Picking machine based on lowbush blueberries

The blueberry picking machine addresses inefficiencies and quality issues in lowbush blueberry harvesting by using a screening assembly to separate berries from branches and leaves, enhancing efficiency and quality.

CN222263674UActive Publication Date: 2024-12-31XINJIANG UNIVERSITY
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202420830547.3
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-04-22
Publication Date
2024-12-31
Estimated Expiration
2034-04-22

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Technical Problem

Existing lowbush blueberry harvesting methods are labor-intensive, inefficient, and result in poor blueberry quality due to branches and leaves colliding with berries during transportation.

Method used

A blueberry picking machine with a screening assembly that includes a screening plate, baffle, and connecting frame to separate blueberries from branches and leaves, using rotating components to facilitate screening and collection.

Benefits of technology

The machine effectively separates blueberries from branches and leaves, reducing damage and improving berry quality while enhancing harvesting efficiency and reducing labor intensity.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a picking machine based on lowbush blueberries, and relates to the technical field of lowbush blueberry picking. Four supporting plates are arranged on the bottom plate, transmission rollers are arranged between the two supporting plates in a rotating fit mode, a conveying belt is arranged between the transmission rollers on the two sides in a sleeved mode, a collecting frame is arranged on one side of the bottom plate and located at the bottom of an output port of the conveying belt, and a picking roller is arranged between the two vertical plates. According to the low blueberry picking device, the driving wheel drives the bottom plate to move forwards, the picking roller is used for picking low blueberries, the picked blueberries and mixed branches and leaves are collected in the screening frame, and the baffle plays a role in stopping and reducing the situation that the picked blueberries fall off; and in the rotating process of the transmission roller, the connecting frame drives the screen plate to move up and down in the screening frame for screening operation, and the situation that the blueberries and shaken-off branches and leaves are conveyed into the collecting frame together, and the branches and leaves collide with the blueberries in the conveying process to possibly cause damage to the blueberries is reduced.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of lowbush blueberry picking, and in particular relates to a picking machine based on lowbush blueberries. Background Art

[0002] In the prior art, lowbush blueberries in my country are completely harvested manually, which has low efficiency, short ripening period and high labor intensity, making blueberry harvesting a labor-intensive job and increasing production costs.

[0003] A Chinese patent with publication number CN202232184U discloses a hand-push lowbush blueberry picking machine, which comprises: a picking machine body, the picking machine body is equipped with a picking roller group and a fruit collecting basket, the picking roller group has a picking roller, the picking roller is in contact with a rubber fruit scraper of an inclined conveyor belt, the other end of the inclined conveyor belt is located above the fruit collecting basket, the inclined conveyor belt is connected to a driving device via a pulley pair, the picking machine body is equipped with a hand-push handle and a picking machine wheel. The utility model can replace the current situation of manual picking, realize the mechanized harvesting of lowbush blueberries, effectively improve work efficiency, reduce labor intensity, reduce production costs, and meet the needs of large-scale production.

[0004] After the above blueberry picking machine finishes picking blueberries, the blueberries and the shaken-off branches and leaves are transported to a collection frame together. During the transportation process, the branches and leaves collide with the blueberries, which may cause damage to them, resulting in poor quality of the picked blueberries, and the branches and leaves in the blueberries need to be manually picked out.

[0005] In view of this, the present utility model is proposed. Utility Model Content

[0006] The technical problem to be solved by the utility model is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide a picking machine based on lowbush blueberries.

[0007] In order to solve the above technical problems, the basic concept of the technical solution adopted by the utility model is:

[0008] A blueberry picking machine based on lowbush blueberries comprises: a bottom plate, four support plates are mounted on the bottom plate, a transmission roller is rotatably matched between two support plates, a conveyor belt is sleeved between the transmission rollers on both sides, a collecting frame is mounted on one side of the bottom plate, the collecting frame is located at the bottom of the conveyor belt output port, a driving wheel is rotatably matched at the bottom of the bottom plate, two vertical plates are mounted on the other side of the bottom plate, and a picking roller is arranged between the two vertical plates;

[0009] A screening frame is installed on the bottom plate, and the picking roller is located above the screening frame. A screening assembly is arranged between the screening frame and one of the transmission rollers. The screening assembly includes a screening plate slidingly fitted in the screening frame, a baffle rotatably fitted in the screening frame, and a connecting frame arranged between the screening plate and the transmission roller.

