CN103549738B - A kind of vertical rod parasols - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a kind of vertical rod parasols, comprise umbrella stand, vertical rod, open-and-close mechanism, in vertical rod, grafting is provided with telescoping tube, telescoping tube is fixedly connected with upper umbrella disc, telescoping tube is connected with lower umbrella disk by steel wire rope, open-and-close mechanism comprises ratchet, ratchet rocking arm, rocking arm hooks seat, ratchet bearing, spanner, rocking arm hooks seat and is fixedly connected with telescoping tube, ratchet and ratchet bearing are connected, ratchet rocking arm and ratchet bearing are spirally connected and arrange, one end of ratchet rocking arm is stretched out ratchet bearing and is spirally connected with one end of spanner and arranges, the other end of ratchet rocking arm stretches into vertical rod inside, ratchet is equipped with lock pin spanner, the other end of lock pin spanner stretches out ratchet bearing.The present invention is reasonable in design, and cost is low, and opening and closing umbrella is time saving and energy saving, operate steadily, load is light, locking reliably, is conveniently transported and deposited, safe and reliable, long service life.
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Technical field
The invention belongs to parachute kit technical field, be specifically related to a kind of vertical rod parasols.
Background technology
Parasols is as a kind of outdoor lie fallow article and instrument of keeping out wind and rain, be used for outdoor leisure amusement, party between friend classmate and be used for parking private car, this kind of vertical rod parasols, umbrella cover diameter is generally at 5m and more than 5m, at present at a lot of Recreational places, such as sandy beach, hotel, villa, the places such as vacation mountain villa are all provided with this kind large-scale vertical rod parasols, because its umbrella cover is large, self is heavy, in the folding of parasols, many employing latches and cranking handle structure at present, existing structure design is comparatively loaded down with trivial details, cost of manufacture is higher, ubiquity and is not easy to open, open, close one's umbrella load weight, it is unreliable to lock, the shortcomings such as unstable properties, inconvenience is brought to user.
Summary of the invention
For problems of the prior art, the object of the invention is providing a kind of vertical rod parasols.
The present invention is realized by the following technical programs:
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, comprise umbrella stand, vertical rod, open-and-close mechanism, described umbrella stand comprises upper umbrella disc, umbrella frame, support bone, lower umbrella disk, telescoping tube, upper umbrella disc is connected with umbrella frame, the two ends of support bone are connected with lower umbrella disk and umbrella frame respectively, open-and-close mechanism is equipped with in vertical rod, it is characterized in that in described vertical rod, grafting is provided with telescoping tube, telescoping tube is fixedly connected with upper umbrella disc, telescoping tube is connected with lower umbrella disk by steel wire rope, described open-and-close mechanism comprises ratchet, the ratchet rocking arm used with click-fit, rocking arm hooks seat, ratchet bearing, spanner, the upper end that described rocking arm hooks seat is inserted the lower end of telescoping tube and is screwed, described ratchet is connected by the first spring and ratchet bearing, described ratchet rocking arm and ratchet bearing are spirally connected and arrange, one end of ratchet rocking arm is stretched out ratchet bearing and is spirally connected with one end of spanner and arranges, the other end of ratchet rocking arm stretches into vertical rod inside, ratchet is equipped with lock pin spanner, the other end of lock pin spanner stretches out ratchet bearing.The setting of ratchet rocking arm and spanner, can utilize lever principle, is convenient to be opened by umbrella cover easily.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, it is characterized in that described ratchet bearing is provided with curved channel, described ratchet rocking arm arcuately passage moves up and down.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, it is characterized in that described ratchet bearing inside is also provided with pin and hooks, described pin was worked hard in glove with the second spring and was connected with ratchet bearing, ratchet bearing is stretched out in one end that described pin hooks, and be one-body moldedly provided with dop, the other end grafting that pin hooks is provided with pin Hook wrench, and ratchet bearing is stretched out in one end of described pin Hook wrench.This pin hook to hook with the pin that arranges on lower umbrella disk hole with the use of, be convenient under umbrella cover closed configuration, pin hooks lower umbrella disk stuck fast, effectively reduces the overall volume of closing up rear parasols, avoid parasols to be accidentally opened under not using state simultaneously, facilitate the transport of parasols.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, be is characterized in that the lower end of described rocking arm hook seat is symmetrically arranged with block, is connected, forms groove between two blocks between block by the first bearing pin.Groove and the first bearing pin and ratchet rocking arm extend into part in vertical rod with the use of.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, it is characterized in that one end that described ratchet rocking arm stretches out ratchet bearing is provided with projection, one end that described spanner is connected with ratchet rocking arm is provided with the second bearing pin used with male cooperation.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, is characterized in that being equipped with arc slide plate in described curved channel, described arc slide plate is provided with the through hole passed for ratchet rocking arm.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, is characterized in that the position of corresponding curved channel on described ratchet bearing is also equipped with slip lid.The setting of slide plate and slip lid; avoid in the process pulling spanner; hand is crushed; effectively prevent children from finger is extend into ratchet bearing inner; security performance is higher; also can play the effect of protection ratchet bearing internal structure in addition, avoid rainwater and foreign material to enter into ratchet bearing inner, increase the service life of open-and-close mechanism.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, is characterized in that the top of described vertical rod is fixedly installed pulley base.This pulley base and expansion link with the use of, make the flexible more smooth and easy of expansion link.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, is characterized in that also being provided with the first plain cushion between described lock pin spanner and ratchet bearing, lock pin spanner is also provided with the first split pin.
