CN115263344A - Operation platform device above cutting part - Google Patents

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CN115263344A
CN115263344A CN202210925817.4A CN202210925817A CN115263344A CN 115263344 A CN115263344 A CN 115263344A CN 202210925817 A CN202210925817 A CN 202210925817A CN 115263344 A CN115263344 A CN 115263344A
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彭坦
罗松松
杨凯
梁秀云
黄凯
马开放
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21DSHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D9/00Tunnels or galleries, with or without linings; Methods or apparatus for making thereof; Layout of tunnels or galleries
    • E21D9/12Devices for removing or hauling away excavated material or spoil; Working or loading platforms
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66FHOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F11/00Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for
    • B66F11/04Lifting devices specially adapted for particular uses not otherwise provided for for movable platforms or cabins, e.g. on vehicles, permitting workmen to place themselves in any desired position for carrying out required operations
    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66FHOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD
    • B66F17/00Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force
    • B66F17/006Safety devices, e.g. for limiting or indicating lifting force for working platforms
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21DSHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
    • E21D20/00Setting anchoring-bolts
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21DSHAFTS; TUNNELS; GALLERIES; LARGE UNDERGROUND CHAMBERS
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Abstract

The invention discloses an operation platform device above a cutting part, which comprises a platform assembly and a detachable protective guard, wherein the platform assembly can automatically adjust the inclination angle, and the detachable protective guard can be inserted on the platform assembly. The working platform device controls the inclination angle of the platform through the support hinged joint and the leveling cylinder, ensures that the heading machine or the heading and anchoring machine is in a stop state, and ensures that the platform is always in a horizontal state, thereby facilitating drilling, anchoring and protecting operators to stand. The platform device is designed into a two-layer foldable structure, has small external dimension after being folded, does not influence the left-right and up-down swinging performance of the cutting part, and does not influence the normal cutting and topping operation of the anchor drilling system of the digging and anchoring machine; meanwhile, a rotary structure is designed, the platform can be integrally rotated under the control of a rotary oil cylinder, and the platform can be rotated to any position within the range of 0-180 degrees when in use. When needed, the guard rail steel pipe is inserted into the second mounting hole and the first mounting hole, and the safety of operators standing on the platform can be further improved.

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Operation platform device above cutting part
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of roadway tunneling equipment, in particular to an operation platform device above a cutting part.
Background
In the existing underground tunneling equipment such as a tunneling machine and an anchor driving machine, a telescopic part or a working arm part is not provided with a cover plate, only a thin cover plate is arranged above a cutting motor and a cutting speed reducer, and the cover plate mainly plays a role in protecting an oil pipe and a cable on a cutting part. When the tunneling machine and the tunneling and anchoring machine are used for underground construction operation, drilling, anchoring and protecting operators often need to stand on the head to perform construction, but in the tunneling machine and the tunneling and anchoring machine in the prior art, no safe and reliable platform which is convenient for the operators to stand is arranged above the cutting part, and workers are difficult to find a proper, safe and reliable standing position during head-to-head construction, so that the drilling, anchoring and protecting construction progress is influenced, and safety accidents are easy to cause.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an operation platform device above a cutting part, which controls the inclination angle of a platform through a support hinged joint and a leveling oil cylinder, ensures that a tunneling machine or an anchor driving machine is in a stop state, is always in a horizontal state, is convenient for drilling, anchoring and protecting operators to stand, and solves the problems that no operation platform is above the cutting part and the platform is not safe to incline. The platform device is designed to be a two-layer foldable and rotatable structure, has small overall dimension after being folded, does not influence the left-right and up-down swinging performance of the cutting part, and does not influence the top-hitting operation of the cutting and anchor drilling system of the excavator. The rotary frame structure is controlled through the rotary oil cylinder, so that the platform can integrally rotate, and when the platform is not used, the platform is integrally folded and rotated above the cutting part; when in use, the adjustable device can rotate to any position within the range of 0-180 degrees, and has large adjustment range and good adaptability. Be equipped with detachable rail guard above the platform, when needing, with the guardrail steel pipe insert in second mounting hole and the first mounting hole can, simple to operate, quick detachable can further improve the security that the operating personnel stood on the platform.
The purpose of the invention can be realized by the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides an operation platform device above cutting part, operation platform device includes platform subassembly and detachable rail guard, but platform subassembly automatically regulated inclination, detachable rail guard can assign on the platform subassembly.
