CN110285733A - A kind of tramcar invades limit detection device - Google Patents

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CN110285733A
CN110285733A CN201910639162.2A CN201910639162A CN110285733A CN 110285733 A CN110285733 A CN 110285733A CN 201910639162 A CN201910639162 A CN 201910639162A CN 110285733 A CN110285733 A CN 110285733A
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季峥涛
吴斌
张坤
蔡华
舒畅
王平
邱慧玉
钱江山
张攀
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Abstract

The present invention provides a kind of tramcars to invade limit detection device, including the first ruler and the second ruler being stacked above and below and one end is movably hinged, the inside of first ruler and the second ruler is hollow structure, and the free end of first ruler, the second ruler is respectively equipped with telescopic first pull rod, the second pull rod, first pull rod, the second pull rod free end extend through formula and be inserted with the first fixed link, the second fixed link, the bottom extension end of the first fixed link and the second fixed link is connected in the track slot of tramcar groove profile rail;The upper surface of first ruler is embedded with the air level for level correction, and detection compass is fixedly installed at hinge joint, and the pointer detected on compass is fixedly connected with the second ruler, and pointer rotates angle as the rotation of the second ruler is correspondingly shown.The structure of the detecting device is exquisite, easy to carry, durable, and detection is accurate and can intuitively, fast show testing result, and easy to operate, practicability is good.

