Egg turning mechanism of incubator

Abstract

The egg turning mechanism comprises a fixed disc, a movable disc and a driving assembly, a rotating shaft is arranged on the fixed disc, an annular groove is formed in the periphery, corresponding to the rotating shaft, of the fixed disc, and a through hole is formed in the position, corresponding to the interior of the annular groove, of the fixed disc; an egg placing opening is formed in the movable disc, the movable disc is arranged on the fixed disc, a rotating hole is formed in the movable disc, at least one supporting piece is arranged on the lower surface of the movable disc, a ventilation gap is formed between the movable disc and the fixed disc, and at least one supporting piece is provided with a communicating structure communicating the inside with the outside; a gear ring is arranged on the corresponding outer edge of the movable disc, and the driving assembly comprises a driving gear in meshing transmission with the gear ring and a motor used for driving the driving gear to rotate. In the process that the movable disc is driven by the driving assembly to rotate, eggs placed in the egg placing openings can be overturned and heated, meanwhile, the bottoms of the eggs can be heated in real time through the ventilation gaps between the fixed disc and the movable disc, and therefore the heating uniformity of the eggs is effectively improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to egg hatching equipment technical field, especially a kind of egg turning mechanism of egg incubator. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the development of industrialization, artificial incubation has been a relatively mature technology. Artificial simulation mother bird incubation is a kind of bionical incubation egg method, which can improve the number and hatching rate of incubation. In order to improve the hatching rate, the eggs need to be turned in time during the incubation process, so as to keep the temperature uniform and prevent the embryo from adhering to the shell membrane. This can make the blood vessel area and allantoic villus membrane grow normally in the early, middle and late stages of embryo development, so that the egg white can smoothly enter the amniotic fluid for embryo absorption. Egg turning can also slow down water loss, so that the embryo can be in a humid environment and successfully peck and hatch, and obtain fresh air.

[0003] The existing egg incubator is provided with an egg turning mechanism for turning eggs to improve heating uniformity. The existing egg turning mechanism is usually driven by adjacent rollers to turn the eggs. The structure is complex, which is not conducive to the miniaturization design of the egg incubator. At the same time, the eggs placed on the egg turning mechanism with such structure are only turned slowly to achieve uniform heating, and the heating uniformity of the eggs is poor, which has room for improvement. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model discloses in order to overcome above-mentioned prior art defects, provide a kind of egg turning mechanism of egg incubator, it is by driving assembly driving dynamic disc on fixed disc fixed point rotation can make the egg placed in egg placing opening is turned to realize uniform heating;While fixed disc and dynamic disc between there is the ventilation gap being communicated with egg placing opening and through-hole, so by hot air flow in ventilation gap can heat the bottom of egg, so further improve the heating uniformity of egg.

[0005] To achieve the above object, the utility model provides a kind of egg turning mechanism of egg incubator, including fixed disc, dynamic disc and driving assembly, the fixed disc is provided with pivot and is provided with annular groove concentric with pivot corresponding to the outer periphery of pivot;

[0006] The dynamic disc is rotatably installed on the fixed disc and is provided with a plurality of egg placing openings, and a rotating hole corresponding to the pivot is arranged on the dynamic disc to cooperate with the rotation of the pivot. At least one support member is arranged on the lower surface of the dynamic disc and can move along the annular groove. The fixed disc and the dynamic disc are supported by the at least one support member to form a ventilation gap with a spacing therebetween. The at least one support member has a communication structure that communicates the inside and the outside.

[0007] The dynamic disc is provided with a gear ring corresponding to the outer edge, and the driving assembly includes a driving gear engaged with the gear ring and a motor for driving the driving gear to rotate.

[0008] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0009] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0010] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0011] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0012] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0013] Further, the support members are arranged in a ring shape and are spaced apart from each other, and a communication structure is formed between two adjacent support members.

[0014] Compared with the prior art, the present application has the advantages of simple structure and rational design, and is beneficial to the miniaturization of the egg incubator. During the rotation of the driving assembly, the eggs placed in the egg placing opening can be slowly turned to achieve uniform heating. At the same time, hot air can flow through the ventilation gap between the fixed disc and the movable disc to realize real-time heating of the bottom of the eggs, thereby further improving the uniformity of the heating of the eggs. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0015] Figure 1 is a cross-sectional structure schematic view of the egg incubator of the present application;

[0016] Figure 2 is a structure schematic view of the egg turning mechanism;

[0017] Figure 3 is a cross-sectional structure schematic view of the egg turning mechanism;

[0018] Figure 4 is a structure schematic view of the separation of the fixed disc and the movable disc;

[0019] Figure 5 is a three-dimensional structure schematic view of the movable disc.

