CN209228086U - A kind of floor edge temporary protection device - Google Patents

A kind of floor edge temporary protection device Download PDF

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CN209228086U
CN209228086U CN201821702162.XU CN201821702162U CN209228086U CN 209228086 U CN209228086 U CN 209228086U CN 201821702162 U CN201821702162 U CN 201821702162U CN 209228086 U CN209228086 U CN 209228086U
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胡嘉飞
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The utility model discloses a kind of floor edge temporary protection devices, including the first stop sleeve, inserted with the first guard bar, the surface of the first guard bar offers thread groove for the two sides of first stop sleeve, and the surface of the first guard bar is connect with the inner thread of the first stop sleeve.The floor edge temporary protection device, it is separate by screw thread displacement by the first guard bar and the second guard bar, quickly adjust the floor hole for needing to cover, then the rotation of threaded rod is recycled, utilize the active force of link block, adjust the length that telescopic rod extends, and the detent pulling force between cooperation card adapter plate and protective baffle plate, effective stability is improved to its whole device, then pass through displacement of the revoling tube on screw shell again, utilize the angle change of hound, to reach the length that control extension rod extends, and play the effect of two hound angles of control, then the supporting point of diagonal brace angle can be adjusted according to demand at any time, with the anti-effect for adjusting fender rod height and overlay length.

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A kind of floor edge temporary protection device
Technical field
The utility model relates to floor edge provisional protection technical field, specially a kind of floor edge provisional protection dress It sets.
Background technique
In construction, it always is the points for attention of the construction most important thing safely, wherein floor and roofing face Twice protective fence up and down should be arranged in frontier defense guardrail, and existing Lou Conglin frontier defense cunning is typically arranged according to national standards at present, The upright bar spacing of setting is not more than 2 meters, and wherein guard rail preferably uses steel pipe, solid and reliable, and applies warning color red and white, but It is that current existing construction is directly selected two scaffolding steel pipes laterally to lean on wall, adjusted when constructing according to job specfication It is extremely onerous when whole height and overlay length, it needs to connect it using butt joint, and found a vertical tube on one side to drawing on wall side, Symmetrical hound is wherein arranged according to distance, since the supporting point of diagonal brace angle can not be adjusted according to demand at any time, to lead Cause the edge protection stablizing effect being arranged so very poor, it is easy to topple over from inside, but also need to consume a large amount of artificial.
Summary of the invention
In view of the deficiencies of the prior art, the utility model provides a kind of floor edge temporary protection device, solves mesh The floor edge construction in preceding existing building site is protected, extremely onerous when adjusting fender rod height and overlay length, and nothing Method adjusts the supporting point of diagonal brace angle according to demand at any time, asks so as to cause the edge protection stablizing effect being arranged in this way is very poor Topic.
To achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a kind of floor edge temporary protection device, packet The first stop sleeve is included, inserted with the first guard bar, the surface of first guard bar is opened up for the two sides of first stop sleeve There is thread groove, the surface of first guard bar is connect with the inner thread of the first stop sleeve, the bottom of first stop sleeve Portion is fixedly connected with telescopic rod, the inside of the basal sliding insertion fixes sleeve of the telescopic rod, the bottom of the fixes sleeve It being fixedly connected at the top of the second stop sleeve, the two sides of second stop sleeve are inserted with the second guard bar, and described second The surface of guard bar is connect with the inner thread of the second stop sleeve, and the front of first stop sleeve is hinged with rotary shaft, institute The front for stating rotary shaft is fixedly connected with fixed block, and hingedly there are two support tube, the fixes sleeves for the bottom of the fixed block Two sides be fixedly connected to link block, the middle part of the link block is through having threaded rod, the surface of the link block and screw thread The inner thread of bar connects, and the top of the threaded rod and the bottom of the first stop sleeve are hinged, and first guard bar is far from the The side at one stop sleeve center is fixedly connected with bearing lantern ring, is fixedly connected with adjusting rod on the right side of the bearing lantern ring, institute The surface fixing sleeve for stating adjusting rod is connected to pulling casing, and the adjusting rod is fixedly connected with anti-guard block far from the side of the first guard bar Plate, the back side of the protective baffle plate and wall front face, the front activity for pulling casing, which runs through, pull rod, the pull rod The back side extend to the rear for pulling casing, the surface of the pull rod offers thread groove, and the back side of the pull rod is fixedly connected There is bearing sleeve, the back side of the bearing sleeve is fixedly connected with stressed tube, clamping is fixedly connected on the right side of the stressed tube Plate, the front of the card adapter plate are fixedly connected with protection backing plate, the front of the protection backing plate and wall rear-face contact, the drawing The surface activity of bar is socketed with half arc sleeve gasket of clamping, the arc inner wall of half arc sleeve gasket of the clamping and the front for pulling casing Contact, the surface screw thread of the pull rod are socketed with rotation spiral shell and turn round, and the side between two support tubes is fixedly connected to spiral shell Line sleeve, the inner wall of two screw shells are slidably socketed with the surface of extension rod, the middle part fixing sleeve of the extension rod It is connected to locating sleeve, the surface screw thread of the screw shell is socketed with revoling tube, the surface activity socket of the screw shell There is bearing race, the side of the bearing race inner ring is fixedly connected with the bead of revoling tube side, the edge of the bearing race outer ring Mouthful hingedly there are two hound, the other end of the hound and locating sleeve it is side walls hinged.
Preferably, the equal fixing sleeve in surface of first guard bar and the second guard bar is connected to sign board block, the sign board block Front be provided with reflecting piece.
Preferably, the surface fixing sleeve of the threaded rod is connected to rotating disk, and the annular outer surface of the rotating disk offers For increasing the slot rib of friction, the bottom of the threaded rod is fixedly connected with limited block.
Preferably, the side of the screw shell is fixedly connected with limit lantern ring, the inner wall sliding sleeve of the limit lantern ring It connects on the surface of extension rod.
Preferably, the bottom of the support tube is fixedly connected with anti-skidding cushion block.
The utility model provides a kind of floor edge temporary protection device.Have it is following the utility model has the advantages that
The floor edge temporary protection device by the setting of the first stop sleeve and the first guard bar, telescopic rod, is consolidated Determine sleeve, the second stop sleeve, the second guard bar, rotary shaft, fixed block, support tube, link block, threaded rod, bearing lantern ring, adjust Bar pulls casing, protective baffle plate, pull rod, half arc sleeve gasket of clamping, rotation spiral shell torsion, bearing sleeve, stressed tube, card adapter plate, protection Backing plate, screw shell, extension rod, revoling tube, bearing race, locating sleeve and hound are used cooperatively, to play logical The floor hole that the first guard bar and the second guard bar are separate by screw thread displacement, and quickly adjusting needs cover is crossed, spiral shell is then recycled The rotation of rasp bar adjusts the length that telescopic rod extends using the active force of link block, and cooperation card adapter plate and protective baffle plate it Between detent pulling force, effective stability is improved to its whole device, then again by revoling tube on screw shell Displacement, using the angle change of hound, to reach the length that control extension rod extends, to reach two hounds of control The effect of angle, then reached the supporting point that can adjust diagonal brace angle according to demand at any time and anti-adjusting fender rod height and The effect of overlay length.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the utility model structure front schematic view;
Fig. 2 is the utility model structure partial lateral inner schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is enlarged diagram at the A of the utility model structure chart 1;
Fig. 4 is enlarged diagram at the B of the utility model structure chart 1;
Fig. 5 is enlarged diagram at the C of the utility model structure chart 1.
