CN111962554B - Novel retaining wall supporting construction - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a novel retaining wall supporting structure which comprises a base, first telescopic supporting rods and a protective net, wherein the base is provided with a plurality of groups, the rear side of the upper end of the base is fixedly connected with the first telescopic supporting rods, the protective net is connected between the adjacent first telescopic supporting rods, the upper end of each first telescopic supporting rod is fixedly connected with a limiting fixed plate, the upper end of each first telescopic supporting rod and the front side of the upper portion of the base are connected with a second telescopic supporting rod, folding rods are connected between the adjacent bases in a telescopic manner, and adjusting rods for controlling the folding rods to stretch are arranged on the folding rods. The invention can adjust the supporting height, and is flexible and convenient to use; the adjusting rod is used for controlling the folding rod to drive the base to move for movable adjustment, so that the use is more flexible and convenient; the lifting fine adjustment through the base improves the accuracy of height control, and the device and the soil protection wall can be fixedly connected through the limiting fixing plate, and an auxiliary supporting structure can be connected, so that the supporting effect is improved.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of engineering supporting mechanisms, in particular to a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
Background
The retaining wall is a supporting and retaining structure for supporting roadbed filling, natural side slopes, channel bay revetments, landscape walls, hillside soil bodies and the like, and mainly plays a role in preventing the filling or the soil bodies from deforming and destabilizing. Among them, gravity retaining wall and light retaining wall are the most common retaining wall structures in our country at present.
No matter which kind of retaining wall, all need increase supporting mechanism on the wall body basis in the course of the work, and among the prior art, a lot of supporting mechanism all are integrated design in retaining wall's structure, such supporting structure effect is obviously most showing in the protection, but can't increase temporarily when facing some special circumstances, for example under special weather condition or the ageing condition of original retaining wall, can't increase temporarily and improve retaining wall's stability, this problem that can't get rid of some potential safety hazards will cause.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a novel retaining wall supporting structure to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a novel retaining wall supporting construction, includes base, first flexible bracing piece and protection network, the base is equipped with the multiunit, base upper end rear side fixed connection is provided with first flexible bracing piece, connects between the adjacent first flexible bracing piece and is provided with the protection network, first flexible bracing piece upper end fixed connection is provided with spacing fixed plate, first flexible bracing piece upper end with connect on the base between the front side and be provided with the flexible bracing piece of second, flexible connection is provided with the folding rod between the adjacent base, the installation is provided with the flexible regulation pole of control folding rod on the folding rod.
Furthermore, the second telescopic supporting rod is respectively connected with the base and the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod in a rotating mode through a hinge, and the second telescopic supporting rod is identical to the first telescopic supporting rod in structure.
Furthermore, the first telescopic supporting rod and the second telescopic supporting rod are composed of a sleeve with one end matched with a sliding rod, a knob is movably connected to the outer side of an opening of the sleeve in a threaded matching mode, and the tail end of the knob is movably abutted to the surface of the sliding rod.
Further, spacing fixed plate includes parallel arrangement's movable backing plate and fixed backing plate, fixed backing plate with first flexible bracing piece upper end fixed connection, it is provided with the mounting hole to run through on the fixed backing plate, it is provided with the through-hole to run through on the movable backing plate, the through-hole with the mounting hole sets up with one heart, the through-hole below runs through and is provided with the screw hole, be provided with adjusting screw through screw-thread fit swing joint in the screw hole, adjusting screw is terminal to be connected through bearing and fixed backing plate rotation.
Further, the folding rod is rotated through the rotation pin by the multiunit through the cross crossbar and is connected the constitution, the cross crossbar is rotated through the rotation pin by two sets of thin pole middle parts and is connected the constitution, the thin pole at folding rod both ends rotates the side of connecting at two sets of adjacent bases through the connecting rod respectively.
Further, adjust the pole and include the screw thread connecting rod, screw thread connecting rod peripheral both sides are attacked and are revolved to opposite screw thread, the peripheral bilateral symmetry cooperation of screw thread connecting rod is connected with the screw thread lantern ring, the screw thread lantern ring is fixed in the junction of adjacent two sets of cross-shaped cross bars, the fixed cover in the peripheral middle part of screw thread connecting rod connects and is provided with the ring cover.
Further, the base includes the drain pan, the drain pan is the open cavity structure of lower extreme, base lower extreme sliding fit connects and is provided with the wedge backup pad, wedge backup pad upper surface is slope form domatic, it is provided with the screw thread guide bar to rotate to connect between the drain pan inner wall of wedge backup pad top, the screw thread guide bar periphery is equipped with the sliding block through screw thread fit movable sleeve, the sliding block with drain pan inner wall sliding fit connects, the sliding block lower extreme is connected and is provided with spacing gyro wheel, spacing gyro wheel with wedge backup pad upper surface activity offsets, wedge backup pad lower extreme both sides symmetric connection is provided with the universal wheel.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: the first telescopic supporting rods and the second telescopic supporting rods are matched with the base to form triangular supports, so that the soil protection wall is stably supported, the supporting height can be adjusted through the telescopic matching of the first telescopic supporting rods and the second telescopic supporting rods, the use is flexible and convenient, and the protection net connected among the multiple groups of first telescopic supporting rods can assist in protecting the soil protection wall and avoiding rockfall and soil falling, so that the safety is improved, and the water and soil loss is avoided; meanwhile, the folding rod can be controlled by the adjusting rod according to the width of the soil protection wall to drive the base to move for movable adjustment, so that the use is more flexible and convenient; the lifting fine adjustment of the base can improve the accuracy of height control after the height adjustment is completed, the use is more convenient, the device and the soil protection wall can be fixedly connected through the limiting fixing plate, an auxiliary supporting structure can be connected, and the supporting effect is improved.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
Fig. 2 is a side view of a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a limiting fixing plate in a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of an adjusting rod in a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a base in a novel retaining wall supporting structure.
