CN211463074U - Reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced - Google Patents

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CN211463074U
CN211463074U CN201921853222.2U CN201921853222U CN211463074U CN 211463074 U CN211463074 U CN 211463074U CN 201921853222 U CN201921853222 U CN 201921853222U CN 211463074 U CN211463074 U CN 211463074U
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吴允全
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The utility model discloses a reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced relates to chemical industry technical field, and its technical scheme main points are including the automobile body, are provided with the storage bucket on the automobile body, and the lateral wall of loading bucket is equipped with the discharging pipe that is close to the storage bucket bottom, are provided with the support column that is used for supporting the storage bucket on the automobile body, and the support column hinges in the storage bucket bottom with the equidistant distribution of circumference of storage bucket along the storage bucket with the discharging pipe, and the one end that the automobile body was kept away from to the support column, and the other end of support column hinges in the automobile body. The support column is provided with an adjusting component for adjusting the length of the support column; the trolley body is provided with two supporting strips for supporting the feeding barrel, the supporting strips are hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel, and the two supporting strips are distributed on two sides of a connecting line of the supporting column and the discharging pipe. The utility model has the advantages of can incline the charging bucket and make the raw materials of piling up in the charging bucket bottom gather to the discharging pipe, and then the reation kettle is all carried to usable delivery pump with the raw materials in the charging bucket in.

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Reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a chemical industry technical field, more specifically say, it relates to a reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced.
Background
The reaction kettle is often used as a reaction vessel for preparing various reagents or slurry in the chemical industry. The side wall of the reaction kettle is usually provided with a feed inlet so as to add new reagents or raw materials in the reaction process.
When an existing enterprise produces reagents or slurry in a large scale, a plurality of reaction kettles with larger volumes are generally adopted to simultaneously prepare the reagents or slurry. In the reaction process, new raw materials are required to be added frequently, a set of feeding system is configured for each reaction kettle, the existing enterprise frequently adopts a feeding vehicle with a feeding barrel 2 as shown in fig. 1, the feeding vehicle comprises a vehicle body 1, a discharging pipe 21 close to the bottom of the feeding barrel 2 is arranged on the side wall of the feeding barrel 2, a conveying pump 3 is installed on the vehicle body 1, and the conveying pump 3 is connected with a feeding pipe 32. The staff can remove the feeding car to different reation kettle, recycles in the raw materials that delivery pump 3 will go up storage bucket 2 adds different reation kettle to reduce the cost of being equipped with charging system, be convenient for simultaneously again add the raw materials.
However, most of the currently used charging buckets 2 are vertically arranged on the charging car, and when the raw materials in the charging buckets 2 gradually decrease, a part of the raw materials are accumulated at the bottom of the charging bucket 2, so that the raw materials in the charging bucket 2 cannot be completely added into the reaction kettle, and the raw materials in the charging bucket 2 remain for a long time.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Not enough to prior art exists, the utility model aims to provide a reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced, it has the storage bucket of going up that can incline and makes the raw materials of piling up in the storage bucket bottom to the discharging pipe gathering, and then the advantage in reation kettle is all carried to usable delivery pump with the raw materials in the storage bucket.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
a feeding vehicle convenient for feeding comprises a vehicle body, wherein a feeding barrel is arranged on the vehicle body, a discharging pipe close to the bottom of the feeding barrel is arranged on the side wall of the feeding barrel, supporting columns for supporting the feeding barrel are arranged on the vehicle body, the supporting columns and the discharging pipe are distributed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the feeding barrel, one end, far away from the vehicle body, of each supporting column is hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel, and the other end of each supporting column is hinged to the vehicle body;
the supporting column is provided with an adjusting component for adjusting the length of the supporting column;
the trolley body is provided with two supporting strips for supporting the feeding barrel, the supporting strips are hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel, and the two supporting strips are distributed on two sides of a connecting line of the supporting columns and the discharging pipe.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the raw materials surplus less part in the charging bucket, usable adjusting part adjusts the length of long support column, makes the charging bucket towards discharging pipe one side slope, and then makes the raw materials of piling up in the charging bucket bottom to gathering of discharging pipe one side, and the staff of being convenient for utilizes the delivery pump to carry the reation kettle with the raw materials is whole in.
