Drag-chain-type material conveying device and sealed insect farming apparatus

Abstract

A drag-chain-type material conveying device and a sealed insect farming apparatus. The drag-chain-type material conveying device comprises a parking frame (1), a conveying pipe (2), a pipe-winding block (3), guide rails I (4), an unloading block (5), guide rails II (6), a pipe-guiding block (301), a driving electric motor I (10) and a driving electric motor II (11), wherein the unloading block (5) may be arranged on the parking frame (1), the pipe-guiding block (301) is fixedly arranged on the parking frame (1), the conveying pipe (2) turns and is wound around the pipe-winding block (3) and the pipe-guiding block (301) in sequence in a direction from a feeding end to a discharging end, and the discharging end of the conveying pipe (2) is connected to the unloading block (5).

Description

A drag chain material conveying device and sealed insect breeding equipment Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of insect breeding, and in particular to a drag chain material conveying device and a sealed insect breeding equipment. Background Art

[0002] Insect farming has significant industrial economic value. For example, black soldier flies are an ideal feed insect for artificial aquaculture. They are highly nutritious and can be directly used as live animal protein feed for chickens, frogs, turtles, scorpions, centipedes, ants, high-quality fish, ornamental birds, medicinal animals, precious fur animals, and rare livestock and poultry. Processed insects can also be used in the food, health supplement, and cosmetics industries. Existing technologies, in addition to traditional box-type aquaculture, include aquaculture with cages or conveyor belts, enabling large-scale farming. Organic waste used for insect farming is ubiquitous in everyday life, including vegetable leaves, animal offal, and fur from markets; leftovers from hotels and fast food restaurants; and solid food from supermarkets, dessert shops, and food processing companies. Through crushing and mixing, these organic wastes can be transformed into viscoelastics, the feed used to feed insects. Viscoelastics are highly viscous, elastic fluids that can flow through pipes. Pipeline transport is the optimal method for transporting viscoelastics, but existing technologies can only transport them through fixed pipes to the desired storage containers, which are then transported to culture plates, culture boxes, or conveyor belts using other equipment. These feeding methods can expose the viscoelastics to the elements for extended periods of time during both transportation and storage, potentially causing air pollution. Furthermore, these methods require numerous auxiliary equipment, resulting in high costs and energy consumption.

[0003] Specifically, in order to improve the utilization rate of the breeding space, the breeding boards are generally not single-layered, but are arranged in a duplex manner with a certain amount of breeding space left on the upper and lower parts, and multiple layers of breeding boards are arranged. In such a limited space, it is difficult to drag the relatively long feeding pipe to the breeding board to transport the material without moving the breeding board and to improve the efficiency of the material distribution. Moreover, the pipe is long, and the dragging and management of the long, unfixed pipe is difficult, and the feeding process is not smooth. The labor input is large and the effect of uniform material distribution cannot be achieved. Even after the pipe is manually pulled to distribute the material to the breeding board, the material is unevenly accumulated or intermittently, and it needs to be pushed and spread later for leveling. The operation is troublesome and currently not feasible. Therefore, in order to increase the scale of breeding, the existing technology still uses conveyor belts or manual methods to deliver feed. The conveyor belt method requires a complex mechanical structure, which results in high feeding costs and high energy consumption, and serious air pollution, and manual feeding is even more so. Furthermore, even with automated feeding systems, existing feeding equipment cannot continuously supply feed to the feeding equipment on the breeding board. This is because it is not possible to drag the pipe across the breeding board. Feed is usually delivered at a fixed point, resulting in a dotted accumulation that requires other equipment to level the feed, or the equipment must be moved to fill the pipe before feeding. Once the feed is delivered, the pipe must be filled again before feeding, resulting in extremely low work efficiency. Therefore, it is extremely necessary to design a highly automated device with manageable feeding pipes, uniform and smooth feeding, and the ability to feed directly onto the breeding board.

[0004] Summary of the Invention

[0005] In response to the problems in the related art, the present invention proposes a drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding to overcome the above-mentioned technical problems existing in the existing related art.

[0006] To this end, the specific technical solutions adopted in the present invention are as follows:

[0007] A drag chain material conveying device includes a parking frame, a feeding pipe, a pipe winding trolley, a guide rail 1, a discharge trolley, a guide rail 2, a conduit trolley, a driving motor 1 and a driving motor 2. The discharge trolley can be arranged on the parking frame, and the conduit trolley is fixed on the parking frame. The feeding pipe rotates and winds around the pipe winding trolley and the conduit trolley in sequence from the feeding end to the discharging end. The discharging end of the feeding pipe is connected to the discharge trolley. The pipe winding trolley can move along the guide rail 1 under the drive of the driving motor 1, and the discharge trolley can move along the guide rail 2 under the drive of the driving motor 2. The discharge trolley drags the feeding pipe forward and at the same time, the pipe winding trolley moves in the opposite direction of the discharge trolley under the drive of the feeding pipe.

[0008] Preferably, it further includes a supporting rail for supporting the feeding pipe, which is arranged beside the second guide rail, and the supporting rail is arranged parallel to the second guide rail.

