CN220140136U - A rice seed machine of throwing for rice planting - Google Patents

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CN220140136U
CN220140136U CN202321217447.5U CN202321217447U CN220140136U CN 220140136 U CN220140136 U CN 220140136U CN 202321217447 U CN202321217447 U CN 202321217447U CN 220140136 U CN220140136 U CN 220140136U
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陈俊松
尹智亮
车品高
潘世文
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The utility model discloses a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting, which comprises: a rice seed diffuser for rice planting comprising: the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body, wherein a seed sowing device is arranged below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body; the seed sowing device comprises a loading barrel, a conveying mechanism is communicated below the loading barrel, a scattering barrel is communicated below the conveying mechanism, the top surface of the scattering barrel is communicated with the conveying mechanism, a scattering shaft is rotationally connected with the center of the scattering barrel, a plurality of scattering plates are fixedly connected to the periphery of the scattering shaft, the bottom end of the scattering shaft penetrates through the scattering barrel to be in transmission connection with a scattering motor, and a discharge hole is formed in the outer direction of the scattering barrel. According to the utility model, the unmanned aerial vehicle is used as a carrier for throwing rice seeds, so that the sowing efficiency is greatly improved; the conveying mechanism continuously and quantitatively conveys rice seeds in the loading barrel to the throwing mechanism for throwing, the discharge hole of the throwing mechanism is fixed, and the rice seeds are thrown in a fixed direction, so that the seeds thrown by the throwing mechanism are uniform, and the rice sowing density is controllable.

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A rice seed machine of throwing for rice planting
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the field of rice planting, and particularly relates to a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting.
Background
At present, the sowing is mainly divided into manual sowing and mechanical sowing, the labor intensity is high, the working time is long, a certain experience is needed for controlling the sowing density, and a novice is easy to cause uneven sowing, so that the phenomenon of uneven emergence and long potential difference is caused; the mechanical sowing is mainly divided into an artificial hand-held machine and a land machine. The hand-held machine needs to manually bear seeds to sow the seeds in the ground, the labor intensity is high, the efficiency is low, the land machine is suitable for sowing in a large area, the efficiency is high, but the ground is difficult, the operation restriction of a paddy field is relatively large, the requirements on sowing topography are strict, the weight is large, and the land is easy to damage.
The chinese patent with publication No. CN208273552U discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle with seed sowing device, this unmanned aerial vehicle includes the organism, be equipped with the horn on the organism, be equipped with the rotor on the horn, including the support body, it with the organism links to each other, still including install in seed sowing device of support body, it includes loading box, loading box is equipped with the feed inlet, and loading box bottom is equipped with the discharge gate, simultaneously, the discharge gate bottom is equipped with the broadcast dish, broadcast dish links to each other with a actuating mechanism, a actuating mechanism is used for the drive broadcast dish rotates. The unmanned aerial vehicle with the seed sowing device provided by the utility model has the advantages that the working efficiency is greatly improved, the precision is high, the waste is reduced, the time and the labor are saved, but when the seed sowing device is used for sowing, seeds freely fall onto the sowing disc for sowing due to gravity, the falling quantity of the seeds cannot be controlled, so that the quantity of the seeds under sowing is difficult to control, the sowing disc is used for sowing in all directions according to the centrifugal force, the sowing direction of the seeds is difficult to control, the sowing is very random, and the sowing density is difficult to accurately control.
For this purpose, a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting is proposed.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting.
In order to achieve the above object, the present utility model provides a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting, comprising:
the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body, wherein two supporting legs are fixedly connected below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body; a seed sowing device is arranged below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body, and two sides of the seed sowing device are fixedly connected with the supporting legs;
the seed sowing device comprises a loading barrel, wherein two sides of the loading barrel are fixedly connected with the supporting legs, a conveying mechanism is communicated below the loading barrel, and a throwing mechanism is communicated below the conveying mechanism; the dispersing mechanism comprises a dispersing barrel, a feeding hole is formed in the top surface of the dispersing barrel, the top surface of the dispersing barrel is communicated with the conveying mechanism through the feeding hole, a dispersing shaft is rotationally connected to the center of the dispersing barrel, a plurality of dispersing plates are fixedly connected to the periphery of the dispersing shaft, a dispersing motor is connected to the bottom end of the dispersing shaft through the dispersing barrel in a transmission mode, and a discharging hole is formed in the outer circumferential direction of the dispersing barrel.
