CN116845803B - Electric power installation lead wire anchor clamps - Google Patents

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CN116845803B
CN116845803B CN202311119879.7A CN202311119879A CN116845803B CN 116845803 B CN116845803 B CN 116845803B CN 202311119879 A CN202311119879 A CN 202311119879A CN 116845803 B CN116845803 B CN 116845803B
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张涛
郭龙龙
尹超
孟广勇
徐雅歆
赵亭亭
宋来旭
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Dongping Power Supply Co of State Grid Shandong Electric Power Co Ltd
TaiAn Power Supply Co of State Grid Shandong Electric Power Co Ltd
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    • H02GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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The invention relates to the technical field related to electric power installation, and particularly discloses an electric power installation lead clamp which comprises a clamping frame, wherein an arc-shaped edge is arranged inside one side of the clamping frame, an installation plate is connected to the inner side of one end of the clamping frame through a rotating assembly arranged, a frame strip is arranged on the outer side of one end of the installation plate, which is far away from the rotating assembly, of the installation plate, a bayonet for clamping the frame strip is arranged on the inner side of one end of the clamping frame, arc-shaped hoops are jointly installed on elastic assemblies arranged at two ends of the inner side of the installation plate in a barrel mode, friction plates are fixedly installed above the inner sides of the arc-shaped hoops, a sleeve is connected to the bottom of the installation plate through a connecting assembly arranged in the middle, wire clamps are arranged at the inner sides of the two ends of the sleeve, and wire fixing assemblies are arranged at the inner sides of the two wire clamps.

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Electric power installation lead wire anchor clamps
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of power installation, and particularly discloses a power installation lead clamp.
Background
Electric power is an energy source powered by electrical energy. Discovery and application of electricity in the 70 s of the 19 th century has turned up the second industrial climax. Become one of three technological innovations occurring in the world since the 18 th century of human history, and the life of people is changed from this technology. The large-scale power system in the 20 th century is one of the most important achievements in the history of human engineering science, and is a power generation and consumption system consisting of links such as power generation, transmission, transformation, distribution, electricity consumption and the like. The primary energy in nature is converted into electric power through a mechanical energy device, and then the electric power is supplied to each user through power transmission, transformation and distribution; when the electric power is installed, the lead is used for connecting with a power supply, and when the lead is installed, a clamp is needed to be used for installing the lead;
the outside use at the cement line pole is installed to current wire clamp, is mostly the clamp, and stability is not enough to when cutting ferrule lead wire, adopt nut and positioning bolt, this mode operation is complicated, and the installation is also not convenient enough, and for this reason, we need improve the above problem.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the problems in the background art and provides a power installation lead clamp.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention provides an electric power installation lead clamp, which comprises a clamping frame, wherein one side of the clamping frame is internally provided with an arc edge, the inner side of one end of the clamping frame is connected with an installation plate through a rotating assembly, the outer side of one end of the installation plate, which is far away from the rotating assembly, is provided with a frame strip, the inner side of one end of the clamping frame, which is far away from the installation plate, is provided with a bayonet which is clamped by an adaptive frame strip, elastic assemblies which are arranged at two ends of the inner side of the installation plate in a barrel manner are jointly provided with arc hoops, the upper part of the inner side of the arc hoops is fixedly provided with friction plates, the middle of the bottom of the installation plate is connected with a sleeve shell through a connecting assembly which is arranged, the inner sides of two ends of the sleeve shell are respectively provided with a wire clamp, and the inner sides of the two wire clamps are respectively provided with a wire fixing assembly.
Preferably, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating shaft fixedly arranged at the inner side of one end of the clamping frame, a connecting block is rotatably arranged at the inner side of the rotating shaft, and the connecting block is fixedly connected with the mounting plate.
Preferably, the elastic components comprise sleeves fixedly mounted on the outer side of one end of the mounting plate, a storage cavity is formed in the inner side of each sleeve, a spring is mounted on the inner side of each storage cavity, a guide rod is mounted on the inner sides of the sleeves and the mounting plate in a sliding mode, one end of each guide rod abuts against each spring, and the guide rods are fixedly connected with the arc hoops.
Preferably, the connecting assembly comprises a connecting rod fixedly connected in the middle of the bottom of the mounting plate, a connecting seat is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the connecting rod, and the casing is fixedly arranged on the inner side of the connecting seat.