[0020] The following reference signs are marked on the drawings in combination with the drawings:

[0021] 1. Main shell; 11. Divider plate; 12. Incubation chamber; 13. Heating chamber; 2. Hot air assembly; 21. Fan; 22. Heating wire; 3. Egg turning mechanism; 31. Fixed plate; 311. Rotating shaft; 312. Annular groove; 313. Through hole; 32. Moving plate; 321. Egg placement port; 3211. Extension lip; 322. Rotating hole; 323. Support component; 3231. First connecting port; 3232. Connecting structure; 324. Gear ring; 33. Drive assembly; 331. Drive gear; 332. Motor; 34. Ventilation gap. Detailed Implementation

[0022] The following describes a specific embodiment of the present invention in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the scope of protection of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment.

[0023] This utility model relates to an incubator, such as... Figure 1 As shown, the device includes a main shell 1, a hot air assembly 2, and an egg-turning mechanism 3. The main shell 1 has a partition plate 11 that divides its inner cavity into an incubation chamber 12 and a heating chamber 13. The partition plate 11 has an air inlet structure and an air outlet structure connecting the incubation chamber 12 and the heating chamber 13, respectively, at its middle and outer periphery. The hot air assembly 2 is located in the heating chamber 13 of the main shell 1, and the egg-turning mechanism 3 is located in the incubation chamber 12 of the main shell 1. Specifically, the hot air assembly 2 includes a fan 21 fixedly mounted on the middle of the partition plate 11 and a heating wire 22 located outside the fan 21. The fan 21 generates suction to draw air from the upper incubation chamber 12 into the lower heating chamber 13 through the air inlet structure in the middle. The heating wire 22 heats the airflow blown out by the fan 21 to form hot air suitable for egg incubation. The hot air then re-enters the incubation chamber 12 through the outer periphery's air outlet structure. The egg-turning mechanism 3 is located on the partition plate 11 and is used to place eggs and turn them over.

[0024] In this embodiment, as Figure 2 , Figure 3 and Figure 4As shown, the egg turning mechanism 3 comprises a fixed disc 31, a movable disc 32 and a driving assembly 33; wherein the fixed disc 31 is a disc structure and is fixedly installed on the partition plate 11, the fixed disc 31 is provided with a rotating shaft 311 at the middle part (central position) thereof and is provided with an annular groove 312 arranged concentrically with the rotating shaft 311 at the outer periphery of the rotating shaft 311, and a plurality of through holes 313 in communication with the air inlet structure are formed on the disc surface of the fixed disc 31 between the annular groove 312 and the rotating shaft 311; the movable disc 32 is a disc structure matched with the fixed disc 31 and is provided with a plurality of egg placing openings 321, and the middle part of the movable disc 32 is provided with a rotating hole 322 matched with the rotating shaft 311 so that the movable disc 32 is rotatably arranged on the fixed disc 31, and the lower surface of the movable disc 32 is further provided with at least one support 323 arranged in the annular groove 312 and movable along the annular groove 312, and the movable disc 32 is supported on the fixed disc 31 by the at least one support 323 so that the two are arranged at a distance to form a ventilation gap 34, and the at least one support 323 has a communication structure 3232 in communication with the inside and outside thereof, so that the egg placing openings 321, the ventilation gap 34, the communication structure 3232, the through holes 313 and the air inlet structure are in communication to form a first air inlet path, so that the hot air can heat the bottom of the eggs through the second air inlet path, and the heating uniformity of the eggs is effectively improved.

[0025] In the embodiment, as shown in Figure 5 the lower surface of the movable disc 32 is provided with a plurality of supports 323 arranged at intervals around the circumference, so that the communication structure 3232 is formed in cooperation between the adjacent two supports 323; preferably, the at least one support 323 is provided with a first communication opening 3231, and the first communication opening 3231 is also the communication structure 3232.

[0026] In some other specific embodiments, the lower surface of the movable disc 32 is provided with one support 323 in the form of an annular body structure, the bottom wall of the annular body structure is in the form of a wave structure having a wave crest part and a wave trough part, so that the annular body structure constitutes the communication structure 3232 at the wave crest part; preferably, the annular body structure is provided with a second communication opening at the wave trough part, and the second communication opening is also the communication structure 3232.

