CN204150041U - A kind of unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car - Google Patents

A kind of unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car Download PDF

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CN204150041U
CN204150041U CN201420597905.7U CN201420597905U CN204150041U CN 204150041 U CN204150041 U CN 204150041U CN 201420597905 U CN201420597905 U CN 201420597905U CN 204150041 U CN204150041 U CN 204150041U
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张超德
李貌
陆强
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杨诗卫
江明星
彭燎
黄盼
郑欣欣
王毅
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潘树平
王爱民
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The utility model discloses a kind of unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car.Comprise car body, car body bottom surface is provided with bottom door and controls the switching mechanism of bottom door opening and closing; Car body lower bottom part arranges at least one horizontal funnel, and each funnel is closed by bottom door; Switching mechanism and bottom door are in transmission connection, and mate with collision on the ground device, auto-open-close bottom door in vehicle forward travel moves.The hopper car that the utility model provides relies on mechanical power effect automatic switch bottom door, does not need locomotive air source, energy-conserving and environment-protective; Opening lever and pass door lever lay respectively at the two ends of transmission shaft, switching mechanism structure is simple, and deadweight is comparatively light, and maintenance is convenient, rate of discharging is high, the each wall of the utility model car body adopts straight wallboard girder construction, and headwall is obliquely installed, and coordinates funnel, overall unloading is complete, convenient, fast, headwall inclination arranged beneath brake equipment, coupler and draft gear and bogie device, effectively utilizing can carrying space, and the straight wallboard girder construction in conjunction with each wall adds the intensity of car body.

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A kind of unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car
Technical field
The utility model relates to railway truck, especially relates to the hopper car for transporting coal, coke, ore, grain and other bulk freight.
Background technology
The bulk freight such as hopper car prevailing traffic coal, ore, are divided into uncovered by structure and have the large class of lid two.China's hopper car mainly contains the serial hopper cars such as coal, ballast, limestone, ore, cement and grain, the coal hopper car of current China is the surface facility requirement adapting to coal-fired power plant of China, all adopt longitudinal side to start discharging cargo interests formula, its bottom door open-close device independently can be controlled by pneumatic and manual system.Pneumatic operating console and manual transmission are all located on the underframe of car body one end, can control the opening and closing of four bottom doors in both sides simultaneously.Manual transmission adopts reduction box organizations.Pneumaticly to change by power-transfer clutch with manual transmission.Bottom door opening and closing mechanism mainly contains large blade switching mechanism and top locking-type switching mechanism two kinds.
Large blade bottom door opening and closing mechanism action principle is the rack drives pinion rotation be contained in before two way cylinder, the rotation of gear makes the toggle linkage be installed on transmission shaft rotate, promote bottom door short rod and bottom door long draw, because the long and short lever other end of bottom door is connected with bottom door axle, thus drive the opening and closing of bottom door.This mechanism's self-locking property is poor, and bottom door may be caused in operational process from opening.Within 1980, on the basis of this mechanism, add 2 grades of lockings, but to cross l level locking and centering type 2 grades of locking device self-lockings at dead point by machete due to this mechanism, goods will be compressed during enabling, enabling pressure is comparatively large, for addressing this problem, and development top locking-type switching mechanism again.
Top locking-type switching mechanism action principle is the rack drives pinion rotation be contained in before two-way function reservoir, the rotation of gear makes to be installed on the upper crank throw uploaded on moving axis and rotates, the connecting rod composition that rotates through of crank throw drives lower crank throw to rotate, and then drive lower drive shaft to rotate, the toggle linkage be installed on lower drive shaft rotates together, promote short push rod and long push rod, because the long and short lever other end of bottom door is connected with lock body, thus drive the opening and closing of bottom door.Reliable in order to ensure locking, prevent lock body from vibrating from opening when empty wagons runs, between the upper and lower transmission shaft of two-stage transmission, devise one and cross the connecting rod composition just can opened at dead point, lower drive shaft is locked in the turned position of specifying, make lock body be locked in assigned address, define secondary locking states.Open bottom door, when connecting rod is by dead point, the minor rotation of lock body can only be caused at the most.Due to the circular arc that lock body and bottom door pin contacts face are a radii fixus, namely do not compress goods can produce so lock body does not compress funnel door, damping between the friction force that mechanism only overcomes bottom door pressure and produces and each Transmission, therefore enabling power is little.
All there is mechanism's complexity in these two kinds of switching mechanisms, driving efficiency is low, deadweight is comparatively large, the deficiencies such as efficiency is low of unloading coal, lower car body space can not get effective utilization, the raising that the every linear meter(lin.m.) of restriction vehicle Specifeca tion speeification is heavy, exposes the problems such as switching mechanism maintenance is inconvenient, retarder leak tightness is poor, parts are easily lost, wind keyholed back plate road is sewed in utilization process.
