CN105508865B - The telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder - Google Patents

The telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder Download PDF

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CN105508865B
CN105508865B CN201510846786.3A CN201510846786A CN105508865B CN 105508865 B CN105508865 B CN 105508865B CN 201510846786 A CN201510846786 A CN 201510846786A CN 105508865 B CN105508865 B CN 105508865B
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The present invention relates to a kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder, including cabinet, piston, the piston holder for driving piston up-down, the piston plate for being fixed on piston base;Piston holder can stretch within the specific limits, and when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder is reduced to most short, and when piston holder drops to the lowermost end of stroke, piston holder extends most long.The gas chamber Iinvalid volume is small, and space that is highly low, wasting is few, required consumptive material is few.

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The telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder
Technical field
The invention belongs to gas chamber field, and in particular to a kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type of piston holder Gas chamber.
Background technology
Unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber is compared with two section type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber, general structure class Seemingly, difference, which essentially consists in, only has piston up-down inside single hop cabinet, to realize the discrepancy of coal gas, and double sections of cabinet internal structures It is increasingly complex, in addition to piston, also T baffle plates, T shutter carriers, risen and fallen successively by piston, T baffle plates, realize coal gas Come in and go out, the piston of unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber and two section type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber is by piston holder Drive and move up and down, piston base is respectively and fixedly provided with piston plate.Existing unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber presence can store up Deposit medium wide adaptation range, pressure store is stable, without skipping a grade, simple in construction, be easy to construct and safeguard, rubber diaphragm sealed point compared with Less, the advantages that gas leak risk is smaller, therefore unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber is using more and more extensive, for example, The recovery storage can of iron and steel enterprise's by-product gas uses unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber.
The height of gas chamber also determines in addition to the design capacity of itself by the height of piston holder, existing unistage type The height of the piston holder of rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber is changeless, therefore when piston holder rises to stroke most During top, one section of Iinvalid volume is had thereon, and Iinvalid volume is bigger, and the space for representing waste is more, gas chamber is higher, required consumption Material is more;If reducing the height of piston holder, although Iinvalid volume can be reduced, gas chamber height is reduced, reduce consumptive material, It is when piston holder drops to the lowermost end of stroke, because piston holder is too short, the residual gas in rubber membrane can be in piston Larger air bag is formed between the top of support and the sealing angle steel of side plate, air bag not only influences the rising of piston, it is also possible to Being scratched in piston uphill process by piston holder causes rubber membrane to fail, therefore, when piston is located at the lowermost end of stroke, piston branch Frame must possess certain height, prevent from forming air bag.
In summary, because the piston holder of existing unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber highly immobilizes and There must be certain height, so its Iinvalid volume is big, height is high, the space of waste is more, required consumptive material is more.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to provide a kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder, the coal Gas holder Iinvalid volume is small, and space that is highly low, wasting is few, required consumptive material is few.
In order to solve the above problems, the technical solution adopted in the present invention is:
A kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder, including cabinet, piston, band piston The piston holder of up and down motion, the piston plate for being fixed on piston base, it is characterised in that:Piston holder can be within the specific limits It is flexible, when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder be reduced to it is most short, when piston holder drops to stroke most During bottom, piston holder extends most long.
Further, the telescopic control method of piston holder is, using a certain position passed through during piston up-down as Boundary line, the line on the basis of the bottom surface of piston holder, when datum line is higher than boundary line, piston holder starts to shorten, and it shortens speed With piston movement speed positive correlation, when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder is reduced to most short;Work as datum line During less than boundary line, piston holder starts to extend, and it extends speed and piston movement speed positive correlation, when piston holder drops to row During the lowermost end of journey, piston holder extends most long.
Further, hoist engine, several in the vertical directions that piston holder includes being fixed on piston plate are first successively Tail connected telescopic joint, spring and steel cable, telescopic joint is hollow tubular and can freely stretch within the specific limits, lowermost end Telescopic joint be fixed on piston, the telescopic joint top seal of top, spring is located among the cavity that all telescopic joints surround And compressive state is in all the time, steel cable passes through spring, and one end of steel cable is fixed on the telescopic joint of top, the other end and elevator Machine connects.
