CN205341756U - Reinforcing bar device that gathers materials - Google Patents

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CN205341756U
CN205341756U CN201521137303.4U CN201521137303U CN205341756U CN 205341756 U CN205341756 U CN 205341756U CN 201521137303 U CN201521137303 U CN 201521137303U CN 205341756 U CN205341756 U CN 205341756U
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The utility model provides a reinforcing bar device that gathers materials belongs to the processing machinery field, including reinforcing bar conveyer trough, support and reinforcing bar collection subassembly, the reinforcing bar conveyer trough with the reinforcing bar is collected the subassembly and is passed through the leg joint, the residence face is supported to the bottom of support, the reinforcing bar is collected the subassembly and is provided with accommodation space, accommodation space is used for holding the reinforcing bar and carries on spacingly to the reinforcing bar, be provided with the guide on the reinforcing bar conveyer trough, the guide be used for with the reinforcing bar to the direction skew of reinforcing bar conveyer trough, the support includes the guiding piece, the guiding piece is used for following the reinforcing bar the reinforcing bar conveyer trough is introduced the subassembly is collected to the reinforcing bar. Support, reinforcing bar conveyer trough and this triplex position of reinforcing bar collection subassembly are clear and definite, simple structure, and the reinforcing bar can break away from the reinforcing bar conveyer trough under the effect of guide to in falling into open -top's accommodation space, do not need unnecessary control assembly or drive assembly can realize the operation of accomodating of reinforcing bar, low cost easily promotes and maintains.

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Reinforcing bar material-gathering device
Technical field
This utility model relates to processing equipment field, in particular to reinforcing bar material-gathering device.
Background technology
Existing steel bar meter needs steel reinforced, stretching, straightening, cut-out, bending and connection etc. are processed, finally just bundling shaping.Owing to the consumption of reinforcing bar is very big, manual operations has been difficult to, it is necessary to adopting various special-purpose machinery to be processed, this kind of machinery is called steel bar processing machinery.
When steel bar processing machinery carries out production work, it is pipeline system and uninterruptedly processes.Therefore, product highly efficient in productivity, the finished product reinforcing bar after processing needs to be collected, it is to avoid piles up and affects follow-up production and processing on a production line.
Inventor finds under study for action, reinforcing bar material-gathering device complicated structure of the prior art, and automaticity is high, and price comparison is expensive, and maintenance cost is high.When running into fault, inconvenience is repaired.Therefore, a lot of small-scale machining factories even can remove the device of this part to save cost.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is in that to provide a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, to reduce the cost of device of the prior art.
This utility model is achieved in that
A kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, including reinforcing bar delivery chute, support and reinforcing bar collection assembly;
Described reinforcing bar delivery chute is connected by described support with described reinforcing bar collection assembly;
The bottom of described support props up ground, and described reinforcing bar collection assembly is provided with accommodation space, and described accommodation space is used for holding reinforcing bar and carrying out spacing to reinforcing bar;
Being provided with guide on described reinforcing bar delivery chute, described guide is for offseting reinforcing bar to the direction of described reinforcing bar delivery chute;
Described support includes guiding piece, and described guiding piece is for introducing described reinforcing bar collection assembly by reinforcing bar from described reinforcing bar delivery chute.
This three part-structure of support, reinforcing bar delivery chute and reinforcing bar collection assembly is arranged clearly, reinforcing bar can depart from reinforcing bar delivery chute under the effect of guide, and fall in open-topped accommodation space, it is not necessary to unnecessary controls assembly or the stowing operation driving assembly can realize reinforcing bar.Simple in construction, with low cost.
Further, described accommodation space is open-topped structure, and the level height of described reinforcing bar collection assembly is lower than the level height of described reinforcing bar delivery chute.
Utilizing difference in height, reinforcing bar possesses gravitional force, so that it is guaranteed that reinforcing bar can move to accommodation space along support.
Further, described reinforcing bar collection assembly includes bending member, and the cross section of described bending member is Qian font.
The structure of Qian font can at the offer restraining ability in the radial direction of reinforcing bar, make to hold space can control reinforcing bar to pile up in certain area, will not scatter, in addition, hold space and spacing show that practical situation is determined the need of arranging on the axial direction of reinforcing bar, it is possible to be not provided with axial limiting.
Further, described bending member is bending plate.
Reinforcing bar collection assembly is made up of the bending plate that cross section is Qian font, and bending plate is easy to process.
Further, described bending member is bent rod, and described reinforcing bar collection assembly includes multiple described bent rod.
The material that bent rod uses is less, and the accommodation space formed by multiple bent rods can play position-limiting action for length for the reinforcing bar of diameter.
Further, described guiding piece is shaft-like, and the bottom of described guiding bar is fixed with described bent rod and is connected.
