CN116858189A - Inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological investigation - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention belongs to the technical field of geological investigation, in particular to an inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological investigation; when the existing inclination angle measuring device encounters three types of soil and more geology in use, the device is difficult to be attached to the slope, so that the shaking phenomenon can occur when the angle is measured, the measuring precision is reduced, and the device has stronger limitation when in use; the device comprises a bottom plate, wherein double square plates are symmetrically arranged on the bottom plate, driving motors are symmetrically arranged on the double square plates, and the driving motors are connected with a balance fixing and leveling assembly; the device is characterized in that the U-shaped transverse plate is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate, the linkage square plate is arranged on the U-shaped transverse plate, the linkage annular groove is formed in the linkage square plate, and the device is prevented from being tightly connected when encountering three types of soil and more geology through the balance and leveling assembly, and meanwhile, the phenomenon of shaking during measurement is avoided, so that the limitation of the device during use is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is improved.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of geological exploration, and particularly relates to an inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological exploration.
Background
The geological mineral exploration is based on advanced geological science theory, and based on occupying a large amount of field geological observation and collecting and arranging related geological data, adopts comprehensive geological means and methods such as geological measurement, physical exploration, pit drilling engineering and the like to acquire reliable geological mineral information data. In order to find out the quality and quantity of mineral products and the technical conditions of exploitation and utilization, mineral reserves and geological data required by mine construction design are provided, and the geological conditions of rocks, strata, structures, minerals, hydrology, landforms and the like in a certain area are investigated, while the inclination angles of some terrains need to be measured in geological exploration, and then the inclination angles of various slopes need to be measured by using an inclination angle measuring device.
When the existing inclination angle measuring device is used, the device is often attached to the slope surface of which the inclination angle is required to be measured through a plurality of inserted bars, but the geological conditions of each slope surface are different, when three types of soil and more geology are encountered, the device is difficult to attach to the slope surface, the shaking phenomenon can occur during measurement, the measuring precision is reduced, and the device has stronger limitation during use.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the situation, in order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the invention provides an inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological investigation, which effectively solves the problems in the background art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: the inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological investigation comprises a bottom plate, wherein double square plates are symmetrically arranged on the bottom plate, driving motors are symmetrically arranged on the double square plates, and the driving motors are connected with a balance fixing parallel-connection assembly; the U-shaped movable transverse plate is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate, a linkage square plate is arranged on the U-shaped movable transverse plate, a linkage annular groove is arranged in the linkage square plate, the linkage annular groove is arranged in a sliding connection with the linkage annular block, a linkage cylinder is fixedly arranged on the linkage annular block, and the linkage cylinder is connected with the angle rotary ring unit; one end of the linkage cylinder is connected with the clamping and moving meshing and stopping mechanism, and the other end of the linkage cylinder is connected with the inclination angle control mechanism;
the inclination angle control mechanism is arranged on an angle control rotating shaft on the linkage cylinder, the angle control rotating shaft is fixedly connected with an angle control plate, an installation transverse plate is arranged on the angle control plate, and the installation transverse plate is connected with the angle control plate through bolts; the mounting transverse plate is fixedly provided with a telescopic cylinder, the output end of the telescopic cylinder is fixedly provided with a stretching clamping seat, the stretching clamping seat is provided with a stretching rotating rod, the stretching rotating rod is connected with a stretching square block, the stretching square block is fixedly provided with a sticking square plate, and the sticking square plate is connected with the flexible panel; the touch plates are symmetrically arranged on the movable square plates and are connected with the attaching plates in a matched mode, the attaching plates are fixedly connected with the output ends of the first electric telescopic rods, and the first electric telescopic rods are fixedly connected with the angle control plates; the auxiliary rotating shaft is arranged on the extension rotating rod and is connected with the extension visual distance unit.
Preferably, the extended visual range unit comprises an auxiliary different block arranged at one end of the auxiliary rotating shaft, the auxiliary different block is arranged in sliding connection with an auxiliary different rod, and two ends of the auxiliary different rod are fixedly connected with an auxiliary base arranged on the extended clamping seat; the other end of the auxiliary rotating shaft is provided with an active rubber ring, and the active rubber ring is connected with the double-linkage clamping mechanism; the auxiliary rotating shaft penetrates through an auxiliary round block arranged on the stretching clamping seat to be fixedly connected with the engraving round block, and a plurality of scale marks are arranged on the engraving round block; and the auxiliary round block and the engraving round block are provided with auxiliary marks and linkage marks.
Preferably, the balance fixing parallel connection assembly comprises a driving bevel gear arranged at the output end of the driving motor, the driving bevel gear is in meshed connection with a linkage bevel gear, a linkage threaded shaft is arranged on the linkage bevel gear, a linkage transverse block is arranged on the linkage threaded shaft in a threaded manner, positioning blocks are symmetrically arranged on the linkage transverse block, and the positioning blocks are connected with positioning rods arranged on the bottom plate.