Furthermore, the support column comprises a sleeve and a loop bar inserted into the sleeve, the loop bar is arranged on the trolley body, and one end of the sleeve, which is far away from the loop bar, is hinged to the bottom of the charging bucket;
the adjusting assembly comprises a locking strip for fixing the loop bar, and the locking strip is inserted into the sleeve along the direction perpendicular to the axis of the sleeve.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the storage bucket was gone up to needs slope, can remove the fixed of locking strip to the loop bar for the staff can lift up one side of storage bucket and make the storage bucket towards discharging pipe one side slope, and the sleeve removes along the direction of keeping away from the loop bar. And finally, the locking strip is utilized to support the loop bar tightly so that the support column fixes the feeding barrel and the feeding barrel is in an inclined state, and the worker can conveniently and completely convey the raw materials in the feeding barrel into the reaction kettle by utilizing the conveying pump.
Furthermore, a clamping groove for clamping the locking strip is formed in the loop bar.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, make the locking strip card go into in the draw-in groove with fixed sleeve, prevent that gliding influences the tilt state of loading bucket in the sleeve.
Furthermore, the end of the locking strip, which is far away from the loop bar, is provided with a limiting ring, and the locking strip is provided with an elastic part for generating a driving force for inserting the locking strip into the clamping groove.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, lifting the in-process that the storage bucket made the sleeve remove, when the locking strip removed the draw-in groove position, the elastic component can drive the locking strip card go into in the draw-in groove for the operation is simple swift more.
Furthermore, the elastic part is a spring sleeved on the locking strip, two ends of the spring are respectively connected to the sleeve and the limiting ring, and when the locking strip is separated from the clamping groove, the spring is in a stretching state.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the charging bucket was in normal vertical placement state, the locking strip breaks away from the draw-in groove, and the elasticity of the perpendicular to sleeve axis that is in tensile state's spring production can act on the spacing ring for the spacing ring has the trend that promotes the locking strip and insert the loop bar. And then in the follow-up in-process of slope loading bucket, when the locking strip moved the draw-in groove position, the locking strip can automatic block in the draw-in groove thereby reach and stabilize the loading bucket and make the loading bucket can keep the state of slope.
Furthermore, the bottom of the feeding barrel is provided with a connecting plate, and one end, far away from the vehicle body, of the support column is hinged to a connecting plate shaft.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the support column makes the length of going up the storage bucket at the in-process support column of slope can be along with the slope of going up the storage bucket and grow with car body shaft hinge joint, and the support column is in connected state with the storage bucket always for go up the storage bucket and can directly utilize the support column to support the storage bucket after accomplishing the slope operation and make the state that the storage bucket can keep the slope.
Further, a fixing rod is mounted on the trolley body, and a clamping piece used for fixing the feeding pipe is arranged at one end, far away from the trolley body, of the fixing rod.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize the fixed conveying pipe of holder to be convenient for the staff to get and put the conveying pipe, simultaneously, prevent that the tip of conveying pipe from contacting ground or automobile body and being stained with impurity, prevent to influence the purity of raw materials when follow-up interpolation raw materials.
Further, the clamping piece is a C-shaped clamping ring.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize the fixed conveying pipe of snap ring, the staff of being convenient for gets and puts the conveying pipe.
Further, the feeding barrel is provided with a barrel cover.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, prevent that there is impurity to drop and influence the purity of raw materials in last storage bucket, also prevent simultaneously at the in-process of removing the automobile body that there is the raw materials spill in the storage bucket.
Furthermore, the outer side wall of the feeding barrel is provided with a buckle for fixing the barrel cover.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, utilize the fixed bung of buckle, prevent that the bung from landing from the charging bucket.
