CN108570981B - Connecting device for in-line vacuum preloading vacuum tube and plastic drainage plate - Google Patents

Connecting device for in-line vacuum preloading vacuum tube and plastic drainage plate Download PDF

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CN108570981B
CN108570981B CN201810457282.6A CN201810457282A CN108570981B CN 108570981 B CN108570981 B CN 108570981B CN 201810457282 A CN201810457282 A CN 201810457282A CN 108570981 B CN108570981 B CN 108570981B
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张文龙
范玉明
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The invention relates to the technical field of soft soil foundation treatment, in particular to a connecting device of a straight-line vacuum preloading vacuum tube and a plastic drainage plate, which is characterized in that: the connecting device is a hollow trapezoid box-shaped connector, two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a round connector for connecting the vacuum pipes, the other two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a drain board connector for inserting the plastic drain board, and the hollow pipe is connected with the plastic drain board through the trapezoid box-shaped connector; the hollow interior of the trapezoid box-type connector is a water passing space. The invention has the advantages that: has the advantages of good drainage effect, simple structure, convenient field operation, low cost, wide application range and recycling.

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Connecting device for in-line vacuum preloading vacuum tube and plastic drainage plate
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of soft soil foundation treatment, in particular to a connecting device of a straight-line vacuum preloading vacuum tube and a plastic drain board.
Background
Since the proposal and application of the technology of vacuum preloading in the eighties of the last century, vacuum preloading has been one of the main effective methods for treating soft soil foundations through years of practical application and development. The direct-discharge vacuum preloading method is widely applied to foundation treatment of the dredger fill site in coastal areas.
The quality of the treatment effect of the direct drainage type vacuum preloading mainly depends on the application, transmission and maintenance of the vacuum degree, wherein the application of the vacuum degree depends on the suction force effectively applied by a unit area vacuum pump (namely, the effective power provided by the unit area vacuum pump), the maintenance of the vacuum degree depends on the sealing effect of a vacuum film and a field, the transmission of the vacuum degree mainly depends on the smoothness of a vacuum pipeline below the film (namely, the vacuum degree in a vacuum pipe) and the suction force of a vertical plastic drainage plate (namely, the vacuum degree in the drainage plate), and the vacuum degree in the plastic drainage plate depends on the connection quality (namely, the vacuum degree loss degree) of the vacuum pipeline and the plastic drainage plate to a great extent. The connection of the vacuum line to the plastic drain board is therefore of great importance.
The invention patent number ZL201220324973.7 discloses a vacuum transverse drainage joint device, which comprises a water passing plate, a butterfly joint and a plastic drainage plate, wherein two ends of the water passing pipe are connected with outlets at two ends of the butterfly joint, and two wings of the butterfly joint are directly connected with the drainage plate.
Although this method is capable of connecting drain boards and vacuum wire hoses, it has several disadvantages:
1) In the butterfly joint, the extension length of the side wing is 20cm, the thickness of the side wing is only 1cm, the length and the thickness are relatively large, the overall rigidity is relatively small, the flange is easy to break, the destruction rate is relatively high, and the side wing is not beneficial to recycling.
2) In this patent butterfly joint, flank extension length is 20cm, and its thickness is 1cm only, and when plastics drain bar inserted, the space that remains in the flank is less, and the vacuum degree transmission of rigid plastic pipe and butterfly joint is passed through the rectangular hole of 10 x 80mm of both sides only simultaneously, because vacuum pre-compaction time is generally longer (is greater than 90 days), and transmission channel is easily blocked by debris such as silt, and the transmission effect of vacuum degree will be discounted greatly.
3) According to the patent, each butterfly joint is fixed with the plastic drain board through 6 shooting nails, so that the shooting nails in the field are large in use amount, a large number of shooting nails are required to be carried by constructors, the butterfly joints are easy to be left in the field, and if the butterfly joints are left in the field, vacuum films can be possibly pierced in the later stage, the vacuum degree is influenced, and the foundation treatment effect is influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
According to the defects of the prior art, the invention provides the connecting device for the directly-discharging vacuum preloading vacuum tube and the plastic drainage plate, the connection between the vacuum tube and the plastic drainage plate is realized by arranging the connector and the socket on the trapezoid box-shaped connector, and meanwhile, the drainage effect is improved by designing two-stage slopes on the trapezoid.
The invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a connecting device of directly arranging formula vacuum preloading vacuum tube and plastics drain bar for connect fixedly between vacuum tube and the plastics drain bar, its characterized in that: the connecting device is a hollow trapezoid box-shaped connector, two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a round connector for connecting the vacuum tube, the other two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a drain board connector for inserting the plastic drain board, and the vacuum tube is connected with the plastic drain board through the trapezoid box-shaped connector; the hollow interior of the trapezoid box-type connector is a water passing space.
The trapezoid box-type connector is provided with a primary slope and a secondary slope downwards from the top surface of the trapezoid box-type connector, and the gradient of the primary slope is smaller than that of the secondary slope; the drainage plate connector is arranged on two side surfaces of the secondary slope surface.
The secondary slope is provided with a fixing piece which is used for jacking and fixing the plastic drain board inserted into the drain board interface.
The fixing piece is a cross-shaped big round flat head screw, and the cross-shaped big round flat head screw is arranged in an inward inclined mode.
The gradient of the first-stage slope surface is 10-20 degrees, and the gradient of the second-stage slope surface is 35-45 degrees
The external diameter of circular connector is less than the internal diameter of vacuum tube.
The invention has the advantages that:
1) The integral rigidity is good, the product is not easy to break, and the product can be recycled for a long time: the trapezoid box type joint is made of specific materials with certain strength and durability, the whole length, width and height of the trapezoid box type joint are not different, the whole rigidity is good, damage is not easy to occur, and the trapezoid box type joint can be recycled for a long time.
2) The section is great and reasonable, and the vacuum transfer effect is good: the side adopts the two-stage to put the slope structure, and the horizontal and the fore-and-aft cross section that cross of whole inside is all great, and holistic anti-clogging siltation effect is better, and the vacuum transmission effect in the joint is better.
3) The field installation and operation are convenient, safe and simple: because the first-level slope on each side is uniformly provided with two positioning spiral holes, and two cross big round flat head screws are screwed in advance, construction operators only need to carry one cross screwdriver at a time.
4) The joint is better firm with the connection of plastics drain bar, and whole drainage performance is better stable: the top of the cross-shaped big round flat head screw in the hole is flat head, so that the vacuum film cannot be influenced, meanwhile, the cross-shaped big round flat head screw in the hole is inclined inwards during fixing, and the bottom of the cross-shaped big round flat head screw is pointed, so that the fixing effect of the plastic drain board is better, and falling phenomenon cannot occur easily.
Meanwhile, the water draining device has the advantages of good water draining effect, simple structure, convenient field operation, low cost, wide application range and recycling.
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FIG. 1 is a front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a top view of FIG. 1;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the mounting structure of the present invention.
Description of the embodiments
The features of the invention and other related features are described in further detail below by way of example in conjunction with the following figures to facilitate understanding by those skilled in the art:
as shown in fig. 1-4, reference numerals 1-9 are respectively represented as: the device comprises a trapezoid box type connector 1, a cross-shaped large round flat head screw 2, a round connector 3, a secondary slope 4, a primary slope 5, a plastic drainage plate 6, a binding piece 7, a vacuum tube 8 and a drainage plate socket 9.