[0009] Preferably, a pipe outlet is provided on the upper part of one side of the hosting rail, and a discharge elbow is provided at the front end of the feed pipe. The discharge elbow is arranged on the discharge vehicle, and the inner end of the discharge elbow is connected to the feed pipe, and the outer end extends to the outside of the hosting rail through the pipe outlet, and the lower end edge of the pipe outlet is a side stop that exceeds the track surface of the hosting rail.

[0010] Preferably, the outer end of the discharge elbow is connected to a discharge mechanism.

[0011] Preferably, the discharge mechanism is a discharge pipe having multiple discharge openings connected to the discharge elbow or multiple discharge pipes connected to the discharge elbow.

[0012] Preferably, the discharge mechanism includes a screw rod provided on the discharge vehicle, a movable slider provided on the screw rod, and a feeding drag tube connected between the movable slider and the discharge elbow.

[0013] Preferably, the catheter vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel, the feeding pipe changes direction and rotates through the rotating channel, at least one guide wheel is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend.

[0014] Preferably, the tube winding vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel, the feeding tube changes direction and rotates through the rotating channel, at least one guide wheel is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend.

[0015] Preferably, the guide wheel includes at least one rotating guide wheel located on the inner side of the feed pipe and a plurality of anti-deflection guard wheels located on the outer side, a rotating channel is formed between the rotating guide wheel and the anti-deflection guard wheels, and at least one anti-deflection guard wheel is provided above and below the rotating guide wheel.

[0016] Preferably, the rotating guide wheels and the anti-deflection guard wheels correspond one to one to form a group of guide wheels, and the rotating channel includes at least three groups of guide wheels: upper, middle and lower. The three groups of guide wheels are staggered up and down to form a rotating channel with the middle part protruding outward.

[0017] Preferably, the drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding includes multiple layers of guide rails 2 arranged upper and lower, and also includes a lifting component for lifting a material unloading vehicle so that the material unloading vehicle docks with the guide rails 2 of each layer.

[0018] Preferably, the lifting assembly includes a lifting brake component and a vehicle-supporting component provided on the lifting brake component for supporting or hanging a discharge vehicle. The vehicle-supporting component is provided with a short rail docking with the guide rail 2, and the discharge vehicle is connected to the short rail and the guide rail 2 through a roller driven by the drive motor 2.

[0019] Preferably, a material leveling component is further provided at the bottom of the unloading vehicle, and the material leveling component includes a material leveling shaft axially arranged perpendicular to the length direction of the guide rail, and material shifting plates arranged in sequence on the material leveling shaft; or the material leveling component is a plurality of plowshares arranged in sequence, and the plowshares gradually narrow from back to front.

[0020] Preferably, the drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding further comprises a steel wire rope (8) arranged along the winding trajectory of the feed pipe and parallel to the feed pipe, the steel wire rope is also wound around the pipe winding vehicle and the conduit vehicle, and one end of the steel wire rope is fixed on the unloading vehicle, and the other end is fixed to the feed end of the feed pipe.

[0021] A sealed insect breeding equipment includes the above-mentioned drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding, and also includes a main frame, a layer rack, and a breeding plate. The main frame is provided with a layer rack or multiple layer racks arranged in an upper and lower intervals. The breeding plate is arranged on the layer rack, and the parking frame is arranged at the end of the main frame. A guide rail 2 is provided above each layer rack on the main frame, and the guide rail 2 is arranged along the length direction of the breeding plate.

[0022] The beneficial effects of the present invention are:

[0023] 1. The present application uses the cooperation between the pipe winding car and the unloading car to keep the feed pipe in a tensioned state, thereby facilitating the transportation of materials in the feed pipe and the management of the feed pipe, ensuring that the materials or insect material mixtures transported through the feed pipe can be smoothly and controllably delivered to the designated position, and completely avoiding unnecessary exposure in space and time during the transportation process. Specifically, when the unloading car is driven by the second drive motor and moves along the second guide rail, it pulls the feed pipe. Since the feed pipe is wound twice in reverse by the guide car and the pipe winding car, the guide car is stationary, and the feed end of the feed pipe fed into the breeding equipment is fixed, the feed pipe is pulled and the pipe winding car is pulled along the first guide rail in the opposite direction relative to the unloading car, thereby lengthening the distance between the guide car and the unloading car and shortening the distance between the guide car and the pipe winding car, thereby ensuring that the portion of the feed pipe in the insect breeding equipment is always orderly tensioned, ensuring effective and efficient material distribution, and the equipment is simple and the overall structure is small.

[0024] 2. The present invention has the advantages of simple structure, low cost, good operation effect, stable and continuous feeding, material is not easily exposed, feeding pipe remains unobstructed, and strong controllability. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0025] In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for use in the embodiments. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present invention. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying any creative work.

[0026] FIG1 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention;

[0027] FIG2 is a second schematic structural diagram of the present invention;

[0028] 3 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the blanking elbow and the discharging mechanism of the present invention;

[0029] FIG4 is a schematic structural diagram of the discharge mechanism of the present invention including a screw rod;

[0030] Figure 5 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the pipe winding vehicle;

[0031] Figure 6 is a second schematic diagram of the pipe winding vehicle structure;

[0032] Figure 7 is a schematic diagram of the return bend structure;

[0033] FIG8 is a schematic structural diagram of an arc-shaped stripping plate;

[0034] Figure 9 is a schematic diagram of the plowshare structure;

[0035] Figure 10 is a second schematic diagram of the plowshare structure;

[0036] FIG11 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of a breeding cavity formed by a breeding device covered with a sealing material;

[0037] Figure 12 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the material conveying device and the breeding equipment;

[0038] Figure 13 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the material conveying device and the breeding equipment;

[0039] Figure 14 is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the material conveying device and the breeding equipment;

[0040] FIG15 is a schematic structural diagram of a sealed insect breeding device with the discharge channel opened;

[0041] FIG16 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present application with a steel wire rope;

[0042] FIG17 is a schematic diagram of a partial structure of the present application having a gear and a rack.

