CN214673529U - High-voltage ring main unit with rainproof function - Google Patents

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CN214673529U
CN214673529U CN202121136342.8U CN202121136342U CN214673529U CN 214673529 U CN214673529 U CN 214673529U CN 202121136342 U CN202121136342 U CN 202121136342U CN 214673529 U CN214673529 U CN 214673529U
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The utility model relates to a looped netowrk cabinet technical field, especially a high-pressure looped netowrk cabinet with rain-proof function, including the looped netowrk cabinet body, still include bin, lifting unit spare, rain-proof part and stoving part, lifting unit spare sets up in the bin, and the top of bin is provided with rain-proof cabinet to rain-proof cabinet's bottom is passed the bin top and is extended to the bin in, and the looped netowrk cabinet body is installed in rain-proof cabinet, and rain-proof part sets up at rain-proof cabinet's top, and the stoving part sets up on rain-proof cabinet's lateral wall, and the recess with stoving part matched with is seted up at the top of bin. The utility model has the advantages that: the normal work that influences the looped netowrk cabinet in rain-proof cabinet is passed in the gap entering on rain-proof cabinet top and the lateral wall to the rainwater when preventing to rain through lifting unit and rain-proof part cooperate, and moisture in the rethread stoving part will rain-proof cabinet is dried, has improved the practicality of device.

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High-voltage ring main unit with rainproof function
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a looped netowrk cabinet technical field, especially a high-pressure looped netowrk cabinet with rain-proof function.
Background
The ring main unit is a group of electric equipment which is arranged in a metal or nonmetal insulating cabinet body or is made into an assembled interval ring main power supply unit, and the core part of the ring main unit adopts a load switch and a fuse, so that the ring main unit has the advantages of simple structure, small volume, low price, capability of improving power supply parameters and performance, power supply safety and the like. It is by the wide use in urban residential district, high-rise building, large-scale public building, load center's such as factory enterprise distribution station and box-type substation, outdoor work is arranged in for a long time to some looped netowrk cabinets, especially in the frequent season of rainwater, the rainwater gets into in the looped netowrk cabinet, danger probably takes place very much, some looped netowrk cabinets waterproof performance that have now are relatively poor, the rainwater enters into the inside of outdoor looped netowrk cabinet through the gap between the cabinet body and the cabinet door easily, thereby influence the normal work of looped netowrk cabinet, need to design a high-tension looped netowrk cabinet that has rain-proof function now urgently to solve above-mentioned problem.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to overcome the shortcoming that looped netowrk cabinet waterproof performance is poor among the prior art, provide a high-pressure looped netowrk cabinet with rain-proof function.
The purpose of the utility model is realized through the following technical scheme: the utility model provides a high-pressure looped netowrk cabinet with rain-proof function, includes the looped netowrk cabinet body, still includes bin, lifting unit spare, rain-proof part and stoving part, lifting unit spare sets up in the bin, the top of bin is provided with rain-proof cabinet to rain-proof cabinet's bottom is passed the bin top and is extended to the bin in, the top sliding connection of rain-proof cabinet and bin to rain-proof cabinet cooperatees with lifting unit spare, the looped netowrk cabinet body is installed in rain-proof cabinet, rain-proof part sets up the top at rain-proof cabinet, the stoving part sets up on rain-proof cabinet's lateral wall, and the output of stoving part passes rain-proof cabinet and extends to rain-proof cabinet in, the recess with stoving part matched with is seted up at the top of bin.
Preferably, the lifting component includes first motor, rotor plate, rotation wheel, waist type frame, lifter and first stopper, first motor is installed on the inside wall of bin, the lifter is installed in the bottom of rain-proof cabinet, waist type frame is the level form and installs the bottom at the lifter, it slides and sets up in waist type frame to rotate the wheel, the one end of rotor plate and the output fixed connection of first motor to the other end of rotor plate rotates with the one end of rotating the wheel and is connected, the other end at rotating the wheel is installed to first stopper.
