Sinking sea urchin culture net cage

By designing modular submerged sea urchin farming cages, the problems of stability, harvesting difficulty, and inconvenience in existing sea urchin farming methods have been solved, achieving efficient and safe sea urchin farming, reducing costs and labor intensity, and improving the applicability and durability of the equipment.

CN223714825UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26QINGDAO BAOYUFENG MARINE TECH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202423249053.5
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-12-27
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2034-12-27

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Technical Problem

Existing sea urchin farming methods suffer from problems such as high investment costs, low recapture rates, difficult harvesting, limited applicability, and poor wind and wave resistance, which restrict the development of the sea urchin farming industry.

Method used

A modular, submerged sea urchin aquaculture cage was designed. It adopts a rectangular frame structure, equipped with counterweight pipes and a lifting frame. The counterweight pipes enable it to sink stably to the seabed, and the lifting frame facilitates harvesting. The flared net sleeves keep the net opening near the sea level, which is convenient for feeding. The netting is made of high-strength material, and the structure is detachable for easy transportation and maintenance.

Benefits of technology

It improves the stability and safety of sea urchin farming, simplifies harvesting operations, reduces labor intensity, optimizes feeding methods, enhances equipment flexibility and durability, and reduces transportation and maintenance costs.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the field of sea urchin culture equipment, in particular to a sinking type sea urchin culture net cage. Comprising a net cage frame and a culture netting, the net cage frame is of a rectangular frame structure, and the culture netting is detachably fixed in the net cage frame; the bottoms of the left side and the right side of the net cage frame are each provided with a balance weight pipe, and the two balance weight pipes are symmetrically arranged. Lifting frames are arranged on four sides of the net cage frame; a plurality of trumpet-shaped net sleeves are arranged on the breeding netting, and floating balls and net openings capable of being opened and closed are arranged at the tops of the trumpet-shaped net sleeves. The utility model has the obvious beneficial effects of enhancing the breeding stability, improving the harvesting efficiency, optimizing the feeding mode, simplifying the assembly and maintenance process, being convenient to transport and store and the like.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to sea urchin breeding equipment field, concretely relates to a bottom sinking type sea urchin breeding net cage. BACKGROUND

[0002] In the offshore aquaculture process of sea urchin, the existing breeding mode still has many deficiencies. Among them, the artificial reef bottom broadcast flow propagation mode can increase the yield of sea urchin to a certain extent, but faces the challenges of high investment cost, low recapture rate and harvesting difficulty. On the other hand, raft type cage culture and small floating net cage culture are simple to operate, but they are only suitable for breeding environment near sea level, and have significant defects such as low breeding yield, poor wind and wave resistance and high breeding risk. These problems seriously restrict the further development of sea urchin breeding industry, and need to be solved through technological innovation. SUMMARY

[0003] The utility model provides a bottom sinking type sea urchin breeding net cage, which has a modular structure, is easy to harvest and convenient to feed, can be settled at the bottom of the sea to avoid wind and waves and resist sea current, and can be conveniently fed and harvested near sea level.

[0004] To achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows:

[0005] The utility model provides a bottom sinking type sea urchin breeding net cage, which has a modular structure, is easy to harvest and convenient to feed, can be settled at the bottom of the sea to avoid wind and waves and resist sea current, and can be conveniently fed and harvested near sea level.

[0006] The bottom of the left and right sides of the net cage frame is respectively provided with a counterweight pipe, and two counterweight pipes are symmetrically arranged; the four edges of the net cage frame are provided with lifting frames;

[0007] A plurality of horn-shaped net sleeves are arranged on the breeding net clothes, and the top of the horn-shaped net sleeve is provided with a floating ball and a openable and closable net opening.

[0008] Further, the net cage frame comprises four top longitudinal pipes, two bottom longitudinal pipes, eight horizontal pipes, sixteen vertical pipes and a plurality of pipe clamps; the four top longitudinal pipes are divided into two groups, each group of the top longitudinal pipes is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps, and the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes are parallel to each other and arranged in the longitudinal direction; the two bottom longitudinal pipes are arranged immediately below the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes and are spaced apart from the top longitudinal pipes; the eight horizontal pipes are divided into two groups, each group of the horizontal pipes is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps; the two groups of the horizontal pipes and the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes form a top rectangular frame, and the two groups of the horizontal pipes and the two bottom longitudinal pipes form a bottom rectangular frame; the sixteen vertical pipes are divided into eight groups, each group of the vertical pipes is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps, and the eight groups of the vertical pipes are arranged between the top rectangular frame and the bottom rectangular frame.

