CN103010444A - Operation structure and operation method thereof - Google Patents
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The invention discloses an operation structure and an operation method thereof, and aims at providing an operation structure and a simple operation method. The operation structure has the advantages that the structure is simple, the operation is convenient and the positioning of speed joints is accurate. The operation structure comprises a casing (1), a speed adjusting wheel (2), a direction adjusting wheel (3), an operation rod (4) and a microswitch (5), wherein the speed adjusting wheel (2) is provided with a flexible shaft fixing rod (21), and the direction adjusting wheel (3) is provided with a protrusion (31) matched with the microswitch (5). The method for installing the operation structure comprises the following steps that a, the operation rod (4) is set to a stop position, and then a motor stops rotating; b, the operation rod (4) is advanced to a forward position, and then the motor positively rotates to accelerate; and c, the operation rod (4) is backwards pulled to a reverse position, and then the motor reversely rotates to accelerate. The operation structure and the operation method are applied to the technical field of ship control.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of boats and ships handle structure, with and method of operating.
Background technology
Progress along with human society, growth in the living standard, traveling comfort of going sightseeing waterborne also requires more and more higher, vibration and noise reducing environmental protection anti-emission carburetor is the matter of utmost importance that ship solves of going sightseeing, alternating-current variable frequency motor and dc speed-regulating motor are widely used in the middle-size and small-size ship of going sightseeing for this reason, really reach vibration and noise reducing environmental protection anti-emission carburetor.
In ship domain, make a general survey of in the past variable-frequency motor and the operation of dc speed-regulating motor, always feel unsatisfactory, slightly defective.At present, usefulness more and advanced be resistance box operation on the Hangzhou West Lake pleasure-boat, although be that handle operation mechanism is huge too fat to move, occupy the operating console position larger, and the straight trough for the bar handle operation of handling on the table top is very not attractive in appearance; Next is the potential device operation of handling at table top, constantly pushes and shoves back and forth or rotates, and must cooperate simultaneously and press change-over key, and the phenomenon of blundering against easily appears in complex operation, first operating personal.
Summary of the invention
Technical matters to be solved by this invention is to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, and a kind of handle structure of simple in structure, easy to operate and speed point accurate positioning is provided.
The present invention also provides a kind of simple and accurate method of operating of handling described a kind of handle structure.
The technical scheme that a kind of handle structure of the present invention adopts is: described a kind of handle structure comprises housing, fly wheel governor, tuning wheel, joystick and is fixedly installed on micro-switch on the described housing, is provided with the turning cylinder that is rotationally connected with described housing on the described housing
And turning cylinder
, described fly wheel governor and described turning cylinder
Captive joint, described tuning wheel and described turning cylinder
Captive joint, described fly wheel governor and described tuning wheel are in transmission connection, and described joystick is fixedly installed on the described fly wheel governor or described turning cylinder
On, being fixedly installed the flexible axle fixed link on the described fly wheel governor, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link is downward, is provided with the projection suitable with described micro-switch on the described tuning wheel, rotates described tuning wheel and can be switched on or switched off described micro-switch.
Be provided with three positioning grooves at described fly wheel governor, be provided with location structure on the described housing, described location structure is provided with the projection suitable with described positioning groove.
Described location structure is arc, and described arc two ends are fixedly connected on the described housing, and described projection is arranged on the cambered surface of described arc.
Be provided with spring leaf on the described location structure, described arc two ends bend up and tighten the two ends of described spring leaf.
The type of drive of described fly wheel governor and described tuning wheel is intermittent gear transmission.
The method of operating of described a kind of handle structure of the present invention is:
A, described joystick is placed " stopping " position, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link is in extreme lower position, flexible axle one end is fixedly connected on described flexible axle fixed link free end, the other end of described flexible axle is connected with the potential device of boats and ships, described potential device is electrically connected with the controller of boats and ships, described controller is electrically connected with described micro-switch by the direction signal line, at this moment described controller detect the stroke of described potential device be zero and described micro-switch be in off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships stops operating described motor.
B, when described joystick is in " stopping " position, described joystick is pushed into " positive car " position forward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch is in off-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch is off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor forward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, and described joystick is when pulling back, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
C, when described joystick is in " stopping " position, described joystick is pulled to " reversing " position backward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch is in on-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch is in on-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor backward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, when described joystick pushes away forward, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
The invention has the beneficial effects as follows: because described a kind of handle structure of the present invention comprises housing, fly wheel governor, the tuning wheel, joystick and be fixedly installed on micro-switch on the described housing, described fly wheel governor and described tuning wheel are in transmission connection, be provided with the flexible axle fixed link on the described fly wheel governor, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link is downward, when the motor of boats and ships accelerates, described flexible axle fixed link pulling affects the flexible axle of speed, because described flexible axle movement position under the effect of motive force is easily held, therefore spurring described flexible axle is more prone to grasp speed point, be provided with the projection suitable with described micro-switch on the described tuning wheel, rotate described tuning wheel and can be switched on or switched off described micro-switch, just can control velocity of rotation and the rotation direction of described marine electrical motors by controlling described joystick, so the present invention is simple in structure, easy to operate and speed point accurate positioning.