Preferably, the wire fixing assemblies comprise protruding plates fixedly installed on the inner walls of two sides of the casing respectively, a U-shaped seat is installed between the two protruding plates together, sliding grooves are formed in two sides of the U-shaped seat, and the inner sides of the two sliding grooves are connected with a withstanding seat in a sliding mode.
Preferably, two protruding board tops all are installed the fixture block along the horizontal direction equidistance, and a plurality of the fixture block appearance all is triangle-shaped setting.
Preferably, clamping rods are slidably mounted in two sides of the base, two clamping rods are fixedly connected with vertical rods at the bottoms of the clamping rods, falling blocks are fixedly mounted at the bottoms of the vertical rods, and clamping grooves adapting to the shapes of the clamping blocks are formed in the bottoms of the clamping rods.
Preferably, the clamping frame is fixedly arranged at the top of one side close to the bayonet, an L-shaped rod is rotatably arranged above the outer side of the connecting shaft, an abutting block is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the L-shaped rod, and the bottom of the abutting block is movably attached to the upper surface of the frame strip.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the clamping frame is sleeved on one side of the cement line pole, the corresponding arc-shaped hoop is arranged on a plane along with the overturning of the mounting plate and the clamping frame, the arc-shaped hoop is flexibly abutted against the outer surface of the cement line pole under the interference of the rear-end elastic component, the inner wall of the clamping frame is contacted with the friction plate in the arc-shaped hoop, and the cement line pole is clamped, so that the aim of quick installation is fulfilled;
through the subassembly such as cover shell, U-shaped seat, the seat of keeping out that sets up, can conveniently press from both sides the lead wire tightly, the lead wire passes between seat and the U-shaped seat of keeping out, later according to the circle footpath of lead wire self, the seat of keeping out is close to U-shaped seat one end, until both laminating is at the surface of lead wire, the clamping lever loosens, clamping lever and the fixture block looks joint of corresponding department under the gravity of weighing down the piece, the position of seat of keeping out is fixed, make the U-shaped seat with keep out subassembly chucking such as seat at the surface of lead wire, this mode easy operation, the joint is convenient, installation effectiveness has been optimized greatly.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of another view angle structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the connection between the arcuate collar and the mounting plate of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the inside structure of the elastic assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the connection between the jacket and the clip of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating the connection between the abutment and the clamping rod according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the abutment and the U-shaped abutment according to the present invention;
fig. 8 is an enlarged view of fig. 5 a in accordance with the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a clamping frame; 2. an arc-shaped hoop; 3. a friction plate; 4. a lead wire; 5. a sleeve; 6. a connecting seat; 7. abutting blocks; 8. an L-shaped rod; 9. a connecting shaft; 10. an arc edge; 11. a casing; 12. a connecting rod; 13. a mounting plate; 14. a rotating shaft; 15. a guide rod; 16. a spring; 17. a wire clamp; 18. a base; 19. a U-shaped seat; 20. a clamping rod; 21. a falling block; 22. a vertical rod; 23. a chute; 24. a clamping block; 25. a connecting block; 26. a rack bar; 27. a storage cavity; 28. a bayonet; 29. and (3) a protruding plate.
Detailed Description
In order that the above-recited objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood, a more particular description of the invention will be rendered by reference to the appended drawings and appended detailed description.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, however, the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those described herein, and therefore the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
The electric power installation lead clamp as shown in fig. 1-8 comprises a clamping frame 1, wherein an arc-shaped edge 10 is arranged inside one side of the clamping frame 1, an installation plate 13 is connected to the inner side of one end of the clamping frame 1 through a rotating assembly, a frame strip 26 is arranged on the outer side of one end, far away from the rotating assembly, of the installation plate 13, the rotating assembly comprises a rotating shaft 14 fixedly arranged on the inner side of one end of the clamping frame 1, a connecting block 25 is rotatably arranged on the inner side of the rotating shaft 14, and the connecting block 25 is fixedly connected with the installation plate 13;
the inboard arc of card frame 1 along 10 laminating cement line poles when mainly laminating convenient later stage installation, and mounting bracket strip 26 and connecting block 25 are respectively installed at the both ends of mounting panel 13, also correspond the later stage respectively to the screens of mounting panel 13 and the normal running fit's between frame strip 26 and the pivot 14 purpose of using, promote card frame 1 to install comparatively convenient in the use.
