Peach tree girdling device

By designing a peach tree ring stripper with a "博" shape structure, a rotary adjustment handle and a ring stripper with multiple blade widths is used to solve the problems of bark damage and glue flow, and efficient and accurate ring stripping operation is achieved.

CN223261985UActive Publication Date: 2025-08-26NEIHUANG XINGNONG FRUIT CULTIVATION CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423092011.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-16
Publication Date
2025-08-26
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-16

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Technical Problem

The prior art can easily cause damage to the bark and the bones of the tree during the peach tree ring peeling process, and may lead to glue flow, inconvenient operation and low efficiency.

Method used

A peach tree ring stripper with a "龙" shape structure is designed. The depth and width of the cutting knife are adjusted by rotating the adjusting handle. It is equipped with a ring stripper with a variety of blade widths, combining an axial movement orientation mechanism and a tool rod length adjustment mechanism to ensure consistency of the cutting trajectory and precise control.

Benefits of technology

It reduces damage to tree branches, reduces glue flow, improves the efficiency of ring peeling and the convenience of operation, and can accurately control the cutting depth and width as needed.

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Abstract

A peach tree girdling device belongs to peach tree pruning appliances and is characterized in that a main body of the girdling device is of a bao-shaped structure, a rotary adjusting handle is arranged on the upper portion of the girdling device, a threaded inner hole is formed in the lower end of the girdling device, internal threads of the threaded inner hole are connected with a cutter handle threaded portion, and the lower end of a cutter handle extends into a round hole of the bao-shaped structure. The girdling device comprises an axial movement orientation mechanism, a protruding part is arranged on the side face of the girdling device, an adjusting hole is formed in the girdling device, a girdling cutter bar is arranged in the adjusting hole, a cutter bar length adjusting mechanism is arranged in the protruding part beside the cutter bar, and the cutter bar length adjusting mechanism is arranged in the protruding part beside the cutter bar. According to the peach tree girdling device, damage to tree branches and trunks can be reduced, gummosis is reduced, the peach tree girdling device is convenient to use, the girdling depth and width can be easily controlled, and the girdling efficiency can be improved.
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Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to a ring barker, in particular to a peach tree ring barker, belonging to peach tree pruning tools. Background Art

[0002] A peach tree girdler is a tool used to gird peach trees. Girdling involves removing a ring of bark from a specific area of ​​a tree's trunk. In fruit tree cultivation, proper girdling can regulate nutrient distribution within the tree. For example, girdling a fruit tree's trunk can prevent organic nutrients produced by the leaves from being transported downward through the phloem of the bark, allowing more nutrients to accumulate above the ring opening. This promotes fruit growth and development, improving fruit set and quality.

[0003] It generally has a relatively sharp blade, which is convenient for cutting the bark neatly, and some designs will consider minimizing damage to the tree's xylem, because the xylem is mainly responsible for the transportation of water and minerals. Once excessively damaged, it will affect the growth of the tree and even cause the death of the tree.

[0004] In the past, when peach trees were ring-barked and girdled in the summer, wallpaper knives were generally used, which often caused damage to the bark and even the bone part of the tree. During the ring-barking and girdling process, the peach trees would also cause gum flow, which caused great damage to the trees and was not conducive to operation. How to avoid these problems is a matter of great concern to Taoyuan technicians. Summary of the Invention

[0005] In view of the problems that peach tree ringing and girdling processes may cause damage to the bark and even the bone part of the tree, and may also cause gum flow in the peach tree, the utility model provides a peach tree ringer, the purpose of which is to reduce the damage to the tree branches and reduce gum flow. The peach tree ringer is easy to use, easy to control the ringing depth and width, and can improve the ringing efficiency.

[0006] The technical solution of the utility model is as follows: A peach tree girdling tool, which includes a girdling knife. The main body of the girdling tool is in a "C" - shaped structure. A vertical circular hole is opened in the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The lower part of the rotation adjustment handle passes through the circular hole. A threaded inner hole is opened at the axis of the lower end of the rotation adjustment handle. A threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is threadedly connected in the threaded inner hole. The lower end of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife extends into the hook part below the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The cutting knife includes a circular cutter one and a circular cutter two which are arranged opposite to each other. The lower end of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is hinged with the circular cutter one. A circular cutter two opposite thereto is hinged in the hook part below the circular cutter one in the "C" - shaped structure. An axial movement orientation mechanism of the threaded part of the cutting knife is arranged below the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. A protruding part is arranged on the side of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. An adjustment hole in the vertical direction of the length of the girdling knife rod is arranged on the protruding part. The girdling knife rod is arranged in the adjustment hole. A knife rod length adjustment mechanism is arranged in the protruding part beside the girdling knife rod;

