CN213327274U - Sludge filter pressing device for sewage treatment - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a sludge filter-pressing device for sewage treatment, which belongs to the field of sewage treatment equipment and comprises a base, a driving mechanism and a filter-pressing mechanism; the driving mechanism and the filter pressing mechanism are both arranged on the base, the filter pressing mechanism comprises a filter pressing box and a pressing plate, a filter pressing cavity is arranged inside the filter pressing box, a sludge inlet for sludge to enter is formed in the top of the filter pressing cavity, and the pressing plate is located in the filter pressing cavity; actuating mechanism is used for the drive the clamp plate is in the filter-pressing intracavity removes, with the extrusion the mud of filter-pressing intracavity, the apopore has been seted up on the filter-pressing chamber lateral wall, the utility model discloses can carry out the filter-pressing with mud, reduce the water content in the mud.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a sewage treatment device field, more specifically say, it relates to a sludge press filtration device for sewage treatment.
Background
With the economic development of China and the increasingly centralized and increasing urban population, a plurality of rivers are polluted to become micro-polluted water. However, under the current situation of serious shortage of water resources, the water of a slightly polluted water source is still an important water source.
Various treatment methods are currently available on the market for the purification treatment of micro-polluted water sources, but sludge is generated by any method, and the sludge is difficult to transport without filter pressing.
In view of this, the utility model provides a novel sludge press filtration device for sewage treatment.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
To the deficiency that prior art exists, the utility model aims to provide a sludge press filtration device for sewage treatment.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
a sludge filter pressing device for sewage treatment comprises a base, a driving mechanism and a filter pressing mechanism;
the driving mechanism and the filter pressing mechanism are both arranged on the base, the filter pressing mechanism comprises a filter pressing box and a pressing plate, a filter pressing cavity is arranged inside the filter pressing box, a sludge inlet for sludge to enter is formed in the top of the filter pressing cavity, and the pressing plate is located in the filter pressing cavity;
the driving mechanism is used for driving the pressing plate to move in the filter pressing cavity so as to extrude the sludge in the filter pressing cavity, and the side wall of the filter pressing cavity is provided with a water outlet hole.
More preferably: the driving mechanism comprises a driving cylinder, a double-sided rack and driving pieces positioned on the left side and the right side of the double-sided rack;
a cavity and a horizontal slideway are arranged in the base, the horizontal slideway is positioned on the upper part of the cavity and opposite two sides of the upper part and is communicated with the cavity, the double-sided rack is vertically arranged and is positioned in the cavity, the driving cylinder is fixed at the bottom of the base and comprises a piston rod, the upper end of the piston rod of the driving cylinder is fixed at the lower end of the double-sided rack and is used for driving the double-sided rack to move up and down, and tooth surfaces are arranged on the left side and the right side of the double-sided rack;
the driving piece includes gear wheel, pinion, pivot and push rod, the pivot is fixed in the cavity and is passed in proper order the gear wheel with the pinion centre of a circle, the pinion is located two-sided rack lateral part and with two-sided rack toothing sets up, the gear wheel is fixed on the pinion, the push rod bottom surface be provided with the flank of tooth that gear toothing set up, the push rod is located in the horizontal slide, when the gear wheel rotates, the push rod is in follow in the horizontal slide length direction sets up, in order to drive the clamp plate is in the filter-pressing intracavity removes.
More preferably: the driving mechanism further comprises a spring, the spring is located in the middle of the horizontal slide way, and two ends of the spring are fixed to the end portions of the push rods of the two driving pieces respectively.
More preferably: the filter-pressing mechanism further comprises a supporting rod, the supporting rod comprises a vertical section and a horizontal section, a sliding groove is formed in the top of the base along the length direction of the push rod, the lower end of the vertical section penetrates through the sliding groove and is fixed to the push rod, one end of the horizontal section is fixed to the top of the vertical section, and the other end of the horizontal section penetrates through the filter-pressing box and is fixed to the side portion of the pressing plate.
More preferably: the apopore is seted up the filter-pressing chamber is keeping away from bracing piece one side, the filter-pressing case outside with the delivery port has been seted up to the corresponding department in apopore position, the filter screen that is used for intercepting mud is installed in the apopore outside, the filter screen is installed in the delivery port.
