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CN109429631B
CN109429631B CN201811574163.5A CN201811574163A CN109429631B CN 109429631 B CN109429631 B CN 109429631B CN 201811574163 A CN201811574163 A CN 201811574163A CN 109429631 B CN109429631 B CN 109429631B
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The invention discloses a peanut seeder, which comprises: a housing; the fixed rod is vertically arranged in the shell; the charging barrel is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the fixed rod; the material guide pipe is positioned below the charging barrel; the material guide rod is positioned between the charging barrel and the material guide pipe; the first disc is of an annular structure inscribed in the shell; the second spring is sleeved outside the material guide pipe; a step plate located outside the housing; the soil breaking mechanism comprises a second disc, a plurality of first claw bodies and a plurality of second claw bodies; a seed storage box. The invention has simple structure, can quickly complete digging, sowing and earthing, has strong operability, does not need large power source, greatly reduces the production cost, can meet the requirements of common farmers, can be widely popularized in the market and is suitable for the national conditions of China agricultural kingdom.

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Peanut seeder
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of agricultural planting machinery. More particularly, the present invention relates to a peanut seeder.
Background
In rural planting field, peanut seeding is a comparatively troublesome operation, and traditional method is through the artifical back that levels with iron milling ridging, again in the same direction as the manual seeding of ridge, and general seeding needs two people to cooperate to accomplish, and wherein digs alone in the front and plants the groove, and another one is after planting the inslot and losing the peanut seed, and planting efficiency is extremely low, consumes more manpower and man-hour, and intensity of labour is great.
Therefore, peanut seeding machines used by traction of small four-wheel tractors appear in the market, although ridging, leveling, fertilizing and seeding can be performed simultaneously, the mechanical equipment is large in size and generally needs to be matched with large power sources such as motors or engines, the equipment cost is high, and for ordinary farmer families, expensive seeding machines are not consumed.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to solve at least the above problems and to provide at least the advantages described later.
The invention also aims to provide the peanut seeder, which has a simple structure, can quickly complete pit digging, seeding and soil covering, has strong operability, does not need a large-scale power source, greatly reduces the production cost, can meet the requirements of common farmers, can be greatly popularized in the market, and is suitable for the national conditions of China agricultural kingdom.
To achieve these objects and other advantages in accordance with the purpose of the invention, there is provided a peanut seeder comprising:
the handle is horizontally and fixedly arranged at the top of the shell, and the bottom of the shell is arranged in an open manner; a strip-shaped first through hole is formed in the circumferential surface of the lower portion of the shell and extends along the axial direction of the shell;
the top of the fixed rod is connected with the inner wall of the top surface of the shell through a first spring which is vertically arranged; a first sliding block is fixedly arranged on one side face of the fixed rod and is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the shell, and the shell does not limit the movement of the first sliding block along the axis direction of the shell;
the feed cylinder is of a hollow cylinder structure and is vertically positioned in the shell, and the horizontal distance between the feed cylinder and the shell is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; the feed cylinder is positioned below the fixed rod, the top of the feed cylinder is fixedly connected with the bottom of the fixed rod, the bottom of the feed cylinder is rotatably provided with a movable plate, the movable plate is of a circular structure, the diameter of the movable plate is smaller than that of the feed cylinder, the circle center of the movable plate is positioned on the axis of the feed cylinder, a pair of rotating shafts are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the movable plate, any rotating shaft is horizontally arranged, the free end of each rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the inner wall of the feed cylinder, a first torsion spring is arranged between each rotating shaft and the inner wall of the feed cylinder, and when the first torsion spring is in a natural state, the movable plate is horizontally arranged, and the distance between the movable plate and the inner wall of the feed cylinder is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; a material guide port is arranged at the lower part of one side surface of the charging barrel, which is far away from the first sliding block, and the material guide port is positioned at one side of the pair of rotating shafts;
the feeding pipe is vertically arranged inside the shell and is positioned below the charging barrel, the feeding pipe is of a hollow cylinder structure with two open ends, the diameter of the feeding pipe is linearly decreased from top to bottom, a second sliding block is fixedly arranged on one side surface of the feeding pipe, which is far away from the feeding port, and is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the shell, the shell does not limit the movement of the second sliding block along the axis direction of the shell, and the second sliding block is connected with the first sliding block through a vertically arranged first connecting rod; the bottom of the charging barrel is vertically projected downwards and accommodated in the material guide pipe;
the material guide rod is vertically positioned between the charging barrel and the material guide pipe, the bottom of the material guide rod is connected with the inner wall of the shell through a horizontally arranged support rod, and the material guide rod is positioned between the axis of the charging barrel and the material guide opening; when the first spring is stretched downwards to the limit position, the upper end of the material guide rod extends into the charging barrel, one side of the movable plate close to the material guide opening moves upwards relative to the charging barrel, one side of the movable plate far away from the material guide opening moves downwards relative to the charging barrel, and the first torsion spring is rotated to the limit position, wherein the bottom of the charging barrel is opened;
the first disc is a ring-shaped structure which is horizontally inscribed in the shell, the first disc is positioned between the second sliding block and the bottom of the shell, the outer part of the material guide pipe penetrates through the first disc, and the first disc does not limit the movement of the material guide pipe along the axial direction of the shell;