The inner side of one end of the clamping frame 1 far away from the mounting plate 13 is provided with a bayonet 28 for clamping an adaptive frame strip 26, elastic components arranged at two ends of the inner side of the mounting plate 13 are provided with arc hoops 2 together, friction plates 3 are fixedly arranged above the inner side of the arc hoops 2, the elastic components comprise sleeves 5 fixedly arranged at the outer side of one end of the mounting plate 13, the inner side of each sleeve 5 is provided with a storage cavity 27, the inner side of each storage cavity 27 is provided with a spring 16, the sleeves 5 and the inner side of the mounting plate 13 are provided with guide rods 15 in a sliding manner together, one ends of the guide rods 15 are propped against the springs 16, and the guide rods 15 are fixedly connected with the arc hoops 2;
the rack bar 26 can be clamped with a bayonet 28 correspondingly arranged on one side of the clamping frame 1 in the overturning process, so that the clamping frame 1, the rack bar 26 and the mounting plate 13 are more stable;
the clamping frame 1 is close to bayonet 28 one side top fixed mounting has connecting axle 9, connecting axle 9 outside top rotation is installed L shape pole 8, L shape pole 8 bottom end has to support piece 7, support piece 7 bottom and rack bar 26 upper surface activity laminating, under the installation of connecting axle 9, L shape pole 8 can drive and support piece 7 nimble rotation, rack bar 26 clamps to bayonet 28 department, support piece 7 can support the top of pasting at rack bar 26, then the purpose is when preventing mounting panel 13 when using, then by oneself because of the cause whereabouts such as gravity, the assembly jack-up of mounting panel 13, the problem of insufficient inseparable emergence of assembly with clamping frame 1, in addition under the assembly of spring 16 and guide arm 15 of mounting panel 13 inboard, arc hoop 2 is rotating to the ring footpath of clamping frame 1 one side when using, can support in its outer wall according to the nimble subsides of cement line pole, what need be specifically explained is that clamping frame 1 arc is along 10 and friction disc 3 are wear-resisting anti-skidding material preparation use.
The middle of the bottom of the mounting plate 13 is connected with a shell 11 through a connecting component, the connecting component comprises a connecting rod 12 fixedly connected to the middle of the bottom of the mounting plate 13, a connecting seat 6 is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the connecting rod 12, and the shell 11 is fixedly arranged on the inner side of the connecting seat 6;
the connection of the connecting rod 12 enables the connecting seat 6 and the casing 11 below to be mounted below the clamping frame 1 for clamping.
The inside fastener 17 that all is provided with in cover shell 11 both ends, two fastener 17 inboards all are provided with the solidus subassembly, gu the line subassembly all including respectively fixed mounting boss 29 on the inner wall of cover shell 11 both sides, install U-shaped seat 19 jointly between two boss 29, spout 23 has all been seted up to U-shaped seat 19 both sides, two spout 23 inboard sliding connection have a base 18 jointly, fixture block 24 is all installed along the horizontal direction equidistance at two boss 29 tops, and a plurality of fixture block 24 appearance all is triangle-shaped setting, the inside equal slidable mounting of base 18 both sides of keeping out has clamping lever 20, and the equal fixedly connected with montant 22 of two clamping lever 20 bottoms, montant 22 bottom fixed mounting has weight piece 21, the draw-in groove of adaptation fixture block 24 appearance has all been seted up to two clamping lever 20 bottoms.
The multiple groups of clamping blocks 24 on the tops of the two protruding plates 29 are matched with the clamping rods 20, the positions of the abutting seats 18 are limited, the abutting seats 18 slide on the inner sides of the U-shaped seats 19 through the arranged sliding grooves 23, the abutting seats 18 are close to the U-shaped seats 19 to clamp the lead 4 which passes through, then the positions of the clamping rods 20 are fixed under the downward pressing of the falling blocks 21, the abutting seats 18 are tightly attached to the lead 4 at one ends, and special explanations are needed that the inner walls of one sides, close to the lead 4, of the abutting seats 18 and the U-shaped seats 19 are provided with high-strength anti-skid and wear-resistant materials similar to thickened rubber pads and the like.