Preferably, the linkage transverse block is provided with an extension plate, extension clamping blocks are symmetrically arranged on the extension plate, the two extension clamping blocks are jointly connected with the extension motor, and the output end of the extension motor passes through a bearing arranged on the extension plate and is fixedly connected with the screw cone block.
Preferably, the double-linkage clamping mechanism comprises a driven rubber pad which is matched and connected with the driving rubber ring, the driven rubber pad is fixedly connected with the clamping square block, the clamping square block is symmetrically provided with clamping square rods, and the clamping square rods penetrate through the clamping transverse plates and are fixedly connected with the matched square plates; the clamping spring is sleeved on the clamping square rod, one end of the clamping spring is fixedly connected with the matched square plate, and the other end of the clamping spring is fixedly connected with the clamping transverse plate.
Preferably, the clamping and locking mechanism comprises a clamping and locking rotating rod arranged on the linkage cylinder, the clamping and locking rotating rod is fixedly connected with a clamping and locking gear, and the clamping and locking gear is provided with a braking rotating rod; the clamping gear is connected with the clamping tooth block in a meshed manner, the clamping tooth block is provided with a directional block, the directional block is connected with a directional rod in a sliding manner, and the directional rod is fixedly connected with a directional base arranged on the linkage square plate; the directional rod is sleeved with a directional spring, one end of the directional spring is fixedly connected with the directional base, and the other end of the directional spring is fixedly connected with the directional block.
Preferably, the angle rotary ring unit comprises L-shaped square plates symmetrically arranged on the linkage cylinder, a rotary rod is slidably arranged on the L-shaped square plates, one end of the rotary rod is fixedly connected with the rotary circular plate, and the other end of the rotary rod is fixedly connected with the rotary U-shaped block.
Preferably, the clamping transverse plate is fixedly connected with the output ends of the second electric telescopic rods, and the two second electric telescopic rods are fixedly connected with the auxiliary round blocks; the clamping square block and the clamping transverse plate are provided with a linkage square block, the linkage square block is provided with a touch sheet, and the touch of the two touch sheets is connected with the driving motor through a control module box arranged on the bottom plate; and a balancing instrument is arranged on the control module box.
Preferably, the rotating U block is provided with a rotating shaft which is connected with the rotating wheel; the rotating wheel is connected with the linkage square plate through a rotating square groove; the rotating rod is sleeved with a rotating spring, one end of the rotating spring is fixedly connected with the rotating circular plate, and the other end of the rotating spring is fixedly connected with the L-shaped square plate; the rotating circular plate is provided with an L-shaped rod, the L-shaped rod is connected with an L-shaped cylinder arranged on the L-shaped square plate, the L-shaped cylinder and the L-shaped rod are provided with magnetic sheets, and the contact of the L-shaped rod and the L-shaped rod is matched and connected with an alarm unit arranged in the control module box.
Preferably, touch sensors are arranged on the periphery of the movable square plate, and a plurality of touch sensors are connected with the second electric telescopic rod in a matched mode through a control module box.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) Starting a driving motor to enable a driving bevel gear on the output end of the driving motor to be meshed with a linkage bevel gear to rotate, enabling a linkage threaded shaft to rotate, enabling a linkage transverse block to move in a limiting manner in a positioning rod through a positioning block, driving a screw cone block to move downwards through an extension plate, enabling the screw cone block to rotate through starting of the extension motor, enabling the screw cone block to drill into the ground, gradually enabling the screw cone block to move towards the depth of the ground through descending of the extension plate, enhancing the effect of connecting the device with the ground, avoiding the phenomenon that the device cannot be tightly connected when encountering geology of three types of soil or more, avoiding shaking during measurement, and improving the stability of the device during angle measurement; meanwhile, the device is different from the traditional measuring device, so that slope damage caused by connection of the device and the slope is avoided, and further subsequent mineral exploration is influenced; meanwhile, the plurality of delay motors are independently controlled through the control module box, the balance degree of the device can be fed back into the control module box in real time through the balance instrument, the driving motor and the delay motors are independently controlled through the control module box, so that the depth of each screw cone block in the ground is also different, and as the bottom plate is firstly relatively balanced to be placed on the ground when being placed on the ground, the balance of the device can be locally and finely adjusted in detail through the description, the measurement accuracy is ensured, the limitation of the device in use is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is improved;
