CN214719351U - Soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices - Google Patents

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CN214719351U
CN214719351U CN202120688841.1U CN202120688841U CN214719351U CN 214719351 U CN214719351 U CN 214719351U CN 202120688841 U CN202120688841 U CN 202120688841U CN 214719351 U CN214719351 U CN 214719351U
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The utility model relates to a soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices belongs to soil remediation's field, and it includes box, feeder hopper, rabbling mechanism and installs the filter screen in the box, and the feeder hopper is installed on the box top and is communicate with the box inner chamber, the filter screen is on a parallel with the bottom setting of box, and the discharge gate has been seted up to the lateral wall bottom of box, and the rabbling mechanism is including installing (mixing) shaft, first motor and the stirring vane in the box axle center, and box inner chamber bottom is equipped with the baffle, and first motor is installed in the closed cavity that baffle and box formed, the output shaft and the (mixing) shaft end fixing of first motor, and stirring vane is along (mixing) shaft axial fixation on the (mixing) shaft, installs clearance mechanism on the (mixing) shaft, and clearance mechanism is including fixing at the epaxial first brush of (mixing), the hair side and the filter screen butt of first brush. This application has the effect that can reduce the filter screen and be blockked up and influence the possibility of material loading.

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Soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices
Technical Field
The application relates to the field of soil remediation, especially, relate to a prosthetic devices is used in soil pollution administers.
Background
With the rapid development of industrialization, urbanization and agricultural intensification, a large amount of untreated wastes are transferred to a soil system, and are collected and remained in the soil environment under the action of natural factors, so that soil pollution is caused. The soil pollution treatment is an activity of improving and treating the polluted soil.
The utility model discloses a utility model patent of grant notice number CN211247749U discloses a prosthetic devices is used in soil pollution improvement, including the box, the first motor of diapire fixedly connected with of box, the surface of the first pivot that first motor output set up is provided with horizontal pole, stirring rake and cutting piece respectively, and the inner wall of box is provided with filter screen and arc respectively and leaks the net, and the inner wall fixedly connected with guide plate of box, the lower surface of box articulate has the montant, and the montant is kept away from the one end fixedly connected with base of box, the last fixed surface of base are connected with the supporting seat, and the output fixedly connected with second pivot of the second motor that the upper surface of supporting seat set up, the outer fixed surface of second pivot is connected with the disc, and the surface of second pivot articulates there is the connecting rod.
In view of the above-mentioned related technologies, the inventor believes that the pores of the filter screen are easily blocked by the particles due to different particle sizes and components of the soil, thereby affecting the soil loading.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to reduce the filter screen and be blockked up and influence the possibility of material loading, this application provides a prosthetic devices for soil pollution control.
The application provides a pair of prosthetic devices is used in soil pollution administers adopts following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices, includes box, feeder hopper, rabbling mechanism and installs the filter screen in the box, the feeder hopper install on the box top and with box inner chamber intercommunication, the filter screen is on a parallel with the bottom setting of box, the discharge gate has been seted up to the lateral wall bottom of box, rabbling mechanism is including installing the (mixing) shaft in box axle center, first motor and stirring vane, box inner chamber bottom is equipped with the baffle, first motor is installed in the closed cavity that baffle and box formed, the output shaft and the (mixing) shaft end fixing of first motor, stirring vane is along the (mixing) shaft axial fixity on the (mixing) shaft, install clearance mechanism on the (mixing) shaft, clearance mechanism is including fixing at the epaxial first brush of stirring, the matte and the filter screen butt of first brush.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, during the use, during the staff can drop into the box with earth and prosthetic liquid medicine from the feeder hopper, the filter screen passes through rabbling mechanism and liquid medicine mixing with the great earth filtering of granule, the earth through the filter screen, and when the (mixing) shaft rotated, drive first brush and rotate, and the earth granule that first brush rotated the in-process card in with the filter screen brushed down to reduce the possibility of filter screen jam.
