Depth-adjustable tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe

The tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe, with its spiral component and rotating gear structure, solves the problem of probe collision with stones, thereby improving accuracy and lifespan, and supporting multi-layer soil data comparison and depth display.

CN224109473UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10JIANGSU DALING ECOLOGICAL AGRI TECH DEV CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
JIANGSU DALING ECOLOGICAL AGRI TECH DEV CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-04-30
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

The detection probes of existing tea tree soil moisture monitoring equipment are prone to collision with stones when inserted into the soil, resulting in reduced accuracy and a lack of depth adjustment structure, which affects service life and monitoring accuracy.

Method used

An adjustable-depth soil moisture monitoring probe for tea trees was designed. The probe avoids collisions with stones through a spiral component and a rotating gear structure. Precise depth control is achieved through a lifting component and a limiting groove structure, and the depth is displayed by a scale.

Benefits of technology

It effectively reduces damage to the detection probe, improves monitoring accuracy and service life, enables comparison of multi-layer soil data, and displays the precise descent depth of the probe through a scale.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a depth-adjustable tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe, which belongs to the technical field of tea tree soil moisture content monitoring and comprises a base, a fixed cylinder is arranged in the base, a spiral part is fixedly connected to the outer side of the fixed cylinder, a rotating rod is rotatably mounted in the fixed cylinder, and a gear is fixedly connected to the outer side of the rotating rod. The bottom end of the inner wall of the fixing cylinder is slidably connected with two racks. The soil loosening device has the advantages that through the arrangement of the spiral piece, whether stones or other hard objects exist in soil on the periphery of the fixing barrel or not can be detected, however, the fixing barrel cannot be inserted continuously, then the purpose of loosening the surrounding soil can be achieved, then the gear can be driven to rotate through rotation of the rotating rod, and the soil loosening effect is achieved. According to the stone-free soil detection device, the two racks can move in opposite directions under the action of the limiting assembly, so that the detection probe can extend into the stone-free soil, the damage to the detection probe can be reduced, and the detection result is more accurate.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to tea tree soil moisture content monitoring technical field especially, it relates to a kind of adjustable depth's tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe. BACKGROUND

[0002] Current agricultural internet of things technology develops rapidly, and soil moisture content monitoring has become the core link of precision agriculture. As a shallow-rooted crop, the root distribution depth of tea tree varies significantly with variety and tree age (usually 20-60 cm). Currently, wireless moisture content meters are commonly used in devices for monitoring tea tree soil moisture content.

[0003] After searching, China patent discloses a kind of wireless moisture content meter for soil moisture content monitoring (grant announcement No.CN217688922U), including support base plate, solar panel, moisture content meter body and detection probe, the upper end of the support base plate is sequentially provided with connecting column and mounting plate, the guide rod is passed through the inside of connecting piece, the top of the mounting rod is connected with solar panel, the bottom of the mounting rod is installed with fixed rod, the bottom of the fixed rod is installed with detection probe, the patent technology can be controlled with handle engagement connection fixed ring by rotating handle, since fixed rod is connected with connecting sleeve screw, thus with the rotation of connecting sleeve, it can make fixed rod drive detection probe to insert soil and extend to soil interior, annular support base plate can improve the stress area of device, and installation stability is better, and it is convenient to control the degree of detection probe into soil, and multiple-point humidity information acquisition can be carried out.

[0004] But the above-mentioned device still has some shortcomings in actual use, and the more obvious one is that the above-mentioned moisture content meter usually inserts the detection probe on the moisture content meter directly into soil when monitoring soil moisture content. However, this method may cause the detection part of the detection probe to collide with soil stones, thereby reducing the accuracy and service life of the detection probe. Moreover, the above-mentioned moisture content meter lacks a scale structure, so that the staff cannot know the accurate descending depth of the detection probe. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0005] In view of the above problems existing in the prior art, the main purpose of the utility model is to provide a tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe with adjustable depth.