[0007] Further, the knife rod length adjustment mechanism includes a rack arranged on one side of the girdling knife rod. A gear cavity is arranged on the side of the adjustment hole. The adjustment hole is communicated with the gear cavity. The girdling knife rod with a rack and a gear meshing with the rack are respectively arranged. A rotating shaft is arranged at the axis of the gear. The rotating shaft extends outside the gear cavity. A knob is fixed at the outer end of the rotating shaft. A cover plate is arranged outside the gear cavity;

[0008] Further, the axial movement orientation mechanism includes a pair of axially - arranged radial - opposite axial grooves on the outer circumference of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife. A limiting block is fixed below the horizontal part. The limiting block includes a limiting key. The limiting key is arranged in a semi - circular groove. The limiting keys of the pair of limiting blocks are respectively located in the pair of axial grooves;

[0009] Further, the circular cutter two is relatively arranged in the hook part directly below the circular cutter one through a lower cutter holder. The circular cutter one and the circular cutter two are arranged on the same horizontal plane in the vertical direction through the hinge shafts on their respective cutter holders;

[0010] Further, the cutting edge of the girdling knife faces the side of the cutting edge of the circular cutter one. The width of the cutting edge of the girdling knife has multiple types;

[0011] Further, the cutting knife includes a cutting knife handle. A flange is arranged on the upper surface of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. An annular groove is arranged on the lower surface of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. An open - ring spring is arranged in the annular groove;

[0012] Further, a plurality of limiting card slots are arranged on the opposite side of the rack on the girdling knife rod. A rotating limiting card is arranged above the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The thickness of the end of the rotating limiting card is the same as the width of the limiting card slot.

[0013] The positive effects of the present utility model are as follows: By selecting a main body with a "C" - shaped structure, the branches of the tree can be placed in the opening part. By providing a threaded inner hole on the rotary adjusting handle, and threadedly connecting the threaded part of the upper tool holder of the cutting knife in the threaded inner hole, the distance between the first circular cutting knife and the second circular cutting knife can be adjusted by rotating the rotary adjusting handle, and the depth of cutting into the tree bark can be adjusted by rotating the rotary adjusting handle. At the same time, the rotary adjusting handle can be held and rotated along the outer circumference of the tree branch to cut the tree bark to a certain depth, which is beneficial for the ring - barking knife to remove the tree bark on the outer circumference of the tree branch. By providing an axial movement orientation mechanism for the cutting knife rod below the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure, that is, by providing a pair of axially opposite radial axial grooves on the outer circumference of the cutting knife handle in the axial direction, and fixing a horizontal limiting key below the horizontal part, and the pair of horizontal limiting keys are respectively located in the pair of axial grooves, it can ensure that the cutting knife rod keeps the cutting edges of the first circular cutting knife and the second circular cutting knife opposite during the rotation of the rotary adjusting handle. When the peach tree ring - barking device rotates around the tree branch, the cutting trajectories of the cutting edges of the first circular cutting knife and the second circular cutting knife are a coincident trajectory. By providing a knife rod length adjustment mechanism beside the knife rod of the ring - barking knife on the protruding part, that is, by providing a rack on one side of the knife rod of the ring - barking knife, and providing a gear cavity in the protruding part beside the adjustment hole, making the rack engage with the gear, by rotating the rotary knob, the length of the knife rod of the ring - barking knife can be adjusted, so as to adjust the depth of the ring - barking knife cutting into the tree bark, and different depths can be cut according to needs. By providing a cover plate outside the gear cavity, it is beneficial to place the gear into the gear cavity and then fix it with screws. By providing a plurality of limiting card slots on the opposite side of the rack, and providing a rotary limiting card on the upper part of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure, the thickness of the end of the rotary limiting card is the same as the width of the limiting card slot, after adjusting the length of the knife rod of the ring - barking knife, the end of the rotary limiting card is placed into the limiting card slot to position the length of the knife plate of the ring - barking knife. When using the first circular cutting knife and the second circular cutting knife to cut the first knife on the outer circumference of the tree branch, the cutting edge of the ring - barking knife is lifted to the side close to the center of the first circular cutting knife to prevent the ring - barking knife from cutting the tree bark. Then, according to the required width, it is displaced a certain width on the tree trunk. After displacement, the cutting edge of the ring - barking knife is located between the first cut and the second cut. When performing the second cutting, the ring - barking knife needs to be adjusted to the ring - barking thickness position to perform ring - barking on the tree bark. By equipping ring - barking knives with different widths of cutting edges, tools that can ring - bark the tree bark at one time can be used according to the ring - barking width. By providing a flange on the upper part of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure for the cutting knife handle, and providing an annular groove on the lower part of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure, and providing an open - ring spring in the annular groove, it can prevent the rotary adjusting handle from detaching from the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure and clamp the cutting knife handle on the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. By using the present utility model, the damage to the tree branch can be reduced by controlling the cutting depth and the ring - barking depth, and the gum bleeding can be reduced. This peach tree ring - barking device is easy to use, easy to control the ring - barking depth and width, and can improve the ring - barking efficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 Side structure schematic diagram of the present utility model.