[0010] Optionally, a connecting rod is installed on one side of the sieve plate, a groove is provided on one side of the screening frame, the connecting rod slides in the groove, a rotating disk is installed on one side of one of the transmission rollers, a connecting column is installed on one side of the rotating disk, connecting grooves are provided on opposite sides of the connecting frame, the connecting rod rotatably fits in one of the connecting grooves, and the connecting column rotatably fits in the other connecting groove, screening holes are provided on one side of the sieve plate, sliders are provided on opposite sides of the sieve plate, slide grooves are provided on opposite sides of the screening frame, the sliders slide in the slide grooves, and a leakage groove is provided at the bottom of the screening frame; the rotating disk is driven to rotate by rotating the transmission roller, thereby driving the connecting column on the rotating disk to rotate in a circle, so that the connecting rod can be driven to slide in the groove through the connecting frame, thereby driving the blueberries dropped on the sieve plate to be screened.

[0011] Optionally, a rotating groove is provided on opposite sides of the screening frame, a rotating rod is installed on one side of the baffle, the rotating rod rotatably fits in the rotating groove, a fixed plate is installed on the other side of the baffle, an arc groove is provided on one side of the screening frame, an operating rod is installed on one side of the fixed plate, the operating rod slides in the arc groove, and the fixed plate is located on the outside of the screening frame, and a fixing bolt is threaded on one side of the fixed plate, the fixing bolt abuts on one side of the screening frame, and the two side plates of the screening frame form a collecting groove; when the blueberries and branches and leaves on the screen plate are screened, the baffle blocks the branches and leaves, and the abutment with the screening frame is released by the fixing bolts, and the screening holes of the baffle are driven to rotate in the rotating groove by toggling the operating rod, so that the baffle and the screening frame are level, so that the screened branches and leaves fall into the collecting groove.

[0012] After adopting the above technical solution, the utility model has the following beneficial effects compared with the prior art. Of course, any product implementing the utility model does not necessarily need to achieve all the advantages described below at the same time:

[0013] 1. The lowbush blueberry picking machine drives the bottom plate forward through the driving wheel, and the picking rollers pick the lowbush blueberries, and collect the picked blueberries and mixed branches and leaves in the screening frame. The baffle plate prevents and reduces the picked blueberries from falling. During the rotation of the transmission roller, the connecting frame drives the screen plate to move up and down in the screening frame for screening, and the screened blueberries fall onto the conveyor belt through the screen plate, and are transported to the collection frame through the conveyor belt, thereby reducing the blueberries and the shaken branches and leaves from being transported to the collection frame together, and the branches and leaves may collide with the blueberries during the transportation process and cause damage to them.

[0014] 2. After the blueberries and branches and leaves on the sieve plate are screened by the lowbush blueberry picking machine, the baffle plate blocks the branches and leaves, and the abutment with the screening frame is released by the fixing bolts. The screening holes of the baffle plate are driven to rotate in the rotating groove by toggling the operating lever, so that the baffle plate and the screening frame are level, so that the screened branches and leaves fall into the collecting groove.

[0015] The specific implementation of the utility model is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0016] The drawings described below are only some embodiments. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work. In the drawings:

[0017] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the embodiment of the utility model;

[0018] Figure 2 It is a schematic structural diagram of another angle of the overall embodiment of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the screening assembly of an embodiment of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure inside the screening frame of an embodiment of the utility model;

[0021] In the accompanying drawings, the components represented by the reference numerals are listed as follows:

[0022] 1-bottom plate, 2-support plate, 3-conveyor belt, 4-collecting frame, 5-driving wheel, 6-vertical plate, 7-picking roller, 8-screening frame, 9-screening plate, 91-screening hole, 10-baffle, 11-connecting rod, 12-transmission roller, 13-rotating disk, 14-connecting column, 15-connecting frame, 16-connecting groove, 17-slider, 18-screening hole, 19-fixed disk, 20-fixing bolt, 21-operating rod, 801-leakage groove, 802-slide groove, 803-rotating groove, 804-groove, 805-arc groove, 806-collecting groove.