In addition, method be used to handling described a kind of handle structure of the present invention be a kind of simple, handle accurate method, described method can improve the control accuracy of described a kind of handle structure greatly, simultaneously can also effectively prevent the generation of fault and the error of operation, improve the safety performance of described a kind of handle structure.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation that described a kind of handle structure is used state one;
Fig. 2 is the structural representation that described a kind of handle structure is used state two;
Fig. 3 is the structural representation that described a kind of handle structure is used state three;
Fig. 4 is the use principle figure of described a kind of handle structure.
The specific embodiment
As shown in Figure 1 to Figure 3, described a kind of handle structure comprises housing 1, fly wheel governor 2, tuning wheel 3, joystick 4 and is fixedly installed on micro-switch 5 on the described housing 1, is provided with the turning cylinder that is rotationally connected with described housing 1 on the described housing 1
6 and turning cylinder
7, described fly wheel governor 2 and described turning cylinder
6 captive joints, described tuning wheel 3 and described turning cylinder
7 captive joints, described fly wheel governor 2 is in transmission connection with described tuning wheel 3, and described joystick 4 is fixedly installed on the described fly wheel governor 2 or described turning cylinder
On 6, be fixedly installed flexible axle fixed link 21 on the described fly wheel governor 2, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link 21 is downward, is provided with the projection 31 suitable with described micro-switch 5 on the described tuning wheel 3, rotates described tuning wheel 3 and can be switched on or switched off described micro-switch 5.
In the present embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, described joystick 4 is positioned at midway location, and the free end of described flexible axle fixed link 21 is in nadir, and described micro-switch 5 is in off-state, and at this moment the motor of described a kind of handle structure control is in and stops state; As shown in Figure 2, push described joystick 4 to the place ahead, the free end upward movement of described flexible axle fixed link 21, described micro-switch 5 still is in off-state, and at this moment the described motor forward of described a kind of handle structure control accelerates; As shown in Figure 3, described joystick 4 drawn push the rear to, the free end upward movement of described flexible axle fixed link 21, described micro-switch 5 is in on-state, and at this moment control system is received signal, and described motor oppositely accelerates.
Be provided with three positioning grooves 22 at described fly wheel governor 2, be provided with location structure 8 on the described housing 1, described location structure 8 is provided with the projection 81 suitable with described positioning groove 22.
Described location structure 8 is arc, described arc two ends are fixedly connected on the described housing 1, described protruding 81 are arranged on the cambered surface of described arc, described positioning groove 22 arrives the relevant position of " stopping ", " positive car ", " reversing " and is tightened by described protruding 81, to represent that described a kind of handle structure has entered the state of corresponding control, when described fly wheel governor 2 forwarded " stopping " position to, the motor of described a kind of handle structure control was in and stops state; When described fly wheel governor 2 forwarded " positive car " position to, the motor of described a kind of handle structure control was in the forward rotation state, and when continuation pushed away described joystick 4 forward, described motor forward accelerated; When described fly wheel governor 2 forwarded " reversing " position to, the motor of described a kind of handle structure control was in the backward rotation state, and when continuing described joystick 4 past post-tensioning, described motor oppositely accelerates.
Be provided with spring leaf 9 on the described location structure 8, described arc two ends bend up and tighten the two ends of described spring leaf 9.
Described fly wheel governor 2 is intermittent gear transmission with the type of drive of described tuning wheel 3, thereby described fly wheel governor 2 can intermittently be controlled turning to of described tuning wheel 3, reaches the purpose of tuning.
The method of operating of described a kind of handle structure of the present invention is:
A, described joystick 4 is placed " stopping " position, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link 21 is in extreme lower position, flexible axle one end is fixedly connected on described flexible axle fixed link 21 free ends, the other end of described flexible axle is connected with the potential device of boats and ships, described potential device is electrically connected with the controller of boats and ships, described controller is electrically connected with described micro-switch 5 by the direction signal line, at this moment described controller detect the stroke of described potential device be zero and described micro-switch 5 be in off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships stops operating described motor.