Optionally, the cleaning mechanism further comprises a second brush fixed on the stirring shaft, the second brush is arranged on one side of the filter screen deviating from the first brush, and the hair surface of the second brush is abutted to the filter screen.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the (mixing) shaft rotated, drive the second brush simultaneously and rotate, the second brush rotates the in-process and brushes the earth that the filter screen deviates from first brush one side, further reduces the possibility that the filter screen is blockked up.
Optionally, the first brush and the second brush are arranged at two symmetrical sides of the stirring shaft.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme for the weight of the relative both sides of (mixing) shaft is balanced relatively, improves (mixing) shaft pivoted stability.
Optionally, the bin outlet has been seted up to the lateral wall of box, and the bottom of bin outlet is less than the filter screen, and the top of bin outlet is higher than the filter screen, and the bin outlet closing cap has open closed apron.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when the great earth granule of particle diameter was blockked in a large number on the filter screen, the staff can open the apron for the big particle diameter earth on the filter screen can be followed the bin outlet and discharged, further reduces the possibility that the filter screen is blockked up.
Optionally, the cover plate is rotatably connected with one end of the feed hopper and the side wall of the box body, and an arc-shaped handle is fixed on one side of the cover plate, which deviates from the inner cavity of the box body.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when arranging the material, the staff can overturn the apron for the handle butt can play the guide effect to the big particle diameter earth of exhaust at the outer wall of box, apron slope, and the staff can install the container of accomodating in the apron one end of keeping away from the box, reduces the possibility that exhaust earth sputters everywhere.
Optionally, the bottom of the box body is hinged with a stand column and an air cylinder, and the stand column and the air cylinder are symmetrically arranged.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, when arranging the material, staff's accessible cylinder adjustment box slope for earth on the filter screen is discharged from the bin outlet more easily.
Optionally, the inner wall of box installs the spray pipe along circumference, and the spray pipe has seted up the jet orifice along circumference towards center one side of box, spouts the spray pipe tip and wears to establish the lateral wall at the box, and the spray pipe setting is in the below of filter screen.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, the tip that staff's accessible spray tube stretches out the box pours into the liquid medicine for the restoration on can follow box inner wall circumference and spray the earth of filter screen below for spun medicament is more even with the earth contact.
Optionally, the injection holes are obliquely arranged towards the bottom end of the box body.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme for spout medicine pipe spun medicament slope is downward, can reduce the medicament and be stained with the possibility of attaching to the box inner wall, can also restrain the raise dust upward movement that earth produced, thereby reduces the raise dust and spills over the possibility from the feeder hopper.
Optionally, install broken mechanism in the feeder hopper, broken mechanism includes two compression rollers and two second motors, and the compression roller is installed in the feeder hopper, and two compression rollers parallel arrangement each other, compression roller tip wear out the feeder hopper lateral wall and fixed with the output shaft of second motor, and the outer wall at the feeder hopper is installed to the second motor.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, during the feeding, the second motor drives the compression roller and rotates, and the compression roller can pulverize earth to make earth pass through the filter screen more easily.
Optionally, a plurality of crushing teeth are fixed on the compression roller, and one end of each crushing tooth, which is far away from the compression roller, is in a conical shape.
Through adopting above-mentioned technical scheme, broken tooth can further improve the broken degree to earth, further improves the possibility that earth passes through the filter screen.
In summary, the present application includes at least one of the following beneficial technical effects:
1. when the stirring shaft rotates, the first brush is driven to rotate, and soil particles clamped in the filter screen are brushed down in the rotating process of the first brush, so that the possibility of blockage of the filter screen is reduced;
2. the medicine spraying pipe is annularly arranged below the filter screen, so that the liquid medicine for repairing can be circumferentially sprayed onto the soil below the filter screen along the inner wall of the box body, and the sprayed medicine can be more uniformly contacted with the soil;
3. during the feeding, the press roll is driven to rotate through the second motor, and the press roll crushes soil, so that the soil can pass through the filter screen more easily, and the repairing efficiency is improved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a soil pollution control remediation device according to an embodiment of the present application;
fig. 2 is a sectional view taken in the direction of a-a in fig. 1.