Examples: as shown in fig. 1 to 3, the connecting device body of the in-line vacuum preloading vacuum pipe and the plastic drainage plate in the present embodiment is a trapezoid box-type connector 1, and the trapezoid box-type connector 1 is used for connecting and fixing the vacuum pipe and the plastic drainage pipe and forming a drainage path, so as to perform in-line vacuum preloading drainage treatment on the soft soil foundation, so as to improve the bearing capacity of the soft soil foundation.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector 1 are respectively provided with a circular connector 3, and the outer diameter of the circular connector 3 is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the vacuum tube, so that the vacuum tube can be sleeved on the periphery of the circular connector 3. As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the other two side ends of the trapezoidal box-shaped connector 1 are respectively provided with a drain board socket 9, compared with the other two side ends of the circular connector 3, and the shape and the size of the drain board socket 9 meet the requirement of inserting a plastic drain board therein. Thus, the vacuum tube and the plastic drain board can be connected and fixed through the trapezoid box type connector 1. As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the trapezoidal box joint 1 has a hollow box structure, and an inner space thereof serves as a water passing space. Specifically, the vacuum tube is communicated with the hollow water passing space of the trapezoid box type joint 1 through the circular connector 3, and the plastic drain board is communicated with the hollow water passing space of the trapezoid box type joint 1 through the drain board socket 9; after the vacuum pipe is connected to the vacuum suction equipment, the vacuum degree generated by the vacuum suction equipment is transmitted to the plastic drainage plate by the vacuum pipe, the plastic drainage plate can vertically suck the underground water in the soft soil foundation by the vacuum suction force, and then the underground water is discharged to the outside by the vacuum pipe, so that the direct-discharge type vacuum pre-pressing drainage treatment of the soft soil foundation is realized, and the bearing capacity of the soft soil foundation is improved.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4, the trapezoid box joint 1 is provided with a first-stage slope 5 and a second-stage slope 4 which are symmetrically arranged downwards from the top surface of the trapezoid box joint, and the gradient of the first-stage slope 5 is smaller than that of the second-stage slope 4. The first-stage slope 5 can enlarge the remained gap in the transverse drainage section after the plastic drainage plate 6 is inserted, so that the drainage efficiency is improved on the premise of ensuring the vacuum degree; the two-stage slope surface 4 can be used for increasing the whole longitudinal water passing section in the trapezoid box-type joint 1, so that the positive effects of preventing sludge from blocking, improving drainage efficiency and the like are achieved. That is, in this embodiment, the trapezoid box joint 1 can serve as a connecting piece to connect the vacuum pipe and the plastic drain board, and more importantly, the first-stage slope 5 and the second-stage slope 4 are arranged on the box body of the trapezoid box joint 1, so that the drainage treatment effect of in-line vacuum preloading is effectively improved, and the treatment quality is improved.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, cross-shaped large round flat head screws 2 serving as fixing pieces are respectively arranged on the first-stage slope surfaces 5 which are symmetrically arranged, and the cross-shaped large round flat head screws 2 are used for jacking and fixing plastic drain boards inserted into drain board insertion holes 9, so that the connection strength between the plastic drain boards and the trapezoid box type connector 1 is ensured. The upper part of the cross-shaped big round flat head screw 2 is round to prevent from puncturing the vacuum film covered on the upper part, and the bottom is pointed to enhance the jacking effect on the plastic drain board. The cross-shaped large round flat head screws 2 are arranged in an inward inclined mode, so that the jacking effect of the cross-shaped large round flat head screws on the plastic drain board is further improved, and the plastic drain board is not easy to fall off and slide out.
As shown in fig. 4, the trapezoidal box joint 1 includes the following method when in use:
1) Firstly, leveling a field on a soft soil foundation field to be treated, then, setting up a plastic drain board 6, wherein the plastic drain board 6 is reserved for a certain length during setting up, and the reserved length is half of the interval between the plastic drain boards 6.
2) The trapezoid box type connector 1 is arranged between two adjacent plastic drain boards 6, the vacuum pipes 8 are firstly arranged at two ends of the trapezoid box type connector 1, then the round connectors 3 at two ends of the trapezoid box type connector 1 are connected with the vacuum pipes 8, the outer diameter of each round connector 3 is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of each vacuum pipe 8, the vacuum pipes 8 are directly sleeved at the bottoms of the corresponding round connectors 3, and the binding pieces 6 are used for binding and fixing the vacuum pipes on the peripheries of the corresponding round connectors 3 to form a longitudinal whole, so that connection and fixation between the vacuum pipes 8 and the trapezoid box type connector 1 are completed. The binding piece 6 can be made of binding wires, lead wires or nylon binding belts.