(2) The device is connected with the ground in a relatively balanced way through the balance leveling assembly, then the movable square plate on the device is aligned to the slope to be measured through the operation angle rotating ring centering unit, the output end of the movable square plate is pushed to move through the starting telescopic cylinder, when the movable square plate moves to the slope of the slope, a sensor (not shown in the figure) arranged on one side of the movable square plate is enabled to contact the slope, a signal is sent to the control module box, the movable square plate sends a starting signal to the first electric telescopic rod, the first electric telescopic rod which is arranged opposite to the slope contacted by the movable square plate is electrified, the output end of the movable square plate pushes the movable square plate to move and contacts the touch plate, the movable square plate is enabled to limit and rotate in the movable clamping seat through the movable rotating rod, the sensor on the movable square plate is enabled to be not to contact the slope, the movable square plate is enabled to be pushed to move continuously through the telescopic cylinder until the movable square plate is enabled to contact the slope to be parallel to the measured slope, the flexible panel is enabled to contact the slope, the flexible panel is enabled to be enabled to contact the slope, the slope is enabled to have a certain ductility, and the accurate inclination is enabled to be controlled when the movable and the inclination is tightly controlled when the inclination is measured; meanwhile, after the periphery of the movable square plate is completely attached to the slope, the periphery touch sensors are enabled to contact the slope, and then the second electric telescopic rod is enabled to be electrified through the control module box; meanwhile, the movable square plate can be kept at an initial position by being provided with a gravity block;
(3) When the measuring direction of the pasting square plate needs to be adjusted, the setting of the diagonal rotary ring fixing unit is released through the clamping and locking mechanism, the linkage cylinder is enabled to rotate in the linkage annular groove through the linkage annular block in a limiting mode through the rotation of the braking rotating rod, the rotating wheel is not connected with the rotating square groove any more, then the rotating U block is enabled to move in the L-shaped square plate in a limiting mode through the rotating rod, the rotating spring is enabled to be in a buffer state, when the rotating wheel contacts with the other rotating square groove, the rotating spring is enabled to move in a reset mode, two magnetic sheets on the L-shaped rod and the L-shaped barrel are enabled to contact, a signal is sent to the alarm unit through the control module box, the attention of an operator is reminded, the pasting square plate is enabled to rotate to a required angle, the angular rotary ring unit is enabled to stop through the clamping and locking mechanism, the pasting square plate is enabled to stay at the current position, the pasting square plate is enabled to rotate to other directions, the measuring range of the pasting square plate is improved, the slope face in one direction can only be detected, and limitation of the pasting square plate in use is reduced;
(4) When the second electric telescopic rod is electrified, the output end of the second electric telescopic rod pushes the clamping blocks to move, so that the two clamping blocks move in opposite directions, the two driven rubber pads are connected with the driving rubber ring, after the two clamping rubber pads are contacted, the clamping spring is in a buffer state through the continuous movement of the second electric telescopic rod, the auxiliary rotating shaft is limited at the current position through increasing the friction force when the driven rubber pads are connected with the driving rubber ring, the carving round block cannot continuously move, the phenomenon that the movement is caused when the moving device is ready to check the degree to influence the final measurement result is avoided, deviation of the measurement result is avoided, the accuracy in measurement is improved, meanwhile, the two touch pieces are contacted, after the two touch pieces are contacted, a signal is sent into the driving motor through the control module box, the driving motor is reset to rotate, and the balance and leveling assembly is not connected with the ground, so that the operation of the measurement is completed;
(5) When the stretching rotary rod rotates on the stretching clamping seat, the auxiliary rotary shaft is rotated at the same time, an auxiliary different block at one end of the auxiliary rotary shaft rotates in the auxiliary different rod in a limiting manner, a carving round block at the other end rotates in the auxiliary round block in a limiting manner, the position of the linkage mark is the degree corresponding to the auxiliary mark, when the carving round block rotates in the auxiliary round block, the auxiliary mark and the linkage mark are gradually far away, after the double-linkage clamping mechanism is used for limiting the auxiliary rotary shaft, the inclination angle of the slope can be obtained by checking the difference of scales between the linkage mark and the auxiliary mark and multiplying the measured degrees by each scale, the operation is convenient and quick, the measured degrees are synchronously amplified, the accuracy of the measurement result is ensured, the result is convenient to check, and the limitation of the device in use is reduced;