To sum up, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has:
1. by arranging the adjusting assembly and the locking strips, the support columns and the support bars are used for supporting the feeding barrel, so that the feeding barrel can keep an inclined state, and workers can conveniently convey all raw materials in the feeding barrel into the reaction kettle by using the conveying pump;
2. utilize dead lever and the fixed conveying pipe of holder, the staff of being convenient for gets and puts the conveying pipe, prevents that the tip of conveying pipe from contacting ground or the automobile body and being stained with impurity, influences the purity of raw materials when follow-up material loading.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a mobile cart in the background art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of the charging cart for facilitating charging in example 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of portion A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing the overall construction of a charging cart for facilitating charging in example 2;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a support column in embodiment 2.
In the figure: 1. a vehicle body; 11. a handle; 111. a support bar; 112. a cross bar; 12. a vehicle seat; 13. a mounting frame; 131. mounting a plate; 132. mounting a bracket; 14. a connecting plate; 141. a through hole; 142. a connecting shaft; 2. a feeding barrel; 20. a barrel cover; 201. buckling; 21. a discharge pipe; 3. a delivery pump; 31. a power line; 32. a feed pipe; 4. a support pillar; 40. a supporting strip; 41. a sleeve; 411. a threaded hole; 42. a loop bar; 421. a first card slot; 422. a second card slot; 43. locking the bolt; 44. a locking strip; 441. a spring; 442. a limiting ring; 5. a pulley; 6. fixing the rod; 61. a snap ring; 7. a motor box.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1:
a charging vehicle convenient for charging, referring to fig. 2 and 3, comprises a vehicle body 1, wherein the vehicle body 1 comprises a seat 12 and a handle 11. The bottom of saddle 12 is provided with four pulleys 5, is convenient for the staff to remove the feeding car. A cylindrical feeding barrel 2 is arranged on the vehicle seat 12, a discharging pipe 21 close to the bottom of the feeding barrel 2 is arranged on the side wall of the feeding barrel 2, and the discharging pipe 21 is a flexible hose. The saddle 12 is provided with an elongated support post 4 for supporting the charging basket 2. The saddle 12 is provided with two connecting plates 14 in a group, and the two connecting plates 14 are provided with coaxial circular through holes 141. A connecting shaft 142 perpendicular to the axis of the supporting column 4 is inserted into the end of the supporting column 4, and two ends of the connecting shaft 142 are respectively inserted into two through holes 141, so that the supporting column 4 is hinged to the connecting plate 14 through the connecting shaft 142.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, an end of the support pillar 4 remote from the seat 12 is attached to the bottom of the upper bucket 2. Similarly, the bottom of the charging barrel 2 is provided with a group of connecting plates 14, and one end of the supporting column 4 far away from the saddle 12 is hinged with the connecting plates 14 through a connecting shaft 142.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, two strip-shaped supporting strips 40 for supporting the charging barrel 2 are arranged on the seat 12, and the two supporting strips 40 are symmetrically distributed on two sides of a connecting line between the supporting column 4 and the discharging pipe 21. Two sets of connecting plates 14 are further arranged at the bottom of the charging barrel 2, and one ends of the two supporting bars 40 far away from the saddle 12 are respectively connected with one set of connecting plates 14 through connecting shafts 142. The connecting shafts 142 in each set of connecting plates 14 are all parallel to each other so that the charging barrel 2 can be tilted toward the discharging pipe 21 side.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the support column 4 includes a sleeve 41 and a loop bar 42 inserted into the sleeve 41, the loop bar 42 is disposed on the seat 12, and one end of the sleeve 41 away from the loop bar 42 is pivotally connected to the connecting plate 14 by a connecting shaft 142. The side wall of the sleeve 41 is provided with a threaded hole 411 perpendicular to the axis of the sleeve 41, and a locking bolt 43 is inserted into the threaded hole 411. The sleeve 41 is fixed by tightening the lock bolt 43 against the collar rod 42, so that the support pole 4 together with the support bar 40 can stably support the charging basket 2.