Preferably, the rain-proof part comprises a fixed frame, a second motor, a first gear, two second gears, two raincloths, two second rotating rods, two telescopic rods, two first fixed blocks and four limiting assemblies, the fixed frame is horizontally arranged at the top of the rain-proof cabinet, the two second rotating rods are horizontally arranged in the fixed frame in a rotating mode at intervals, the two second rotating rods are respectively sleeved on the two second rotating rods and are mutually meshed with the two second gears, the second motor is arranged in the fixed frame, the first gear is arranged at the output end of the second motor and is meshed with the second gear, one end of each telescopic rod is respectively fixedly connected with two sides of the fixed frame, the two first fixed blocks are respectively arranged at the other ends of the two telescopic rods, and one end of each raincloth is respectively fixedly connected with one side, opposite to the two first fixed blocks, and the other ends of the two waterproof cloths penetrate through the fixed frame and are fixedly connected with the outer side walls of the two second rotating rods respectively, and the two limiting assemblies are arranged on two sides of the fixed frame at intervals.
Preferably, each limiting assembly comprises a first rotating plate, a second rotating plate and a second fixing block, one end of the second fixing block is fixedly connected with the side wall of the fixing frame, one end of the first rotating plate is rotatably connected with the first fixing block, and two ends of the second rotating plate are rotatably connected with the other end of the second fixing block and the other end of the first rotating plate respectively.
Preferably, the drying component comprises an Jiong-shaped frame, a drying fan, an air guide block, a filter screen and a plurality of heating wires, wherein the Jiong-shaped frame is installed on the side wall of the rainproof cabinet, the drying fan is installed on one side of the Jiong-shaped frame, the air guide block is installed on the other side of the Jiong-shaped frame and fixedly connected with the side wall of the rainproof cabinet, an air guide hole communicated with the inside of the rainproof cabinet is formed in the air guide block, the filter screen is inserted and arranged at the top of the air guide block, and the heating wires are installed in the air guide hole at intervals.
Preferably, the bottom of rain-proof cabinet is the level form and installs the second stopper, be the level form on the lateral wall of rain-proof cabinet and install the baffle with recess matched with.
The utility model has the advantages of it is following:
when raining, the first motor is driven to work to drive the rotating plate to rotate, the rotating wheel is driven to slide in the waist-shaped frame, so that the rainproof cabinet is driven to enter the storage box through the lifting block, then the second motor is driven to work to drive the first gear to rotate, the first gear is meshed with the second gear, the two second rotating rods are driven to rotate towards opposite directions respectively through the mutual meshing of the first gear and the second gear, and therefore the two rainproof cloths are unfolded to shield the top of the rainproof cabinet, rainwater is prevented from entering the rainproof cabinet through a gap on the rainproof cabinet to influence the normal work of the ring main unit;
and secondly, when the inside air of the ring main unit is moist, the driving drying fan and the plurality of heating wires work simultaneously, the outside air is converted into heat flow to be led into the rainproof main unit, the moisture in the rainproof main unit is evaporated and dried, and the moisture in the outside air can be adsorbed through the filter screen, so that the moisture in the outside air is prevented from entering the normal work of the ring main unit which is influenced inside the rainproof main unit.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a partial three-dimensional structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the lifting member of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view of a partial three-dimensional structure of the rain shield of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the limiting assembly of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a schematic sectional view of a partial three-dimensional structure of the drying component of the present invention.
In the figure: 1-storage box, 2-lifting part, 21-first motor, 22-rotating plate, 23-rotating wheel, 24-waist-shaped frame, 25-lifting block, 26-first limiting block, 3-rain-shielding part, 31-fixing frame, 32-second motor, 33-first gear, 34-second gear, 35-rain cloth, 36-second rotating rod, 37-telescopic rod, 38-first fixing block, 39-limiting component, 391-first rotating plate, 392-second rotating plate, 393-second fixing block, 4-drying part, 41-Jiong-shaped frame, 42-drying fan, 43-air guide block, 44-filter screen, 45-heating wire, 46-air guide hole, 5-rain-proof cabinet, 6-groove, 6-waist-shaped frame, 25-lifting block, 26-first limiting block, 3-rain-shielding part, 31-fixing frame, 32-second rotating plate, 4-drying part, 42-drying fan, 43-air guide block, 44-filter screen, 45-heating wire, 46-air guide hole, 5-rain-proof cabinet, 6-groove, 7-a second limiting block, 8-a baffle and 9-a ring main unit body.