In the figure: 1-base, 11-bottom shell, 12-wedge-shaped supporting plate, 13-universal wheel, 14-thread guide rod, 15-sliding block, 16-limiting roller, 2-first telescopic supporting rod, 3-second telescopic supporting rod, 4-limiting fixing plate, 41-movable backing plate, 42-fixed backing plate, 43-through hole, 44-mounting hole, 45-threaded hole, 5-protective screen, 6-folding rod, 7-adjusting rod, 71-thread connecting rod, 72-ring sleeve and 73-thread ring sleeve.
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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
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in the embodiment of the present invention, a novel retaining wall supporting structure includes a base 1, first telescopic supporting rods 2 and a protective net 5, the base 1 is provided with a plurality of groups, the rear side of the upper end of the base 1 is fixedly connected with the first telescopic supporting rods 2, the protective net 5 is connected between the adjacent first telescopic supporting rods 2, the upper end of each first telescopic supporting rod 2 is fixedly connected with a limiting fixing plate 4, a second telescopic supporting rod 3 is connected between the upper end of each first telescopic supporting rod 2 and the upper front side of the base 1, folding rods 6 are connected between the adjacent bases 1 in a telescopic manner, and adjusting rods 7 for controlling the folding rods 6 to extend and retract are installed on the folding rods 6.
The second telescopic supporting rod 3 is rotatably connected with the base 1 and the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod 2 through hinges respectively, and the second telescopic supporting rod 3 is identical to the first telescopic supporting rod 2 in structure.
The first telescopic supporting rod 2 and the second telescopic supporting rod 3 are composed of a sleeve with one end matched with a sliding rod, a knob is movably connected to the outer side of an opening of the sleeve through thread matching, and the tail end of the knob is movably abutted to the surface of the sliding rod. The retaining wall height that can the adaptation be different through the flexible bracing piece of first flexible bracing piece 2 and the flexible bracing piece 3 of second to improve the suitability of device. Through the cooperation of folding rod 6 and regulation pole 7 between the multiunit base 1, the protection network 5 that can change different width extends to can increase and decrease in a flexible way according to the width demand of retaining wall.
Spacing fixed plate 4 includes parallel arrangement's movable backing plate 41 and fixed backing plate 42, fixed backing plate 42 with 2 upper ends fixed connection of first flexible bracing piece, it is provided with mounting hole 44 to run through on the fixed backing plate 42, it is provided with through-hole 43 to run through on the movable backing plate 41, through-hole 43 with mounting hole 44 sets up with one heart, through-hole 43 below runs through and is provided with screw hole 45, be provided with adjusting screw through screw-thread fit swing joint in the screw hole 45, adjusting screw is terminal to rotate through bearing and fixed backing plate 42 and is connected, and through adjusting screw's control, can utilize the baffle or the nylon wire of the supplementary support retaining wall of movable backing plate 41 cooperation fixed backing plate 42 centre gripping, and through-hole 43 on the fixed backing plate 42 can be used for squeezing into bolt fixed backing plate 42 and retaining wall, and the setting up of through-hole 43 makes things convenient for beating into of bolt. Therefore, the auxiliary supporting accessories can be movably added according to specific conditions.
Folding rod 6 passes through the cross crossbar by the multiunit and passes through the rotation pin and rotate to connect and form, the cross crossbar rotates through the rotation pin by two sets of thin pole middle parts and connects and form, the thin pole at folding rod 6 both ends rotates the side of connecting at two sets of adjacent bases 1 through the connecting rod respectively.
Adjust pole 7 and include screw thread connecting rod 71, the screw thread opposite in the direction of soon has been attacked to the peripheral both sides of screw thread connecting rod 71, the peripheral bilateral symmetry cooperation of screw thread connecting rod 71 is connected with the screw thread lantern ring 73, the junction at adjacent two sets of cross-shaped cross rod is fixed to screw thread lantern ring 73, the fixed cover of the peripheral middle part of screw thread connecting rod 71 connects and is provided with ring cover 72, drives screw thread connecting rod 71 through ring cover 72 and rotates, can control two sets of screw thread lantern rings 73 and be close to relatively or keep away from relatively, controls the relative rotation of cross-shaped cross rod then to make things convenient for the distance between the adjacent two sets of base 1 of regulation control, control operation is convenient high-efficient more.
