CN214514591U - Reation kettle is used in chemical industry raw materials preparation - Google Patents

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CN214514591U
CN214514591U CN202120676118.1U CN202120676118U CN214514591U CN 214514591 U CN214514591 U CN 214514591U CN 202120676118 U CN202120676118 U CN 202120676118U CN 214514591 U CN214514591 U CN 214514591U
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The utility model discloses a reation kettle is used in chemical raw material preparation, including the reation kettle body, the vertical fixed intercommunication in bottom surface middle part of reation kettle body has row material pipe, the bottom demountable installation who arranges the material pipe has the closing cap for the shutoff, the vertical driving motor that is fixed with in top surface middle part of reation kettle body, just driving motor's motor shaft stretches into with sliding fit's mode the reation kettle body. Has the advantages that: the utility model drives the upright post at the bottom end of the stirring shaft to descend and insert into the discharging pipe for dredging by the way that the matching part slides downwards along the vertical direction of the matching groove, thereby avoiding the condition of discharging interruption caused by blocking powder in the discharging pipe in the discharging process; compress tightly the mode at reation kettle body top surface through lock nut can the unable vertical cooperation groove of deviating from of locking cooperation portion, can make the motor shaft drive the (mixing) shaft rotation then mix the preparation to powder, be favorable to ensureing the stable operating condition of reation kettle body.

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Reation kettle is used in chemical industry raw materials preparation
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a chemical industry equipment field, concretely relates to reation kettle is used in chemical industry raw materials preparation.
Background
The production of chemical industry enterprise can not leave various industrial chemicals, and in industrial chemicals's preparation in-process, it is common technological means to react industrial chemicals through reation kettle and obtain the product that the enterprise needs, and reation kettle who uses usually adopts the row of the direct vent in lower part design of arranging in the industrial chemicals production process at present, and this just causes when the mixture of carrying out the powder is prepared, arranges the material in-process and easily appears the powder and block at row material pipe and cause the condition of arranging the material and cutting off.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims at providing a reation kettle is used in chemical raw materials preparation in order to solve above-mentioned problem, the stand that drives the (mixing) shaft bottom through the mode of the vertical gliding of cooperation portion along the cooperation groove descends and inserts row material pipe and dredge, has avoided arranging the material in-process because the powder blocks up and blocks in row material pipe and cause the condition of arranging the material and interrupting, sees the explanation below in detail.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a reaction kettle for chemical raw material preparation, which comprises a reaction kettle body, wherein the middle part of the bottom surface of the reaction kettle body is vertically and fixedly communicated with a discharge pipe, the bottom end of the discharge pipe is detachably provided with a sealing cover for plugging, the middle part of the top surface of the reaction kettle body is vertically and fixedly provided with a driving motor, a motor shaft of the driving motor extends into the reaction kettle body in a sliding fit manner, and both sides of the top surface of the reaction kettle body are vertically provided with guide holes;
the vertical coaxial cooperation groove of having seted up of lower part of motor shaft, the vertical sliding fit in cooperation groove has the stirring subassembly of mediation function, just the stirring subassembly with the motor shaft is vertical coaxial, the middle part coaxial rotation of stirring subassembly is connected with the locking subassembly that can vertical lift and locking, just the upper portion of locking subassembly with the vertical sliding fit in guiding hole.
Preferably, a feeding pipe is fixedly communicated with one side of the top of the reaction kettle body in an inclined mode, and a valve used for controlling opening and closing is installed at the end portion of the feeding pipe.
Preferably, the sealing cover is detachably connected with the discharge pipe in a thread fit mode.
As preferred, the stirring subassembly includes (mixing) shaft and end plate, the (mixing) shaft is vertical arrange in this internal and with the vertical coaxial of motor shaft, the vertical cooperation portion that is fixed with in top of (mixing) shaft, just cooperation portion with the vertical sliding fit of cooperation groove, the peripheral level in lower part of (mixing) shaft is fixed with a plurality of stirring vane, the bottom level of (mixing) shaft is fixed with the end plate, the vertical stand that is fixed with in bottom surface of end plate, the stand with arrange the vertical coaxial of material pipe, just the bottom of stand is close to arrange the material pipe top.
