CN112520085B - Boar semen automatic filling machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an automatic boar semen filling machine, and relates to the technical field of filling equipment; the quick filling device comprises a front shell, a left shell, a right shell, a flow guide pipe fixing plate, a flow guide groove, a maintenance door shell, an air inlet, a power socket switch, a bottom plate and a damping foot pad, wherein the front shell is provided with a touch screen, a USB interface and two starting switches, the lower side of the touch screen is connected with an LED indicator lamp plate, the lower side of the left shell is provided with an emergency stop switch, the right shell is provided with three feed inlets, the front shell is provided with a backflow pipe fixing plate, the lower side of the flow guide pipe fixing plate is provided with three flow guide grooves, the flow guide grooves are arranged on a front vertical plate through flow guide groove nylon columns, flow guide pipes are arranged on the flow guide pipe fixing plate and the flow guide grooves, the lower side of the front shell is provided with a water receiving disc, the rear side of an outer shell is respectively provided with a maintenance door shell, an air inlet and a power socket switch, the bottom plate is arranged at the bottom of the outer shell, and the damping foot pads are arranged at four corners of the bottom plate; the automatic feeding device has the advantages of saving time and labor, being convenient to use, simple and convenient to operate, simple in structure and capable of improving efficiency.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of filling equipment, and particularly relates to an automatic boar semen filling machine.
Background
The existing boar semen is semi-automatic when being filled, the boar semen is easy to have errors when being filled, and has poor stability when being used, and the phenomenon of poor quality of the semen is easy to cause.
Disclosure of Invention
The method aims to solve the problems that the prior boar semen is semi-automatic when being filled, is easy to have errors when being filled, has poor stability when being used and is easy to cause poor semen quality; the invention aims to provide an automatic boar semen filling machine.
The invention discloses an automatic boar semen filling machine which comprises a left shell, a right shell, an upper shell, a front shell, a touch screen, a USB interface, a starting switch, a feed inlet, an emergency stop switch, a guide pipe fixing plate, a guide groove, a guide pipe, a water receiving disc, a maintenance door shell, an air inlet, a power socket switch, an LED indicator lamp plate, a clamping plate, a linear slide rail, a peristaltic pump, a guide column, a compression spring, a guide groove nylon column, a damping foot pad, a bottom plate, a left vertical plate, a right vertical plate, a stepping motor driver, a power supply, a cylinder transmission block, a cylinder fixing bottom plate, a regulating plate, a front vertical plate, a peristaltic pump module fixing frame, a stepping motor and a mounting frame; the left shell, the right shell, the upper shell and the front shell form an outer shell, the front shell is provided with a touch screen, a USB interface and two starting switches, the lower side of the touch screen is connected with an LED indicator lamp panel, the lower side of the left shell is provided with an emergency stop switch, the right shell is provided with three feed inlets, the front shell is provided with a backflow pipe fixing plate, the lower side of the flow guide pipe fixing plate is provided with three flow guide grooves, the flow guide grooves are arranged on the front vertical plate through flow guide groove nylon columns, the flow guide pipe is arranged on the flow guide pipe fixing plate and the flow guide grooves, the lower side of the front shell is provided with a water receiving disc, the rear side of the outer shell is respectively provided with a maintenance door shell, an air inlet and a power socket switch, the bottom of the outer shell is provided with a bottom plate, four corners of the bottom plate are respectively provided with a shock absorption foot pad, the bottom plate is respectively provided with a left vertical plate, a right vertical plate and a front vertical plate, the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are connected with the front vertical plate, the rear side wall of the front vertical plate is provided with an adjusting plate, the front two sides of the front vertical plate are respectively provided with a linear guide rail, a slide block of the linear guide rail is provided with a clamping plate, the rear side wall of the adjusting plate is provided with a cylinder fixing bottom plate, the cylinder fixing bottom plate is provided with a cylinder, a rod body of the cylinder is connected with a cylinder transmission block, the cylinder transmission block is connected with the clamping plate through a bolt, the bolt is connected in a guide groove of the adjusting plate in a penetrating way, the clamping plate is provided with three filling needles, the clamping plate is provided with two guide sleeves, guide posts are movably connected in the guide sleeves, the bottom of each guide post is provided with a guide plate, the guide posts are sleeved with compression springs, two ends of each compression spring are respectively connected with the guide plates and the clamping plate, three mounting frames are arranged between the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate, a peristaltic pump module fixing frame is arranged on the mounting frame, the outer side of the peristaltic pump module fixing frame is provided with a peristaltic pump, the peristaltic pump is connected with a stepping motor, and one side of the mounting frame is provided with a stepping motor driver, the inlet of the peristaltic pump is connected with the feed inlet, the outlet of the peristaltic pump is connected with the interface of the filling needle through a pipeline, and the electromagnetic valve and the power supply are both arranged on the bottom plate.