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The present invention is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the scope of the invention is not limited to the following description.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a high-voltage ring main unit with rainproof function comprises a ring main unit body 9, a storage box 1, a lifting component 2, a rain shielding component 3 and a drying component 4, the lifting component 2 is arranged in the storage box 1, the top of the storage box 1 is provided with a rainproof cabinet 5, and the bottom of the rain-proof cabinet 5 passes through the top of the storage box 1 and extends into the storage box 1, the rain-proof cabinet 5 is connected with the top of the storage box 1 in a sliding way, and the rain-proof cabinet 5 is matched with the lifting component 2, the ring main unit body 9 is arranged in the rain-proof cabinet 5, the rain-proof part 3 is arranged on the top of the rain-proof cabinet 5, the drying part 4 is arranged on the side wall of the rain-proof cabinet 5, and the output end of the drying component 4 passes through the rainproof cabinet 5 and extends into the rainproof cabinet 5, and the top of the storage box 1 is provided with a groove 6 matched with the drying component 4.
Specifically, the lifting component 2 includes a first motor 21, a rotating plate 22, a rotating wheel 23, a waist-shaped frame 24, a lifting block 25 and a first limiting block 26, the first motor 21 is installed on the inner side wall of the storage box 1, the lifting block 25 is installed at the bottom of the rain-proof cabinet 5, the waist-shaped frame 24 is installed at the bottom of the lifting block 25 in a horizontal shape, the rotating wheel 23 is slidably disposed in the waist-shaped frame 24, one end of the rotating plate 22 is fixedly connected with the output end of the first motor 21, the other end of the rotating plate 22 is rotatably connected with one end of the rotating wheel 23, the first limiting block 26 is installed at the other end of the rotating wheel 23, the first motor 21 is driven to work to drive the rotating plate 22 to rotate, the rotating wheel 23 is driven to slide in the waist-shaped frame 24, so that the rain-proof cabinet 5 is driven by the lifting block 25 to enter the storage box 1, and play a role in protecting the ring main unit in the rain-proof cabinet 5, prevent that the rainwater from passing the gap on the 5 lateral walls of rain-proof cabinet and getting into 5 interior normal work that influence looped netowrk cabinets of rain-proof cabinet.
Specifically, rain blocking part 3 includes fixed frame 31, second motor 32, first gear 33, two second gears 34, two waterproof cloth 35, two second dwang 36, two telescopic links 37, two first fixed blocks 38 and four spacing subassemblies 39, fixed frame 31 is the level form and installs at the top of rain-proof cabinet 5, two second dwang 36 all is the level form interval and rotates and set up in fixed frame 31, two second gear 34 overlaps respectively and establishes on two second dwang 36 to intermeshing between two second gears 34, second motor 32 installs in fixed frame 31, first gear 33 is installed on the output of second motor 32 to first gear 33 meshes with a second gear 34 mutually, two the one end of telescopic link 37 respectively with the both sides fixed connection of fixed frame 31, two the other end at two telescopic links 37 is installed respectively to first fixed block 38, two the one end of waterproof cloth 35 is respectively with two first fixed block 38 relative one side fixed connection to the other end of two waterproof cloth 35 all passes fixed frame 31 respectively with two second dwang 36's lateral wall fixed connection, four two liang of interval respectively of spacing subassembly 39 sets up in the both sides of fixed frame 31, and drive second motor 32 work drives first gear 33 and rotates, drives two second dwang 36 and rotates towards opposite direction respectively through first gear 33 and a second gear 34 meshing mutually and two second gear 34 intermeshing, thereby makes two waterproof cloth 35 expandes, shelters from the top of rain-proof cabinet 5, prevents that the gap that the rainwater passed rain-proof cabinet 5 top from getting into the normal work that influences the looped netowrk cabinet in the rain-proof cabinet 5.
