CN112814966A - Hydraulic oil cylinder body and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a hydraulic oil cylinder body, which comprises a front end cover, a cylinder barrel and a dust remover, wherein the front end cover is arranged on the cylinder barrel, the dust remover comprises an air outlet ring, a tubular air bag, a one-way air valve, a fixing ring, a dust removing ring and an opening and closing device, the air outlet ring comprises a ring body and a plurality of pressing type air valves, the circumferences of the pressing type air valves are uniformly distributed and arranged on the ring body, the pressing type air valves are communicated with the inside of the tubular air bag, the fixing ring is fixed on the front end cover, the one-way air valve is arranged on the tubular air bag, the opening and closing device comprises a plurality of supporting rods and a plurality of opening and closing rods, the middle parts of the plurality of opening and closing rods are rotatably arranged on the edge of the ring body, one of the supporting rods correspondingly supports against the pressing type air valves, the; the invention also discloses a manufacturing method of the hydraulic oil cylinder body. Compared with the prior art, the invention has excellent self-cleaning performance.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a manufacturing method, in particular to a hydraulic oil cylinder body and a manufacturing method thereof.
Background
The hydraulic cylinder is used as a hydraulic component commonly used, and today of rapid industrial development in China is endowed with more important significance, higher requirements are provided for the hydraulic cylinder in a high-strength working environment, the traditional hydraulic cylinder is in a telescopic process, telescopic parts are exposed in the air, and when reciprocating motion is performed, impurities such as dust are often brought into the cylinder body, the hydraulic cylinder is polluted, and the service life of the hydraulic cylinder is greatly reduced. Therefore, a hydraulic cylinder with a self-cleaning function is needed to solve these problems. In view of the above, the inventors of the present application have conducted extensive studies to obtain a hydraulic cylinder block and a method for manufacturing the same.
Disclosure of Invention
One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a hydraulic cylinder block having excellent self-cleaning performance, and another object of the present invention is to provide a manufacturing method of the hydraulic cylinder block, which can realize the manufacturing of the hydraulic cylinder block described above.
The technical purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a hydraulic cylinder body comprises a front end cover, a cylinder barrel and a dust remover, wherein the front end cover is arranged on the cylinder barrel, the dust remover comprises an air outlet ring, a tubular air bag, a one-way air valve, a fixing ring, a dust removing ring and an opening and closing device, the air outlet ring comprises a ring body and a plurality of pressing type air valves, the circumferences of the pressing type air valves are uniformly distributed and arranged on the ring body, one end of the tubular air bag is connected with the ring body, the other end of the tubular air bag is connected with the fixing ring, the pressing type air valves are communicated with the inside of the tubular air bag, the fixing ring is fixed on the front end cover, the one-way air valve is arranged on the tubular air bag and used for allowing outside air to enter the tubular air bag, the opening and closing device comprises a plurality of abutting rods and a plurality of opening and closing rods, the number of the abutting rods and the number of the opening and closing rods are equal, the pressing type air valve is pressed against the pressing type air valve in a one-to-one correspondence mode, the plurality of pressing rods are fixed on the front end cover, one of the pressing rods points to one end, far away from the pressing type air valve, of the opening and closing rod in a corresponding mode, and the dust removing ring is connected to one side, far away from the tubular air bag, of the ring body.
In a preferred embodiment, the opening and closing rod is rotatably mounted on the ring body by means of a hinge seat.
In a preferred embodiment, the dust removing ring is made of a metal material, and a rubber pad is arranged inside the dust removing ring.
In a preferred embodiment, the one-way air valve is disposed at an end of the tubular bladder proximate the retainer ring.
A manufacturing method of a hydraulic cylinder body is used for manufacturing the hydraulic cylinder body.
Compared with the prior art, the invention provides a hydraulic cylinder body which is provided with a dust remover and can realize good dust removal effect and prevent impurities from entering an oil cylinder, in particular, in the use process, when a piston rod of the oil cylinder contracts, the dust removing ring surrounds the piston rod, so that the impurities on the piston rod are blocked at the end part of the dust removing ring and prevented from entering the oil cylinder, when the piston rod contracts to a certain degree, an end ear ring of the piston rod exerts pressure on the dust removing ring, the pressure is transmitted to a tubular air bag, the tubular air bag is compressed, the length of the tubular air bag is continuously compressed, the inner volume of the tubular air bag is continuously reduced, the inner air pressure is continuously increased, when the piston rod is compressed to a certain degree, the abutting rod abuts against the opening and closing rod, the opening and closing rod rotates, the opening and closing rod presses a pressing type valve, so that the pressing type valve injects air to blow off dust accumulated, the cleaning process is realized once, after the cleaning process is finished, the piston rod extends, the tubular air bag recovers under the recovery action of the piston rod, and outside air enters the tubular air bag through the one-way air valve to realize inflation so as to prepare for the next cleaning process; the invention also provides a manufacturing method of the hydraulic cylinder body, which can realize the manufacturing of the hydraulic cylinder body.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a hydraulic cylinder body after the assembly of the hydraulic cylinder body is completed.
FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional structure without an ejector rod of a dust remover of a hydraulic cylinder body.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of fig. 1.