the second spring is sleeved outside the material guide pipe and positioned between the second sliding block and the first disc, the top of the second spring is connected with the bottom of the second sliding block, and the bottom of the second spring is connected with the upper surface of the first disc; when the first spring is in a natural state, the second spring is in a natural state, and the bottom of the material guide pipe is positioned in the shell at the moment;
the pedal is horizontally positioned outside the shell and on one side far away from the material guide port, a second connecting rod is horizontally and fixedly arranged on one side, close to the shell, of the pedal, and the free end of the second connecting rod horizontally penetrates through the first through hole and is connected with the second sliding block;
broken ground mechanism, it sets firmly in the bottom of casing, broken ground mechanism includes:
the second disc is of a horizontally arranged circular ring structure, the second disc is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the shell, the circle center of the second disc is positioned on the axis of the shell, the diameter of the inner circle of the second disc is smaller than that of the shell and larger than that of the lower end of the material guide pipe, and the diameter of the outer circle of the second disc is larger than that of the shell;
the first claw bodies are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner circle of the second disc, the upper end of any one first claw body is hinged with the inner wall of the second disc, the lower end of the first claw body is provided with a sharp part and extends downwards in an inclined mode towards the direction close to the axis of the shell, a second torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the first claw body and the inner wall of the second disc, and when all the second torsion springs are in a natural state, the lower ends of the first claw bodies are close to and in contact with each other;
the second claw bodies are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the excircle of the second disk, the upper end of any second claw body is hinged with the outer wall of the second disk, the lower end of the second claw body extends downwards in an inclined manner in the direction close to the axis of the shell, and a third torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the second claw body and the outer wall of the second disk;
the seed storage box is positioned outside the shell and on one side close to the material guide port, the seed storage box is of a hollow cubic structure and is used for storing peanut seeds, a seed dropping pipe is arranged between the seed storage box and the shell, one end of the seed dropping pipe is communicated with the interior of the seed storage box, the other end of the seed dropping pipe extends downwards in an inclined mode towards the direction close to the shell, penetrates through the shell and extends into the shell, when the first spring is in a natural state, the other end of the seed dropping pipe is communicated with the material guide port in a sealing mode, and when the second spring stretches downwards, the other end of the seed dropping pipe is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the side face of the fixed rod; the top surface of the seed storage box is provided with a cover body which can be opened/closed.
Preferably, peanut seeder, the top of passage is equipped with the hopper of round platform shape, the diameter from the top down of hopper is linear reduction, the top circular edge of hopper with the inner wall contact of casing, be equipped with the confession on the lateral wall of hopper the second through-hole that the head rod passed, the hopper does not restrict the head rod is followed the removal of the direction of the axis of casing.
Preferably, peanut seeder, the upper portion of the inner wall of casing is equipped with banding first spout, and it follows the axis direction of casing extends, first slider slip card is located in the first spout, realize first slider with shells inner wall's sliding connection.
Preferably, peanut seeder, the inner wall lower part of casing is equipped with banding second spout, and it follows the axis direction of casing extends, second slider slip card is located in the second spout, realize the second slider with shells inner wall's sliding connection.
Preferably, the peanut seeder comprises a shell, the charging barrel, the fixing rod, the top surface of the hopper, the bottom surface of the hopper, the top surface of the material guide pipe and the bottom surface of the material guide pipe, wherein the diameter ratio of the shell to the charging barrel to the fixing rod to the top surface of the material guide pipe to the bottom surface of the material guide pipe is 1:0.9:0.9:0.98:0.9:0.9: 0.8.
Preferably, the diameter ratio of the inner circle of the first disc, the top surface of the material guide pipe, the bottom surface of the material guide pipe and the outer circle of the second disc to the inner circle of the second disc is 0.85:0.9:0.8:0.9: 1.1.
Preferably, the peanut seeder, the both ends of handle are equipped with anti-skidding cover respectively.
The invention at least comprises the following beneficial effects:
the invention has simple structure, is similar to a small mud shovel in shape, is portable, and has lower manufacturing cost; planting peanuts in the peanut planting field after ridging and leveling, and specifically comprises the following steps: the lower end of the shell of the peanut seeder provided by the invention is inserted into soil, and then the foot pedal is stepped on, so that the peanut planting is completed, the peanut seeder is time-saving, labor-saving, convenient and quick, is simple to operate, can meet the requirements of common farmers, can be popularized in the market, and is suitable for the national conditions of China agricultural kingdom.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of a peanut planter according to one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a peanut seeder of another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a first jaw in a tightened state according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the first jaw in an expanded configuration, according to another embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the second jaw in a collapsed configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the second jaw in an expanded state according to another embodiment of the present invention.
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The present invention is further described in detail below with reference to the drawings and examples so that those skilled in the art can practice the invention with reference to the description.
It will be understood that terms such as "having," "including," and "comprising," as used herein, do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements or groups thereof.
It is to be noted that the experimental methods described in the following embodiments are all conventional methods unless otherwise specified, and the reagents and materials are commercially available unless otherwise specified.
