CN108574232A - A kind of protection device for power cables - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides a kind of protection device for power cables, the device is by being arranged support plate, slide bar, sleeve, movable block, first spring, T shape sliding slots, T-shaped slider, second spring, rotating bar, spool and cable, cable in spool is when carrying out unwrapping wire, the transient force of generation can press support plate, the slide bar for being connected with movable block is driven to be slided in sleeve, partial buffer is carried out to transient force by the first spring, support plate is pressed, hinged rotating bar can be passed through, make two T-shaped slider back movements in T shape sliding slots, squeeze second spring, and then transient force is preferably buffered, so that power cable is protected well.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to field of electrical equipment, more particularly, to a kind of protection device for power cables.
Background technology
Cable is used for transmission and distributes the cable of electric energy.It is usually used in Urban Underground power grid, the lead line in power station, work
The in-line power of mine enterprise and the submarine transmission line of crossing river and sea, in power circuit, the proportion shared by cable just gradually increases
Add, power cable is to transmit and distribute the cable product of high-power power in the basic routing line of electric system, wherein wrapping
1-500KV and any of the above voltage class, the power cable of various insulation.
During horizontal well or high-angle borehole logging, cable follows drilling tool and instrument is transported to underground, could complete water
Flat logging tasks, during unwrapping wire, the transient force of generation is easy to damage cable cable, and cable holds in unwrapping wire
Easily and wall friction, to reduce the service life of cable.
Invention content
The present invention provides a kind of damper being easily installed, and the arrangement achieves the Fast Installation purposes of damper, solve
Traditional damper because install it is inconvenient caused by the poor problem of working efficiency, further improve the peace of damper
Efficiency is filled, stability is good, meets modernization high-tension line and builds higher application demand.
In order to reach above-mentioned technique effect, technical scheme is as follows：
The top of a kind of protection device for power cables, including counter weight base, the counter weight base is equipped with support plate, the branch
The four corners of fagging lower surface are fixedly connected with slide bar, and the upper surface of the counter weight base is fixedly connected with opposite with slide bar position
The sleeve answered, the one end of the slide bar far from support plate is plugged in corresponding sleeve, and is fixedly connected with movable block, the shifting
Motion block is slidably connected with sleeve, and side of the movable block far from slide bar is fixedly connected with the first spring, first spring
The other end is fixedly connected with the cylinder bottom of sleeve inner, and the upper surface of the counter weight base offers corresponding with support Board position
T shape sliding slots slidably connect two T-shaped sliders to match with T shape sliding slots, and two T-shaped slider positions in the T shapes sliding slot
It is symmetrical, be fixedly connected with second spring in the phase back side wall of two T-shaped sliders, the other end of the second spring with
The side wall of T shape sliding slots is fixedly connected, and hingedly there are two symmetrical rotating bar, two rotations for the lower surface of the support plate
The one end of bar far from support plate is hinged with the upper surface of corresponding T-shaped slider, and the upper surface of the support plate is equipped with spool, and line
It is wrapped with cable on cylinder, the upper surface of the counter weight base is fixedly connected with fixed plate, and the top of the fixed plate is fixedly connected
There are the first directive wheel, side of the fixed plate far from support plate to be connected with the second directive wheel, the spool by regulating mechanism
On cable sequentially pass through the first directive wheel and the second directive wheel.
Further, the regulating mechanism includes fixed link, and one end of the fixed link is fixedly connected with the second directive wheel,
The other end of the fixed link is rotatablely connected with fixed plate, and the fixed plate offers sliding slot close to the side of the second directive wheel,
The sliding block to match with sliding slot is slidably connected in the sliding slot, and threaded rod, the threaded rod are rotatably connected in the sliding slot
Through sliding block, and threaded rod is slidably connected with sliding block, and side of the sliding block far from sliding slot slot bottom is hinged with connecting rod, the connecting rod
The other end and the side wall of fixed link be hinged.
