Picking device for single medlar

By using a servo motor-controlled gear set and an adjustable clamping device, the problems of fruit damage and stem retention during goji berry harvesting are solved, achieving precise harvesting and fruit integrity, and is suitable for a variety of fruits.

CN223859771UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-03DULAN FENGHAI WOLFBERRY CO LTD +1
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520477177.4
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-18
Publication Date
2026-02-03
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-18

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Technical Problem

Existing technologies are prone to damaging goji berries during harvesting and make it difficult to accurately pick individual berries and retain the length of the stem, thus affecting the integrity and quality of the fruit.

Method used

The clamping device is operated by a gear set controlled by a servo motor. The opening and closing state of the clamping device is used to cut the stem of the goji berry. The device is designed with adjustable left and right cavities and tooth shape to adapt to fruits of different shapes and achieve single-fruit picking.

Benefits of technology

It enables precise harvesting of goji berries, preserves the length of the fruit stalk, ensures the integrity and quality of the fruit, has a simple structure, low cost, and is suitable for a variety of fruits.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a single wolfberry picking device, and relates to the field of agricultural machinery. Comprising a mounting plate, a clamping device, a servo motor and a gear set, the servo motor is fixed on one side of the mounting plate; a main shaft of the servo motor is matched with the gear set; and the clamping device is mounted on the mounting plate. The fruit picking machine is simple in structure and suitable for picking various fruits one by one; the device can be mounted on each picking platform or can be used for picking in a handheld manner; a servo motor drives a first gear connecting rod to rotate and drives a second gear connecting rod to rotate at the same time, opening and closing of the clamping device are achieved, stems of fruits are pinched off through clamping of a left tooth profile and a right tooth profile, the fruits fall into a cavity formed when a left containing cavity and a right containing cavity of the clamping device are combined, and the fruits are prevented from being damaged. The fruit picking device is especially suitable for fruit trees with complex picking environments or thorns.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application relates to the field of agricultural machinery, in particular to a picking device for wolfberry. BACKGROUND

[0002] For some fruits, single picking is required to ensure the integrity of the fruits during post-processing, etc., which will basically be collected by people, because the skin of the fruits is easily damaged by agricultural machinery; for example, wolfberry fruits are characterized by berries, thin skin, high moisture, and high sweetness, and after picking, fresh fruit sales are required, and such wolfberries need to retain a certain length of fruit stem. There are many studies on batch picking, but sometimes in some environments, precise picking of wolfberries is also required, such as patent number 202411010702.8, entitled "A human-like wolfberry picking manipulator, picking assembly and picking method", which picks wolfberries by controlling a human-like manipulator, and the picked wolfberry fruits are temporarily stored in the groove-shaped palm. SUMMARY

[0003] Based on the above description, the single wolfberry picking device of the present application controls the gear set through the servo motor, the gear set controls the opening and closing state of the clamping device, and when the clamping device is closed, the fruit stem of the wolfberry is clamped and broken, the wolfberry is picked, and a certain length of fruit stem can be retained as needed; at the same time, the shape of the left and right cavities can also be designed according to the fruit shape of various fruits, and the appropriate left and right cavities can be designed to pick single fruits to ensure the integrity of the fruits.

[0004] The technical scheme adopted is: a single wolfberry picking device, comprising a mounting plate, a clamping device, a servo motor, and a gear set; the servo motor is fixed on one side of the mounting plate; the main shaft of the servo motor cooperates with the gear set; the clamping device is installed on the mounting plate;

[0005] The gear set comprises a first gear link and a second gear link;

[0006] The first gear link comprises a first gear and a first link, which are integrally formed;

[0007] The second gear link comprises a second gear and a second link, which are integrally formed;

[0008] The main shaft of the servo motor is connected to the first gear through a rudder disc, and the first gear is installed on the rudder disc; the first gear is engaged with the second gear;

[0009] The clamping device comprises a left clamp and a right clamp; the two structures are the same and are correspondingly installed on the mounting plate;