Working principle: the clamping frame 1 is sleeved on one side of the cement wire rod, the corresponding arc-shaped hoop 2 is arranged on a plane along with the overturning of the mounting plate 13 and the clamping frame 1, the arc-shaped hoop 2 flexibly abuts against the outer surface of the cement wire rod under the interference of the rear-end elastic component, the inner wall of the clamping frame 1 contacts with the friction plate 3 inside the arc-shaped hoop 2, the clamping frame can be quickly fixed on the cement wire rod, after the fixing is finished, the lead 4 passes through the space between the abutting seat 18 and the U-shaped seat 19, the abutting seat 18 can slide to approach one end of the U-shaped seat 19 until the two are attached to the surface of the lead 4, the clamping rod 20 is loosened, the clamping rod 20 is clamped with the clamping block 24 corresponding to the protruding plate 29 under the gravity of the falling block 21, the components such as the U-shaped seat 19 and the abutting seat 18 are clamped on the surface of the lead 4, the mode is easy to operate, the clamping is convenient, and the mounting efficiency is greatly optimized.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "particular embodiments," and the like, if present, 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 present invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms 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.

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1. The utility model provides an electric power installation lead wire anchor clamps, includes clamping frame (1), its characterized in that: the novel clamping device is characterized in that an arc-shaped edge (10) is arranged inside one side of the clamping frame (1), a mounting plate (13) is connected to the inner side of one end of the clamping frame (1) through a rotating component which is arranged, a frame strip (26) is arranged on the outer side of one end of the mounting plate (13) which is far away from the rotating component, a bayonet (28) for clamping the frame strip (26) is formed in the inner side of one end of the clamping frame (1) which is far away from the mounting plate (13), an arc-shaped hoop (2) is jointly mounted on elastic components which are arranged at two ends of the inner side of the mounting plate (13), a friction plate (3) is fixedly mounted above the inner side of the arc-shaped hoop (2), a casing (11) is connected to the middle of the bottom of the mounting plate (13) through a connecting component which is arranged, wire clamps (17) are arranged on the inner sides of two ends of the casing (11), and wire fixing components are arranged on the inner sides of the two wire clamps (17);
the wire fixing assemblies comprise protruding plates (29) which are respectively and fixedly arranged on the inner walls of the two sides of the casing (11), U-shaped seats (19) are jointly arranged between the two protruding plates (29), sliding grooves (23) are respectively formed in the two sides of the U-shaped seats (19), and the inner sides of the two sliding grooves (23) are jointly and slidably connected with a bearing seat (18);
clamping blocks (24) are arranged at the tops of the two protruding plates (29) at equal intervals along the horizontal direction, and the shapes of the clamping blocks (24) are triangular;
clamping rods (20) are slidably mounted inside two sides of the retaining base (18), vertical rods (22) are fixedly connected to the bottoms of the clamping rods (20), falling blocks (21) are fixedly mounted at the bottoms of the vertical rods (22), and clamping grooves adapting to the shapes of clamping blocks (24) are formed in the bottoms of the clamping rods (20).
2. A power mounting lead clamp as defined in claim 1, wherein: the rotating assembly comprises a rotating shaft (14) fixedly arranged at the inner side of one end of the clamping frame (1), a connecting block (25) is rotatably arranged at the inner side of the rotating shaft (14), and the connecting block (25) is fixedly connected with the mounting plate (13).
3. A power mounting lead clamp as defined in claim 1, wherein: the elastic component all includes sleeve (5) of fixed mounting in mounting panel (13) one end outside, thing chamber (27) have been seted up to sleeve (5) inboard, spring (16) are installed to thing chamber (27) inboard, sleeve (5) and mounting panel (13) inboard slidable mounting have guide arm (15) jointly, guide arm (15) one end offsets with spring (16), fixed connection between guide arm (15) and the arc hoop (2).
4. A power mounting lead clamp as defined in claim 1, wherein: the connecting assembly comprises a connecting rod (12) fixedly connected to the middle of the bottom of the mounting plate (13), a connecting seat (6) is fixedly mounted at the bottom end of the connecting rod (12), and the casing (11) is fixedly mounted on the inner side of the connecting seat (6).
5. A power mounting lead clamp as defined in claim 1, wherein: the clamping frame (1) is close to a connecting shaft (9) fixedly installed at the top of one side of a bayonet (28), an L-shaped rod (8) is rotatably installed above the outer side of the connecting shaft (9), a supporting block (7) is fixedly installed at the bottom end of the L-shaped rod (8), and the bottom of the supporting block (7) is movably attached to the upper surface of a frame strip (26).
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