Spinach harvester

By designing a small electric spinach harvester, the problem of the existing spinach harvester's adaptability and damage rate to fragmented land is solved, efficient and low-damage spinach harvesting is achieved, reducing the amount of manual labor, and providing the vegetable industry with high efficiency and low damage Technical support.

CN222235647UInactive Publication Date: 2024-12-27HUBEI UNIV OF AUTOMOTIVE TECH
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Application Number
CN202421048949.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-05-14
Publication Date
2024-12-27
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Technical Problem

Existing spinach harvesters are not suitable for fragmented land, especially in hills and terraces in southern China, and have a high damage rate to spinach, and the fossil fuels used in traditional medium and large machinery lead to efficiency and safety issues.

Method used

A small and light spinach harvester is designed, which is driven by electric energy, including cutting mechanism, height adjustment mechanism, grease transfer mechanism, conveying mechanism and storage mechanism, and uses a motor to drive components such as eccentric wheel, slide rod, conveyor belt and grease insertion cone. Achieve efficient and low damage spinach harvesting.

Benefits of technology

The spinach harvester has achieved efficient and low-damage spinach harvesting on fragmented land, reducing manual labor, improving harvesting efficiency, and expanding. It is suitable for harvesting other small-scale fruits and vegetables, and promoting the development of the vegetable industry .

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a spinach harvester, which relates to the technical field of agricultural equipment and comprises a frame, and a cutting mechanism, a height adjusting mechanism, a seedling pulling mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a storage mechanism are sequentially arranged on the frame from front to back. The cutting mechanism comprises a mounting frame, a crank arm and a sliding rod; a first motor is fixedly arranged on the mounting frame; an output shaft of the first motor is connected with an eccentric wheel; one end of the crank arm is hinged to the surface of the eccentric wheel; the other end of the crank arm is fixedly connected with the sliding rod through a fixed sleeve; the two ends of the sliding rod are connected with the cutter through connecting rods. The spinach harvester is suitable for various fragmented lands such as hills and terraced fields, the spinach harvesting process is achieved in a mechanical operation mode, the harvesting quality is guaranteed under the condition that the harvesting efficiency is improved, the labor amount of workers can be reduced to a great extent, meanwhile, the machine has high expansibility, and the spinach harvester is suitable for popularization and application. The device can be used for low-damage and high-efficiency harvesting of other small-scale fruits and vegetables.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of agricultural equipment, in particular to a spinach harvester. Background Art

[0002] China has become the world's largest spinach planting and consumption country, and the market value of spinach is also increasing. There is room for improvement in spinach harvesting technology. At present, most of the popular spinach harvesters on the market are medium and large machines. However, there are many hills in southern China, and medium and large machines are not suitable for working on fragmented land, and the damage rate to spinach is relatively high. Therefore, there is an urgent need for a small and light fragmented land spinach harvester that can work on small-scale fields such as hills and terraces, use clean energy - electricity, improve harvesting efficiency (relative to manual harvesting) to ensure harvesting quality, and reduce the workload of workers. Utility Model Content

[0003] In view of the defects existing in the prior art, the purpose of the utility model is to provide a spinach harvester to solve the problems raised in the above background technology.

[0004] In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical solution adopted by the utility model is: a spinach harvester, including a frame, on which a cutting mechanism, a height adjustment mechanism, a weeding mechanism, a conveying mechanism and a storage mechanism are arranged in sequence from front to back; the cutting mechanism includes a mounting frame, a crank arm and a slide rod; the mounting frame is fixedly provided with a first motor, and the output shaft of the first motor is connected to an eccentric wheel; one end of the crank arm is hinged to the surface of the eccentric wheel, and the other end of the crank arm is fixedly connected to the slide rod through a fixed sleeve; the two ends of the slide rod are respectively connected to the cutting knife through connecting rods.

[0005] A further improvement is that: a plurality of limiting sliding sleeves are slidably arranged on the sliding rod, and the limiting sliding sleeves are fixedly connected to the mounting frame.

[0006] Further improvements are: the height adjustment mechanism includes a slide rail, a screw rod and a second motor; the slide rail is vertically arranged, and an internally threaded slider for connecting to the mounting frame is slidably arranged on the slide rail; one end of the screw rod is connected to the output shaft of the second motor, and the other end of the screw rod is threadedly connected to the internally threaded slider.

[0007] A further improvement is that the reel mechanism includes a reel wheel and a third motor for driving the reel wheel to rotate.

[0008] A further improvement is that: the output shaft of the third motor is provided with a first gear, one end of the reel is provided with a second gear, and the first gear and the second gear are connected by a toothed belt.

[0009] A further improvement is that a reel inserting cone is arranged behind the reel.

[0010] A further improvement is that the conveying mechanism includes an inclined conveyor belt and a power roller for driving the conveyor belt to move.

[0011] A further improvement is that the storage mechanism comprises a storage box, and a cover plate is rotatably provided on the top of the storage box.

