CN208490622U - A kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator - Google Patents

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CN208490622U
CN208490622U CN201820553246.5U CN201820553246U CN208490622U CN 208490622 U CN208490622 U CN 208490622U CN 201820553246 U CN201820553246 U CN 201820553246U CN 208490622 U CN208490622 U CN 208490622U
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The utility model discloses a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerators, the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator includes water inlet automatic telescopic component, pump component, floating body component and water outlet part, wherein water inlet automatic telescopic component passes through regulation induction speed reducer positive and negative rotation, the idler wheel on its shaft end is set to make component entire lowering or rising with rope, position to make water inlet be in needs always works, and pump component uses dry type motor in the utility model, pump direct connection does not need plus shaft coupling, all components are incorporated on motor shaft, simplify the structure of this kind of Multifucntional high efficiency aerator significantly, weight also mitigates significantly, furthermore, also there is the utility model reduction to produce, I& M working hour and the service life of extending, improve oxygen transfer rate, the advantages of saving electric energy.

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A kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator
Technical field
The utility model relates to drain water pump technology more particularly to a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator.
Background technique
Aquatic products are currently the important food source of people, wild with the abatement of rivers and lakes and the reduction of marine product Raw aquatic products are fewer and fewer, therefore the scale of aquaculture product is increasing, and the dissolved oxygen in water body is to guarantee the water such as fishes and shrimps The essential condition of product normal development reduces the dense of noxious material because dissolved oxygen can improve the living environment of fish habitat Degree increases water transparency.Therefore, aerator becomes the essential oxygen increasing equipment of various aquatic farms.
Aerator of the China applied in aquaculture mainly has three kinds of vane type, Waterwheel-type and jetting type types at present Formula.Paddle aerator accounts for about 65% in China's aerator total output produced, and waterwheel aerator accounts for about 20%, jet stream Formula aerator etc. is other types of to account for about 15%.Rivers and lakes carry out photosynthesis release in plants such as bottom on daytime waters algaes Oxygen is to make bottom waters oxygen content increase, as the enhancing upper water temperature increase of illumination causes oxygen content to reduce;Night The plants such as bottom waters algae do not simply fail to carry out photosynthesis release oxygen but also to breathe generate great amount of carbon dioxide from And bottom waters oxygen content is reduced, above-mentioned aerator is difficult to adjust its depth for sucking oxygenation water body according to demand, and Also have the disadvantages that first, oxygen transfer rate it is low and can not achieve pond water temperature change and water quality improvement;Second, poor universality, Every kind of aerator can only be suitble to specific operating condition;Third, structure is complicated, the components leakage of oil such as motor, deceleration mechanism are burnt.Cause This, existing aerator is difficult to promotion and application on the market.
Utility model content
That the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a kind of oxygen transfer rates is strong, structure is simplified, high-efficient more Purposes efficience oxygen increasing machine can carry out oxygenation of drawing water in the Larger water depths of needs always by water inlet automatic telescopic component, i.e., The water of any level is sucked, to keep water temperature and oxygen uniform, recycles upper and lower layer water, to exclude pernicious gas, reduction has Evil salt generates, and kills harmful algae by photosynthesis, increases Fish Survival space to increase yield.