[0043] In the figure: 1, parking rack, 2, feeding pipe, 21, unloading bending pipe, 3, pipe winding car, 31, rotary channel, 031, guide wheel, 301, guide car, 311, rotary guide wheel, 312, anti-deflection guide wheel, 4, guide rail 1, 5, unloading car, 51, lifting component, 511, lifting brake component, 512, car bearing component, 513, short rail, 501, material leveling component, 5011, material leveling shaft, 5012, material diverter plate, 502, Plowshare, 6. Guide rail 2, 7. Tube rail, 71. Pipe outlet, 72. Side stop, 8. Wire rope, 9. Discharge mechanism, 91. Feed pipe, 92. Screw, 93. Moving slider, 94. Feeding drag pipe, 10. Drive motor 1, 11. Drive motor 2, 01. Main frame, 02. Shelf, 03. Breeding plate, 04. Lifting component, 05. Connecting rod, 73. Roller, 74. Hook, 07. Breeding cavity, 032. Discharge channel. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0044] To further illustrate each embodiment, the present invention provides drawings, which are part of the disclosure of the present invention. They are mainly used to illustrate the embodiments and can be used in conjunction with the relevant descriptions in the specification to explain the operating principles of the embodiments. By referring to these contents, ordinary technicians in this field should be able to understand other possible implementation methods and advantages of the present invention. The components in the figures are not drawn to scale, and similar component symbols are generally used to represent similar components.

[0045] Example 1:

[0046] A drag chain material conveying device includes a parking frame 1, a feeding pipe 2, a pipe winding trolley 3, a guide rail 1 4, a discharge trolley 5, a guide rail 2 6, a conduit trolley 301, a drive motor 10 and a drive motor 2 11. The discharge trolley can be arranged on the parking frame, and the conduit trolley is fixed on the parking frame. The feeding pipe rotates and is wound around the pipe winding trolley and the conduit trolley in sequence from the feeding end to the discharging end. The discharging end of the feeding pipe is connected to the discharge trolley. The pipe winding trolley can move along the guide rail 1 under the drive of the drive motor 1, and the discharge trolley can move along the guide rail 2 under the drive of the drive motor 2. The discharge trolley drags the feeding pipe forward and at the same time, the pipe winding trolley moves in the opposite direction of the discharge trolley under the drive of the feeding pipe.

[0047] Generally, the above insects are cultured by laying insects, materials or a mixed mixture of insect materials on a culture board or in a culture box. In this application, we will refer to the mixed insect material mixture or pure materials in proportion as materials. In the existing technology, only manual material laying and conveyor belt material laying are relatively direct. Of course, it can also be transported to a designated location through a fixed pipe and then laid by manual or other mechanical equipment. However, due to the inconvenience of pipe expansion and contraction, it is not suitable for pulling in a large-scale nearby culture board. Therefore, at most, it is transported to a fixed location through a fixed pipe and then coordinated with other equipment for final material transportation. There are many devices used, and the materials are also exposed for an unnecessary period of space and time. The whole workshop environment has a strong odor and poor cleanliness. There is obvious uneven distribution of materials when unloading materials at fixed points. Most of them are piled up in clumps. It is not suitable for direct insect culture and requires additional assistance to spread the materials.

[0048] The present application uses the cooperation between the pipe winding car and the unloading car to keep the feed pipe in a tensioned state, thereby facilitating the transportation of materials in the feed pipe and the management of the feed pipe, ensuring that the materials or insect material mixtures transported through the feed pipe can be smoothly and controllably delivered to the designated position, and completely avoiding exposure within unnecessary space and time during the transportation process. Specifically, when the unloading car is driven by the second drive motor and moves along the second guide rail, it pulls the feed pipe. Since the feed pipe is wound twice in reverse by the conduit car and the pipe winding car, the conduit car is stationary, and the feed end of the feed pipe fed into the breeding equipment is fixed, the feed pipe is pulled and the pipe winding car is pulled along the first guide rail in the opposite direction relative to the unloading car, thereby lengthening the distance between the conduit car and the unloading car and shortening the distance between the conduit car and the pipe winding car, thereby ensuring that the portion of the feed pipe in the insect breeding equipment is always orderly tensioned, ensuring effective and efficient material distribution, and the equipment is simple and the overall structure is small.

[0049] The feeding end of the feed pipe can be fixed on the structure for installing the guide rail, and the discharging end of the feed pipe is fixed on the unloading trolley, so that the feed pipe is always in a tensioned state only during the reverse reciprocating movement of the unloading trolley and the pipe winding trolley. Only the length of the feed pipe in each section from the feeding end of the feed pipe to the pipe winding trolley, the pipe winding trolley to the conduit trolley, and the conduit trolley to the unloading trolley changes, and the total length remains unchanged.