Preferably, the cross-sectional shapes of the matching part and the matching groove are regular polygons, and the bottom end of the upright post is of a conical structure.
Preferably, the locking assembly comprises a support plate and studs, the support plate is horizontally arranged, a rotary bearing is horizontally embedded in the middle of the support plate and is rotatably connected with the motor shaft, the studs are vertically fixed on two sides of the top surface of the support plate, the studs are in one-to-one correspondence with the guide holes and are in vertical sliding fit, and locking nuts are meshed with parts of the studs extending out of the top surface of the reaction kettle body.
Preferably, a hand wheel is fixed at the top end of the stud, and anti-skid grains are formed in the surface of the hand wheel.
Preferably, a limiting ring is coaxially fixed to the part of the stud between the hand wheel and the locking nut, and the distance between the limiting ring and the top surface of the reaction kettle body is not greater than the depth of the matching groove.
When the reaction kettle for preparing the chemical raw materials is adopted, initially, the matching part is in vertical sliding fit with the matching groove, the cross section shapes of the matching part and the matching groove are regular polygons, the stud can be limited from vertically descending by tightening the locking nut tightly on the top surface of the reaction kettle body at the moment, so that the matching part can be limited from vertically descending to be separated from the matching groove, when the reaction kettle is used, powder is added through the inlet pipe, then the inlet pipe is closed, the driving motor is electrified to work in a mode of being connected with an external power supply cable, the driving motor drives the stirring shaft to rotate through the motor shaft, the stirring shaft can be restrained from stably rotating vertically in a mode of rotating around the rotary bearing in the process, and the stirring blade is driven to horizontally rotate in the rotating process of the stirring shaft to mix the powder to prepare the chemical raw materials, after the powder is mixed and prepared, the driving motor is stopped, then the sealing cover can be taken down to discharge the powder in a straight line through the discharge pipe, in the process of discharging, when the discharge pipe is blocked to cause the interruption of discharging, the locking nut is simultaneously screwed to ascend along the stud until the locking nut contacts the limiting ring, then the hand wheel can be pressed to drive the stud to descend along the vertical direction of the guide hole, in the process, the support plate drives the stirring shaft to descend along the vertical downward sliding mode of the matching groove through the matching part, the upright at the bottom end of the stirring shaft is immediately inserted into the discharge pipe to poke the blocked powder at the discharge pipe for dredging, the condition that the discharging is interrupted because the powder is blocked in the discharge pipe in the process of discharging is avoided, the upright can be driven to reciprocate to ascend and descend in a mode of repeatedly by lifting the stud until the discharge pipe is dredged, after dredging is completed, the stud can be lifted up again to enable the matching part to ascend along the matching groove, when the stud is lifted up to force application and cannot be lifted up continuously, the stud is kept still, then the locking nut is screwed on the top surface of the reaction kettle body to lock the matching state of the matching part and the matching groove, the matching part is prevented from being naturally separated from the matching groove, and then the motor shaft can drive the stirring shaft to rotate to mix and prepare powder, so that the stable working state of the reaction kettle body is ensured.
Has the advantages that: 1. the utility model drives the upright post at the bottom end of the stirring shaft to descend and insert into the discharging pipe for dredging by the way that the matching part slides downwards along the vertical direction of the matching groove, thereby avoiding the condition of discharging interruption caused by blocking powder in the discharging pipe in the discharging process;
2. compress tightly the mode at reation kettle body top surface through lock nut can the unable vertical cooperation groove of deviating from of locking cooperation portion, can make the motor shaft drive the (mixing) shaft rotation then mix the preparation to powder, be favorable to ensureing the stable operating condition of reation kettle body.