In figure: 1, the first stop sleeve;2, the first guard bar;3, telescopic rod;4, fixes sleeve;5, the second stop sleeve;6, Second guard bar;7, sign board block;8, rotary shaft;9, fixed block;10, support tube;11, link block;12, threaded rod;13, it rotates Disk;14, limited block;15, bearing lantern ring;16, adjusting rod;17, casing is pulled;18, protective baffle plate;19, pull rod;20, clamping half Arc sleeve gasket;21, rotation spiral shell is turned round;22, bearing sleeve;23, stressed tube;24, card adapter plate;25, backing plate is protected;26, screw shell; 27, extension rod;28, revoling tube;29, bearing race;30, locating sleeve;31, hound;32, lantern ring is limited;33, non-slip mat Block.
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.
As shown in Figs. 1-5, the utility model provides a kind of technical solution: a kind of floor edge temporary protection device, including First stop sleeve 1, inserted with the first guard bar 2, the surface of the first guard bar 2 offers screw thread for the two sides of the first stop sleeve 1 Slot, the surface of the first guard bar 2 are connect with the inner thread of the first stop sleeve 1, and the bottom of the first stop sleeve 1 is fixedly connected with Telescopic rod 3, the inside of the basal sliding insertion fixes sleeve 4 of telescopic rod 3, the bottom of fixes sleeve 4 and the second stop sleeve 5 Top is fixedly connected, and the two sides of the second stop sleeve 5 are inserted with the second guard bar 6, the surface of the second guard bar 6 and the second support sleeve The equal fixing sleeve in surface of the inner thread connection of cylinder 5, the first guard bar 2 and the second guard bar 6 is connected to sign board block 7, passes through sign board The setting of block 7, to play the effect that protection is reminded, the front of the first stop sleeve 1 is hinged with rotary shaft 8, rotary shaft 8 Front is fixedly connected with fixed block 9, and hingedly there are two support tube 10, the two sides of fixes sleeve 4 are fixed to be connected for the bottom of fixed block 9 It is connected to link block 11, the middle part of link block 11, which is run through, threaded rod 12, the surface of link block 11 and the inner thread of threaded rod 12 Connection, the top of threaded rod 12 and the bottom of the first stop sleeve 1 are hinged, and the surface fixing sleeve of threaded rod 12 is connected to rotating disk 13, the annular outer surface of rotating disk 13 offers the slot rib for increasing friction, by the setting of rotating disk 13, to play Convenient for rotating the effect of threaded rod 12, the bottom of threaded rod 12 is fixedly connected with limited block 14, the front of the sign board block (7) It is provided with reflecting piece, by the setting of limited block 14, to play the effect limited to its telescopic rod 3, the first guard bar 2 is separate The side at 1 center of the first stop sleeve is fixedly connected with bearing lantern ring 15, and the right side of bearing lantern ring 15 is fixedly connected with adjusting rod 16, the surface fixing sleeve of adjusting rod 16, which is connected to, pulls casing 17, and adjusting rod 16 is fixedly connected with anti-far from the side of the first guard bar 2 Guard 18, the back side of protective baffle plate 18 and wall front face, pulling the front activity of casing 17 to run through has pull rod 19, pull rod 19 back side extends to the rear for pulling casing 17, and the surface of pull rod 19 offers thread groove, and the back side of pull rod 19 is fixedly connected There is bearing sleeve 22, the back side of bearing sleeve 22 is fixedly connected with stressed tube 23, and the right side of stressed tube 23 is fixedly connected with clamping Plate 24, the front of card adapter plate 24 are fixedly connected with protection backing plate 25, the front of protection backing plate 25 and wall rear-face contact, pull rod 19 Surface activity be socketed with clamping half arc sleeve gasket 20, be clamped half arc sleeve gasket 20 arc inner wall and pull casing 17 front Contact, the surface screw thread of pull rod 19 are socketed with rotation spiral shell and turn round 21, and the side between two support tubes 10 is fixedly connected to screw thread Sleeve 26, surface of the inner wall of two screw shells 26 with extension rod 27 are slidably socketed, and the middle part of extension rod 27 is fixedly attached There is locating sleeve 30, the surface screw thread of screw shell 26 is socketed with revoling tube 28, and the surface activity of screw shell 26 is socketed with The side of bearing race 29,29 inner ring of bearing race is fixedly connected with the bead of 28 side of revoling tube, the bead of 29 outer ring of bearing race It is hinged there are two hound 31, the other end of hound 31 and locating sleeve 30 it is side walls hinged, the side of screw shell 26 is consolidated Surely it is connected with limit lantern ring 32, the inner wall of limit lantern ring 32 is slidably socketed on the surface of extension rod 27, passes through limit lantern ring 32 Setting, to play the effect that limitation revoling tube 28 is displaced, the bottom of support tube 10 is fixedly connected with anti-skidding cushion block 33, leads to The setting of anti-skidding cushion block 33 is crossed, to play the effect for improving the stability of support tube 10.
