CN211079778U - Guide rail structure of rail-guided mobile goods shelf - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a rail structure of rail removal goods shelves, include: the ground is provided with a pit; the guide rail is laid in the pit, at least part of the guide rail extends out of the ground, and the length direction of the guide rail is parallel to the extending direction of the pit; the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the guide rail are provided with brackets, each bracket comprises a connecting part, a vertical part and an installation part, the connecting parts are connected with the bottom of the guide rail, the left end and the right end of each connecting part extend towards the direction far away from the guide rail to form the vertical parts, the lower ends of the vertical parts extend outwards to form the installation parts, the installation parts are parallel to the connecting parts, and the installation parts are vertically connected with expansion screws; the expansion screw is provided with two nuts in a matched manner, the two nuts are respectively positioned on the upper side and the lower side of the mounting part and used for fixing the mounting part, and the lower end of the expansion screw is supported in the concave pit; and concrete is filled and poured in the concave pits, and the upper surface of the concrete is flush with the ground. The utility model discloses engineering intensity is little, the cycle is short, with low costs.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a remove goods shelves technical field, especially relate to a there is rail structure of rail removal goods shelves.
Background
The rail of rail formula removal goods shelves will lay subaerial in advance, and current structure is digging pit on ground, then lays the rail, and the rail is the parallel and level with ground, and the draw-in groove need be dug in addition to rail both sides for in the wheel both sides were absorbed in the draw-in groove, one of them needs to dig the cubic on ground altogether, and engineering strength is big, cycle length, with high costs.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a rail structure of rail removal goods shelves that engineering intensity is little, the cycle is short, with low costs.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model discloses a technical scheme provide a rail structure of rail removal goods shelves, include: the ground is provided with a pit; the guide rail is laid in the pit, at least part of the guide rail extends out of the ground, and the length direction of the guide rail is parallel to the extending direction of the pit; the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the guide rail are provided with brackets, each bracket comprises a connecting part, a vertical part and an installation part, the connecting parts are connected with the bottom of the guide rail, the vertical parts are arranged at the left end and the right end of the connecting parts in an extending manner in the direction away from the guide rail, the installation parts are arranged at the lower ends of the vertical parts in an extending manner, the installation parts are parallel to the connecting parts, and the installation parts are vertically connected with expansion screws; the expansion screw is provided with two nuts in a matched mode, the two nuts are respectively located on the upper side and the lower side of the mounting part and used for fixing the mounting part, and the lower end of the expansion screw is supported in the concave pit; and concrete is filled and poured in the concave pit, and the upper surface of the concrete is flush with the ground.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the present invention further comprises a wheel mechanism, the wheel mechanism at least comprises a wheel, a plurality of annular protrusions are arranged on the outer circumferential surface of the wheel, and the plurality of annular protrusions are arranged in parallel along the axial direction of the wheel at intervals; and clamping grooves are formed in the positions, corresponding to the annular bulges, of the upper surface of the guide rail.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the annular protrusion and the cross section of the slot are both trapezoidal, and the length of the lower bottom of the annular protrusion is smaller than the length of the lower bottom of the slot.
The utility model discloses an in a concrete embodiment, wheel mechanism still includes the wheel mount pad, the wheel mount pad includes first diaphragm, both ends are perpendicular downwardly extending respectively and are provided with first curb plate, two about first diaphragm bottom be connected with the pivot between the first curb plate, rotate in the pivot and be provided with the wheel.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the wheel mechanism further includes a first biasing member and a connecting seat, the first biasing member includes a first guide rod, the first guide rod is slidably disposed on the connecting seat, one end of the first guide rod is connected to the wheel mounting seat, the other end of the first guide rod is connected to a first adjusting block, a first elastic member is sleeved on the first guide rod, one end of the first elastic member abuts against the connecting seat, and the other end of the first elastic member abuts against the wheel mounting seat; the connecting seat is arranged at the bottom of the movable goods shelf.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the other end of the first guide bar has an external thread, the first adjustment block has an internal threaded hole, and the first adjustment block is adjustably threaded with the first guide bar.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the connecting seat includes a second transverse plate, the left and right ends of the bottom of the second transverse plate respectively extend downwards and vertically to form second side plates, and the inner sides of the lower ends of the two second side plates are rotatably provided with a ball; the guide rail is characterized in that grooves are formed in the positions, corresponding to the spheres, of the left side and the right side of the guide rail, the cross sections of the grooves are fan-shaped, the circle centers of the fan-shaped grooves are located on the line connecting the sphere centers of the two spheres, and the diameters of the fan-shaped grooves are larger than the diameters of the spheres.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the ball is disposed at a lower end of a ball mounting frame, and the ball mounting frame is connected to the second side plate through a second biasing member; the second is suppressed the subassembly and is included the second guide arm, the second guide arm slides and sets up on the second curb plate, the one end of second guide arm with the spheroid mounting bracket is connected, the other end and the second regulating block of second guide arm are connected, the cover is equipped with the second elastic component on the second guide arm, the one end butt of second elastic component in the second curb plate, the other end butt of second elastic component in the spheroid mounting bracket.