Specifically, each limiting assembly 39 comprises a first rotating plate 391, a second rotating plate 392 and a second fixed block 393, one end of the second fixed block 393 is fixedly connected with the side wall of the fixed frame 31, one end of the first rotating plate 391 is rotatably connected with the first fixed block 38, two ends of the second rotating plate 392 are respectively rotatably connected with the other end of the second fixed block 393 and the other end of the first rotating plate 391, and the first rotating plate 391, the second rotating plate 392 and the second fixed block 393 are used for supporting and limiting the rain cloth 35 under the condition that the normal opening and closing of the rain cloth 35 are not affected, so that the rain cloth 35 is prevented from being separated and then the two sides of the rain cloth are prevented from sagging, and the rain cannot be sheltered from rain.
Specifically, the drying component 4 includes an Jiong-shaped frame 41, a drying fan 42, an air guide block 43, a filter screen 44 and a plurality of heating wires 45, the Jiong-shaped frame 41 is installed on a side wall of the rain-proof cabinet 5, the drying fan 42 is installed on one side of the Jiong-shaped frame 41, the air guide block 43 is installed on the other side of the Jiong-shaped frame 41, the air guide block 43 is fixedly connected with the side wall of the rain-proof cabinet 5, an air guide hole 46 communicated with the inside of the rain-proof cabinet 5 is formed in the air guide block 43, the filter screen 44 is inserted and arranged on the top of the air guide block 43, the plurality of heating wires 45 are installed in the air guide hole 46 at intervals, when the inside air of the ring main unit is humid, the drying fan 42 and the plurality of heating wires 45 are driven to work simultaneously, the outside air is converted into heat flow to be guided into the rain-proof cabinet 5, the moisture in the rain-proof cabinet 5 is evaporated and dried, and the moisture in the outside air can be adsorbed by the filter screen 44, prevent that moisture in the outside air from getting into the normal work that 5 inside influences looped netowrk cabinets of rain-proof cabinet.
Specifically, the bottom of rain-proof cabinet 5 is the level form and installs second stopper 7, be the level form on the lateral wall of rain-proof cabinet 5 and install baffle 8 with recess 6 matched with, prevent through second stopper 7 that rain-proof cabinet 5 range of rising is too big to separate with bin 1, rethread baffle 8 prevents that rain-proof cabinet 5 from getting into in bin 1 after the rainwater pass recess 6 gets into bin 1.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation: when raining, the first motor 21 is driven to work to drive the rotating plate 22 to rotate, the rotating wheel 23 is driven to slide in the waist-shaped frame 24, so as to drive the rain-proof cabinet 5 to enter the storage box 1 through the lifting block 25, the second motor 32 is driven to work to drive the first gear 33 to rotate, the two second rotating rods 36 are driven to rotate towards opposite directions through the engagement of the first gear 33 and the second gear 34 and the mutual engagement of the two second gears 34, so that the two rain cloths 35 are unfolded to shield the top of the rain-proof cabinet 5, rainwater is prevented from entering the rain-proof cabinet 5 through a gap on the rain-proof cabinet 5 to affect the normal operation of the ring main unit, when the internal air of the ring main unit is humid, the drying fan 42 and the plurality of heating wires 45 are driven to work simultaneously, the external air is converted into heat flow to be led into the rain-proof cabinet 5, the moisture in the rain-proof cabinet 5 is evaporated and dried, and the moisture in the external air can be adsorbed through the filter screen 44, prevent that moisture in the outside air from getting into the normal work that 5 inside influences looped netowrk cabinets of rain-proof cabinet.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a high-pressure looped netowrk cabinet with rain-proof function, includes looped netowrk cabinet body (9), its characterized in that: also comprises a storage box (1), a lifting component (2), a rain shielding component (3) and a drying component (4), the lifting component (2) is arranged in the storage box (1), the top of the storage box (1) is provided with a rain-proof cabinet (5), the bottom of the rain-proof cabinet (5) passes through the top of the storage box (1) and extends into the storage box (1), the rain-proof cabinet (5) is connected with the top of the storage box (1) in a sliding way, and the rain-proof cabinet (5) is matched with the lifting component (2), the ring main unit body (9) is arranged in the rain-proof cabinet (5), the rain-proof part (3) is arranged at the top of the rain-proof cabinet (5), the drying part (4) is arranged on the side wall of the rain-proof cabinet (5), and the output end of the drying component (4) passes through the rainproof cabinet (5) and extends into the rainproof cabinet (5), the top of the storage box (1) is provided with a groove (6) matched with the drying component (4).