In order to solve the above technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical solution:
The utility model provides a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator, the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator include water inlet from Dynamic extensible member, pump component, floating body component and water outlet part, wherein
The pump component includes motor and pump, and the motor includes the upper and lower bearing of base and base upper and lower ends End cap, the base is interior to be equipped with motor shaft, stator and rotor, and the axis of corresponding motor shaft is equipped in the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover Hold, lower bearing end cap bottom is further fixed on mechanical seal and machine sealed cover, the pump be set to below motor and including the pump housing, Pump cover, impeller, impeller nut, washer and outlet pipe, the pump housing are bolted with pump cover, and pass through pump cover and lower bearing Bolt of cover is fixedly connected, and the impeller is installed on motor shaft bottom by impeller nut and washer, and pump cover side passes through bolt It is fixed with the outlet pipe;
The water inlet automatic telescopic component includes strainer, refueling boom and incudes speed reducer component, described flexible Pipe device includes the flexible pipeline section at upper and lower rigid pipe section and middle part, wherein upper rigid pipe section is fixed under the water inlet of the pump housing Side, lower rigid pipe section are fixedly connected with the strainer, the induction speed reducer component include incude speed reducer, speed reducer fixed plate, Idler wheel and lifting rope, the induction speed reducer is set to the interior, and is fixedly connected with strainer by speed reducer fixed plate, The output shaft end of the induction speed reducer is equipped with the idler wheel for winding the lifting rope, and is equipped with rope on idler wheel and connects Place, the lifting rope other end are connected on the pump housing or upper rigid pipe section;
The water outlet part includes that oxygenation tube body, rotary blade and five are logical, and described five logical be installed on outlet pipe and be connected to Oxygenation tube body, oxygenation tube body end is final outflow water mouth, and is equipped with rotary blade on the final outflow water mouth.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the first O is equipped between the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover and base Type sealing ring, the machine sealed cover is interior to be full of Seal Oil and is blocked by silk plug.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the second O-ring seal, pump are equipped between the pump housing and pump cover It is equipped with third O-ring seal between lid and lower bearing end cap, the 4th O-ring seal is equipped between the outlet pipe and the pump housing.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the upper rigid pipe section is connected by the water inlet of choma and the pump housing Logical, the upper rigid pipe section is bolted with choma, and the choma is cylindrical shape, and inscribed with the water inlet screw thread of the pump housing.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the floating body component includes floating drum and clamp, and the floating drum is logical It crosses clamp and is fixed on base two sides.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, described five four logical branch lines are separately installed with oxygen increasing tube Body.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the oxygenation tube body is higher by for 2 meters long, end with 0.3 meter The plastic tube of mouth, the rotary blade material are PE, and the oxygenation tube body is that two straight pipes and a bend loss pass through hot melt Machine is integrally machined molding, process No leakage of spraying water.
As the utility model to the preferred of above scheme, the base material is stainless steel, impeller and upper and lower bearing end Lid is stainless steel or ironcasting.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
(1) motor shaft in the utility model passes through the rotor mechanism and fixes with the rotor mechanism and connects It connecing, overall weight increases after the device in the utility model uses dry type motor, pump direct connection, wet type electric motor to be full of water, and Running current is big, and pump direct connection does not need in the utility model plus shaft coupling, all components are incorporated into an axis i.e. motor shaft On, simplify the structure of this kind of Multifucntional high efficiency aerator significantly, weight also mitigates significantly, at the same also reduce maintenance cost, Reduce maintenance time, to extend the service life of Multifucntional high efficiency aerator.
(2) base in the utility model is stainless steel part, and the impeller and upper and lower bearing (ball) cover are stainless steel or cast iron Part was generally no longer machined and is directly used due to the advantages that pressur casting size is accurate, intensity is high and any surface finish, So not only having improved the utilization rate of metal, but also reduce a large amount of process equipment and working hour;Part in the utility model may be used also To use combination die casting with other metals or nonmetallic materials, not only saves assembly man-hour but also save raw material.
(3) led to and 2 meters long, 0.3 meter of high modeling in the utility model using the branch line of five four logical right-angled intersections Expects pipe, which is connected, is connected in final outflow water mouth, rotary blade (totally four) is equipped at each final outflow water mouth, so that a large amount of water With air and sun exposure, to increase the dissolved oxygen in water body, raiser can suitably increase according to the dissolved oxygen in water body Cultivation density, to improve the economic benefit of enterprise.