In the description of the present invention, the terms "lateral", "longitudinal", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc., indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being 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 invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, the present invention provides a peanut seeder, comprising:
the device comprises a shell 1, a handle 11 and a control device, wherein the shell 1 is of a vertically arranged hollow cylinder structure, the top of the shell 1 is horizontally and fixedly provided with the handle, and the bottom of the shell is provided with an opening; a strip-shaped first through hole is formed in the circumferential surface of the lower portion of the shell 1 and extends along the axial direction of the shell 1; the shell 1 can be made of metal or plastic materials, and the shell 1 can be designed to be transparent in practical application, so that a user can conveniently observe the body in the shell 1 at any time;
the fixing rod 2 is vertically arranged inside the shell 1, and the top of the fixing rod 2 is connected with the inner wall of the top surface of the shell 1 through a vertically arranged first spring 21; a first sliding block 22 is fixedly arranged on one side surface of the fixed rod 2, the first sliding block 22 is connected with the inner wall of the shell 1 in a sliding manner, and the shell 1 does not limit the movement of the first sliding block 22 along the axial direction of the shell 1; the fixed rod 2 is elastically connected with the top of the shell 1 through a first spring 21, the fixed rod 2 can be driven to move up and down relative to the shell 1 by sliding of the first sliding block 22, and the fixed rod 2 can be vertically pulled back upwards by the arrangement of the first spring 21 after external force is eliminated, so that the fixed rod 2 can automatically return;
the feed cylinder 3 is of a hollow cylinder structure and is vertically positioned in the shell 1, and the horizontal distance between the feed cylinder 3 and the shell 1 is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; the feed cylinder 3 is positioned below the fixed rod 2, the top of the feed cylinder is fixedly connected with the bottom of the fixed rod 2, the bottom of the feed cylinder is rotatably provided with a movable plate 32, the movable plate 32 is of a circular structure with the diameter smaller than that of the feed cylinder 3, the circle center of the movable plate 32 is positioned on the axis of the feed cylinder 3, a pair of rotating shafts is symmetrically arranged on two sides of the movable plate 32, any rotating shaft is horizontally arranged, the free end of each rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the inner wall of the feed cylinder 3, a first torsion spring is arranged between each rotating shaft and the inner wall of the feed cylinder 3, and when the first torsion spring is in a natural state, the movable plate 32 is horizontally arranged, and the distance between the movable plate 32 and the inner wall of the feed cylinder 3 is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; a material guiding opening 31 is formed in the lower part of one side surface, far away from the first sliding block 22, of the charging barrel 3, and the material guiding opening 31 is positioned on one side of the pair of rotating shafts; the movable plate 32 arranged at the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is rotatably connected with the inner wall of the circumferential surface of the charging barrel 3 through a pair of rotating shafts, meanwhile, a first torsion spring is arranged, the movable plate 32 is horizontally arranged in a natural state and can cover the bottom of the charging barrel 3, the movable plates 32 at two sides (two sides of the pair of rotating shafts) of the movable plate 32 are pushed upwards or downwards to rotate relative to the charging barrel 3, so that the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is opened, the first torsion spring has certain elasticity, the movable plate 32 can be rotated only by applying external force, and the gravity of peanut seeds in the charging barrel 3 is not enough to rotate the movable plate 32;
the material guiding pipe 4 is vertically arranged inside the shell 1 and is positioned below the charging barrel 3, the material guiding pipe 4 is of a hollow cylinder structure with two open ends, the diameter of the material guiding pipe 4 is linearly decreased from top to bottom, a second sliding block 41 is fixedly arranged on one side surface of the material guiding pipe 4 away from the material guiding opening 31, the second sliding block 41 is slidably connected with the inner wall of the shell 1, the shell 1 does not limit the movement of the second sliding block 41 along the axial direction of the shell 1, and the second sliding block 41 is connected with the first sliding block 22 through a first connecting rod 411 which is vertically arranged; the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is vertically projected downwards and accommodated in the material guide pipe 4; the material guide pipe 4 is large at the upper part and small at the lower part, so that peanut seeds are prevented from being blocked and retained at an inlet at the upper end of the material guide pipe 4; when in the initial position, the lower end of the material guide pipe 4 is positioned inside the shell 1; the second slider 41 is located at the uppermost limit position;
the material guide rod 5 is vertically positioned between the charging barrel 3 and the material guide pipe 4, the bottom of the material guide rod 5 is connected with the inner wall of the shell 1 through a support rod 51 which is horizontally arranged, and the material guide rod 5 is positioned between the axis of the charging barrel 3 and the material guide opening 31; when the first spring 21 is pulled downwards to the limit position, the upper end of the guide rod 5 extends into the barrel 3, the side of the movable plate 32 close to the guide opening 31 moves upwards relative to the barrel 3, the side far from the guide opening 31 moves downwards relative to the barrel 3, and the first torsion spring is rotated to the limit position, wherein the bottom of the barrel 3 is open; the material guiding rod 5 is fixedly arranged between the material cylinder 3 and the material guiding pipe 4, when the material cylinder 3 vertically moves downwards relative to the shell 1, the material guiding rod 5 can apply a vertically upward thrust to one side of the movable plate 32 close to the material guiding opening 31, so that the movable plate 32 rotates relative to the material cylinder 3, the bottom of the material cylinder 3 is opened, and the seeds in the material cylinder 3 freely fall from the bottom of the material cylinder 3 and vertically move downwards into the material guiding pipe 4;