[0006] The utility model discloses a technical scheme is such: a kind of adjustable depth's tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe, including base, the inside of base is provided with fixed cylinder, the outside of fixed cylinder is fixedly connected with spiral piece, rotatingly installed with rotating rod in the inside of fixed cylinder, the outside of rotating rod is fixedly connected with gear, the bottom end of fixed cylinder inner wall is slidably connected with two racks, the rack is all engaged with gear connection, the top end of rack is all fixedly connected with detection probe, and the top end of fixed cylinder is installed with moisture content instrument.

[0007] By using the above technical scheme, the rotation of the rotating rod can drive the gear to rotate, which can make the two racks move in opposite directions under the action of the limiting assembly, so that the detection probe can be extended into the soil without stones, thereby reducing the damage to the detection probe.

[0008] As a preferred embodiment, the inside of the base is provided with a lifting assembly, which includes a frame body fixedly connected to both ends of the inside of the base. One of the frame bodies is rotatably connected with a screw rod in the inside, and the other frame body is fixedly connected with a limiting rod in the inside.

[0009] By using the above technical scheme, the rotation of the screw rod can drive the outer sleeve to move.

[0010] As a preferred embodiment, the lifting assembly further includes an outer sleeve fixedly connected to the outside of the fixed cylinder. The outer sleeve is threadedly connected with the screw rod, and the outer sleeve is slidably connected with the limiting rod.

[0011] By using the above technical scheme, the outer sleeve and the fixed cylinder can be moved up and down under the action of the limiting rod, thereby meeting the data comparison requirements of multiple layers of soil.

[0012] As a preferred embodiment, the inside of the base is provided with an identification assembly, which includes an indicating needle fixedly connected to one side of the outer sleeve. The inner wall of the base and located on one side of the indicating needle is fixedly connected with a scale.

[0013] By using the above technical scheme, the indicating needle can be moved when the fixed cylinder and the outer sleeve move. Therefore, the accurate depth of the detection probe can be understood according to the scale value on the scale.

[0014] As a preferred embodiment, the inside of the fixed cylinder is provided with a limiting assembly, which includes two limiting grooves opened in the inside of the fixed cylinder. The inside of the limiting groove is slidably connected with a limiting block.

[0015] By using the above technical scheme, the cooperation of the limiting groove and the limiting block can play an important limiting role in the movement of the rack.

[0016] As a preferred implementation, the limiting blocks are fixedly connected with the corresponding racks, and the two detection probes are arranged in an oblique symmetry, and the two sides of the fixed cylinder are provided with grooves.

[0017] By adopting the above technical scheme, the grooves are arranged to cooperate with the racks and the detection probes.

[0018] As a preferred implementation, the top end of the fixed cylinder is fixedly provided with a driving motor, and the output shaft of the driving motor extends into the interior of the fixed cylinder and is fixedly connected with the rotating rod.

[0019] By adopting the above technical scheme, the rotation of the output shaft of the driving motor can drive the rotating rod to rotate.

[0020] Compared with the prior art, the advantages and positive effects of the utility model are that,

[0021] 1. In the utility model, the lifting assembly can continuously drive the fixed cylinder to move downward, so that the fixed cylinder is slowly inserted into the soil to be monitored and penetrates into the interior of the soil, and the setting of the spiral part can detect whether there are stones or other hard objects in the soil around the fixed cylinder, otherwise the fixed cylinder cannot continue to be inserted, thereby achieving the purpose of loosening the soil around, and then the rotation of the rotating rod can drive the gear to rotate, so that the two racks can move in opposite directions under the action of the limiting assembly, thereby enabling the detection probes to extend into the soil without stones, so as to reduce the damage to the detection probes and make the detection result more accurate.

[0022] 2. In the utility model, the rotation of the screw rod can drive the outer sleeve to move, and under the action of the limiting rod, the outer sleeve and the fixed cylinder can move up and down, thereby meeting the data comparison requirement of multi-layer soil, and when the fixed cylinder and the outer sleeve move, the indicating needle will move, so that the accurate descending depth of the detection probes can be understood according to the scale value on the scale. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 The utility model provides a kind of overall perspective view of tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe of adjustable depth;

[0024] Figure 2 The utility model provides a rear view of tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe of adjustable depth;

[0025] Figure 3 The utility model provides a fixed cylinder interior schematic view of tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe of adjustable depth;

[0026] Figure 4The utility model provides a tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe of adjustable depth Figure 3 An enlarged view of area A in figure

[0027] Legend: 1, base; 2, fixed cylinder; 3, outer sleeve; 4, spiral part; 5, frame; 6, moisture content instrument; 7, scale; 8, indicating needle; 9, screw rod; 10, limiting rod; 11, drive motor; 12, rotating rod; 13, gear; 14, rack; 15, detection probe; 16, limiting groove; 17, limiting block. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0028] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described clearly and completely below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present application, not all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present application, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative work fall within the scope of the present application.

