CN111904723A - External damping device of marine stretcher - Google Patents

External damping device of marine stretcher Download PDF

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CN111904723A
CN111904723A CN202010886508.1A CN202010886508A CN111904723A CN 111904723 A CN111904723 A CN 111904723A CN 202010886508 A CN202010886508 A CN 202010886508A CN 111904723 A CN111904723 A CN 111904723A
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胡超
姜云云
徐伟才
杨斌
胡孝刚
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61GTRANSPORT, PERSONAL CONVEYANCES, OR ACCOMMODATION SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR PATIENTS OR DISABLED PERSONS; OPERATING TABLES OR CHAIRS; CHAIRS FOR DENTISTRY; FUNERAL DEVICES
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Abstract

The invention belongs to the technical field of medical first aid, and particularly relates to an external shock absorption device for a marine stretcher, which comprises two groups of support rod pieces, wherein two ends of the upper end surface of each support rod piece are fixedly provided with first support columns in the vertical direction, the top ends of the first support columns are fixedly provided with transverse support blocks, two ends of the upper end surface of each support block are fixedly provided with clamping blocks, clamping grooves for fixing stretcher supports are formed between the two groups of clamping blocks, and one sides, far away from each other, of the two groups of support rod pieces are provided with three groups of shock absorption components at equal intervals, so that the defects of the prior art are overcome, the external shock absorption device for the marine stretcher is arranged on a ship, the shaking of the ship body is buffered and damped, the shock transmitted to the stretcher is reduced, and secondary; the device is wholly detachable, and convenient to transport and store.

