Apparatus Having Automatically Adjustable Pot Seedling Fee Rate and Method Therfor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018192579-A1
Application number	US-201615736612-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Jun 15, 2015
Publication date	Jul 12, 2018
Grant date	—

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.

First claim

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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Assignees

• Univ Jiangsu

Inventors

• Dong Lili
• Yuan Hao
• Zheng Shyou
• Li Fuzhu

Classifications

• A01C11/02 Primary

  for seedlings · CPC title

• A01G9/086

  Devices for repotting · CPC title