In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the other end of the second guide bar has an external thread, the second adjustment block has an internal thread hole, and the second adjustment block is adjustably screwed to the second guide bar.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the inner side of the lower end of the sphere mounting frame is vertically provided with two parallel support plates, two of which are provided with the sphere through the rotation of the pin shaft, the support plates are fixedly connected with the sphere mounting frame through the reinforcing ribs.
The utility model discloses an useful part lies in:
different from the prior art, the technical proposal of the utility model is that when the guide rail is laid, pits can be cut on the ground firstly; then, laying the guide rail in the pit, so that the length direction of the guide rail is parallel to the extending direction of the pit; and finally, filling the pouring concrete in the concave pit and enabling the upper surface of the concrete to be flush with the ground. By adopting the guide rail structure and the guide rail laying mode, the laying of the guide rail can be finished only by digging once on the ground, and the guide rail laying method has the advantages of small engineering strength, short period and low cost. And, both ends are provided with the support around the guide rail bottom, are connected with the inflation screw on the support perpendicularly, and the cooperation is provided with two nuts on the inflation screw, and two nuts are located the upper and lower both sides of installation department respectively for it is fixed with the installation department, and the lower extreme of inflation screw supports in the pit, from this, rotates on the inflation screw through two nuts, can adjust the height of guide rail, makes the application scope of guide rail structure wider, utilizes the concrete filling to pour simultaneously, makes the guide rail structure more firm.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the technical solutions in the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a guide rail structure of the rail-guided mobile shelf of the present invention.
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The technical solution of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, and obviously, the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art.
In the description of the present invention, the left and right in fig. 1 are left and right, the top and bottom are up and down, and the vertical paper surface faces outward to the front and the vertical paper surface faces inward to the back.
Referring to fig. 1, the embodiment of the rail structure of the rail-guided mobile shelf of the present invention includes: ground 10, concrete 20 and guide rails 30. The ground 10 is provided with a pit. The guide rails 30 are laid in the pits, at least part of the guide rails 30 extend out of the ground 10, and the length direction of the guide rails 30 is parallel to the extending direction of the pits; the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the guide rail 30 are provided with brackets 31, and the brackets 31 are shaped like a Chinese character 'ji'; the bracket 31 comprises a connecting part, a vertical part and a mounting part, the connecting part is connected with the bottom of the guide rail 30, the vertical part is arranged at the left end and the right end of the connecting part in an extending way in the direction away from the guide rail 30, the mounting part is arranged at the lower end of the vertical part in an outward extending way, the mounting part is parallel to the connecting part, and the mounting part is vertically connected with an expansion screw 32; the expansion screw 32 is provided with two nuts 33 in a matching manner, the two nuts 33 are respectively positioned at the upper side and the lower side of the mounting part and used for fixing the mounting part, and the lower end of the expansion screw 32 is supported in the concave pit. Concrete 20 is filled and poured into the pit with its upper surface flush with the ground 10.
By applying the technical scheme of the embodiment, when the guide rail 30 is laid, a pit can be cut on the ground 10, for example, the width of the pit can be 500mm, and the depth can be 100 mm; then, the guide rail 30 is laid in the pit so that the length direction of the guide rail 30 is parallel to the extending direction of the pit; finally, the pit is filled with the cast concrete 20 so that the upper surface of the concrete 20 is flush with the ground 10. By adopting the guide rail structure and the guide rail laying mode, the laying of the guide rail 30 can be completed only by digging once on the ground 10, and the guide rail laying method has the advantages of small engineering strength, short period and low cost. And, both ends are provided with support 31 around the guide rail 30 bottom, be connected with expansion screw 32 on the support 31 perpendicularly, the cooperation is provided with two nuts 33 on the expansion screw 32, two nuts 33 are located the upper and lower both sides of installation department respectively, be used for fixed with the installation department, the lower extreme of expansion screw 32 supports in the pit, from this, it is rotatory on expansion screw 32 through two nuts 33, can adjust the height of guide rail 30, make the application scope of guide rail structure wider, utilize concrete 20 to fill simultaneously and pour, make the guide rail structure more firm.