Further, it is fixedly connected with fixture block in the both sides phase back side wall of the movable block, is opened on the inner wall of the sleeve
Equipped with slideway corresponding with fixture block position, the fixture block matches with slideway, and is slidably connected.
Further, the T-shaped slider offers ball grooves close to the side of T shape sliding slots, and rolling is equipped in the ball grooves
Pearl, the one end of the ball far from ball grooves slot bottom pass through the notch of ball grooves, and the rolling that extends outwardly is connected to T shape sliding slots
Slot bottom.
Further, it is connected with handle positioned at one end of the sliding slot outside screw bar.
Further, the lower surface of the counter weight base is equipped with non-slip mat.
Compared with prior art, the advantageous effect of technical solution of the present invention is：
1, the protection device for power cables is slided by the way that support plate, slide bar, sleeve, movable block, the first spring, T shapes is arranged
Slot, T-shaped slider, second spring, rotating bar, spool and cable, the cable in spool is when carrying out unwrapping wire, the transient force meeting of generation
Support plate is pressed, the slide bar for being connected with movable block is driven to be slided in sleeve, it is slow to carry out part to transient force by the first spring
Punching, support plate are pressed, and can be made two T-shaped slider back movements in T shape sliding slots by hinged rotating bar, be squeezed second
Spring, and then transient force is preferably buffered so that power cable is protected well；
2, protection device for power cables, by the way that fixed plate, the second directive wheel, fixed link, sliding slot, sliding block, screw thread is arranged
Bar and connecting rod rotate threaded rod so that the sliding block of threaded connection is slided along sliding slot, is driven and is fixed by hinged connecting rod
Bar rotates, so that the unwrapping wire angle of power cable can be adjusted, avoids cable during unwrapping wire and the borehole wall
It rubs；
It is not directed to part in the device to be the same as those in the prior art or can be realized by using the prior art, structure of the invention
Simply, easy to operate so that the transient force generated during cable drum can be effectively into row buffering, and avoids cable
It rubs with the borehole wall during unwrapping wire.
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Fig. 1 is a kind of structural schematic diagram of protection device for power cables proposed by the present invention；
Fig. 2 is the enlarged drawing of part A in Fig. 1；
Fig. 3 is the enlarged drawing of part B in Fig. 1；
In figure：1 counter weight base, 2 support plates, 3 slide bars, 4 sleeves, 5 movable blocks, 6 first springs, 7 T shapes sliding slots, 8 T shapes
Sliding block, 9 second springs, 10 rotating bars, 11 spools, 12 cables, 13 fixed plates, 14 first directive wheels, 15 second directive wheels, 16 are consolidated
Fixed pole, 17 sliding slots, 18 sliding blocks, 19 threaded rods, 20 connecting rods, 21 fixture blocks, 22 slideways, 23 ball grooves, 24 balls, 25 handles.