(6) When the linkage cylinder is required to rotate to adjust the measuring direction of the device, the orientation block is pulled outwards to limit movement in the orientation rod, so that the orientation spring is in a buffer state, and then the blocking tooth block is not meshed with the blocking gear, so that the blocking gear is not meshed with the blocking gear, the blocking gear is not limited, the angle rotation ring unit can normally move, and the limitation of the device in use is reduced; when the measuring direction of the device needs to be adjusted, the orientation block is loosened, so that the orientation spring is reset, and then the locking tooth block is meshed with the locking gear, so that the linkage cylinder is limited, and the rotation of the linkage cylinder due to non-human factors is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a rotating U-block structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a linkage threaded shaft structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the auxiliary round block structure of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of the structure of the mounting cross plate of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a linkage ring block structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a screw cone block according to the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a movable platen structure according to the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a structure of a locking tooth block according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a bottom plate; 2. a double square plate; 3. a driving motor; 4. a U-shaped movable transverse plate; 5. a linkage square plate; 6. a linkage ring groove; 7. a linkage ring block; 8. a linkage cylinder; 9. an angle control rotating shaft; 10. an angle control plate; 11. mounting a transverse plate; 12. a telescopic cylinder; 13. extending the clamping seat; 14. extending the rotating rod; 15. extending the square; 16. attaching a square plate; 17. a flexible panel; 18. a touch plate; 19. bonding plates; 20. a first electric telescopic rod; 21. an auxiliary rotating shaft; 22. auxiliary different blocks; 23. auxiliary special bars; 24. an auxiliary base; 25. an active rubber ring; 26. auxiliary round blocks; 27. engraving round blocks; 28. auxiliary marks; 29. linkage marking; 30. driving a bevel gear; 31. a linkage bevel gear; 32. a linkage threaded shaft; 33. a linkage transverse block; 34. a positioning block; 35. a positioning rod; 36. an extension plate; 37. extending the clamping blocks; 38. a delay motor; 39. screwing the cone block; 40. a driven rubber pad; 41. clamping the square block; 42. clamping a square rod; 43. clamping a transverse plate; 44. a square plate is matched; 45. a clamping spring; 46. a rotating rod is blocked; 47. a blocking gear; 48. braking the rotating rod; 49. the tooth block is blocked; 50. an orientation block; 51. a directional rod; 52. a directional base; 53. a directional spring; 54. an L-shaped square plate; 55. rotating the rod; 56. rotating the circular plate; 57. rotating the U-shaped block; 58. a second electric telescopic rod; 59. a linkage square; 60. a touch piece; 61. a control module box; 62. a balancing instrument; 63. rotating the rotating shaft; 64. a rotating wheel; 65. rotating the square groove; 66. rotating the spring; 67. an L-shaped rod; 68. an L-shaped barrel; 69. a magnetic sheet; 70. a touch sensor.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made clearly and fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is evident that the embodiments described are only some, but not all embodiments of the invention; all other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
The embodiment is given by fig. 1 to 9, the invention comprises a bottom plate 1, wherein double square plates 2 are symmetrically arranged on the bottom plate 1, driving motors 3 are symmetrically arranged on the double square plates 2, and the driving motors 3 are connected with a balance leveling assembly; a U-shaped transverse plate 4,U is fixedly installed on the bottom plate 1, a linkage square plate 5 is arranged on the transverse plate 4, a linkage annular groove 6 is arranged in the linkage square plate 5, the linkage annular groove 6 is arranged in a sliding connection with a linkage annular block 7, a linkage cylinder 8 is fixedly installed on the linkage annular block 7, and the linkage cylinder 8 is connected with an angle rotation annular unit; one end of the linkage cylinder 8 is connected with the clamping and moving engagement mechanism, and the other end of the linkage cylinder is connected with the inclination angle control mechanism; the inclination angle control mechanism is arranged on an angle control rotating shaft 9 on the linkage cylinder 8, the angle control rotating shaft 9 is fixedly connected with an angle control plate 10, an installation transverse plate 11 is arranged on the angle control plate 10, and the installation transverse plate 11 is connected with the angle control plate 10 through bolts; the installation transverse plate 11 is fixedly provided with a telescopic air cylinder 12, the output end of the telescopic air cylinder 12 is fixedly provided with a stretching clamping seat 13, the stretching clamping seat 13 is provided with a stretching rotating rod 14, the stretching rotating rod 14 is connected with a stretching square 15, the stretching square 15 is fixedly provided with a sticking square 16, and the sticking square 16 is connected with a flexible panel 17; the touch plates 18 are symmetrically arranged on the movable square plate 16, the touch plates 18 are matched and connected with the bonding plates 19, the bonding plates 19 are fixedly connected with the output ends of the first electric telescopic rods 20, and the first electric telescopic rods 20 are fixedly connected with the angle control plates 10; an auxiliary rotating shaft 21 is arranged on the extension rotating rod 14, and the auxiliary rotating shaft 21 is connected with the extension visual distance unit; touch sensors 70 are arranged on the periphery of the movable square plate 16, and a plurality of touch sensors 70 are connected with the second electric telescopic rod 58 in a matched mode through a control module box 61.