Further, telescopic joint is made up of the upper telescopic joint being nested together and lower telescopic joint, and spiral shell is fixed with upper telescopic joint Bolt, lower telescopic joint are provided with vertical telescopic joint guide groove, and bolt is located in telescopic joint guide groove.
Further, steel cable along pass through several fixed pulleys, steel cable through first fixed pulley before and telescopic joint In the same direction.
Further, the corrugated plating that several in the vertical directions connect from beginning to end successively, ripple are fixed with the outside of telescopic joint Plate is in hollow tubular and can freely stretch within the specific limits, and corrugated plating can wrap in the outside of all telescopic joints completely Enclose, the telescopic extensions of corrugated plating are identical with telescopic joint.
Further, corrugated plating is made up of the upper corrugated plating being nested together and lower corrugated plating, and upper corrugated plating is provided with vertical Corrugated plating guide groove, be fixed with bolt on lower corrugated plating, bolt is located in corrugated plating guide groove.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:
1. when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder is reduced to most short, substantially reduces unistage type rubber The Iinvalid volume of glued membrane seal dry type coal gas, compared with traditional single hop cabinet, the obvious reduction of cabinet height-with common 100,000 Exemplified by the single hop cabinet of cubic meter, use compression ratio for 1: 2 telescopic piston holder gas holder whole height can be made to reduce about 8 meters, be that 6mm is calculated by sidewall thickness, only this can of side wall saves about 75 tons of steel, claustra plus cancellation, walks ladder Deng can also be more, if using higher compression ratio (such as 1: 3) etc., the steel of saving can also be more.When piston holder declines To stroke lowermost end when, piston holder extends the most long residual gas prevented in rubber membrane and forms air bag, ensure that normal work The progress of work.
2. controlling piston holder to shrink or during elongation, this fixed coordinates of boundary line and datum line this moving coordinate are introduced, Piston holder work is triggered when datum line and boundary line overlap, according to datum line and the relative position in boundary line, controls piston branch The different working condition of frame, make the elongation of piston holder, shorten speed and piston movement speed positive correlation, ensure that regardless of piston In which kind of operating rate, piston holder can elongate or shorten in place.
3. spring applies restoring force to telescopic joint all the time, hoist engine pulls steel cable, and telescopic joint overcomes under the drive of steel cable Restoring force starts to shorten, and hoist engine release steel cable, telescopic joint starts to extend under the restoring force effect of spring.
4. telescopic joint guide groove limits bolt movement direction, upper telescopic joint is oriented to, telescopic joint guide groove also acts limit The length of effect-telescopic joint guide groove of position is the scope that telescopic joint freely can extend and shorten, and is led by limiting telescopic joint The beginning and end of groove, you can to control the minimum altitude of telescopic joint, maximum height and magnification.
5. fixed pulley serves the effect of steering, steel cable is in the same direction with telescopic joint before through first fixed pulley, ensure that Steel cable does not have horizontal component when pulling telescopic joint.
6. corrugated plating with damp proof, antirust, can serve the effect of the further key components and parts such as protection spring, steel cable.
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Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of existing unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber.
Fig. 2 is the structural representation of the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of existing unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber and the Iinvalid volume of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is that schematic diagram when piston holder extends and shortened completely in the embodiment of the present invention (to prevent from blocking, eliminates Corrugated plating).
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram that steel cable is connected by fixed pulley with hoist engine in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is schematic diagram when telescopic joint extends and shortened completely in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 7 is schematic diagram when corrugated plating extends and shortened completely in the embodiment of the present invention.
In figure:1- gas-holder foundations;2- bottom of cabinet plates;3- claustras;4- side plates;5- cabinets hold indicator;6- seals angle steel;7- is walked Ladder;8- rubber membranes;The existing piston holders of 9a-;The telescopic piston holders of 9b-;10- piston plates;11- corrugated platings;12- cabinet tops Plate;13- ventilation clerestories;14- hoist engines;15- telescopic joints;16- pistons;17- springs;18- steel cables;19- fixed pulleys;Stretched on 20- Casing coupling;Telescopic joint under 21-;22- bolts;23- telescopic joint guide grooves;The upper corrugated platings of 24-;Corrugated plating under 25-;26- corrugated plating guide grooves.