[0050] The existing method of feeding materials can only adopt fixed-point unloading, which is uneven and requires other equipment to spread the materials; or the mobile device is loaded with materials and then moved to unload materials. After the materials on the mobile device are unloaded, it returns to the initial position to load 2 materials and then continues to move to spread the materials. It is impossible to continuously feed the mobile device for unloading materials, and the spreading efficiency is low. The present application can realize continuous feeding to the feeding pipe of the material, that is, the unloading vehicle does not need to return to the initial position to load and then spread the materials, and can continue to work to spread the materials, greatly improving the spreading efficiency, completely changing the existing problem of unsustainable spreading, and also making the sealed breeding equipment more sealed, so that feeding and spreading can be carried out in the entire sealed environment.

[0051] Example 2:

[0052] The difference from the above embodiment is that the application also includes a trustee rail 7 for supporting the feed pipe, which is located beside the second guide rail, and the trustee rail is arranged parallel to the second guide rail. The feed pipe has a certain strength to ensure that it can maintain a round tube shape regardless of whether the material is filled in the tube, but it also has the characteristic of being bendable and changeable, such as a PVC transparent steel hose, or other pipes that can meet the requirements of this application can be applied to this application. When the feed pipe between the conduit car and the unloading car is too long, the feed pipe may fall onto the breeding board. Especially when the feed pipe is full of material, it is more likely to fall due to its heavy weight. This situation will affect the normal and effective pulling of the feed pipe for work, and may also cause the material already laid on the breeding board to be dragged and displaced. Therefore, a trustee rail is provided beside the second guide rail so that the feed pipe can be supported by the trustee rail no matter how long it is. The trustee rail can play a good guiding and protecting role, so that the feed pipe will not fall or deflect, and it can also make it more convenient and smooth for the unloading car or the pipe winding car to pull the feed pipe.

[0053] Specifically, a pipe outlet 71 is provided on the upper part of one side of the hosting rail, and a material discharge elbow 21 is provided at the front end of the feed pipe. The material discharge elbow is provided on the discharge vehicle. The inner end of the material discharge elbow is connected to the feed pipe, and the outer end extends to the outside of the hosting rail through the pipe outlet. The lower end edge of the pipe outlet is a side stop 72 that exceeds the track surface of the hosting rail. The material is not discharged directly from the discharge end of the feed pipe, but is discharged through the material discharge elbow connected to the discharge end. The material discharge elbow leads the material from the feed pipe to the side of the hosting rail for further discharge, thereby ensuring that all materials can be discharged smoothly and directly onto the breeding board without falling onto the hosting rail, thereby ensuring that the equipment is not easily damaged, the material discharge is continuously efficient, and the hosting rail is clean and effectively used for a long time.

[0054] The feed pipe slides on the scaffolding rail, and the material elbow moves at the outlet. The side guards prevent the feed pipe from escaping the scaffolding rail, ensuring that the feed pipe can move smoothly on the scaffolding rail and the material can be unimpededly dropped onto the culture plate. The feed pipe diameter can be greater than, less than, or equal to the outlet height. Of course, the feed pipe diameter is preferably greater than the outlet height.

[0055] More preferably, a plurality of rollers 73 are arranged in sequence along the length of the track on the track surface of the hosting rail, and the axial direction of the rollers is perpendicular to the length of the hosting rail, so that the feeding tube can be pulled more smoothly. Similarly, a plurality of rollers can be set at the lower part of the guide rail corresponding to the position where the feeding tube passes to ensure the mobility of the feeding tube. Therefore, the rollers are used to support the falling areas that may affect the breeding equipment, and the equipment has good stability, is not prone to failure, and the materials do not need to be turned over. The hosting rail can be hung on the breeding equipment through a plurality of hooks 74 arranged in sequence, and then the hosting rail is arranged in the hook. One side of the hook is used for external connection, and the other side can extend beyond the track surface as a side stop. This structure is convenient for the layout of the hosting rail and also convenient for disassembly and maintenance.

[0056] In addition, the outer end of the blanking elbow is connected with a discharging mechanism 9. After the blanking elbow draws the material trusteeship rail area, it can also cooperate with some discharging mechanisms to carry out blanking.

[0057] Example 3:

[0058] The difference from the above embodiment is that the specific discharge mechanism 9 can be a discharge pipe 91 with multiple discharge ports connected to the discharge elbow or multiple discharge pipes connected to the discharge elbow, so that the material fed into the discharge elbow can be evenly distributed to the breeding board through multiple discharge ports. At the same time, the material can be evenly distributed on the breeding board, avoiding the need for other equipment or manual laying, thereby achieving high efficiency and energy saving.

[0059] Of course, the discharge elbow can also be connected to an isobaric diversion tank and multiple diversion pipes, so that the material can be evenly discharged through the diversion pipes.

[0060] Example 4:

[0061] The difference from the above embodiment is that the discharge mechanism can also include a screw rod 92 provided on the discharge vehicle, a movable slider 93 provided on the screw rod, and a feed drag tube 94 connected between the movable slider and the discharge elbow. The screw rod is arranged in the transverse direction of the culture plate, and the discharge elbow feeds the material to the feed drag tube. Then, the discharge port of the feed drag tube reciprocates laterally on the screw rod along with the movable slider, thereby distributing the material to the culture plate, thereby achieving a controllable and uniform material distribution effect, that is, realizing the effect of precise material distribution through the reciprocating motion of a single discharge port.