Described a kind of vertical rod parasols, is characterized in that also being provided with the second plain cushion between described pin Hook wrench and ratchet bearing, and pin Hook wrench is also provided with the second split pin.The setting of the first plain cushion and the second plain cushion, effectively can reduce friction, and the setting of the first split pin and the second split pin can effectively prevent from axially coming off.
A kind of vertical rod parasols of the present invention, reasonable in design, cost is low, by the ratchet, ratchet rocking arm and the spanner that arrange, the folding realizing large-scale parasols that can be easy and convenient, time saving and energy saving, open, close one's umbrella operate steadily, load is light, locking is reliable, stable performance; Hooked and pin Hook wrench by the pin arranged, realize umbrella under closed configuration, the volume of whole parasols reaches and minimizes, and minimizing takes up room, and conveniently transports and deposits, and avoids umbrella to be accidentally opened simultaneously; The setting of slip lid and slide plate; avoid in the process of opening and closing umbrella; it is inner that hand is crushed and prevented children from finger is extend into ratchet bearing; safe and reliable; also can play the effect of protection ratchet bearing internal structure in addition; avoid rainwater and foreign material to enter into ratchet bearing inner, increase the service life of open-and-close mechanism.
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Fig. 1 is overall structure schematic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is open-and-close mechanism cross section structure schematic diagram of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the explosive view of Fig. 2;
In figure: 1-vertical rod, 2-open-and-close mechanism, 3-telescoping tube, 4-ratchet, 5-ratchet rocking arm, 6-rocking arm hooks seat, 7-ratchet bearing, 8-spanner, 9-first spring, 10-lock pin spanner, 11-sells hook, 12-second spring, and 13-sells Hook wrench, 14-block, 15-first bearing pin, 16-groove, 17-is protruding, 18-second bearing pin, 19-slide plate, 20-through hole, 21-slip lid, 22-first plain cushion, 23-first split pin, 24-second plain cushion, 25-second split pin, 26-first screw, 27-second screw.
Detailed description of the invention
Below in conjunction with Figure of description, the present invention is described in further detail, and provides detailed description of the invention.
As Figure 1-3, a kind of vertical rod parasols of the present invention, comprise umbrella stand, vertical rod 1, open for controlling umbrella cover, the open-and-close mechanism 2 closed, umbrella stand comprises upper umbrella disc, umbrella frame, support bone, lower umbrella disk, telescoping tube, upper umbrella disc is connected with umbrella frame, the two ends of support bone are connected with lower umbrella disk and umbrella frame respectively, open-and-close mechanism 2 is equipped with in vertical rod 1, in vertical rod 1, grafting is provided with telescoping tube 3, telescoping tube 3 is fixedly connected with upper umbrella disc, telescoping tube 3 is connected with lower umbrella disk by steel wire rope, the top of vertical rod 1 is fixedly installed pulley base, this pulley base and expansion link 3 with the use of, make the flexible more smooth and easy of expansion link 3, be convenient to out, close one's umbrella even running.
Open-and-close mechanism 2 comprises ratchet 4, with ratchet 4 with the use of ratchet Rocker arm 5, rocking arm hooks seat 6, ratchet bearing 7, spanner 8, ratchet bearing 7 is by upper, lower screw and vertical rod 1 are spirally connected and arrange, ratchet bearing 7 is provided with the curved channel moved up and down for ratchet Rocker arm 5, in order to improve the security performance that parasols operation uses, arc slide plate 19 is equipped with in the curved channel of ratchet bearing 7, this arc slide plate 19 is provided with the through hole 20 passed for ratchet Rocker arm 5, slip lid 21 is also equipped with in the position of the corresponding curved channel of ratchet bearing 7, the setting of slide plate 19 and slip lid 21, except improving the security performance of parasols, also can effectively prevent rainwater and foreign material etc. from entering into the inside of ratchet bearing 7, and then extend the service life of the inner each parts of ratchet bearing 7, reduce maintenance cost.One end that ratchet Rocker arm 5 stretches out ratchet bearing 7 is provided with protruding 17, one end that spanner 8 is connected with ratchet Rocker arm 5 be provided with projection 17 with the use of the second bearing pin 18.