In one embodiment, the vehicle further comprises a wheel mechanism 40, the wheel mechanism 40 at least comprises a wheel 41, a plurality of annular protrusions 411 are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the wheel 41, and the annular protrusions 411 are arranged in parallel at intervals along the axial direction of the wheel 41; the upper surface of the guide rail 30 is provided with a locking groove 34 at a position corresponding to the plurality of annular protrusions 411. Through be provided with a plurality of annular protrusion 411 on the outer peripheral face of wheel 41, be provided with a plurality of draw-in grooves 34 on guide rail 30 upper surface for a plurality of annular protrusion 411 imbed in a plurality of draw-in grooves 34, can lead the walking of wheel 41, and adopt a plurality of interval parallel arrangement's annular protrusion 411, increased guide structure's reliability and stability.
Further, the cross sections of the annular protrusion 411 and the slot 34 are both trapezoidal, and the length of the bottom of the annular protrusion 411 is smaller than that of the bottom of the slot 34. Thereby, the annular protrusion 411 is more easily inserted into the card slot 34.
In an embodiment, the wheel mechanism 40 further includes a wheel mounting seat 43, the wheel mounting seat 43 includes a first horizontal plate 431, left and right ends of a bottom of the first horizontal plate 431 respectively extend vertically downward to form first side plates 432, a rotating shaft 42 is connected between the two first side plates 432, and a wheel 41 is rotatably disposed on the rotating shaft 42.
In an embodiment, the wheel mechanism 40 further includes a first biasing assembly 47 and a connecting seat 44, the first biasing assembly 47 includes a first guide rod 472, the first guide rod 472 is slidably disposed on the connecting seat 44, one end of the first guide rod 472 is connected to the wheel mounting seat 43, the other end of the first guide rod 472 is connected to the first adjusting block 471, the first guide rod 472 is sleeved with a first elastic member 473, one end of the first elastic member 473 abuts against the connecting seat 44, and the other end of the first elastic member 473 abuts against the wheel mounting seat 43. The connecting base 44 is mounted on the bottom of the mobile shelving. Wherein, the first elastic member 473 may be a spring. By providing the first biasing member 47, the mobile frame can absorb shock during movement.
Further, the other end of the first guide rod 472 has an external thread, the first adjusting block 471 has an internal thread hole, and the first adjusting block 471 is adjustably screwed with the first guide rod 472. Wherein, the first adjusting block 471 may be a nut. Thereby, the pre-pressure of the first elastic member 473 can be adjusted.
In one embodiment, the connecting base 44 includes a second horizontal plate 441, the left and right ends of the bottom of the second horizontal plate 441 respectively extend downward to form second side plates 442, and the inner sides of the lower ends of the two second side plates 442 are rotatably provided with balls 46; the left side and the right side of the guide rail 30 are provided with grooves 35 corresponding to the spheres 46, the cross sections of the grooves 35 are fan-shaped, the circle centers of the fan-shaped grooves 35 are on the sphere center connecting line of the two spheres 46, and the diameters of the fan-shaped grooves 35 are larger than the diameters of the spheres 46. By providing the ball 46 and the groove 35, the movement of the wheel 41 is more smooth.
Further, the ball 46 is disposed at the lower end of the ball mounting bracket 45, and the ball mounting bracket 45 is connected to the second side plate 442 of the connecting base 44 through the second biasing member 48. The second pressing assembly 48 includes a second guide rod 482, the second guide rod 482 is slidably disposed on the second side plate 442 of the connecting seat 44, one end of the second guide rod 482 is connected to the sphere mounting block 45, the other end of the second guide rod 482 is connected to the second adjusting block 481, the second guide rod 482 is sleeved with a second elastic member 483, one end of the second elastic member 483 abuts against the second side plate 442 of the connecting seat 44, and the other end of the second elastic member 483 abuts against the sphere mounting block 45. Wherein, the second elastic member 483 may be a spring. Through setting up second suppress subassembly 48, be convenient for install spheroid 46, can move spheroid mounting bracket 45 towards second lateral plate 442 during the installation in order to compress second elastic component 483, then install connecting seat 44 outside wheel mounting seat 43, install on first guide arm 472 promptly, finally, loosen spheroid mounting bracket 45, second elastic component 483 can drive spheroid 46 and move towards the direction that is close to recess 35 until the butt in recess 35. The second elastic member 483 allows the ball 46 to always abut against the groove 35 without generating a gap therebetween due to abrasion.
Further, the other end of the second guide 482 has an external thread, the second adjustment block 481 has an internal threaded bore, and the second adjustment block 481 is adjustably threaded with the second guide 482. Wherein the second adjusting block 481 may be a nut. Thereby, the pre-pressure of the second elastic member 483 can be adjusted.
Furthermore, two support plates 451 parallel to each other are vertically arranged on the inner side of the lower end of the ball mounting bracket 45, a ball 46 is rotatably arranged between the two support plates 451 through a pin 461, and the support plates 451 are fixedly connected with the ball mounting bracket 45 through a reinforcing rib 452.