Description of reference numerals: 1. a box body; 11. a discharge port; 12. a partition plate; 13. a discharge outlet; 14. a cover plate; 141. a handle; 15. a column; 16. a cylinder; 17. a feed inlet; 2. a feed hopper; 3. a stirring mechanism; 31. a stirring shaft; 32. a first motor; 33. a stirring blade; 331. a stirring rod; 332. a helical blade; 4. a filter screen; 5. a cleaning mechanism; 51. a first brush; 52. a second brush; 6. a pesticide spraying pipe; 61. an injection hole; 7. a crushing mechanism; 71. a compression roller; 711. and (5) crushing the teeth.
Detailed Description
The present application is described in further detail below with reference to figures 1-2.
The embodiment of the application discloses prosthetic devices is used in soil pollution treatment. Referring to fig. 1 and 2, soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices includes box 1, feeder hopper 2, rabbling mechanism 3 and installs filter screen 4 in box 1, and feeder hopper 2 installs on the top of box 1 and communicates with the 1 inner chamber of box for feed in to box 1, discharge gate 11 has been seted up to the lateral wall bottom of box 1, is used for the ejection of compact. The filter screen 4 is arranged parallel to the bottom of the box body 1 to filter out the earth with overlarge particle size, the stirring mechanism 3 comprises a stirring shaft 31 arranged on the axis of the box body 1, a first motor 32 and a stirring blade 33, the bottom of the inner cavity of the box body 1 is provided with a baffle plate 12, the first motor 32 is arranged in a closed cavity formed by the baffle plate 12 and the box body 1, the output shaft of the first motor 32 is fixed with the end part of the stirring shaft 31, the stirring blade 33 is fixed on the stirring shaft 31 along the axial direction of the stirring shaft 31, so as to uniformly mix the soil and the repairing liquid medicine, a cleaning mechanism 5 is arranged on the stirring shaft 31, the cleaning mechanism 5 comprises a first brush 51 fixed on the stirring shaft 31, the rough surface of the first brush 51 is abutted against the filter screen 4, so that the stirring shaft 31 drives the first brush 51 to rotate when rotating, and the soil particles clamped in the filter screen 4 are brushed down in the rotating process of the first brush 51, thereby reducing the possibility of blocking the filter screen 4.
Referring to fig. 2, box 1 is inside hollow circular cylinder shape, and feed inlet 17 has been seted up on 1 top of box, and feed hopper 2 integrated into one piece is at the top of box 1, feed inlet 17 and feed hopper 2 intercommunication to the staff can drop into box 1 with earth and prosthetic liquid medicine from feed hopper 2. The bottom of box 1 articulates there are stand 15 and cylinder 16, and stand 15 and cylinder 16 symmetry set up, and staff's accessible cylinder 16 adjustment box 1 slope for earth in the box 1 is discharged from discharge gate 11 more easily.
In order to make earth and repair the more even mixture of medicinal water, install crushing mechanism 7 in feeder hopper 2, crushing mechanism 7 includes two compression rollers 71 and two second motors, compression roller 71 is cylindrically, compression roller 71 installs in feeder hopper 2, two compression rollers 71 parallel arrangement each other, the compression roller 71 tip is worn out the feeder hopper 2 lateral wall and is fixed through the shaft coupling with the output shaft of second motor, the second motor passes through the screw and installs the outer wall at feeder hopper 2, make during the feeding, second motor drives compression roller 71 and rotates and pulverize earth. A plurality of triangular crushing teeth 711 are fixed on the pressing roller 71 through screws, the crushing teeth 711 can be stainless steel teeth, and one end of the crushing teeth 711, which is far away from the pressing roller 71, is tapered, so that the crushing degree of soil can be further improved through the crushing teeth 711.
