CN102650366A - Oil injector and oil injection method - Google Patents

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CN102650366A
CN102650366A CN2011100439566A CN201110043956A CN102650366A CN 102650366 A CN102650366 A CN 102650366A CN 2011100439566 A CN2011100439566 A CN 2011100439566A CN 201110043956 A CN201110043956 A CN 201110043956A CN 102650366 A CN102650366 A CN 102650366A
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The invention provides an oil injector and an oil injection method. The oil injector comprises a nozzle, an end cover and an oil cylinder, wherein a piston is arranged in the oil cylinder, and moreover, the oil cylinder is divided into an oil chamber and a pressure chamber by the piston; the pressure chamber is provided with a liquid inlet which can communicate with a pressure liquid power source via a duct and pressure liquid can be filled into the pressure chamber via the liquid inlet to push the piston to move toward the oil chamber; a spring is arranged in the oil chamber, the first end of the spring abuts against the end cover, and the second end of the spring abuts against the piston. The oil injector provided by the invention utilizes the pressure liquid to push the piston to move to carry out oil injection, so that the speed of the oil injection is increased, and therefore the production efficiency is increased.

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Oiling device and correction oil injection method
Technical field
The present invention relates to the mechanical lubrication technology, relate in particular to a kind of oiling device and correction oil injection method.
Background technique
Coal winning machine, the indispensable machinery of multi-purpose grubber colliery engineering; Mostly the walking transmission mechanism of coal winning machine is gear pin row formula; In case tractive unit rack rails wheel and drive wheel assemblies and multi-purpose grubber revolution turntable bearing and cutting portion bearing receive heavy load, the operation of slow-speed of revolution oil starvation causes driving wheel and bearing premature damage easily, cause mechanical accident.These equipment often need inject lubricant oil and carry out work.
For equipment provides lubricant grease, oiling device then becomes necessary tool, uses very extensive in the colliery.Existing oiling device generally comprises rifle mouth, end cap and oil cylinder, and wherein the rifle mouth is fixedly connected with end cap, and end cap and oil cylinder are fixed together, and lubricant grease is stored in the oil cylinder, is injected into the oil hole of treating the oiling parts through the rifle mouth.
Many little and length of position oil hole diameter of treating oiling, no oiling air hole, common grease gun oiling once needs the long period, and efficient is low, has had a strong impact on to combine the ordinary production of adopting fully mechanized workface.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides a kind of oiling device and correction oil injection method, slow to solve existing oiling device oil injecting speed, inefficient defective has improved manufacturing efficiency.
The invention provides a kind of oiling device, comprise rifle mouth, end cap, oil cylinder, wherein:
Be provided with piston in the said oil cylinder, said oil cylinder is separated into grease chamber and pressure chamber two-part by said piston;
Said pressure chamber is provided with the liquid inlet, is used for being communicated with the pressured fluid power source through importing pipeline, moves towards said grease chamber to promote said piston to said pressure chamber charged pressure liquid;
Said grease is provided with spring in the chamber, and first end of said spring is replaced said end cap, and second end is replaced said piston.
Aforesaid oiling device, wherein:
Said rifle mouth is fixedly connected through screw thread with said end cap.
Aforesaid oiling device, wherein:
The oiling end of said rifle mouth is a curved shape.
Aforesaid oiling device, wherein:
Said end cap is fixedly connected through screw thread with said oil cylinder, and the internal thread of said end cap and the external thread wire of said oil cylinder are apart from being 2mm, and thread section length is the length more than or equal to 15 screw threads.
Aforesaid oiling device, wherein: also offer liquid outlet on the said pressure chamber, said liquid outlet is communicated to the outside through deriving pipeline, is used for the said pressured fluid of said pressure chamber is discharged.
Aforesaid oiling device wherein, also comprises:
The entrance pressure valve is arranged among the said importing pipeline that is connected with said liquid inlet the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said importing pipeline;
Decompression valves is arranged among the said derivation pipeline that is connected with said liquid outlet the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said derivation pipeline.
As above oiling device, wherein:
Said entrance pressure valve and Decompression valves are respectively the ball valve that has rapid pipe joint.