It should be understood that the above examples are only for clarity of illustration and are not intended to limit the embodiments. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. And are neither required nor exhaustive of all embodiments. And obvious variations or modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
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1. A guide rail structure of a rail-bound mobile shelf is characterized by comprising:
the ground is provided with a pit;
the guide rail is laid in the pit, at least part of the guide rail extends out of the ground, and the length direction of the guide rail is parallel to the extending direction of the pit; the front end and the rear end of the bottom of the guide rail are provided with brackets, each bracket comprises a connecting part, a vertical part and an installation part, the connecting parts are connected with the bottom of the guide rail, the vertical parts are arranged at the left end and the right end of the connecting parts in an extending manner in the direction away from the guide rail, the installation parts are arranged at the lower ends of the vertical parts in an extending manner, the installation parts are parallel to the connecting parts, and the installation parts are vertically connected with expansion screws; the expansion screw is provided with two nuts in a matched mode, the two nuts are respectively located on the upper side and the lower side of the mounting part and used for fixing the mounting part, and the lower end of the expansion screw is supported in the concave pit;
and concrete is filled and poured in the concave pit, and the upper surface of the concrete is flush with the ground.
2. The rail structure of the rail-bound mobile shelving as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a wheel mechanism, wherein the wheel mechanism at least comprises a wheel, a plurality of annular protrusions are arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the wheel, and the annular protrusions are arranged in parallel at intervals along the axial direction of the wheel; and clamping grooves are formed in the positions, corresponding to the annular bulges, of the upper surface of the guide rail.
3. The rail structure of the rail-bound mobile shelving as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cross sections of the annular protrusion and the clamping groove are both trapezoidal, and the length of the lower bottom of the annular protrusion is smaller than that of the lower bottom of the clamping groove.
4. The rail structure of the rail-bound mobile storage rack according to claim 2, wherein the wheel mechanism further comprises a wheel mounting seat, the wheel mounting seat comprises a first cross plate, the left and right ends of the bottom of the first cross plate respectively extend downwards and vertically to form first side plates, a rotating shaft is connected between the two first side plates, and the rotating shaft is rotatably provided with the wheel.
5. The guide rail structure of the rail-bound mobile shelf according to claim 4, wherein the wheel mechanism further comprises a first biasing member and a connecting seat, the first biasing member comprises a first guide rod, the first guide rod is slidably disposed on the connecting seat, one end of the first guide rod is connected to the wheel mounting seat, the other end of the first guide rod is connected to a first adjusting block, a first elastic member is sleeved on the first guide rod, one end of the first elastic member abuts against the connecting seat, and the other end of the first elastic member abuts against the wheel mounting seat; the connecting seat is arranged at the bottom of the movable goods shelf.
6. The rail structure of a rail moving rack according to claim 5, wherein the other end of the first guide bar has an external thread, the first adjusting block has an internal thread hole, and the first adjusting block is adjustably screwed with the first guide bar.
7. The guide rail structure of the rail-bound mobile goods shelf as claimed in claim 5, wherein the connecting base comprises a second cross plate, the left and right ends of the bottom of the second cross plate are respectively provided with a second side plate extending vertically downwards, and the inner sides of the lower ends of the two second side plates are rotatably provided with a ball; the guide rail is characterized in that grooves are formed in the positions, corresponding to the spheres, of the left side and the right side of the guide rail, the cross sections of the grooves are fan-shaped, the circle centers of the fan-shaped grooves are located on the line connecting the sphere centers of the two spheres, and the diameters of the fan-shaped grooves are larger than the diameters of the spheres.
8. The rail structure of the rail-bound mobile shelving of claim 7, wherein the ball is disposed at a lower end of a ball mounting bracket, and the ball mounting bracket is connected with the second side plate through a second biasing assembly; the second is suppressed the subassembly and is included the second guide arm, the second guide arm slides and sets up on the second curb plate, the one end of second guide arm with the spheroid mounting bracket is connected, the other end and the second regulating block of second guide arm are connected, the cover is equipped with the second elastic component on the second guide arm, the one end butt of second elastic component in the second curb plate, the other end butt of second elastic component in the spheroid mounting bracket.
9. The rail structure of a guided mobile shelving of claim 8, wherein the other end of the second guide bar has external threads, the second adjustment block has an internal threaded bore, and the second adjustment block is adjustably threaded with the second guide bar.
10. The rail structure of the rail-mounted mobile shelf as claimed in claim 8, wherein two parallel support plates are vertically arranged at the inner side of the lower end of the ball mounting frame, the ball is rotatably arranged between the two support plates through a pin shaft, and the support plates are fixedly connected with the ball mounting frame through reinforcing ribs.
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