Medicinal material rhizome and soil block separation structure

By installing a soil-breaking roller and a swing arm assembly driven by elastic components on the medicinal herb root and stem harvesting equipment, the problem of large clods of soil not falling off was solved, achieving efficient separation of medicinal herb roots and stems from soil clods and improving harvesting efficiency.

CN223912957UActive Publication Date: 2026-02-17LUOYANG SIDA AGRI MASCH CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520562232.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-03-28
Publication Date
2026-02-17
Estimated Expiration
2035-03-28

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Technical Problem

Existing medicinal herb root and rhizome harvesting equipment often results in large clods of soil that cannot be dropped by the conveyor chain when shoveling up the soil. Furthermore, these large clods may contain roots and rhizomes, requiring manual breaking up, which leads to low harvesting efficiency.

Method used

A soil-breaking component, including a soil-breaking roller and a swing arm driven by an elastic element, is installed above the conveyor chain. The soil-breaking roller squeezes large clods of soil against the surface of the conveyor chain, promoting the separation of the rhizomes from the soil clods.

Benefits of technology

It effectively crushes large clods of soil, improves the separation efficiency of medicinal roots and stems from soil, reduces manual intervention, and enhances the automation level of harvesting equipment.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a medicinal material rhizome and soil block separating structure which comprises a conveying chain and further comprises a soil breaking assembly arranged above the conveying chain, and the soil breaking assembly comprises a soil breaking roller parallel to the conveying face of the conveying chain; the two swing arms are arranged at the two ends of the soil breaking roller respectively, one end of each swing arm is rotationally matched with a roller shaft of the soil breaking roller, and the other end of each swing arm is rotationally arranged around a first axis parallel to the conveying surface; and the elastic piece applies force to the swing arm and is used for providing elastic force for the swing arm to swing around the first axis, so that the soil breaking roller swings towards the direction close to the conveying surface. Compared with the prior art, the soil breaking roller assembly has the following beneficial effects that the soil breaking roller of the soil breaking roller assembly extrudes a soil layer together with the upper surface of the conveying chain under the action of the elastic force of the elastic piece; large soil blocks can be crushed, so that the separation of rhizomes and the soil blocks is promoted, and the harvesting effect is improved.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to medicinal material rhizome harvesting equipment technical field especially relates to a medicinal material rhizome soil block separation structure. BACKGROUND

[0002] When medicinal material rhizome is harvested, mostly adopts manual or mechanical harvesting mode, at present, the basic structure of the equipment for harvesting medicinal material rhizome includes shovel plate and at least one conveying chain, the harvesting equipment is towed on agricultural machinery, uses the power of agricultural machinery to pull, the conveying chain is driven by the power of agricultural machinery, the shovel plate is together with soil layer and medicinal material rhizome is shovelled up, then is conveyed through the conveying chain, the conveying chain is generally formed by the rod piece arranged at intervals, and the soil block falls through the gap between the conveying chains in the conveying process, and the rhizome is conveyed by the conveying chain to separate the soil and the rhizome, and the harvesting purpose is achieved.

[0003] However, the above-mentioned mechanical still has some problems, after the shovel plate is shovelled up the soil layer, there will be the situation of large soil block, the large soil block cannot fall through the conveying chain together with the rhizome and is harvested, and the rhizome can be wrapped in the large soil block, and the soil block still needs to be manually knocked, therefore, the harvesting equipment still has the space for improvement. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] The utility model aims at solving above -mentioned problem and provides a medicinal material rhizome soil block separation structure.

[0005] In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: a medicinal material rhizome soil block separation structure, including conveying chain, further including the soil breaking assembly arranged above the conveying chain, and the soil breaking assembly includes:

[0006] The soil breaking roller is arranged in parallel with the conveying surface of the conveying chain.

[0007] The swing arm includes two swing arms arranged at the two ends of the soil breaking roller, one end of the swing arm is rotationally connected with the roller shaft of the soil breaking roller, and the other end is rotationally arranged around the first axis arranged in parallel with the conveying surface.

[0008] The elastic member is arranged on the swing arm and is used to provide the swing arm with elastic force around the first axis, so that the soil breaking roller swings towards the conveying surface.

[0009] Further, the middle region of the swing arm is hingedly connected with an ear plate, the ear plate is connected with a guide rod, a support plate is further arranged above the swing arm, the upper end of the guide rod penetrates through the support plate, and the elastic member is a compression spring sleeved on the guide rod and abutting against the ear plate and the support plate at both ends.