2. The high-voltage ring main unit with the rainproof function of claim 1, wherein: the lifting component (2) comprises a first motor (21), a rotating plate (22), a rotating wheel (23), a waist-shaped frame (24), a lifting block (25) and a first limiting block (26), the first motor (21) is installed on the inner side wall of the storage box (1), the lifting block (25) is installed at the bottom of the rainproof cabinet (5), the waist-shaped frame (24) is installed at the bottom of the lifting block (25) in a horizontal mode, the rotating wheel (23) is arranged in the waist-shaped frame (24) in a sliding mode, one end of the rotating plate (22) is fixedly connected with the output end of the first motor (21), the other end of the rotating plate (22) is connected with one end of the rotating wheel (23) in a rotating mode, and the first limiting block (26) is installed at the other end of the rotating wheel (23).
3. The high-voltage ring main unit with the rainproof function of claim 1, wherein: the rain-proof part (3) comprises a fixed frame (31), a second motor (32), a first gear (33), two second gears (34), two rain cloths (35), two second rotating rods (36), two telescopic rods (37), two first fixed blocks (38) and four limiting assemblies (39), wherein the fixed frame (31) is horizontally arranged at the top of the rain-proof cabinet (5), the two second rotating rods (36) are horizontally arranged in the fixed frame (31) in a rotating mode at intervals, the two second gears (34) are respectively sleeved on the two second rotating rods (36) and are mutually meshed with each other between the two second gears (34), the second motor (32) is arranged in the fixed frame (31), the first gear (33) is arranged at the output end of the second motor (32), and the first gear (33) is meshed with the second gear (34), two the one end of telescopic link (37) respectively with the both sides fixed connection of fixed frame (31), two the other end at two telescopic links (37), two are installed respectively in first fixed block (38) one side fixed connection relative with two first fixed blocks (38) respectively to the other end of two waterproof cloth (35) all passes fixed frame (31) respectively with the lateral wall fixed connection of two second dwang (36), four two liang of a set of interval respectively of spacing subassembly (39) set up the both sides at fixed frame (31).
4. The high-voltage ring main unit with the rainproof function according to claim 3, wherein: each limiting assembly (39) comprises a first rotating plate (391), a second rotating plate (392) and a second fixing block (393), one end of the second fixing block (393) is fixedly connected with the side wall of the fixing frame (31), one end of the first rotating plate (391) is rotatably connected with the first fixing block (38), and two ends of the second rotating plate (392) are rotatably connected with the other end of the second fixing block (393) and the other end of the first rotating plate (391) respectively.
5. The high-voltage ring main unit with the rainproof function of claim 1, wherein: the drying component (4) comprises an Jiong-shaped frame (41), a drying fan (42), an air guide block (43), a filter screen (44) and a plurality of heating wires (45), the Jiong-shaped frame (41) is installed on the side wall of the rainproof cabinet (5), the drying fan (42) is installed on one side of the Jiong-shaped frame (41), the air guide block (43) is installed on the other side of the Jiong-shaped frame (41), the air guide block (43) is fixedly connected with the side wall of the rainproof cabinet (5), an air guide hole (46) communicated with the inside of the rainproof cabinet (5) is formed in the air guide block (43), the filter screen (44) is inserted into the top of the air guide block (43), and the heating wires (45) are installed in the air guide hole (46) at intervals.
6. The high-voltage ring main unit with the rainproof function of claim 1, wherein: the bottom of rain-proof cabinet (5) is the level form and installs second stopper (7), be the level form on the lateral wall of rain-proof cabinet (5) and install baffle (8) with recess (6) matched with.
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