CN108166425A - A kind of garden path dust cleaner - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
- E01H—STREET CLEANING; CLEANING OF PERMANENT WAYS; CLEANING BEACHES; DISPERSING OR PREVENTING FOG IN GENERAL CLEANING STREET OR RAILWAY FURNITURE OR TUNNEL WALLS
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- E01H1/0827—Dislodging by suction; Mechanical dislodging-cleaning apparatus with independent or dependent exhaust, e.g. dislodging-sweeping machines with independent suction nozzles ; Mechanical loosening devices working under vacuum
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of garden path dust cleaner, including bottom plate, stent, dust fall chamber and cylinder body；The upper end of the bottom plate is installed with stent, and motor is equipped on the inside of stent, and the output terminal of motor is fixedly connected with rotary shaft, and bevel gear A is installed in rotary shaft, and bevel gear A is engaged with being fixedly mounted on the bevel gear B of agitating shaft left end；The agitating shaft is fixedly connected through depositing dust case and simultaneously through the right side upright end of stent with incomplete bevel gear, and stirring rod is symmetrically installed on the agitating shaft on the inside of depositing dust case.It is of the invention novel in design, the water in depositing dust case is stirred when being rotated by the stirring rod of setting, is conducive to the mixing between dust air-flow and clear water, efficiency and effect that dust is adsorbed by clear water is improved, dust is avoided to be escaped again with air-flow；The driving gear of setting drives dust hood to swing back and forth by driven gear, so as to increase the dust suction range of dust hood, improves dust collection efficiency.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to municipal machinery field, specifically a kind of garden path dust cleaner.
Background technology
Gardens refer in certain region application engineering technology and artistic media, by be transformed landform, plantation trees flowers and plants,
The beautiful natural environment and condition of strolling about or have a rest that the approach creation such as constructing architecture and arrangement garden road forms.Gardens are general with many extensions
It reads：Gardens community, gardens street, garden-like cities, national gardens county town etc..Modern life style and living environment are for garden
Woods has the requirement of urgent functionality and artistry.Have more with following people's developing direction for our modern living
Carry out more important role.Dust is easily generated on garden path, if these dusts are cleared up not in time, easily influences landscape garden
The ornamental value of woods, and in the prior art generally for the cleaning of landscape garden road dust by the way of artificial watering operation pair
The dust of road surface is cleared up, and not only working efficiency is low for this manner of cleaning up, but also watering is easy to cause ground humidity,
The comfort of walker is influenced, common dust exhaust apparatus, dust suction, which is limited in scope, causes dust treatment effeciency low.
Invention content
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of garden path dust cleaner, to solve mentioned above in the background art ask
Topic.
To achieve the above object, the present invention provides following technical solution：
A kind of garden path dust cleaner, including bottom plate, stent, dust fall chamber and cylinder body；The upper end of the bottom plate is installed with
Stent is equipped with motor on the inside of stent, and the output terminal of motor is fixedly connected with rotary shaft, and cone tooth is installed in rotary shaft
A is taken turns, bevel gear A is engaged with being fixedly mounted on the bevel gear B of agitating shaft left end；The agitating shaft is through depositing dust case and runs through simultaneously
The right side upright end of stent is fixedly connected with incomplete bevel gear, and stirring is symmetrically installed on the agitating shaft on the inside of depositing dust case
Stick；The upper and lower ends of the incomplete bevel gear are symmetrically arranged with bevel gear C, and bevel gear C is fixedly mounted in rotating bar, rotation
The lower end of bar is fixedly connected with driving gear；The upper end left pivot movement of the bottom plate is connected with dust hood；Under the depositing dust case
Side, which is provided with to slide in cylinder body cylinder body, is provided with piston, and the left end of piston is fixedly connected with catch bar, and the catch bar runs through cylinder
It the left end of body and is hinged with connecting rod, the other end of connecting rod is rotatably connected at the eccentric position of turntable.
As further embodiment of the present invention：The bottom plate lower end is symmetrically installed with universal wheel.
As further scheme of the invention：The left end of the stent is equipped with hitch frame.
As further scheme of the invention：The upper end of the dust hood is fixedly connected with driven gear, driven gear
It is engaged with driving gear.
As further scheme of the invention：The dust hood is L-shaped to be set and is open in horn-like.