An operator connects the device and the ground in a relatively balanced way through a balance flat-bed assembly, then, after the device is aligned with a slope to be measured through an operation angle rotation ring fixing unit, the output end of the device pushes the movable square plate 16 to move through starting the telescopic cylinder 12, when the movable square plate 16 moves to the slope of the slope, a sensor (not shown in the figure) arranged on one side of the movable square plate 16 contacts the slope, signals are sent to the control module box 61, the control module box sends a starting signal to the first electric telescopic rod 20, the first electric telescopic rod 20 arranged opposite to the slope contacted by the movable square plate 16 is electrified, the output end of the telescopic cylinder pushes the pasting plate 19 to move and contact the touch plate 18, so that the pasting square plate 16 can rotate in the stretching clamping seat 13 in a limiting manner through the stretching rotating rod 14, a sensor on the pasting square plate 16 can not contact an inclined plane, then the telescopic cylinder 12 continues to push the pasting square plate 16 to move, the flexible panel 17 contacts the inclined plane after the pasting square plate 16 is parallel to the measured inclined plane through the movement until the pasting square plate 16 is parallel to the measured inclined plane, and the flexible panel 17 has certain ductility, so that the pasting square plate 16 can be tightly pasted with the inclined plane, the accuracy of the inclination angle control mechanism in measurement is improved, and the limitation of the device in use is reduced; meanwhile, after the periphery of the movable square plate 16 is completely attached to the slope, the periphery touch sensor 70 contacts the slope, and then the second electric telescopic rod 58 is electrified through the control module box 61; while the movable square plate 16 can be kept in the initial position by providing a weight.
The extended view distance unit of the embodiment comprises an auxiliary different block 22 arranged at one end of an auxiliary rotating shaft 21, wherein the auxiliary different block 22 is arranged in a sliding connection with an auxiliary different rod 23, and two ends of the auxiliary different rod 23 are fixedly connected with an auxiliary base 24 arranged on an extended clamping seat 13; the other end of the auxiliary rotating shaft 21 is provided with an active rubber ring 25, and the active rubber ring 25 is connected with a double-linkage clamping mechanism; the auxiliary rotating shaft 21 passes through an auxiliary round block 26 arranged on the extension clamping seat 13 and is fixedly connected with a carving round block 27, and the carving round block 27 is provided with a plurality of scale marks; the auxiliary round block 26 and the engraving round block 27 are provided with auxiliary marks 28 and linkage marks 29.
When the stretching rotary rod 14 rotates on the stretching clamping seat 13, the auxiliary rotary shaft 21 is simultaneously rotated, the auxiliary different block 22 at one end of the auxiliary rotary shaft 21 rotates in the auxiliary different rod 23 in a limiting mode, the carving round block 27 at the other end rotates in the auxiliary round block 26 in a limiting mode, the pointed position on the linkage mark 29 is 0 degree and corresponds to the auxiliary mark 28, when the carving round block 27 rotates in the auxiliary round block 26, the auxiliary mark 28 and the linkage mark 29 are gradually far away, after the double-linkage clamping mechanism is used for limiting the auxiliary rotary shaft 21, the inclination angle of the slope can be obtained by checking the difference of the scales between the linkage mark 29 and the auxiliary mark 28 and multiplying the measured values by the measured values, the measured values are synchronously amplified, the accuracy of the measured values is ensured, the result is convenient to check, and the limitation of the device in use is reduced.
The balance fixing parallel connection assembly of the embodiment comprises a drive bevel gear 30 arranged at the output end of a drive motor 3, wherein the drive bevel gear 30 is in meshed connection with a linkage bevel gear 31, a linkage threaded shaft 32 is arranged on the linkage bevel gear 31, a linkage transverse block 33 is arranged on the linkage threaded shaft 32 in a threaded manner, positioning blocks 34 are symmetrically arranged on the linkage transverse block 33, and the positioning blocks 34 are connected with a positioning rod 35 arranged on a bottom plate 1; the horizontal piece 33 of linkage is equipped with extension board 36, and extension clamp splice 37 is installed to the symmetry on the extension board 36, and extension motor 38 is connected jointly to two extension clamp splices 37, and the output of extension motor 38 passes the bearing that is equipped with on the extension board 36 and spiral shell moves awl piece 39 fixed connection setting.
The driving bevel gear 30 on the output end of the driving motor 3 is meshed with the linkage bevel gear 31 to rotate, so that the linkage threaded shaft 32 rotates, the linkage transverse block 33 is limited to move in the positioning rod 35 through the positioning block 34, the screw cone block 39 is driven to move downwards through the extension plate 36, the screw cone block 39 is enabled to rotate through the starting of the extension motor 38, the screw cone block 39 drills into the ground, the screw cone block 39 is gradually enabled to move towards the deep part of the ground through the descending of the extension plate 36, the effect of connecting the device with the ground is enhanced, the phenomenon that the device cannot be tightly connected when encountering geology of three types of soil or more is avoided, the shaking phenomenon is avoided when the device is measured, and the stability of the device in measuring angles is improved; meanwhile, the device is different from the traditional measuring device, so that slope damage caused by connection of the device and the slope is avoided, and further subsequent mineral exploration is influenced; meanwhile, the plurality of delay motors 38 are independently controlled through the control module box 61, the balance degree of the device can be fed back into the control module box 61 in real time through the balance instrument 62, the driving motor 3 and the delay motors 38 are independently controlled through the control module box 61, so that the depth of each screw cone block 39 in the ground is also different, and the bottom plate 1 is firstly placed on the ground in a relatively balanced manner when placed on the ground, and the balance of the device can be locally and finely adjusted in detail through the description, so that the measurement accuracy is ensured, the limitation of the device in use is reduced, and the measurement accuracy is improved.