the first disc 6 is of an annular structure which is horizontally inscribed in the shell 1, and the outer circle edge of the first disc 6 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the shell 1; the first disk 6 is positioned between the second slider 41 and the bottom of the housing 1, the outer portion of the guide tube 4 passes through the first disk 6, and the first disk 6 does not restrict the movement of the guide tube 4 in the axial direction of the housing 1; the lower end of the material guide pipe 4 penetrates through the first disc 6, and the diameter of the inner circle of the first disc 6 is larger than that of the lower part of the material guide pipe 4, so that the material guide pipe 4 does not move vertically up and down under the limitation of the first disc 6;
a second spring 61 sleeved outside the material guiding pipe 4 and located between the second slider 41 and the first disk 6, wherein the top of the second spring 61 is connected with the bottom of the second slider 41, and the bottom of the second spring is connected with the upper surface of the first disk 6; when the first spring 21 is in a natural state, the second spring 61 is in a natural state, and the bottom of the material guiding pipe 4 is located inside the casing 1; the first disc 6 provides a support point for the second spring 61; the second spring 61 can provide power for the vertical upward return of the material guide pipe 4, so that the material guide pipe 4 automatically returns;
the pedal 9 is horizontally positioned outside the shell 1 and on one side far away from the material guide port 31, a second connecting rod is horizontally and fixedly arranged on one side, close to the shell 1, of the pedal 9, and the free end of the second connecting rod horizontally penetrates through the first through hole and is connected with the second sliding block 41; the second connecting rod can move up and down along the first through hole, when in an initial position, the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 are in a natural state, the second connecting rod is positioned at the upper part of the first through hole, the fixed rod 2, the charging barrel 3 and the material guiding pipe 4 all move vertically and downwards driven by a foot pedal 9, downward pressure is applied to the foot pedal 9, the foot pedal 9 drives the second connecting rod and the second sliding block 41 to move vertically and downwards, the downward movement of the second sliding block 41 drives the material guiding pipe 4 to move downwards and the downward movement of the first connecting rod 411, the downward movement of the first connecting rod 411 drives the first sliding block 22 to move downwards, further the fixed rod 2 and the charging barrel 3 to move downwards relative to the shell 1, when the foot pedal 9 moves downwards to a limit position, the first spring 21 is stretched to the limit position, the second spring 61 is compressed to the limit position, the bottom of the material guiding pipe 4 moves from the shell 1 to the lower part of the shell 1, the charging barrel 3 moves downwards to the limit position, at the moment, the upper part of the material guiding rod 5 vertically pushes the side, close to the material guiding opening 31, of the movable plate 32 upwards, the upper part of the material guiding rod 5 extends into the charging barrel 3, the movable plate 32 rotates relative to the circumferential surface of the charging barrel 3, the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is opened, and seeds in the charging barrel 3 freely fall into the material guiding pipe 4 under the self gravity; when the downward pressure on the pedal 9 is relieved, the self elastic force action of the first spring 21 and the second spring 61, the guide pipe 4 and the fixed rod 2 move upwards to the initial position, the charging barrel 3 moves vertically and upwards along with the fixed rod 2, the movable plate 32 rotates to the horizontal position under the action of the first torsion spring to cover the bottom of the charging barrel 3, and all parts are restored to the initial position;
the mechanism of breaking ground, it sets firmly in the bottom of casing 1, the mechanism of breaking ground includes:
the second disc 7 is of a horizontally arranged circular ring structure, the second disc 7 is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the shell 1, the center of the second disc 7 is located on the axis of the shell 1, the diameter of the inner circle of the second disc 7 is smaller than that of the shell 1 and larger than that of the lower end of the material guide pipe 4, and the diameter of the outer circle is larger than that of the shell 1;
a plurality of first claw bodies 81 arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner circle of the second disc 7, wherein the upper end of any first claw body 81 is hinged with the inner wall of the second disc 7, the lower end is provided with a sharp part and extends downwards in an inclined way towards the direction close to the axis of the shell 1, a second torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the first claw body 81 and the inner wall of the second disc 7, and when all the second torsion springs are in a natural state, the lower ends of the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are close to and contact with each other;
a plurality of second claw bodies 82, which are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the outer circle of the second disk 7, wherein the upper end of any second claw body 82 is hinged with the outer wall of the second disk 7, the lower end extends downwards in an inclined manner towards the direction close to the axis of the housing 1, and a third torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the second claw body 82 and the outer wall of the second disk 7; the lower ends of all the second claw bodies 82 are not in contact with each other; the included angle between the lower end of the second claw body 82 and the vertical direction is always larger than the included angle between the lower end of the first claw body 81 and the vertical direction; the expansion range of the plurality of second claw bodies 82 is larger than the expansion range of the plurality of first claw bodies 81; the soil breaking mechanism mainly arches soil in planting to form a circular planting groove, and limits the arched soil between the second claw bodies 82 and the first claw bodies 81, so that soil backfilling is facilitated, and the soil breaking mechanism specifically comprises: when sowing, a user holds two ends of the handle with two hands, the