CN111037514A - Quick extracting tool of logging instrument joint - Google Patents

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CN111037514A
CN111037514A CN201911366359.XA CN201911366359A CN111037514A CN 111037514 A CN111037514 A CN 111037514A CN 201911366359 A CN201911366359 A CN 201911366359A CN 111037514 A CN111037514 A CN 111037514A
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杨爱华
门光德
张鹏
冯彦州
张海永
郭文秀
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The application provides a quick disassembling tool for a connector of a logging instrument, and the quick disassembling tool comprises a T-shaped rod, a sleeve, a snap ring extractor and a quick adapter, wherein the sleeve is slidably sleeved on a vertical rod of the T-shaped rod, the tail end of the vertical rod of the T-shaped rod is detachably connected with the quick adapter, and the snap ring extractor is arranged on the sleeve; quick-operation joint's minimum diameter is greater than snap ring breach size, quick-operation joint keeps away from the one end of T type pole is provided with and connects complex connecting portion with logging instrument. The application provides a quick extracting tool of logging instrument connects, snap ring on the dismantlement logging instrument that can convenient and fast connects to dismantle logging instrument connects.

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Quick extracting tool of logging instrument joint
Technical Field
The application relates to but is not limited to logging instrument connects dismouting field, especially a logging instrument connects quick extracting tool.
Background
In the prior art, a logging instrument connector is not provided with a special tool during disassembly, and the disassembly process faces a plurality of problems: firstly, when a fixed clamping ring of a connector is disassembled by using a straight screwdriver, the clamping ring is easy to pop out to hurt people, potential safety hazards exist, and the clamping ring is not beneficial to collection; when the logging instrument connector and the instrument shell are tightly packaged, no proper tool is used for knocking and pulling out, the pulling force of a traditional T-shaped rod used alone cannot be controlled, the T-shaped rod cannot be pulled out when the force is small, and the connector cable core can be pulled out at the moment when the force is large; and thirdly, when the connector faces different types of connectors (for example, the connectors of the 37BLOCK connector and the connectors of the 57BLOCK connector), different T-shaped rods need to be replaced. And the T-shaped rod needs to be matched with a straight screwdriver, so that more accessories are needed, the use is inconvenient, and the working timeliness is delayed.
Disclosure of Invention
The application provides a quick extracting tool of logging instrument connects, snap ring on can convenient and fast's dismantlement logging instrument connects to the dismantlement connects.
The application provides a quick disassembling tool for a logging instrument connector, which comprises a T-shaped rod, a sleeve, a snap ring extractor and a quick adapter,
the sleeve is slidably sleeved on the vertical rod of the T-shaped rod, the tail end of the vertical rod of the T-shaped rod is detachably connected with the quick adapter, and the sleeve is provided with a snap ring extractor;
quick-operation joint's minimum diameter is greater than snap ring breach size, quick-operation joint keeps away from the one end of T type pole is provided with and connects complex connecting portion with logging instrument.
Compared with the prior art, the method has the following beneficial effects:
the application provides a quick extracting tool of logging instrument connects, convenient to use, dismantlement are swift, the operational safety is high, and the snap ring can not pop out and hinder the people or scatter and be difficult to look for on the ground during dismantlement, and the snap ring is dismantled the back cover and is convenient for collect on quick adapter. The quick disassembling tool for the logging instrument connector is wide in application range, applicable to disassembling of connectors of various models, and capable of being replaced by only replacing the corresponding quick connectors, and greatly improves the disassembling efficiency. In addition, the quick extracting tool that this application provided structure is simple relatively, and the operational reliability is high, and long service life has improved this quick extracting tool's practicality greatly.
Other features and advantages of the present application will be set forth in the description that follows.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the claimed subject matter and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the subject matter and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the subject matter and not to limit the subject matter.
FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a tool for quickly removing a tool coupling from a logging tool according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a T-bar according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a sleeve according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a snap ring extractor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a quick adapter according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a fixing base according to an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a tool for quick disconnect of a tool joint according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 8 is an enlarged view of the structure of portion a in fig. 7.
Illustration of the drawings:
1-T-shaped rod, 11-cross rod, 12-vertical rod, 13-third threaded column, 2-sleeve, 21-first threaded hole, 3-snap ring extractor, 31-gripper part, 32-second through hole, 33-clamping hook, 4-quick adapter, 41-second threaded column, 42-round platform body, 43-cylinder, 44-third threaded hole, 5-fixed base, 51-U-shaped arm, 511-first through hole, 52-first threaded column, 6-fixed pin, 7-snap ring, 8-logging instrument connector and 81-groove.
Detailed Description
To make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent, embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict.
At present, two types of BLOCK connectors, namely a 28-core female connector and a 32-core female connector (which are called as a 37BLOCK connector and a 57BLOCK connector in the industry), are generally adopted at the top of the geophysical exploration logging instrument at home and abroad, and the two types of connectors are fixed on a head framework of an instrument shell through clamping rings. In the assembling and maintaining processes, maintenance personnel often need to disassemble the connector to take out the internal framework and the circuit. The current situation of removing a logging instrument joint requires two steps: and (5) disassembling the snap ring and taking the joint. In the prior art, an operator generally pries a straight screwdriver to remove the snap ring and then installs a T-shaped rod in the middle of the BLOCK connector to remove the BLOCK connector.