[0027] In the embodiment, as shown in Figure 2 and Figure 4As shown, the dynamic disc 32 is provided with a gear ring 324 corresponding to the outer edge, the driving assembly 33 is arranged outside the dynamic disc 32, and the driving assembly 33 comprises a driving gear 331 connected with the gear ring 324 in meshing transmission and a motor 332 for driving the driving gear 331 to rotate, so that the motor 332 can drive the dynamic disc 32 to rotate at a fixed point on the fixed disc 31 by the driving gear 331 and the gear ring 324, so that the dynamic disc 32 can turn the eggs placed in the egg placing opening 321 during rotation; preferably, the gear ring 324 is arranged on the lower surface corresponding to the outer edge of the dynamic disc 32, and the lower surface of the gear ring 324 is arranged in a gap with the upper surface of the fixed disc 31, and the gap is preferably ≤0.5mm, so that the gap between the gear ring 324 and the fixed disc 31, the ventilation gap 34, the communication structure 3232, the through hole 313 and the air inlet structure are communicated to form a second air inlet path, so that the hot air can heat the bottom of the eggs through the second air inlet path, so as to further improve the heating uniformity of the eggs.

[0028] In the embodiment, as shown in the drawings, Figure 5 As shown, the dynamic disc 32 is provided with a lip 3211 extending downward corresponding to the lower end of the egg placing opening 321, and the lip 3211 and the inner wall of the egg placing opening 321 cooperate to form a tapered cylinder structure with a large upper end and a small lower end, so that the eggs placed therein can be easily turned over.

[0029] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages of simple structure and reasonable design, which is beneficial to the miniaturization design of the egg incubator, and the eggs placed in the egg placing opening can be slowly turned over during the rotation of the dynamic disc on the fixed disc driven by the driving assembly, so as to realize uniform heating; at the same time, the hot air can flow through the ventilation gap between the fixed disc and the dynamic disc to realize real-time heating of the bottom of the eggs, thereby further improving the heating uniformity of the eggs.

[0030] The above disclosure is only an embodiment of the utility model, but the utility model is not limited to this, and any changes that can be thought of by those skilled in the art should fall within the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An egg turning mechanism for an egg incubator, the egg turning mechanism comprising: The application relates to an egg placing device, which comprises a fixed disc, a movable disc and a driving assembly, wherein the fixed disc is provided with a rotating shaft and a ring-shaped groove concentric with the rotating shaft at the outer periphery of the rotating shaft; the fixed disc is provided with a plurality of through holes inside the ring-shaped groove; The movable disc is provided with a plurality of egg placing openings and is rotatably mounted on the fixed disc; the movable disc is provided with rotating holes corresponding to the rotating shaft; the lower surface of the movable disc is provided with at least one supporting member which is arranged in the ring-shaped groove and can move along the ring-shaped groove; the movable disc and the fixed disc are supported by the at least one supporting member and are arranged at a spacing to form a ventilation gap; the at least one supporting member is provided with a communication structure which communicates the inside and the outside; The movable disc is provided with a gear ring corresponding to the outer edge; the driving assembly comprises a driving gear which is engaged with the gear ring for transmission and a motor which is used for rotating the driving gear.

2. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein The supporting member is a plurality of ring-shaped members which are arranged at intervals; the communication structure is formed by the engagement between two adjacent supporting members.

3. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 2, wherein The at least one supporting member is provided with a first communication opening.

4. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein The supporting member is one ring-shaped body; the bottom wall of the ring-shaped body is a wave-shaped structure which comprises a wave crest and a wave trough; the top of the wave crest of the ring-shaped body is exposed above the fixed disc to form the communication structure.

5. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 4, wherein The ring-shaped body is provided with a second communication opening corresponding to at least one wave trough.

6. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein The gear ring is arranged on the lower surface of the outer edge of the movable disc; the lower surface of the gear ring is arranged at a gap from the upper surface of the fixed disc.

7. The egg turning mechanism of an egg incubator according to claim 1, wherein The lower end of the egg placing opening of the movable disc is provided with an extension lip which is arranged downwardly; the extension lip and the inner wall of the egg placing opening form a tapered cylinder structure which is large at the top and small at the bottom.

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