[0009] Further, the side walls of the top longitudinal pipes, the bottom longitudinal pipes, the horizontal pipes, the vertical pipes and the counterweight pipes are provided with a plurality of water holes.

[0010] Further, the two counterweight pipes are fixedly connected with the two bottom longitudinal pipes by a plurality of pipe clamps.

[0011] Further, the two ends of the counterweight pipes are provided with plugs, and the plugs are provided with a plurality of water holes.

[0012] Further, a plurality of counterweight blocks are arranged in the counterweight pipes, and the two sides of the counterweight blocks are provided with locks.

[0013] Further, the number of the lifting frames is eight, and two lifting frames are arranged on each side of the net cage frame.

[0014] Further, at least two fixing holes are arranged on the lifting frame.

[0015] Further, the pipe clamp is provided with two through holes, the two through holes are communicated by a gap, and the pipe clamp is further provided with a vertically penetrating locking screw hole, and the locking screw hole penetrates the gap.

[0016] Further, the main body of the breeding net clothes is a cubic structure, and the main body of the breeding net clothes is provided with four horn-shaped net sleeves.

[0017] The beneficial effects achieved by the utility model are as follows:

[0018] 1) Enhanced stability and safety: by arranging the counterweight pipes on the bottom left and right sides of the net cage frame, the entire breeding device can be stably sunk into the seabed, effectively resisting waves and tolerating ocean currents, providing a safe and stable growth environment for marine organisms such as sea urchins, and ensuring the smooth progress of breeding.

[0019] 2) Convenient harvesting operation: the evenly arranged lifting frames on the net cage frame design makes it easy to lift the entire cultivation device as a whole through lifting equipment when harvesting urchins, greatly simplifies the harvesting process, improves work efficiency, and also reduces the labor intensity of the farmers.

[0020] 3) Optimized feeding method: the horn-shaped net sleeve on the cultivation net is provided with a float ball fixed on the opening, which ensures that the opening of the horn-shaped net sleeve can be kept near the sea level under the drag of the float ball regardless of the size of the wind and wave. This design facilitates the farmers to feed the feed from the opening, greatly reduces the labor intensity of the farmers, and facilitates large-scale cultivation.

[0021] 4) Flexible assembly and maintenance: the net cage frame adopts a modular frame structure composed of a plurality of longitudinal pipes, transverse pipes and vertical pipes, which are uniformly connected through pipe clamps. This design can be easily assembled on site by farmers or workers without special training, greatly saving time and cost. At the same time, when the net cage frame is partially damaged, only the damaged part needs to be replaced, reducing the maintenance cost in the later period and prolonging the service life of the cultivation device.

[0022] 5) Convenient transportation and storage: the modular frame structure also makes the cultivation net cage more convenient to transport and store. The components can be transported separately after being disassembled, avoiding the problem of transportation difficulty caused by too large size. At the same time, the disassembled components are also easier to store properly, reducing the risk of damage caused by long-term storage.

[0023] In summary, the utility model patent has significant beneficial effects in enhancing the stability of cultivation, improving the harvesting efficiency, optimizing the feeding method, simplifying the assembly and maintenance process, and facilitating transportation and storage, etc. It provides a more efficient, safe and convenient solution for the cultivation of urchins and other marine organisms. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0024] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiments of the present application or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiment or prior art description. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and those skilled in the art can obtain other drawings from the structures shown in these drawings without creating any creative labor.

[0025] Figure 1 is the overall structure schematic view of the present application; in the figure, the X direction is defined as front and back (longitudinal direction), and the arrow direction is defined as front; the Y direction is defined as left and right (transverse direction), and the arrow direction is defined as right; the Z direction is defined as up and down (vertical direction), and the arrow direction is defined as up.

[0026] Figure 2The net cage frame structure schematic diagram of the utility model Figure 1 .

[0027] Figure 3 The net cage frame structure schematic diagram of the utility model Figure 2 .