[0029] Reference Figures 1-4 A tea tree soil moisture content monitoring probe of adjustable depth, including base 1, the inside of base 1 is provided with fixed cylinder 2, the outside of fixed cylinder 2 is fixedly connected with spiral part 4, rotating rod 12 is rotatably installed in fixed cylinder 2, the outside of rotating rod 12 is fixedly connected with gear 13, the bottom end of fixed cylinder 2 inner wall is slidably connected with two racks 14, rack 14 is engagedly connected with gear 13, the top end of rack 14 is fixedly connected with detection probe 15, the top end of fixed cylinder 2 is installed with moisture content instrument 6, when monitoring tea tree soil moisture content, staff can use lifting assembly to drive fixed cylinder 2 to move down constantly, so that fixed cylinder 2 is slowly inserted into the soil to be monitored and penetrates into the soil inside, and through the setting of spiral part 4, whether there is stone or other hard material in the soil around fixed cylinder 2 can be detected, otherwise fixed cylinder 2 cannot continue to insert, and then the rotation of rotating rod 12 can drive gear 13 to rotate, so that two racks 14 can be reversely moved under the action of limiting assembly, and then detection probe 15 can be extended into the soil without stone, so that the damage to detection probe 15 can be reduced, and the detection result is more accurate.

[0030] Specifically, the inside of the base 1 is provided with a lifting assembly, the lifting assembly includes two frame bodies 5 fixedly connected at both ends of the inside of the base 1, one of the frame bodies 5 is rotatably connected with a screw rod 9 in the inside, the other frame body 5 is fixedly connected with a limiting rod 10 in the inside, through the rotation of the screw rod 9, the outer sleeve 3 can be moved, and under the action of the limiting rod 10, the outer sleeve 3 and the fixed cylinder 2 can be moved up and down, thereby meeting the data comparison needs of multiple layers of soil, the lifting assembly further includes an outer sleeve 3 fixedly connected to the outside of the fixed cylinder 2, the outer sleeve 3 is threadedly connected with the screw rod 9, the outer sleeve 3 is slidably connected with the limiting rod 10, the inside of the base 1 is provided with an indicating assembly, and when the fixed cylinder 2 and the outer sleeve 3 move, the indicating needle 8 will be moved, so that the accurate depth of the detection probe 15 can be known according to the scale value on the scale 7, the indicating assembly includes an indicating needle 8 fixedly connected to one side of the outer sleeve 3, and the inner wall of the base 1 and located on one side of the indicating needle 8 is fixedly connected with a scale 7.

[0031] Specifically, the inside of the fixed cylinder 2 is provided with a limiting assembly, the limiting assembly includes two limiting grooves 16 opened in the inside of the fixed cylinder 2, through the cooperation of the limiting grooves 16 and the limiting blocks 17, the movement of the rack 14 can be limited, so that the rack 14 and the detection probe 15 are more stable during movement, the limiting grooves 16 are slidably connected with the limiting blocks 17 in the inside, the limiting blocks 17 are fixedly connected with the corresponding racks 14, the two detection probes 15 are arranged in an inclined symmetry, and the two sides of the fixed cylinder 2 are provided with groove bodies to cooperate with the racks 14 and the detection probes 15 for use, the top end of the fixed cylinder 2 is fixedly installed with a driving motor 11, through the rotation of the output shaft of the driving motor 11, the rotating rod 12 can be rotated, and the output shaft of the driving motor 11 extends to the inside of the fixed cylinder 2 and is fixedly connected with the rotating rod 12.