shell 1 of the peanut sowing machine is vertically inserted downwards to a position to be sowed on a planting ground, the second claw bodies 82 are unfolded under the action of the downward insertion force of the user on the shell 1, the first claw bodies 81 are inserted into soil in a tightened state, then the foot pedal 9 is stepped on by feet, the material guide pipe 4 vertically moves downwards to push the first claw bodies 81 away, the first claw bodies 81 arch the soil to form a circular planting groove in the unfolding process, seeds in the material guide pipe 4 fall into the planting groove under the self gravity, then the user vertically lifts the shell 1 of the peanut sowing machine upwards, meanwhile, the feet are removed from the foot pedal 9, the first claw bodies 81 are tightened under the elastic force recovery action force of the respective second torsion springs and gradually tightened along with the upward movement of the shell 1, and after the first claw bodies 81 move to the upper part of the planting groove along with the shell 1, the foot-treading pressure is relieved, the first claw bodies 81 are guaranteed to be placed and tightened on the planting groove, the seeds falling into the planting groove are prevented from being grabbed back again by the first claw bodies 81, the second claw bodies 82 are gradually tightened under the elastic force recovery action of the third torsion springs, the soil (located between the first claw bodies 81 and the second claw bodies 82) formed by arching the first claw bodies 81 is pushed into the planting groove, the peanut seeds are covered, and the soil covering operation is completed; the peanut seeder is completely lifted from the planting field, the feet are removed from the pedal 9, the next seeding operation is carried out, the whole process can be completed only by pressing with hands and stepping with feet, and the operability is strong;
a seed storage box 10 located outside the housing 1 and on a side close to the material guide opening 31, wherein the seed storage box 10 is a hollow cubic structure for storing peanut seeds, a seed dropping pipe 101 is arranged between the seed storage box 10 and the housing 1, one end of the seed dropping pipe 101 is communicated with the interior of the seed storage box 10, the other end of the seed dropping pipe extends downwards in an inclined manner in a direction close to the housing 1, penetrates through the housing 1 and extends into the housing 1, when the first spring 21 is in a natural state, the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101 is communicated with the material guide opening 31 in a sealing manner, and when the second spring 61 is extended downwards, the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101 is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the side of the fixed rod 2; the top surface of the seed storage box 10 is provided with a cover body which can be opened/closed.
The peanut seeds in the seed storage box 10 move into the charging barrel 3 through the seed dropping pipe 101, and the charging barrel 3 is designed to accommodate the peanut seeds required by one planting groove; when the peanut seeding machine is at an initial position, the material guide port 31 of the material cylinder 3 is just in sealed communication with the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101, peanut seeds move into the material cylinder 3 from the seed storage box 10, the pedal 9 is stepped on by a foot during seeding, the material cylinder 3 moves downwards, when the material guide port 31 of the material cylinder 3 moves to the position below the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101, the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101 is covered by the outer wall of the circumferential surface of the material cylinder 3, the distance between the material cylinder 3 and the inner wall of the shell 1 is smaller than the minimum particle size of the peanut seeds, the outer wall of the circumferential surface of the material cylinder 3 can seal the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101, and the peanut seeds are prevented from dropping; the charging barrel 3 continues to move downwards, the top of the material guiding rod 5 is in contact with the movable plate 32, when the material guiding rod 5 continues to move, the upper part of the material guiding rod 5 extends into the charging barrel 3 and pushes the movable plate 32 to an inclined position, and the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is opened, so that peanut seeds smoothly fall into the material guiding pipe 4; in the process of upward returning, the charging barrel 3 moves upward to the movable plate 32 for returning, and then continues to move upward for a certain distance, the material guide port 31 of the charging barrel 3 is communicated with the seed dropping pipe 101, when seeding is guaranteed, the material guide port 31 is firstly sealed, then the movable plate 32 is rotated to open the bottom of the charging barrel 3, when returning, the movable plate 32 is firstly rotated to the horizontal position to cover the bottom, then the material guide port 31 is communicated with the seed dropping pipe 101, and accurate control of the seeding amount of each planting groove is achieved.
In the technical scheme, the mud shovel is simple in structure, similar to a small mud shovel in shape, portable in equipment and low in manufacturing cost; planting peanuts in the peanut planting field after ridging and leveling, and specifically comprises the following steps: the lower end of the shell 1 of the peanut seeder provided by the invention is inserted into soil, and then the foot pedal 9 is stepped on, so that the peanut planting is completed, the peanut seeder is time-saving, labor-saving, convenient, quick and simple to operate, can meet the requirements of common farmers, can be popularized in the market, and is suitable for the national conditions of China agricultural kingdom.
In another kind of technical scheme, peanut seeder, the top of passage 4 is equipped with the hopper 42 of round platform shape, the diameter from the top down of hopper 42 is linear reduction, the circular edge in top of hopper 42 with the inner wall contact of casing 1, be equipped with the confession on the lateral wall of hopper 42 the second through-hole that head rod 411 passed, hopper 42 does not restrict head rod 411 is followed the removal of the direction of the axis of casing 1. The hopper 42 with a large upper part and a small lower part can better guide peanut seeds falling from the charging barrel 3 into the material guide pipe 4 and accurately fall among the first claw bodies 81, so that preparation is made for subsequent soil covering work.