[0012] A further improvement is that the storage mechanism further includes a fourth motor and a swing arm, one end of the swing arm is connected to the output shaft of the fourth motor, and the other end of the swing arm is connected to the cover plate.

[0013] Further improvements are: wheels are provided at the bottom of the frame, a first frame for installing a cutting mechanism, a height adjustment mechanism and a weeding mechanism is provided at the front end of the frame, a second frame for installing a storage mechanism is provided at the rear end of the frame, and a third frame for installing a conveying mechanism is provided between the first frame and the second frame.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0015] In the utility model, the spinach harvester is suitable for various fragmented lands, such as hills, terraces, etc., and the spinach harvesting process is realized through a mechanized operation mode. The harvesting quality is guaranteed while the harvesting efficiency is improved, and the manual labor can be reduced to a great extent. At the same time, the machine has strong scalability and can be used for low-damage and high-efficiency harvesting of other kinds of small-scale fruits and vegetables. It has a huge driving effect on the improvement of small-scale vegetable production in my country and provides important theoretical and technical support for the healthy development of the vegetable industry. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] Figure 1 This is a structural schematic diagram of a spinach harvester in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 2 A perspective view of a spinach harvester in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 3 It is a front view of a spinach harvester in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 4 A side view of a spinach harvester in an embodiment of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 5 It is a top view of the spinach harvester in the embodiment of the utility model.

[0021] Reference numerals:

[0022] 1-frame; 11-wheel; 12-first frame; 13-second frame; 14-third frame;

[0023] 2-cutting mechanism; 21-mounting frame; 22-first motor; 23-eccentric wheel; 24-crank arm; 25-fixed sleeve; 26-sliding rod; 27-connecting rod; 28-cutting knife; 29-limiting sliding sleeve;

[0024] 3-height adjustment mechanism; 31-slide rail; 32-second motor; 33-screw rod; 34-internal thread slider;

[0025] 4-reed-pushing mechanism; 41-reed-pushing wheel; 42-third motor; 43-reed-inserting cone;

[0026] 5- conveying mechanism; 51- conveyor belt; 52- power roller;

[0027] 6-storage mechanism; 61-storage box; 62-cover plate; 63-swing arm; 64-fourth motor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below. The embodiments are shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein the same or similar numbers throughout represent the same or similar elements or elements with the same or similar functions.

[0029] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that directional words, such as the terms "center", "lateral (X)", "longitudinal (Y)", "vertical (Z)", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc., indicating directions and positional relationships are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of narrating the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and cannot be understood as limiting the specific protection scope of the present invention.

[0030] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features. Therefore, the definition of "first" and "second" features can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the utility model, the meaning of "several" and "a number" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0031] The following is a further description of the specific implementation of the utility model in conjunction with the drawings of the specification, so that the technical solution and its beneficial effects of the utility model are clearer and more explicit. The following description of the embodiments with reference to the drawings is exemplary and intended to explain the utility model, but cannot be understood as limiting the utility model.

[0032] See also Figure 1 to Figure 5 As shown, the embodiment of the utility model provides a spinach harvester, including a frame 1, on which a cutting mechanism 2, a height adjustment mechanism 3, a weeding mechanism 4, a conveying mechanism 5 and a storage mechanism 6 are arranged in sequence from front to back; the cutting mechanism 2 includes a mounting frame 21, a crank arm 24 and a slide bar 26; the mounting frame 21 is fixedly provided with a first motor 22, and the output shaft of the first motor 22 is connected with an eccentric wheel 23; one end of the crank arm 24 is hinged to the surface of the eccentric wheel 23, and the other end of the crank arm 24 is fixedly connected to the slide bar 26 through a fixed sleeve 25; the two ends of the slide bar 26 are respectively connected to the cutting knife 28 through a connecting rod 27. Specifically, a plurality of limiting sliding sleeves 29 are slidably arranged on the slide bar 26, and the limiting sliding sleeves 29 are fixedly connected to the mounting frame 21. The first motor drives the eccentric wheel to rotate, and drives the sliding rod inside the fixed sleeve to slide left and right inside the limiting sliding sleeve through the crank arm, so that the cutting knife is driven to move back and forth left and right to cut through the connecting rod.

[0033] See also Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, the height adjustment mechanism 3 includes a slide rail 31, a screw rod 33 and a second motor 32; the slide rail 31 is vertically arranged, and an internal thread slider 34 for connecting the mounting frame 21 is slidably arranged on the slide rail 31; one end of the screw rod 33 is connected to the output shaft of the second motor 32, and the other end of the screw rod 33 is threadedly connected to the internal thread slider 34. The screw rod is driven to rotate by the second motor, thereby driving the mounting frame to slide up and down on the slide rail surface through the internal thread slider to adjust the height.

[0034] See also Figure 2 and Figure 5 As shown, the reel mechanism 4 includes a reel wheel 41 and a third motor 42 for driving the reel wheel 41 to rotate. Specifically, the output shaft of the third motor 42 is provided with a first gear, one end of the reel wheel 41 is provided with a second gear, and the first gear and the second gear are connected by a toothed belt. A reel inserting cone 43 is provided behind the reel wheel 41. The cut spinach is driven by the third motor to rotate the reel wheel and sent to the conveyor belt.