Preferably, three hollow butting sleeves are mounted on the guide plate.
Preferably, the two ends of the linear guide rail are provided with limit blocks.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
the liquid can be quickly pumped and filled, automatic control can be realized, the stability is high, and the filling accuracy is high;
time and labor can be saved, the use is convenient, the operation is simple and convenient, meanwhile, the structure is simple, and the efficiency is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an inside view of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a partial inside view of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a rear view of FIG. 3;
fig. 6 is a side view of fig. 4.
In the figure: 1-left shell; 2-right shell; 3-upper shell; 4-a front shell; 5-a touch screen; 6-USB interface; 7-starting a switch; 8-a feed inlet; 9-emergency stop switch; 10-honeycomb duct fixing plate; 11-a diversion trench; 12-a draft tube; 13-a water pan; 14-repairing the door shell; 15-air inlet; 16-power outlet switch; 17-LED indicator light panel; 18-a splint; 19-linear slide rail; 20-a peristaltic pump; 21-a guide post; 22-a compression spring; 23-a diversion trench nylon column; 24-shock absorbing foot pads; 25-a base plate; 26-a left vertical plate; 27-a right vertical plate; 28-stepper motor driver; 29-a power supply; 30-a cylinder transmission block; 31-a cylinder; 32-cylinder fixed bottom plate; 33-adjusting plate; 34-a front vertical plate; 35-peristaltic pump module fixing frame; 36-a stepper motor; 37-a mounting frame.
Detailed Description
In order that the objects, aspects and advantages of the invention will become more apparent, the invention will be described by way of example only, and in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that such description is merely illustrative and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The structure, proportion, size and the like shown in the drawings are only used for matching with the content disclosed in the specification, so that the person skilled in the art can understand and read the description, and the description is not used for limiting the limit condition of the implementation of the invention, so the method has no technical essence, and any structural modification, proportion relation change or size adjustment still falls within the range covered by the technical content disclosed by the invention without affecting the effect and the achievable purpose of the invention. Moreover, in the following description, descriptions of well-known structures and techniques are omitted so as to not unnecessarily obscure the concepts of the present invention.
It should be noted that, in order to avoid obscuring the present invention with unnecessary details, only the structures and/or processing steps closely related to the scheme according to the present invention are shown in the drawings, and other details not so relevant to the present invention are omitted.