[0010] Further, a limiting nut is arranged on the guide rod above the support plate, and the limiting nut is limitedly matched with the upper surface of the support plate.

[0011] Further, the driving device is further included, and the driving device is in driving connection with the soil breaking roller, and is used for driving the soil breaking roller to rotate around the axis.

[0012] Further, the conveying chain includes two soil breaking assemblies which are arranged at intervals along the conveying direction.

[0013] Further, one end of the first axis of the two soil breaking assemblies is arranged close to each other, a first gear is arranged between the two first axes, second gears and third gears are engaged on two sides of the first gear, the axes of the second gears and the third gears are coincided with the two first axes respectively, and the second gears and the third gears are in driving connection with the two soil breaking rollers respectively.

[0014] Further, the distance between the axis of the first gear and the two first axes is equal.

[0015] Further, the second gear is coaxially arranged with a fourth sprocket, the third gear is coaxially arranged with a fifth sprocket, and the two soil breaking rollers are respectively arranged with the second sprocket and the third sprocket.

[0016] Further, two side plates which are arranged at intervals are included, the conveying chain and the soil breaking assembly are arranged between the two side plates, and the supporting plate and the swing arm are connected with the supporting plate.

[0017] Further, the first gear, the second gear and the third gear are arranged on the outside of one side plate, and two arc-shaped holes which are adapted to the swing track of the two soil breaking rollers are arranged on the side plate.

[0018] Compared with the prior art, the medicine root rhizome soil block separation structure has the following beneficial effects: the soil breaking roller of the soil breaking roller assembly is pressed against the soil layer together with the upper surface of the conveying chain under the elastic force of the elastic element, which is beneficial to the crushing of large soil blocks, so as to promote the separation of the rhizome and the soil block and improve the harvesting effect. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a whole structure schematic view of the medicine root rhizome soil block separation structure.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a side view structure schematic view of the medicine root rhizome soil block separation structure.

[0021] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 It is a local enlarged structure schematic view of the B part in the medicine root rhizome soil block separation structure.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a side view structure schematic view of the harvesting equipment.

[0023] Figure 5The whole structure schematic diagram of the harvesting equipment in the utility model Figure 1 .

[0024] Figure 6 The whole structure schematic diagram of the harvesting equipment in the utility model Figure 2 .

[0025] Figure 7 The structure schematic diagram of the hidden part components of the harvesting equipment in the utility model.

[0026] Figure 8 For Figure 6 The local enlarged structure schematic diagram of A in the harvesting equipment in the utility model.

[0027] In the drawing: 10, shovel plate; 11, side plate; 110, first arc-shaped hole; 111, second arc-shaped hole; 12, gearbox; 13, first conveying chain; 130, first conveying surface; 14, second conveying chain; 140, second conveying surface; 20, first gear; 21, second gear; 210, fourth sprocket; 22, third gear; 220, fifth sprocket; 221, sixth sprocket; 23, first sprocket; 231, first chain; 24, second sprocket; 241, second chain; 25, third sprocket; 251, third chain; 31, first soil breaking assembly; 310, first shaft; 311, first guide rod; 312, first soil breaking roller; 313, first swing arm; 314, first supporting plate; 315, first lug plate; 32, second soil breaking assembly; 320, second shaft; 321, second guide rod; 3210, second limiting nut; 322, second soil breaking roller; 323, second swing arm; 3231, connecting end; 324, second supporting plate; 325, second lug plate; 326, second compression spring. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The utility model will be explained in further detail now in combination with the drawings. The drawings are simplified schematic diagrams, and only illustrate the basic structure of the utility model in a schematic way, thus only show the components related to the utility model.

[0029] Please refer to Figures 1-3 As a specific implementation, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: a medicinal material rhizome soil block separation structure, which comprises a conveying chain and further comprises a soil breaking assembly arranged above the conveying chain, the soil breaking assembly comprising:

[0030] a soil breaking roller, which is arranged in parallel with the conveying surface of the conveying chain;

[0031] a swing arm, which comprises two swing arms arranged at two ends of the soil breaking roller, one end of the swing arm is rotationally matched with the roller shaft of the soil breaking roller, and the other end is rotationally arranged around the first shaft 310 arranged in parallel with the conveying surface;

[0032] The elastic member is arranged between the swing arm and the side plate 11 and is arranged around the first axis 310 to provide elastic force for the swing arm to swing around the first axis 310, so that the soil breaking roller swings towards the conveying surface.