[0015] Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the structure on the main body opening side of the "ㄅ"-shaped structure.

[0016] Figure 3 Along Figure 1 Bottom-up sectional view along the A-A direction in the figure.

[0017] Figure 4 Schematic diagram of the limiting block structure with a limiting key.

[0018] Figure 5 Schematic diagram of the structure of the annular stripping knife and its tool shank.

[0019] Figure 6 Enlarged schematic diagram of the limiting card slot on the tool shank.

[0020] Label description: 10 - "ㄅ"-shaped structure, 10a - horizontal part, 10b - hook part, 10c - opening part, 11 - cutting knife handle, 11a - internal threaded hole, 12 - threaded engagement part, 13 - threaded part of the upper tool rest of the cutting knife, 14 - circular cutting knife I, 15 - circular cutting knife II, 16 - lower tool rest, 17 - annular stripping knife handle, 18 - rack, 19 - gear, 20 - annular stripping knife, 21 - limiting card slot, 22 - rotating limiting card, 23 - limiting block, 23a - semi-circular groove, 23b - limiting key, 23c - fixing hole, 24 - cover plate, 25 - protruding part, 26 - knob, 27 - axial groove, 28 - opening annular spring, 29 - flange. Detailed implementation manners

[0021] The following refers to the attached drawings to elaborate on the specific technical solutions of the present utility model. The horizontal part, hook part, vertical direction, horizontal direction, left and right sides mentioned in the description are all named based on Figure 1 the figure. In actual use, the main body of the "ㄅ"-shaped structure clamps the tree branches in an inclined state. Therefore, the usage of the orientation nouns involved has nothing to do with the actual situation.

[0022] The technical solution of the present utility model is: a peach tree annular stripper, Figure 1 which is the side structure schematic diagram of the present utility model, Figure 2 which is the structure schematic diagram of the main body opening side of the "ㄅ"-shaped structure 10, Figure 3 which is along Figure 1Schematic diagram of the upward view sectional view in the A-A direction in the middle. The peach tree girdling tool includes a girdling knife 20. The main body of the girdling tool has a "C" - shaped structure 10. A round hole perpendicular to the horizontal part is opened on the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10. The lower part of the rotary adjusting handle 11 is inserted into the round hole. A threaded inner hole 11a is opened at the axis of the lower end of the rotary adjusting handle 11. The threaded lower end of the threaded inner hole 11a is threadedly connected to the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife. 12 is the threaded engagement part between the threaded inner hole 11a and the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife. The cutting knife includes a relatively arranged circular cutter one 14 and a circular cutter two 15. The threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife extends into the hook part 10b below the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10. The lower end of the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is hingedly provided with a circular cutter one 14. In the hook part 10b opposite to the circular cutter one 14 inside the "C" - shaped structure 10, a relatively arranged circular cutter two 15 is hingedly provided. An axial movement orientation mechanism of the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is arranged below the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10. A protruding part 25 is arranged on the side of the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10. An adjusting hole in the length direction of the girdling knife rod 17 is arranged in the vertical direction of the protruding part 25. The girdling knife rod 17 is arranged in the adjusting hole. A knife rod length adjusting mechanism is arranged at the protruding part 25 beside the girdling knife rod 17 inside the protruding part 25.

[0023] The knife rod length adjusting mechanism includes a rack 18 arranged on one side of the girdling knife rod 17. A gear cavity is arranged on the side of the adjusting hole. The adjusting hole is communicated with the gear 19 cavity. The girdling knife rod 17 with a rack 18 and a gear 19 meshing with the rack 18 are respectively arranged. A rotating shaft is arranged at the axis of the gear 19. The rotating shaft extends outside the gear cavity. A knob 26 is fixed at the outer end of the rotating shaft. A cover plate 24 is arranged outside the gear cavity.