[0023] It should be noted that these drawings and textual descriptions are not intended to limit the conceptual scope of the present invention in any way, but rather to illustrate the concept of the present invention for those skilled in the art by referring to specific embodiments. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The utility model will now be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0025] See also Figure 1-4As shown, in this embodiment, a picking machine based on lowbush blueberries is provided, comprising: a bottom plate 1, four support plates 2 are mounted on the bottom plate 1, a transmission roller 12 is rotatably mounted between two support plates 2, a conveyor belt 3 is sleeved between the transmission rollers 12 on both sides, a collecting frame 4 is mounted on one side of the bottom plate 1, the collecting frame 4 is located at the bottom of the output port of the conveyor belt 3, a driving wheel 5 is rotatably mounted at the bottom of the bottom plate 1, two vertical plates 6 are mounted on the other side of the bottom plate 1, and a picking roller 7 is arranged between the two vertical plates 6;

[0026] A screening frame 8 is installed on the bottom plate 1, and the picking roller 7 is located above the screening frame 8. A screening assembly is arranged between the screening frame 8 and one of the driving rollers 12. The screening assembly includes a screening plate 9 slidingly fitted in the screening frame 8, a baffle 10 rotatably fitted in the screening frame 8, and a connecting frame 15 arranged between the screening plate 9 and the driving roller 12.

[0027] One aspect of the application of this embodiment is as follows: when the lowbush blueberry picking machine is used, the bottom plate 1 is driven forward by the driving wheel 5, and the picking rollers 7 pick the lowbush blueberries, and the picked blueberries and mixed branches and leaves are collected in the screening frame 8. The baffle 10 prevents the picked blueberries from falling. During the rotation of the transmission roller 12, the connecting frame 15 drives the sieve plate 9 to move up and down in the screening frame 8 for screening, and the screened blueberries fall onto the conveyor belt 3 through the sieve plate 9, and are transported to the collection frame 4 through the conveyor belt 3, thereby reducing the blueberries and the shaken-off branches and leaves from being transported to the collection frame together, and the branches and leaves may collide with the blueberries during the transportation process, which may cause damage to the blueberries.

[0028] A connecting rod 11 is installed on one side of the sieve plate 9 of the present embodiment, a groove 804 is provided on one side of the screening frame 8, and the connecting rod 11 slides in the groove 804. A rotating disk 13 is installed on one side of one of the driving rollers 12, and a connecting column 14 is installed on one side of the rotating disk 13. Connecting grooves 16 are provided on opposite sides of the connecting frame 15, and the connecting rod 11 rotatably fits in one of the connecting grooves 16, and the connecting column 14 rotatably fits in the other connecting groove 16. A screening hole 91 is provided on one side of the sieve plate 9, and sliders 17 are installed on opposite sides of the sieve plate 9. A slide groove 802 is provided on opposite sides of the screening frame 8, and the slider 17 slides in the slide groove 802. A leakage groove 801 is provided at the bottom of the screening frame 8; the rotating disk 13 is driven to rotate by rotating the driving roller 12, thereby driving the connecting column 14 on the rotating disk 13 to rotate in an annular manner, so that the connecting rod 11 can be driven to slide in the groove 804 through the connecting frame 15, thereby driving the blueberries dropped on the sieve plate 9 to perform screening operations.