Referring to fig. 2, install a delivery pump 3 on the saddle 12, delivery pump 3 is located same one side of charging bucket 2 with discharging pipe 21, and discharging pipe 21 is kept away from the one end of charging bucket 2 and is connected in delivery pump 3, and delivery pump 3 is connected with a conveying pipe 32, and conveying pipe 32 is the flexible hose, utilizes in delivery pump 3 can carry the reation kettle with the raw materials in the charging bucket 2 via discharging pipe 21 and conveying pipe 32.
Referring to fig. 2, an elongated fixing rod 6 is mounted on the seat 12, a C-shaped snap ring 61 is disposed at an end of the fixing rod 6 away from the seat 12, and the inner circle radius of the snap ring 61 is equal to the radius of the feeding pipe 32. The central angle formed by the inner circle center of the clamping ring 61 and the two ends of the clamping ring 61 is larger than 180 degrees, namely the arc length of the clamping ring 61 is larger than the perimeter of one half of the feeding pipe 32, so that the clamping ring 61 can clamp the feeding pipe 32, and the feeding pipe 32 can be conveniently taken and placed by a worker.
Referring to fig. 2, the charging bucket 2 is equipped with a bucket cover 20, and the sidewall of the charging bucket 2 is provided with two buckles 201, and the two buckles 201 are equally spaced along the circumference of the charging bucket 2. When bung 20 covers in charging bucket 2, utilize buckle 201 can fix bung 20, prevent that bung 20 from the landing of charging bucket 2, prevent that impurity from dropping and influencing the purity of raw materials in charging bucket 2, also prevent simultaneously that there is the raw materials spill from charging bucket 2 at the in-process of removing automobile body 1.
Referring to fig. 2, the handlebar 11 includes two elongated support rods 111 mounted on the saddle 12 in parallel, and an elongated cross bar 112 is connected to an end of the support rods 111 away from the saddle 12. The cross rod 112 is provided with a mounting frame 13 for placing the motor box 7, the mounting frame 13 comprises two elongated mounting brackets 132, and one ends of the two mounting brackets 132, which are far away from the cross rod, are connected with a mounting plate 131 parallel to the saddle. The motor case 7 is connected to the feed pump 3 through a power cord 31. Connect motor case 7 in the power, press the switch on the motor case 7 and can start delivery pump 3, utilize delivery pump 3 to carry the raw materials in the storage bucket 2 to the reation kettle.
The working principle is as follows: when need add the raw materials to reation kettle in, can remove the feeding car to reation kettle, locking pulley 5 prevents that the feeding car from removing, is connected the mouth of pipe of conveying pipe 32 and reation kettle's charge door, starts delivery pump 3, utilizes in delivery pump 3 will go up the raw materials transport reation kettle in the storage bucket 2. When a small amount of raw material remains in the charging bucket 2, the charging bucket 2 can be lifted up to incline the charging bucket 2 toward the discharging pipe 21, so that the raw material can be gathered toward the discharging pipe 21. When lifting charging bucket 2, sleeve 41 can move to the direction of keeping away from loop bar 42 along with charging bucket 2, when charging bucket 2 was in the slope, screw up locking bolt 43 with fixed sleeve 41 for support column 4 and support bar 40 stably support charging bucket 2, can make charging bucket 2 keep the state of slope, and then can carry the reation kettle in with the whole raw materials of charging bucket 2.
Example 2:
a charging car convenient for charging, referring to fig. 4 and 5, based on embodiment 1, the embodiment is different from embodiment 1 in that: the locking bar 44 is in a long strip shape, one end of the locking bar 44, which is far away from the loop bar 42, is provided with a limit ring 442, a spring 441 is sleeved on the locking bar 44, and two ends of the spring 441 are respectively connected to the sleeve 41 and the limit ring 442. Two clamping grooves for the locking strip 44 to be clamped are formed in the loop bar 42, the two clamping grooves are linearly distributed along the length direction of the loop bar 42, and the two clamping grooves are divided into a first clamping groove 421 and a second clamping groove 422 along the direction far away from the saddle.
