CN101391708A - Safe transmission carrier method and apparatus for pneumatic pipe transmission - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G51/00—Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure; Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface
- B65G51/04—Conveying the articles in carriers having a cross-section approximating that of the pipe or tube; Tube mail systems
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
- B65G51/00—Conveying articles through pipes or tubes by fluid flow or pressure; Conveying articles over a flat surface, e.g. the base of a trough, by jets located in the surface
- B65G51/04—Conveying the articles in carriers having a cross-section approximating that of the pipe or tube; Tube mail systems
- B65G51/36—Other devices for indicating or controlling movements of carriers, e.g. for supervising individual tube sections, for counting carriers, for reporting jams or other operating difficulties
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B19/00—Keys; Accessories therefor
- E05B19/22—Keys with devices for indicating whether the last operation was locking or unlocking
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B41/00—Locks with visible indication as to whether the lock is locked or unlocked
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
- E05B—LOCKS; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; HANDCUFFS
- E05B65/00—Locks or fastenings for special use
- E05B65/52—Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like
- E05B65/5207—Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like characterised by bolt movement
- E05B65/5215—Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like characterised by bolt movement sliding
- E05B65/523—Other locks for chests, boxes, trunks, baskets, travelling bags, or the like characterised by bolt movement sliding parallel to the surface on which the lock is mounted
Abstract
The invention provides a safe conveying carrier for simple and reliable pneumatic pipeline conveying. A locking mechanism used for locking a cover body and a barrel body of the conveying carrier is arranged on the conveying carrier; a lock detecting mechanism is adopted to judge whether the locking mechanism locks the cover body and the barrel body well and just when the lock detecting mechanism judges that both the cover body and the barrel body are locked well the conveying carrier is allowed to enter the pneumatic pipeline.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to pneumatic pipeline transmission field, especially a kind of device and method of safe transmission carrier of pneumatic pipeline transmission
Background technology
Pneumatic pipe transmission systems can be applicable to all trades and professions, as the various places that need to transmit article such as hospital, bank, factory, office building, market, restaurant.Pneumatic pipe transmission systems links up each department, all can transmit article efficiently between any two transmitting-receiving stations, can exempt people's the hardship of hurrying back and forth, and saves the plenty of time, increases work efficiency greatly.But, often do not build as the transmitter of transport vehicle, and article are dropped out from transmitter owing to its lid, cause transmitter to be stuck in transmission pipeline midway, cause having some setbacks of transmission system.
In addition, for example bank and office building etc. need the very strong transmission file of privacy and the place of bill in some place, because article drop out from transmitter, and cause between client and the ISP producing serious dispute, even causing the badly generations of incident such as lawsuit that the client pursues a claim to the ISP, this is convenient, fast conveying system is used widely thereby influenced.
Yet up to the present above-mentioned problem does not also have good solution.
Summary of the invention
The objective of the invention is to overcome above-mentioned the deficiencies in the prior art, a kind of simple, reliable pneumatic pipeline transmission safety transmission method is provided; Another object of the present invention provides a kind of safe transmission device of pneumatic pipeline transmission.
The safe transmission method of a kind of pneumatic pipeline transmission of the present invention: comprise the steps: 1) on transport vehicle, is provided with the lid of transport vehicle and the catch gear of staving locking; 2) judge that by a locking testing agency this catch gear whether with lid and staving locking, has only when locking testing agency judges that lid and staving are in locking state, just allow transport vehicle to let pass and enter into Pneumatic pipe.
Preferably, described locking testing agency judges also whether described catch gear self is in locking state, has only when described lid and staving are in the locking shape, just allows the transport vehicle clearance to enter into Pneumatic pipe.
Preferably, described catch gear comprises lock section and locked groove portion, and described lock section and the cooperation of locked groove portion place locking state or released state with lid and staving; Described locking testing agency comprises that lock opens judging part and locking part, and lock opens judging part and is used to judge whether described lock section places locking state with described lid and staving; Described locking part is used for described lid and staving are placed locking state.
Described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the lid; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the staving and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises tension springing, rotating shaft and lid, and rebound by lid and to return to judge whether described lid and staving are in locking state; Described locking part comprises elastic force dead bolt device, when described dead bolt is extracted from described locked groove when making described lid and staving be in released state, the tension springing flicks described lid, when in described dead bolt is inserted into described locked groove, making described lid and staving be in locking state, and described lock core locked with respect to described lid.