Summary of the invention
The utility model discloses a kind of unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car according to the deficiencies in the prior art.Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is to provide that a kind of structure is simple, maintenance is convenient, deadweight is comparatively light, rate of discharging is high, can fix marshalling runs unloading, reduces the hopper car of labour intensity.
The utility model is achieved through the following technical solutions:
Unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car, comprises car body, it is characterized in that: car body bottom surface is provided with bottom door and controls the bottom door opening and closing mechanism of bottom door opening and closing;
Described car body lower bottom part arranges at least one horizontal funnel, and each funnel is closed by bottom door;
Described bottom door opening and closing mechanism and bottom door are in transmission connection, and mate with collision on the ground device, auto-open-close bottom door in vehicle forward travel moves.
Described car body also comprises underframe, two groups of side walls, two groups of headwalls and struts;
Described underframe comprise a longitudinal cloth setting in the central sill in the middle part of underframe, lateral arrangement be positioned at both ends two sleeper beams, be positioned at the elongated curb girder in two, the parallel both sides of central sill;
Described side wall is straight wallboard girder construction; Described headwall is straight wallboard girder construction, and headwall is obliquely installed, and inclination headwall underlying space arranges brake equipment, coupler and draft gear and bogie truck;
Described funnel is slab and girder, arranges longitudinal funnel ridge above central sill, and arrange at least one group of horizontal funnel ridge between two groups of side walls, horizontal funnel ridge and longitudinal funnel ridge form at least one horizontal funnel;
Described strut comprises the parallel singletree being fixedly connected with two groups of side walls and the hound tilting to be fixedly connected with two groups of side walls.
Described bottom door opening and closing mechanism comprises opening lever, closes door lever, transmission shaft, crank, bottom door connecting rod;
Described transmission shaft two ends are arranged an opening lever respectively and are closed door lever; Opening lever and pass door lever are the single connecting lever levers of " L " shape, and " L " shape one end is fixed on transmission shaft, and the other end mates with collision on the ground device;
Be fixed in the middle part of described crank on transmission shaft, crank two ends are hinged by round pin with the bottom door connecting rod of both sides respectively;
It is hinged that round pin is passed through in described bottom door connecting rod and bottom door folding bottom;
Described crank, bottom door connecting rod, folding form four-bar linkage.
Described collision on the ground device comprises the enabling gear and pass door shield that are arranged at ground, and the gear that opens the door has the inclined-plane driving opening lever to rotate, and pass door shield has the inclined-plane driving lever rotation of closing the door.
Described bottom door comprises bottom door plate and bottom door folding, bottom door folding and car body hinged.
The utility model helpfulness, the hopper car that the utility model provides relies on mechanical power effect automatic switch bottom door, does not need locomotive air source, energy-conserving and environment-protective; Opening lever and pass door lever lay respectively at the two ends of transmission shaft, switching mechanism structure is simple, and deadweight is comparatively light, and maintenance is convenient, rate of discharging is high, overcomes the deficiency that current coal in China hopper car opening/closing mechanism is complicated, driving efficiency is low, deadweight is comparatively large, efficiency of unloading coal is low, utilization fault is many; The each wall of the utility model car body adopts straight wallboard girder construction, headwall is obliquely installed, coordinate funnel, overall unloading is complete, convenient, fast, headwall inclination arranged beneath brake equipment, coupler and draft gear and bogie device, effective utilization can carrying space, and the straight wallboard girder construction in conjunction with each wall adds the intensity of car body; The fixing marshalling of the utility model vehicle is directed runs unloading automatically, can save the trouble repeating to organize into groups, reduce labour intensity, cost-saving.
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Fig. 1 is the utility model hopper car integral structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is the utility model hopper car plan structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is the utility model hopper car end and middle part sectional schematic diagram;
Fig. 4 is the utility model hopper car bottom construction schematic diagram;
Fig. 5 is the utility model bottom surface switching mechanism structure enlarged diagram.
In figure, 1 is underframe, 2 is bogie trucks, 3 is bottom doors, 4 is funnels, 5 is bottom door opening and closing mechanisms, 6 is side walls, 7 is brake equipments, 8 is coupler and draft gears, 9 is struts, 10 is headwalls, 1a is central sill, 1b is sleeper beam, 1c is curb girder, 1d is knee wall, 3a is bottom door folding, 3b is bottom door plate, 4a is longitudinal funnel ridge, 4b is horizontal funnel ridge, 4c is folding seat, 5a is transmission shaft erection support, 5b is transmission shaft, 5c is opening lever, 5d is closure lever, 5e is crank, 5f is bottom door connecting rod, 6a is lateral column, 6b is side plate, 6c is lower joist, 6d is top chord, 10a is end plate, 10b is top end rail, 10c is corner post, 10d is newel post, 11 is opening and closing gears.