[0029] The screening frame 8 of the present embodiment has a rotating groove 803 on both opposite sides, a rotating rod 18 is installed on one side of the baffle 10, and the rotating rod 18 is rotatably fitted in the rotating groove 803, and a fixed plate 19 is installed on the other side of the baffle 10, and an arc groove 805 is opened on one side of the screening frame 8, and an operating rod 21 is installed on one side of the fixed plate 19, and the operating rod 21 is slidably fitted in the arc groove 805, and the fixed plate 19 is located on the outside of the screening frame 8, and one side of the fixed plate 19 is threaded. There is a fixing bolt 20, which abuts against one side of the screening frame 8, and the two side plates of the screening frame 8 form a collecting groove 806; when the blueberries and branches and leaves on the screen plate 9 are screened, the baffle 10 blocks the branches and leaves, and the abutment with the screening frame 8 is released by the fixing bolt 20, and the screening hole 91 of the baffle 10 is driven to rotate in the rotating groove 803 by toggling the operating lever 21, so that the baffle 10 is level with the screening frame 8, so that the screened branches and leaves fall into the collecting groove 806.

[0030] The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned implementation modes. Anyone should be aware of the structural changes made under the inspiration of the present invention. Any technical solution that is the same or similar to the present invention falls within the protection scope of the present invention. The technology, shape, and structure that are not described in detail in the present invention are all known technologies.

Claims

1. A blueberry picking machine, characterized in that: include: A bottom plate (1), four support plates (2) are mounted on the bottom plate (1), a transmission roller (12) is rotatably mounted between the two support plates (2), a conveyor belt (3) is sleeved between the transmission rollers (12) on both sides, a collecting frame (4) is mounted on one side of the bottom plate (1), the collecting frame (4) is located at the bottom of the output port of the conveyor belt (3), a driving wheel (5) is rotatably mounted at the bottom of the bottom plate (1), two vertical plates (6) are mounted on the other side of the bottom plate (1), and a picking roller (7) is arranged between the two vertical plates (6); A screening frame (8) is mounted on the bottom plate (1), a picking roller (7) is located above the screening frame (8), a screening assembly is arranged between the screening frame (8) and one of the driving rollers (12), and the screening assembly comprises a screening plate (9) slidably fitted in the screening frame (8), a baffle (10) rotatably fitted in the screening frame (8), and a connecting frame (15) arranged between the screening plate (9) and the driving roller (12).

2. A lowbush blueberry picking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: A connecting rod (11) is installed on one side of the screen plate (9), a groove (804) is opened on one side of the screening frame (8), and the connecting rod (11) is slidably fitted in the groove (804). A rotating disk (13) is installed on one side of one of the driving rollers (12), and a connecting column (14) is installed on one side of the rotating disk (13).

3. A lowbush blueberry picking machine according to claim 2, characterized in that: The connecting frame (15) is provided with connecting grooves (16) on opposite sides. The connecting rod (11) is rotatably fitted in one of the connecting grooves (16), and the connecting column (14) is rotatably fitted in the other connecting groove (16).

4. A lowbush blueberry picking machine according to claim 3, characterized in that: A screening hole (91) is provided on one side of the screen plate (9), sliders (17) are installed on opposite sides of the screen plate (9), slide grooves (802) are provided on opposite sides of the screen frame (8), the sliders (17) are slidably fitted in the slide grooves (802), and a drain groove (801) is provided at the bottom of the screen frame (8).

5. The lowbush blueberry picking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that: The screening frame (8) is provided with rotation grooves (803) on opposite sides, a rotation rod (18) is installed on one side of the baffle (10), the rotation rod (18) is rotatably engaged in the rotation groove (803), and a fixed plate (19) is installed on the other side of the baffle (10).

6. A lowbush blueberry picking machine according to claim 5, characterized in that: An arc groove (805) is provided on one side of the screening frame (8), an operating rod (21) is installed on one side of the fixed plate (19), the operating rod (21) is slidably fitted in the arc groove (805), and the fixed plate (19) is located outside the screening frame (8), a fixing bolt (20) is threadedly fitted on one side of the fixed plate (19), and the fixing bolt (20) abuts against one side of the screening frame (8), and the two side plates of the screening frame (8) form a collecting groove (806).