In use, the first guard bar 2 and the second guard bar 6 of two sides are rotated first, using screw thread displacement principle, according to required envelope The length that the length adjustment of shield extends to the first guard bar 2 and the second guard bar 6, is then located at its card adapter plate 24 and protective baffle plate 18 The front and back of two sides metope, then rotation rotation spiral shell turns round 21, using screw thread principle of propeller, drives card adapter plate 24 and anti-guard block Plate 18 squeezes the wall of two sides, is completely fixed its first stop sleeve 1, is then rotated further by rotating disk 13, drives threaded rod 12 rotations drive using the active force of link block 11 and adjust the length that telescopic rod 3 extends, with the first guard bar of control 2 and the second shield Then the distance between bar 6 is rotated further by revoling tube 28, make its horizontal displacement on screw shell 26, utilize hound 31 Angle change, to reach the length that control extension rod 27 extends, thus achieved the purpose that control two 31 angles of hound, with Front and back pushes support tube 10 again afterwards, makes the complete stress of anti-skidding cushion block 33 of its 10 bottom of support tube, while not making in this specification The content of detailed description belongs to the prior art well known to professional and technical personnel in the field.
It can to sum up obtain, the floor edge temporary protection device, setting and the first guard bar by the first stop sleeve 1 2, telescopic rod 3, fixes sleeve 4, the second stop sleeve 5, the second guard bar 6, rotary shaft 8, fixed block 9, support tube 10, link block 11, threaded rod 12, bearing lantern ring 15, adjusting rod 16, pulling casing 17, protective baffle plate 18, pull rod 19, half arc sleeve gasket of clamping 20, rotation spiral shell turns round 21, bearing sleeve 22, stressed tube 23, card adapter plate 24, protection backing plate 25, screw shell 26, extension rod 27, rotation Pivoted housing pipe 28, bearing race 29, locating sleeve 30 and hound 31 are used cooperatively, to play through the first guard bar 2 and Two guard bars 6 are separate by screw thread displacement, quickly adjust the floor hole for needing to cover, and then recycle the rotation of threaded rod 12, Using the active force of link block 11, adjust between the length that telescopic rod 3 extends, and cooperation card adapter plate 24 and protective baffle plate 18 Detent pulling force improves effective stability to its whole device, then again by revoling tube 28 on screw shell 26 Displacement, using the angle change of hound 31, to reach the length that control extension rod 27 extends, to reach control two tiltedly The effect of 31 angle of strut has then reached the supporting point that can adjust diagonal brace angle according to demand at any time and anti-adjusting fender rod The effect of height and overlay length.
It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second and the like are used merely to a reality Body or operation are distinguished with another entity or operation, are deposited without necessarily requiring or implying between these entities or operation In any actual relationship or order or sequence.Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or its any other variant are intended to Non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or equipment including a series of elements is not only wanted including those Element, but also including other elements that are not explicitly listed, or further include for this process, method, article or equipment Intrinsic element.In the absence of more restrictions, the element limited by sentence "including a ...", it is not excluded that There is also other identical elements in process, method, article or equipment including the element.