As further scheme of the invention：The right end of the cylinder body is connected by conduit with dust hood, and cylinder body passes through
Conduit is connected with the bottom of depositing dust case, and check valve is both provided in conduit.
As further scheme of the invention：The rear end shaft of the turntable is fixedly connected with bevel gear E, bevel gear E
It is engaged with the bevel gear D for being fixedly mounted on rotary shaft lower end.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the invention are as follows：It is of the invention novel in design, it is rotated by the stirring rod of setting
When the water in depositing dust case is stirred, be conducive to the mixing between dust air-flow and clear water, improve what dust was adsorbed by clear water
Efficiency and effect, avoid dust from being escaped again with air-flow；The driving gear of setting drives dust hood come backswing by driven gear
It is dynamic, so as to increase the dust suction range of dust hood, dust collection efficiency is improved, it is highly practical, it is worthy to be popularized.
Description of the drawings
Fig. 1 is the structure diagram of garden path dust cleaner.
Fig. 2 is the side view of garden path dust cleaner turntable.
In figure：1- bottom plates, 2- hitch frames, 3- motors, 4- stents, 5- rotary shafts, 6- bevel gear A, 7- bevel gears B, 8- drop
Dirt chamber, 9- stirring rod, 10- agitating shafts, the incomplete bevel gears of 11-, 12- bevel gear C, 13- rotating bar, 14- driving gears, 15-
Driven gear, 16- dust hoods, 17- universal wheels, 18- pistons, 19- cylinder bodies, 20- catch bars, 21- connecting rods, 22- turntables, 23-
Bevel gear D, 24- bevel gear E.
Specific embodiment
Below in conjunction with the attached drawing in the embodiment of the present invention, the technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention is carried out clear, complete
Site preparation describes, it is clear that described embodiment is only part of the embodiment of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are obtained every other without making creative work
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
~ 2 are please referred to Fig.1, a kind of garden path dust cleaner, including bottom plate 1, stent 4, dust fall chamber 8 and cylinder body 19；It is described
1 lower end of bottom plate is symmetrically installed with universal wheel 17, and the effect of universal wheel 17 is that the device is facilitated to move, and the upper end of the bottom plate 1 is consolidated
Dingan County is equipped with stent 4, and the left end of stent 4 is equipped with hitch frame 2, and the inside of stent 4 is equipped with motor 3, the output terminal of motor 3 with
Rotary shaft 5 is fixedly connected, and bevel gear A6 is installed in rotary shaft 5, bevel gear A6 is with being fixedly mounted on 10 left end of agitating shaft
Bevel gear B7 engagement, motor 3 rotate when drive rotary shaft 5 rotate, the engagement that rotary shaft 5 passes through bevel gear A6 and bevel gear B7
Effect drives agitating shaft 10 to rotate；The agitating shaft 10 through depositing dust case 8 and simultaneously through stent 4 right side upright end with it is endless
Full bevel gear 11 is fixedly connected, and stirring rod 9 is symmetrically installed on the agitating shaft 10 of 8 inside of depositing dust case, when stirring rod 9 rotates
Water in depositing dust case 8 is stirred, is conducive to the mixing between dust air-flow and clear water, improves the effect that dust is adsorbed by clear water
Rate and effect, avoid dust from being escaped again with air-flow；The upper and lower ends of the incomplete bevel gear 11 are symmetrically arranged with bevel gear
C12, bevel gear C12 are fixedly mounted in rotating bar 13, and the lower end of rotating bar 13 is fixedly connected with driving gear 14, are not exclusively bored
Gear 11 rotates, and rotating bar 13 is driven to rotate when position with teeth is engaged with the bevel gear C12 of upper end, when incomplete bevel gear 11
It is rotated further, bevel gear C12 of the position with teeth far from upper end and rotating bar 13 is driven to send out when being engaged with the bevel gear C12 of lower end
Raw negative direction rotation, so as to fulfill the past renaturation rotating campaign of rotating bar 13, and then rotating bar 13 is driving driving gear 14 just
Return motion；The upper end left pivot movement of the bottom plate 1 is connected with dust hood 16, the L-shaped setting of the dust hood 16 and opening is in
Horn-like, the upper end of dust hood 16 is fixedly connected with driven gear 15, and driven gear 15 is engaged with driving gear 14, driving gear
14 drive dust hood 16 to swing back and forth by driven gear 15, so as to increase the dust suction range of dust hood 16；The depositing dust case 8