Described locking part can be installed on lid or the staving, comprise elastic force dead bolt device and dead bolt opening device, elastic force dead bolt device has dead bolt and spring to connect to form, be used for constantly dead bolt being pressed to the locked groove direction, the dead bolt opening device comprises handle, be connected with dead bolt, when being used to make dead bolt to open it retracted; Or be a lock core, be connected with dead bolt, when being used for key rotation lock core, dead bolt can be drawn back.
Described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the staving; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the lid and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises the tension springing, and open by lid and to judge whether above-mentioned lid and staving are in locking state.
Described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the staving; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the bung and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises the tension springing, and open by lid and to judge whether above-mentioned lid and staving are in locking state; The described portion of unblanking comprises handle, and this handle is arranged on the dead bolt, can drive described dead bolt and draw back, and described locking part is the groove that is arranged on the described entire body, and described handle is connected by groove with dead bolt and exposes housing.
The safe transmission carrier device of a kind of pneumatic pipeline transmission of the present invention comprises: be arranged on locking mechanism and locking testing agency on the transport vehicle, catch gear is used for the lid of transport vehicle and staving are placed locking state or released state; Whether described locking testing agency is used to judge this catch gear with lid and staving locking, has only when locking testing agency judgement lid and staving are in locking state, and described locking testing agency just can not eject.
Beneficial effect: the present invention has guaranteed that by catch gear and locking testing agency are set the transport vehicle that enters transmission pipeline is in locking state on transport vehicle; Guaranteed the lid of transport vehicle and the safe reliability of staving locking, improved transmission efficiency, and increase privacy.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation when not extracting key of the present invention;
Structural representation when Fig. 2 is of the present invention uncapping;
Fig. 3 is the enlarged drawing of the B portion of Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is the enlarged drawing of the A portion of Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the enlarged drawing of the use handle of Fig. 2.
Be described further in conjunction with example:
As shown in Figure 1, 2,1 is staving, and two edges are 5,2 are lid, and inner edge is 6,3 to be key, 4 is dead bolt, and 7 is locked groove, cooperates with 4,5 is staving circular arc block, be installed on the staving to protruding the circular arc bead, can with 6 interlockings, 6 is lid circular arc block, be installed on the lid, be recessed circular arc edge, can with 5 interlockings; Fig. 3 is that amplify the part of Fig. 2 B, shows place's 2 lids, 11 rotating shafts, be installed in the lid with staving on, will cover and staving connect together, 10 is tension spring, be installed near the rotating shaft of lid, be connected, be used for afterburning all the time and lid with lid, lid and staving are opened, and 1 is staving among Fig. 4, and 3 is key, when being used for looking into key into lock core, rotatable lock core is drawn back dead bolt, can extract after locking,, 4 is dead bolt, is subjected to 9 elastic force effect all the time, cooperate with 7 and can pin lid and body, 8 is lock core, can rotate under key drives, thereby retract dead bolt, 9 is spring, all the time the application of force and lock.
The objective of the invention is to prevent that staving and lid are separated from transmission course.
Method of inspection of the present invention comprises the steps: 1) on transport vehicle, be provided with the lid of transport vehicle and the catch gear of staving locking; 2) judge this catch gear whether with lid and staving locking by a locking testing agency, have only when lid and staving to be in locking state, just allow the transport vehicle clearance to enter into Pneumatic pipe.
More particularly, in above-mentioned steps, catch gear comprises lock section and locked groove portion, states the cooperation of lock section and locked groove portion lid and staving are placed locking state or released state; Locking testing agency comprises that lock opens judging part and locking part, and lock opens judging part and is used to judge whether described lock section places locking state with lid and staving; Locking part is used for opening the judgement section judges lock section when lid and staving are placed locking state, certain lid in lock section and staving locking when lock.
Fig. 5 is another embodiment, and 10 is handle, is connected with dead bolt, dead bolt can be drawn back during with hand propelled 10.
In sum, more than be preferred embodiment of the present invention only, be not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.For example, lock core drives dead bolt and is not limited only to embodiment 1, also can be directly dead bolt to be connected on the lock core, by the mode of lock core driving; In addition, the dead bolt among the embodiment 1, lock core also not necessarily will be arranged on the staving, also can be arranged on the lid; In addition, the handle in embodiment 2 also can be structure of strip or the like.Therefore, all any modifications of being done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.
