Automatic sorting device for zooplankton living body samples

By designing an automatic sorting device for live zooplankton samples, and utilizing a servo motor-driven threaded column and filter plate structure, the automatic sorting and collection of zooplankton is realized, solving the problems of time-consuming, labor-intensive, and live animal damage in traditional methods, and improving the survival rate of live animals.

CN223902017UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-13HUBEI HUACHUANG ANIMAL HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520293376.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-24
Publication Date
2026-02-13
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-24

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Technical Problem

Traditional methods of collecting zooplankton are time-consuming, labor-intensive, inefficient, and can easily damage live animals, affecting their vitality and survival rate.

Method used

An automatic sorting device for live zooplankton samples was designed. It utilizes a servo motor-driven threaded column and filter plate structure to achieve automatic sorting and collection of zooplankton, avoiding the application of additional force to the live organisms and increasing the survival rate.

Benefits of technology

It enables simple and convenient sorting of zooplankton, improves the survival rate of live samples, and reduces the labor intensity and damage to live organisms caused by manual operation.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of zooplankton sorting, and discloses a zooplankton living body sample automatic sorting device which comprises a box body, partition plates are fixedly connected to the two sides of the inner wall of the box body, a sorting cavity is formed in an inner cavity, located between the partition plates, of the box body, and collecting cavities are formed in the box body and located on the two sides of the sorting cavity. A filtering assembly is mounted in an inner cavity of the sorting cavity and is used for filtering a living body sample; according to the automatic sorting device for zooplankter living body samples, a first filter plate is used for filtering, zooplankter living bodies stay in an inner cavity of a sorting cavity, along with filtering, the concentration of the living bodies in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity is increased, at the moment, the first filter plate moves upwards, so that the living bodies and water are driven to move upwards, and in the process, a pressing plate slides towards an inner cavity of a sleeve plate; the collecting cavity is opened, then high-concentration living bodies above the first filter plate can enter the inner cavity of the collecting cavity along with water, separation is easy and convenient, extra force is not applied to the living bodies, and the survival rate of the living bodies is increased.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to plankton sorting technical field, concretely is a kind of plankton live sample automatic sorting device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Plankton refers to small animals that float or swim weakly in water. Plankton has many species, from low-level microzooid, coelenterate, ctenophore, rotifer, crustacean, gastropod and so on to high-level tail cord animal, and almost every class has permanent representative, among which the most prominent is the Copepoda with many species, large quantity and wide distribution. Plankton is also widely distributed in water layer, whether in fresh water or in shallow and deep layer of sea water, there are typical representatives. Plankton is the natural bait of aquatic animal larva stage, and some aquatic animals even take plankton as bait for their whole life. Therefore, artificial cultivation of plankton is not only an important technology to support the breeding of aquatic animal seedlings, but also an auxiliary technology necessary for studying the early development process of aquatic organisms.

[0003] At present, there are two ways for traditional plankton collection. One is to use a suitable net to manually pick up plankton from plankton cultivation pond, which needs a lot of labor, has large workload, low efficiency and is easy to damage the stability of plankton cultivation pond. The other traditional collection method is to make a net bag with a suitable mesh at the front end of a siphon, and use the siphon to collect plankton. A staff needs to stand beside and shake the net bag from time to time to prevent the net bag from being detached from the siphon due to mesh blockage, and the plankton entering the net bag is also easy to be damaged under the continuous washing and extrusion of strong water flow, which affects the vitality and temporary survival rate. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a plankton live sample automatic sorting device, which has the advantages of simple and convenient sorting and keeping the vitality of live bodies, and avoids the problems of time-consuming and labor-consuming and high mortality rate of live bodies.