[0010] The left clamp comprises a left cavity, a left connecting piece and left movable rods; the left connecting piece is located at one side of the left cavity and is integrally formed with the left cavity; the left movable rods are two and are located at two sides of the mounting plate; one end of the left movable rods is installed at two sides of one end of the left connecting piece through bolts, and the other end of the left movable rods is installed at two sides of the mounting plate through bolts respectively; the other end of the left connecting piece is connected with one end of the second connecting rod through a bolt;

[0011] The right clamp comprises a right cavity, a right connecting piece and right movable rods; the right connecting piece is located at one side of the right cavity and is integrally formed with the right cavity; the right movable rods are two and are located at two sides of the mounting plate and correspond to the left movable rods; one end of the right movable rods is installed at one end of the right connecting piece through bolts respectively, and the other end of the right movable rods is installed at two sides of the mounting plate through bolts respectively; the other end of the right connecting piece is connected with one end of the first connecting rod through a bolt;

[0012] The cavity of the left cavity corresponds to the cavity of the right cavity, and the cavities are of the same shape and are hollow when combined.

[0013] Further, the upper edge of the left cavity is provided with a left tooth shape, the upper edge of the right cavity is provided with a right tooth shape, and the left cavity and the right cavity are semicircular, and when the left cavity and the right cavity are combined, the left tooth shape and the right tooth shape are overlapped, and the left cavity and the right cavity form a closed space.

[0014] Further, the length of the left tooth shape and the right tooth shape is equal, the length of the left tooth shape does not exceed one half of the circumference of the left cavity, and the length of the right tooth shape does not exceed one half of the circumference of the right cavity.

[0015] The utility model discloses simple structure, wide application range, low cost, realize accurate picking of fruit, through the cavity size and shape of left cavity and right cavity are changed, can be applicable to the picking of various fruits, when left cavity and right cavity are closed, the distribution of left tooth shape and right tooth shape is staggered, when left tooth shape is peak-shaped, the corresponding right tooth shape is valley-shaped, when the two are closed, the fruit stem is clamped, the length of fruit stem is reserved as required, fruit falls into the cavity when left cavity and right cavity are closed, the integrity of fruit is guaranteed, and the quality of fruit is improved.

[0016] The utility model discloses can be handheld, fix handheld device on the mounting plate, there is power supply and controller of driving servo motor on handheld device, to control the closure of clamping device, the utility model discloses can also be carried on various fruit picking platform. ACCURACY OF DRAWINGS

[0017] Fig. 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0018] Fig. 2 It is the exploded view of the utility model.

[0019] In the drawing: 1, mounting plate; 2, clamping device; 3, servo motor; 4, gear set; 5, first gear connecting rod; 51, first gear; 52, first connecting rod; 6, second gear connecting rod; 61, second gear; 62, second connecting rod; 7, steering wheel; 21, left clamp; 22, right clamp; 211, left cavity; 212, left connecting piece; 213, left movable rod; 214, left tooth shape; 221, right cavity; 222, right connecting piece; 223, right movable rod; 224, right tooth shape. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The application will be further described in connection with the drawing and by way of example. The following examples are illustrative of the application but are not intended to limit the application thereto. In the present example, the through hole is taken as the center, the proximity of the through hole is taken as the inside, and the edge of the water cooling plate is taken as the outside.

[0021] Referring to Figs. 1-2 As shown in the drawing, the single-gob wolfberry fruit picking device comprises a mounting plate 1, a clamping device 2, a servo motor 3, and a gear set 4. The servo motor 3 is fixed on one side of the mounting plate 1. The main shaft of the servo motor 3 is matched with the gear set. The clamping device 2 is installed on the mounting plate 1.

[0022] The gear set 4 comprises a first gear connecting rod 5 and a second gear connecting rod 6. The first gear connecting rod 5 comprises a first gear 51 and a first connecting rod 52, which are integrally formed. The second gear connecting rod 6 comprises a second gear 61 and a second connecting rod 62, which are integrally formed.

[0023] The main shaft of the servo motor 3 is connected with the first gear 51 through the steering wheel 7. The first gear 51 is installed on the steering wheel. The first gear 51 is engaged with the second gear 61.

[0024] The clamping device 2 comprises a left clamp 21 and a right clamp 22. The two clamps are identical in structure and are installed on the mounting plate.