[0024] A plurality of limit card slots 21 are arranged on the girdling knife rod 17 on the opposite side of the rack 18. A rotary limit card 22 is arranged above the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10. The thickness of the end part of the rotary limit card 22 is the same as the width of the limit card slot 21. After adjusting the length of the girdling knife rod 17, rotate the rotary limit card 22 to make it turn into the corresponding limit card slot 21, and the height fixation of the girdling knife rod 17 can be achieved.

[0025] Figure 4It is a schematic structural diagram of the limiting block 23 with a limiting key 23b. The axial movement orientation mechanism includes a pair of axially arranged and radially opposite axial grooves 27 provided on the outer periphery of the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting tool. Limiting blocks 23 are respectively fixed at opposite positions below the horizontal part 10a. The limiting block 23 includes a limiting key 23b, and the limiting key 23b is arranged in a semi-circular groove 23a. The limiting keys 23b of the pair of limiting blocks 23 are respectively located in the pair of axial grooves 27. When the rotary adjustment handle 11 is rotated, the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting tool threadedly connected thereto moves up and down axially along the limiting key 23b, which can prevent the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting tool from rotating circumferentially, so as to ensure that the cutting edges of the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 are opposite to each other, and the cutting trajectories of the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 are the same when rotating around the branch. The limiting block 23 is fixed on the horizontal plane below the horizontal part 10a by screws passing through the fixing holes 23c.

[0026] Figure 5 It is a schematic structural diagram of the girdling knife and its tool bar Figure 6 An enlarged schematic diagram of the limiting card slot on the tool bar

[0027] The circular cutter two 15 is relatively arranged directly below the circular cutter one 14 in the hook part 10b through the lower cutter holder 16. The circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two are respectively arranged on the horizontal plane in the same vertical direction through the hinge shafts on their respective cutter holders, and the cutting edges of the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two are opposite to each other.

[0028] Refer to Figure 5 、 Figure 6 As shown in, the cutting edge of the girdling knife 20 faces the side of the cutting edge of the circular cutter one 14. There are various widths of the cutting edge of the girdling knife 20. When the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 rotate around the branch, the cutting edge of the girdling knife 20 can be used to peel off the bark with a certain depth between the two cutting intervals, and the width of the cutting edge of the girdling knife 20 is less than or equal to the two cutting intervals.

[0029] The cutting tool handle 11 is provided with a flange 29 on the upper surface of the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10, and an annular groove is provided on the lower surface of the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10. An open annular spring 28 is arranged in the annular groove, which can prevent the cutting tool handle 11 from falling off the horizontal part and rotating along the horizontal part.

[0030] The positive effects of the present utility model are as follows: By selecting the main body with a "C" - shaped structure 10, the branches of the tree can be placed in the opening 10c. By providing a threaded inner hole 11a on the rotary adjusting handle, and threadedly connecting the threaded part 13 of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife in the threaded inner hole 11a, the distance between the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 can be adjusted by rotating the rotary adjusting handle 11. The depth of cutting into the bark can be adjusted by rotating the rotary adjusting handle 11. At the same time, the rotary adjusting handle 11 can be held and rotated along the outer circumference of the tree branch to cut the bark to a certain depth, which is beneficial for the stripping knife 20 to remove the bark on the outer circumference of the tree branch. By providing an axial movement orientation mechanism for the cutting knife rod below the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10, that is, by providing a pair of axially opposite radial axial grooves 27 on the outer circumference of the threaded connection part 13 of the cutting knife handle, and fixing a horizontal limiting key 23b below the horizontal part 10a, and the pair of horizontal limiting keys 23b are respectively located in the pair of axial grooves 27, it can ensure that during the rotation of the rotary adjusting handle 11, the cutting knife rod keeps the circular cutter one 14 moving along the opposite direction to the circular cutter two 15, and ensures that the circular cutter one 14 is opposite to the circular cutter two 15. When the peach tree bark stripper rotates around the tree branch, the cutting trajectories of the blades of the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 are a coincident trajectory. By providing a knife rod length adjustment mechanism beside the stripping knife rod 17 of the protruding part 25, that is, by providing a rack 18 on one side of the stripping knife rod 17, and providing a gear cavity in the protruding part 25 beside the adjustment hole, making the rack 18 engage with the gear 19, by rotating the knob 26, the length of the stripping knife rod 17 can be adjusted, so as to adjust the depth of the stripping knife 17 cutting into the bark, and different depths can be cut according to needs. By providing a cover plate 24 outside the cavity of the gear 19, it is beneficial to place the gear 19 into the gear cavity 19 and then fix it with screws. By providing a plurality of limiting card slots 21 on the opposite side of the rack 18, and providing a rotary limiting card 22 above the horizontal part 10a of the "C" - shaped structure 10, the thickness of the end of the rotary limiting card 22 is the same as the width of the limiting card slot 21. After adjusting the length of the stripping knife rod 17, the end of the rotary limiting card 22 is placed into the limiting card slot 21 to fix the length of the stripping knife rod 17. When using the blades of the circular cutter one 14 and the circular cutter two 15 to cut the first knife on the outer circumference of the tree branch, the blade of the stripping knife 20 is lifted to the side close to the center of the circular cutter one 14 to prevent the stripping knife 20 from cutting the bark. Then, according to the required width, it is displaced a certain width on the tree trunk. After displacement, the blade of the stripping knife 20 is located between the first cut and the second cut. When performing the second cut, the stripping knife 20 needs to be adjusted to the stripping thickness position to strip the bark. By equipping stripping knives 20 with different blade widths, knives that can strip the bark at one time can be used according to the stripping width.By providing a flange 29 on the upper surface of the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10 of the cutting tool handle 11, providing an annular groove on the lower surface of the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10, and providing an open annular spring 28 in the annular groove, the rotary adjusting handle can be prevented from disengaging from the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10, and the cutting tool handle 11 can be stuck on the horizontal part 10a of the "C"-shaped structure 10. By using the utility model, the cutting depth and girdling depth can be controlled, the damage to the tree branches can be reduced, and the gum bleeding can be reduced. This peach tree girdler is convenient to use, easy to control the girdling depth and width, and can improve the girdling efficiency.

