CN115228006A - Aerial ladder car high altitude safety prevents weighing down eyelidretractor - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an aerial ladder car high-altitude safety anti-falling support, which comprises an aerial ladder and a high-altitude anti-falling device, wherein a supporting arm is arranged in the aerial ladder, a fixing hole is formed in one side of the supporting arm, the high-altitude anti-falling device is fixedly arranged on the fixing hole, the bottom end of the high-altitude anti-falling device is connected with a shock-proof device, the high-altitude anti-falling device is connected with the fixing hole through a fixing bolt on one side, a telescopic arm is arranged in one side of the supporting arm, two groups of movable pulleys are fixedly arranged on one side of the telescopic arm, a fixing device locking shaft is arranged in the bottom end of the high-altitude anti-falling device, when a person falls, a generated pulling force can enable a rope fixing device pressing plate to rotate and move through a fixing device locking shaft, a pressing plate pressure spring can also be stretched through the pulling force to drive a falling block to move, when the person returns to a normal state or unlocks the rope fixing device pressing plate, the pressing plate pressure spring of the rope fixing device can rebound, the rope pressing plate returns to an initial position, and the falling block can be driven to rotate and move through a connecting shaft.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to a falling protector, in particular to a high-altitude safe falling protection support for a aerial ladder truck, and belongs to the technical field of high-altitude operation safety.
Background
At present, in the industries of wind power, buildings and the like, in order to ensure the construction safety of high-altitude workers, anti-falling facilities with reliable performance must be installed. The safety catch is an important anti-falling device for connecting a dangerous vertical surface and constructors in the industry, and the constructors can freely and safely walk along the direction of the guide rail through the device.
The falling locking function singleness of safety hook among the prior art, and be difficult to use on the aerial ladder, safety hook inner structure is more in addition, and the installation is time-consuming, and personnel can produce great pulling force when falling, influence personnel's safety, and single safety hook uses and can cause the potential safety hazard, therefore we make the improvement, provide an aerial ladder car high altitude safety falling protector support.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a high-altitude safe anti-falling support for an aerial ladder truck, which solves the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an aerial ladder car high altitude safety prevents weighing down eyelidretractor, includes high altitude aerial ladder and high altitude safety hook, the built-in support arm that has of high altitude aerial ladder, open one side of support arm has the fixed orifices, fixed mounting has high altitude safety hook on the fixed orifices, the bottom of high altitude safety hook is connected with anti-vibration device, the high altitude safety hook passes through the fixing bolt connection fixed orifices of one side, the built-in flexible arm that has in one side of support arm, one side fixed mounting of flexible arm has two sets of mobile pulleys.
Preferably, the high altitude safety hook includes rope fixer clamp plate, hinders and weighs down piece, reinforcing plate, safety hook inner wall, safety hook outer wall, one side of high altitude safety hook is provided with the opening, the opening that high altitude safety hook side set up is provided with rope fixer clamp plate, open the one end of rope fixer clamp plate has the clamp plate fixed orifices, the other end of rope fixer clamp plate is connected with the clamp plate pressure spring, rope fixer clamp plate passes through the clamp plate pressure spring and connects in the safety hook inner wall, the built-in fixer lock axle that has in high altitude safety hook bottom.
Preferably, one side of the rope fixer pressing plate is provided with a falling block, one end of the falling block is internally provided with a connecting shaft, one side of the falling block is connected with a block plate pressure spring, the falling block is connected to the inner wall of the falling protector through the block plate pressure spring, and the other end of the falling block is provided with an anti-slip pad.
Preferably, reinforcing plates are arranged on the inner sides of the outer walls of the falling protectors, anti-slip plates are arranged between the reinforcing plates and are of concave-convex textures, and the reinforcing plates are made of aluminum alloy materials.
Preferably, the shockproof device comprises a bottom plate, shockproof springs and shockproof pads, the bottom end of each shockproof pad is provided with the bottom plate, and the shockproof springs are connected between the bottom plates.
Preferably, two groups of high-altitude safety guards are arranged and connected to one end of the supporting arm.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. according to the aerial safe falling prevention support for the aerial ladder vehicle, the fixer lock shaft is arranged in the bottom end of the aerial falling prevention device, when a person falls, the rope fixer pressing plate can rotate and move through the fixer lock shaft due to the generated tension, the pressing plate pressure spring can also stretch through the tension, so that the falling prevention block is driven to move, when the person returns to a normal state or unloads the rope fixer pressing plate, the pressing plate pressure spring can rebound, the rope fixer pressing plate returns to the initial position, the falling prevention block can be driven to rotate and move through the connecting shaft due to the tension generated by falling, the anti-slip pad arranged at the other end of the falling prevention block can touch the outer wall of the falling prevention device, resistance is generated, the falling prevention is prevented from continuing, and the aerial safe falling prevention support can be repeatedly used.