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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 description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only 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 front sectional view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion a of fig. 1 according to the present invention;
figure 3 is a front external view of figure 1 of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a top cross-sectional view of fig. 1 according to the present invention.
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1. a locking assembly; 101. a hand wheel; 102. a limiting ring; 103. a stud; 104. locking the nut; 105. a support plate; 106. a slew bearing; 2. a reaction kettle body; 201. footing; 202. a valve; 203. a feed pipe; 204. a guide hole; 205. a discharge pipe; 206. sealing the cover; 3. a drive motor; 301. a motor shaft; 302. a mating groove; 4. a stirring assembly; 401. a fitting portion; 402. a stirring shaft; 403. a stirring blade; 404. an end plate; 405. and (4) a column.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be described in detail below. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the utility model provides a reation kettle is used in chemical raw materials preparation, including reation kettle body 2, the vertical fixed intercommunication in bottom surface middle part of reation kettle body 2 has row material pipe 205, and the bottom demountable installation who arranges material pipe 205 has a closing cap 206 for the shutoff, and the vertical driving motor 3 that is fixed with in top surface middle part of reation kettle body 2, and driving motor 3's motor shaft 301 stretches into reation kettle body 2 with sliding fit's mode, and the equal vertical guiding hole 204 of having seted up in top surface both sides of reation kettle body 2. Cooperation groove 302 has been seted up to the vertical coaxial of lower part of motor shaft 301, the vertical sliding fit in cooperation groove 302 has the stirring subassembly 4 of mediation function, and stirring subassembly 4 and the vertical coaxial of motor shaft 301, the middle part coaxial rotation of stirring subassembly 4 is connected with the locking subassembly 1 that can vertical lift and locking, and the upper portion and the vertical sliding fit of guiding hole 204 of locking subassembly 1, it is vertical to be fixed with a plurality of footing 201 around the bottom surface of preferred reation kettle body 2, so that come outrigger reation kettle body 2 through the setting of footing 201.
As a preferred scheme of the scheme, a feeding pipe 203 is fixedly communicated with one side of the top of the reaction kettle body 2 in an inclined manner, a valve 202 for controlling opening and closing is mounted at the end part of the feeding pipe 203, so that powder can be conveniently added into the reaction kettle body 2 through the feeding pipe 203, meanwhile, the opening or closing of the feeding pipe 203 is conveniently controlled through the valve 202, the sealing cover 206 and the discharging pipe 205 are detachably connected in a threaded fit manner, and so that the sealing cover 206 can be conveniently and quickly taken down from the discharging pipe 205 or the sealing cover 206 can be quickly mounted on the discharging pipe 205 in a manner of screwing the sealing cover 206.
The stirring assembly 4 comprises a stirring shaft 402 and an end plate 404, the stirring shaft 402 is vertically arranged in the reaction kettle body 2 and is vertically coaxial with the motor shaft 301, a matching part 401 is vertically fixed at the top end of the stirring shaft 402, the matching part 401 is vertically matched with the matching groove 302 in a sliding way, a plurality of stirring blades 403 are horizontally fixed on the periphery of the lower part of the stirring shaft 402, an end plate 404 is horizontally fixed at the bottom end of the stirring shaft 402, a vertical column 405 is vertically fixed on the bottom surface of the end plate 404, the vertical column 405 is vertically coaxial with the discharge pipe 205, and the bottom ends of the posts 405 are proximate to the top end of the discharge conduit 205, preferably initially the bottom ends of the posts 405 are no more than 5cm from the top end of the discharge conduit 205, with the arrangement, the chemical raw materials can be prepared by uniformly stirring the powder in the reaction kettle body 2 in a way that the stirring shaft 402 drives the stirring blades 403 to horizontally rotate, meanwhile, the discharge pipe 205 is conveniently dredged in a mode that the stirring shaft 402 drives the upright column 405 to vertically lift.