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The present invention is further illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of existing unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber, and the gas chamber of this cabinet type is by cabinet (including bottom of cabinet plate 2, side plate 4, cabinet top plate 12) and piston 16, piston 16 are driven by piston holder 9a and moved up and down, piston 16 Bottom is fixed with piston plate 10, in the running of gas chamber, passes through moving up and down to realize the discrepancy of coal gas for piston 16.
As shown in Fig. 2 a kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder, including cabinet (bag Include bottom of cabinet plate 2, side plate 4, cabinet top plate 12), piston 16, with piston 16 move up and down piston holder 9b, be fixed on piston 16 The piston plate 10 of bottom;Piston holder 9b can stretch within the specific limits, when piston holder 9b rises to the top of stroke When, piston holder 9b is reduced to most short, and when piston holder 9b drops to the lowermost end of stroke, piston holder 9b extends most long.Such as Shown in Fig. 3, when piston holder 9b rises to the top of stroke, piston holder 9b is reduced to most short, substantially reduces unistage type Rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber Iinvalid volume (when piston plate 10 is raised to extreme higher position, the top of piston plate 10, cabinet top plate The region that 12 bottoms and the inner side of side plate 4 surround is Iinvalid volume), compared with traditional single hop cabinet, the obvious reduction of cabinet height- By taking the single hop cabinet of 10 common ten thousand steres as an example, compression ratio is used to make gas holder for 1: 2 telescopic piston holder 9b Whole height reduces about 8 meters, is that 6mm is calculated by sidewall thickness, only about 75 tons of steel of this can of side wall saving, plus taking The claustra 3 that disappears, walk ladder 7 etc. can also be more, if using higher compression ratio (such as 1: 3) etc., the steel of saving can also be more. When piston holder 9b drops to the lowermost end of stroke, piston holder 9b extends the most long residual gas prevented in rubber membrane and formed Air bag, it ensure that the progress of normal work.
Piston holder 9b telescopic control method is:The a certain position passed through when being moved up and down with piston 16 is (for example, close Seal the installation site of angle steel 6) it is boundary line, the line on the basis of piston holder 9b bottom surface, when datum line is higher than boundary line, piston branch Frame 9b starts to shorten, and it shortens speed and the movement velocity positive correlation of piston 16, when piston holder 9b rises to the top of stroke When, piston holder 9b is reduced to most short;When datum line is less than boundary line, piston holder 9b starts to extend, and it extends speed and piston 16 movement velocity positive correlations, when piston holder 9b drops to the lowermost end of stroke, piston holder 9b extends most long.Control piston Support 9b shrinks or during elongation, this fixed coordinates of boundary line and datum line this moving coordinate is introduced, when datum line and boundary line weight Piston holder 9b work is triggered during conjunction, according to datum line and the relative position in boundary line, work different control piston holder 9b State, make piston holder 9b elongation, shorten speed and the movement velocity positive correlation of piston 16, ensure that regardless of piston 16 at which kind of Operating rate, piston holder 9b can be elongated or shortened in place.
It is hoist engine 14 that piston holder 9b includes being fixed on piston plate 10, some as shown in figure 4, in the present embodiment End to end telescopic joint 15, spring 17 and steel cable 18, telescopic joint 15 are hollow tubular and can individual in the vertical direction successively Freely to stretch within the specific limits, the telescopic joint 15 of lowermost end is fixed on piston 16, and the top of telescopic joint 15 of top is sealed Close, spring 17 is located among the cavity that all telescopic joints 15 surround and is in compressive state all the time, and steel cable 18 passes through spring 17, steel One end of rope 18 is fixed on the telescopic joint 15 of top, the other end and hoist engine 14 connect.Spring 17 to telescopic joint 15 all the time Apply restoring force, hoist engine 14 pulls steel cable 18, and telescopic joint 15 overcomes restoring force to start to shorten under the drive of steel cable 18, elevator Machine 14 discharges steel cable 18, and telescopic joint 15 starts to extend under the restoring force effect of spring 17.
As shown in fig. 6, in the present embodiment, telescopic joint 15 is by 21 groups of upper telescopic joint 20 and lower telescopic joint being nested together Into being fixed with bolt 22 on upper telescopic joint 20, lower telescopic joint 21 is provided with vertical telescopic joint guide groove 23, and bolt 22 is positioned at flexible Save in guide groove 23.Telescopic joint guide groove 23 limits the direction of motion of bolt 22, and upper telescopic joint 20 is oriented to, and telescopic joint guide groove 23 is also The length for serving spacing effect-telescopic joint guide groove 23 is the scope that telescopic joint 15 freely can extend and shorten, and is passed through Limit the beginning and end of telescopic joint guide groove 23, you can to control the minimum altitude of telescopic joint 15, maximum height and magnification.