Tear snap ring and do not have specialized tool at present, the dismouting personnel generally need withhold the joint with the hand to prevent popping out, and the breach department is opened to the less word screwdriver of reuse, uses the screwdriver in the operation process and can lead to withstanding the hand injury that connects to the snap ring can bounce dismouting personnel's eyes or jump to very far place, inconvenient seeking after jumping out the draw-in groove when releasing elasticity. The connector is taken, a T-shaped rod with proper threads is selected according to the type of the connector, the T-shaped rod is screwed into a screw hole in the center of the connector and pulled out along the axis direction, sometimes the connector needs to be pulled out with large force after being fastened, the connector can be pulled out only by knocking with external force, and then the connector connecting wire is unscrewed.
The embodiment of the application provides a quick disassembling tool for a connector of a logging instrument, as shown in fig. 1 to 8, the quick disassembling tool comprises a T-shaped rod 1, a sleeve 2, a snap ring extractor 3 and a quick adapter 4, wherein the sleeve 2 is slidably sleeved on a vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod, the tail end of the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod is detachably connected with the quick adapter 4, and the snap ring extractor 3 is arranged on the sleeve 2; the minimum diameter of quick adapter 4 is greater than 7 breach sizes of snap ring, and the one end that quick adapter 4 kept away from T type pole 1 (keeping away from the one end of the horizontal pole 11 of T type pole promptly) is provided with the connecting portion with the well logging instrument connects 8 complex. Wherein the connecting portion may be a second threaded post 41 as shown in fig. 5. The detachable connection mode of the tail end of the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod 1 and the quick adapter 4 can be threaded connection, for example: the end of the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod 1 is provided with a third threaded column 13, a corresponding position of the quick adapter 4 is provided with a third threaded hole 44, and the third threaded column 13 is screwed into the third threaded hole 44. The inner diameter of the sleeve 2 is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod 1 (for example, the inner diameter is larger than the outer diameter of the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod 1 by 1mm), so that the sleeve 2 can slide on the T-shaped rod 1 smoothly, and the vertical rod 12 of the T-shaped rod can be positioned on the central axis of the sleeve 2.
The application provides a quick extracting tool of integration can pull down snap ring 7, can take off the joint again, and can not make snap ring 7 pop out when tearing open snap ring 7, has improved logging instrument and has connected 8 dismantlements efficiency greatly. This quick extracting tool device as an organic whole has avoided in the traditional dismantlement work when needing a plurality of assembly and disassembly tools cooperation to use drawback such as the accessory is lost easily, is sought inconveniently.
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 6, the tool joint quick disconnect tool further comprises a fixed base 5, and the collar extractor 3 is mounted on the sleeve 2 through the fixed base 5. The snap ring extractor 3 can swing back and forth by a small amount with the joint with the fixed base 5 as a base point, thereby facilitating the contact of the right end of the snap ring extractor 3 and the disassembly of the snap ring 7.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, a U-shaped arm 51 is provided at one end of the fixed base 5, a first through hole 511 is provided in the U-shaped arm 51, a second through hole 32 is provided in the clip extractor 3, the clip extractor 3 is mounted on the U-shaped arm 51, and the fixing pin 6 passes through the first through hole 511 and the second through hole 32 to fix the clip extractor 3 to the fixed base 5. The other end of the fixed base 5 is provided with a first threaded column 52, the sleeve 2 is provided with a first threaded hole 21, and the first threaded column 52 is screwed into the first threaded hole 21 to fix the fixed base 5 on the sleeve 2.
Two first through holes 511 are formed in the U-shaped arm 51, the second through hole 32 is formed in the snap ring extractor 3, the fixing pin 6 penetrates through one first through hole 511, then penetrates through the second through hole 32, and finally penetrates through the other first through hole 511, so that the snap ring extractor 3 can be rotatably mounted on the fixing base 5 in a small-amplitude manner. Under the condition that the snap ring extractor 3 (together with the sleeve 2 and the T-shaped rod 1) is fixed on the logging instrument connector 8, the snap ring extractor 3 is convenient to operate, an operator does not need to separately prop against a screwdriver by hands to operate, the screw is prevented from damaging the hands of the operator for propping against the connector, and the operation safety is improved.
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the first threaded hole 21 is provided in one third of the end of the sleeve 2 near the quick coupling 4.
The first through hole 511 may be provided at one third of the snap ring extractor 3, and the first screw hole 21 and the first through hole 511 are provided in such a manner that the extracting operation of the snap ring 7 can be easily performed (lever principle).
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 4, the snap ring extractor 3 is provided with a grip portion 31 at one end and a hook 33 at the other end for engaging with the snap ring 7.
The grip 31 is convenient for the operator to hold and operate, and the hook 33 is used for abutting against the snap ring 7 and pulling out the snap ring 7.