Description

A kind of tramcar invades limit detection device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of detection devices, and in particular to a kind of tramcar invades limit detection device, belongs to tramcar Rescue gear technical field.
Background technique
Modern tram as a kind of novel rail mode, because low cost, pollution less, the advantages such as freight volume height due to it is fast Speed development, becomes one of public trip important supplement mode.But tramcar belongs to mixing right of way standard, in operational process In the case where encountering public vehicles fouling of clearance gauge, to guarantee that operation punctuality rate and traffic pass unimpeded rate, repair personnel or driver must Must quickly judge tramcar whether can safety invade limit region, but only with visual judgement or live measuring tape measurement, easily Error is generated, haves the defects that cause secondary safety hazards;Or it is measured using accurate distance-measuring equipment, time-consuming, consumption Power has the defect for influencing traffic transportation efficiency, can all cause unnecessary economic loss.Therefore, how to overcome the prior art Defect, provide it is a kind of it is convenient, can accurately detect invade range line from and quickly provide the tramcar of testing result and invade limit detection Device just becomes those skilled in the art's technical problem urgently to be resolved.
Summary of the invention
Aiming at the above defects or improvement requirements of the prior art, the present invention provides a kind of tramcars to invade limit detection dress It sets, has many advantages, such as that structure is simple, easy to carry, it is easy to operate, detection is accurate and can intuitively, quickly show.
The purpose of the present invention will be realized through the following technical scheme:
Present invention discloses a kind of tramcars to invade limit detection device, including being stacked above and below and one end is movably hinged the One ruler and the second ruler, the inside of first ruler and second ruler are hollow structure, and first ruler, The free end of second ruler is respectively equipped with telescopic first pull rod, the second pull rod, and first pull rod, described second are drawn The free end of bar extends through formula and is inserted with the first fixed link, the second fixed link, and first fixed link and described second are fixed The bottom extension end of bar is connected in the track slot of tramcar groove profile rail;The upper surface of first ruler is embedded with for water The air level of correction is put down, detection compass, pointer and second ruler on the detection compass are fixedly installed at hinge joint It is fixedly connected, and the pointer rotates angle as the rotation of second ruler is correspondingly shown.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, and second ruler is close to described hinged The side of point is fixedly provided with for detecting longitudinal telescopic lever for invading limit for height degree.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, and the fixing end of the telescopic lever is additionally provided with 90 ° of rotary stopper card slots for quickly positioning.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, and the collapsing length of the telescopic lever is 45cm-315cm。
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, first ruler and second ruler Length it is identical, be 52cm.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, first pull rod and second pull rod Length it is also identical, be 51cm.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, first ruler and (after stretching) institute It is identical as the maximum measurement length of second pull rod to state the first pull rod and second ruler, is 100cm.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, first ruler, first pull rod, Second ruler and second pull rod are made of the almag of corrosion resistant.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, and first fixed link and described second are consolidated Fixed pole is the steel cylindrical tube of diameter 0.5cm.
Further, tramcar according to the present invention invades limit detection device, first pull rod, second pull rod Free end end face has screw hole, and fastening screw is each passed through the screw hole and fixes to first fixed link, described second Bar is locked.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
The present invention provides a kind of tramcars to invade limit detection device, and the rail of 2650mm is no more than suitable for width of the carbody Electric car, the detection device have telescopic structure, and easy to carry and delicate structure is durable, main by the horizontal direction Carry out detection judgement with the limit object distance of invading of vertical direction, detection it is accurate and can by the color region corresponding to compass needle, Intuitively, fast show testing result, easy to operate, practicability is good.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is elongation state main view of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is elongation state top view of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is elongation state bottom view of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the left view of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is contraction state of the embodiment of the present invention (not setting fixed link) main view;
Fig. 6 is contraction state top view of the embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the left view that the embodiment of the present invention does not set fixed link state;
Fig. 8 is use state diagram of the embodiment of the present invention;
Wherein, part description is as follows:
10, the first ruler;11, the first pull rod;12, the first fixed link;13, air level;20, the second ruler;21, it second draws Bar;22, the second fixed link;23, telescopic lever;30, hinge joint;31, compass;32, pointer;40, fastening screw.
Specific embodiment
The present invention is described in further detail with specific embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawing.The embodiment is shown Example is shown in the accompanying drawings, and the specific embodiment described in following embodiments of the present invention is only used as specific reality of the invention Apply the exemplary illustration of mode, it is intended to be used to explain the present invention, and be not configured to limitation of the present invention.
The present invention provides a kind of tramcars to invade limit detection device, and the rail of 2650mm is no more than suitable for width of the carbody Electric car (for example, the tramcar PM06700 car body that the town Che Nanjingpu vehicle Co., Ltd produces in China, but not limited to this), As shown in figure 5, include it is upper and lower stacked and for lateral detection level invade range line from the first ruler 10 and the second ruler 20, institute State that the first ruler 10 is located above, second ruler 20 is located at the underface of first ruler 10, first ruler 10 It is identical with the length of second ruler 20, it is 52cm.The activity of one end of first ruler 10 and second ruler 20 It is articulated with one, in figure, hinge joint 30 is located at the right end of first ruler 10 and second ruler 20.
The inside of first ruler 10 and second ruler 20 is hollow structure, as shown in figure 5, described first is straight The free end of ruler 10 is equipped with scalable the first pull rod 11 inside first ruler 10, the free end of second ruler 20 Equipped with scalable the second pull rod 21 inside second ruler 20, the length of first pull rod 11 and second pull rod 21 Degree is also identical, is 51cm.
Fig. 1-Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of tensional state of the embodiment of the present invention, after being stretched to the limit in figure, first ruler 10 And the maximum measurement length of the maximum measurement length of first pull rod 11 and second ruler 20 and second pull rod 21 It is identical, it is 100cm, i.e., it is 100cm that tramcar provided by the invention, which invades limit detection device and draws high rear actual measurement overall length,.
As shown in Figure 1 and Figure 4, first pull rod 11, second pull rod 21 free end penetration type plugs respectively There are the first fixed link 12, the second fixed link 22, the bottom extension end of first fixed link 12 and second fixed link 22 is equal It is connected in the track slot of tramcar groove profile rail, plays the role of located lateral, quickly detects.
Further, first fixed link 12 and second fixed link 22 are the steel cylindrical tube of diameter 0.5cm.
Further, tramcar provided by the invention invades limit detection device, and structure is simple, easy to use, main structure (including first ruler 10, first pull rod 11, second ruler 20 and described second pull rod 21 etc.) is all made of resistance to Rotten almag is made, durable.
As shown in Fig. 3-4 and Fig. 7, first pull rod 11, second pull rod 21 free end end face have spiral shell Hole in use, the adjustment 12 bottom extension end length of the first fixed link is identical as groove profile rail track slot depth, then adjusts described the Two fixed links, 22 bottom extension end length is connected in track slot with matching, and is reused fastening screw 40 and is each passed through the screw hole pair First fixed link 12, second fixed link 22 are locked.
As shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6, the upper surface of first ruler 10 is embedded with air level 13, for quickly and accurately water Flat correction tramcar provided by the invention invades limit detection device.
As shown in figs. 1-7, second ruler 20 is also hingedly provided with flexible drawing in the side close to the hinge joint 30 Bar 23 is carved with length scales on the telescopic lever 23, for detect invade limit object longitudinal direction invade range line from.The telescopic lever 23 Using nodular internal withdraw type structure (such as fishing rod formula or radio antenna etc., but not limited to this), collapsing length 45cm- 315cm, i.e., minimum length is 45cm under contraction state, and maximum length is 315cm under elongation state.In addition, the telescopic lever 23 fixing end (i.e. with the junction of second ruler 20) is additionally provided with 90 ° of rotary stopper card slots, for telescopic lever 23 Quick rotational positioning, while it is motionless to can guarantee that telescopic lever is stable at the position vertical with the second 90 ° of ruler.
As shown in Figures 2 and 3, detection compass 31, the pointer on the detection compass 31 are fixedly installed at hinge joint 30 32 are fixedly connected with second ruler 20, and the pointer 32 correspondingly shows rotation with the rotation of second ruler 20 Angle.In use, as shown in figure 8, the second ruler 20 need to be rotated counterclockwise around hinged place 30, when pointer 32 and vertical line angle angle When degree is located within the scope of 0 ° to 72 °, hinge joint 30 is greater than 0.8m, above-mentioned angle in compass 31 at a distance from gage line at this time Range is also displayed as green, shows that tramcar can be normal through;When included angle is located within the scope of 72 ° to 90 °, at this time Hinge joint 30 is located at 0.7 between 0.8m at a distance from gage line, and above-mentioned angular range is also displayed as Huang in compass 31 Color, tramcar need speed limit to pass through and reinforce observing;When included angle is greater than 90 °, hinge joint 30 and gage line at this time Distance be less than 0.7m, be also displayed as red in compass 31, surface external world facility invades that limit is serious, and tramcar can not pass through, and needs Brake stop and wait remove obstacles.Its design principle is as follows:
Assuming that the angles of display of compass is θ, i.e. θ is the included angle of the first ruler and the second ruler;Compass hinged place away from The shortest distance from rail is s;It is l that ruler, which pulls open rear actual measurement part overall length,.Since ruler pulls open rear actual measurement part Overall length is 1m, therefore can be obtained:
I.e.
It is 1m since ruler pulls open rear actual measurement part overall length,
As s > 0.8m, vehicle can be normal through at this time
As 0.7m < s≤0.8m, vehicle needs speed limit to pass through and reinforces observing, at this time
As s≤0.7m, extraneous facility invades limit seriously, and tramcar can not pass through, at this time
90°<θ≤180°。
Tramcar provided by the invention invades limit detection device, is invading in limited time, can quickly detect and determine the external world The minimum range of object and tramcar body gauge judges whether to invade limit, is broadly divided into the distance detection of horizontal direction With the range measurement of vertical direction.Wherein:
Horizontal direction is plugged by its free end mainly by the way that two hinged rulers are stuck in groove profile rail track slot Corresponding fixed link adjustment height rotates counterclockwise the second ruler further around hinged place, two rulers (or its pull rod) free end and hinged 3 points of place's (compass) determines a plane, then is finely adjusted by the air level on the first ruler, to reach integral level, finally Determine the shortest distance between hinge joint and rail, at this point, hinge joint (or compass) is equivalent to " contact " that limit object is invaded in examination touching, then Respective angles are obtained by arcsine relationship and are shown by the different colours on compass, can intuitively, quickly judge to invade limit Risk.
Vertical direction, which is mainly realized by telescopic lever, determines the longitudinal height for invading limit or distance.In use, rotation institute It states at telescopic lever to 90 ° of rotary stopper card slots, generates significantly " low water sense ", at this point, testing staff is judged as rotation In place, the telescopic lever is perpendicular in longitudinal perpendicular with second ruler, redraws the freedom of the telescopic lever Limit object is invaded to touching in end, reads scale registration to get to limit for height degree is invaded, detection is convenient.
In conclusion tramcar provided by the invention invades limit detection device, there is telescopic structure, easy to carry and knot Structure is exquisite, durable, and the main limit object distance of invading by the horizontal direction with vertical direction carries out detection judgement, and detection is accurate And testing result can be intuitively, fast shown, easy to operate, practicability is good by the color region corresponding to compass needle.
It should be noted that above-described embodiment is that illustrate the present invention rather than limit it, and Those skilled in the art can be designed alternative embodiment without departing from the scope of the appended claims.In claim In, word " comprising " does not exclude the presence of data or step not listed in the claims.