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The attached figures are only used for illustrative purposes and cannot be understood as limitating the patent；
In order to more preferably illustrate that the present embodiment, the certain components of attached drawing have omission, zoom in or out, actual product is not represented
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To those skilled in the art, it is to be appreciated that certain known features and its explanation, which may be omitted, in attached drawing
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The following further describes the technical solution of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Embodiment 1
As shown in Figs. 1-3, the top of a kind of protection device for power cables, including counter weight base 1, counter weight base 1 is equipped with branch
The four corners of fagging 2,2 lower surface of support plate are fixedly connected with slide bar 3, and the upper surface of counter weight base 1 is fixedly connected with and slide bar 3
The corresponding sleeve 4 in position, the one end of slide bar 3 far from support plate 2 is plugged in corresponding sleeve 4, and is fixedly connected with movement
Block 5, movable block 5 are slidably connected with sleeve 4, and side of the movable block 5 far from slide bar 3 is fixedly connected with the first spring 6, the first spring
6 other end is fixedly connected with the cylinder bottom inside sleeve 4, and the upper surface of counter weight base 1 offers corresponding with 2 position of support plate
T shapes sliding slot 7, slidably connect two T-shaped sliders 8 to match with T shapes sliding slot 7, and two T-shaped sliders 8 in T shapes sliding slot 7
Position is symmetrical, and second spring 9, the other end and T of second spring 9 have been fixedly connected in the phase back side wall of two T-shaped sliders 8
The side wall of shape sliding slot 7 is fixedly connected, and hingedly there are two symmetrical rotating bar 10, two rotating bars 10 for the lower surface of support plate 2
One end far from support plate 2 is hinged with the upper surface of corresponding T-shaped slider 8, and the upper surface of support plate 2 is equipped with spool 11, and line
It is wrapped with cable 12 on cylinder 11, the upper surface of counter weight base 1 is fixedly connected with fixed plate 13, and the top of fixed plate 13 is fixedly connected
There are the first directive wheel 14, side of the fixed plate 13 far from support plate 2 to be connected with the second directive wheel 15, spool 11 by regulating mechanism
On cable 12 sequentially pass through the first directive wheel 14 and the second directive wheel 15, the cable 12 in spool 11 when carrying out unwrapping wire, production
Raw transient force can press support plate 2, drive the slide bar 3 for being connected with movable block 5 sliding in sleeve 4, right by the first spring 6
Transient force carries out partial buffer, and support plate 2 is pressed, and two T shapes in T shapes sliding slot 7 can be made to slide by hinged rotating bar 10
8 back movement of block squeezes second spring 9, and then is preferably buffered to transient force so that power cable is protected well
Shield.
Regulating mechanism includes fixed link 16, and one end of fixed link 16 is fixedly connected with the second directive wheel 15, fixed link 16
The other end and fixed plate 13 are rotatablely connected, and fixed plate 13 offers sliding slot 17 close to the side of the second directive wheel 15, in sliding slot 17
The sliding block 18 to match with sliding slot 17 is slidably connected, threaded rod 19 is rotatably connected in sliding slot 17, threaded rod 19 runs through sliding block
18, and threaded rod 19 is slidably connected with sliding block 18, side of the sliding block 18 far from 17 slot bottom of sliding slot is hinged with connecting rod 20, connecting rod 20
The other end and the side wall of fixed link 16 are hinged, and rotate threaded rod 19 so that the sliding block 18 of threaded connection occurs along sliding slot 17
Sliding drives fixed link 16 to rotate, so that the unwrapping wire angle of power cable can be carried out by hinged connecting rod 20
It adjusts, cable is avoided to rub with the borehole wall during unwrapping wire.
It is fixedly connected with fixture block 21 in the both sides phase back side wall of movable block 5, is offered on the inner wall of sleeve 4 and fixture block 21
Corresponding slideway 22 is set, fixture block 21 matches with slideway 22, and is slidably connected, and movable block 5 is prevented to be detached from sleeve 4.
T-shaped slider 8 offers ball grooves 23 close to the side of T shapes sliding slot 7, and ball 24, ball 24 are equipped in ball grooves 23
One end far from 23 slot bottom of ball grooves passes through the notch of ball grooves 23, and the slot bottom for rolling and being connected to T shapes sliding slot 7 that extends outwardly,
Reduce the frictional force that T-shaped slider 8 moves in T shapes sliding slot 7 so that T-shaped slider 8 moves more convenient.
It is connected with handle 25 positioned at one end of 17 outside screw bar 19 of sliding slot, facilitates the rotation of control threaded rod 19.
The lower surface of counter weight base 1 is equipped with non-slip mat, improves the stability of counter weight base 1.
In the present invention, for the cable 12 in spool 11 when carrying out unwrapping wire, the transient force of generation can press support plate 2, drive
It is connected with the sliding in sleeve 4 of slide bar 3 of movable block 5, partial buffer, 2 quilt of support plate are carried out to transient force by the first spring 6
It presses, two 8 back movements of T-shaped slider in T shapes sliding slot 7 can be made by hinged rotating bar 10, squeeze second spring 9, into
And transient force is preferably buffered so that power cable is protected well, rotates threaded rod 19 so that is threadedly coupled
Sliding block 18 slided along sliding slot 17, drive fixed link 16 to rotate by hinged connecting rod 20, so that electric power
The unwrapping wire angle of cable can be adjusted, and cable is avoided to rub with the borehole wall during unwrapping wire.