[0062] Embodiment 5:

[0063] The difference from the above embodiment is that the catheter vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel 31, the feed pipe changes direction and rotates through the rotating channel, and at least one guide wheel 031 is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend.

[0064] Similarly, the pipe winding vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel 31, through which the feeding pipe changes direction and rotates. At least one guide wheel 031 is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend 032.

[0065] The swivel channel of the present application can be formed by a guide wheel clamping arrangement or by a fixed swivel elbow adapted to the feed tube. The swivel channel formed by the guide wheel clamping arrangement limits both sides of the feed tube, thereby ensuring that the feed tube is not loosened or shifted during equipment shutdown, failure, or maintenance, making it easier for personnel to adjust and maintain the equipment.

[0066] More preferably, since the feeding pipe generally has a diameter not too small, for example, a feeding pipe of 8-18CM has a large diameter and a certain strength, the bending radius corresponding to the rotary channel should not be too small. Therefore, when using guide wheels, three guide wheels can be set on the inner side of the feeding pipe with upper, middle and lower staggered positions, or multiple rows of guide wheels can be set along the bending arc, so that small guide wheels can be used at multiple points to enlarge the bending diameter of the feeding pipe at the rotating position, and at the same time, the feeding pipe can be supported at multiple points on the same side to ensure that the feeding pipe changes direction smoothly when rotating.

[0067] Of course, multiple tubes can also be installed on the return bend to reduce friction between the feed pipe and the return bend, improving the smooth movement of the feed pipe. Since the feed pipe used is generally a non-smooth pipe with a corrugated outer surface, when using a return bend, the two ends of the return bend can be designed with gradually widening arc-shaped bell mouths to facilitate the introduction of the feed pipe. Rollers can also be installed on the inner wall of the return bend to improve the smooth sliding of the feed pipe. The return channel can also be an open-sided curved guide plate with an arc-shaped cross-section.

[0068] The pipe wrapping trolley and the conduit trolley can be the same type of trolley, but in reverse, with the conduit trolley being fixed to the parking rack while the pipe wrapping trolley is movable. Specifically, the conduit trolley can be fixed outside the parking rack so as not to interfere with the unloading trolley on the parking rack. Of course, the conduit trolley can also be placed inside the parking rack as long as it does not interfere with the unloading trolley.

[0069] During the breeding process, both the feed and the insects must be evenly distributed on the breeding boards. Because the insects are active, a large quantity of them cannot be directly distributed through pipes. In this application, the insects and feed are mixed in proportion to form an insect-feed mixture, which can then be transported through pipes, thereby ensuring both insect activity and pipeline transport. In this application, the insect-feed mixture and the feed are collectively referred to as "material." Because the final amount of feed required for breeding is large, the insect-to-insect ratio is relatively small. To ensure that insect activity meets the required standards during the mixing and transporting process, it is not possible to directly mix the insects and feed in the final, optimal proportions for breeding before distributing them on the breeding boards. Instead, the insects must be mixed with an appropriate amount of feed and then transported through a feed pipe. This mixture can be used to distribute the insect-feed mixture or the material during material distribution. Therefore, a rotating channel can be provided on the pipe winding vehicle and the conduit vehicle, and the feed and insect-feed mixture can be transported sequentially through the feed pipe. Alternatively, two rotating channels can be provided side by side on the pipe winding vehicle and the conduit vehicle, allowing for simultaneous distribution of the insect-feed mixture and the feed, significantly improving material distribution efficiency.

[0070] The guide wheels include at least one swivel guide wheel 311 located inside the feed pipe and multiple anti-deflection guard wheels 312 located outside. A swivel channel is formed between the swivel guide wheel and the anti-deflection guard wheels, and at least one anti-deflection guard wheel is located above and below the swivel guide wheel. The feed pipe is quite heavy when filled with material, so the use of multiple anti-deflection guard wheels can better guide and protect the feed pipe, preventing it from derailing due to excessive weight or other reasons during rotation, thereby ensuring efficient operation of the feed pipe.

[0071] Of course, the rotating guide wheels and the anti-deflection guard wheels can also be matched one by one to form a group of guide wheels, and then the rotating channel includes at least three groups of guide wheels: upper, middle and lower, and the three groups of guide wheels are staggered up and down to form a rotating channel with the middle part protruding outward.

[0072] Embodiment 5:

[0073] The difference from the above-mentioned embodiment lies in that the drag chain material conveyor for insect farming includes multiple layers of guide rails 2 arranged in an upper and lower arrangement, and also includes a lifting assembly 51 for raising and lowering a feeding cart so that the feeding cart docks with the guide rails 2 on each layer. A corresponding guide rail 2 is provided above each layer of the farming panels, so that the lifting assembly allows a single feeding cart to be shared by multiple layers of the farming panels. Specifically, the lifting assembly raises or lowers the feeding cart onto the guide rail 2 on the corresponding layer, then activates the drive motor 2 to move the feeding cart along the guide rail 2 on that layer, thereby dragging the discharge end of the feeding pipe to move along that layer and supply material to that layer.