[0035] See also Figure 2 and Figure 4 As shown, the conveying mechanism 5 includes a conveyor belt 51 arranged obliquely and a power roller 52 for driving the conveyor belt 51 to move. The conveyor belt is arranged obliquely, and the shaking during the transmission process can screen out the excess soil.

[0036] See also Figure 2 and Figure 4As shown, the storage mechanism 6 includes a storage box 61, and a cover plate 62 is rotatably provided on the top of the storage box 61. Specifically, the storage mechanism 6 also includes a fourth motor 64 and a swing arm 63, one end of the swing arm 63 is connected to the output shaft of the fourth motor 64, and the other end of the swing arm 63 is connected to the cover plate 62. The fourth motor drives the swing arm to rotate, thereby driving the cover plate to rotate and open, and the spinach is stored in the storage box.

[0037] See also Figure 1 and Figure 4 As shown, wheels 11 are provided at the bottom of the frame 1, a first frame 12 for installing a cutting mechanism 2, a height adjustment mechanism 3 and a weeding mechanism 4 is provided at the front end of the frame 1, a second frame 13 for installing a storage mechanism 6 is provided at the rear end of the frame 1, and a third frame 14 for installing a conveying mechanism 5 is provided between the first frame 12 and the second frame 13.

[0038] The working principle of the utility model is:

[0039] The spinach harvester operates in the spinach field. The cutting device in front moves back and forth under the action of the crank connecting rod mechanism to cut the spinach. After cutting, the spinach enters the conveyor belt under the action of the reel cone and the reel wheel, and is sent to a high place along the conveyor belt and falls into the storage box. This completes one harvesting task. By repeating this cycle, the entire spinach harvesting task can be completed.

[0040] In the description of the specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "preferably", "example", "specific example" or "some examples" means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the utility model, and the schematic expressions of the above terms in this specification do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable manner.

[0041] Through the description of the above structure and principle, technicians in the relevant technical field should understand that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned specific implementation methods. Improvements and substitutions based on the present invention using the known technology in the field all fall within the protection scope of the present invention and should be defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A spinach harvester, comprising a frame (1), characterized in that: The frame (1) is provided with a cutting mechanism (2), a height adjustment mechanism (3), a weeding mechanism (4), a conveying mechanism (5) and a storage mechanism (6) in sequence from front to back; the cutting mechanism (2) comprises a mounting frame (21), a crank arm (24) and a slide bar (26); the mounting frame (21) is fixedly provided with a first motor (22), and the output shaft of the first motor (22) is connected to an eccentric wheel (23); one end of the crank arm (24) is hinged to the surface of the eccentric wheel (23), and the other end of the crank arm (24) is fixedly connected to the slide bar (26) via a fixing sleeve (25); and both ends of the slide bar (26) are respectively connected to a cutting knife (28) via a connecting rod (27).

2. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of limiting sliding sleeves (29) are slidably arranged on the sliding rod (26), and the limiting sliding sleeves (29) are fixedly connected to the mounting frame (21).

3. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: The height adjustment mechanism (3) comprises a slide rail (31), a screw rod (33) and a second motor (32); the slide rail (31) is vertically arranged, and an internal threaded slider (34) for connecting to the mounting frame (21) is slidably arranged on the slide rail (31); one end of the screw rod (33) is connected to the output shaft of the second motor (32), and the other end of the screw rod (33) is threadedly connected to the internal threaded slider (34).

4. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: The reel mechanism (4) comprises a reel wheel (41) and a third motor (42) used for driving the reel wheel (41) to rotate.

5. The spinach harvester according to claim 4, characterized in that: The output shaft of the third motor (42) is provided with a first gear, one end of the reel (41) is provided with a second gear, and the first gear and the second gear are connected via a toothed belt.

6. The spinach harvester according to claim 4, characterized in that: A reel inserting cone (43) is arranged at the rear of the reel (41).

7. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: The conveying mechanism (5) comprises an inclined conveyor belt (51) and a power roller (52) for driving the conveyor belt (51) to move.

8. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: The storage mechanism (6) comprises a storage box (61), and a cover plate (62) is rotatably provided on the top of the storage box (61).

9. The spinach harvester according to claim 8, characterized in that: The storage mechanism (6) further comprises a fourth motor (64) and a swing arm (63), one end of the swing arm (63) being connected to the output shaft of the fourth motor (64), and the other end of the swing arm (63) being connected to the cover plate (62).

10. The spinach harvester according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the frame (1) is provided with wheels (11); the front end of the frame (1) is provided with a first frame (12) for installing a cutting mechanism (2), a height adjustment mechanism (3) and a reed-pulling mechanism (4); the rear end of the frame (1) is provided with a second frame (13) for installing a storage mechanism (6); and a third frame (14) for installing a conveying mechanism (5) is provided between the first frame (12) and the second frame (13).