More preferably: the horizontal slide way is communicated with the water outlet, one end of the push rod is fixed with the spring, and the other end of the push rod is provided with an inclined plane which inclines downwards in the direction far away from the spring;
install the fly leaf in the apopore, the fly leaf upside rotates to be connected the apopore below, the push rod is to keeping away from when spring one end removes, the clamp plate will be right sludge in the filter-pressing intracavity carries out the filter-pressing, on the push rod the inclined plane will outwards promote the fly leaf, so that the fly leaf is the slope form.
More preferably: the filter pressing mechanism is provided with two, two the filter pressing mechanism is located respectively the relative both sides of base just respectively through two the driving piece drive.
More preferably: the filter pressing mechanism also comprises an inserting plate, a mud discharging cylinder and a push plate;
the push plate and the plug board are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the filter-pressing cavity, the push plate is positioned in the filter-pressing cavity, a mud outlet is formed in one side, away from the mud outlet cylinder, of the filter-pressing cavity, slots matched with the plug board are formed in two sides of the mud outlet, and the plug board is inserted into the slots and used for sealing the mud outlet;
go out the mud cylinder and install on the base, it includes the piston rod to go out the mud cylinder, it passes to go out mud cylinder piston rod filter-press case lateral part just is used for driving the push pedal is to being close to or keeping away from it removes to go out mud mouth direction, with will mud after the filter-pressing of filter-pressing intracavity is outwards discharged.
To sum up, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has: during filter pressing, the push rod moves towards one end far away from the spring, and at the moment, the push rod pushes the movable plate outwards to enable the movable plate to incline downwards along the direction far away from the water outlet hole, so that filtered water generated by filter pressing flows out outwards along the movable plate. After the filter pressing is completed, the push rod moves towards one end close to the spring, and the movable plate rotates under the self gravity and resets. The sludge can be subjected to filter pressing, so that the water content in the sludge is reduced.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment, which is mainly used for embodying the specific structure of a sludge filter-pressing device;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment, which is mainly used for embodying the structure of a filter pressing mechanism;
fig. 3 is a schematic partial structure diagram of the embodiment, which is mainly used for embodying the mounting structure of the movable plate.
In the figure, 1, a base; 2. a roller; 3. a cavity; 4. a horizontal slideway; 51. a driving cylinder; 52. a double-sided rack; 531. a bull gear; 532. a pinion gear; 533. a rotating shaft; 534. a push rod; 535. a bevel; 54. a spring; 601. a filter-pressing box; 602. a support bar; 603. pressing a plate; 604. a sludge inlet; 605. a filter pressing cavity; 606. a water outlet hole; 607. filtering with a screen; 608. a mud discharging cylinder; 609. pushing the plate; 610. inserting plates; 611. a movable plate; 7. a water outlet; 8. a chute.
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The present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Example (b): a sludge filter-pressing device for sewage treatment is shown in figures 1-3 and comprises a base 1, a driving mechanism and a filter-pressing mechanism. Actuating mechanism and filter pressing mechanism all install on base 1, and in order to make mud filter pressing device remove conveniently, specifically, gyro wheel 2 is installed to base 1 bottom to drive equipment moving as a whole. The filter pressing mechanism comprises a filter pressing box 601, a pressing plate 603, an inserting plate 610, a mud discharging cylinder 608, a supporting rod 602 and a push plate 609. The inside filter-pressing chamber 605 that is of filter-pressing case 601, filter-pressing chamber 605 are the rectangle cavity and the top is provided with the mud inlet 604 that is used for mud to get into, and clamp plate 603 and push pedal 609 are all located filter-pressing chamber 605, and clamp plate 603 and push pedal 609 are located the adjacent both sides in filter-pressing chamber 605 respectively. The push plate 609 and the insert plate 610 are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the filter-pressing cavity 605, and a mud outlet for pushing out mud cakes is formed in one side of the filter-pressing cavity 605 far away from the mud outlet cylinder 608 or the push plate 609. Slots matched with the inserting plates 610 are formed in two sides of the mud outlet, and the inserting plates 610 are inserted into the slots and used for sealing the mud outlet. The mud discharging cylinder 608 is installed on the base 1, the mud discharging cylinder 608 comprises a piston rod, and the piston rod of the mud discharging cylinder 608 penetrates through the side of the filter-pressing box 601 and is used for driving the push plate 609 to move towards or away from the mud outlet so as to discharge mud after filter pressing in the filter-pressing cavity 605 outwards. The backup pad passes filter-pressing case 601 one side and fixed with the clamp plate 603 lateral part, has seted up apopore 606 on the filter-pressing chamber 605 lateral wall, and apopore 606 and backup pad are located the filter-pressing chamber 605 relative both sides respectively.