Example 2
Referring to fig. 5, in the embodiment of the present invention, based on embodiment 1, the base 1 includes a bottom shell 11, the bottom shell 11 is a cavity structure with an open lower end, the lower end of the base 1 is connected with a wedge-shaped support plate 12 in a sliding fit manner, the upper surface of the wedge-shaped support plate 12 is an inclined slope, a thread guide rod 14 is rotatably connected between the inner walls of the bottom shell 11 above the wedge-shaped support plate 12, a sliding block 15 is movably sleeved on the periphery of the thread guide rod 14 in a threaded fit manner, the sliding block 15 is connected with the inner wall of the bottom shell 11 in a sliding fit manner, the lower end of the sliding block 15 is connected with a limit roller 16, the limit roller 16 is movably abutted against the upper surface of the wedge-shaped support plate 12, and universal wheels 13 are symmetrically connected to two sides of the lower end of the wedge-shaped support plate 12, and by controlling the thread guide rod 14 to rotate, the sliding block 15 can be driven to slide in the bottom shell 11, so that the wedge-shaped support plate 12 is pushed to move downward by the limit roller 16 or the bottom shell 11 moves downward relative to the wedge-shaped support plate 12, and thus the height of the fine adjustment device can be adjusted more conveniently and the height of the support device can be more accurately controlled.
The standard parts used in the invention can be purchased from the market, the special-shaped parts can be customized according to the description of the specification and the accompanying drawings, the specific connection mode of each part adopts conventional means such as bolts, rivets, welding and the like mature in the prior art, the machines, the parts and equipment adopt conventional models in the prior art, and the circuit connection adopts the conventional connection mode in the prior art, so that the detailed description is omitted.
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.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
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1. A novel retaining wall supporting structure comprises a base (1), first telescopic supporting rods (2) and a protective net (5), and is characterized in that the base (1) is provided with multiple groups, the rear side of the upper end of the base (1) is fixedly connected with the first telescopic supporting rods (2), the protective net (5) is connected between the adjacent first telescopic supporting rods (2), the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod (2) is fixedly connected with a limiting fixing plate (4), a second telescopic supporting rod (3) is connected between the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod (2) and the upper front side of the base (1), the adjacent bases (1) are telescopically connected with folding rods (6), and adjusting rods (7) for controlling the folding rods (6) to stretch are arranged on the folding rods (6);
the second telescopic supporting rod (3) is respectively and rotatably connected with the base (1) and the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod (2) through hinges, and the second telescopic supporting rod (3) and the first telescopic supporting rod (2) are identical in structure;
the limiting fixing plate (4) comprises a movable backing plate (41) and a fixed backing plate (42) which are arranged in parallel, the fixed backing plate (42) is fixedly connected with the upper end of the first telescopic supporting rod (2), a mounting hole (44) is arranged on the fixed backing plate (42) in a penetrating manner, a through hole (43) is arranged on the movable backing plate (41) in a penetrating manner, the through hole (43) and the mounting hole (44) are concentrically arranged, a threaded hole (45) is arranged below the through hole (43) in a penetrating manner, an adjusting screw rod is arranged in the threaded hole (45) in a threaded matching and movable connection manner, and the tail end of the adjusting screw rod is rotatably connected with the fixed backing plate (42) through a bearing;
the folding rod (6) is formed by rotationally connecting a plurality of groups of cross-shaped cross rods through rotating pins, the cross-shaped cross rods are formed by rotationally connecting the middle parts of two groups of thin rods through rotating pins, and the thin rods at the two ends of the folding rod (6) are rotationally connected to the side edges of two groups of adjacent bases (1) through connecting rods respectively;
the adjusting rod (7) comprises a threaded connecting rod (71), threads with opposite rotating directions are tapped on two peripheral sides of the threaded connecting rod (71), threaded lantern rings (73) are symmetrically connected to two peripheral sides of the threaded connecting rod (71) in a matched mode, the threaded lantern rings (73) are fixed at the connection positions of two adjacent groups of crossed rods, and a ring sleeve (72) is fixedly sleeved in the middle of the periphery of the threaded connecting rod (71);
base (1) includes drain pan (11), drain pan (11) are the open cavity structure of lower extreme, base (1) lower extreme sliding fit connects and is provided with wedge backup pad (12), wedge backup pad (12) upper surface is slope form domatic, it is provided with screw thread guide bar (14) to rotate the connection between drain pan (11) inner wall of wedge backup pad (12) top, screw thread guide bar (14) periphery is equipped with sliding block (15) through the screw thread fit movable sleeve, sliding block (15) with drain pan (11) inner wall sliding fit connects, sliding block (15) lower extreme connection is provided with spacing gyro wheel (16), spacing gyro wheel (16) with wedge backup pad (12) upper surface activity offsets, wedge backup pad (12) lower extreme both sides symmetric connection is provided with universal wheel (13).
2. A novel retaining wall supporting structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the first telescopic supporting rod (2) and the second telescopic supporting rod (3) are both composed of a sleeve with one end matching with a sliding rod, the outside of the opening of the sleeve is movably connected with a knob through screw thread matching, and the end of the knob is movably abutted against the surface of the sliding rod.
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