[0033] Specifically, referring to Figures 4-8 , the structure diagram of the root and stem harvesting device for medicinal materials, which comprises two side plates 11 arranged in parallel and at intervals, a shovel plate 10 arranged at the front end of the two side plates 11, a conveying chain arranged behind the shovel plate 10, a gearbox 12 arranged above the side plates 11, and a suspension, wherein the suspension is used to connect with the tractor to drag the harvester forward, the gearbox 12 is used to connect with the power of the tractor to provide power for the harvester, and the soil breaking assembly is arranged above the conveying chain and is provided with elastic force by the elastic member, referring to Figure 2 , when the root and stem of medicinal materials are harvested, the tractor drags the harvester forward, the soil layer is shovelled by the shovel plate 10, the root and stem of medicinal materials are shovelled together with the soil layer, then enter the conveying chain behind, and the conveying chain conveys the soil layer away from the shovel plate 10, in the conveying process, small pieces of soil fall through the gap of the conveying chain, and large pieces and roots are conveyed to the soil breaking roller assembly, the soil breaking roller of the soil breaking roller assembly is pressed together with the upper surface of the conveying chain under the action of the elastic force of the elastic member, which is beneficial to the crushing of the large pieces of soil, so as to promote the separation of the roots and the soil and improve the harvesting effect.

[0034] Specifically, the elastic member can be selected from a torsion spring arranged between the side plate 11 and the swing arm around the first axis 310, a tension spring arranged between the middle region of the swing arm and the side plate 11, etc.

[0035] Further, as a specific embodiment, referring to Figures 1-3 , the middle region of the swing arm is hingedly connected with an ear plate, the ear plate is connected with a guide rod, a support plate is further arranged above the swing arm, the upper end of the guide rod penetrates through the support plate, and the elastic member is a compression spring sleeved on the guide rod and abutting against the ear plate and the support plate at both ends.

[0036] Specifically, each soil breaking assembly comprises two swing arms arranged at both ends of the soil breaking roller, one end of the swing arm is rotatably connected with the two side plates 11 around the first axis 310 respectively, and the other end is rotatably connected with the soil breaking roller, the middle region of the swing arm is hingedly connected with an ear plate, the ear plate is connected with a guide rod fixedly arranged by welding or screwing, the two side plates 11 are respectively provided with a support plate, the support plate is provided with a hole through which the guide rod penetrates, and the elastic member is a compression spring sleeved on the guide rod. It should be noted that the support plate can be arranged to rotate around a virtual axis, which is perpendicular to the guide rod and parallel to the first axis 310, so that the support plate can rotate around the virtual axis when the swing arm swings. As another embodiment, the hole through which the guide rod penetrates on the support plate can be a strip-shaped hole, the length direction of the strip-shaped hole is perpendicular to the first axis 310, so that the guide rod can swing within a certain angle when the swing arm swings, which meets the working requirements.

[0037] Furthermore, as a specific implementation, a limiting nut is provided on the guide rod located above the support plate, and the limiting nut engages with the upper surface of the support plate for limiting. In a preferred embodiment, the upper end of the guide rod is threaded with the limiting nut. The limiting nut can limit the guide rod by engaging with the upper surface of the support plate, and the position of the limiting nut on the guide rod can be adjusted to regulate the distance between the breaking roller and the conveyor chain, thereby adjusting the working gap.

[0038] Furthermore, as a preferred embodiment, it also includes a driving device, which is connected to the soil-breaking roller and is used to drive the soil-breaking roller to rotate around its axis.

[0039] Specifically, the drive unit can be a device that is connected to the gearbox 12 for drive, see reference. Figure 1 , Figure 2 , Figure 4 The driving device is a first sprocket 23 located below the soil-breaking roller. The first sprocket 23 can be driven by the gearbox 12. The first sprocket 23 is connected to the soil-breaking roller via the first chain 231, driving the soil-breaking roller to rotate around its axis. For details, refer to... Figure 1 , Figure 2 The direction of rotation of the breaking roller is opposite to that of the conveyor chain below, so that the soil layer can pass through the breaking roller and the conveyor chain more smoothly, improving the breaking efficiency.

[0040] Furthermore, as a preferred embodiment, the conveyor chain includes two spaced apart along the conveying direction, each conveyor chain being equipped with a ground-breaking component.