[0028] Figure 4 The net cage frame structure schematic diagram of the utility model Figure 3 .

[0029] Figure 5 The pipe clamp structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0030] Figure 6 The vertical pipe structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0031] Figure 7 The hoisting frame structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0032] Figure 8 The counterweight pipe structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0033] Figure 9 The counterweight block inside the counterweight pipe partial arrangement schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0034] Figure 10 The counterweight block structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0035] In the figure, 10, sea urchin culture net cage;110, net cage frame;111, top longitudinal pipe;112, bottom longitudinal pipe;113, transverse pipe;114, vertical pipe;115, pipe clamp;115a, locking screw hole;115b, gap;116, end sleeve;120, culture net;121, horn-shaped net sleeve;130, counterweight pipe;131, plug;132, counterweight block;132a, lock;133, rope;140, hoisting frame;141, fixed hole;150, floating ball. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in the specification of the utility model, and obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative labor belong to the protection scope of the utility model.

[0037] It should be noted that if the embodiments of this utility model involve directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.), the directional indicators are only used to explain the relative positional relationship and movement of the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the figure). If the specific posture changes, the directional indicators will also change accordingly.

[0038] Furthermore, if the embodiments of this utility model involve descriptions such as "first" or "second," these descriptions are for descriptive purposes only and should not be construed as indicating or implying their relative importance or implicitly specifying the number of technical features indicated. Therefore, features defined with "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one of those features. Additionally, if the word "and / or" appears throughout the text, it means including three parallel solutions; for example, "A and / or B" includes solution A, solution B, or a solution that simultaneously satisfies A and B. Furthermore, the technical solutions of the various embodiments can be combined with each other, but this must be based on the ability of those skilled in the art to implement them. When the combination of technical solutions is contradictory or impossible to implement, it should be considered that such a combination of technical solutions does not exist and is not within the scope of protection claimed by this utility model.

[0039] like Figures 1-10 As shown, this utility model provides a submerged sea urchin aquaculture cage 10, including a cage frame 110 and an aquaculture net 120. The cage frame 110 is a rectangular frame structure, and the aquaculture net 120 is detachably fixed inside the cage frame 110.

[0040] The bottom of the left and right sides of the net cage frame 110 is provided with counterweight pipes 130, and the two counterweight pipes 130 are symmetrically arranged. The counterweight pipes 130 facilitate the sinking of the sea urchin farming net cage 10 into the seabed. The four sides of the net cage frame 110 are provided with lifting frames 140, which are used to facilitate farmers to hook and lift the cage with hooks during harvesting.

[0041] The aquaculture net 120 is provided with several trumpet-shaped net sleeves 121. The top of the trumpet-shaped net sleeves 121 is provided with a float 150 and an openable net opening. After the sea urchin aquaculture cage 10 sinks to the seabed, the float 150 drags the trumpet-shaped net sleeves 121 due to buoyancy, so that its net opening is located near the sea level, making it convenient for farmers to open the net opening to feed the urchins.

[0042] The net cage frame 110 is a rectangular frame structure, and has four edges; specifically, the net cage frame 110 comprises four top longitudinal pipes 111, two bottom longitudinal pipes 112, eight horizontal pipes 113, sixteen vertical pipes 114 and a plurality of pipe clamps 115; two of the four top longitudinal pipes 111 form a group, and each group of the top longitudinal pipes 111 is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps 115, and the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes 111 are parallel to each other and are arranged in the longitudinal direction; the two bottom longitudinal pipes 112 are arranged immediately below the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes 111 and are spaced apart from the top longitudinal pipes 111 by a certain distance; two of the eight horizontal pipes 113 form a group, and each group of the horizontal pipes 113 is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps 115; the two groups of the horizontal pipes 113 and the two groups of the top longitudinal pipes 111 form a top rectangular frame, and the two groups of the horizontal pipes 113 and the two bottom longitudinal pipes 112 form a bottom rectangular frame; two of the sixteen vertical pipes 114 form a group, and each group of the vertical pipes 114 is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps 115, and the eight groups of the vertical pipes 114 are arranged between the top rectangular frame and the bottom rectangular frame.