In another technical scheme, peanut seeder, the upper portion of the inner wall of casing 1 is equipped with banding first spout, and it follows the axis direction of casing 1 extends, first slider 22 slides the card and locates in the first spout, realize first slider 22 with the sliding connection of casing 1 inner wall. When the seeding is carried out, the pedal 9 is stepped on by feet to drive the first sliding block 22 to move downwards in the first sliding chute, the first spring 21 is vertically stretched downwards and the second spring 61 is vertically compressed downwards, when the first sliding block 22 moves to the lower part of the first sliding chute, the first spring 21 is stretched to the limit position, the second spring 61 is compressed to the limit position, the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are unfolded, and seeds fall into soil from the material guide rod 5; when the foot is removed from the foot board 9, the elastic restoring force of the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 drives the first sliding block 22 and the second sliding block 41 to move upwards relative to the housing 1, and the first sliding block 22 moves vertically upwards in the first sliding chute to the initial position.
In another technical scheme, peanut seeder, the inner wall lower part of casing 1 is equipped with banding second spout, and it follows the axis direction of casing 1 extends, second slider 41 slides the card and locates in the second spout, realize second slider 41 with the sliding connection of casing 1 inner wall. When the seeding is carried out, the pedal 9 is stepped by feet to drive the second sliding block 41 to move downwards in the second sliding chute, the first spring 21 is vertically stretched downwards and the second spring 61 is vertically compressed downwards, when the second sliding block 41 moves to the lower part of the second sliding chute, the first spring 21 is stretched to the limit position, the second spring 61 is compressed to the limit position, the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are unfolded, and seeds fall into soil from the material guide rod 5; when the foot is removed from the foot board 9, the elastic restoring force of the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 drives the first sliding block 22 and the second sliding block 41 to move upwards relative to the housing 1, and the second sliding block 41 moves vertically upwards in the second sliding chute to the initial position.
In another technical scheme, the peanut seeder comprises a shell 1, a charging barrel 3, a fixing rod 2, a top surface of a hopper 42, a bottom surface of the hopper 42, a top surface of a material guide pipe 4 and a bottom surface of the material guide pipe 4, wherein the diameter ratio of the shell to the material guide pipe 4 is 1:0.9:0.9:0.98:0.9: 0.8. Reasonable in design's size guarantees each part harmonious nature of mutually supporting, accomplishes the seeding operation of peanut.
In another technical scheme, the diameter ratio of the inner circle of the first disc 6, the top surface of the material guide pipe 4, the bottom surface of the material guide pipe 4 and the outer circle of the second disc 7 to the outer circle of the second disc 7 is 0.85:0.9:0.8:0.9: 1.1. Reasonable in design's size guarantees each part harmonious nature of mutually supporting, accomplishes the seeding operation of peanut.
In another technical scheme, the peanut seeder is characterized in that two ends of the handle are respectively provided with an anti-slip sleeve. The user can hold the hand conveniently during operation, and the slipping during labor force is avoided.
When the peanut seed planting device is at an initial position, the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 are in a natural state, the material guide port 31 of the material cylinder 3 is communicated with the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101, the movable plate 32 at the bottom of the material cylinder 3 is horizontally arranged to cover the bottom of the material cylinder 3, peanut seeds in the seed storage box 10 freely drop into the material cylinder 3 through the seed dropping pipe 101, the material cylinder 3 just contains the seed amount required by one planting groove, (the peanut seeds cannot roll into the material cylinder 3 enough to rotate the movable plate 32); the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are in a tightened state, and the bottoms of the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are in contact with each other, so that the plurality of first claw bodies 81 form a cone with a sealed lower end; the plurality of second claw bodies 82 are in a furled state, and the plurality of second claw bodies 82 are in a circular truncated cone structure with a large upper part and a small lower part and two open ends;
when sowing, a user holds two ends of the handle with two hands, the shell 1 of the peanut sowing machine is vertically inserted downwards to a position to be sowed on a planting ground, the second claw bodies 82 are unfolded under the action of the downward inserting force of the user on the shell 1, the first claw bodies 81 are inserted into soil in a tightened state, then the foot pedal 9 is stepped on by feet, the foot pedal 9 drives the second connecting rod and the second sliding block 41 to vertically move downwards, the downward movement of the second sliding block 41 drives the downward movement of the material guiding pipe 4 and the downward movement of the first connecting rod 411, the downward movement of the first connecting rod 411 drives the downward movement of the first sliding block 22, further drives the downward movement of the fixed rod 2 and the material cylinder 3 relative to the shell 1, when the foot pedal 9 moves downwards to a limit position, the first spring 21 is pulled to the limit position, the second spring 61 is compressed to the limit position, the bottom of the material guiding pipe 4 moves from the shell 1 to the lower part of the shell 1, the charging barrel 3 moves downwards, the material guide port 31 moves to the position below the other end of the material falling pipe 101, the other end of the material falling pipe 101 is shielded by the outer wall of the circumferential surface of the charging barrel 3, the charging barrel 3 continues to move downwards, the upper portion of the material guide rod 5 pushes the side, close to the material guide port 31, of the movable plate 32 upwards, the movable plate 32 rotates relative to the charging barrel 3, the movable plate 32 rotates to an inclined position, the bottom of the charging barrel 3 is opened, when the charging barrel 3 moves downwards to a limit position, the upper portion of the material guide rod 5 extends into the charging barrel 3, the movable plate 32 rotates to the limit position relative to the circumferential surface of the charging barrel 3, and seeds in the charging barrel 3 vertically move downwards to the interior of the material guide pipe 4 under the self gravity; the material guiding pipe 4 is driven by the second sliding block 41 to move downwards to move vertically downwards, the plurality of first claw bodies 81 are pushed away by the bottom of the material guiding pipe 4, the plurality of first claw bodies 81 arch soil to form a circular planting groove in the unfolding process, and seeds in the material guiding pipe 4 fall into the planting groove under the self gravity;