The section shape of cooperation portion 401 and cooperation groove 302 is regular polygon, preferably is the square, so sets up, and motor shaft 301 can drive (mixing) shaft 402 around vertical rotation when being convenient for cooperation portion 401 inserts cooperation groove 302, and the bottom of stand 405 is the taper structure, so sets up, is convenient for ensure that the powder of blocking in row material pipe 205 can be disclosed to the in-process that stand 405 descends.
Locking subassembly 1 includes support plate 105 and double-screw bolt 103, support plate 105 level sets up, support plate 105's middle part level inlays and is equipped with slewing bearing 106, and slewing bearing 106 rotates with motor shaft 301 to be connected, support plate 105's the equal vertical double-screw bolt 103 that is fixed with in top surface both sides, double-screw bolt 103 and guiding hole 204 one-to-one and vertical sliding fit, the partial meshing that double-screw bolt 103 stretches out reation kettle body 2 top surface has lock nut 104, so set up, be convenient for drive stand 405 reciprocal lift through the mode that reciprocal lifting screw bolt 103 goes up and down, be convenient for restrict the unable vertical cooperation groove 302 that deviates from of cooperation portion 401 through the mode that compresses tightly lock nut 104 to reation kettle body 2 top surface simultaneously.
The top of double-screw bolt 103 is fixed with hand wheel 101, and the anti-skidding line has been seted up on the hand wheel surface, so set up, be convenient for carry double-screw bolt 103 vertical lift and prevent that hand wheel 101 from taking off the hand through the mode of handheld hand wheel 101 application of force, the coaxial retaining ring 102 that is fixed with of part of double-screw bolt 103 between hand wheel 101 and lock nut 104, and the distance between retaining ring 102 and the 2 top surfaces of reation kettle body is not more than the groove depth of cooperation groove 302, so set up, be convenient for prevent through the setting of retaining ring 102 that double-screw bolt 103 descends in-process cooperation portion 401 from deviating from cooperation groove 302 completely.
By adopting the structure, initially, the matching part 401 is in vertical sliding fit with the matching groove 302, the cross-sectional shapes of the matching part 401 and the matching groove 302 are regular polygons, then the locking nut 104 is screwed tightly on the top surface of the reaction kettle body 2 at the moment to limit the stud 103 from vertically descending, thereby limiting the matching part 401 from vertically descending to be separated from the matching groove 302, when in use, powder is added through the feeding pipe 203, then the feeding pipe 203 is closed, the driving motor 3 is electrified to work in a mode of being connected with an external power supply cable, the driving motor 3 drives the stirring shaft 402 to rotate through the motor shaft 301, in the process, the stirring shaft 402 can be restrained from stably rotating vertically in a mode of rotating around the rotating bearing 106, in the rotating process of the stirring shaft 402, the stirring blade 403 is driven to horizontally rotate to mix the powder to prepare a raw material chemical industry, and after the powder is mixed and prepared, the driving motor 3 is stopped, the sealing cover 206 can be taken down to directly discharge the powder through the discharge pipe 205, in the discharge process, when the discharge pipe 205 is blocked to cause the interruption of the discharge, the locking nut 104 is simultaneously screwed to ascend along the stud 103 until the locking nut 104 contacts the limit ring 102, then the hand wheel can be pressed to drive the stud 103 to descend vertically along the guide hole 204, in the process, the support plate 105 drives the stirring shaft 402 to descend vertically along the matching groove 302 through the matching part 401, the upright column 405 at the bottom end of the stirring shaft 402 is immediately inserted into the discharge pipe 205 to dredge the powder blocked at the discharge pipe 205, the situation that the discharge is interrupted due to the powder blocked in the discharge pipe 205 in the discharge process is avoided, the stirring shaft 402 can be driven to ascend and descend in a reciprocating mode of lifting the stud 103 for multiple times until the discharge pipe 205 is dredged, the stud 103 can be lifted up again to cause the matching part 401 to ascend along the matching groove 302 after the dredging is completed, when the stud 103 is lifted to the force application and cannot be lifted continuously, the stud 103 is kept still, the locking nut 104 is screwed on the top surface of the reaction kettle body 2 to lock the matching state of the matching part 401 and the matching groove 302, the matching part 401 is prevented from being naturally separated from the matching groove 302, and then the motor shaft 301 can drive the stirring shaft 402 to rotate to mix and prepare powder, so that the stable working state of the reaction kettle body 2 is ensured.