[0041] Specifically, in a preferred embodiment, the conveyor chain includes a first conveyor chain 13 and a second conveyor chain 14. For ease of description, the two soil-breaking components are referred to as the first soil-breaking component 31 and the second soil-breaking component 32. The first soil-breaking component 31 is located at the tail of the first conveyor chain 13, and the second soil-breaking component 32 is located in the middle of the second conveyor chain 14. Along the conveying direction, both the first conveyor chain 13 and the second conveyor chain 14 are gradually inclined upwards. The end of the second conveyor chain 14 is located below the tail of the first conveyor chain 13. With this arrangement, after the soil layer is shoveled up, it is conveyed by the first conveyor chain 13 and crushed by the first soil-breaking component 31, falling onto the second conveyor chain 14 below. The crushed soil falls off after passing through the second conveyor chain 14, while the roots and large soil particles are conveyed along the second conveyor chain 14 and crushed by the second soil-breaking roller 322 group, thereby achieving a better soil-breaking effect.

[0042] Furthermore, as a specific implementation method, refer to Figures 1-3The second soil breaking assembly 32 comprises a second soil breaking roller 322, two second swing arms 323 arranged at both ends of the second soil breaking roller 322, a second ear plate 325 hingedly connected to the second swing arm 323, a second guide rod 321 connected to the second ear plate 325, a second supporting plate 324 matched with the second guide rod 321, the second supporting plate 324 being arranged on the side plate 11, a second compression spring 326 arranged between the second supporting plate 324 and the second ear plate 325, the second compression spring 326 being used to apply elastic force to the second swing arm 323 to provide compression force for the second soil breaking roller, an outer thread being arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the second guide rod, the second limiting nut 3210 being threadedly connected with the outer thread, and the second limiting nut 3210 being capable of being adjusted in the axial direction of the second guide rod. Similarly, the first soil breaking assembly 31 comprises a first soil breaking roller 312, two first swing arms 313 rotatably arranged at both ends of the first soil breaking roller 312, a first ear plate 315 hingedly connected to the middle region of the first swing arm 313, a first guide rod 311 connected to the first ear plate 315, a first supporting plate 314 matched with the first guide rod 311, a first compression spring arranged between the first supporting plate 314 and the first ear plate 315, and an outer thread arranged on the end of the first guide rod 311, the first limiting nut being threadedly connected with the outer thread.

[0043] Further, as a preferred embodiment, referring to Figure 2 、 Figure 4 、 Figure 7 、 Figure 8 , the first shaft 310 of one of the two soil breaking assemblies is arranged close to one end, a first gear 20 is arranged between the two first shafts 310, second and third gears 21 and 22 are engaged on both sides of the first gear 20, the axes of the second and third gears 21 and 22 respectively coincide with the two first shafts 310, and the second and third gears 21 and 22 are respectively drivingly connected with the two soil breaking rollers.

[0044] Specifically, the first gear 20 is rotatably arranged on the outer side wall of the side plate 11, a sixth sprocket 221 is drivingly connected with the first gear 20, a first sprocket 23 is arranged below the first gear 20, and the first sprocket 23 is drivingly connected with the sixth sprocket 221 through a first chain 231, so that the third gear 22 can drive the first gear 20 to rotate when the third gear 22 rotates, the first gear 20 drives the second and third gears 21 and 22 to rotate when the first gear 20 rotates, and the first and second soil breaking rollers 312 and 322 rotate in the clockwise direction, referring to Figure 2

[0045] ​Further, as a preferred embodiment, the axis of the first gear 20 is equal to the distance from the two first shafts 310. Through this arrangement, the transmission structure between the gear sets is simple and reasonable, which is conducive to simplifying the overall structure, reducing the failure rate and production cost.

[0046] Further, as a specific embodiment, the second gear 21 is coaxially provided with a fourth sprocket 210, the third gear 22 is coaxially provided with a fifth sprocket 220, and the two soil breaking rollers are respectively provided with a second sprocket 24 and a third sprocket 25. Specifically, referring to Figure 2 , the fourth sprocket 210 is connected with the second sprocket 24 through the second chain 241, and the fifth sprocket 220 is drivingly connected with the third sprocket 25 through the third chain 251, referring to Figure 2 In operation, the first gear 20 rotates counterclockwise, driving the second gear 21 and the third gear 22 to rotate clockwise, thereby driving the first soil breaking roller 312 and the second soil breaking roller 322 to rotate clockwise, which is the same as the transmission direction of the transmission surface of the first transmission chain and the transmission direction of the second transmission surface 140 of the second transmission chain 14.