The partition plate 12 is a circular plate, and the peripheral wall of the partition plate 12 is fixedly bonded with the inner wall of the box body 1, so that a closed space is separated from the bottom of the box body 1 by the partition plate 12 for installing the first motor 32, and the possibility that the first motor 32 is polluted by soil is reduced. The stirring shaft 31 penetrates through the center of the partition board 12 and is fixed through a coupler and an output shaft of the first motor 32, so that the first motor 32 can drive the stirring shaft 31 to rotate. Filter screen 4 is circular, and filter screen 4 passes through the fix with screw at 1 inner wall of box, and the centre of a circle at filter screen 4 is worn to establish by (mixing) shaft 31, and filter screen 4 can not influenced in the rotation of (mixing) shaft 31.
Stirring vane 33 includes that many settings are close to the poking bar 331 of feeder hopper 2 one side at filter screen 4 and set up the helical blade 332 that is close to baffle 12 one side at filter screen 4 for poking bar 331 can reduce the caking between filter screen 4 and the feeder hopper 2, and helical blade 332 can be with the earth and the medicament mixing between filter screen 4 and the baffle 12.
The first brush 51 comprises a brush holder and bristles adhered and fixed on the brush holder, the brush holder is fixed on one side of the stirring shaft 31 close to the feed hopper 2 through screws, and the bristles can be metal wires. The (mixing) shaft 31 deviates from first brush 51 one side and is fixed with second brush 52, and second brush 52 is the same with first brush 51, and the brush hair and the filter screen 4 butt of second brush 52 drive second brush 52 simultaneously and rotate when (mixing) shaft 31 rotates, and second brush 52 rotates the in-process and brushes the earth that filter screen 4 deviates from first brush 51 one side, further reduces the possibility that filter screen 4 is blockked up. The first brush 51 and the second brush 52 are disposed at two symmetrical sides of the stirring shaft 31, so that the weights at two opposite sides of the stirring shaft 31 are relatively balanced, and the rotational stability of the stirring shaft 31 is improved.
In order to discharge large-particle soil on the filter screen 4, the discharge outlet 13 is opened on the side wall of the box body 1, and the bottom end of the discharge outlet 13 is lower than the filter screen 4, so that the large-particle soil can be discharged from the discharge outlet 13. Discharge gate 13 and discharge gate 11 are located same vertical line for when cylinder 16 adjustment box 1 slopes, the earth of the large granule on the filter screen 4 can be discharged simultaneously with the earth on the baffle 12, and it is more convenient to use.
Discharge gate 11 and bin outlet 13 closing cap have open closed apron 14, the one end that feeder hopper 2 was kept away from to apron 14 is articulated with the lateral wall of box 1, apron 14 deviates from inner chamber one side of box 1 and is fixed with semicircular handle 141, so that when arranging the material, the staff can overturn apron 14, make handle 141 butt at the outer wall of box 1, apron 14 slope can play the guide effect to discharged big particle diameter earth, the staff can install the container of accomodating in the one end that the box 1 was kept away from to apron 14, reduce the possibility that discharged earth sputters everywhere.
The inner wall of box 1 bonds along circumference and is fixed with spray tube 6, and the lateral wall at box 1 is worn to establish by 6 tip of spray tube, and the tip that staff's accessible spray tube 6 stretches out box 1 pours into the liquid medicine of restoration usefulness into, and spray tube 6 has seted up jet orifice 61 along circumference towards center one side of box 1 for the liquid medicine of restoration usefulness can be followed 1 inner wall circumference of box and sprayed earth on, makes spun medicament and earth contact more even. The medicine spraying pipe 6 is arranged below the filter screen 4, so that the medicine can be absorbed by soil below the filter screen 4, and waste is reduced. The injection hole 61 is inclined towards the bottom end of the box body 1, so that the medicament sprayed by the medicament spraying pipe 6 is inclined downwards, the possibility that the medicament is attached to the inner wall of the box body 1 can be reduced, the upward movement of raised dust generated by soil can be inhibited, and the possibility that the raised dust overflows from the feed hopper 2 is reduced.