The platform subassembly includes platform mounting panel and two back supports, and the back support is installed on cutting speed reducer upper portion, is equipped with the back support engaging lug on the back support, is equipped with the platform engaging lug on the platform mounting panel, and the support engaging lug can pass through the round pin hub connection with the platform engaging lug that the platform mounting panel afterbody set up, and the one end of keeping away from the platform engaging lug on the platform mounting panel is equipped with leveling hydro-cylinder installation ear.
The detachable protective guard is formed by riveting and welding steel pipes, and limiting rings are arranged at the positions of the steel pipes at the bottom of the protective guard.
Furthermore, a front support is arranged between the leveling cylinder mounting lug and the platform connecting lug, the front support is mounted on the upper portion of the telescopic outer barrel, the non-telescopic machine type is mounted on the upper portion of the working arm body, and the front support and the rear support are mounted above the cutting portion.
The front support is provided with a front support connecting lug, two ends of the leveling oil cylinder are respectively connected with the front support connecting lug and the leveling oil cylinder mounting lug through pin shafts, and the inclination adjustment of the platform mounting plate is realized through the extension and retraction of the leveling oil cylinder.
Furthermore, a rotary oil cylinder is fixed on the platform mounting plate, a shell of the rotary oil cylinder is fixedly connected with the platform mounting plate through a bolt, a rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder is connected with a rotary frame located above the platform mounting plate, and rotary motion of the rotary frame is achieved by controlling the rotary oil cylinder.
Further, the platform assembly further comprises a rotary oil cylinder, a rotating frame and a turnover frame, the rotary oil cylinder is installed below the platform installation plate, and a rotary oil cylinder shell is connected with the platform installation plate.
The rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder is connected with a rotary frame positioned above the platform mounting plate, the rotary frame is positioned on the platform mounting plate to rotate by controlling the rotary oil cylinder, the rotary frame is provided with a roll-over stand, and the roll-over stand is connected with the rotary frame through a pin shaft.
Further, the swivel mount includes first frame and mounting panel, and first frame can be made by square or rectangle steel pipe, and first frame one side is provided with first engaging lug, and first frame upper portion is equipped with the steel sheet net.
The other side of the first frame is provided with a first mounting hole, the first mounting hole is used for mounting a guardrail, the mounting plate is arranged on one side inside the first frame, holes are formed in the mounting plate as required to realize connection with a rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder, and the steel plate mesh is welded on the upper portion of the first frame.
Furthermore, the roll-over stand includes the second frame, and one side of second frame is equipped with the second engaging lug with first engaging lug complex, and the opposite side of second frame is equipped with the second mounting hole.
The second frame is provided with a steel plate net, the second mounting hole is used for mounting a guardrail, and the second connecting lug can be connected with the first connecting lug through a pin shaft, a baffle and a screw.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
1. the working platform device above the cutting part is provided, the inclination angle of the platform is controlled by the support hinged joint and the leveling cylinder, so that the heading machine or the heading and anchoring machine is ensured to be in a stop state, the platform can be always in a horizontal state, the drilling, anchoring and protecting operators can conveniently stand, and the problems that no working platform is above the cutting part and the platform is not safe to incline are solved;
2. the operation platform device is designed into a two-layer foldable structure, has small overall dimension after being folded, does not influence the left-right and up-down swinging performance of a cutting part, and does not influence the topping operation of a cutting and drilling anchor system;
3. the working platform device is provided with a rotating frame structure, the platform can integrally rotate under the control of the rotary oil cylinder, and the platform is folded and rotated above the cutting part when not in use; when in use, the adjustable clamp can rotate to any position within the range of 0-180 degrees, the adjusting range is large, and the adaptability is good;
4. the detachable protective guard is arranged above the platform, and when needed, the protective guard is installed in the installation hole in the platform frame, so that the operation platform device is convenient to install and easy to disassemble, and the safety of operators standing on the platform can be further improved;
5. the operation platform device has reasonable overall design and compact structure, and the platform can be folded, rotated and leveled, thereby being safe and reliable.
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The invention is further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the work platform apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the work platform assembly of the present invention mounted on a cutting section;
FIG. 3 is a three-dimensional schematic view of the work platform assembly of the present invention mounted on a telescoping cutting section;
FIG. 4 is an elevational view of the work platform assembly of the present invention in an operative condition;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the rotating frame of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the construction of the roll-over stand of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the connection of the rotating frame and the roll-over stand according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a top plan view of the work platform assembly of the present invention in an operative condition;
fig. 9 is a schematic view of a detachable guard rail according to the present invention.
