CN214918481U - Join in marriage electrified belt cleaning device of net overhead line strain insulator - Google Patents
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The utility model relates to a distribution network overhead line strain insulator vase electrified cleaning device, which comprises a connecting rod and a cleaning component arranged at one end of the connecting rod, wherein the cleaning component comprises a cleaning shell, one end of the cleaning shell is hinged with the connecting rod, the other end of the cleaning shell is provided with a cleaning brush, and a driving mechanism for driving the cleaning brush to rotate is arranged in the cleaning shell; the connecting rod includes the connecting rod body and is used for providing the power pack of electric energy for actuating mechanism, the one end and the connecting rod body fixed connection of power pack, the other end of power pack install and rotate the connecting piece, it is articulated mutually with washing casing to rotate the connecting piece. The utility model relates to a rationally, need not to join in marriage the power failure of net twine way and the vase is plucked, make things convenient for the vase to wash under operating condition, and the cleaning performance is good.
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The technical field is as follows:
the utility model relates to a join in marriage electrified belt cleaning device of net overhead line strain insulator vase.
Background art:
the porcelain insulator is a special insulating control and plays an important role in the overhead line of the distribution network. In order to ensure the service life and the service life of the line, the attachment of stains such as floating dust on the surface of the porcelain insulator should be prevented. However, one side of the prior porcelain insulator is easy to accumulate dirt and is not easy to clean in the using process. The workman is at the normal maintenance in-process, and clean long-pending dirty vase need have a power failure with the circuit of operation and climb the wire pole and take the vase off, waste time and energy.
The utility model has the following contents:
the utility model discloses make the improvement to the problem that above-mentioned prior art exists, promptly the utility model aims to solve the technical problem that a join in marriage electrified belt feeder overhead line strain insulator vase belt cleaning device is provided, and structural design is reasonable, conveniently washs the vase.
In order to realize the purpose, the utility model discloses a technical scheme is: the utility model provides a join in marriage electrified belt cleaning device of net overhead line strain insulator vase, includes the connecting rod and sets up the washing subassembly in connecting rod one end, it contains the washing casing to wash the subassembly, the washing brush is installed with the connecting rod articulated mutually, the other end to wash the one end of casing, and the inside of wasing the casing is provided with and is used for driving the rotatory actuating mechanism of washing brush.
Furthermore, the connecting rod includes the connecting rod body and is used for providing the power pack of electric energy for actuating mechanism, power pack's one end and connecting rod body fixed connection, power pack's the other end are installed and are rotated the connecting piece, it is articulated mutually with washing casing to rotate the connecting piece.
Further, actuating mechanism includes coaxial arrangement and washs the inside driving motor of casing, driving motor's output shaft loops through planetary gear and connector and is connected with the base of cleaning brush to the drive cleaning brush rotates around self axis.
Furthermore, the rotary connecting piece comprises a limiting pipe, a pair of hinged lugs is arranged at the upper end of the limiting pipe, and a limiting sliding block which can slide along the axis of the limiting pipe and upwards extends between the hinged lugs is arranged in the limiting pipe; the lower end of the cleaning shell extends into the space between the pair of hinged lugs and is hinged with the hinged lugs through the hinged shaft, and the lower end of the cleaning shell is provided with a plurality of limiting notches which are distributed around the hinged shaft and are used for being in splicing fit with the upper end of the limiting sliding block.
Furthermore, a vertical sliding groove in sliding fit with the limiting sliding block is arranged inside the limiting pipe, a compression spring for pushing the limiting sliding block to slide upwards is abutted between the bottom surface of the vertical sliding groove and the bottom surface of the limiting sliding block, and a first butt-joint inclined plane with a high upper end and a low lower end is arranged at the lower end of the limiting sliding block; the rotating connecting piece further comprises a limiting button which penetrates through the side wall of the limiting pipe in a sliding mode along the radial direction, one end, located inside the limiting pipe, of the limiting button is provided with a second butt joint inclined surface which is used for being attached to the first butt joint inclined surface, and when the limiting button is pressed, the limiting button pushes the limiting sliding block to slide downwards so that the upper end of the limiting sliding block is separated from the limiting notch.
Furthermore, the rotary connecting piece also comprises a connecting pipe, the upper end of the connecting pipe is fixedly inserted into the lower end of the limiting pipe, an electric plug is arranged in the connecting pipe, and the electric plug is connected with the driving motor through a wire; the power assembly comprises a power installation pipe and at least one battery arranged inside the power installation pipe, the upper end of the power installation pipe is provided with an electric socket used for being electrically connected with an electric plug, and the battery provides electric energy for the driving motor through the electric socket, the electric plug and a lead.
Furthermore, the lower extreme of power installation pipe is provided with the mouth that charges that is used for charging for the battery, and the lateral wall of power installation pipe is equipped with the operating switch who is used for controlling the break-make electricity between battery and the driving motor.
Furthermore, the connecting rod body includes a plurality of coaxial rod bodies that distribute, the one end of the rod body is equipped with threaded connection portion, and the other end of the rod body is equipped with the connection screw that is used for with threaded connection portion looks spiro union, through threaded connection portion and connection screw looks spiro union between two adjacent rod bodies.
Further, the cleaning brush is long conical.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following effect has: the utility model relates to a rationally, need not to join in marriage the power failure of net twine way and the vase is plucked, make things convenient for the vase to wash under operating condition, and the cleaning performance is good.