[0005] To achieve the purpose of simple and convenient sorting and keeping the vitality of live bodies, the utility model provides the following technical scheme:

[0006] A plankton live sample automatic sorting device, comprising a box body, the inner wall of the box body is fixedly connected with a partition plate on both sides, a sorting cavity is formed in the inner cavity of the box body between the partition plates, a collecting cavity is formed in the box body on both sides of the sorting cavity, a filter assembly is installed in the sorting cavity, the filter assembly is used for filtering live samples, a separation assembly is installed in the collecting cavity, the separation assembly is used for separating live bodies, and the device further comprises:

[0007] The filtering assembly comprises a servo motor fixedly installed at the bottom of the box body, a threaded column fixedly connected to the output end of the servo motor, a first filter plate threadedly connected to the side wall of the threaded column, a sleeve plate fixedly connected to the inner wall of the box body, a pressing plate slidably connected to the inner wall of the sleeve plate, a spring fixedly connected between the pressing plate and the sleeve plate, the pressing plate being attachable to the surface of the partition plate, a connecting plate fixedly connected to the side wall of the pressing plate, top columns fixedly connected to the two sides of the top of the first filter plate, and the connecting plate being attachable to the top columns, the first filter plate being used for filtering, the plankton staying in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity, the threaded column being used for driving the first filter plate to move upward, in the process, the pressing plate sliding into the inner cavity of the sleeve plate, the collecting cavity being opened, and then the high-concentration living bodies above the first filter plate entering the inner cavity of the collecting cavity along with the water.

[0008] According to some embodiments, the separating assembly comprises a second filter plate fixedly installed at the side wall of the partition plate, a channel being formed in the inner wall of the partition plate, a square pipeline fixedly connected to the bottom of the box body, the square pipeline, the channel and the collecting cavity being in communication, a separating opening being formed in the side wall of the box body outside the collecting cavity, and a sealing gasket being clamped in the inner wall of the separating opening, the excessive water in the collecting cavity entering the channel in the inner cavity of the partition plate through the second filter plate and then flowing out through the square pipeline, so that the living bodies in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity are further separated.

[0009] According to some embodiments, third filter plates are fixedly connected to the inner walls of the two sides of the box body above the sorting cavity, the bottom of each third filter plate being fixedly connected to an inclined plate, and the sleeve plate being fixedly connected to the inclined plate, the third filter plates and the inclined plates being both arranged in an inclined manner, the third filter plates being inclined toward the center of the box body and the inclined plates being inclined toward the water outlet, the third filter plates being used for preliminarily filtering the pond water, avoiding excessive pond water from entering the first filter plate and slowing down the filtering speed of the first filter plate, and a water outlet pipe being fixedly connected to the bottom of the box body and provided with a pump body on the side wall.

[0010] Advantages

[0011] The automatic sorting device for plankton living body samples has the following advantages:

[0012] (1) The automatic sorting device for plankton living body samples filters by using the first filter plate, the plankton living bodies staying in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity, the concentration of the living bodies in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity increasing along with the filtering, the first filter plate moving upward at this time, the living bodies and water being driven to move upward in the process, the pressing plate sliding into the inner cavity of the sleeve plate, the collecting cavity being opened, the high-concentration living bodies above the first filter plate entering the inner cavity of the collecting cavity along with the water, the separation being simple and convenient, no additional force being applied to the living bodies, and the survival rate of the living bodies being increased.

[0013] (2) the automatic sorting device of the plankton live sample, the water in the collecting cavity can flow into the channel in the inner cavity of the partition plate through the second filter plate and then flow out through the square pipeline, thereby further separating the live bodies in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity, and a part of the water below the second filter plate still exists in the inner part of the collecting cavity, thereby keeping the live bodies alive, and the live bodies in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity can be taken out by disassembling the sealing gasket. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 it is structure schematic diagram of the device of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 2 it is part sectional structure schematic diagram of the device of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 3 it is structure schematic diagram (right section) of the device of the utility model;

[0017] Figure 4 it is structure schematic diagram (right section) of the partition plate of the utility model.

[0018] In the drawing: 1, box body; 101, partition plate; 102, sorting cavity; 103, collecting cavity; 2, filter assembly; 201, servo motor; 202, threaded column; 203, first filter plate; 204, cover plate; 205, pressing plate; 206, spring; 207, connecting plate; 208, top column; 3, separation assembly; 301, second filter plate; 302, channel; 303, square pipeline; 304, sealing gasket; 4, third filter plate; 401, inclined plate; 402, water outlet; 403, water outlet pipe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0019] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model. 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 fall within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0020] REFERENCE Figures 1-4 A kind of automatic sorting device of plankton live sample, including box body 1, both sides of box body 1 inner wall are fixedly connected with partition plate 101, sorting cavity 102 is set in the inner cavity of box body 1 between partition plate 101, collecting cavity 103 is set in the both sides of box body 1 of sorting cavity 102, filter assembly 2 is installed in the inner cavity of sorting cavity 102, filter assembly 2 is used to filter live sample, separation assembly 3 is installed in the inner cavity of collecting cavity 103, separation assembly 3 is used to separate live body, further include:

[0021] The filtering assembly 2 comprises a servo motor 201 fixedly installed at the bottom of the box body 1, a threaded column 202 fixedly connected to the output end of the servo motor 201, a first filter plate 203 threadedly connected to the side wall of the threaded column 202, a sleeve plate 204 fixedly connected to the inner wall of the box body 1, a pressing plate 205 slidingly connected to the inner wall of the sleeve plate 204, a spring 206 fixedly connected between the pressing plate 205 and the sleeve plate 204, and the pressing plate 205 can be attached to the surface of the partition plate 101.

[0022] The side wall of the pressing plate 205 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 207, and the top of the first filter plate 203 is fixedly connected with a top column 208 on both sides.

[0023] It should be noted that the water in the pool is pumped into the inner cavity of the sorting cavity 102 in the box body 1, wherein the water in the pool is filtered by the first filter plate 203, and the live zooplankton stays in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity 102. With the filtration, the concentration of the live zooplankton in the inner cavity of the sorting cavity 102 increases. At this time, the servo motor 201 can slowly rotate the threaded column 202, and the first filter plate 203 can be moved upward by the threaded connection between the threaded column 202 and the first filter plate 203, so as to move the live zooplankton and water upward. In this process, the top column 208 will contact the connecting plate 207, thereby extruding the connecting plate 207 and the pressing plate 205 to slide into the inner cavity of the sleeve plate 204, so that the collection cavity 103 is opened, and then the high-concentration live zooplankton above the first filter plate 203 will enter the inner cavity of the collection cavity 103 with the water. The separation is simple and convenient, and no additional force is applied to the live zooplankton, thereby increasing the survival rate of the live zooplankton.

[0024] Referring to Figures 1-4 The separation assembly 3 comprises a second filter plate 301 fixedly installed on the side wall of the partition plate 101, and a channel 302 formed in the inner wall of the partition plate 101.

[0025] The bottom of the box body 1 is fixedly connected with a square pipeline 303, and the square pipeline 303, the channel 302 and the collection cavity 103 are connected in communication.

[0026] A separation opening is formed in the side wall of the box body 1 outside the collection cavity 103, and a sealing gasket 304 is clamped in the inner wall of the separation opening.

[0027] It should be noted that: high concentration of living water into the collection cavity 103, when the collection cavity 103 water too much, its internal water will be through the second filter plate 301 into the partition plate 101 cavity passage 302, at this time the collection cavity 103 living will be blocked by the second filter plate 301, and the filtered water will flow out through the square duct 303, thus further separating the collection cavity 103 cavity living, and the collection cavity 103 inside will still exist a part of the second filter plate 301 below the water, thus the living keep vitality, can be removed by disassembling the gasket 304 to take out the collection cavity 103 cavity living.

[0028] Referring to Figures 1-4 The third filter plate 4 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the upper box 1 on both sides of the sorting cavity 102. The bottom of the third filter plate 4 is fixedly connected with the inclined plate 401, and the sleeve plate 204 is fixedly connected with the inclined plate 401.

[0029] The water outlet 402 is arranged on the side wall of the box 1. The third filter plate 4 and the inclined plate 401 are arranged in an inclined manner. The third filter plate 4 is inclined towards the center of the box 1, and the inclined plate 401 is inclined towards the water outlet 402.

[0030] The water outlet pipe 403 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the box 1. The pump body is arranged on the side wall of the water outlet pipe 403.

[0031] It should be noted that: before the pool water enters the sorting cavity 102, it will fall on the surface of the third filter plate 4. Most of the pool water will be filtered by the third filter plate 4, and will flow out of the box 1 through the inclined plate 401 and the water outlet 402. The remaining part of the living and pool water will enter the sorting cavity 102, and the pool water will be preliminarily filtered. The filtering speed of the first filter plate 203 can be accelerated. The filtered water of the first filter plate 203 can be discharged through the water outlet pipe 403.