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1. a kind of tramcar invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first including stacked and one end living hinge above and below is straight The inside of ruler (10) and the second ruler (20), first ruler (10) and second ruler (20) is hollow structure, and First ruler (10), second ruler (20) free end be respectively equipped with telescopic first pull rod (11), second draw Bar (21), first pull rod (11), second pull rod (21) free end extend through formula and be inserted with the first fixed link (12), the bottom extension end of the second fixed link (22), first fixed link (12) and second fixed link (22) is clamped In in the track slot of tramcar groove profile rail;The upper surface of first ruler (10) is embedded with the air level for level correction (13), detection compass (31), the pointer (32) on detection compass (31) and described the are fixedly installed at hinge joint (30) Two rulers (20) are fixedly connected, and the pointer (32) correspondingly shows rotation angle with the rotation of second ruler (20) Degree.
2. tramcar according to claim 1 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: second ruler (20) is being leaned on The side of the nearly hinge joint (30) is fixedly provided with for detecting longitudinal telescopic lever (23) for invading limit for height degree.
3. tramcar according to claim 2 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: telescopic lever (23) are consolidated Fixed end is additionally provided with 90 ° of rotary stopper card slots for quickly positioning.
4. tramcar according to claim 3 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: telescopic lever (23) are stretched Contracting length is 45cm-315cm.
5. tramcar according to claim 1 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first ruler (10) and institute The length for stating the second ruler (20) is identical, is 52cm.
6. tramcar according to claim 5 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first pull rod (11) and institute The length for stating the second pull rod (21) is also identical, is 51cm.
7. tramcar according to claim 6 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first ruler (10) with (first pull rod (11) and second ruler (20) are identical as the maximum measurement length of second pull rod (21), For 100cm.
8. tramcar according to claim 6 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first ruler (10), institute The first pull rod (11), second ruler (20) and second pull rod (21) is stated to be made of the almag of corrosion resistant.
9. tramcar according to claim 1 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first fixed link (12) and Second fixed link (22) is the steel cylindrical tube of diameter 0.5cm.
10. tramcar according to claim 1 invades limit detection device, it is characterised in that: first pull rod (11), institute The free end end face for stating the second pull rod (21) has screw hole, and fastening screw (40) is each passed through the screw hole to described first Fixed link (12), second fixed link (22) are locked.
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