3) And then cleaning the surface of the plastic drain board 6 of the reserved section, especially the fracture part must not contain blocky sludge to avoid blockage. Simultaneously unscrewing the cross-shaped big round flat head screw 2 on the trapezoid box type connector 1, respectively inserting the plastic drain boards 6 cleaned at two sides into drain board sockets 9 corresponding to two sides of the trapezoid box type connector 1, and then screwing the cross-shaped big round flat head screw 2 to press the plastic drain boards 6, thereby completing connection fixation between the plastic drain boards 6 and the trapezoid box type connector 1. At this time, the plastic drain plate 6 and the vacuum tube 8 are connected and fixed through the trapezoid box-shaped connector 1, and form crisscrossed horizontal drain channels.
4) In this way, all plastic drainage plates 6 in the soft soil foundation field are connected through the trapezoid box type connector 1, and corresponding vacuum pipes 8 are installed, so that the integral installation of the horizontal drainage channel is completed.
5) Two layers of vacuum films are paved above the horizontal drainage channel, and the vacuum pipe 8 is connected with vacuum equipment, so that direct drainage type vacuum preloading drainage treatment can be started on a soft soil foundation site. To the outside
The embodiment is implemented in specific manner: the gradient of the primary slope surface 5 can be preferably 10-20 degrees, the gradient of the secondary slope surface 4 can be preferably 35-45 degrees, and the water drainage effect is improved under the cooperation of the primary slope surface 5 and the secondary slope surface 4. The top surface of the trapezoidal box 1 has a width of 5cm, a width of the bottom thereof is about 20cm, a height of the most lateral side thereof is about 1.2cm, a total height thereof is 5cm, a wall thickness thereof is 0.3 to 0.4cm, and an overall length of the trapezoidal box 1 is 11 to 12cm (a portion excluding the circular connector 3).
The trapezoidal box 1 is preferably made of a specific high polymer material having a certain strength and durability.
When the plastic drain board 6 is installed, the filter membrane on the surface layer of the plastic drain board must not be removed, so as to avoid the blockage of particles and sludge caused by the ineffective filtration. The insertion depth of the plastic drain board 6 should not be less than 4cm, preferably more than 8cm, if the length is not satisfied, the plastic drain board 6 should be lengthened; at the same time, it is ensured that the plastic drain board 6 has sufficient tensile strength so that the plastic drain board 6 does not fall off or break when uneven settlement occurs.
Two positioning spiral holes are uniformly arranged on the first-stage slope 5 on each side of the trapezoid box type joint 1, two cross-shaped large round flat head screws 2 are screwed in advance, the total of four screws are arranged, and the aperture is about 0.3 cm to 0.5cm, so that the plastic drain board 6 is effectively and stably pressed and fixed.
The outer diameter of the circular connector 3 is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the vacuum tube 8 by 1-2mm, and the length of the circular connector 3 can be preferably 5cm so as to ensure the connection strength between the circular connector 3 and the vacuum tube 8.
Although the foregoing embodiments have been described in some detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various modifications and changes may be made thereto without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims, and thus are not repeated herein.

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1. The utility model provides a connecting device of directly arranging formula vacuum preloading vacuum tube and plastics drain bar for connect fixedly between vacuum tube and the plastics drain bar, its characterized in that: the connecting device is a hollow trapezoid box-shaped connector, two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a round connector for connecting the vacuum tube, the other two side ends of the trapezoid box-shaped connector are respectively provided with a drain board connector for inserting the plastic drain board, and the vacuum tube is connected with the plastic drain board through the trapezoid box-shaped connector; the hollow interior of the trapezoid box-type connector is a water passing space;
the trapezoid box-type connector is provided with a primary slope and a secondary slope downwards from the top surface of the trapezoid box-type connector, and the gradient of the primary slope is smaller than that of the secondary slope; the drainage plate interfaces are arranged on two side surfaces of the secondary slope;
a fixing piece is arranged on the secondary slope surface and is used for jacking and fixing a plastic drain board inserted into the drain board interface; the fixing piece is a cross-shaped big round flat head screw, and the cross-shaped big round flat head screw is arranged in an inward inclined mode;
the gradient of the first-stage slope surface is 10-20 degrees, and the gradient of the second-stage slope surface is 35-45 degrees;
the external diameter of circular connector is less than the internal diameter of vacuum tube.
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