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External damping device of marine stretcher
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of medical first-aid, and particularly relates to an external shock absorption device of a marine stretcher.
Background
The stretcher is an essential appliance for transporting wounded persons, and the existing stretcher is simple in structure and is mostly made of a layer of canvas and two rods; when the ship is sailing, the ship body is rocked due to frequent bumping of storms, the stretcher does not have the function of damping and buffering, and the ship body is easy to cause secondary damage to wounded persons on the stretcher when rocked, so that the wounded persons are aggravated.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an external shock-absorbing device of a marine stretcher, which overcomes the defects of the prior art, and the external shock-absorbing device of the stretcher is arranged on a ship to buffer and absorb the shaking of a ship body, so that the shock transmitted to the stretcher is reduced, and the secondary injury of wounded is avoided; the device is wholly detachable, and convenient to transport and store.
In order to solve the problems, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
the external shock absorption device for the marine stretcher comprises two groups of supporting rod pieces, wherein two ends of the upper end surface of each supporting rod piece are fixedly provided with a first supporting column in the vertical direction, the top end of each first supporting column is fixedly provided with a transverse supporting block, two ends of the upper end surface of each supporting block are fixedly provided with clamping blocks, and a clamping groove for fixing a stretcher support is formed between the two groups of clamping blocks;
three groups of shock absorption assemblies with equal intervals are arranged on one side, far away from each other, of each two groups of support rods; the damping assembly mainly comprises a first switching support fixedly arranged on one side of the support rod piece, a steel wire rope damper connected to the other side of the first switching support and a second switching support connected to the steel wire rope damper, the steel wire rope damper is respectively installed on the first switching support and the second switching support at an angle of 45 degrees through bolts, and the second switching support is fixedly installed on the ship body through bolts; two groups of foldable connecting rods are arranged between the two groups of support rod pieces, positioning bolts penetrate through two ends of each foldable connecting rod, and the positioning bolts are in threaded connection with the support rod pieces.
Further, the support rod piece comprises a fixing rod and two side connecting rods, the truss buckle is sleeved at the joint of the fixing rod and the connecting rods, and the three groups of damping assemblies are connected to the fixing rod and the two connecting rods respectively.
Further, the truss buckle includes buckle cap, buckle base and buckle bolt, buckle cap joint is on the buckle base, buckle bolt screw connects soon on buckle cap, the buckle bolt is provided with two, two the bottom of buckle bolt contacts with dead lever and connecting rod respectively.
Further, the up end of dead lever has set firmly two perpendicular second support columns of putting one's heart at rest, the top of second support column has set firmly the support frame, the vertical section of support frame is V style of calligraphy structure, set firmly horizontal backup pad in the support frame for support stretcher.
Further, collapsible connecting rod mainly includes two dwangs and connecting piece, two the one end and the support member spare of dwang are connected, and the other end is connected with the connecting piece, connecting bolt is worn to be equipped with by the dwang near the one end of connecting piece, connecting bolt's bottom and connecting piece threaded connection.
Furthermore, the support rod is made of stainless steel square tubes.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
according to the external shock absorption device for the marine stretcher, the stretcher support is clamped between the two clamping blocks through the arrangement of the supporting rod piece, the steel wire rope shock absorber, the first switching support, the second switching support, the first supporting column, the supporting block, the clamping blocks, the second supporting column, the supporting frame and the supporting plate, the middle section of the stretcher support is lapped on the supporting plate, so that the stretcher is stably connected to the device, the steel wire rope shock absorber is used for absorbing and buffering the shaking of a ship body, and a wounded is protected from secondary injury; through setting up dead lever, connecting rod, dwang, connecting piece, collapsible connecting rod, positioning bolt, connecting bolt, truss buckle, buckle cap, buckle base and buckle bolt, dismantle fast and installation device, the transportation and the accomodating of the device of being convenient for.
The external shock absorption device of the stretcher is arranged on the ship, so that the shaking of the ship body is buffered and damped, the shock transmitted to the stretcher is reduced, and the wounded is prevented from generating secondary injury; the device is wholly detachable, and convenient to transport and store.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an external shock-absorbing device of a marine stretcher.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a bracket assembly in an external shock-absorbing device of a marine stretcher.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a foldable connecting rod in an external shock absorption device of a marine stretcher.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a truss buckle in an external shock absorption device of a marine stretcher.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a support frame in an external shock-absorbing device of a marine stretcher.
Fig. 6 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a stretcher fixed by an external shock-absorbing device of the marine stretcher.
In the figure: 1. supporting the rod member; 101. fixing the rod; 102. a connecting rod; 2. a wire rope damper; 3. a foldable connecting rod; 301. rotating the rod; 302. a connecting member; 303. positioning the bolt; 304. a connecting bolt; 4. a first transfer support; 5. a support block; 6. a clamping block; 7. a first support column; 8. a second support column; 9. a support frame; 10. a second adaptor bracket; 11. buckling a truss; 1101. a snap cap; 1102. a snap bolt; 1103. a buckle base; 12. and a support plate.
Detailed Description
The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1
As shown in fig. 1, the external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to the present invention comprises two groups of supporting rod members 1, wherein two ends of the upper end surface of each supporting rod member 1 are fixedly provided with a first supporting column 7 in a vertical direction, the top end of each first supporting column 7 is fixedly provided with a transverse supporting block 5, two ends of the upper end surface of each supporting block 5 are fixedly provided with clamping blocks 6, and a clamping groove for fixing a stretcher support is formed between the two groups of clamping blocks 6;
three groups of shock absorption assemblies with equal intervals are arranged on one side, far away from each other, of the two groups of support rods 1; the damping assembly mainly comprises a first switching support 4 fixedly arranged on one side of the support rod piece 1, a steel wire rope damper 2 connected to the other side of the first switching support 4 and a second switching support 10 connected to the steel wire rope damper 2, the steel wire rope damper 2 is respectively installed on the first switching support 4 and the second switching support 10 in an angle of 45 degrees through bolts, and the second switching support 10 is fixedly installed on a ship body through bolts; two groups of foldable connecting rods 3 are arranged between the two groups of supporting rod pieces 1, positioning bolts 303 penetrate through two ends of each foldable connecting rod 3, and the positioning bolts 303 are in threaded connection with the supporting rod pieces 1.
During the use, at first 2 both ends with wire rope bumper shock absorber are connected with first switching support 4 and second switching support 10 respectively, then with first switching support 4 respectively with support member 1 be connected, second switching support 10 passes through bolt fixed connection on the hull, fix the both ends of collapsible connecting rod 3 on the support member through positioning bolt 303, with the both ends difference joint of stretcher support between the fixed fixture block 6 in 1 both ends of two sets of support members, lie flat the patient and place on the stretcher, the amplitude that can effectively cushion when rocking is taken place to the steel wire bumper shock absorber at the hull, make the vibrations of conduction to fixed bolster and stretcher reduce, avoid causing the secondary injury to the patient.
Example 2
As shown in fig. 2 to 3, on the basis of embodiment 1, in order to facilitate detachment and storage, the support rod 1 includes a middle fixing rod 101 and two side connecting rods 102, a truss buckle 11 is sleeved at a joint of the fixing rod 101 and the connecting rods 102, three groups of damping assemblies are respectively connected to the fixing rod 101 and the two connecting rods 102, the truss buckle 11 includes a buckle cap 1101, a buckle base 1103 and a buckle bolt 1102, the buckle cap 1101 is clamped to the buckle base 1103, the buckle bolt 1102 is screwed to the buckle cap 1101, the buckle bolt 1102 is provided with two, and bottom ends of the two buckle bolts 1102 are respectively in contact with the fixing rod 101 and the connecting rods 102.
When not in use, two buckle bolts 1102 on each group of truss buckles 11 are respectively unscrewed, the clamping of the buckle cap 1101 and the buckle base 1103 is unfastened, the support rod member 1 can be divided into a fixing rod 101 and two connecting rods 102, the size of the device is reduced, the device is convenient to store, the truss buckles 11 are convenient to detach and install, and the operation is simple and convenient.
Example 3
As shown in fig. 4, on the basis of the embodiment 2, two second supporting columns 8 which are vertically arranged are fixedly arranged on the upper end surface of the fixing rod 101, a supporting frame 9 is fixedly arranged on the top end of each second supporting column 8, the vertical section of each supporting frame 9 is of a V-shaped structure, and a transverse supporting plate 12 is fixedly arranged in each supporting frame 9 and used for supporting a stretcher. The middle section of the stretcher support is positioned in the support frame 9 and is lapped on the support plate 12, so that the stability of the stretcher is improved.
Example 4
As shown in fig. 1-2, based on embodiment 1, the foldable connecting rod 3 mainly includes two rotating rods 301 and a connecting piece 302, one end of each of the two rotating rods 301 is connected to the support rod member 1, the other end is connected to the connecting piece 302, a connecting bolt 304 is inserted into one end of each of the rotating rods 301 close to the connecting piece 302, and the bottom end of the connecting bolt 304 is in threaded connection with the connecting piece 302; connecting bolt 304 and positioning bolt 303 are unscrewed respectively, make dwang 301 rotate, reduce the interval between two sets of support rod spare 1, reduce the area of device, convenient storage.
Example 5
Based on the embodiment 1, the support rod member 1 is made of a stainless steel square tube, and the preferred support rod member 1 is made of a 304 stainless steel square tube with 30 × 2.5 by welding, so that the weight of the whole device is reduced.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.