The embodiment of the application provides a soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices's specific use mode does: during the use, the staff can drop into feeder hopper 2 with earth, earth is through the broken back of 7 of broken mechanism in feeder hopper 2, get into in the box 1, filter screen 4 passes through the great earth filtering of granule, the earth through filter screen 4 passes through rabbling mechanism 3 and liquid medicine mixing, when (mixing) shaft 31 rotates, drive first brush 51 and second brush 52 and rotate, the earth granule of card falls in the first brush 51 and the second brush 52 rotation in-process filter screen 4, thereby reduce the possibility of filter screen 4 jam.
The above embodiments are preferred embodiments of the present application, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited by the above embodiments, so: all equivalent changes made according to the structure, shape and principle of the present application shall be covered by the protection scope of the present application.

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1. The utility model provides a soil pollution administers and uses prosthetic devices, includes box (1), feeder hopper (2), rabbling mechanism (3) and installs filter screen (4) in box (1), feeder hopper (2) install on box (1) top and with box (1) inner chamber intercommunication, its characterized in that: filter screen (4) are on a parallel with the bottom setting of box (1), discharge gate (11) have been seted up to the lateral wall bottom of box (1), rabbling mechanism (3) are including installing (mixing) shaft (31) in box (1) axle center, first motor (32) and stirring vane (33), box (1) inner chamber bottom is equipped with baffle (12), install in the closed cavity that baffle (12) and box (1) formed in first motor (32), the output shaft and (mixing) shaft (31) end fixing of first motor (32), stirring vane (33) are along (mixing) shaft (31) axial fixity on (mixing) shaft (31), install clearance mechanism (5) on (mixing) shaft (31), clearance mechanism (5) are including fixing first brush (51) on (mixing) shaft (31), the matte of first brush (51) and filter screen (4) butt.
2. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 1, characterized in that: the cleaning mechanism (5) further comprises a second brush (52) fixed on the stirring shaft (31), the second brush (52) is arranged on one side, deviating from the first brush (51), of the filter screen (4), and the hair surface of the second brush (52) is abutted to the filter screen (4).
3. The soil pollution treatment restoration device according to claim 2, wherein: the first brush (51) and the second brush (52) are arranged at two symmetrical sides of the stirring shaft (31).
4. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 1, characterized in that: the side wall of the box body (1) is provided with a discharge opening (13), the bottom end of the discharge opening (13) is lower than the filter screen (4), the top end of the discharge opening (13) is higher than the filter screen (4), and the discharge opening (13) is sealed with a cover plate (14) which can be opened and closed.
5. The soil pollution treatment restoration device according to claim 4, wherein: one end of the cover plate (14) far away from the feed hopper (2) is rotationally connected with the side wall of the box body (1), and an arc-shaped handle (141) is fixed on one side of the cover plate (14) deviating from the inner cavity of the box body (1).
6. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 5, wherein: the bottom of the box body (1) is hinged with a stand column (15) and an air cylinder (16), and the stand column (15) and the air cylinder (16) are symmetrically arranged.
7. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 1, characterized in that: pesticide spraying pipe (6) is installed along circumference to the inner wall of box (1), and spray hole (61) have been seted up along circumference to pesticide spraying pipe (6) towards center one side of box (1), and the lateral wall at box (1) is worn to establish by pesticide spraying pipe (6) tip, and pesticide spraying pipe (6) set up the below at filter screen (4).
8. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 7, wherein: the injection holes (61) are obliquely arranged towards the bottom end of the box body (1).
9. The soil pollution control restoration device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein: install broken mechanism (7) in feeder hopper (2), broken mechanism (7) include two compression roller (71) and two second motors, and install in feeder hopper (2) compression roller (71), and two compression roller (71) parallel arrangement each other, and feed hopper (2) lateral wall is worn out and the output shaft of second motor is fixed to compression roller (71) tip, and the outer wall at feeder hopper (2) is installed to the second motor.
10. The prosthetic device for soil pollution control according to claim 9, wherein: a plurality of crushing teeth (711) are fixed on the pressing roller (71), and one end, far away from the pressing roller (71), of each crushing tooth (711) is conical.
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