As shown in figure 5, in the present embodiment, several fixed pulleys 19 are passed through along steel cable 18, steel cable 18 passes through first It is in the same direction with telescopic joint 15 before individual fixed pulley 19.Fixed pulley 19 serves the effect of steering, and steel cable 18 passes through first fixed pulley It is in the same direction with telescopic joint 15 before 19, it ensure that when steel cable 18 pulls telescopic joint 15 there is no horizontal component.
As shown in Fig. 2 in the present embodiment, the outside of telescopic joint 15 is fixed with several in the vertical directions and connected from beginning to end successively The corrugated plating 11 connect, corrugated plating 11 is in hollow tubular and can freely stretch within the specific limits, and corrugated plating 11 can be by institute The outside for having telescopic joint 15 surrounds completely, and the telescopic extensions of corrugated plating 11 are identical with telescopic joint 15.Corrugated plating 11 can be with damp proof, anti- Rust, serve the effect of the further key components and parts such as protection spring 17, steel cable 18.
As shown in fig. 7, in the present embodiment, corrugated plating 11 is by 25 groups of upper corrugated plating 24 and lower corrugated plating being nested together Into upper corrugated plating 24 is provided with vertical corrugated plating guide groove 26, is fixed with bolt 22 on lower corrugated plating 25, bolt 22 is located at ripple In plate guide groove 26.
It should be appreciated that for those of ordinary skills, can according to the above description be improved or converted, And all these modifications and variations should all belong to the protection domain of appended claims of the present invention.

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1. on a kind of telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder, including cabinet, piston, band piston The piston holder of lower motion, the piston plate for being fixed on piston base, it is characterised in that:Piston holder can be stretched within the specific limits Contracting, when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder be reduced to it is most short, when piston holder drops to the most bottom of stroke During end, piston holder extends most long;
Hoist engine, several in the vertical directions that piston holder includes being fixed on piston plate are end to end flexible successively Section, spring and steel cable, telescopic joint is hollow tubular and can freely stretch within the specific limits, and the telescopic joint of lowermost end is fixed On piston, the telescopic joint top seal of top, spring is located among the cavity that all telescopic joints surround and all the time in pressure Contracting state, steel cable pass through spring, and one end of steel cable is fixed on the telescopic joint of top, the connection of the other end and hoist engine.
2. the telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: The telescopic control method of piston holder is, using a certain position passed through during piston up-down as boundary line, with piston holder Line on the basis of bottom surface, when datum line is higher than boundary line, piston holder starts to shorten, and it shortens speed and piston movement speed positive Close, when piston holder rises to the top of stroke, piston holder is reduced to most short;When datum line is less than boundary line, piston branch Frame starts to extend, and it extends speed and piston movement speed positive correlation, when piston holder drops to the lowermost end of stroke, piston Support extends most long.
3. the telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: Telescopic joint is made up of the upper telescopic joint being nested together and lower telescopic joint, and bolt is fixed with upper telescopic joint, and lower telescopic joint is provided with Vertical telescopic joint guide groove, bolt are located in telescopic joint guide groove.
4. the telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: Several fixed pulleys are passed through along steel cable, steel cable passes through in the same direction with telescopic joint before first fixed pulley.
5. the telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder as claimed in claim 1, it is characterised in that: The corrugated plating that several in the vertical directions connect from beginning to end successively is fixed with the outside of telescopic joint, corrugated plating is in hollow tubular and can Freely to stretch within the specific limits, corrugated plating can surround in the outside of all telescopic joints completely, the telescopic extensions of corrugated plating It is identical with telescopic joint.
6. the telescopic unistage type rubber film sealed dry type gas chamber of piston holder as claimed in claim 5, it is characterised in that: Corrugated plating is made up of the upper corrugated plating being nested together and lower corrugated plating, and upper corrugated plating is provided with vertical corrugated plating guide groove, lower ripple Bolt is fixed with card, bolt is located in corrugated plating guide groove.
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