then, the user vertically lifts the casing 1 of the peanut seeder, and at the same time, the feet move away from the foot pedal 9, the first claw bodies 81 are tightened under the elastic force recovery action of the second torsion springs, the first claw bodies 81 are gradually tightened along with the upward movement of the casing 1, after the first claw bodies 81 move to the upper part of the planting groove along with the casing 1, the pressure of the feet is relieved, the first claw bodies 81 are ensured to be placed and tightened on the planting groove, the seeds falling into the planting groove are prevented from being re-grabbed by the first claw bodies 81, the second claw bodies 82 are gradually tightened under the elastic force recovery action of the third torsion springs, and the soil (between the first claw bodies 81 and the second claw bodies 82) formed by the arch opening of the first claw bodies 81 is pushed into the planting groove to cover the peanut seeds, so that the soil covering operation is completed; when the foot is removed from the pedal 9, the elastic force recovery action force of the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 drives the material guiding pipe 4, the charging barrel 3 and the fixing rod 2 to move upwards relative to the casing 1, and the process of the charging barrel 3 moving upwards is as follows: the movable plate 32 gradually rotates to a horizontal position to cover the bottom of the charging barrel 3 under the action of the first torsion spring along with the upward movement of the charging barrel 3, the charging barrel 3 continuously moves upwards, the material guide opening 31 of the charging barrel 3 is communicated with the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101, peanut seeds fall into the charging barrel 3 through the seed dropping pipe 101 again, when the first spring 21 and the second spring 61 return to a natural state, the charging barrel 3 moves upwards to a limit position, and the material guide opening 31 is communicated with the other end of the seed dropping pipe 101 in a sealing manner;
the peanut seeder is completely lifted from the planting field, the feet are moved away from the foot pedal 9, the next seeding operation is carried out, the whole process can be completed only by pressing by hand and stepping by feet, and the operability is strong.
The number of apparatuses and the scale of the process described herein are intended to simplify the description of the present invention. Applications, modifications and variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.
While embodiments of the invention have been described above, it is not limited to the applications set forth in the description and the embodiments, which are fully applicable in various fields of endeavor to which the invention pertains, and further modifications may readily be made by those skilled in the art, it being understood that the invention is not limited to the details shown and described herein without departing from the general concept defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. Peanut seeder, its characterized in that, it includes:
the handle is horizontally and fixedly arranged at the top of the shell, and the bottom of the shell is arranged in an open manner; a strip-shaped first through hole is formed in the circumferential surface of the lower portion of the shell and extends along the axial direction of the shell;
the top of the fixed rod is connected with the inner wall of the top surface of the shell through a first spring which is vertically arranged; a first sliding block is fixedly arranged on one side face of the fixed rod and is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the shell, and the shell does not limit the movement of the first sliding block along the axis direction of the shell;
the feed cylinder is of a hollow cylinder structure and is vertically positioned in the shell, and the horizontal distance between the feed cylinder and the shell is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; the feed cylinder is positioned below the fixed rod, the top of the feed cylinder is fixedly connected with the bottom of the fixed rod, the bottom of the feed cylinder is rotatably provided with a movable plate, the movable plate is of a circular structure, the diameter of the movable plate is smaller than that of the feed cylinder, the circle center of the movable plate is positioned on the axis of the feed cylinder, a pair of rotating shafts are symmetrically arranged on two sides of the movable plate, any rotating shaft is horizontally arranged, the free end of each rotating shaft is rotatably connected with the inner wall of the feed cylinder, a first torsion spring is arranged between each rotating shaft and the inner wall of the feed cylinder, and when the first torsion spring is in a natural state, the movable plate is horizontally arranged, and the distance between the movable plate and the inner wall of the feed cylinder is smaller than the minimum particle size of peanut seeds; a material guide port is arranged at the lower part of one side surface of the charging barrel, which is far away from the first sliding block, and the material guide port is positioned at one side of the pair of rotating shafts;
the feeding pipe is vertically arranged inside the shell and is positioned below the charging barrel, the feeding pipe is of a hollow cylinder structure with two open ends, the diameter of the feeding pipe is linearly decreased from top to bottom, a second sliding block is fixedly arranged on one side surface of the feeding pipe, which is far away from the feeding port, and is in sliding connection with the inner wall of the shell, the shell does not limit the movement of the second sliding block along the axis direction of the shell, and the second sliding block is connected with the first sliding block through a vertically arranged first connecting rod; the bottom of the charging barrel is vertically projected downwards and accommodated in the material guide pipe;