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1. a kind of floor edge temporary protection device, including the first stop sleeve (1), it is characterised in that: first support sleeve Inserted with the first guard bar (2), the surface of first guard bar (2) offers thread groove, first guard bar for the two sides of cylinder (1) (2) surface is connect with the inner thread of the first stop sleeve (1), and the bottom of first stop sleeve (1) is fixedly connected with Telescopic rod (3), the inside of basal sliding insertion fixes sleeve (4) of the telescopic rod (3), the bottom of the fixes sleeve (4) Be fixedly connected at the top of the second stop sleeve (5), the two sides of second stop sleeve (5) inserted with the second guard bar (6), The surface of second guard bar (6) is connect with the inner thread of the second stop sleeve (5), and first stop sleeve (1) is just Face is hinged with rotary shaft (8), and the front of the rotary shaft (8) is fixedly connected with fixed block (9), the bottom of the fixed block (9) Hinged there are two support tube (10), and the two sides of the fixes sleeve (4) are fixedly connected to link block (11), the link block (11) middle part is through having threaded rod (12), and the surface of the link block (11) is connect with the inner thread of threaded rod (12), institute The top for stating threaded rod (12) and the bottom of the first stop sleeve (1) are hinged, and first guard bar (2) is far from the first stop sleeve (1) side at center is fixedly connected with bearing lantern ring (15), is fixedly connected with adjusting rod on the right side of the bearing lantern ring (15) (16), the surface fixing sleeve of the adjusting rod (16), which is connected to, pulls casing (17), and the adjusting rod (16) is far from the first guard bar (2) Side be fixedly connected with protective baffle plate (18), the back side of the protective baffle plate (18) and wall front face, pullings cover Through having pull rod (19), the back side of the pull rod (19) extends to the rear for pulling casing (17), institute for the front activity of pipe (17) The surface for stating pull rod (19) offers thread groove, and the back side of the pull rod (19) is fixedly connected with bearing sleeve (22), the axis The back side of cartridge (22) is fixedly connected with stressed tube (23), is fixedly connected with card adapter plate on the right side of the stressed tube (23) (24), the front of the card adapter plate (24) is fixedly connected with protection backing plate (25), the front of protection backing plate (25) and wall Rear-face contact, the surface activity of the pull rod (19) are socketed with half arc sleeve gasket (20) of clamping, half arc sleeve gasket of the clamping (20) front face of arc inner wall and pulling casing (17), the surface screw thread of the pull rod (19) are socketed with rotation spiral shell and turn round (21), the side between two support tubes (10) is fixedly connected to screw shell (26), two screw shells (26) surface of the inner wall with extension rod (27) is slidably socketed, and the middle part fixing sleeve of the extension rod (27) is connected to locating sleeve (30), the surface screw thread of the screw shell (26) is socketed with revoling tube (28), the surface activity of the screw shell (26) It is socketed with bearing race (29), the side of bearing race (29) inner ring is fixedly connected with the bead of revoling tube (28) side, institute The bead of bearing race (29) outer ring is stated hingedly there are two hound (31), the other end and locating sleeve of the hound (31) (30) side walls hinged.
2. a kind of floor edge temporary protection device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: first guard bar (2) It is connected to sign board block (7) with the equal fixing sleeve in surface of the second guard bar (6), the front of the sign board block (7) is provided with reflecting piece.
3. a kind of floor edge temporary protection device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the threaded rod (12) Surface fixing sleeve is connected to rotating disk (13), and the annular outer surface of the rotating disk (13) offers the slot rib for increasing friction, The bottom of the threaded rod (12) is fixedly connected with limited block (14).
4. a kind of floor edge temporary protection device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the screw shell (26) Side be fixedly connected with limit lantern ring (32), it is described limit lantern ring (32) inner wall be slidably socketed the table in extension rod (27) Face.
5. a kind of floor edge temporary protection device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the support tube (10) Bottom is fixedly connected with anti-skidding cushion block (33).
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