The same or similar label correspond to the same or similar components；
Position relationship described in attached drawing is used to only for illustration, should not be understood as the limitation to this patent；
Obviously, the above embodiment of the present invention be only to clearly illustrate example of the present invention, and not be pair
The restriction of embodiments of the present invention.For those of ordinary skill in the art, may be used also on the basis of the above description
To make other variations or changes in different ways.There is no necessity and possibility to exhaust all the enbodiments.It is all this
All any modification, equivalent and improvement etc., should be included in the claims in the present invention made by within the spirit and principle of invention
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1. a kind of protection device for power cables, which is characterized in that including counter weight base, the top of the counter weight base is equipped with support
The four corners of plate, the support plate lower surface are fixedly connected with slide bar, and the upper surface of the counter weight base is fixedly connected with and slides
The corresponding sleeve in bar position, the one end of the slide bar far from support plate is plugged in corresponding sleeve, and is fixedly connected with shifting
Motion block, the movable block are slidably connected with sleeve, and side of the movable block far from slide bar is fixedly connected with the first spring, described
The other end of first spring is fixedly connected with the cylinder bottom of sleeve inner, and the upper surface of the counter weight base offers and support plate position
Corresponding T shapes sliding slot is set, two T-shaped sliders to match with T shape sliding slots, and two T are slidably connected in the T shapes sliding slot
Shape slide position is symmetrical, and second spring, the second spring have been fixedly connected in the phase back side wall of two T-shaped sliders
The other end be fixedly connected with the side wall of T shape sliding slots, the lower surface of the support plate is hinged there are two symmetrical rotating bar, two
The one end of a rotating bar far from support plate is hinged with the upper surface of corresponding T-shaped slider, the upper surface installation of the support plate
There is spool, and be wrapped with cable in spool, the upper surface of the counter weight base is fixedly connected with fixed plate, the top of the fixed plate
End is fixedly connected with the first directive wheel, and side of the fixed plate far from support plate is connected with the second guiding by regulating mechanism
It takes turns, the cable in the spool sequentially passes through the first directive wheel and the second directive wheel.
2. protection device for power cables according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the regulating mechanism includes fixed link,
One end of the fixed link is fixedly connected with the second directive wheel, and the other end and the fixed plate of the fixed link are rotatablely connected, described
Fixed plate offers sliding slot close to the side of the second directive wheel, and the sliding block to match with sliding slot is slidably connected in the sliding slot,
Threaded rod is rotatably connected in the sliding slot, the threaded rod runs through sliding block, and threaded rod is slidably connected with sliding block, the sliding block
Side far from sliding slot slot bottom is hinged with connecting rod, and the other end of the connecting rod and the side wall of fixed link are hinged.
3. protection device for power cables according to claim 2, which is characterized in that the both sides phase back side wall of the movable block
On be fixedly connected with fixture block, slideway corresponding with fixture block position, the fixture block and slideway are offered on the inner wall of the sleeve
Match, and is slidably connected.
4. protection device for power cables according to claim 3, which is characterized in that the T-shaped slider is close to T shape sliding slots
Side offers ball grooves, and ball is equipped in the ball grooves, and the one end of the ball far from ball grooves slot bottom passes through ball grooves
Notch, and extend outwardly to roll and be connected to the slot bottoms of T shape sliding slots.
5. protection device for power cables according to claim 4, which is characterized in that be located at the sliding slot outside screw bar
One end is connected with handle.
6. protection device for power cables according to claim 5, which is characterized in that the lower surface of the counter weight base is equipped with
Non-slip mat.
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