[0074] Further refinement of the lifting assembly can include a lifting brake component 511 and a support component 512 provided on the lifting brake component for supporting or hanging the unloading trolley. The support component is provided with a short rail 513 that docks with the guide rail 2. The unloading trolley is connected to the short rail and the guide rail 2 through a roller driven by the drive motor 2 11. The support component only needs to be able to support or hang the unloading trolley, while ensuring that the unloading trolley can be separated from the support component and run toward the breeding board. The short rail can be fixed to the support component. When the unloading trolley is on the parking rack, it cooperates with the short rail through the roller. Both the short rail and the guide rail 2 can be selected from tracks with inner grooves with side openings. The rollers in the inner grooves drive the unloading trolley. Of course, other structural methods such as the cooperation of the guide rail and the slider can also be adopted and then combined with the drive of the drive motor 2 to carry out the guide drive of the unloading trolley.

[0075] Embodiment 5:

[0076] The difference from the above embodiment is that a material leveling component 501 is further provided at the bottom of the unloading vehicle, and the material leveling component includes a material leveling shaft 5011 arranged axially perpendicular to the length direction of the guide rail, and a material shifting plate 5012 arranged in sequence on the material leveling shaft; or the material leveling component is a plurality of plowshares 502 arranged in sequence, and the plowshares gradually narrow from back to front.

[0077] For insect farming, a moderately uneven distribution of material thickness can actually improve efficiency by increasing the material's surface area, thereby increasing its exposure to air. This increases the insects' feeding area and thus the number of insects raised. Furthermore, insects naturally flock together, so overall uniformity ensures full utilization of the cultivation surface, ensuring a high total insect production per unit time. Appropriately staggered composting, based on insects' natural instincts, provides a more suitable growth environment and enhances their growth rate. Therefore, the material leveling component doesn't necessarily require a completely flat surface; simply spreading the material evenly to achieve an overall uniform, staggered distribution is sufficient.

[0078] The present application provides a material leveling component at the bottom of the material discharging vehicle, thereby further evenly distributing the materials of the various discharging methods such as multi-path discharging and horizontal reciprocating discharging, so that the materials can better meet the needs of breeding. The main work of leveling can also be completed by the material leveling component, thereby reducing the number of discharge ports, lowering the discharge height, and adjusting the discharging speed. At least one material discharging plate or plowshare is provided behind each discharge port to ensure that the materials on the discharge path of the main material pile are evenly distributed.

[0079] The material-dispensing component can be a plowshare, tapering from back to front and from bottom to top. This allows the material to be dispersed and loosened to the sides as the unloading vehicle moves, achieving a uniform distribution. Alternatively, a rotating dispensing plate driven by a shaft can be used to pick up and disperse the material falling from the discharge port. The dispensing plate can be a plurality of inclined plates that tilt to either side, a tapered plate that is thick at the base and tapered at the outer end, or an arc-shaped plate that undulates from the base outward. Multiple dispensing plates can be arranged along the circumference of a single shaft sleeve, which is mounted on the shaft. The shaft rotation drives the dispensing plates to dispense the material.

[0080] Example 6:

[0081] The difference from the above embodiment is that the drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding also includes a steel wire rope 8 arranged parallel to the feed pipe along the winding trajectory of the feed pipe. The steel wire rope is also wound on the pipe winding car and the guide tube car, and one end of the steel wire rope is fixed to the discharge car, and the other end is fixed to the feed end of the feed pipe. Since the feed pipe needs to have a certain degree of rigidity and a certain degree of ductility for bending and changing direction, a corrugated tube is required, and the length of the corrugated tube can be long or short. If the pipe winding car or the discharge car is pulled entirely by the pulling force of the feed pipe, the discharge car may not be able to fully reach the area of ​​the entire breeding board where the material needs to be laid. In particular, when the pipe winding car moves along the guide rail 1 driven by the drive motor 1, thereby pulling the discharge car to move, when the pipe winding car moves to its own end, the feed pipe itself may be stretched and extended, causing the discharge car to not reach the designated end, thereby causing unnecessary feeding blind spots. Therefore, a steel wire rope is set up beside the feeding pipe along the trajectory of the feeding pipe so that the movement trajectory of the pipe winding car and the unloading car is constrained by the fixed-length steel wire rope, thereby ensuring that the unloading car can completely pass through the set area where unloading is required, which is convenient to operate and also improves the stability and reliability of the equipment operation. The feeding end of the feeding pipe can be fixed on the frame of the breeding equipment, and the corresponding end of the steel wire rope can be fixed beside the feeding end of the feeding pipe. And a special rotation channel can be set on the pipe winding car and the catheter car corresponding to the steel wire rope to ensure the stability of the steel wire rope and its synchronization with the trajectory of the pipe feeding car. In addition, the above design does not necessarily require a steel wire rope. As long as the rope can meet the above-mentioned design requirements of this application, it can be used in this application.