The invention provides a kind of correction oil injection method, wherein, adopt oiling device provided by the invention to carry out oiling, concrete steps are:
Said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber through said liquid inlet, and said pressured fluid promotes the motion towards said grease chamber of said piston, and the lubricant grease in the said grease chamber is sprayed through said rifle mouth;
Said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged, and said piston moves towards said pressure chamber under the reseting elasticity effect of said spring.
Aforesaid correction oil injection method; Wherein, Also offer liquid outlet on the said pressure chamber, said liquid outlet is communicated to the outside through deriving pipeline, and said oiling device also comprises entrance pressure valve and Decompression valves; Said entrance pressure valve is arranged among the said importing pipeline that is connected with said liquid inlet, the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said importing pipeline; Said Decompression valves is arranged among the said derivation pipeline that is connected with said liquid outlet, the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said derivation pipeline.Then said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber through said liquid inlet and comprises:
Start said entrance pressure valve, close said Decompression valves, said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber from said pressured fluid power source;
Then the said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged and comprises:
Start said Decompression valves, close said entrance pressure valve, the said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged.
Oiling device provided by the invention and correction oil injection method promote the mode that piston carries out oiling through charged pressure liquid in pressure chamber, have improved oil injecting speed, thereby have improved manufacturing efficiency.
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The oiling device structural representation that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the invention one.
Rifle mouth shape schematic representation in the oiling device that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention one.
The oiling device structural representation that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the invention two.
The correction oil injection method flow chart that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the invention three.
The correction oil injection method flow chart that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the invention four.
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1-rifle mouth; The 2-end cap; The 3-oil cylinder;
4-grease chamber; The 5-pressure chamber; The 6-piston;
The 7-spring; 8-imports pipeline; 9-derives pipeline;
10-entrance pressure valve; The 11-Decompression valves; The 12-power source;
13-is extraneous; The 14-screw thread.
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For making the object of the invention, technological scheme and advantage clearer; To combine the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention below, the technological scheme in the embodiment of the invention carried out clear, intactly description, obviously; Described embodiment is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills are not making the every other embodiment who is obtained under the creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the present invention's protection.
Embodiment one
The oiling device structural representation that Fig. 1 provides for the embodiment of the invention one; Rifle mouth shape schematic representation in the oiling device that Fig. 2 provides for the embodiment of the invention one, the embodiment of the invention one provides a kind of oiling device, and is as shown in Figure 1; Comprise rifle mouth 1, end cap 2 and oil cylinder 3; Wherein, be provided with piston 6 in the oil cylinder 3, oil cylinder 3 is separated into grease chamber 4 and pressure chamber 5 two-part by piston 6; Pressure chamber 5 is provided with the liquid inlet, is used for being communicated with pressured fluid power source 12 through importing pipeline 8, through 4 moving towards the grease chamber with promotion piston 6 to pressure chamber 5 charged pressure liquid; Be provided with spring 7 in the grease chamber 4, first end of spring 7 is replaced end cap 2, the second ends and is replaced piston 6.During oiling, pressured fluid promotes piston 64 motions towards the grease chamber, thereby lubricant grease is injected in the oil hole of treating the oiling parts, and after oiling finished, under the reset response of spring 7, piston 6 was got back to initial position, and whole oiling process finishes.
On the basis of the foregoing description, preferably be fixedly connected through the mode that screw thread 14 is set between rifle mouth 1 and the end cap 2, being threaded is convenient for changing the rifle mouth, selects the rifle mouth of different size for use to the size of oil hole, uses more convenient.
Further; The oiling end shape of rifle mouth can be flat, also can be for the shape of bending, and as shown in Figure 2; When the oil hole position peripheral clearance of treating the oiling parts causes the rifle mouth to stretch at need for a short time, can select the rifle mouth of the shape that makes things convenient for oiling for use according to actual conditions.
Further, be preferably between end cap 2 and the oil cylinder 3 and be threaded, the outside thread size preferred parameter of the internal thread of end cap 2 and oil cylinder 3 is that flight lead is 2mm, and thread section length is that join strength is better more than or equal to the length of 15 screw threads.End cap was convenient to dismounting when the mode that is threaded can make the interpolation lubricant grease.