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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.
The utility model provides an operation platform device above cutting part, operation platform device includes platform subassembly 1 and detachable rail guard 2, but platform subassembly 1 automatically regulated inclination, detachable rail guard 2 can assign on platform subassembly 1, can ensure the security of operation personnel on platform subassembly 1.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the platform assembly 1 includes a platform mounting plate 13 and two rear supports 11, the rear supports 11 are mounted on the upper portion of the cutting reducer, rear support connection lugs 12 are provided on the rear supports 11, platform connection lugs 131 are provided on the platform mounting plate 13, the support connection lugs 12 can be connected with the platform connection lugs 131 provided at the tail portion of the platform mounting plate 13 through pin shafts, and one end of the platform mounting plate 13, which is far away from the platform connection lugs 131, is provided with a leveling cylinder mounting lug 14.
A front support 16 is arranged between the leveling cylinder mounting lug 14 and the platform connecting lug 131, the front support 16 is mounted on the upper portion of the telescopic outer cylinder, a non-telescopic machine type can be mounted on the upper portion of the working arm body, and the front support 16 and the rear support 11 are mounted above the cutting portion. The front support 16 is provided with a front support connecting lug 161, two ends of the leveling cylinder 15 are respectively connected with the front support connecting lug 161 and the leveling cylinder mounting lug 14 through pin shafts, and the inclination of the platform mounting plate 13 is adjusted through the extension and contraction of the leveling cylinder 15.
A rotary oil cylinder 17 is fixed on the platform mounting plate 13, a shell of the rotary oil cylinder 17 is fixedly connected with the platform mounting plate 13 through a bolt, a rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder 17 is connected with a rotary frame 18 positioned above the platform mounting plate 13, rotary motion of the rotary frame 18 is realized by controlling the rotary oil cylinder 17, a turning frame 19 is arranged on the rotary frame 18, and the turning frame 19 is connected with the rotary frame 18 through a pin shaft.
As shown in fig. 5, the rotating frame 18 includes a first frame 181 and a mounting plate 182, the first frame 181 may be made of a square or rectangular steel pipe, one side of the first frame 181 is provided with a first connecting lug 183, an upper portion of the first frame 181 is provided with a steel screen 184, the other side of the first frame 181 is provided with a first mounting hole 185 for mounting a guard rail, the mounting plate 182 is disposed at one side inside the first frame 181, holes are formed in the mounting plate 182 as needed to connect with a rotating portion of the rotating cylinder 17, and the steel screen 184 is welded to an upper portion of the first frame 181 to provide a standing platform for an operator.
As shown in fig. 6-8, the roll-over stand 19 comprises a second frame 191, one side of the second frame 191 is provided with a second connecting lug 192 matched with the first connecting lug 183, the other side of the second frame 191 is provided with a second mounting hole 194, the second frame 191 is provided with a steel screen 193, the second mounting hole 194 is used for mounting a guardrail, and the second connecting lug 192 can be connected with the first connecting lug 183 through a pin shaft, a baffle plate and a screw to realize the roll-over motion of the roll-over stand.
As shown in fig. 9, the detachable guard rail 2 is formed by rivet welding of steel pipes 21, and stopper rings 22 are provided at respective positions of the steel pipes 21 at the bottom of the guard rail.
The platform device is designed into a two-layer foldable, rotatable and leveling structure, when the platform device is used, the rotating frame 18 is controlled through the rotary oil cylinder 17, the integral rotation of the rotating frame 18 and the turnover frame 19 is realized, then the turnover frame 19 is turned over and opened, and the inclination angle of the whole platform is controlled through the support hinged and leveling oil cylinder 15, so that the heading machine or the heading and anchoring machine is ensured to be in a stop state, the platform is always in a horizontal state, drilling, anchoring and protecting operators can stand conveniently, and the problem that the platform is not safe to incline is solved. The operation when the platform is not used for retraction is opposite to the step of opening, and finally the platform is folded and rotated to be above the cutting part.