[0043] Both ends of the horizontal pipe 113 are provided with end sleeve pipes 116, and both ends of the vertical pipe 114 are also provided with end sleeve pipes 116; the end sleeve pipes 116 at both ends of the horizontal pipe 113 are sleeved on the top longitudinal pipe 111 or the bottom longitudinal pipe 112, and the end sleeve pipes 116 at both ends of the vertical pipe 114 are sleeved on the horizontal pipe 113, the top longitudinal pipe 111 or the bottom longitudinal pipe 112. Taking the horizontal pipe 113 in the top rectangular frame as an example, both ends of the horizontal pipe 113 are provided with end sleeve pipes 116, and the two end sleeve pipes 116 are sleeved on the top longitudinal pipes 111 on both sides; the two sides of the end sleeve pipe 116 on the top longitudinal pipe 111 are provided with pipe clamps 115, and the pipe clamps 115 on both sides clamp the end sleeve pipe 116 to limit the end sleeve pipe 116, so as to prevent the horizontal pipe 113 from moving along the axis direction of the top longitudinal pipe 111, and avoid deformation of the net cage frame 110 under the action of sea waves. The fixing modes of the horizontal pipe 113 and the vertical pipe 114 are the same, and those skilled in the art can easily reproduce them according to the above description and the drawings in the specification, so they will not be described again.

[0044] A plurality of water holes are arranged on the side walls of the top longitudinal pipe 111, the bottom longitudinal pipe 112, the horizontal pipe 113 and the vertical pipe 114, for pouring seawater into the pipes, so as to ensure that the utility model can quickly sink to the seabed.

[0045] A plurality of water holes are arranged on the side walls of the counterweight pipe 130, and the two counterweight pipes 130 are fixedly connected with the two bottom longitudinal pipes 112 by a plurality of pipe clamps 115.

[0046] The counterweight pipe 130 is provided with a plug 131 at both ends, and the plug 131 is provided with a plurality of water holes; the counterweight pipe 130 is provided with a plurality of counterweight blocks 132.

[0047] The counterweight block 132 is a cylindrical structure, and the two sides of the counterweight block 132 are provided with a lock 132a; the adjacent two counterweight blocks 132 are connected through the buckling between the locks 132a or the rope 133, so as to facilitate the quick assembly of the counterweight block 132, so that the worker can pull the counterweight block 132 needed by one counterweight pipe 130 into the counterweight pipe 130 at one time.

[0048] The counterweight block 132 is formed by concrete pouring.

[0049] The number of the lifting frame 140 is eight, and the four sides of the net cage frame 110 are respectively provided with two lifting frames 140, and the position of the lifting frame 140 should ensure that the utility model will not deviate to one side when lifting.

[0050] The lifting frame 140 is provided with at least two fixing holes 141; taking the lifting frame 140 between the two groups of horizontal pipes 113 as an example, the horizontal pipe 113 located at the top rectangular frame and the horizontal pipe 113 located at the bottom rectangular frame respectively pass through the fixing holes 141 on the lifting frame 140, so that the lifting frame 140 is fixed, and the fixing mode of the other sides is the same, which will not be repeated. In the harvesting season, with the help of divers or other tools, the lifting hooks are hung at the top end of each lifting frame 140 in turn, and the utility model is lifted from the seabed by using a crane or other lifting tools, and the harvesting is completed.

[0051] The pipe clamp 115 is provided with two through holes, and the two through holes are communicated through a gap 115b, and the pipe clamp 115 is also provided with a vertical penetrating locking screw hole 115a, and the locking screw hole 115a penetrates the gap 115b. Taking the fixation of two horizontal pipes 113 as an example, the two horizontal pipes 113 pass through the two through holes respectively, the pipe clamp 115 is adjusted to the appropriate position, then the bolt passes through the locking screw hole 115a, and the nut on the bolt is tightened, so that the gap 115b gradually reduces the interval, so as to reduce the diameter of the two through holes, and finally achieve the purpose of fixing the two horizontal pipes 113. The fixing mode of other pipes is the same, which will not be repeated.