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- The method of [claim 1] a kind of Pneumatic pipe safe transmission carrier is characterized in that, comprises the steps: 1) on transport vehicle, be provided with the lid of transport vehicle and the catch gear of staving locking; 2) judge that by a locking testing agency this catch gear whether with lid and staving locking, has only when locking testing agency judges that lid and staving are in locking state, just allow transport vehicle to let pass and enter into Pneumatic pipe.
- [claim 2] the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described catch gear comprises lock section and locked groove portion, and described lock section and the cooperation of locked groove portion place locking state or released state with lid and staving; Described locking testing agency comprises that lock opens judging part and locking part, and lock opens judging part and is used to judge whether described lock section places locking state with described lid and staving, and described locking part is used for described lid and staving are placed locking state.
- [claim 3] method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the lid; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the staving and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises tension springing, rotating shaft and lid, and rebound by lid and to return to judge whether described lid and staving are in locking state; Described locking part comprises elastic force dead bolt device, when described dead bolt is extracted from described locked groove when making described lid and staving be in released state, the tension springing flicks described lid, when in described dead bolt is inserted into described locked groove, making described lid and staving be in locking state, and described lock core locked with respect to described staving.
- [claim 4] method as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that described locking part can be installed on lid or the staving, comprise elastic force dead bolt device and dead bolt opening device, elastic force dead bolt device has dead bolt and spring to connect to form, be used for constantly dead bolt being pressed to the locked groove direction, the dead bolt opening device comprises that handle is connected with dead bolt, is used to make dead bolt when opening it to be retracted, or be a lock core, be connected with dead bolt, when being used for key rotation lock core, dead bolt can be drawn back.
- [claim 5] method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the staving; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the lid and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises the tension springing, and open by lid and to judge whether above-mentioned lid and staving are in locking state; The described portion of unblanking comprises handle, and this handle is arranged on the dead bolt, can drive described dead bolt and draw back, and described locking part is the groove that is arranged on the described staving, and described handle is connected by groove with dead bolt and exposes housing.
- [claim 6] method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the staving; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the bung and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and insert or withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises the tension springing, and open by lid and to judge whether above-mentioned lid and staving are in locking state.
- The safe transmission carrier device of [claim 7] a kind of pneumatic pipeline transmission, it is characterized in that, comprise: be arranged on locking mechanism and locking testing agency on the transport vehicle, catch gear is used for the lid of transport vehicle and staving are placed locking state or released state; Described locking testing agency is used to judge that this catch gear whether with lid and staving locking, has only when locking testing agency judges that lid and staving are in locking state, and described locking testing agency does not just move.
- [claim 8] device as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, described catch gear comprises lock section and locked groove portion, and described lock section and the cooperation of locked groove portion place locking state or released state with lid and staving; Described locking testing agency comprises that lock opens judging part and locking part, and lock opens judging part and is used to judge whether described lock section places locking state with described lid and staving; Described locking part is used for when described lock opens the described lock section of judgement section judges described lid and staving being placed locking state.
- [claim 9] device as claimed in claim 8 is characterized in that, described lock section comprises lock core and the dead bolt that is arranged on the staving; Described locked groove portion is the locked groove that is arranged on the lid and matches with described dead bolt, and lock core can drive dead bolt and withdraw from locked groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises tension spring such as rotating shaft spring, is installed near the rotating shaft of lid, comprise in the rotating shaft, and eject automatically by lid and to judge whether described lid and staving are in locking state; Described locking part comprises dead bolt, makes described lid and staving be in locking state in described dead bolt is inserted into described locked groove, and described key can be extracted from lock core, and inserts, and when being used to insert dead bolt is drawn back.
- [claim 10] device as claimed in claim 8, it is characterized in that described lock section comprises lock core and dead bolt, described lid is installed on the described staving by a S. A. is rotatable, described lock core is arranged on the opposite side relative with this S. A. of staving, and dead bolt is arranged on barrel wall; Described locked groove portion is the groove that is arranged on the described lid and matches with described dead bolt, and when described lid rotated to the position that described staving is covered, dead bolt ejected and inserts or withdraw from described groove; Can described lock opens judging part and comprises described tension spring, S. A., lid, and eject by lid and to judge whether described lid and staving are in locking state; Described locking part comprises locked groove, dead bolt, latch bolt spring, and dead bolt is inserted into and makes described lid and staving be in locking state in the described locked groove, comprises handle, is connected on the dead bolt, can retract dead bolt when being used for needing release.
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