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A front end cover 1; a cylinder barrel 2; an air outlet ring 3; a tubular balloon 4; a one-way air valve 5; a fixing ring 6; a dust removal ring 7; an ejector rod 8 is abutted; a switching lever 9; a push type valve 10.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The present embodiment is only for explaining the present invention, and it is not limited to the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make modifications of the present embodiment without inventive contribution as needed after reading the present specification, but all of them are protected by patent law within the scope of the claims of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, a hydraulic cylinder body comprises a front end cover 1, a cylinder barrel 2 and a dust remover, wherein the front end cover 1 is covered on the cylinder barrel 2, the dust remover comprises an air outlet ring 3, a tubular air bag 4, a one-way air valve 5, a fixing ring 6, a dust removing ring 7 and an opening and closing device, the air outlet ring 3 comprises a ring body and a plurality of pressing type air valves 10, the circumferences of the pressing type air valves 10 are uniformly distributed and arranged on the ring body, one end of the tubular air bag 4 is connected with the ring body, the other end of the tubular air bag is connected with the fixing ring 6, the pressing type air valves 10 are communicated with the inside of the tubular air bag 4, the fixing ring 6 is fixed on the front end cover 1, the one-way air valve 5 is arranged on the tubular air bag 4 and is used for external air to enter the tubular air bag 4, the opening and closing, the number of the abutting rods 8 and the number of the opening and closing rods 9 are equal to the number of the pressing type valves 10, the middle parts of the plurality of the opening and closing rods 9 are rotatably installed on the edge of the ring body, one of the abutting rods correspondingly abuts against the pressing type valves 10, the plurality of the abutting rods 8 are fixed on the front end cover 1, one of the abutting rods correspondingly points to one end, far away from the pressing type valves 10, of the opening and closing rods 9, and the dust removing ring 7 is connected to one side, far away from the tubular air bag 4, of the ring body.
The hydraulic cylinder body of the embodiment is provided with the dust remover, which can realize good dust removal effect and prevent impurities from entering the oil cylinder, specifically, in the using process, when a piston rod of the oil cylinder contracts, the dust removal ring 7 surrounds the piston rod, so that the impurities on the piston rod are blocked at the end part of the dust removal ring 7 and prevented from entering the oil cylinder, when the piston rod contracts to a certain degree, an end lug ring of the piston rod exerts pressure on the dust removal ring, the pressure is transmitted to the tubular air bag 4, so that the tubular air bag 4 is compressed, the length of the tubular air bag 4 is continuously compressed, the internal volume of the tubular air bag 4 is continuously reduced, the internal air pressure is continuously increased, when the piston rod is compressed to a certain degree, the abutting rod 8 abuts against the opening and closing rod 9, so that the opening and closing rod 9 rotates, the pressing type valve 10 is pressed by the opening and closing rod 9, so that the pressing type valve 10 ejects, and a cleaning process is realized, after the cleaning process is finished, the piston rod extends, the tubular air bag 4 recovers under the recovery action of the piston rod, and outside air enters the tubular air bag 4 through the one-way air valve 5 to realize inflation and prepare for the next cleaning process.
Further, to enable the pivoting mounting of the opening and closing rod 9, said opening and closing rod 9 is pivotally mounted on said ring body by means of a hinge seat (not shown in the figures).
In order to enable the dust removing ring 7 to have better pressure bearing capacity, the dust removing ring 7 is made of a metal material, and a rubber pad is arranged inside the dust removing ring 7.
In order to avoid that the compression of the tubular balloon 4 has an influence on the normal operation of the one-way gas valve 5, said one-way gas valve 5 is arranged at the end of said tubular balloon 4 close to said fixation ring 6.
The manufacturing method of the hydraulic cylinder body is used for manufacturing the hydraulic cylinder body, and the manufacturing process can be known by a person skilled in the art under the condition that the structure of the hydraulic cylinder body is disclosed.
It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or terminal. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrases "comprising … …" or "comprising … …" does not exclude the presence of additional elements in a process, method, article, or terminal that comprises the element. Further, herein, "greater than," "less than," "more than," and the like are understood to exclude the present numbers; the terms "above", "below", "within" and the like are to be understood as including the number.
The foregoing description of the embodiments is provided to facilitate an understanding and use of the invention and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications to the embodiments and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of inventive faculty. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and those skilled in the art should make improvements and modifications within the scope of the present invention based on the disclosure of the present invention.
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1. A hydraulic cylinder body is characterized by comprising a front end cover, a cylinder barrel and a dust remover, wherein the front end cover is arranged on the cylinder barrel, the dust remover comprises an air outlet ring, a tubular air bag, a one-way air valve, a fixing ring, a dust removing ring and an opening and closing device, the air outlet ring comprises a ring body and a plurality of pressing type air valves, the circumferences of the pressing type air valves are uniformly distributed and arranged on the ring body, one end of the tubular air bag is connected with the ring body, the other end of the tubular air bag is connected with the fixing ring, the pressing type air valves are communicated with the inside of the tubular air bag, the fixing ring is fixed on the front end cover, the one-way air valve is arranged on the tubular air bag and used for allowing outside air to enter the tubular air bag, the opening and closing device comprises a plurality of abutting rods and a plurality of opening and closing rods, the number of, the middle parts of the opening and closing rods are rotatably arranged on the edge of the ring body, one of the opening and closing rods is correspondingly abutted against the pressing type air valve, the abutting rods are fixed on the front end cover, one of the abutting rods correspondingly points to one end, far away from the pressing type air valve, of the opening and closing rod, and the dust removal ring is connected to one side, far away from the tubular air bag, of the ring body.
2. A hydraulic cylinder block according to claim 1, wherein the opening and closing rod is pivotally mounted to the ring body by means of a hinge mount.
3. The hydraulic cylinder block as recited in claim 1, wherein the dust ring is made of metal material, and a rubber pad is disposed inside the dust ring.
4. A hydraulic cylinder block according to claim 3, characterised in that the one-way valve is provided at the end of the tubular bladder adjacent the fixing ring.
5. A method of manufacturing a hydraulic cylinder block, characterised in that it is used to manufacture a hydraulic cylinder block according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
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