In the technical scheme, during filter pressing, sludge enters the filter pressing cavity 605 through the sludge inlet 604, and then is extruded through the pressing plate 603 so as to remove water in the sludge. After the filter pressing is finished, the inserting plate 610 is pulled out, and then the mud discharging air cylinder 608 is driven, so that the pushing plate 609 pushes towards the direction close to the mud discharging port, and the mud cake after the filter pressing is pushed out through the mud discharging port.
As shown in fig. 1-3, a drive mechanism is used to drive the platen 603 to move within the filter press chamber 605 to compress the sludge within the filter press chamber 605. The driving mechanism comprises a driving cylinder 51, a spring 54, a double-sided rack 52 and driving pieces positioned at the left and right sides of the double-sided rack 52. A cavity 3 and a horizontal slide 4 are arranged in the base 1, the horizontal slide 4 is positioned on the left side and the right side of the upper portion and the upper portion of the cavity 3 and communicated with the cavity 3, and the cavity 3 is positioned in the center of the interior of the base 1. The double-sided rack 52 is vertically arranged and positioned in the cavity 3, and the double-sided rack 52 is in up-and-down sliding fit with the side wall of the cavity 3. The driving air cylinder 51 is fixed at the bottom of the base 1, the driving air cylinder 51 comprises a piston rod, and the upper end of the piston rod of the driving air cylinder 51 is fixed at the lower end of the double-sided rack 52 and used for driving the double-sided rack 52 to move up and down. The double-sided rack 52 is provided with tooth surfaces on both left and right sides. The driving member comprises a large gear 531, a small gear 532, a rotating shaft 533 and a push rod 534, two ends of the rotating shaft 533 are respectively fixed on the inner walls of two opposite sides of the cavity 3, and the rotating shaft 533 sequentially passes through the circle centers of the large gear 531 and the small gear 532, so that the large gear 531 and the small gear 532 can rotate around the rotating shaft 533. The pinion 532 is located at the side of the double-sided rack 52 and meshed with the double-sided rack 52, and the axial directions of the pinion 532 and the large gear 531 are both perpendicular to the length direction of the double-sided rack 52. The large gear 531 is fixed to the small gear 532, and the diameter of the large gear 531 is larger than that of the small gear 532.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the bottom surface of the push rod 534 is provided with a tooth surface engaged with the large gear 531, and the push rod 534 is located in the horizontal sliding way 4 and has the same axial direction as the length direction of the horizontal sliding way 4. When the large gear 531 rotates, the push rod 534 is disposed along the length direction of the horizontal sliding path 4 in the horizontal sliding path 4 to drive the press plate 603 to move in the filter pressing chamber 605. The spring 54 is located in the middle of the horizontal slideway 4, and both ends of the spring 54 are respectively fixed at the ends of the push rods 534 of the two driving pieces so as to connect the two push rods 534 through the spring 54. The spring 54 is arranged to enable the push rod 534 to move smoothly, and the connectivity of the two driving pieces is improved. The supporting rod 602 comprises a vertical section and a horizontal section which are integrally connected, a sliding groove 8 is formed in the top of the base 1 along the length direction of the push rod 534, and the length direction of the sliding groove 8 is the same as the length direction of the push rod 534. The lower end of the vertical section penetrates through the sliding groove 8 and is fixed at the top of the push rod 534, the upper end of the vertical section extends upwards, one end of the horizontal section is fixed at the top of the vertical section, and the other end of the horizontal section penetrates through the side part of the filter-pressing box 601 and is fixed with the side part of the pressing plate 603.