[0025] The left clamp comprises a left cavity 211, a left connecting piece 212, and a left movable rod 213. The left connecting piece 212 is located on one side of the left cavity 211 and is integrally formed with the left cavity. The left movable rod 213 has two rods, which are located on two sides of the mounting plate 1. One end of the left movable rod 213 is installed on two sides of one end of the left connecting piece 212 through bolts. The other end of the left movable rod 213 is installed on two sides of the mounting plate 1 through bolts. The other end of the left connecting piece 212 is connected with one end of the second connecting rod 62 through a bolt.

[0026] The right clamp 22 comprises a right accommodating cavity 221, a right connecting piece 222 and two right movable rods 223. The right connecting piece 222 is located at one side of the right accommodating cavity 221 and is integrally formed with the right accommodating cavity 221. The two right movable rods 223 are located at two sides of the mounting plate 1 and correspond to the left movable rods 213. One end of each right movable rod 223 is installed at one end of the right connecting piece 222 by means of bolts, and the other end of each right movable rod 223 is installed at two sides of the mounting plate 1 by means of bolts. The other end of the right connecting piece 222 is connected with one end of the first connecting rod 52 by means of bolts.

[0027] The left accommodating cavity 211 and the right accommodating cavity 221 are semicircular. The cavity of the left accommodating cavity 211 corresponds to the cavity of the right accommodating cavity 221, and the two cavities are circular and hollow when combined. The upper edge of the left accommodating cavity 211 is provided with a left tooth shape 214. The upper edge of the right accommodating cavity 221 is provided with a right tooth shape 224. The length of the left tooth shape 214 is equal to the length of the right tooth shape 224. When the left accommodating cavity 211 and the right accommodating cavity 221 are combined, the left tooth shape 214 and the right tooth shape 224 coincide to clamp off the fruit stem. The length of the left tooth shape 214 is not more than one half of the circumference of the left accommodating cavity. The length of the right tooth shape 224 is not more than one half of the circumference of the right accommodating cavity.

Claims

1. A single goji berry harvesting device, characterized in that: It includes a mounting plate, a clamping device, a servo motor, and a gear set; the servo motor is fixed to one side of the mounting plate; the spindle of the servo motor meshes with the gear set; the clamping device is mounted on the mounting plate; The gear set includes a first gear connecting rod and a second gear connecting rod; The first gear connecting rod includes a first gear and a first connecting rod, which are integrally formed; The second gear connecting rod includes a second gear and a second connecting rod, which are integrally formed; The spindle of the servo motor is connected to the first gear via a servo disk; the first gear is mounted on the servo disk; the first gear meshes with the second gear; The clamping device includes a left clamp and a right clamp; both have the same structure and are mounted on the mounting plate accordingly. The left clamp includes a left cavity, a left connector, and a left movable rod; the left connector is located on one side of the left cavity and is integrally formed with the left cavity; there are two left movable rods, located on both sides of the mounting plate; One end of each of the two left movable rods is bolted to both sides of one end of the left connector, and the other end of the left movable rod is bolted to both sides of the mounting plate; the other end of the left connector is bolted to one end of the second connecting rod. The right clamp includes a right cavity, a right connector, and a right movable rod; the right connector is located on one side of the right cavity and is integrally formed with the right cavity; there are two right movable rods, located on both sides of the mounting plate, corresponding to the left movable rod; one end of each of the two right movable rods is bolted to one end of the right connector, and the other end of the right movable rods is bolted to both sides of the mounting plate; the other end of the right connector is bolted to one end of the first connecting rod. The left cavity corresponds to the right cavity; they have the same shape and, when combined, form a closed, hollow structure.

2. The single wolfberry harvesting device according to claim 1, characterized in that... The upper edge of the left cavity has a left tooth shape; the upper edge of the right cavity has a right tooth shape; the left and right cavities are semi-circular, and when the left and right cavities merge, the left tooth shape coincides with the right tooth shape, and the left and right cavities form a closed space.

3. The single wolfberry harvesting device according to claim 2, characterized in that... The left and right tooth profiles are of equal length; the length of the left tooth profile does not exceed half the circumference of the left cavity; the length of the right tooth profile does not exceed half the circumference of the right cavity.

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