The oiling device that the embodiment of the invention provides promotes piston through pressured fluid, thereby promotes lubricant oil to accomplish oiling work, utilizes pressured fluid to improve oil injecting speed, thereby has improved manufacturing efficiency.The power source of pressured fluid specifically can be water or emulsification pump liquid, and this technological scheme is particularly useful for the equipment of some oiling inconvenience under the mine, and emulsification pump liquid under the employing mine or water are implemented conveniently, are easy to promote directly as power source.
Embodiment two
The oiling device structural representation that Fig. 3 provides for the embodiment of the invention two; The embodiment of the invention two provides a kind of oiling device; With embodiment one difference be also further to offer liquid outlet on the pressure chamber 5; This liquid outlet is communicated to the external world 13 through deriving pipeline 9, and is as shown in Figure 3, is used for the pressured fluid of pressure chamber 5 is discharged.Liquid inlet and liquid outlet can be for two separate openings, and preferably shown in Figure 3 like present embodiment, the liquid inlet is identical opening with liquid outlet, and importing pipeline 8 is connected with this opening through one section shared pipeline with derivation pipeline 9.
Further, among the importing pipeline 8 of liquid inlet connection, be provided with entrance pressure valve 10, switch conducting and the disconnection that imports pipeline 8 during with pilot pressure liquid inlet pressure chamber 5; Among the derivation pipeline 9 that is connected with liquid outlet, be provided with Decompression valves 11, when pressure chamber 5 is discharged, switching the conducting or the disconnection of deriving pipeline 9 with pilot pressure liquid.
Further, above-mentioned entrance pressure valve 10 is preferably the ball valve that has rapid pipe joint respectively with Decompression valves 11, when changing, to save time, raises the efficiency.
The oiling device that the embodiment of the invention provides gets into and the head pressure chamber through the effective pilot pressure liquid of control valve is set, and saves time, and has improved manufacturing efficiency.
Embodiment three
The correction oil injection method flow chart that Fig. 4 provides for the embodiment of the invention three; The embodiment of the invention three provides a kind of correction oil injection method, and the oiling device that adopts any embodiment of the present invention to provide please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 1 and Fig. 4; This oiling device comprises rifle mouth 1, end cap 2, oil cylinder 3; Wherein, be provided with piston 6 in the oil cylinder 3, oil cylinder 3 is separated into grease chamber 4 and pressure chamber 5 two-part by piston 6; Pressure chamber 5 is provided with the liquid inlet, is used for being communicated with pressured fluid power source 12 through importing pipeline 8, through 4 moving towards the grease chamber with promotion piston 6 to pressure chamber 5 charged pressure liquid; Be provided with spring 7 in the grease chamber 4, first end of spring 7 is replaced end cap 2, the second ends and is replaced piston 6.This correction oil injection method specifically comprises the steps:
Step 310, pressured fluid is charged into to pressure chamber 5 through the liquid inlet, pressured fluid promotes piston 64 motions towards the grease chamber, with the lubricant greases in the grease chamber 4 through 1 ejection of rifle mouth;
Step 320, the pressured fluids in the pressure chamber 5 are discharged, piston 6 under the reseting elasticity effect of spring 7 towards pressure chamber 5 motions.
The correction oil injection method that the embodiment of the invention provides utilizes pressured fluid to promote piston and accomplishes oiling, has improved oil injecting speed, thereby has improved manufacturing efficiency.