the material guide rod is vertically positioned between the charging barrel and the material guide pipe, the bottom of the material guide rod is connected with the inner wall of the shell through a horizontally arranged support rod, and the material guide rod is positioned between the axis of the charging barrel and the material guide opening; when the first spring is stretched downwards to the limit position, the upper end of the material guide rod extends into the charging barrel, one side of the movable plate close to the material guide opening moves upwards relative to the charging barrel, one side of the movable plate far away from the material guide opening moves downwards relative to the charging barrel, and the first torsion spring is rotated to the limit position, wherein the bottom of the charging barrel is opened;
the first disc is a ring-shaped structure which is horizontally inscribed in the shell, the first disc is positioned between the second sliding block and the bottom of the shell, the outer part of the material guide pipe penetrates through the first disc, and the first disc does not limit the movement of the material guide pipe along the axial direction of the shell;
the second spring is sleeved outside the material guide pipe and positioned between the second sliding block and the first disc, the top of the second spring is connected with the bottom of the second sliding block, and the bottom of the second spring is connected with the upper surface of the first disc; when the first spring is in a natural state, the second spring is in a natural state, and the bottom of the material guide pipe is positioned in the shell at the moment;
the pedal is horizontally positioned outside the shell and on one side far away from the material guide port, a second connecting rod is horizontally and fixedly arranged on one side, close to the shell, of the pedal, and the free end of the second connecting rod horizontally penetrates through the first through hole and is connected with the second sliding block;
broken ground mechanism, it sets firmly in the bottom of casing, broken ground mechanism includes:
the second disc is of a horizontally arranged circular ring structure, the second disc is fixedly arranged at the bottom of the shell, the circle center of the second disc is positioned on the axis of the shell, the diameter of the inner circle of the second disc is smaller than that of the shell and larger than that of the lower end of the material guide pipe, and the diameter of the outer circle of the second disc is larger than that of the shell;
the first claw bodies are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the inner circle of the second disc, the upper end of any one first claw body is hinged with the inner wall of the second disc, the lower end of the first claw body is provided with a sharp part and extends downwards in an inclined mode towards the direction close to the axis of the shell, a second torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the first claw body and the inner wall of the second disc, and when all the second torsion springs are in a natural state, the lower ends of the first claw bodies are close to and in contact with each other;
the second claw bodies are arranged at intervals along the circumferential direction of the excircle of the second disk, the upper end of any second claw body is hinged with the outer wall of the second disk, the lower end of the second claw body extends downwards in an inclined manner in the direction close to the axis of the shell, and a third torsion spring is arranged at the hinged position of the second claw body and the outer wall of the second disk;
the seed storage box is positioned outside the shell and on one side close to the material guide port, the seed storage box is of a hollow cubic structure and is used for storing peanut seeds, a seed dropping pipe is arranged between the seed storage box and the shell, one end of the seed dropping pipe is communicated with the interior of the seed storage box, the other end of the seed dropping pipe extends downwards in an inclined mode towards the direction close to the shell, penetrates through the shell and extends into the shell, when the first spring is in a natural state, the other end of the seed dropping pipe is communicated with the material guide port in a sealing mode, and when the second spring stretches downwards, the other end of the seed dropping pipe is in sealing contact with the outer wall of the side face of the fixed rod; the top surface of the seed storage box is provided with a cover body which can be opened/closed.
2. The peanut seeding machine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the top of the guide pipe is provided with a hopper in a circular truncated cone shape, the diameter of the hopper is linearly reduced from top to bottom, the top circular edge of the hopper is in contact with the inner wall of the casing, the side wall of the hopper is provided with a second through hole for the first connecting rod to pass through, and the hopper does not limit the movement of the first connecting rod along the direction of the axis of the casing.
3. The peanut seeding machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the upper part of the inner wall of the shell is provided with a strip-shaped first sliding groove which extends along the axial direction of the shell, and the first sliding block is slidably clamped in the first sliding groove to realize the sliding connection of the first sliding block and the inner wall of the shell.
4. The peanut seeding machine as claimed in claim 3, wherein a strip-shaped second sliding groove is formed in the lower portion of the inner wall of the shell and extends along the axial direction of the shell, and the second sliding block is slidably clamped in the second sliding groove to achieve sliding connection between the second sliding block and the inner wall of the shell.
5. The peanut planter as claimed in claim 4, wherein the ratio of the diameter of said housing, said barrel, said securing rod, said top surface of said hopper, said bottom surface of said hopper, said top surface of said conduit, and said bottom surface of said conduit is 1:0.9:0.9:0.98:0.9:0.9: 0.8.
6. The peanut planter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the ratio of the inner circle of said first disk, the top surface of said conduit, the bottom surface of said conduit, and the outer circle of said second disk to the outer circle of said second disk is 0.85:0.9:0.8:0.9: 1.1.
7. The peanut planter as claimed in claim 6, wherein said handle is provided with anti-slip covers at each end.
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