Claims

1. A peach tree ringer, comprising a ringing knife, characterized in that: The main body of the girdler is in a "C" - shaped structure. A vertical round hole is provided in the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The lower part of the rotary adjusting handle passes through the round hole. A threaded inner hole is provided at the axis of the lower end of the rotary adjusting handle. The threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is threadedly connected in the threaded inner hole. The lower end of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife extends into the hook part below the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The cutting knife includes a circular cutter one and a circular cutter two which are arranged oppositely. The lower end of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife is hinged with the circular cutter one. The circular cutter two opposite to the circular cutter one is hinged in the hook part below the circular cutter one in the "C" - shaped structure. An axial movement orientation mechanism of the threaded part of the cutting knife is provided below the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. A protruding part is provided on the side of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. An adjusting hole in the vertical direction for the length of the stripping knife rod is provided on the protruding part. The stripping knife rod is arranged in the adjusting hole. A knife rod length adjusting mechanism is provided in the protruding part beside the stripping knife rod.

2. A peach tree ringer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The knife rod length adjusting mechanism includes a rack arranged on one side of the stripping knife rod. A gear cavity is provided on the side of the adjusting hole. The adjusting hole is communicated with the gear cavity. The stripping knife rod with a rack and a gear meshing with the rack are respectively arranged. A rotary shaft is provided at the axis of the gear. The rotary shaft extends outside the gear cavity. A knob is fixed at the outer end of the rotary shaft. A cover plate is provided outside the gear cavity.

3. A peach tree ringer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The axial movement orientation mechanism includes a pair of axially - arranged radial - opposite axial grooves on the outer circumference of the threaded part of the upper cutter holder of the cutting knife. A limiting block is fixed below the horizontal part. The limiting block includes a limiting key which is arranged in a semi - circular groove. The limiting keys of the pair of limiting blocks are respectively located in the pair of axial grooves.

4. The peach tree ringer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The circular cutter two is relatively arranged in the hook part directly below the circular cutter one through a lower cutter holder. The circular cutter one and the circular cutter two are arranged on the same horizontal plane in the vertical direction through the hinge shafts on their respective cutter holders.

5. The peach tree ringer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cutting edge of the stripping knife faces the side of the cutting edge of the circular cutter one. The width of the cutting edge of the stripping knife has multiple types.

6. The peach tree ringer according to claim 1, characterized in that: The cutting knife includes a cutting knife handle. A flange is provided on the upper surface of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure for the cutting knife handle. A circular groove is provided on the lower surface of the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. An open - ring spring is arranged in the circular groove.

7. The peach tree ringer according to claim 2, characterized in that: A plurality of limiting card slots are provided on the stripping knife rod on the opposite side of the rack. A rotary limiting card is provided above the horizontal part of the "C" - shaped structure. The thickness of the end of the rotary limiting card is consistent with the width of the limiting card slot.