In an exemplary embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the quick coupling 4 further includes a truncated cone 42 connected to the connecting portion, and a cylinder 43 connected to the truncated cone 42, wherein a diameter of an end of the truncated cone 42 connected to the connecting portion is larger than a gap size of the snap ring 7. Specifically, the diameter of the end of the truncated cone 42 connected to the connecting portion may be 1.5 cm. Wherein the diameter of the truncated cone 42 may be the same as the outer diameter of the sleeve 2.
Snap ring 7 is pulled down from logging instrument connects 8 and is popped out, is restricted between logging instrument connects 8 and quick adapter 4, because quick adapter 4's minimum diameter is greater than 7 breach sizes of snap ring, consequently, under the condition of extracting tool is not pulled down, snap ring 7 can not pop out and hinder people or lose etc.. Specifically, the minimum diameter position (excluding the connection portion) of the quick coupling 4 is located at the end of the truncated cone 42 to which the connection portion is connected.
As shown in fig. 7 and 8, when the quick release tool is used for disassembly (when the quick release tool is completely assembled), the second threaded stud 41 of the quick coupling 4 is first screwed into the hole of the tool joint 8 (the second threaded stud 41 is fully screwed into the hole), and the quick release tool is connected to the logging tool. Then push down snap ring 7 with the pothook 33 of snap ring extractor 3 in the recess 81 department of logging instrument joint 8, make the 7 one end indent of snap ring that are located recess 81 department to make the other end of snap ring 7 protruding (being the other end of snap ring 7 deviate from the snap ring 7 groove), then rotatory sleeve 2 and snap ring extractor 3, catch on bellied 7 one end of snap ring with the pothook 33 of snap ring extractor 3, thereby take off snap ring 7 from the snap ring 7 groove, then through revolving T type pole 1 soon, can pull down BLOCK joint smoothly and not damage the cable core.
In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the term "plurality" refers to two or more, and the directions or positional relationships indicated by "upper", "lower", and the like are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the structures referred to have a specific direction, are constructed and operated in a specific direction, and thus, cannot be construed as limiting the present application.
In the description of the embodiments of the present application, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected," "connected," and "mounted" are to be construed broadly, e.g., the term "connected" may be a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood in a specific case by those of ordinary skill in the art.
The embodiments described herein are exemplary rather than limiting and it will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art that many more embodiments and implementations are possible within the scope of the embodiments described herein. Although many possible combinations of features are shown in the drawings and discussed in the detailed description, many other combinations of the disclosed features are possible. Any feature or element of any embodiment may be used in combination with or instead of any other feature or element in any other embodiment, unless expressly limited otherwise.
The present application includes and contemplates combinations of features and elements known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The embodiments, features and elements that have been disclosed in this application may also be combined with any conventional features or elements to form unique aspects as defined by the claims. Any feature or element of any embodiment may also be combined with features or elements from other aspects to form another unique aspect as defined by the claims. Thus, it should be understood that any of the features shown and/or discussed in this application may be implemented alone or in any suitable combination. Accordingly, the embodiments are not limited except as by the appended claims and their equivalents. Furthermore, various modifications and changes may be made within the scope of the appended claims.

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1. A quick disassembling tool for a logging instrument connector is characterized by comprising a T-shaped rod, a sleeve, a snap ring extractor and a quick adapter,
the sleeve is slidably sleeved on the vertical rod of the T-shaped rod, the tail end of the vertical rod of the T-shaped rod is detachably connected with the quick adapter, and the sleeve is provided with a snap ring extractor;
quick-operation joint's minimum diameter is greater than snap ring breach size, quick-operation joint keeps away from the one end of T type pole is provided with and connects complex connecting portion with logging instrument.
2. The tool of claim 1, further comprising a fixed base by which the collar extractor is mounted on the sleeve.
3. The tool for quickly disassembling a joint of a logging instrument as claimed in claim 2, wherein a U-shaped arm is disposed at one end of the fixing base, the U-shaped arm is provided with a first through hole,
the clamping ring extractor is provided with a second through hole and is installed on the U-shaped arm, and a fixing pin penetrates through the first through hole and the second through hole and fixes the clamping ring extractor on the fixing base.
4. The tool as claimed in claim 3, wherein the other end of the fixing base is provided with a first threaded post, the sleeve is provided with a first threaded hole, and the first threaded post is screwed into the first threaded hole to fix the fixing base on the sleeve.
5. The tool of claim 4, wherein the threaded first bore is disposed in a third of an end of the sleeve proximate the quick-change adapter.
6. The tool of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the snap ring extractor is provided with a gripper at one end and a catch at the other end for engaging with the snap ring.
7. The tool of claim 1, wherein the coupling portion comprises a second threaded post.
8. The tool of claim 7, wherein the quick-disconnect coupling further comprises a cone connected to the connecting portion, a cylinder connected to the cone,
the diameter of the end, connected with the connecting part, of the circular truncated cone is larger than the size of the notch of the clamping ring.
9. The tool of claim 8, wherein the end of the cone connected to the connector has a diameter of 1.5 cm.
10. The tool as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a third threaded post is provided at the end of the vertical rod of the T-bar, and a third threaded hole is provided at a corresponding position of the quick-change adapter, and the third threaded post is screwed into the third threaded hole.
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