The double-linkage clamping mechanism of the embodiment comprises a driven rubber pad 40 which is matched and connected with the driving rubber ring 25, wherein the driven rubber pad 40 is fixedly connected with a clamping square 41, a clamping square 42 is symmetrically arranged on the clamping square 41, and the clamping square 42 passes through a clamping transverse plate 43 and is fixedly connected with a matching square 44; the clamping square rod 42 is sleeved with a clamping spring 45, one end of the clamping spring 45 is fixedly connected with the matched square plate 44, and the other end of the clamping spring 45 is fixedly connected with the clamping transverse plate 43; the clamping transverse plate 43 is fixedly connected with the output ends of the second electric telescopic rods 58, and the two second electric telescopic rods 58 are fixedly connected with the auxiliary round blocks 26; the clamping square 41 and the clamping transverse plate 43 are provided with a linkage square 59, the linkage square 59 is provided with a touch piece 60, and the contact of the two touch pieces 60 is connected with the driving motor 3 through a control module box 61 arranged on the bottom plate 1; the control module box 61 is provided with a balancing instrument 62.
When the second electric telescopic rod 58 is electrified, the output end of the second electric telescopic rod is used for pushing the clamping square block 41 to move, so that the two clamping square blocks 41 move in opposite directions, the two driven rubber pads 40 are connected with the driving rubber ring 25, when the second electric telescopic rod 58 is continuously moved after the second electric telescopic rod is contacted, the clamping spring 45 is in a buffer state, the auxiliary rotating shaft 21 is limited at the current position by increasing the friction force when the driven rubber pad 40 is connected with the driving rubber ring 25, the engraving round block 27 cannot continuously move, the movement of the engraving round block is prevented from being caused when the moving device is ready to check the degree, the final measuring result is prevented from being influenced, the deviation of the measuring result is avoided, the measuring accuracy is improved, meanwhile, the two touch pieces 60 are contacted, after the contact of the two touch pieces, signals are sent out to the driving motor 3 through the control module box 61, the driving motor 3 is reset and rotated, the balance leveling assembly is not connected with the ground, and the measuring operation is completed.
The clamping and meshing mechanism of the embodiment comprises a clamping and rotating rod 46 arranged on a linkage cylinder 8, wherein the clamping and rotating rod 46 is fixedly connected with a clamping and rotating gear 47, and a braking and rotating rod 48 is arranged on the clamping and rotating gear 47; the locking gear 47 is in meshed connection with the locking tooth block 49, the locking tooth block 49 is provided with an orientation block 50, the orientation block 50 is in sliding connection with an orientation rod 51, and the orientation rod 51 is fixedly connected with an orientation base 52 arranged on the linkage square plate 5; the directional rod 51 is sleeved with a directional spring 53, one end of the directional spring 53 is fixedly connected with the directional base 52, and the other end is fixedly connected with the directional block 50.
When the linkage cylinder 8 is required to rotate to adjust the measuring direction of the device, the orientation block 50 is pulled outwards to limit movement in the orientation rod 51, so that the orientation spring 53 is in a buffer state, and then the blocking tooth block 49 is not meshed with the blocking gear 47 any more, so that the blocking gear 47 is not meshed with the blocking gear 47 any more, and the blocking gear 47 is not limited, so that the angle rotary ring unit can normally move, and the limitation of the device in use is reduced; when the measuring direction of the device needs to be adjusted, the orientation block 50 is loosened, so that the orientation spring 53 is reset, and then the locking tooth block 49 is meshed with the locking gear 47, so that the linkage cylinder 8 is limited, and the linkage cylinder is prevented from rotating due to non-human factors.
