the fertilizer, so that the fertilizer can be evenly distributed in the soil. It achieves efficient soil turning and avoids the problem of low efficiency of manual soil loosening, thus solving the problem of low seedling efficiency in existing Chinese medicinal herb seedling devices.

[0037] In the description of this specification, references to terms such as "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., indicate that a specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the illustrative expressions of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.

[0038] The embodiments described above are merely illustrative of several implementations of the present invention, and while the descriptions are specific and detailed, they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It should be noted that those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements without departing from the concept of the present invention, and these modifications and improvements all fall within the scope of protection of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of this patent should be determined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A seedling cultivation device for traditional Chinese medicinal materials, characterized in that: The utility model provides a kind of seedling raising device for planting Chinese herbal medicine, including guiding material outer tube, pedestal extending out along the bottom of the guiding material outer tube, and embedded seedling raising assembly in the guiding material outer tube, annular containing space for containing soil and fertilizer is enclosed between the guiding material outer tube and the seedling raising assembly; The seedling raising assembly includes motor box connected with the bottom of the guiding material outer tube, support plate extending out along the top of the motor box, turning soil assembly located between the two support plates and connected with the output end of the motor box, fixing cylinder for containing at least part of the turning soil assembly, and seedling raising tray for planting Chinese herbal medicine is sleeved on the side of the fixing cylinder away from the support plate, at least two discharge ports are opened on the side of the fixing cylinder close to the seedling raising tray, the connecting part for connecting the guiding material outer tube is arranged on the edge of the motor box, and the guiding material space communicated with the containing space is arranged between the two support plates; Wherein, the soil is guided into the fixing cylinder along the guiding material space by the motor box driving the turning soil assembly, and the soil is continuously transferred to the discharge port and guided into the containing space along the discharge port, to realize the circulation and mixing of soil and fertilizer in the fixing cylinder and the containing space and meet the loosening condition; The turning soil assembly includes movable shaft connected with the output end of the motor box, and first propeller, transition propeller and second propeller are sequentially sleeved on the movable shaft; The seedling raising tray includes fixed disc sleeved on the top of the fixing cylinder, multiple partitions embedded in the fixed disc, limiting part arranged at the center of the fixed disc and at least partially coupled with the movable shaft, and buffer arranged on the side of the fixed disc close to the fixing cylinder; The partition includes at least two annular partitions and multiple rectangular partitions located between the annular partitions, so as to divide the inner side of the fixed disc into multiple planting grooves for planting Chinese herbal medicine; The buffer includes inner embedded cylinder embedded in the inner side of the fixing cylinder, and multiple buffer parts arranged in the inner embedded cylinder; The buffer parts are arranged on the bottom of the planting groove, and the buffer parts are used to reduce the pressure vertically acting on the rhizome of Chinese herbal medicine during soil transmission.

2. The traditional Chinese medicinal material seedling raising device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first propeller is sleeved on the side of the movable shaft close to the motor box, the diameter of the transition propeller gradually increases from the side close to the first propeller to the second propeller, and the diameter of the second propeller corresponds to the maximum diameter of the transition propeller.

3. The traditional Chinese medicinal material seedling raising device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The inner side of the discharge port extends towards the buffer part, and the soil is guided out along the discharge port by the guiding part.

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