Referring to fig. 4 and 5, when the charging basket 2 is normally vertically placed, the locking strip 44 is inserted into the first locking groove 421. When the charging barrel 2 needs to be tilted, the locking strip 44 is pulled out from the first locking groove 421, and when the charging barrel 2 is lifted to tilt the charging barrel 2 toward the discharging pipe 21, the sleeve 41 moves in a direction away from the loop bar 42 along with the charging barrel 2. When the locking bar 44 moves to a position close to the second locking groove 422, the locking bar 44 is driven by the spring 441 to be clamped into the second locking groove 422, so as to fix the sleeve 41 and prevent the sleeve 41 from sliding downwards, so that the support column 4 and the support strip 40 support the charging basket 2 together to keep the charging basket 2 in an inclined state. When all the raw materials in the feeding barrel 2 are conveyed into the reaction kettle, the locking strip 44 is pulled out of the second clamping groove 422, the sleeve 41 moves downwards, and the locking strip 44 is inserted into the first clamping groove 421, so that the feeding barrel 2 is restored to the vertical placement state.
The above-mentioned embodiments are merely illustrative of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the present invention, and those skilled in the art can make modifications to the embodiments without inventive contribution as required after reading the present specification, but all the embodiments are protected by patent laws and protection within the scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a reinforced car convenient to it is reinforced, includes automobile body (1), be provided with on automobile body (1) and go up storage bucket (2), the lateral wall of going up storage bucket (2) is equipped with discharging pipe (21) that are close to storage bucket (2) bottom, its characterized in that: the trolley body (1) is provided with support columns (4) for supporting the feeding barrel (2), the support columns (4) and the discharge pipe (21) are distributed at equal intervals along the circumferential direction of the feeding barrel (2), one ends, far away from the trolley body (1), of the support columns (4) are hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel (2), and the other ends of the support columns (4) are hinged to the trolley body (1);
the supporting column (4) is provided with an adjusting component for adjusting the length of the supporting column (4);
the feeding device is characterized in that two supporting strips (40) used for supporting the feeding barrel (2) are arranged on the trolley body (1), the supporting strips (40) are hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel (2), and the supporting strips (40) are distributed on two sides of a connecting line of the supporting column (4) and the discharging pipe (21).
2. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 1, further comprising: the supporting column (4) comprises a sleeve (41) and a loop bar (42) inserted in the sleeve (41), the loop bar (42) is arranged on the vehicle body (1), and one end, far away from the loop bar (42), of the sleeve (41) is hinged to the bottom of the feeding barrel (2);
the adjusting assembly comprises a locking strip (44) used for fixing the loop bar (42), and the locking strip (44) is inserted into the sleeve (41) along the direction perpendicular to the axis of the sleeve (41).
3. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 2, further comprising: the loop bar (42) is provided with a clamping groove for clamping the locking strip (44).
4. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 3, further comprising: the locking strip (44) is provided with a limiting ring (442) at one end far away from the loop bar (42), and the locking strip (44) is provided with an elastic part for generating a driving force for inserting the locking strip (44) into the clamping groove.
5. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 4, wherein: the elastic piece is a spring (441) sleeved on the locking strip (44), two ends of the spring (441) are respectively connected to the sleeve (41) and the limiting ring, and when the locking strip (44) is separated from the clamping groove, the spring (441) is in a stretching state.
6. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 1, further comprising: the bottom of the feeding barrel (2) is provided with a connecting plate (14), and one end, far away from the vehicle body (1), of the supporting column (4) is hinged to the connecting plate (14) through a shaft.
7. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 1, further comprising: the feeding device is characterized in that a fixing rod (6) is mounted on the vehicle body (1), and a clamping piece for fixing the feeding pipe (32) is arranged at one end, far away from the vehicle body (1), of the fixing rod (6).
8. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 7, further comprising: the clamping piece is a C-shaped clamping ring (61).
9. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 1, further comprising: the feeding barrel (2) is provided with a barrel cover (20).
10. The charging cart facilitating charging of claim 9, further comprising: the outer side wall of the feeding barrel (2) is provided with a buckle (201) for fixing the barrel cover (20).
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