Rocking arm hooks the inside that seat 6 is arranged on vertical rod 1, and its upper end is inserted the lower end of telescoping tube 3 and is screwed connection; rocking arm hooks the lower end of seat 6 and is symmetrically arranged with block 14; be connected by the first bearing pin 15 between block 14; form groove 16 between two blocks, groove 16 and the first bearing pin 15 and ratchet Rocker arm 5 extend into part in vertical rod 1 with the use of.Ratchet 4 is arranged on the inside of ratchet bearing 7 by the first spring 9, ratchet Rocker arm 5 and ratchet bearing 7 are spirally connected and arrange, one end of ratchet Rocker arm 5 is stretched out ratchet bearing 7 and is spirally connected with one end of spanner 8 and arranges, it is inner that the other end of ratchet Rocker arm 5 stretches into vertical rod 1, the groove 16 hooking seat 6 lower end with rocking arm with the use of; Ratchet 4 is equipped with lock pin spanner 10, is provided with the first plain cushion 22 between lock pin spanner 10 and ratchet bearing 7, for preventing axially coming off, lock pin spanner 10 is also provided with the first split pin 23, the other end of lock pin spanner 10 stretches out ratchet bearing 7.In order to make parasols less in rounding state lower volume, be more convenient for transporting, also be provided with pin in ratchet bearing 7 inside and hook 11, pin hook 11 is connected with ratchet bearing 7 by the second spring 12, ratchet bearing 7 is stretched out in one end of pin hook 11, and be one-body moldedly provided with dop, this dop and the pin be arranged on lower umbrella disk hook hole with the use of, the other end grafting of pin hook 11 is provided with pin Hook wrench 13, ratchet bearing 7 is stretched out in one end of pin Hook wrench 13, for reducing friction, the second plain cushion 24 is provided with between pin Hook wrench 13 and ratchet bearing 7, for preventing axially coming off, pin Hook wrench 13 is also provided with the second split pin 25.
Use procedure of the present invention, when needing to open parasols, first pin Hook wrench 13 is rotated counterclockwise, the untie-sell of pin Hook wrench 13 rotating band hooks 11 and rotates, force pin to hook 11 and depart from lower umbrella disk, after releases pin Hook wrench 13, pin hook 11 restores at the effect upper/lower positions of the second spring 12, then upwardly subumbrella rim vertical rod 1 is up, lower umbrella disk is up, the steel wire rope be arranged between lower umbrella disk and telescoping tube 3 fluffs, telescoping tube 3 and hook seat 6 under the effect of self gravitation along vertical rod 1 inwall glide downwards with the telescoping tube rocking arm arranged that is spirally connected, when rocking arm hooks seat 6 groove 16 upper end and ratchet Rocker arm 5 extend into the end thereof contacts of vertical rod 1, rocking arm hooks one end that seat 6 presses ratchet Rocker arm 5, force ratchet Rocker arm 5 clockwise around the first screw 26, second screw 27 rotates, drive ratchet 4 to rotate around lock pin spanner 10 axle simultaneously, under the effect of the first spring 9, ratchet 4 enters into next latch tooth bottom and pins, send the sound of " rattling away " simultaneously, after hearing sound, mention spanner 8 to pull-up, spanner with the second screw for axis rotation, when to touch on ratchet rocking arm protruding for the second bearing pin on spanner, second bearing pin 18 is blocked by protruding 17, force ratchet Rocker arm 5 around the second screw 27, first screw 26 continues to rotate clockwise, in the process that ratchet Rocker arm 5 rotates clockwise, drive ratchet 4 to rotate around lock pin spanner 10 axle simultaneously, under the effect of the first spring 9, enter into next tooth tooth bottom successively and pin, and send " rattling away ", " rattle away ", the sound of " rattling away ", until highest point pulled by spanner 8, namely limit point is touched, now ratchet 4 also runs to last latch place and pins, complete the complete opening procedure of parasols.In this process, owing to first upwardly descending umbrella disk to certain height with hand, and spanner 8, ratchet Rocker arm 5 use lever principle, in the process upwards pulling spanner 8, can be relatively lighter, time saving and energy saving, and person's operation easy to use.Simultaneously respectively be provided with three damping points in the surrounding of ratchet Rocker arm 5 both sides second screw 27, also can not rebound after the setting of damping point makes spanner 8 unclamp.When closing one's umbrella, first with hand, lock pin spanner 10 is rotated counterclockwise, lock pin spanner 10 rotates and drives ratchet 4 to rotate, thus make ratchet 4 depart from the latch of ratchet Rocker arm 5, spanner 8 is at the falls downward of deadweight, ratchet Rocker arm 5 is driven to do counterclockwise movement, ratchet Rocker arm 5 departs from the first bearing pin 15, complete umbrella-folding process, instantly umbrella disk runs to lower umbrella disk pin and hooks hole and pin when hooking 11 dop, force pin to hook 11 to rotate backward around the rotation of pin Hook wrench 13 axle, pin hook 11 dop inserts lower umbrella disk pin and hooks hole, under the effect of the second spring 12, umbrella disk under pin hook 11 dop stuck fast, be convenient to depositing and transporting of parasols.