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1. The utility model provides an external damping device of marine stretcher which characterized in that: the stretcher supporting frame comprises two groups of supporting rod pieces (1), wherein first supporting columns (7) in the vertical direction are fixedly arranged at two ends of the upper end face of each supporting rod piece (1), transverse supporting blocks (5) are fixedly arranged at the top ends of the first supporting columns (7), clamping blocks (6) are fixedly arranged at two ends of the upper end face of each supporting block (5), and clamping grooves for fixing a stretcher support are formed between the two groups of clamping blocks (6);
three groups of shock absorption assemblies with equal intervals are arranged on one sides, far away from each other, of the two groups of support rods (1); the damping assembly mainly comprises a first switching support (4) fixedly arranged on one side of a support rod piece (1), a steel wire rope damper (2) connected to the other side of the first switching support (4) and a second switching support (10) connected to the steel wire rope damper (2), the steel wire rope damper (2) is respectively installed on the first switching support (4) and the second switching support (10) at an angle of 45 degrees through bolts, and the second switching support (10) is fixedly installed on a ship body through bolts; two sets of foldable connecting rods (3) are arranged between the two sets of supporting rod pieces (1), positioning bolts (303) are arranged at two ends of each foldable connecting rod (3) in a penetrating mode, and the positioning bolts (303) are connected with the supporting rod pieces (1) in a threaded mode.
2. The external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to claim 1, characterized in that: the supporting rod piece (1) comprises a fixing rod (101) and two side connecting rods (102) in the middle section, a truss buckle (11) is sleeved at the joint of the fixing rod (101) and the connecting rods (102), and the three groups of damping assemblies are connected to the fixing rod (101) and the two connecting rods (102) respectively.
3. The external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to claim 2, characterized in that: truss buckle (11) are including buckle cap (1101), buckle base (1103) and buckle bolt (1102), buckle cap (1101) joint is on buckle base (1103), buckle bolt (1102) screw thread connects soon on buckle cap (1101), buckle bolt (1102) are provided with two, two the bottom of buckle bolt (1102) contacts with dead lever (101) and connecting rod (102) respectively.
4. The external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to claim 2, characterized in that: the up end of dead lever (101) has set firmly two perpendicular second support columns (8) of putting one's heart at rest, the top of second support column (8) has set firmly support frame (9), the vertical section of support frame (9) is V style of calligraphy structure, horizontal backup pad (12) have set firmly in support frame (9) for support stretcher.
5. The external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to claim 1, characterized in that: collapsible connecting rod (3) mainly include two dwang (301) and connecting piece (302), two the one end and the support rod spare (1) of dwang (301) are connected, and the other end is connected with connecting piece (302), connecting bolt (304) are worn to be equipped with by the one end that dwang (301) are close to connecting piece (302), the bottom and connecting piece (302) threaded connection of connecting bolt (304).
6. The external shock-absorbing device for the marine stretcher according to claim 1, characterized in that: the supporting rod piece (1) is made of a stainless steel square tube.
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