Preferably, the top end of the loading barrel is provided with an opening, a cover is covered above the opening, the bottom of the loading barrel is an eccentric funnel, and the bottom of the eccentric funnel is communicated with the feeding end of the conveying mechanism.
Preferably, the connecting arms extend out from two sides of the loading barrel, the connecting platforms protrude out of the inner sides of the supporting legs corresponding to the connecting arms, the connecting arms are arranged on the top surfaces of the connecting platforms, and the connecting platforms are connected with the connecting arms through bolts.
Preferably, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying barrel, the top of the feeding end of the conveying barrel is communicated with the bottom of the eccentric funnel, and the bottom of the discharging end of the conveying barrel is communicated with the top of the throwing barrel; the conveying barrel is internally provided with a rotating shaft in a penetrating way, a spiral blade is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft, one end of the rotating shaft extends out of the conveying barrel to be connected with a conveying motor in a transmission way, and the other end of the rotating shaft extends out of the conveying barrel to be connected with a balancing weight in a rotating way.
Preferably, a supporting block is fixedly connected below the supporting leg.
Preferably, the discharge port extends outwards to form a discharge channel, the discharge channel is inclined downwards, and the discharge port of the discharge channel extends outwards to form a horn mouth.
Preferably, the conveying barrel outer cover is provided with a cylindrical barrel, the top end of the cylindrical barrel is fixedly connected with the side surface of the loading barrel, the bottom end of the cylindrical barrel is fixedly connected with the side surface of the throwing barrel, and the rotating shaft penetrates through the cylindrical barrel.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages and technical effects:
the unmanned aerial vehicle is used as a carrier for scattering rice seeds, so that the sowing efficiency is greatly improved, manual sowing in the ground is not needed, and time and labor are saved; the rice seeds are loaded in the loading barrel, the bottom end of the loading barrel is communicated with the conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism continuously and quantitatively conveys the rice seeds in the loading barrel to the throwing mechanism for throwing, so that the quantity of the seeds entering the throwing mechanism in unit time is relatively stable, the seeds thrown by the throwing mechanism are uniform, the density is controllable when the rice seeds are sown and planted, and the rice seeds fall between the two throwing plates after entering the throwing barrel of the throwing mechanism; the scattering motor drives the scattering shaft, the scattering shaft drives the scattering plates to rotate, the scattering plates give certain acceleration to rice seeds between the scattering plates, then the rice seeds are thrown out through the discharge hole due to centrifugal force, and the discharge hole is fixed, so that the rice seeds are scattered in a fixed direction instead of circumferential direction, and the scattering position of the rice seeds is convenient to control; the loading barrel, the conveying mechanism and the throwing mechanism are all located under the unmanned aerial vehicle main body, so that the whole rice seed throwing machine is symmetrical in structure, and stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle during flight is guaranteed.
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The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the utility model and together with the description serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the internal structure of the seed-spreading device of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a top view of the construction of the dispersion mechanism of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a top view of the conveyor mechanism of the present utility model;
in the figure: 1. an unmanned aerial vehicle main body; 2. support legs; 3. a support block; 4. a loading barrel; 5. a cover; 6. an eccentric funnel; 7. a connecting arm; 8. a connection station; 9. a bolt; 10. a conveying barrel; 11. a rotating shaft; 12. a helical blade; 13. a conveying motor; 14. balancing weight; 15. a throwing barrel; 16. a feed inlet; 17. a throwing shaft; 18. throwing a scattering plate; 19. a throwing motor; 20. a discharge port; 21. a discharge channel; 22. a horn mouth; 23. a cylindrical barrel.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present utility model will become more readily apparent, a more particular description of the utility model will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, the present embodiment provides a rice seed throwing machine for rice planting, comprising:
the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, wherein two supporting legs 2 are fixedly connected below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1; a seed sowing device is arranged below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, and two sides of the seed sowing device are fixedly connected with the supporting legs 2;
the seed sowing device comprises a loading barrel 4, wherein two sides of the loading barrel 4 are fixedly connected with supporting legs 2, a conveying mechanism is communicated below the loading barrel 4, and a throwing mechanism is communicated below the conveying mechanism;
the throwing mechanism comprises a throwing barrel 15, a feed inlet 16 is formed in the top surface of the throwing barrel 15, the top surface of the throwing barrel 15 is communicated with the conveying barrel 10 through the feed inlet 16, a throwing shaft 17 is connected with the center of the throwing barrel 15 in a rotating mode, a plurality of throwing plates 18 are fixedly connected to the periphery of the throwing shaft 17 in the circumferential direction, a throwing motor 19 is connected to the bottom end of the throwing shaft 17 in a penetrating mode through the throwing barrel 15 in a transmission mode, and a discharge outlet 20 is formed in the throwing barrel 15 in an outward cutting mode.
The unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is preferably a plant protection unmanned aerial vehicle with the model MX6-25, and the unmanned aerial vehicle is used as a carrier for throwing rice seeds, so that the sowing efficiency is greatly improved, the sowing is not needed to be carried out manually, and the time and the labor are saved; the loading barrel 4 is used for loading rice seeds, the bottom end of the loading barrel 4 is communicated with the conveying mechanism, the conveying mechanism continuously and quantitatively slowly conveys the rice seeds in the loading barrel 4 to the throwing mechanism for throwing, so that the quantity of the seeds entering the throwing mechanism in unit time is relatively stable, the seeds thrown by the throwing mechanism are uniform, the density is controllable when the rice is sowed and planted, and the rice seeds fall between the two throwing plates 18 after entering the throwing barrel 15 of the throwing mechanism; the scattering motor 19 drives the scattering shafts 17, the scattering shafts 17 drive the scattering plates 18 to rotate, the scattering plates 18 give certain acceleration to rice seeds between the scattering plates 18, then the rice seeds are thrown out through the discharge holes 20 due to centrifugal force, and the rice seeds are scattered in a fixed direction instead of circumferential direction due to the fact that the discharge holes are fixed, so that the scattering positions of the rice seeds are conveniently controlled; the loading barrel 4, the conveying mechanism and the scattering mechanism are all positioned under the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, so that the whole rice seed scattering machine is symmetrical in structure, and the stability of the unmanned aerial vehicle during flight is ensured.
Further optimizing scheme, loading barrel 4 open-top, opening top cover are equipped with lid 5, and loading barrel 4 bottom is eccentric funnel 6, and eccentric funnel 6 bottom and conveying mechanism feed end intercommunication.
The rice seeds can be added into the loading barrel 4 by opening the cover 5, and the rice seeds can be prevented from being spilled in the process of throwing the rice seeds by covering the cover 5; the eccentric funnel 6 guides the seeds in the loading tub 4 to flow into one end of the conveying mechanism.
Further optimizing scheme, the loading barrel 4 both sides stretch out there is linking arm 7, and the inboard linking arm 7 that corresponds of supporting leg 2 is outstanding to have linking bridge 8, and linking arm 7 sets up on linking bridge 8 top surface, and linking bridge 8 passes through bolted connection with linking arm 7.
The connection table 8 and the supporting leg 2 integrated into one piece, the connection arm 7 is connected in the top surface butt of connection table 8, and the connection table 8 supports whole seed sowing device through the connection arm 7, makes seed sowing device and unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1 firm connection. The manner in which the bolts 9 are attached facilitates the installation and removal of the unmanned aerial vehicle body 1 and the seed-sowing device.
In a further optimized scheme, the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying barrel 10, the top of the feeding end of the conveying barrel 10 is communicated with the bottom of the eccentric funnel 6, and the bottom of the discharging end of the conveying barrel 10 is communicated with the top of the throwing barrel 15; a rotating shaft 11 is arranged in the conveying barrel 10 in a penetrating way, a helical blade 12 is fixedly connected on the rotating shaft 11, one end of the rotating shaft 11 extends out of the conveying barrel 10 to be connected with a conveying motor 13 in a transmission way, and the other end extends out of the conveying barrel 10 to be connected with a balancing weight 14 in a rotating way.
The conveying motor 13 drives the rotating shaft 11 to rotate, the rotating shaft 11 drives the helical blade 12 to rotate, the helical blade 12 gradually drives rice seeds falling from the bottom of the eccentric hopper 6 to horizontally move, the conveying speed of the rice seeds can be adjusted by adjusting the rotating speed of the conveying motor 13, and then the throwing amount of the throwing mechanism in unit time is adjusted to match with the flying speed of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, so that the sowing density of the rice seeds is controlled. The balancing weight 14 is used for balancing the weight of the conveying motor 13 and keeping the flying balance of the unmanned aerial vehicle.
In a further optimization scheme, a supporting block 3 is fixedly connected below the supporting leg 2.
The supporting block 3 increases the contact area between the supporting leg 2 and the bottom surface, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is more stable when falling on the ground.
Further, the dispersion motor 19 and the conveyance motor 13 share one unmanned plane battery as a power source with the unmanned plane main body 1.