In the technical scheme, during filter pressing, the driving cylinder 51 is started, the double-sided rack 52 moves upwards, the pinion 532 and the double-sided rack 52 are arranged in an engaged manner, the pinion 532 and the gearwheel 531 are fixed, and the gearwheel 531 is arranged in an engaged manner with the bottom gear surface of the push rod 534, so that when the double-sided rack 52 moves upwards, the pinion 532 drives the gearwheel 531 to rotate around the rotating shaft 533 together, the push rod 534 drives the support rod 602 and the pressure plate 603 to move towards the direction close to the water outlet 606, thereby carrying out filter pressing on sludge in the filter pressing cavity 605, and water generated in the filter pressing process is discharged outwards through the water outlet 606. After the filter pressing is completed, the driving cylinder 51 retracts, and the push rod 534 drives the pressing plate 603 to reset.
As shown in fig. 1-3, two filter pressing mechanisms are provided, and the two filter pressing mechanisms are respectively located at two opposite sides of the base 1 and are respectively driven by two driving members. The water outlet 606 is formed in the press filtering cavity 605 at a side far away from the supporting rod 602, and a water outlet 7 is formed in a position corresponding to the position of the water outlet 606 outside the press filtering box 601. A filter screen 607 for intercepting sludge is installed outside the water outlet 606, and the filter screen 607 is installed in the water outlet 7. For filter screen 607 easy dismounting, specifically, filter screen 607 bolted connection is in the apopore 606 outside. The outer end of the horizontal slideway 4 is communicated with the water outlet 7, one end of the push rod 534 is fixed with the spring 54, and the other end is provided with an inclined surface 535 which inclines downwards in the direction far away from the spring 54. A movable plate 611 for guiding water flow is installed in the water outlet 7, the upper side of the movable plate 611 is rotatably connected below the water outlet 606, and the lower side is a free side and naturally hangs downwards. When the push rod 534 moves away from the spring 54, the pressure plate 603 performs pressure filtration on the sludge in the pressure filtration chamber 605, and the inclined surface 535 on the push rod 534 pushes the movable plate 611 outward to make the movable plate 611 incline, so that the flow of the filtered water can be guided.
In the above technical solution, during filter pressing, the push rod 534 moves towards the end away from the spring 54, and at this time, the push rod 534 pushes the movable plate 611 outwards, so that the movable plate 611 tilts downwards in the direction away from the water outlet 606, and thus, filtered water generated by filter pressing flows outwards along the movable plate 611. After the filter pressing is completed, the push rod 534 moves to the end close to the spring 54, and the movable plate 611 rotates under the self-gravity and is reset.
It is above only the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment, the utility model discloses a scope of protection does not only confine above-mentioned embodiment, the all belongs to the utility model discloses a technical scheme under the thinking all belongs to the utility model discloses a scope of protection. It should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, various improvements and modifications can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and these improvements and modifications should be construed as the scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a mud filter pressing device for sewage treatment which characterized in that: comprises a base (1), a driving mechanism and a filter pressing mechanism;
the driving mechanism and the filter pressing mechanism are both arranged on the base (1), the filter pressing mechanism comprises a filter pressing box (601) and a pressing plate (603), a filter pressing cavity (605) is arranged inside the filter pressing box (601), a sludge inlet (604) for sludge to enter is formed in the top of the filter pressing cavity (605), and the pressing plate (603) is located in the filter pressing cavity (605);
the driving mechanism is used for driving the pressing plate (603) to move in the press filtering cavity (605) so as to extrude the sludge in the press filtering cavity (605), and a water outlet hole (606) is formed in the side wall of the press filtering cavity (605).
2. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the driving mechanism comprises a driving cylinder (51), a double-sided rack (52) and driving parts positioned on the left side and the right side of the double-sided rack (52);
a cavity (3) and a horizontal slide way (4) are arranged in the base (1), the horizontal slide way (4) is positioned on the upper portion of the cavity (3) and on the two opposite sides of the upper portion of the cavity and is communicated with the cavity (3), the double-sided rack (52) is vertically arranged and is positioned in the cavity (3), the driving cylinder (51) is fixed at the bottom of the base (1), the driving cylinder (51) comprises a piston rod, the upper end of the piston rod of the driving cylinder (51) is fixed at the lower end of the double-sided rack (52) and is used for driving the double-sided rack (52) to move up and down, and tooth surfaces are arranged on the left side and the right side of the double-;
the driving piece comprises a large gear (531), a small gear (532), a rotating shaft (533) and a push rod (534), the rotating shaft (533) is fixed in a cavity (3) and sequentially penetrates through the large gear (531) and the circle center of the small gear (532), the small gear (532) is located on the side portion of the double-sided rack (52) and meshed with the double-sided rack (52), the large gear (531) is fixed on the small gear (532), the bottom surface of the push rod (534) is provided with a tooth surface meshed with the large gear (531), the push rod (534) is located in the horizontal sliding way (4), and when the large gear (531) rotates, the push rod (534) is located in the horizontal sliding way (4) along the length direction of the horizontal sliding way (4) to drive the press plate (603) to move in the filter pressing cavity (605).
3. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the driving mechanism further comprises a spring (54), the spring (54) is located in the middle of the horizontal sliding way (4), and two ends of the spring (54) are respectively fixed to the end portions of the push rods (534) of the two driving pieces.
4. A sludge pressure filtration apparatus for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 3 wherein: the filter-pressing mechanism further comprises a supporting rod (602), the supporting rod (602) comprises a vertical section and a horizontal section, a sliding groove (8) is formed in the top of the base (1) along the length direction of the push rod (534), the lower end of the vertical section penetrates through the sliding groove (8) and is fixed to the push rod (534), one end of the horizontal section is fixed to the top of the vertical section, and the other end of the horizontal section penetrates through the filter-pressing box (601) and is fixed to the side portion of the pressing plate (603).
5. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the filter pressing box is characterized in that the water outlet hole (606) is formed in one side, away from the support rod (602), of the filter pressing cavity (605), a water outlet (7) is formed in the position, corresponding to the position of the water outlet hole (606), of the outer side of the filter pressing box (601), a filter screen (607) used for intercepting sludge is installed on the outer side of the water outlet hole (606), and the filter screen (607) is installed in the water outlet (7).
6. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 5, wherein: the horizontal slideway (4) is communicated with the water outlet (7), one end of the push rod (534) is fixed with the spring (54), and the other end of the push rod is provided with an inclined surface (535) which inclines downwards in a direction away from the spring (54);
a movable plate (611) is installed in the water outlet (7), the upper side of the movable plate (611) is rotatably connected below the water outlet hole (606), when the push rod (534) moves towards one end far away from the spring (54), the pressure plate (603) performs pressure filtration on sludge in the pressure filtration cavity (605), and the inclined surface (535) on the push rod (534) pushes the movable plate (611) outwards, so that the movable plate (611) is inclined.
7. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the filter pressing mechanisms are arranged in two, and the two filter pressing mechanisms are respectively located on two opposite sides of the base (1) and are driven by the driving pieces respectively.
8. The sludge pressure filtration device for sewage treatment as claimed in claim 6, wherein: the filter pressing mechanism also comprises an inserting plate (610), a mud discharging cylinder (608) and a push plate (609);
the push plate (609) and the inserting plate (610) are respectively positioned at two opposite sides of the filter-pressing cavity (605), the push plate (609) is positioned in the filter-pressing cavity (605), one side of the filter-pressing cavity (605) far away from the mud outlet cylinder (608) is provided with a mud outlet, two sides of the mud outlet are provided with inserting grooves matched with the inserting plate (610), and the inserting plate (610) is inserted in the inserting grooves and used for sealing the mud outlet;
the mud discharging cylinder (608) is installed on the base (1), the mud discharging cylinder (608) comprises a piston rod, and the piston rod of the mud discharging cylinder (608) penetrates through the side part of the filter-pressing box (601) and is used for driving the push plate (609) to move towards or away from the mud outlet so as to discharge mud subjected to filter pressing in the filter-pressing cavity (605) outwards.
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