B, when described joystick 4 is in " stopping " position, described joystick 4 is pushed into " positive car " position forward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link 21 spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch 5 is in off-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch 5 is off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor forward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, during described joystick 4 past pulling back, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick 4 is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
C, when described joystick 4 is in " stopping " position, described joystick 4 is pulled to " reversing " position backward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link 21 spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch 5 is in on-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch 5 is in on-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor backward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, when described joystick 4 pushes away forward, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick 4 is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
As shown in Figure 4, Fig. 4 is that described a kind of handle structure is to the control principle drawing of alternating-current variable frequency motor, described flexible axle one end is fixedly connected on described flexible axle fixed link 21 free ends, the other end of described flexible axle is connected with the potential device of boats and ships, described potential device is electrically connected with the controller of boats and ships, described controller is electrically connected with described micro-switch 5 by the direction signal line, when the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing and described micro-switch 5 be positive car when disconnecting, when the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing and described micro-switch 5 connect and be reversing, the stroke of described potential device is stop motion when being zero, adopt in the present embodiment two described a kind of handle structure 11 respectively two variable-frequency motors 12 to be controlled, the operation of one shank type, simple to operate, efficiently, described a kind of handle structure 11 is just melted, reversing, speed governing is in one, can be because the ahead and astern maloperation go out safety misadventure, and described a kind of handle structure simple structure, overhaul very convenient.
The present invention is applied to the ship control technical field.
Although embodiments of the invention are described with practical solution, do not consist of the restriction to implication of the present invention, for those skilled in the art, according to this specification sheets to the modification of its embodiment and with the combination of other schemes all be apparent.
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1. handle structure, it is characterized in that: it comprises housing (1), fly wheel governor (2), tuning wheel (3), joystick (4) and is fixedly installed on micro-switch (5) on the described housing (1), is provided with the turning cylinder that is rotationally connected with described housing (1) on the described housing (1)
(6) and turning cylinder
(7), described fly wheel governor (2) and described turning cylinder
(6) captive joint, described tuning wheel (3) and described turning cylinder
(7) captive joint, described fly wheel governor (2) is in transmission connection with described tuning wheel (3), and described joystick (4) is fixedly installed on described fly wheel governor (2) upward or described turning cylinder
(6) on, be fixedly installed flexible axle fixed link (21) on the described fly wheel governor (2), the free end of described flexible axle fixed link (21) is downward, be provided with the projection (31) suitable with described micro-switch (5) on the described tuning wheel (3), rotate described tuning wheel (3) and can be switched on or switched off described micro-switch (5).
2. a kind of handle structure according to claim 1, it is characterized in that: be provided with three positioning grooves (22) at described fly wheel governor (2), be provided with location structure (8) on the described housing (1), described location structure (8) is provided with the projection (81) suitable with described positioning groove (22).
3. a kind of handle structure according to claim 2, it is characterized in that: described location structure (8) is arc, and described arc two ends are fixedly connected on the described housing (1), and described projection (81) is arranged on the cambered surface of described arc.
4. a kind of handle structure according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: be provided with spring leaf (9) on the described location structure (8), described arc two ends bend up and tighten the two ends of described spring leaf (9).
5. according to claim 1 to 4 each described a kind of handle structure, it is characterized in that: described fly wheel governor (2) is intermittent gear transmission with the type of drive of described tuning wheel (3).
6. the method for operating of an a kind of handle structure as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that: the method is:
A, described joystick (4) is placed " stopping " position, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link (21) is in extreme lower position, flexible axle one end is fixedly connected on described flexible axle fixed link (21) free end, the other end of described flexible axle is connected with the potential device of boats and ships, described potential device is electrically connected with the controller of boats and ships, described controller is electrically connected with described micro-switch (5) by the direction signal line, at this moment described controller detect the stroke of described potential device be zero and described micro-switch (5) be in off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships stops operating described motor.
B, when described joystick (4) is in " stopping " position, described joystick (4) is pushed into " positive car " position forward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link (21) spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch (5) is in off-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch (5) is off-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor forward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, and described joystick (4) is when pulling back, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick (4) is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
C, when described joystick (4) is in " stopping " position, described joystick (4) is pulled to " reversing " position backward, the free end of described flexible axle fixed link (21) spurs described flexible axle upward movement, described flexible axle spurs described potential device simultaneously, so that the stroke of described potential device is non-vanishing, at this moment described micro-switch (5) is in on-state, when described controller detects the stroke of described potential device when non-vanishing and described micro-switch (5) is in on-state, the motor of described controller control boats and ships, make described motor backward rotation, the stroke of described potential device is larger, and the rotating speed of described motor is faster, and described joystick (4) is when pushing away forward, the stroke of described potential device reduces, the rotating speed of described motor slows down, until described joystick (4) is when being in " stopping " position, described motor stops operating.
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