[0032] Working principle: first, in monitoring the soil moisture content of tea tree, the staff can place the device on the soil to be monitored, then, screw the screw rod 9, drive the outer sleeve 3 to move, and under the action of the limiting rod 10, drive the outer sleeve 3 and the fixed cylinder 2 to move up and down, which can meet the data comparison requirement of multilayer soil, so that the fixed cylinder 2 slowly inserts into the soil to be monitored and penetrates into the soil, and through the setting of the spiral part 4, whether there is a stone or other hard material in the soil around the fixed cylinder 2 can be detected, otherwise the fixed cylinder 2 cannot continue to insert, thereby achieving the purpose of loosening the surrounding soil, and when the fixed cylinder 2 and the outer sleeve 3 move, the indicating needle 8 will move, so that the accurate depth of the detection probe 15 can be understood according to the scale value on the scale 7, then, through the rotation of the output shaft of the driving motor 11, the rotating rod 12 can be driven to rotate, the gear 13 can be driven to rotate, so that the two racks 14 can be reversely moved under the action of the limiting assembly, so that the detection probe 15 can be inserted into the soil without stone, thereby reducing the damage to the detection probe 15 and making the detection result more accurate.

[0033] In the description of the utility model, it is necessary to explain that, unless there is definite stipulation and limitation, the term "installation" "is provided with" "connection" and the like should be broad sense understanding, for example "connection", can be fixed connection, also can be detachable connection, or integral connection, can be mechanical connection, also can be electric connection, can be direct connection, also can pass through intermediate medium indirectly connect, can be two element inside intercommunication, for the ordinary skilled person in the art, can understand the specific meaning of the above-mentioned term in the utility model according to specific situation.

[0034] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the present application and does not limit the present application, although the present application is described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art can still modify the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or make equivalent replacement for some technical features, and any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in the protection scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A depth-adjustable tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe comprising a base (1), characterized in that: The inside of the base (1) is provided with a fixed cylinder (2), the outer side of the fixed cylinder (2) is fixedly connected with a spiral part (4), the inside of the fixed cylinder (2) is rotatably installed with a rotating rod (12), the outer side of the rotating rod (12) is fixedly connected with a gear (13), the bottom end of the inner wall of the fixed cylinder (2) is slidably connected with two racks (14), the racks (14) are all meshedly connected with the gear (13), the top end of the rack (14) is fixedly connected with a detection probe (15), and the top end of the fixed cylinder (2) is installed with a soil moisture meter (6).

2. The adjustable depth soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 1, wherein: The inside of the base (1) is provided with a lifting assembly, the lifting assembly comprises two frame bodies (5) fixedly connected at both ends in the inside of the base (1), one of the frame bodies (5) is rotatably connected with a screw rod (9) in the inside, and the other frame body (5) is fixedly connected with a limiting rod (10) in the inside.

3. A depth adjustable tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 2, characterised in that: The lifting assembly further comprises an outer sleeve (3) fixedly connected to the outside of the fixed cylinder (2), the outer sleeve (3) is threadedly connected with the screw rod (9), and the outer sleeve (3) is slidably connected with the limiting rod (10).

4. The adjustable depth tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 1, wherein: The inside of the base (1) is provided with an identification assembly, the identification assembly comprises an indicating needle (8) fixedly connected to one side of the outer sleeve (3), and a scale (7) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the base (1) and located on one side of the indicating needle (8).

5. The adjustable depth tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 1, wherein: The inside of the fixed cylinder (2) is provided with a limiting assembly, the limiting assembly comprises two limiting grooves (16) formed in the inside of the fixed cylinder (2), and the inside of the limiting groove (16) is slidably connected with a limiting block (17).

6. A depth adjustable tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 5, characterised in that: The limiting block (17) is fixedly connected with the corresponding rack (14), the two detection probes (15) are diagonally symmetrically arranged, and the two sides of the fixed cylinder (2) are both provided with a groove.

7. The adjustable depth tea tree soil moisture monitoring probe according to claim 1, wherein: The top end of the fixed cylinder (2) is fixedly installed with a driving motor (11), and the output shaft of the driving motor (11) extends into the inside of the fixed cylinder (2) and is fixedly connected with the rotating rod (12).

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  • Wireless soil moisture content instrument for monitoring soil moisture content

    CN217688922U