This invention vertical rod parasols, rational in infrastructure, cost is lower, easy to operate, opening and closing umbrella process, time saving and energy saving, safe and reliable, service life is longer.
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1. a vertical rod parasols, comprise umbrella stand, vertical rod (1), open-and-close mechanism (2), described umbrella stand comprises upper umbrella disc, umbrella frame, support bone, lower umbrella disk, upper umbrella disc is connected with umbrella frame, the two ends of support bone are connected with lower umbrella disk and umbrella frame respectively, open-and-close mechanism (2) is equipped with in vertical rod (1), it is characterized in that described vertical rod (1) interior grafting is provided with telescoping tube (3), telescoping tube (3) is fixedly connected with upper umbrella disc, telescoping tube (3) is connected with lower umbrella disk by steel wire rope, described open-and-close mechanism (2) comprises ratchet (4), with ratchet (4) with the use of ratchet rocking arm (5), rocking arm hooks seat (6), ratchet bearing (7), spanner (8), the upper end that described rocking arm hooks seat (6) is inserted the lower end of telescoping tube (3) and is screwed, described ratchet (4) is connected by the first spring (9) and ratchet bearing (7), described ratchet rocking arm (5) and ratchet bearing (7) are spirally connected and arrange, one end of ratchet rocking arm (5) is stretched out ratchet bearing (7) and is spirally connected with one end of spanner (8) and arranges, the other end of ratchet rocking arm (5) stretches into vertical rod (1) inside, ratchet (4) is equipped with lock pin spanner (10), the other end of lock pin spanner (10) stretches out ratchet bearing (7), described ratchet bearing (7) inside is also provided with pin and hooks (11), described pin is hooked (11) and is connected with ratchet bearing (7) by the second spring (12), ratchet bearing (7) is stretched out in one end that described pin hooks (11), and be one-body moldedly provided with dop, the other end grafting that pin hooks (11) is provided with pin Hook wrench (13), and ratchet bearing (7) is stretched out in one end of described pin Hook wrench (13).
2. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described ratchet bearing (7) is provided with curved channel, described ratchet rocking arm (5) arcuately passage moves up and down.
3. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, be is characterized in that the lower end of described rocking arm hook seat (6) is symmetrically arranged with block (14), is connected, forms groove (16) between two blocks between block (14) by the first bearing pin (15).
4. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, it is characterized in that one end that described ratchet rocking arm (5) stretches out ratchet bearing (7) is provided with projection (17), one end that described spanner (8) is connected with ratchet rocking arm (5) be provided with protruding (17) with the use of the second bearing pin (18).
5. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 2, is characterized in that being equipped with arc slide plate (19) in described curved channel, described arc slide plate (19) is provided with the through hole (20) passed for ratchet rocking arm (5).
6. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 2, is characterized in that the position of the upper corresponding curved channel of described ratchet bearing (7) is also equipped with slip lid (21).
7. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, is characterized in that the top of described vertical rod (1) is fixedly installed pulley base.
8. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, is characterized in that also being provided with the first plain cushion (22) between described lock pin spanner (10) and ratchet bearing (7), lock pin spanner (10) is also provided with the first split pin (23).
9. a kind of vertical rod parasols according to claim 1, is characterized in that also being provided with the second plain cushion (24) between described pin Hook wrench (13) and ratchet bearing (7), and pin Hook wrench (13) is also provided with the second split pin (25).
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