Embodiment four
The correction oil injection method flow chart that Fig. 5 provides for the embodiment of the invention four; The embodiment of the invention four provides a kind of correction oil injection method, please be simultaneously with reference to Fig. 3 and Fig. 5, with embodiment three difference be: also offer liquid outlet on the pressure chamber 5 in the oiling device of employing; Liquid outlet is communicated to extraneous 13 through deriving pipeline 9; Oiling device also comprises entrance pressure valve 10 and Decompression valves 11, and entrance pressure valve 10 is arranged among the importing pipeline 8 that is connected with the liquid inlet, is used to switch conducting or the disconnection that imports pipeline 8; Decompression valves 11 is arranged among the derivation pipeline 9 that is connected with liquid outlet, is used to switch the conducting or the disconnection of deriving pipeline 9.These correction oil injection method concrete steps are following:
Step 410, startup entrance pressure valve 10 are closed Decompression valves 11, and pressured fluid is charged into to pressure chamber 5 from pressured fluid power source 12, and pressured fluid promotes piston 64 motions towards the grease chamber, and the lubricant greases in the grease chamber 4 are sprayed through rifle mouth 1;
Step 420, startup Decompression valves 11 are closed entrance pressure valve 10, and the pressured fluids in the pressure chamber 5 are discharged, and piston moves towards pressure chamber 5 under the reseting elasticity effect of spring 7.
The correction oil injection method that the present invention implements to provide utilizes the effective pilot pressure liquid of control valve to get into and the head pressure chamber, has saved the time, has improved manufacturing efficiency.
What should explain at last is: above embodiment is only in order to explaining technological scheme of the present invention, but not to its restriction; Although with reference to previous embodiment the present invention has been carried out detailed explanation, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be made amendment to the technological scheme that aforementioned each embodiment put down in writing, and perhaps part technical characteristics wherein is equal to replacement; And these are revised or replacement, do not make the spirit and the scope of the essence disengaging various embodiments of the present invention technological scheme of relevant art scheme.

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1. an oiling device comprises rifle mouth, end cap and oil cylinder, it is characterized in that:
Be provided with piston in the said oil cylinder, said oil cylinder is separated into grease chamber and pressure chamber two-part by said piston;
Said pressure chamber is provided with the liquid inlet, is used for being communicated with the pressured fluid power source through importing pipeline, moves towards said grease chamber to promote said piston to said pressure chamber charged pressure liquid;
Said grease is provided with spring in the chamber, and first end of said spring is replaced said end cap, and second end is replaced said piston.
2. oiling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Said rifle mouth is fixedly connected through screw thread with said end cap.
3. oiling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
The oiling end of said rifle mouth is a curved shape.
4. oiling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that:
Said end cap is fixedly connected through screw thread with said oil cylinder, and the internal thread of said end cap and the external thread wire of said oil cylinder are apart from being 2mm, and thread section length is the length more than or equal to 15 screw threads.
5. oiling device according to claim 1 is characterized in that: also offer liquid outlet on the said pressure chamber, said liquid outlet is communicated to the outside through deriving pipeline, is used for the said pressured fluid of said pressure chamber is discharged.
6. oiling device according to claim 5 is characterized in that, also comprises:
The entrance pressure valve is arranged among the said importing pipeline that is connected with said liquid inlet the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said importing pipeline;
Decompression valves is arranged among the said derivation pipeline that is connected with said liquid outlet the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said derivation pipeline.
7. oiling device according to claim 6 is characterized in that:
Said entrance pressure valve and Decompression valves are respectively the ball valve that has rapid pipe joint.
8. a correction oil injection method is characterized in that, adopts the arbitrary described oiling device of claim 1-4 to carry out oiling, and said method comprises:
Said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber through said liquid inlet, and said pressured fluid promotes the motion towards said grease chamber of said piston, and the lubricant grease in the said grease chamber is sprayed through said rifle mouth;
Said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged, and said piston moves towards said pressure chamber under the reseting elasticity effect of said spring.
9. correction oil injection method according to claim 8 is characterized in that:
Also offer liquid outlet on the said pressure chamber; Said liquid outlet is communicated to the outside through deriving pipeline; Said oiling device also comprises entrance pressure valve and Decompression valves; Said entrance pressure valve is arranged among the said importing pipeline that is connected with said liquid inlet, the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said importing pipeline; Said Decompression valves is arranged among the said derivation pipeline that is connected with said liquid outlet, the conducting or the disconnection that are used to switch said derivation pipeline;
Then said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber through said liquid inlet and comprise: start said entrance pressure valve, close said Decompression valves, said pressured fluid is charged into to said pressure chamber from said pressured fluid power source;
Then the said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged and comprise: start said Decompression valves, close said entrance pressure valve, the said pressured fluid in the said pressure chamber is discharged.
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