(4) the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator in the utility model combines wheeled conventional leaf, Waterwheel-type and jetting type and drum The characteristics of blower aeration-type oxygen-increasing machine, has a wide range of application;The multipurpose high-efficiency aerator is easy to operate, can make as required The pump housing is suspended in any position on pond surface always, water inlet be controllably formed on pond away from 0.5~5m of the water surface at, daytime bottom water The plants such as domain algae carry out photosynthesis release oxygen to make bottom waters oxygen content increase, with the enhancing upper water of illumination Temperature increase causes oxygen content to reduce, and water inlet automatic extending-contracting apparatus drops to superjacent waters and works, and carries out to upper water Not only upper water temperature had been reduced after oxygenation, but also increased the oxygen content of superjacent waters;The plants such as night bottom waters algae are not only Can not carry out photosynthesis release oxygen but also to breathe generate great amount of carbon dioxide to make bottom waters oxygen content reduce, Telescopic device drops to subjacent waters work progress oxygenation at this time, can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in water body, increase waters Oxygen content guarantees the living space of fish so that pernicious gas be discharged.
(5) either hydraulic model optimization design and the motor housing of the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator in the utility model, Or stator and rotor have all carried out new process, to realize that overall weight mitigates significantly, a people can be installed, together When also reduce labour.In addition, the overall efficiency of the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator reaches 80% or more, saved for raiser A large amount of electric energy, to improve the economic benefit of raiser.
In conclusion the overall structure of the Multifucntional high efficiency aerator in the utility model is simple, reduces costs, improve The utilization rate of metal, reduces production, I& M working hour and the service life of extending, improves oxygen transfer rate, saves electricity Energy, the overall weight that water pump is greatly alleviated while guaranteeing structural strength, if 10 mu of water surface original cloths set 3 vane types Aerator, arranging 2 using this kind of Multifucntional high efficiency aerator can complete, and therefore, which is suitble to In cultivation field promotion and application.
Detailed description of the invention
The utility model is described in further detail below in conjunction with the drawings and the specific embodiments.
Fig. 1 is the utility model midship section structure schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is water inlet automatic telescopic modular construction schematic diagram in the utility model;
Fig. 3 is pump modular construction schematic diagram in the utility model;
Fig. 4 is floating body component structural schematic diagram in the utility model;
Fig. 5 is water outlet part structural schematic diagram in the utility model;
Fig. 6 is the structure top view of Multifucntional high efficiency aerator described in the utility model;
Wherein, 1, water inlet automatic telescopic component, 2, pump component, 3, floating body component, 4, water outlet part, 5, strainer, 6, Induction speed reducer component, 61, induction speed reducer, 62, speed reducer fixed plate, 7, idler wheel, 8, lifting rope, 9, refueling boom, 91, upper rigid pipe section, 92, flexible pipeline section, 93, lower rigid pipe section, 10, choma, 11, impeller, 12, impeller nut, 13, washer, 14, the pump housing, the 15, second O-ring seal, 16, pump cover, 17, mechanical seal, 18, machine sealed cover, 19, upper and lower bearing, 20, Three O-ring seals, 21, lower bearing end cap, the 22, the 4th O-ring seal, 23, axis, 24, stator, 25, rotor, 26, outlet pipe, 27, base, the 28, first O-ring seal, 29, top bearing cover, 30, floating drum, 31, clamp, 32, five is logical, 33, oxygenation tube body, 34, rotary blade.
Specific embodiment
The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, carries out the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model Clearly and completely describe, it is clear that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the utility model, rather than whole Embodiment.Based on the embodiments of the present invention, those of ordinary skill in the art are without making creative work Every other embodiment obtained, fall within the protection scope of the utility model.
A kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator as shown in Figures 1 to 6, the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator include that water inlet is automatic Extensible member 1, pump component 2, floating body component 3 and water outlet part 4, wherein
As shown in figure 3, the pump component 2 includes motor and pump, the motor includes base 27 and about 27 base The upper and lower bearing (ball) cover (29,21) at both ends, the base 27 is interior equipped with motor shaft 23, stator 24 and rotor 25, described upper and lower The bearing 19 of corresponding motor shaft 23 is equipped in bearing (ball) cover (29,21), 21 bottom of lower bearing end cap is further fixed on machinery Sealing 17 and machine sealed cover 18, the pump are set to below motor and including the pump housing 14, pump cover 16, impeller 11, impeller nut 12, pads Circle 13 and outlet pipe 26, the pump housing 14 are bolted with pump cover 16, and pass through pump cover 16 and 21 bolt of lower bearing end cap It is fixedly connected, the impeller 11 is installed on 23 bottom of motor shaft by impeller nut 12 and washer 13, and 16 side of pump cover passes through spiral shell Bolt is fixed with the outlet pipe 26;
As shown in Fig. 2, the water inlet automatic telescopic component 1 includes strainer 5, refueling boom 9 and induction speed reducer Component 6, the refueling boom 9 include the flexible pipeline section 92 of upper and lower rigid pipe section (91,93) and middle part, wherein upper rigidity Pipeline section 91 is fixed below the water inlet of the pump housing 14, and lower rigid pipe section 93 is fixedly connected with the strainer 5, the induction speed reducer Component 6 includes that induction speed reducer 61, speed reducer fixed plate 62, idler wheel 7 and lifting rope 8, the induction speed reducer 61 are set to institute It states inside strainer 5, and strainer 5 is fixedly connected with by speed reducer fixed plate 62, the output shaft end of the induction speed reducer 61 is set There is the idler wheel 7 for winding the lifting rope 8, and be equipped with rope junction on idler wheel 7, lifting 8 other end of rope is connected to pump On body 14 or upper rigid pipe section 91;
As shown in figure 5, the water outlet part 4 includes oxygenation tube body 33, rotary blade 34 and five logical 32, described five logical 32 peaces Loaded on outlet pipe 26 and being connected to oxygenation tube body 33,33 end of oxygenation tube body is final outflow water mouth, and the final outflow water Rotary blade 34 is installed on mouthful.
In this example, it is equipped with the first O-ring seal 28 between the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover (29,21) and base 27, It is full of machine oil in the machine sealed cover 18 and is blocked by silk plug.
In this example, the second O-ring seal 15, pump cover 16 and lower bearing are equipped between the pump housing 14 and pump cover 16 It is equipped with third O-ring seal 20 between end cap 21, the 4th O-ring seal 22 is equipped between the outlet pipe 26 and the pump housing 14.
In this example, the upper rigid pipe section 91 is connected to by choma 10 with the water inlet of the pump housing 14, the upper rigidity Pipeline section 91 is bolted with choma 10, and the choma 10 is cylindrical shape, and inscribed with the water inlet screw thread of the pump housing 14.
As shown in figure 4, in this example, the floating body component 3 includes floating drum 30 and clamp 31, the floating drum 30 passes through Clamp 31 is fixed on 27 two sides of base.
In this example, described five logical 32 is logical for five, and described five logical 32 four branch lines are separately installed with oxygenation Tube body 33.
In this example, the oxygenation tube body 33 is plastic tube of the 2 meters long, end with 0.3 meter high outlet, the rotation 34 material of impeller is PE.
In this example, 27 material of base is stainless steel, and impeller 11 and upper and lower bearing (ball) cover (29,21) are stainless Steel or ironcasting.
The application method of above-mentioned multipurpose high-efficiency aerator in this example, the specific steps are as follows:
(1) the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator is placed in appropriate water surface, and rotated forward by induction speed reducer 61 or Reversion is so that refueling boom 9 elongates or shortens, so that water inlet automatic telescopic component 1 is deep in waters appropriate always Spend work;
(2) starter motor pump part 2, by impeller 11 rotate, water by water inlet automatic telescopic component 1 enter the pump housing 14 into Then the mouth of a river enters oxygenation tube bodies 33 via the pump housing 14, outlet pipe 26, five logical 32, and it is scattered to dish out eventually by rotary blade 34 It opens and is come into full contact with air, sunlight.