The above description is only for the specific embodiments of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of the changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention, and all should be covered within the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

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1. The utility model provides a chemical industry raw materials prepares uses reation kettle, includes reation kettle body (2), its characterized in that: a discharge pipe (205) is vertically and fixedly communicated with the middle of the bottom surface of the reaction kettle body (2), a sealing cover (206) for sealing is detachably mounted at the bottom end of the discharge pipe (205), a driving motor (3) is vertically and fixedly arranged in the middle of the top surface of the reaction kettle body (2), a motor shaft (301) of the driving motor (3) extends into the reaction kettle body (2) in a sliding fit manner, and guide holes (204) are vertically formed in two sides of the top surface of the reaction kettle body (2);
the vertical coaxial cooperation groove (302) of having seted up of lower part of motor shaft (301), the vertical sliding fit in cooperation groove (302) has stirring subassembly (4) of mediation function, just stirring subassembly (4) with the vertical coaxial of motor shaft (301), the coaxial rotation in middle part of stirring subassembly (4) is connected with locking subassembly (1) that can vertically go up and down and locking, just the upper portion of locking subassembly (1) with the vertical sliding fit in guiding hole (204).
2. The reaction kettle for preparing chemical raw materials according to claim 1, characterized in that: the fixed intercommunication of top one side slope of reation kettle body (2) has inlet pipe (203), just valve (202) that are used for controlling the switching are installed to the tip of inlet pipe (203).
3. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 2, characterized in that: the sealing cover (206) is detachably connected with the discharge pipe (205) in a thread fit mode.
4. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that: stirring subassembly (4) include (mixing) shaft (402) and end plate (404), vertical arranging in of (mixing) shaft (402) in reation kettle body (2) and with the vertical coaxial of motor shaft (301), the vertical cooperation portion (401) that is fixed with in top of (mixing) shaft (402), just cooperation portion (401) with the vertical sliding fit in cooperation groove (302), the peripheral level in lower part of (mixing) shaft (402) is fixed with a plurality of stirring vane (403), the bottom level of (mixing) shaft (402) is fixed with end plate (404), the vertical stand (405) that is fixed with in bottom surface of end plate (404), stand (405) with arrange the vertical coaxial of material pipe (205), just the bottom of stand (405) is close to arrange material pipe (205) top.
5. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 4, characterized in that: the cross-sectional shapes of the matching part (401) and the matching groove (302) are regular polygons, and the bottom end of the upright post (405) is of a conical structure.
6. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 5, characterized in that: the locking assembly (1) comprises a support plate (105) and a stud (103), the support plate (105) is horizontally arranged, a rotary bearing (106) is horizontally embedded in the middle of the support plate (105), the rotary bearing (106) is rotatably connected with the motor shaft (301), the studs (103) are vertically fixed on two sides of the top surface of the support plate (105), the studs (103) are in one-to-one correspondence with the guide holes (204) and are in vertical sliding fit, and locking nuts (104) are meshed with parts of the studs (103) extending out of the top surface of the reaction kettle body (2).
7. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 6, characterized in that: a hand wheel (101) is fixed at the top end of the stud (103), and anti-skid grains are formed in the surface of the hand wheel.
8. The chemical raw material preparation reaction kettle according to claim 7, characterized in that: a limiting ring (102) is coaxially fixed to the part, between the hand wheel (101) and the locking nut (104), of the stud (103), and the distance between the limiting ring (102) and the top surface of the reaction kettle body (2) is not larger than the depth of the matching groove (302).
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