Apparatus Having Automatically Adjustable Pot Seedling Fee Rate and Method Therfor

• US 20180192579A1
• Filed: 06/03/2016
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jiangsu University (Jiangsu Education Department)
• Original Assignee: Jiangsu University (Jiangsu Education Department)
• Inventors: Dong, Lili, Yuan, Hao, Zheng, Shyou, Li, Fuzhu
• Granted Patent: US 10,638,656 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A01C 11/02 for seedlings
• CPC Class Codes: A01G 9/086 Devices for repotting

Abstract

An apparatus having an automatically adjustable pot seedling feed rate and a method therefor are provided. In some embodiments, the apparatus comprises a pot seedling scooper, a conveyance unit, a detection sensor, a controller, a seedling sorting unit, side panels, and brackets. The conveyance unit comprises a servomotor, a transmission shaft, a conveyor belt, a tension shaft, and a bearing. The seedling sorting unit comprises a seedling sorting rod, a reset spring, a guide post and a support seat.

Claims

1. An automatic adjustable pot seedling feeding speed device, comprising:

a pot seedlings shovel (1), a conveyor unit (4), a controller (6), side plates (7), and support stands (5);

The conveyor unit (4) of the device includes a servo motor (4-5), a transmission shaft (4-4), a conveyor belt (4-1), a tensioning shaft (4-3), and bearings (4-2), the servo motor (4-5) is linked to the transmission shaft (4-4), the tensioning shaft (4-3) and the transmission shaft (4-4) keep the conveyor belt (4-1) in a tensioned work state, the conveyor unit (4) is driven by using the servo motor (4-5) where the transmission shaft (4-4) and the conveyor belt (4-1) move to transfer a pot seedling, and the controller (6) of the device can be used to control the servo motor (4-5) of the conveyor unit (4);

The device also includes a pot seedlings shovel (1) used for a single delivery of multiple pot seedlings, a seedling separation unit (2) used for separating seedlings and correcting the feeding posture of a pot seedling, and a detection sensor (3) for detecting whether a pot seedling reaches a seedling separation position;

The seedling separation unit (2) contains a seedling separation rod (2-1), a support seat (2-2), a reset spring (2-3), an adjustment plate (2-4), a guide post (2-5), a brake cable (2-6), and a sleeve tube (2-7), the seedling separation rod (2-1) and the guide post (2-5) are connected to the adjustment plate (2-4) by using a bolt or through welding, they pass through the guide holes on the support seat (2-2), the seedling separation rod (2-1) and its guide hole are the sliding fit, and the guide post (2-5) and its guide hole are the sliding fit too, the support seat (2-2) is secured on the side plate (2-7) by using a bolt or through welding.

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