[0052] The main body of the culture net 120 is a cuboid structure, which is embedded in the net cage frame 110 and detachably fixed on the net cage frame 110 by a rope 133, a buckle or other tools when in use; the top surface of the main body of the culture net is provided with four horn-shaped net sleeves 121, the top end of each horn-shaped net sleeve 121 is fixed with a floating ball 150, and the net opening of each horn-shaped net sleeve 121 is usually tied tightly and floats on the sea surface; when it is necessary to put kelp, seaweed, sea urchin feed and the like into the culture net 120, the net opening of each horn-shaped net sleeve is opened, the feeding is completed, and then the net opening is tied tightly and the floating ball 150 is fixed.

[0053] The material of the culture net 120 is the prior art, which is a net-shaped structure for aquaculture and is made of high-strength and corrosion-resistant materials such as nylon and polyethylene. It can isolate the cultured animals in a certain space while allowing water to flow freely, thereby providing a suitable growth environment for the cultured animals.

[0054] During culture, the user puts sea urchin larvae into the culture net 120 from the net opening, then sinks the culture net into the seabed, then regularly puts feed into the net opening according to the culture requirements, and finally hoists the culture net to harvest the mature sea urchins in the harvesting season.

[0055] The above description is only optional embodiments of the present application, and does not limit the patent scope of the present application, and any equivalent structural transformation or direct / indirect application in other related technical fields within the inventive concept of the present application and the content of the present application specification and drawings are included in the patent protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A bottom-set sea urchin farming net cage (10) characterized by: The net cage frame (110) is a rectangular frame structure, and the culture net cover (120) is detachably fixed in the net cage frame (110). The bottom of the left and right sides of the net cage frame (110) is respectively provided with a counterweight pipe (130), and the two counterweight pipes (130) are symmetrically arranged. The culture net cover (120) is provided with a plurality of horn-shaped net sleeves (121), and the top of the horn-shaped net sleeve (121) is provided with a floating ball (150) and a openable and closable net opening.

2. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that: The net cage frame (110) includes four top longitudinal pipes (111), two bottom longitudinal pipes (112), eight horizontal pipes (113), sixteen vertical pipes (114) and a plurality of pipe clamps (115). Two of the four top longitudinal pipes (111) form a group, and each group of top longitudinal pipes (111) is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps (115). The two groups of top longitudinal pipes (111) are parallel to each other and are arranged in the longitudinal direction. The two bottom longitudinal pipes (112) are arranged immediately below the two groups of top longitudinal pipes (111) and are spaced apart from the top longitudinal pipes (111) by a certain distance. Eight horizontal pipes (113) form a group, and each group of horizontal pipes (113) is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps (115). The two groups of horizontal pipes (113) and the two groups of top longitudinal pipes (111) form a top rectangular frame, and the two groups of horizontal pipes (113) and the two bottom longitudinal pipes (112) form a bottom rectangular frame. Each group of sixteen vertical pipes (114) is fixed by a plurality of pipe clamps (115), and the eight groups of vertical pipes (114) are arranged between the top rectangular frame and the bottom rectangular frame.

3. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that: The side walls of the top longitudinal pipe (111), the bottom longitudinal pipe (112), the horizontal pipe (113), the vertical pipe (114) and the counterweight pipe (130) are provided with a plurality of water holes.

4. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that: The two counterweight pipes (130) are fixedly connected with the two bottom longitudinal pipes (112) by a plurality of pipe clamps (115).

5. A bottom-sinking sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that: The counterweight pipe (130) is provided with a plug (131) at both ends, and the plug (131) is provided with a plurality of water holes.

6. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 5, characterized in that: The counterweight pipe (130) is provided with a plurality of counterweight blocks (132), and the two sides of the counterweight block (132) are provided with a lock buckle (132a).

7. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that: The number of lifting frames (140) is eight, and the four sides of the net cage frame (110) are respectively provided with two lifting frames (140).

8. A bottom-sinking sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 1 or 7, characterized in that: The lifting frame (140) is provided with at least two fixing holes (141).

9. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 2, characterized in that: The pipe clamp (115) is provided with two through holes, and the two through holes are communicated by a gap (115b). The pipe clamp (115) is also provided with a vertical locking screw hole (115a) that penetrates through the gap (115b).

10. A bottom settling sea urchin farming net cage (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that: The main body of the breeding net clothes (120) is a cubic structure, and four horn-shaped net sleeves (121) are arranged on the top surface of the main body of the breeding net clothes.