Further optimizing scheme, the discharge gate 20 outwards extends the discharge channel 21, and the discharge channel 21 downward sloping, the discharge gate 20 of discharge channel 21 outwards extends horn mouth 22.
The downward inclination of the discharging channel 21 and the horn mouth 22 at the end part are used for guiding the scattering direction of the rice seeds, so that the rice seeds are scattered in a fixed direction, and the scattering position of the rice seeds is convenient to control.
Further optimizing scheme, the conveying barrel 10 is provided with a cylindrical barrel 23 in the outer cover, the top end of the cylindrical barrel 23 is fixedly connected with the side surface of the loading barrel 4, the bottom end of the cylindrical barrel 23 is fixedly connected with the side surface of the throwing barrel 15, and the rotating shaft 11 penetrates through the cylindrical barrel 23.
The cylindrical barrel 23 is designed to make the fixing of the conveying barrel 10 more stable, and to connect the loading barrel 4 and the throwing barrel 15 to make the appearance of the seed sowing device more smooth and beautiful.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "longitudinal," "transverse," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like indicate or are based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, merely to facilitate description of the present utility model, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
The above embodiments are only illustrative of the preferred embodiments of the present utility model and are not intended to limit the scope of the present utility model, and various modifications and improvements made by those skilled in the art to the technical solutions of the present utility model should fall within the protection scope defined by the claims of the present utility model without departing from the design spirit of the present utility model.

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1. A rice seed throwing machine for rice planting, comprising:
the unmanned aerial vehicle comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body (1), wherein two supporting legs (2) are fixedly connected below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body (1); a seed sowing device is arranged below the unmanned aerial vehicle main body (1), and two sides of the seed sowing device are fixedly connected with the supporting legs (2);
the seed sowing device comprises a loading barrel (4), wherein two sides of the loading barrel (4) are fixedly connected with the supporting legs (2), a conveying mechanism is communicated below the loading barrel (4), and a throwing mechanism is communicated below the conveying mechanism; the utility model provides a mechanism of throwing, including throwing the bucket (15) that breaks away, feed inlet (16) have been seted up to the bucket (15) top surface that breaks away, the bucket (15) top surface that breaks away passes through feed inlet (16) with conveying mechanism intercommunication, the bucket (15) center rotation that breaks away is connected with the axle (17) that breaks away, the peripheral rigid coupling of axle (17) that breaks away has a plurality of boards (18) that break away, the axle (17) bottom that breaks away passes bucket (15) transmission that breaks away is connected with motor (19) that breaks away, the bucket (15) that breaks away is circumscribed to offer discharge gate (20).
2. A rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the top end of the loading barrel (4) is provided with an opening, a cover (5) is covered above the opening, the bottom of the loading barrel (4) is provided with an eccentric funnel (6), and the bottom of the eccentric funnel (6) is communicated with the feeding end of the conveying mechanism.
3. A rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 2, wherein: connecting arms (7) extend out of two sides of the loading barrel (4), connecting platforms (8) protrude out of the inner sides of the supporting legs (2) corresponding to the connecting arms (7), the connecting arms (7) are arranged on the top surfaces of the connecting platforms (8), and the connecting platforms (8) are connected with the connecting arms (7) through bolts (9).
4. A rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the conveying mechanism comprises a conveying barrel (10), the top of the feeding end of the conveying barrel (10) is communicated with the bottom of the eccentric funnel (6), and the bottom of the discharging end of the conveying barrel (10) is communicated with the top of the throwing barrel (15); the conveying barrel (10) is internally provided with a rotating shaft (11) in a penetrating mode, a spiral blade (12) is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft (11), one end of the rotating shaft (11) extends out of the conveying barrel (10) to be connected with a conveying motor (13) in a transmission mode, and the other end of the rotating shaft extends out of the conveying barrel (10) to be connected with a balancing weight (14) in a rotating mode.
5. The rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 4, wherein: support blocks (3) are fixedly connected below the support legs (2).
6. A rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the discharge port (20) outwards extends out of the discharge channel (21), the discharge channel (21) is inclined downwards, and the discharge port (20) of the discharge channel (21) outwards extends out of the bell mouth (22).
7. The rice seed throwing machine for rice planting as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the conveying barrel (10) is provided with a cylindrical barrel (23) in an outer cover, the top end of the cylindrical barrel (23) is fixedly connected with the side face of the loading barrel (4), the bottom end of the cylindrical barrel (23) is fixedly connected with the side face of the throwing barrel (15), and the rotating shaft (11) penetrates through the cylindrical barrel (23).
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