Guiding piece adopts rod-like structure, and materials are few, and gross weight is controlled.The bottom of guiding piece is fixing with bent rod to be connected, it is simple to reinforcing bar is transported to accommodation space.
Further, the top of described guiding piece is connected with described reinforcing bar delivery chute or described support.
The two ends of guiding piece are one high and one low, and reinforcing bar drops on the body that can tilt along guiding piece under Gravitative Loads after on guiding piece and falls to entering accommodation space.The two ends of guiding piece are all fixing, it is to avoid deform under long-term work.
Further, described reinforcing bar delivery chute includes interconnective transverse plate and vertical plate, and described reinforcing bar collection assembly and described vertical plate lay respectively at the both sides of described transverse plate.
The cross section of reinforcing bar delivery chute is L-shaped or " V " shape, and vertical plate comes off from the direction of mistake for preventing reinforcing bar.
Further, the end of described reinforcing bar delivery chute is provided with locating part, and described locating part is near described guide, and described locating part is for limiting the stroke end of described reinforcing bar, and described reinforcing bar impinges upon on described locating part after described guide.
Guide guides reinforcing bar to depart from reinforcing bar delivery chute, is arranged on the locating part of reinforcing bar delivery chute end then for limiting reinforcing bar stroke end on reinforcing bar delivery chute.Avoid the reinforcing bar on reinforcing bar delivery chute to continue to move under effect of inertia, it is ensured that reinforcing bar fall time without departing from hold space accept scope.
Further, also including counting assembly, described counting assembly is arranged on described reinforcing bar delivery chute and near described locating part, described counting assembly includes enumerator and trigger board, described trigger board rotates and is arranged on described reinforcing bar delivery chute, and described trigger board is connected with the counter switch of described enumerator;
Described reinforcing bar can extrude described trigger board in moving process, makes described trigger board rotate.
Each section of reinforcing bar enters before holding space all can extrude a trigger board, and trigger board drives counter switch once to count.Pass through counting assembly, it is possible to the reinforcing bar hop count processed of quick and convenient geo-statistic production line, additionally, the kinetic energy of reinforcing bar can be consumed by trigger board in extruding, reduce the impact that limiting plate receives, extend the service life of limiting plate.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are: this three portion of support, reinforcing bar delivery chute and reinforcing bar collection assembly is clear and definite, simple in construction, reinforcing bar can depart from reinforcing bar delivery chute under the effect of guide, and fall in open-topped accommodation space, control assembly that need not be unnecessary or driving assembly can realize the stowing operation of reinforcing bar, with low cost, it is easy to promote and maintenance.
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In order to be illustrated more clearly that the technical scheme of this utility model embodiment, the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment will be briefly described below, it is to be understood that, the following drawings illustrate only some embodiment of the present utility model, therefore the restriction to scope it is not construed as, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the premise not paying creative work, it is also possible to obtain other relevant accompanying drawings according to these accompanying drawings.
The structural representation of a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device that Fig. 1 provides for this utility model embodiment one;
Fig. 2 is the left view of Fig. 1;
The structural representation of a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device that Fig. 3 provides for this utility model embodiment two.
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Reinforcing bar delivery chute 101;Support 102;Reinforcing bar collection assembly 103;Guide 104;Locating part 105;Guiding piece 106.
Detailed description of the invention
Reinforcing bar material-gathering device complicated structure of the prior art, automaticity is high, and price comparison is expensive, and maintenance cost is high.When running into fault, inconvenience is repaired.Therefore, a lot of small-scale machining factories even can remove the device of this part to save cost, and is arranged by manpower.
Given this, this utility model provides a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, including reinforcing bar collection assembly, reinforcing bar delivery chute and support, being deviateed to reinforcing bar collection assembly by reinforcing bar by arranging guiding piece on reinforcing bar delivery chute and eventually fall into accommodation space, support can also enter in the process holding space at reinforcing bar except supporting role and the path of reinforcing bar is guided.
For making the purpose of this utility model embodiment, technical scheme and advantage clearly, below in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in this utility model embodiment, technical scheme in this utility model embodiment is clearly and completely described, obviously, described embodiment is a part of embodiment of this utility model, rather than whole embodiments.Generally can with various different configurations arrange and design with the assembly of this utility model embodiment that illustrate described in accompanying drawing herein.Therefore, below the detailed description of the embodiment of the present utility model provided in the accompanying drawings is not intended to limit claimed scope of the present utility model, but is merely representative of selected embodiment of the present utility model.Based on the embodiment in this utility model, the every other embodiment that those of ordinary skill in the art obtain under not making creative work premise, broadly fall into the scope of this utility model protection.