[0047] Further, as a specific embodiment, referring to Figures 4-8 The harvesting device comprises two side plates 11 arranged at intervals, the transmission chain and the soil breaking roller set are arranged between the two side plates 11, and the support plate and the swing arm are connected with the support plate.

[0048] Further, as a specific embodiment, the first gear 20, the second gear 21 and the third gear 22 are arranged on the outside of a side plate 11, and the side plate 11 is provided with two arc-shaped holes adapted to the swing trajectories of the two soil breaking rollers. Specifically, one end of the first soil breaking roller 312 is coaxially extended to be provided with a first shaft 310, the first shaft 310 can pass out of the first arc-shaped hole 110, and the end portion is provided with a third sprocket 25. One end of the second soil breaking roller 322 is coaxially extended to be provided with a second shaft 320, and the end portion of the second shaft 320 is provided with a second gear 21. Through this arrangement, the gear set and the transmission chain can be arranged on the outside of a side plate 11, which reduces the probability of the gear and the transmission chain contacting the soil and effectively improves the service life.

[0049] Obviously, the above embodiments are only examples for the purpose of clarity, and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Based on the above description, those skilled in the art can make other different forms of changes or modifications. Here, it is not necessary and impossible to enumerate all the embodiments. The obvious changes or modifications derived therefrom are still within the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A medicinal rootstock soil clump separating structure comprising a conveyance chain, characterized by, Also included is a soil breaking assembly disposed above the conveying chain, the soil breaking assembly comprising: a soil breaking roller disposed parallel to the conveying surface of the conveying chain; a swing arm comprising two swing arms respectively disposed at two ends of the soil breaking roller, one end of the swing arm being rotationally coupled to the roller shaft of the soil breaking roller, and the other end being rotationally disposed about a first axis (310) line disposed parallel to the conveying surface; a resilient member for applying a resilient force to the swing arm to enable the soil breaking roller to swing towards the conveying surface.

2. The medicinal root rhizome soil clump separating structure according to claim 1, characterized in that, An ear plate is hingedly connected to a middle region of the swing arm, and a guide rod is connected to the ear plate, and a support plate is disposed above the swing arm, and an upper end of the guide rod penetrates through the support plate, and the resilient member is a compression spring sleeved on the guide rod and abutting at both ends on the ear plate and the support plate.

3. The medicinal rootstock soil clump separating structure according to claim 2, characterized in that, A limiting nut is disposed on the guide rod above the support plate, and the limiting nut is in limiting cooperation with an upper surface of the support plate.

4. The medicinal root rhizome soil clump separating structure according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that, A driving device is drivingly connected to the soil breaking roller to drive the soil breaking roller to rotate about its axis.

5. The medicinal rootstock soil clump separating structure according to claim 4, characterized in that, In the conveying direction, the conveying chain comprises two conveying chains disposed at intervals, and each conveying chain is provided with a soil breaking assembly.

6. The medicinal root rhizome soil clump separating structure according to claim 5, characterized in that, One end of the first axis (310) line of the two soil breaking assemblies is disposed close to each other, and a first gear (20) is disposed between the two first axis (310) lines, and second and third gears (21, 22) are engaged on both sides of the first gear (20), and axes of the second and third gears (21, 22) coincide with the two first axis (310) lines, respectively, and the second and third gears (21, 22) are drivingly connected to the two soil breaking rollers, respectively.

7. The medicinal rootstock soil clump separating structure according to claim 6, characterized in that, The first gear (20) is disposed at a distance equal to the distance between the two first axis (310) lines.

8. The medicinal root rhizome soil clump separating structure according to claim 7, characterized in that, The second gear (21) is coaxially provided with a fourth sprocket (210), and the third gear (22) is coaxially provided with a fifth sprocket (220), and the two soil breaking rollers are respectively provided with a second sprocket (24) and a third sprocket (25).

9. The medicinal rootstock soil clump separating structure according to claim 8, wherein, Two side plates (11) are disposed at intervals, and the conveying chain and the soil breaking roller assembly are disposed between the two side plates (11), and the support plate and the swing arm are connected to the support plate.

10. The medicinal root rhizome soil clump separating structure according to claim 9, characterized in that, The first gear (20), the second gear (21) and the third gear (22) are disposed on the outside of one side plate (11), and two arc-shaped holes on the side plate (11) are adapted to the swing trajectories of the two soil breaking rollers.