Based on above-mentioned, due in the river of lake the plants such as bottom on daytime waters algae carry out photosynthesis release oxygen to Increase bottom waters oxygen content, as the enhancing upper water temperature increase of illumination causes oxygen content to reduce, water inlet is stretched automatically Contracting component 1 drops to superjacent waters and works, and has not only reduced upper water temperature after carrying out oxygenation to upper water, but also increase The oxygen content in layer waters;The plants such as night bottom waters algae do not simply fail to carry out photosynthesis release oxygen but also breathe Great amount of carbon dioxide is generated to make bottom waters oxygen content reduce, water inlet automatic telescopic component 1 drops to lower water at this time Domain work carries out oxygenation, can reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in water body, increase the oxygen content in waters, so that pernicious gas is discharged, Therefore, the utility model can carry out oxygenation of drawing water in the Larger water depths of needs always by water inlet automatic telescopic component, i.e., The water of any level is sucked, to keep water temperature and oxygen uniform, recycles upper and lower layer water, to exclude pernicious gas, reduction has Evil salt generates, and kills harmful algae by photosynthesis, increases Fish Survival space to increase yield.
The above descriptions are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, is not intended to limit the utility model, although ginseng The utility model is described in detail according to previous embodiment, it for those skilled in the art, still can be with It modifies the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments or equivalent replacement of some of the technical features, it is all Within the spirit and principles of the present invention, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement and so on should be included in practical Within novel protection scope.

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1. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator, which is characterized in that the multipurpose high-efficiency aerator includes water inlet automatic telescopic Component, pump component, floating body component and water outlet part, wherein
The pump component includes motor and pump, and the motor includes the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover of base and base upper and lower ends, It is equipped with motor shaft, stator and rotor in the base, the bearing of corresponding motor shaft, institute are equipped in the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover State lower bearing end cap bottom and be further fixed on mechanical seal and machine sealed cover, the pump be set to below motor and including the pump housing, pump cover, Impeller, impeller nut, washer and outlet pipe, the pump housing are bolted with pump cover, and pass through pump cover and lower bearing end cap Bolt is fixedly connected, and the impeller is installed on motor shaft bottom by impeller nut and washer, and pump cover side is bolted There is the outlet pipe;
The water inlet automatic telescopic component includes strainer, refueling boom and induction speed reducer component, the telescoping tube dress Set the flexible pipeline section including upper and lower rigid pipe section and middle part, wherein upper rigid pipe section is fixed below the water inlet of the pump housing, under Rigid pipe section is fixedly connected with the strainer, the induction speed reducer component include induction speed reducer, speed reducer fixed plate, idler wheel and Rope is gone up and down, the induction speed reducer is set to the interior, and is fixedly connected with strainer, the sense by speed reducer fixed plate It answers the output shaft end of speed reducer to be equipped with the idler wheel for winding the lifting rope, and is equipped with rope junction on idler wheel, lifting The rope other end is connected on rigid pipe section;
The water outlet part includes that oxygenation tube body, rotary blade and five are logical, and described five logical be installed on outlet pipe and be connected to oxygenation Tube body, oxygenation tube body end is final outflow water mouth, and is equipped with rotary blade on the final outflow water mouth.
2. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the upper and lower bearing (ball) cover with It is equipped with the first O-ring seal between base, machine oil is full of in the machine sealed cover and is blocked by silk plug.
3. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that set between the pump housing and pump cover There is the second O-ring seal, third O-ring seal is equipped between pump cover and lower bearing end cap, is set between the outlet pipe and the pump housing There is the 4th O-ring seal.
4. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the upper rigid pipe section passes through mouth Ring is connected to the water inlet of the pump housing, and the upper rigid pipe section is bolted with choma, the choma be cylindrical shape, and with the pump housing Water inlet screw thread is inscribed.
5. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the floating body component includes floating drum And clamp, the floating drum are fixed on base two sides by clamp.
6. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that described five four logical branched pipes Road is separately installed with oxygenation tube body.
7. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the oxygenation tube body is long 2 meters, Plastic tube of the end with 0.3 meter high outlet, the rotary blade material is PE.
8. a kind of multipurpose high-efficiency aerator according to claim 1, which is characterized in that the base material is stainless Steel, impeller and upper and lower bearing (ball) cover are stainless steel or ironcasting.
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