As shown in fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 3, fig. 4, fig. 5, and fig. 6, the present embodiment adopts the following technical solutions: the device comprises a left shell 1, a right shell 2, an upper shell 3, a front shell 4, a touch screen 5, a USB interface 6, a starting switch 7, a feed inlet 8, an emergency stop switch 9, a guide pipe fixing plate 10, a guide groove 11, a guide pipe 12, a water receiving disc 13, a maintenance door shell 14, an air inlet 15, a power socket switch 16, an LED indicator lamp plate 17, a clamping plate 18, a linear slide rail 19, a peristaltic pump 20, a guide post 21, a compression spring 22, a guide groove nylon post 23, a shock absorption foot pad 24, a bottom plate 25, a left vertical plate 26, a right vertical plate 27, a stepping motor driver 28, a power supply 29, a cylinder transmission block 30, a cylinder 31, a cylinder fixing bottom plate 32, an adjusting plate 33, a front vertical plate 34, a peristaltic pump module fixing frame 35, a stepping motor 36 and a mounting frame 37; the left shell 1, the right shell 2, the upper shell 3 and the front shell 4 form an outer shell, a touch screen 5, a USB interface 6 and two starting switches 7 are installed on the front shell 4, the starting switches 7 can start the equipment, the touch screen can input data and display information, the lower side of the touch screen 5 is connected with an LED indicator lamp panel 17, an emergency stop switch 9 is installed on the lower side of the left shell 1, the emergency stop switch 9 can be stopped emergently, three feed inlets 8 are installed on the right shell 2, a backflow pipe fixing plate 10 is installed on the front shell, three diversion trenches 11 are arranged on the lower side of the diversion pipe fixing plate 10, the diversion trenches 11 are installed on a front vertical plate 34 through diversion trench nylon columns 23, a diversion pipe 12 is arranged on the diversion pipe fixing plate 10 and the diversion trenches 11, a water receiving disc 13 is arranged on the lower side of the front shell, a maintenance door shell 14, an air inlet 15 and a power socket switch 16 are respectively arranged on the rear side of the outer shell, and the maintenance door shell 14 can realize maintenance after being opened, a bottom plate 25 is installed at the bottom of the outer shell, shock absorbing foot pads 24 are installed at four corners of the bottom plate 25, the shock absorbing foot pads 24 can be supported, a left vertical plate 26, a right vertical plate 27 and a front vertical plate 34 are installed on the bottom plate 25 respectively, the left vertical plate 26 and the right vertical plate 27 are connected with the front vertical plate 34, an adjusting plate 33 is installed on the rear side wall of the front vertical plate 34, linear guide rails 19 are installed on the front two sides of the front vertical plate 34, a clamping plate 18 is installed on a sliding block of the linear guide rails 19, a cylinder fixing bottom plate 32 is installed on the rear side wall of the adjusting plate 34, a cylinder 31 is installed on the cylinder fixing bottom plate 32, a rod body of the cylinder 31 is connected with a cylinder transmission block 30, the cylinder transmission block 30 is connected with the clamping plate 18 through bolts, the bolts are connected in guide grooves of the adjusting plate 33 in a penetrating manner, three filling needles are installed on the clamping plate 18, two guide sleeves are installed on the clamping plate 18, guide columns 21 are movably connected in the guide sleeves, guide post 21 can realize the direction of splint 18 when descending, compression spring can realize the buffering of dynamics, the deflector is installed to the bottom of guide post 21, compression spring 22 has been cup jointed on the guide post 21, compression spring 22's both ends respectively with the deflector, splint 18 is connected, left side riser 26, install three mounting bracket 37 between the right side riser 27, install peristaltic pump module mount 35 on the mounting bracket 37, peristaltic pump 20 is installed in the outside of peristaltic pump module mount 35, peristaltic pump 20 can realize the feeding, peristaltic pump 20 is connected with step motor 36, step motor driver 28 is installed to one side of mounting bracket 37, peristaltic pump 20's import and feed inlet are connected, the export of peristaltic pump 20 passes through the pipeline and fills the interface connection of needle, the solenoid valve, power 29 all installs on bottom plate 25.
Furthermore, three hollow butt-joint sleeves are installed on the guide plate.
Furthermore, two ends of the linear guide rail 19 are both provided with a limiting block.