In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, term " " center ", " longitudinal direction ", " transverse direction ", " length ", " width ", " thickness ", " on ", D score, " front ", " afterwards ", " left side ", " right side ", " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " end " " interior ", " outward ", " clockwise ", orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as " counterclockwise " are based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, it is for only for ease of description this utility model, rather than the equipment of instruction or hint indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore it is not intended that to restriction of the present utility model.
Additionally, term " first ", " second " are only for descriptive purposes, and it is not intended that indicate or imply relative importance or the implicit quantity indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, define " first ", the feature of " second " can express or implicitly include one or more these features.In description of the present utility model, " multiple " are meant that two or more, unless otherwise expressly limited specifically.
In this utility model, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the term such as term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection ", " fixing " should be interpreted broadly, for instance, it is possible to it is fixing connection, it is also possible to be removably connect, or integral;Can be mechanically connected, it is also possible to be electrical connection;Can be joined directly together, it is also possible to be indirectly connected to by intermediary, it is possible to be connection or the interaction relationship of two elements of two element internals.For the ordinary skill in the art, it is possible to understand above-mentioned term concrete meaning in this utility model as the case may be.
In this utility model, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, fisrt feature second feature it " on " or D score can include the first and second features and directly contact, it is also possible to include the first and second features and be not directly contact but by the other characterisation contact between them.And, fisrt feature second feature " on ", " top " and " above " include fisrt feature directly over second feature and oblique upper, or be merely representative of fisrt feature level height higher than second feature.Fisrt feature second feature " under ", " lower section " and " below " include fisrt feature immediately below second feature and obliquely downward, or be merely representative of fisrt feature level height less than second feature.
Embodiment one
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, this utility model embodiment one provides a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, including reinforcing bar delivery chute 101, support 102 and reinforcing bar collection assembly 103;
Reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 is connected by support 102 with reinforcing bar collection assembly 103;Being provided with guide 104 on reinforcing bar delivery chute 101, guide 104 is for offseting reinforcing bar to the direction of reinforcing bar delivery chute 101;Reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 includes interconnective transverse plate and vertical plate, and reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 and vertical plate lay respectively at the both sides of transverse plate.
The cross section of reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 is L-shaped or " V " shape, and vertical plate comes off from the direction of mistake for preventing reinforcing bar.
The end of reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 is provided with locating part 105, locating part 105 is near guide 104, locating part 105 is for limiting the stroke end of reinforcing bar, and reinforcing bar impinges upon on locating part 105 after first passing through guide 104, or landing falls into accommodation space to guiding piece 106 before clashing into locating part 105.
Guide 104 guides reinforcing bar to depart from reinforcing bar delivery chute 101, is arranged on the locating part 105 of reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 end then for limiting reinforcing bar stroke end on reinforcing bar delivery chute 101.Avoid the reinforcing bar on reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 to continue to move under effect of inertia, it is ensured that reinforcing bar fall time without departing from hold space accept scope.
The bottom of support 102 props up ground, and reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 is provided with accommodation space, holds space and is used for holding reinforcing bar and carrying out spacing to reinforcing bar;Support 102 includes guiding piece 106, and guiding piece 106 is for introducing reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 by reinforcing bar from reinforcing bar delivery chute 101.
Reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 includes bending member, and the cross section of bending member is Qian font.The structure of Qian font can at the offer restraining ability in the radial direction of reinforcing bar, make to hold space can control reinforcing bar to pile up in certain area, will not scatter, in addition, hold space on the axial direction of reinforcing bar the need of arranging spacing need depending on practical situation, in the present embodiment, reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 can be not provided with axial limiting on the axial direction of reinforcing bar.
Bending member surrounds accommodation space, and holding space is open-topped structure, and the level height of reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 is lower than the level height of reinforcing bar delivery chute 101.Utilizing difference in height, reinforcing bar possesses gravitional force, so that it is guaranteed that reinforcing bar can move to accommodation space along support 102.
In the present embodiment, bending member is bent rod, and reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 includes multiple bent rod.
Reinforcing bar owing to processing is the strip that length is far longer than diameter, and the material that bent rod uses is less, and the space that holds formed by multiple bent rods is enough to the reinforcing bar of strip is played position-limiting action.
In the present embodiment, the guiding piece 106 on support 102 is shaft-like, and is with respect to the horizontal plane inclined to set.The bottom guiding bar is fixed with bent rod and is connected, and the top of guiding piece 106 is connected with support 102.
Guiding piece 106 adopts rod-like structure, and materials are few, and gross weight is controlled.The bottom of guiding piece 106 is fixing with bent rod to be connected, it is simple to reinforcing bar is transported to accommodation space.The two ends of guiding piece 106 are one high and one low, and reinforcing bar drops on the body that can tilt along guiding piece 106 under Gravitative Loads after on guiding piece 106 and falls to entering accommodation space.The two ends of guiding piece 106 are all fixing, it is to avoid deform under long-term work.