[0032] Operation mode: the pool water is pumped into the cavity of the box 1, and most of the pool water will be filtered by the third filter plate 4, and will flow out of the box 1 through the inclined plate 401 and the water outlet 402. The remaining part of the living and pool water will enter the sorting cavity 102, and the pool water will be filtered by the first filter plate 203, and the zooplankton living will stay in the cavity of the sorting cavity 102. As the filtering proceeds, the concentration of the living in the cavity of the sorting cavity 102 increases. At this time, the first filter plate 203 can be driven to move upwards by the threaded column 202 driven by the servo motor 201. The first filter plate 203 is connected with the threaded column 202 through the threaded connection, so that the first filter plate 203 is driven to move upwards, and the living and water are driven to move upwards. In this process, the top column 208 will be in contact with the connecting plate 207, so as to extrude the connecting plate 207 and the pressing plate 205 to slide into the cavity of the sleeve plate 204, so that the collection cavity 103 is opened, and the high concentration of living above the first filter plate 203 will enter the cavity of the collection cavity 103, so that the living is separated simply and conveniently without applying additional force to the living, and the survival rate of the living is increased.

[0033] When the high concentration of living water enters the collecting cavity 103, the water inside the collecting cavity 103 will enter the passage 302 in the inner cavity of the partition plate 101 through the second filter plate 301 when the water in the collecting cavity 103 is excessive, at this time, the living things in the collecting cavity 103 are blocked by the second filter plate 301, and the filtered water flows out through the square pipe 303, thereby further separating the living things in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity 103, and there is still a part of the water in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity 103 below the second filter plate 301, thereby keeping the living things alive, and the living things in the inner cavity of the collecting cavity 103 can be taken out by disassembling the sealing gasket 304.

[0034] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An automatic sorting device for live samples of zooplankton, comprising a box (1), characterized in that: Both sides of the inner wall of the box (1) are fixedly connected with the partition plate (101), the inner cavity of the box (1) between the partition plates (101) is provided with a sorting cavity (102), both sides of the sorting cavity (102) are provided with a collection cavity (103) in the box (1), the sorting cavity (102) is provided with a filter assembly (2), the filter assembly (2) is used for filtering living samples, the collection cavity (103) is provided with a separation assembly (3), the separation assembly (3) is used for separating living bodies, and the box (1) is further provided with: The filter assembly (2) comprises a servo motor (201), the servo motor (201) is fixedly installed at the bottom of the box (1), the output end of the servo motor (201) is fixedly connected with a threaded column (202), the side wall of the threaded column (202) is threadedly connected with a first filter plate (203), the inner wall of the box (1) is fixedly connected with a sleeve plate (204), the inner wall of the sleeve plate (204) is slidably connected with a pressing plate (205), the pressing plate (205) and the sleeve plate (204) are fixedly connected with a spring (206), and the pressing plate (205) can be attached to the surface of the partition plate (101).

2. The automatic zooplankton live sample sorting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: The side wall of the pressing plate (205) is fixedly connected with a connecting plate (207), both sides of the top of the first filter plate (203) are fixedly connected with a top column (208), and the connecting plate (207) can be attached to the top column (208).

3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: The separation assembly (3) comprises a second filter plate (301), the second filter plate (301) is fixedly installed on the side wall of the partition plate (101), and the inner wall of the partition plate (101) is provided with a channel (302).

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: The bottom of the box (1) is fixedly connected with a square pipeline (303), and the square pipeline (303), the channel (302) and the collection cavity (103) are communicated.

5. The apparatus according to claim 4, wherein: The side wall of the box (1) outside the collection cavity (103) is provided with a separation opening, and the inner wall of the separation opening is clamped with a sealing gasket (304).

6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein: The inner wall of the box (1) on both sides above the sorting cavity (102) is fixedly connected with a third filter plate (4), the bottom of the third filter plate (4) is fixedly connected with an inclined plate (401), and the sleeve plate (204) is fixedly connected with the inclined plate (401).

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein: The side wall of the box (1) is provided with a water outlet (402), the third filter plate (4) and the inclined plate (401) are both arranged in an inclined manner, the third filter plate (4) is inclined to the center of the box (1), and the inclined plate (401) is inclined to the direction of the water outlet (402).

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein: The bottom of the box (1) is fixedly connected with a water outlet pipe (403), and the side wall of the water outlet pipe (403) is provided with a pump body.