Detailed description of the invention
Below by embodiment, the utility model is specifically described; the present embodiment is only for being further detailed the utility model; but can not be interpreted as the restriction to the utility model protection domain, some nonessential improvement that those skilled in the art makes according to above-mentioned content of the present utility model and adjustment also belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
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Unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car, comprises car body, and car body bottom surface is provided with bottom door 3 and controls the bottom door opening and closing mechanism of bottom door 3 opening and closing;
Car body lower bottom part arranges at least one horizontal funnel 4, and each funnel 4 is closed by bottom door 3; This example arranges four groups of horizontal funnels 4.Funnel 4 is inclined-plane funnel shapeds, is closed by two fan bottom doors 3.
Bottom door opening and closing mechanism and bottom door 3 are in transmission connection, and mate with collision on the ground device, auto-open-close bottom door 3 in vehicle forward travel moves.
The utility model car body also comprises underframe 1, two groups of side walls 6, two groups of headwalls 10 and strut 9;
Underframe 1 comprise a longitudinal cloth setting in the central sill 1a in the middle part of underframe, lateral arrangement be positioned at both ends two sleeper beam 1b, be positioned at the elongated curb girder 1c in two, the parallel both sides of central sill 1a;
Side wall 6 is straight wallboard girder construction; Headwall 10 is straight wallboard girder construction, and headwall 10 is obliquely installed, and inclination headwall 10 underlying space arranges brake equipment 7, coupler and draft gear 8 and bogie truck 2;
Funnel 4 is slab and girder, arranges longitudinal funnel ridge 4a above central sill 1a, and arrange at least one group of horizontal funnel ridge 4b between two groups of side walls 6, horizontal funnel ridge 4b and longitudinal funnel ridge 4a forms at least one horizontal funnel 4;
Strut 9 comprises the parallel cross struts being fixedly connected with two groups of side walls 6 and the oblique strut tilting to be fixedly connected with two groups of side walls 6.
The utility model bottom door opening and closing mechanism comprises opening lever 5c, closes door lever 5d, transmission shaft 5b, crank 5e, bottom door connecting rod 5f;
Transmission shaft 5e arranges at two ends an opening lever 5c respectively and closes door lever 5d; Opening lever 5c and pass door lever 5d is the single connecting lever lever of " L " shape, and " L " shape one end is fixed on transmission shaft 5b, and the other end mates with collision on the ground device;
Be fixed on transmission shaft 5b in the middle part of crank 5e, crank 5e two ends are hinged by round pin with the bottom door connecting rod 5f of both sides respectively; It is hinged that round pin is passed through in bottom door connecting rod 5e and bottom door 3 bottom;
Crank 5e, bottom door connecting rod 5f, bottom surface folding 3a form four-bar linkage.
The utility model collision on the ground device comprises the enabling gear 11 and pass door shield that are arranged at ground, and enabling gear 11 has the inclined-plane driving opening lever 5c to rotate, and closing door shield has the inclined-plane driving pass door lever 5d to rotate.
It is hinged that bottom door 3 comprises bottom door plate 3b and bottom door folding 3a, bottom door folding 3a and car body.
Be described in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is the utility model hopper car integral structure schematic diagram; Fig. 2 is the utility model hopper car plan structure schematic diagram; Fig. 3 is the utility model hopper car end and middle part sectional schematic diagram; Fig. 4 is the utility model hopper car bottom construction schematic diagram; Fig. 5 is the utility model bottom surface switching mechanism structure enlarged diagram.The present embodiment hopper car comprises car body, bottom door opening and closing mechanism 5, brake equipment 8, bogie truck 2, coupler and draft gear 7.
As Fig. 1, car body comprises underframe 1, side wall 6, headwall 10, funnel 4 and strut 9.
As shown in Figure 1, Figure 3 and Figure 4, underframe comprises a central sill 1a, two sleeper beam 1b, two elongated curb girder 1c and supports the knee wall 1d of two groups of headwalls.
As Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, side wall comprises lateral column 6a, side plate 6b, lower joist 6c and top chord 6d.
As Fig. 1 and Fig. 3, headwall comprises end plate 10a, top end rail 10b, corner post 10c and newel post 10d.
As Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, above central sill, arrange longitudinal funnel ridge 4a, between two groups of side walls, arrange that at least one group of horizontal funnel ridge 4b, horizontal funnel ridge 4b and longitudinal funnel ridge 4a form at least one horizontal discharging hatch funnel 4, two fan bottom door 3 and cover each funnel 4.
As Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, bottom door folding 3a top is connected with the folding seat 4c below horizontal funnel ridge 4b, can rotate around hinge-point.
As Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, horizontal funnel ridge 4b arranged beneath two transmission shaft 5b erection support 5a, transmission shaft 5b is free to rotate in bearing hole.Opening lever 5c and pass door lever 5d lays respectively at the two ends of transmission shaft 5b; Be fixed on transmission shaft 5b in the middle part of crank 5e, two ends are sold by garden with the bottom door connecting rod 5f of both sides respectively and are connected; Bottom door connecting rod 5f and bottom door folding 3a bottom are sold by garden and are connected, and bottom door connecting rod 5f moves and drives bottom door 3 to rotate.
As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, crank 5e, bottom door connecting rod 5f, bottom door folding 3a form four-bar linkage.Under closing door state, when vehicle forwards runs, first opening lever 5c runs into the enabling gear 11 that corollary equipment is fixed on ground, being moved along enabling gear 11 inclined-plane by opening lever 5c roller makes opening lever 5c rotate along clockwise direction, transmission shaft 5b is driven to rotate, after dead point is crossed by mechanism, dependence gravity is opened by bottom door 3 automatically; After having unloaded, under door opening state, when vehicle continues forwards to run, close door lever 5d and run into the pass door shield that corollary equipment is fixed on ground, pass door shield is not indicated in figure, close door shield structure and keep off similar with enabling, there is the inclined-plane that activation lever is rotated, being moved by door shield inclined-plane, pass, door lever 5d roller edge, pass makes pass door lever 5d rotate along clockwise direction, transmission shaft 5b is driven to rotate, after dead point is crossed by mechanism, stop mechanism to be rotated further by the backstop on the transmission shaft erection support 5a of enabling side, realize bottom door and finally locate.Vehicle oppositely sails the opening and closing that can not complete bottom door 3 into, and therefore vehicle has unidirectional operation unloading function.
The hopper car that the utility model provides has the advantage that energy-conserving and environment-protective, deadweight are comparatively light, rate of discharging is high, do not need to repeat marshalling.

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1. a unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car, comprises car body, it is characterized in that: car body bottom surface is provided with bottom door and controls the bottom door opening and closing mechanism of bottom door opening and closing;
Described car body lower bottom part arranges at least one horizontal funnel, and each funnel is closed by bottom door;
Described bottom door opening and closing mechanism and bottom door are in transmission connection, and mate with collision on the ground device, auto-open-close bottom door in vehicle forward travel moves.
2. unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car according to claim 1, is characterized in that: described car body comprises underframe, two groups of side walls, two groups of headwalls and struts;
Described underframe comprise a longitudinal cloth setting in the central sill in the middle part of underframe, lateral arrangement two sleeper beams, be positioned at the elongated curb girder in two, the parallel both sides of central sill;
Described side wall is straight wallboard girder construction; Described headwall is straight wallboard girder construction, and headwall is obliquely installed, and inclination headwall underlying space arranges brake equipment, coupler and draft gear and bogie truck;
Described funnel is slab and girder, arranges longitudinal funnel ridge above central sill, and arrange at least one group of horizontal funnel ridge between two groups of side walls, horizontal funnel ridge and longitudinal funnel ridge form at least one horizontal funnel;
Described strut comprises the parallel cross struts being fixedly connected with two groups of side walls and the oblique strut tilting to be fixedly connected with two groups of side walls.
3. unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car according to claim 2, is characterized in that: described bottom door opening and closing mechanism comprises opening lever, closes door lever, transmission shaft, crank, bottom door connecting rod;
Described transmission shaft two ends are arranged an opening lever respectively and are closed door lever; Opening lever and pass door lever are the single connecting lever levers of " L " shape, and " L " shape one end is fixed on transmission shaft, and the other end mates with collision on the ground device;
Be fixed in the middle part of described crank on transmission shaft, crank two ends are hinged by round pin with the bottom door connecting rod of both sides respectively;
It is hinged that round pin is passed through in described bottom door connecting rod and bottom door folding bottom;
Described crank, bottom door connecting rod, folding form four-bar linkage.
4. unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car according to claim 3, it is characterized in that: described collision on the ground device comprises the enabling gear and pass door shield that are arranged at ground, the gear that opens the door has the inclined-plane driving opening lever to rotate, and closing door shield has the inclined-plane driving lever rotation of closing the door.
5. the unidirectional automatic unloading hopper car according to any one of Claims 1-4, is characterized in that: described bottom door comprises bottom door plate and bottom door folding, bottom door folding and car body hinged.
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