[0082] Embodiment seven:

[0083] The difference from the above embodiment is that the pipe winding car can move along the guide rail 1 under the drive of the drive motor 1. The pipe winding car can be symmetrically matched with the drive wheel 41 driven by the drive motor 1 and the guide rail 1. Of course, as shown in Figure 17, the pipe winding car can also be a structure with a gear 43a driven by the drive motor 1 and a long rack 43b matched with the gear on one side, and a structure matched with the drive wheel on the other side through the guide rail 1. The meshing degree of the gear and the rack is good, and the operation is relatively stable so that the other side only needs to match the auxiliary guide rail 1 with the drive wheel. The rack can be installed on the guide rail. It can also be a gear and chain matching method. Its driving force can be the power generated by the external drive motor pulling the chain to drive the gear matched with the chain to rotate, driving the bucket to move.

[0084] The rack of the present application is an arc-shaped wavy rack as shown in FIG17 . The gear includes an axle 43-1, a limiting guide plate 43-2 provided at both ends of the axle, and a gear bar 43-3 connected between the two limiting guide plates and evenly distributed on the periphery of the axle. The width between the two limiting guide plates is greater than the width of the rack, and the two limiting guide plates are respectively guided at both ends of the rack. The gear bar is a cylindrical bar that can be embedded in the tooth groove of the rack. The gear bar and the axle can be in contact or a gap can be left between them, and adjacent racks do not contact each other. By matching the wavy rack with the above-mentioned specific gear bar, and the meshing range is limited to the guide groove formed by the limiting guide plate and the axle, a relatively soft and stable meshing can be achieved, and there is less sense of frustration. The transmission is more silent and stable, the bucket travels smoothly, the vibration is small, and it is not easy to derail, which greatly improves the stability of the equipment. A driven wheel 42 that cooperates with the gear to clamp the guide rail can be set at the position corresponding to the gear above the guide rail. In addition, a group of driven wheels can be connected on one side of the driven wheel through a bridge. The group of driven wheels includes two driven wheels located at the top of the guide rail and the bottom of the rack. The driven wheel 42-1 located at the top is sleeved on the guide rail and adapted to the guide rail, and the driven wheel 42-2 located at the bottom is sleeved and adapted to the rack, which can further and more effectively prevent derailment, improve stability, and increase the strength of the equipment.

[0085] A sealed insect breeding equipment includes the aforementioned drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding, and further includes a main frame 01, a layer rack 02, and a breeding board 03. The main frame is provided with a layer rack or multiple layer racks spaced vertically apart, the breeding board is provided on the layer rack, the parking rack 1 is provided at the end of the main frame, and a guide rail 2 is provided above each layer rack on the main frame, and the guide rail 2 is provided along the length of the breeding board. The guide rail 2 is provided on the main frame, the parking rack, and / or the layer rack.

[0086] The pipe winding trolley can be installed on top of the farming equipment, with the unloading trolley positioned lower than the pipe winding trolley, meaning the feed pipe extends from the top of the farming equipment. Alternatively, the pipe winding trolley can be installed at the bottom of the farming equipment, meaning the feed pipe extends from the bottom of the farming equipment, with the unloading trolley positioned higher than the pipe winding trolley. Preferably, the pipe winding trolley is installed on top of the farming equipment. Rollers 021 can also be installed on the end crosspieces of the rack corresponding to the parking rack. When the unloading trolley pulls the feed pipe to feed the farming plate, the feed pipe may come into contact with the crosspieces of the rack. The rollers facilitate smooth feeding of the feed pipe.

[0087] The breeding equipment also includes a lifting component 04 positioned outside the breeding boards. Each shelf layer is equipped with two horizontally joined breeding boards. The boards are joined to form a breeding unit, with the joints forming an openable discharge channel 032. Sealing material surrounds one or more breeding units to form a breeding cavity 07. The sealing material is arranged laterally along the breeding unit. When the lifting component tilts and lifts the outer sides of the breeding boards, the discharge channels between the joined boards are opened to recover adult insects, insect sand, and other residual materials. Suitable vibrators can then be directly or indirectly installed on the breeding boards to assist in collecting the remaining materials on the boards after breeding. The lifting component can act directly on the breeding boards or, through a structure such as a connecting rod 05, simultaneously lift multiple breeding boards. The breeding boards are connected to the shelves by horizontal slots and hinged shafts within the slots. When the outer sides of the breeding boards are lifted, the inner ends of the boards move outward, opening the discharge channel. The two cultivation boards are joined widthwise and can be stretched to form a discharge channel at the original joint, allowing for the collection of materials. This allows for localized material discharge, rather than long-distance, time-consuming material discharge. This shortens material discharge time and improves material flow. The discharge channel is not formed by moving the cultivation boards outward from the main frame. Instead, a lifting component tilts the cultivation boards, creating a gap that serves as a discharge channel. This not only facilitates material discharge by utilizing the tilted cultivation boards, but also creates a discharge channel for the collection of materials. Furthermore, the entire width of the main frame does not need to be expanded, enhancing the overall integrity of the system. Localized material discharge also effectively reduces the chance of residual material sticking and accumulating on the cultivation boards during unloading, and speeds up unloading. A conveyor belt 08 can also be located beneath the bottom cultivation board to collect recovered materials, such as worms and worm sand, that are vibrated out of the discharge channel.