When the platform is used, the platform can be rotated to any position within the range of 0-180 degrees, the adjusting range is large, and the adaptability is good; the folded platform has small overall dimension, does not influence the left-right and up-down swinging performance of the cutting part, and does not influence the normal cutting and topping operation of the anchor drilling system of the driving and anchoring machine. The detachable protective guard 2 is arranged above the platform, and when needed, the protective guard steel pipe 21 is inserted into the second mounting hole 194 and the first mounting hole 185, so that the installation is convenient and the disassembly is easy, and the safety of operators standing on the platform can be further improved.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
The foregoing shows and describes the general principles, essential features, and advantages of the invention. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, which are described in the specification and illustrated only to illustrate the principle of the present invention, but that various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, which fall within the scope of the invention as claimed.

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1. A work platform device above a cutting part comprises a platform component (1) and a detachable protective guard (2), and is characterized in that the platform component (1) can automatically adjust the inclination angle, and the detachable protective guard (2) can be inserted on the platform component (1);
the platform assembly (1) comprises a platform mounting plate (13) and two rear supports (11), the rear supports (11) are mounted on the upper portion of the cutting speed reducer, rear support connecting lugs (12) are arranged on the rear supports (11), platform connecting lugs (131) are arranged on the platform mounting plate (13), the support connecting lugs (12) can be connected with platform connecting lugs (131) arranged at the tail portion of the platform mounting plate (13) through pin shafts, and leveling oil cylinder mounting lugs (14) are arranged at one ends, far away from the platform connecting lugs (131), of the platform mounting plate (13);
the detachable guard rail (2) is formed by rivet welding of steel pipes (21), and limiting rings (22) are arranged at each position of the steel pipes (21) at the bottom of the guard rail.
2. The work platform device above the cutting part is characterized in that a front support (16) is arranged between the leveling cylinder mounting lug (14) and the platform connecting lug (131), the front support (16) is mounted on the upper part of the telescopic outer cylinder, the non-telescopic machine type is mounted on the upper part of the working arm body, and the front support (16) and the rear support (11) are mounted above the cutting part;
the front support (16) is provided with a front support connecting lug (161), two ends of the leveling oil cylinder (15) are respectively connected with the front support connecting lug (161) and the leveling oil cylinder mounting lug (14) through pin shafts, and the inclination adjustment of the platform mounting plate (13) is realized through the extension and retraction of the leveling oil cylinder (15).
3. The work platform device above the cutting part according to claim 2, characterized in that a rotary cylinder (17) is fixed on the platform mounting plate (13), a housing of the rotary cylinder (17) is fastened and connected with the platform mounting plate (13) through a bolt, a rotary part of the rotary cylinder (17) is connected with a rotary frame (18) positioned above the platform mounting plate (13), and rotary motion of the rotary frame (18) is realized by controlling the rotary cylinder (17).
4. A work platform arrangement above a cutting section according to claim 3, characterised in that the platform assembly (1) further comprises a swivel cylinder (17), a swivel frame (18) and a roll-over stand (19), the swivel cylinder (17) being mounted below the platform mounting plate (13), the swivel cylinder (17) housing being connected to the platform mounting plate (13);
the rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder (17) is connected with a rotary frame (18) located above the platform mounting plate (13), the rotary frame (18) is located above the platform mounting plate (13) to rotate by controlling the rotary oil cylinder (17), a turning frame (19) is arranged on the rotary frame (18), and the turning frame (19) is connected with the rotary frame (18) through a pin shaft.
5. A work platform arrangement above a cutting section according to claim 4, characterised in that the swivel frame (18) comprises a first frame (181) and a mounting plate (182), the first frame (181) can be made of square or rectangular steel pipe, one side of the first frame (181) is provided with a first connecting ear (183), and the upper part of the first frame (181) is provided with a steel screen (184);
the other side of the first frame (181) is provided with a first mounting hole (185) for mounting a guardrail. The mounting plate (182) is arranged on one side inside the first frame (181), holes are formed in the mounting plate (182) as required to realize connection with a rotary part of the rotary oil cylinder (17), and the steel plate net (184) is welded on the upper part of the first frame (181).
6. A work platform arrangement above a cutting section according to claim 4, characterised in that the roll-over stand (19) comprises a second frame (191), that one side of the second frame (191) is provided with a second attachment ear (192) for cooperation with the first attachment ear (183), and that the other side of the second frame (191) is provided with a second mounting hole (194);
the second frame (191) is provided with a steel plate net (193), the second mounting holes (194) are used for mounting guardrails, and the second connecting lugs (192) can be connected with the first connecting lugs (183) through pin shafts, baffles and screws.
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