Lower section is provided with cylinder body 19, and the right end of cylinder body 19 is connected by conduit with dust hood 16, and cylinder body 19 passes through conduit and depositing dust case 8
Bottom connects, and check valve is both provided in the conduit, is slided in the cylinder body 19 and is provided with piston 18, the left end of piston 18 with
Catch bar 20 is fixedly connected, the catch bar 20 through cylinder body 19 left end and with connecting rod 21 it is hinged, connecting rod 21 it is another
End is rotatably connected at the eccentric position of turntable 22, catch bar 20 is driven to move left and right by connecting rod 21 when turntable 22 rotates,
Catch bar 20 is moved left and right with piston 18, so as to fulfill the process of pumping；The rear end shaft of the turntable 22 is consolidated with bevel gear E24
Fixed connection, bevel gear E24 are engaged with being fixedly mounted on the bevel gear D23 of 5 lower end of rotary shaft, rotary shaft 5 by bevel gear D23 with
The engagement of bevel gear E24 drives turntable 22 to rotate.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the details of above-mentioned exemplary embodiment, Er Qie
In the case of without departing substantially from spirit or essential attributes of the invention, the present invention can be realized in other specific forms.Therefore, no matter
From the point of view of which point, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the present invention is by appended power
Profit requirement rather than above description limit, it is intended that all by what is fallen within the meaning and scope of the equivalent requirements of the claims
Variation is included within the present invention.Any reference numeral in claim should not be considered as to the involved claim of limitation.
In addition, it should be understood that although this specification is described in terms of embodiments, but not each embodiment is only wrapped
Containing an independent technical solution, this description of the specification is merely for the sake of clarity, and those skilled in the art should
It considers the specification as a whole, the technical solutions in each embodiment can also be properly combined, forms those skilled in the art
The other embodiment being appreciated that.
Claims (7)
1. a kind of garden path dust cleaner, including bottom plate（1）, stent（4）, dust fall chamber（8）And cylinder body（19）；Its feature exists
In the bottom plate（1）Upper end be installed with stent（4）, stent（4）Inside motor is installed（3）, motor（3）It is defeated
Outlet and rotary shaft（5）It is fixedly connected, rotary shaft（5）On be installed with bevel gear A（6）, bevel gear A（6）With fixed installation
In agitating shaft（10）The bevel gear B of left end（7）Engagement；The agitating shaft（10）Through depositing dust case（8）And run through stent simultaneously（4）
Right side upright end and incomplete bevel gear（11）It is fixedly connected, positioned at depositing dust case（8）The agitating shaft of inside（10）Upper symmetrical peace
Equipped with stirring rod（9）；The incomplete bevel gear（11）Upper and lower ends be symmetrically arranged with bevel gear C（12）, bevel gear C（12）
It is fixedly mounted on rotating bar（13）On, rotating bar（13）Lower end and driving gear（14）It is fixedly connected；The bottom plate（1）It is upper
End left pivot movement is connected with dust hood（16）；The depositing dust case（8）Lower section be provided with cylinder body（19）Cylinder body（19）Interior slip is set
It is equipped with piston（18）, piston（18）Left end and catch bar（20）It is fixedly connected, the catch bar（20）Through cylinder body（19）'s
Left end and and connecting rod（21）It is hinged, connecting rod（21）The other end be rotatably connected on turntable（22）Eccentric position at.
2. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the bottom plate（1）Lower end is symmetrically installed
There is universal wheel（17）.
3. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the stent（4）Left end be equipped with
Hitch frame（2）.
4. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the dust hood（16）Upper end fix
It is connected with driven gear（15）, driven gear（15）With driving gear（14）Engagement.
5. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the dust hood（16）L-shaped setting
And opening is in horn-like.
6. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the cylinder body（19）Right end by leading
Pipe and dust hood（16）Connection, cylinder body（19）Pass through conduit and depositing dust case（8）Bottom connection, be both provided in conduit unidirectional
Valve.
7. garden path dust cleaner according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the turntable（22）Rear end shaft with
Bevel gear E（24）It is fixedly connected, bevel gear E（24）With being fixedly mounted on rotary shaft（5）The bevel gear D of lower end（23）Engagement.
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