The working principle of the specific embodiment is as follows: when using, 15 external air compressors of air inlet, start the air compressor machine earlier before the equipment uses, when pressure reaches 0.5Mpa-0.7Mpa, can use, then pass through the pipe connection feeding jar through the feed inlet, the feed inlet is connected with the peristaltic pump, the peristaltic pump realizes work through step motor 36 drives, and step motor 36 realizes the drive through the step motor driver, start the cylinder simultaneously, the cylinder passes through the trachea, the solenoid valve is connected with the air pump, the work of controlling the cylinder through the solenoid valve, cylinder 31 drives cylinder transmission piece 30 and descends, its cylinder transmission piece 30 descends with splint connection drive together, the deflector of splint lower extreme contacts with honeycomb duct fixed plate 10, can realize compressing tightly of deflector, the filling needle on the splint pierces after then, can realize quick filling, the cylinder resets after the filling is accomplished.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
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1. The utility model provides a boar seminal fluid automatic filling machine which characterized in that: the device comprises a left shell, a right shell, an upper shell, a front shell, a touch screen, a USB interface, a starting switch, a feed inlet, an emergency stop switch, a guide pipe fixing plate, a guide groove, a guide pipe, a water pan, a maintenance door shell, an air inlet, a power socket switch, an LED indicator lamp plate, a clamping plate, a linear slide rail, a peristaltic pump, a guide post, a compression spring, a guide groove nylon post, a damping foot pad, a bottom plate, a left vertical plate, a right vertical plate, a stepping motor driver, a power supply, a cylinder transmission block, a cylinder fixing bottom plate, an adjusting plate, a front vertical plate, a peristaltic pump module fixing frame, a stepping motor and a mounting frame; the left shell, the right shell, the upper shell and the front shell form an outer shell, the front shell is provided with a touch screen, a USB interface and two starting switches, the lower side of the touch screen is connected with an LED indicator lamp panel, the lower side of the left shell is provided with an emergency stop switch, the right shell is provided with three feed inlets, the front shell is provided with a backflow pipe fixing plate, the lower side of the flow guide pipe fixing plate is provided with three flow guide grooves, the flow guide grooves are arranged on the front vertical plate through flow guide groove nylon columns, the flow guide pipe is arranged on the flow guide pipe fixing plate and the flow guide grooves, the lower side of the front shell is provided with a water receiving disc, the rear side of the outer shell is respectively provided with a maintenance door shell, an air inlet and a power socket switch, the bottom of the outer shell is provided with a bottom plate, four corners of the bottom plate are respectively provided with a shock absorption foot pad, the bottom plate is respectively provided with a left vertical plate, a right vertical plate and a front vertical plate, the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate are connected with the front vertical plate, the rear side wall of the front vertical plate is provided with an adjusting plate, the front two sides of the front vertical plate are respectively provided with a linear guide rail, a slide block of the linear guide rail is provided with a clamping plate, the rear side wall of the adjusting plate is provided with a cylinder fixing bottom plate, the cylinder fixing bottom plate is provided with a cylinder, a rod body of the cylinder is connected with a cylinder transmission block, the cylinder transmission block is connected with the clamping plate through a bolt, the bolt is connected in a guide groove of the adjusting plate in a penetrating way, the clamping plate is provided with three filling needles, the clamping plate is provided with two guide sleeves, guide posts are movably connected in the guide sleeves, the bottom of each guide post is provided with a guide plate, the guide posts are sleeved with compression springs, two ends of each compression spring are respectively connected with the guide plates and the clamping plate, three mounting frames are arranged between the left vertical plate and the right vertical plate, a peristaltic pump module fixing frame is arranged on the mounting frame, the outer side of the peristaltic pump module fixing frame is provided with a peristaltic pump, the peristaltic pump is connected with a stepping motor, and one side of the mounting frame is provided with a stepping motor driver, the inlet of the peristaltic pump is connected with the feed inlet, the outlet of the peristaltic pump is connected with the interface of the filling needle through a pipeline, and the electromagnetic valve and the power supply are both arranged on the bottom plate.
2. The automatic boar semen filling machine according to claim 1, wherein: three hollow butt-joint sleeves are mounted on the guide plate.
3. The automatic boar semen filling machine according to claim 1, wherein: and limiting blocks are arranged at two ends of the linear guide rail.
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