2. According to the aerial safe falling prevention support for the aerial ladder vehicle, the reinforcing plates are arranged on the inner side of the outer wall of the falling prevention device, the reinforcing plates can reinforce the structural strength of the aerial safe falling prevention support, the service life is prolonged, the anti-slip plates are arranged between the reinforcing plates and are of concave-convex textures, the falling prevention blocks are enabled to touch to generate larger friction force, the reinforcing plates are made of aluminum alloy materials, in addition, the anti-vibration devices can reduce vibration generated by personnel under the falling condition of connecting the aerial falling prevention device, the aerial falling prevention device is provided with two groups, the connecting strength can be improved through the arrangement of the two groups, and the situation that the personnel cannot be connected due to the damage of the one group is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the internal structure of the high altitude safety catcher of the present invention;
in the figure: 1. a high-altitude scaling ladder; 2. a support arm; 3. a fixing hole; 4. fixing the bolt; 5. pressing a plate pressure spring; 6. a retainer lock shaft; 7. a rope holder pressure plate; 8. a pressing plate fixing port; 9. a connecting shaft; 10. a resistance plate compression spring; 11. a fall-resisting block; 12. a reinforcing plate; 13. an anti-skid plate; 14. a non-slip mat; 15. a telescopic arm; 16. a shock-proof device; 17. a high-altitude falling protector; 18. a movable pulley; 19. the inner wall of the falling protector; 20. the outer wall of the falling protector.
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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.
Referring to fig. 1-3, the invention provides a high-altitude safe anti-falling support device for an aerial ladder vehicle, which comprises a high-altitude aerial ladder 1 and a high-altitude anti-falling device 17, wherein a support arm 2 is arranged in the high-altitude aerial ladder 1, the support arm 2 is used as a support base of an aerial ladder telescopic arm 15, the phenomenon that the telescopic arm 15 slides down and falls is avoided, one side of the support arm 2 is provided with a fixing hole 3, a high-altitude anti-falling device 17 is fixedly arranged on the fixing hole 3, the high-altitude anti-falling device 17 can be connected with a worker through a rope, the danger and the careless falling of the worker are avoided, the bottom end of the high-altitude anti-falling device 17 is connected with an anti-falling device 16, the anti-falling device 16 can reduce the vibration pressure under the falling condition, the high-altitude anti-falling device 17 is connected with the fixing hole 3 through a fixing bolt 4 on one side, the telescopic arm 15 is arranged in one side of the support arm 2, two groups of movable pulleys 18 are fixedly arranged on one side of the telescopic arm 15, and the movable pulleys 18 can enable the telescopic arm 15 to move more smoothly.
In the invention: the high-altitude falling protector 17 comprises a rope fixer pressing plate 7, a falling prevention block 11, a reinforcing plate 12, a falling protector inner wall 19, a falling protector outer wall 20, one side of the high-altitude falling protector 17 is provided with an opening, the opening arranged on the side of the high-altitude falling protector 17 is provided with the rope fixer pressing plate 7, one end of the rope fixer pressing plate 7 is provided with a pressing plate fixing opening 8, the pressing plate fixing opening 8 can be connected with a fixing rope, the fixing rope can be connected to a person, the falling condition is avoided, the other end of the rope fixer pressing plate 7 is connected with a pressing plate pressure spring 5, the rope fixer pressing plate 7 is connected to the falling protector inner wall 19 through the pressing plate pressure spring 5, a fixer locking shaft 6 is arranged in the bottom end of the high-altitude falling protector 17, when the person generates the iron falling condition, the generated tension force can enable the rope fixer pressing plate 7 to generate rotary movement through the fixer locking shaft 6, the pressing plate pressure spring 5 can also be stretched through the tension, the falling prevention block 11 is driven to move, when the person returns to a normal state or unloads the rope fixer pressing plate 7, the pressing plate 5 can rebound, and the rope fixer pressing plate 7 returns to an initial position.
In the invention: one side of rope fixer clamp plate 7 is provided with and hinders and weighs down piece 11, the one end that hinders and weighs down piece 11 is built-in to have connecting axle 9, the one side that hinders and weighs down piece 11 is connected with and hinders a board pressure spring 10, it connects in safety hook inner wall 19 through hindering a board pressure spring 10 to hinder and weighs down piece 11, the other end that hinders and weighs down piece 11 is provided with slipmat 14, fall when the people, can make rope fixer clamp plate 7 produce rotatory motion through fixer lock axle 6, clamp plate pressure spring 5 also can stretch through the pulling force, thereby it carries out rotatory motion through connecting axle 9 to drive to hinder and weighs down piece 11, slipmat 14 that hinders to weigh down the setting of the 11 other end can touch safety hook outer wall 20, resistance is produced, prevent to continue to descend, protection personnel safety.
In the invention: the inner side of the outer wall 20 of the falling protector is provided with a reinforcing plate 12, the reinforcing plate 12 can reinforce the structural strength of the device, the service life is prolonged, an anti-slip plate 13 is arranged between the reinforcing plates 12, the anti-slip plate 13 is of concave-convex texture, the falling block 11 is made to touch and generate larger friction force, and the reinforcing plates 12 are made of aluminum alloy.
In the invention: the anti-vibration device 16 comprises a bottom plate, anti-vibration springs and anti-vibration pads, the bottom end of each anti-vibration pad is provided with the bottom plate, the anti-vibration springs are connected between the bottom plates, and the anti-vibration devices 16 can reduce vibration generated when people fall off when the high-altitude anti-falling devices 17 are connected.