The angle rotary ring unit of the embodiment comprises an L-shaped square plate 54 symmetrically arranged on a linkage cylinder 8, a rotary rod 55 is slidably arranged on the L-shaped square plate 54, one end of the rotary rod 55 is fixedly connected with a rotary circular plate 56, and the other end of the rotary rod 55 is fixedly connected with a rotary U-shaped block 57; the rotating U block 57 is provided with a rotating shaft 63, and the rotating shaft 63 is connected with a rotating wheel 64; the rotating wheel 64 is connected with a rotating square groove 65 arranged on the linkage square plate 5; a rotating spring 66 is sleeved on the rotating rod 55, one end of the rotating spring 66 is fixedly connected with the rotating circular plate 56, and the other end is fixedly connected with the L-shaped square plate 54; the rotating circular plate 56 is provided with an L-shaped rod 67, the L-shaped rod 67 is connected with an L-shaped cylinder 68 arranged on the L-shaped square plate 54, the L-shaped cylinder 68 and the L-shaped rod 67 are provided with magnetic sheets 69, and the contact of the L-shaped rod 67 and the L-shaped cylinder 68 is connected with an alarm unit arranged in the control module box 61 in a matched mode.
When the measuring direction of the movable square plate 16 needs to be adjusted, the setting of the diagonal rotary ring fixing unit is released through the clamping and locking mechanism, the linkage cylinder 8 is enabled to rotate in the linkage annular groove 6 in a limiting mode through the linkage annular block 7 through the rotation of the brake rotary rod 48, the rotary wheel 64 is not connected with the rotary square groove 65 any more, then the rotary U block 57 is enabled to move in the L-shaped square plate 54 in a limiting mode through the rotary rod 55, the rotary spring 66 is enabled to be in a buffer state, when the rotary wheel 64 contacts with the other rotary square groove 65, the rotary spring 66 is enabled to move in a reset mode, the L-shaped rod 67 is enabled to contact with the two magnetic sheets 69 on the L cylinder 68, signals are sent to the alarm unit through the control module box 61, the alarm unit is used for reminding operators of the fact that the movable square plate 16 has rotated to a required angle, the movable square plate 16 is enabled to stay at the current position through the clamping and locking mechanism, the movable square plate 16 is enabled to rotate to other directions, the measuring range of the movable square plate 16 is lifted, and the inclination of the slope surface measuring device can only be reduced when the inclination detecting device is enabled to be prevented.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are 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. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus 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 apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein 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. An inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological investigation is characterized in that: the device comprises a bottom plate (1), wherein double square plates (2) are symmetrically arranged on the bottom plate (1), driving motors (3) are symmetrically arranged on the double square plates (2), and the driving motors (3) are connected with a balance leveling assembly; a U-shaped movable transverse plate (4) is fixedly arranged on the bottom plate (1), a linkage square plate (5) is arranged on the U-shaped movable transverse plate (4), a linkage annular groove (6) is arranged in the linkage square plate (5), the linkage annular groove (6) is arranged in sliding connection with a linkage annular block (7), a linkage cylinder (8) is fixedly arranged on the linkage annular block (7), and the linkage cylinder (8) is connected with the angle rotary annular unit; one end of the linkage cylinder (8) is connected with the clamping and moving meshing and stopping mechanism, and the other end of the linkage cylinder is connected with the inclination angle control mechanism;
the inclination angle control mechanism is arranged on an angle control rotating shaft (9) on the linkage cylinder (8), the angle control rotating shaft (9) is fixedly connected with an angle control plate (10), an installation transverse plate (11) is arranged on the angle control plate (10), and the installation transverse plate (11) is connected with the angle control plate (10) through bolts; a telescopic cylinder (12) is fixedly arranged on the mounting transverse plate (11), a telescopic clamping seat (13) is fixedly arranged at the output end of the telescopic cylinder (12), a telescopic rotating rod (14) is arranged on the telescopic clamping seat (13), the telescopic rotating rod (14) is connected with a telescopic square block (15), a movable square plate (16) is fixedly arranged on the telescopic square block (15), and the movable square plate (16) is connected with a flexible panel (17); the movable square plate (16) is symmetrically provided with a touch plate (18), the touch plate (18) is connected with the attaching plate (19) in a matched mode, the attaching plate (19) is fixedly connected with the output end of the first electric telescopic rod (20), and the first electric telescopic rod (20) is fixedly connected with the angle control plate (10); an auxiliary rotating shaft (21) is arranged on the extension rotating rod (14), and the auxiliary rotating shaft (21) is connected with the extension visual range unit.
2. An inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological survey according to claim 1, characterized in that: the extended visual range unit comprises an auxiliary different block (22) arranged at one end of an auxiliary rotating shaft (21), the auxiliary different block (22) is arranged in a sliding connection with an auxiliary different rod (23), and two ends of the auxiliary different rod (23) are fixedly connected with an auxiliary base (24) arranged on the extended clamping seat (13); the other end of the auxiliary rotating shaft (21) is provided with an active rubber ring (25), and the active rubber ring (25) is connected with the double-linkage clamping mechanism; the auxiliary rotating shaft (21) penetrates through an auxiliary round block (26) arranged on the extension clamping seat (13) to be fixedly connected with the engraving round block (27), and a plurality of scale marks are arranged on the engraving round block (27); the auxiliary round block (26) and the engraving round block (27) are provided with auxiliary marks (28) and linkage marks (29).