[0088] Sealing material encloses the entire main frame and parking rack to form the breeding chamber 07. The drag chain material conveyor for insect breeding is also enclosed within this, creating a sealed environment. Air inlets and outlets are simply opened at either end of the breeding chamber. These inlets and outlets can also be connected to wind, humidity, and temperature control devices, allowing for controlled manual intervention in the temperature and humidity of the entire breeding environment, significantly improving insect breeding efficiency and increasing the rate of adult insects. For the material conveyor, simply insert the sealing material through the feed end of the feed pipe. This ensures that the material is not exposed between the feeding plates and the breeding chamber, ensuring a clean breeding workshop environment with minimal air pollution and preventing unnecessary exposure of the material in time and space.

Claims

1. A drag chain material conveying device, characterized in that: The utility model comprises a parking frame (1), a feeding pipe (2), a pipe winding car (3), a guide rail 1 (4), a feeding car (5), a guide rail 2 (6), a catheter car (301), a driving motor 1 (10) and a driving motor 2 (11), wherein the feeding car can be arranged on the parking frame, the catheter car is fixedly arranged on the parking frame, the feeding pipe is rotated and wound on the pipe winding car and the catheter car in sequence from the feeding end to the discharging end, the discharging end of the feeding pipe is connected to the feeding car, the pipe winding car can move along the guide rail 1 under the drive of the driving motor 1, and the feeding car can move along the guide rail 2 under the drive of the driving motor 2, the feeding car drags the feeding pipe forward and at the same time, driven by the feeding pipe, the pipe winding car moves in the opposite direction to the moving direction of the feeding car.

2. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: It also includes a supporting rail (7) arranged on the side of the second guide rail for supporting the feeding pipe, and the supporting rail is arranged parallel to the second guide rail.

3. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 2, characterized in that: A pipe outlet (71) is provided at the upper part of one side of the hosting rail, a material discharge elbow (21) is provided at the front end of the feeding pipe, the material discharge elbow is arranged on the material discharge vehicle, the inner end of the material discharge elbow is connected to the feeding pipe, and the outer end extends to the outside of the hosting rail through the pipe outlet, and the lower end edge of the pipe outlet is a side stop (72) that exceeds the track surface of the hosting rail.

4. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The outer end of the discharge elbow is connected with a discharge mechanism (9).

5. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The discharge mechanism (9) is a discharge pipe (91) having multiple discharge openings and connected to the discharge elbow, or is a plurality of discharge pipes connected to the discharge elbow.

6. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The material discharging mechanism comprises a screw rod (92) arranged on the material discharging vehicle, a movable slider (93) arranged on the screw rod, and a material feeding drag pipe (94) connected between the movable slider and the material discharging elbow.

7. The drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The catheter vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel (31), through which the feed pipe changes direction and rotates, and at least one guide wheel (031) is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend.

8. The drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The tube winding vehicle is provided with at least one rotating channel (31), through which the feeding tube changes direction and rotates, and at least one guide wheel (031) is provided on each side of the rotating channel and / or the rotating channel is a rotating bend (032).

9. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that: The guide wheel comprises at least one rotating guide wheel (311) located inside the feeding pipe and a plurality of anti-deflection guard wheels (312) located outside the feeding pipe, a rotating channel is formed between the rotating guide wheel and the anti-deflection guard wheel, and at least one anti-deflection guard wheel is respectively provided above and below the rotating guide wheel.

10. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 9, characterized in that: The rotating guide wheels and the anti-deflection guard wheels correspond one to one to form a group of guide wheels, and the rotating channel includes at least three groups of guide wheels: upper, middle and lower. The three groups of guide wheels are staggered up and down to form a rotating channel with a middle portion protruding outward.

11. The drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding comprises two multi-layer guide rails arranged at the upper and lower parts, and also comprises a lifting component (51) for lifting a material unloading vehicle so that the material unloading vehicle is docked with the two guide rails at each layer.

12. A drag chain material conveying device according to claim 11, characterized in that: The lifting assembly comprises a lifting brake component (511) and a vehicle supporting component (512) arranged on the lifting brake component and used for supporting or hanging a material unloading vehicle. The vehicle supporting component is provided with a short rail (513) connected to the second guide rail. The material unloading vehicle is connected to the short rail and the second guide rail via a roller driven by the second drive motor (11).

13. The drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A material leveling component (501) is also provided at the bottom of the movable unloading mechanism, and the material leveling component includes a material leveling shaft (5011) axially arranged perpendicular to the length direction of the guide rail, and a material shifting plate (5012) sequentially arranged on the material leveling shaft; or the material leveling component is a plurality of plowshares (502) arranged sequentially, and the plowshares gradually narrow from back to front.

14. The drag chain material conveying device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The drag chain material conveying device for insect breeding also includes a steel wire rope (8) arranged parallel to the feeding pipe along the winding track of the feeding pipe, and the steel wire rope is also wound on the pipe winding vehicle and the guide tube vehicle, and one end of the steel wire rope is fixed on the unloading vehicle, and the other end is fixed corresponding to the feeding end of the feeding pipe.

15. A sealed insect breeding device, characterized in that: A drag chain material conveying device comprising any of the above claims, further comprising a main frame (01), a layer frame (02), and a breeding board (03), wherein the main frame is provided with a layer frame or a plurality of layer frames spaced apart from each other, the breeding board is arranged on the layer frame, the parking rack (1) is arranged at the end of the main frame, and a guide rail 2 is provided above each layer frame on the main frame, and the guide rail 2 is arranged along the length direction of the breeding board.

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