This three portion of support 102, reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 and reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 is clear and definite, simple in construction, reinforcing bar can fall down and fall in open-topped accommodation space from reinforcing bar delivery chute 101, reinforcing bar can depart from reinforcing bar delivery chute 101 under the effect of guiding piece 106, control assembly that need not be unnecessary or driving assembly can realize the stowing operation of reinforcing bar, with low cost, it is easy to promote and maintenance.
Embodiment two
Referring to Fig. 3, this utility model embodiment one provides a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, and embodiment two and embodiment one are distinctive in that, bending member is bending plate.
Reinforcing bar collection assembly 103 is made up of the bending plate that cross section is Qian font, and bending plate is easy to process, and the sidewall of the restriction reinforcement location holding space is very close to each other, receives better effects if.
Embodiment three
This utility model embodiment three provides a kind of reinforcing bar material-gathering device, is distinctive in that between embodiment three and embodiment one, and embodiment three also includes counting assembly.
Counting assembly is arranged on reinforcing bar delivery chute and near locating part, counting assembly includes enumerator and trigger board, and trigger board rotates and is arranged on reinforcing bar delivery chute, and trigger board is connected with the counter switch of enumerator;
Reinforcing bar can extrude trigger board in moving process, makes trigger board rotate.
Each section of reinforcing bar enters before holding space all can extrude a trigger board, and trigger board drives counter switch once to count.Pass through counting assembly, it is possible to the reinforcing bar hop count processed of quick and convenient geo-statistic production line, additionally, the kinetic energy of reinforcing bar can be consumed by trigger board in extruding, reduce the impact that limiting plate receives, extend the service life of limiting plate.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, parts, step, numerical expression and the numerical value otherwise set forth in these embodiments are not limiting as scope of the present utility model.
The device that this utility model embodiment provides, its technique effect realizing principle and generation is identical with preceding method embodiment, for being briefly described, the not mentioned part of device embodiment part, it is referred to corresponding contents in preceding method embodiment.
In all examples being illustrated and described herein, any occurrence should be construed as merely exemplary, and not as restriction, therefore, other examples of exemplary embodiment can have different values.
It should also be noted that similar label and letter below figure represent similar terms, therefore, once a certain Xiang Yi accompanying drawing is defined, then it need not be carried out definition further and explain in accompanying drawing subsequently.
The foregoing is only preferred embodiment of the present utility model, be not limited to this utility model, for a person skilled in the art, this utility model can have various modifications and variations.All within spirit of the present utility model and principle, any amendment of making, equivalent replacement, improvement etc., should be included within protection domain of the present utility model.

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1. a reinforcing bar material-gathering device, it is characterised in that include reinforcing bar delivery chute, support and reinforcing bar collection assembly;
Described reinforcing bar delivery chute is connected by described support with described reinforcing bar collection assembly;
The bottom of described support props up ground, and described reinforcing bar collection assembly is provided with accommodation space, and described accommodation space is used for holding reinforcing bar and carrying out spacing to reinforcing bar;
Being provided with guide on described reinforcing bar delivery chute, described guide is for offseting reinforcing bar to the direction of described reinforcing bar delivery chute;
Described support includes guiding piece, and described guiding piece is for introducing described reinforcing bar collection assembly by reinforcing bar from described reinforcing bar delivery chute.
2. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described accommodation space is open-topped structure, the level height of described reinforcing bar collection assembly is lower than the level height of described reinforcing bar delivery chute.
3. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that described reinforcing bar collection assembly includes bending member, the cross section of described bending member is Qian font.
4. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that described bending member is bending plate.
5. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that described bending member is bent rod, described reinforcing bar collection assembly includes multiple described bent rod.
6. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that described guiding piece is shaft-like, and the bottom of described guiding bar and described bent rod are fixing is connected.
7. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 6, it is characterised in that the top of described guiding piece is connected with described reinforcing bar delivery chute or described support.
8. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described reinforcing bar delivery chute includes interconnective transverse plate and vertical plate, described reinforcing bar collection assembly and described vertical plate lay respectively at the both sides of described transverse plate, and described transverse plate is higher than the side away from described vertical plate near the level height of the side of described vertical plate.
9. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the end of described reinforcing bar delivery chute is provided with locating part, described locating part is near described guide, described locating part is for limiting the stroke end of described reinforcing bar, and described reinforcing bar impinges upon on described locating part after described guide.
10. reinforcing bar material-gathering device according to claim 9, it is characterized in that, also include counting assembly, described counting assembly is arranged on described reinforcing bar delivery chute and near described locating part, described counting assembly includes enumerator and trigger board, described trigger board rotates and is arranged on described reinforcing bar delivery chute, and described trigger board is connected with the counter switch of described enumerator;
Described reinforcing bar can extrude described trigger board in moving process, makes described trigger board rotate.
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