3. An inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological survey according to claim 1, characterized in that: the balance flat-bed coupling assembly comprises a driving bevel gear (30) arranged at the output end of a driving motor (3), the driving bevel gear (30) is in meshed connection with a linkage bevel gear (31), a linkage threaded shaft (32) is arranged on the linkage bevel gear (31), a linkage transverse block (33) is arranged on the linkage threaded shaft (32) in a threaded manner, positioning blocks (34) are symmetrically arranged on the linkage transverse block (33), and the positioning blocks (34) are connected with positioning rods (35) arranged on a base plate (1).
4. A tilt angle measuring apparatus for mineral geological survey according to claim 3, wherein: the automatic control device is characterized in that an extension plate (36) is arranged on the linkage transverse block (33), extension clamping blocks (37) are symmetrically arranged on the extension plate (36), the two extension clamping blocks (37) are connected with an extension motor (38) together, and the output end of the extension motor (38) penetrates through a bearing arranged on the extension plate (36) and is fixedly connected with a screw cone block (39).
5. A tilt angle measuring apparatus for mineral geological survey according to claim 2, wherein: the double-linkage clamping mechanism comprises a driven rubber pad (40) which is connected with the driving rubber ring (25) in a matched mode, the driven rubber pad (40) is fixedly connected with the clamping square block (41), clamping square rods (42) are symmetrically arranged on the clamping square block (41), and the clamping square rods (42) penetrate through a clamping transverse plate (43) to be fixedly connected with the matched square plate (44); the clamping spring (45) is sleeved on the clamping square rod (42), one end of the clamping spring (45) is fixedly connected with the matched square plate (44), and the other end of the clamping spring is fixedly connected with the clamping transverse plate (43).
6. An inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological survey according to claim 1, characterized in that: the clamping and meshing mechanism comprises a clamping and rotating rod (46) arranged on the linkage cylinder (8), the clamping and rotating rod (46) is fixedly connected with a clamping and rotating gear (47), and a braking rotating rod (48) is arranged on the clamping and rotating gear (47); the locking gear (47) is connected with the locking tooth block (49) in a meshed manner, the locking tooth block (49) is provided with the orientation block (50), the orientation block (50) is connected with the orientation rod (51) in a sliding manner, and the orientation rod (51) is fixedly connected with the orientation base (52) arranged on the linkage square plate (5); the directional rod (51) is sleeved with a directional spring (53), one end of the directional spring (53) is fixedly connected with the directional base (52), and the other end of the directional spring is fixedly connected with the directional block (50).
7. An inclination angle measuring device for mineral geological survey according to claim 1, characterized in that: the angle rotating ring unit comprises L-shaped square plates (54) symmetrically arranged on the linkage cylinder (8), rotating rods (55) are slidably arranged on the L-shaped square plates (54), one ends of the rotating rods (55) are fixedly connected with rotating circular plates (56), and the other ends of the rotating rods are fixedly connected with rotating U-shaped blocks (57).
8. An inclination angle measurement device for mineral geological survey according to claim 5, wherein: the clamping transverse plate (43) is fixedly connected with the output ends of the second electric telescopic rods (58), and the two second electric telescopic rods (58) are fixedly connected with the auxiliary round blocks (26); the clamping block (41) and the clamping transverse plate (43) are provided with a linkage block (59), the linkage block (59) is provided with a touch sheet (60), and the two touch sheets (60) are contacted with the driving motor (3) through a control module box (61) arranged on the bottom plate (1); and a balancing instrument (62) is arranged on the control module box (61).
9. The tilt angle measurement device for mineral geological survey of claim 7, wherein: the rotating U-shaped block (57) is provided with a rotating shaft (63), and the rotating shaft (63) is connected with a rotating wheel (64); the rotating wheel (64) is connected with the linkage square plate (5) through a rotating square groove (65); a rotating spring (66) is sleeved on the rotating rod (55), one end of the rotating spring (66) is fixedly connected with the rotating circular plate (56), and the other end of the rotating spring is fixedly connected with the L-shaped square plate (54); the rotating circular plate (56) is provided with an L-shaped rod (67), the L-shaped rod (67) is connected with an L-shaped cylinder (68) arranged on the L-shaped square plate (54), the L-shaped cylinder (68) and the L-shaped rod (67) are provided with magnetic sheets (69), and the L-shaped rod and the L-shaped cylinder (67) are contacted with an alarm unit arranged in the control module box (61) in a matched and connected mode.
10. Tilt angle measurement device for mineral geological exploration according to any of the claims 1 to 9, characterized in that: touch sensors (70) are arranged on the periphery of the movable square plate (16), and a plurality of touch sensors (70) are connected with the second electric telescopic rod (58) in a matched mode through a control module box (61).
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