In the invention: the high-altitude safety guards 17 are arranged in two groups, the high-altitude safety guards 17 are connected to one end of the supporting arm 2, the two groups of high-altitude safety guards 17 can improve the connection strength, and personnel cannot be connected due to the fact that one group of damage does not cause damage.
When the aerial ladder car high-altitude safe falling-preventing support is used, one side of a support arm 2 is provided with a fixing hole 3, a high-altitude falling-preventing device 17 is fixedly arranged on the fixing hole 3, the high-altitude falling-preventing device 17 can be connected with a worker through a rope, one end of a rope fixer pressing plate 7 is provided with a pressing plate fixing port 8, the pressing plate fixing port 8 can be connected with a fixing rope, the fixing rope can be connected with the body of the worker to avoid falling, a fixer locking shaft 6 is arranged in the bottom end of the high-altitude falling-preventing device 17, when the worker falls off, the rope fixer pressing plate 7 can rotate through the fixer locking shaft 6 due to the generated tension, a pressing plate pressure spring 5 can also stretch through the tension, so as to drive a falling block 11 to move, when the worker returns to normal or unloads the rope fixer pressing plate 7, the clamp plate pressure spring 5 can kick-back, rope fixer clamp plate 7 returns initial position, fall the pulling force that produces, can drive and hinder and fall piece 11 and carry out swivelling movement through connecting axle 9, the slipmat 14 that hinders and fall the piece 11 other end setting can touch safety hook outer wall 20, produce the resistance, prevent to continue to descend, protection personnel's safety, high altitude safety hook 17 is provided with two sets ofly, high altitude safety hook 17 is connected in the one end of support arm 2, joint strength can be improved in two sets of settings, and can not lead to personnel unable connection because of a set of harm, in addition shock mounting 16 includes the bottom plate, the antivibration spring, the antivibration pad bottom is provided with the bottom plate, be connected with the antivibration spring between the bottom plate, antivibration mounting 16 can reduce the vibrations that personnel produced under the condition of falling of connecting high altitude safety hook 17.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the indicated orientations or positional relationships are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the indicated devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, for example, it may be fixedly attached, detachably attached, or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; the terms may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate agent, and may be used for communicating the inside of two elements or interacting relation of two elements, unless otherwise specifically defined, and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides an aerial ladder car high altitude safety prevents weighing down eyelidretractor, includes high altitude aerial ladder (1) and high altitude safety hook (17), its characterized in that, the built-in support arm (2) that has of high altitude aerial ladder (1), open one side of support arm (2) has fixed orifices (3), fixed mounting has high altitude safety hook (17) on fixed orifices (3), the bottom of high altitude safety hook (17) is connected with anti-vibration device (16), fixed orifices (3) are connected through fixing bolt (4) of one side in high altitude safety hook (17), one side of support arm (2) is built-in to have flexible arm (15), one side fixed mounting of flexible arm (15) has two sets of mobile pulley (18).
2. The aerial ladder vehicle high-altitude safety anti-falling support device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: high altitude safety hook (17) include rope fixer clamp plate (7), hinder and fall block (11), reinforcing plate (12), safety hook inner wall (19), safety hook outer wall (20), one side of high altitude safety hook (17) is provided with the opening, the opening that high altitude safety hook (17) side set up is provided with rope fixer clamp plate (7), open the one end of rope fixer clamp plate (7) has clamp plate fixed orifices (8), the other end of rope fixer clamp plate (7) is connected with clamp plate pressure spring (5), rope fixer clamp plate (7) are connected in safety hook inner wall (19) through clamp plate pressure spring (5), high altitude safety hook (17) bottom embeds there is fixer lock axle (6).
3. The aerial ladder vehicle high-altitude safety anti-falling support device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: one side of rope fixer clamp plate (7) is provided with hinders and weighs down piece (11), the one end that hinders and weighs down piece (11) embeds there is connecting axle (9), the one side that hinders and weighs down piece (11) is connected with hinders a board pressure spring (10), hinder and weigh down piece (11) and connect in safety hook inner wall (19) through hindering a board pressure spring (10), the other end that hinders and weighs down piece (11) is provided with slipmat (14).
4. The aerial ladder car high-altitude safety anti-falling support device as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the anti-falling device is characterized in that reinforcing plates (12) are arranged on the inner side of the outer wall (20) of the anti-falling device, anti-sliding plates (13) are arranged between the reinforcing plates (12), the anti-sliding plates (13) are of concave-convex textures, and the reinforcing plates (12) are made of aluminum alloy materials.
5. The aerial ladder vehicle high-altitude safety anti-falling support device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the shockproof device (16) comprises a bottom plate, shockproof springs and a shockproof pad, wherein the bottom of the shockproof pad is provided with the bottom plate, and the shockproof springs are connected between the bottom plates.
6. The aerial ladder car high-altitude safety anti-falling support device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the high-altitude safety guards (17) are arranged in two groups, and the high-altitude safety guards (17) are connected to one end of the supporting arm (2).
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