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fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic sectional front view of a cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic side view of a cleaning assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the cleaning shell and the limiting slider according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 7 is a schematic perspective view of a limiting slider according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic perspective view of a limit button according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a schematic view of different bend angles of the cleaning assembly in an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a first schematic view illustrating a usage status of the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 11 is a schematic view of a second usage state of the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a schematic perspective view of a power module according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 13 is a front sectional view schematically showing the power module according to the embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 14 is a schematic perspective view of a rod body according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description of the present invention, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1-14, the utility model relates to a join in marriage electrified belt cleaning device of net overhead line strain insulator vase, including connecting rod and the washing subassembly 1 of setting in connecting rod one end, washing subassembly 1 contains awl tubular structure's washing casing 2, the one end of wasing casing 2 is articulated mutually with the connecting rod, the other end installs cleaning brush 3, and the inside of wasing casing 2 is provided with and is used for driving the rotatory actuating mechanism of cleaning brush 3. During the use, the connecting rod is handed on ground to the manual work, and actuating mechanism drive cleaning brush rotates, presses close the cleaning surface of vase with the cleaning brush after that, and the cleaning brush utilizes the rotation to wash away the long-pending dirt on the vase, utilizes the position of connecting rod removal cleaning brush, realizes wasing the vase different positions, need not to have a power failure and take the vase down, washs the convenience.
In this embodiment, the connecting rod includes connecting rod body 4 and is used for providing the power pack 5 of electric energy for actuating mechanism, the one end and the connecting rod body 4 fixed connection of power pack 5, the other end of power pack 5 install and rotate connecting piece 6, it is articulated mutually with washing casing 2 to rotate connecting piece 6.
In this embodiment, the driving mechanism includes a driving motor 7 coaxially installed inside the cleaning casing 2, and an output shaft of the driving motor 7 is connected to the base of the cleaning brush 3 sequentially through the planetary gear 8 and the connector 9, so as to drive the cleaning brush to rotate around its own axis. In the operation process of the driving motor 7, all gears on the planetary gear 8 are always meshed with each other, the load of the driving motor is distributed to a plurality of teeth, the friction and the abrasion are small, the strength is high, the service life is long, and the porcelain insulator cleaning device can operate at a high speed, stably and for a long time; the cleaning brush is connected to the connector 9 so that the cleaning brush can be replaced.
Preferably, in order to guarantee the waterproof effect, the end of the cleaning shell far away from the connecting rod is provided with a sealing end cover, and a waterproof ring is arranged between the sealing end cover and the cleaning shell.
In this embodiment, the rotating connecting piece 6 includes a cylindrical limiting tube 10, the upper end of the limiting tube 10 is provided with a pair of hinge lugs 11, and a limiting slider 12 which can slide along the axis of the limiting tube 10 and extends upwards to between the hinge lugs 11 is arranged inside the limiting tube 10; the lower end of the cleaning shell 2 extends into the space between the pair of hinged lugs 11 and is hinged with the hinged lugs 11 through the hinged shaft, and the lower end of the cleaning shell 2 is provided with a plurality of limiting notches 13 which are distributed around the hinged shaft and are used for being in inserted connection and matching with the upper end of the limiting sliding block 12. Because spacing notch has a plurality of, when wasing the casing and rotate to one of them spacing notch and spacing slider's upper end grafting cooperation around the articulated shaft, the interface realizes whole washing subassembly's rotation spacing, and every spacing notch corresponds a washing angle who washs the subassembly promptly. Preferably, the number of the limit notches is three, namely, the limit notches respectively correspond to the bending angles of 180 degrees, 135 degrees and 90 degrees between the cleaning brush and the connecting rod, and the use is convenient.
In this embodiment, a vertical sliding groove 14 in sliding fit with the limiting slider 12 is arranged inside the limiting tube 10, a compression spring 15 for pushing the limiting slider 12 to slide upwards is abutted between the bottom surface of the vertical sliding groove 14 and the bottom surface of the limiting slider 12, a first butt-joint inclined surface 16 with a high upper end and a low lower end is arranged at the lower end of the limiting slider 12, and the two first butt-joint inclined surfaces are distributed in bilateral symmetry; the rotating connecting piece 6 further comprises a limiting button 17 which penetrates through the side wall of the limiting pipe in a sliding mode along the radial direction, one end, located inside the limiting pipe 10, of the limiting button 17 is provided with two second butt-joint inclined planes 18 which are used for being attached to the two first butt-joint inclined planes 16 respectively, and when the limiting button 17 is pressed, the limiting button 17 pushes the limiting sliding block 12 to slide downwards so that the upper end of the limiting sliding block 12 is separated from the limiting notch 13. Pressing limit button during the use, limit button cooperatees through second butt joint inclined plane and first butt joint inclined plane and promotes the spacing slider and slide downwards, and spacing slider separates with the spacing notch of wasing the casing lower extreme, will wash the casing after that and rotate to required abluent angle round the articulated shaft, loosens limit button at last, and spacing slider upwards moves to and washs the spacing notch grafting cooperation of casing lower extreme under compression spring's drive, realizes spacingly.
In this embodiment, the rotary connecting piece 6 further includes a cylindrical connecting pipe 19, the upper end of the connecting pipe 19 is fixedly inserted into the lower end of the limiting pipe 10, an electric plug 20 is arranged in the connecting pipe, and the electric plug 20 is connected with the driving motor 7 via a wire; the power assembly 5 comprises a power installation pipe 21 and at least one battery 22 arranged inside the power installation pipe 21, the upper end of the power installation pipe 21 is provided with an electric socket 23 used for being electrically connected with an electric plug 20, and the battery provides electric energy for a driving motor through the electric socket, the electric plug and a lead.
In this embodiment, for the convenience of installation, spacing pipe 10 is split type structure, including half spacing pipe on the left side and half spacing pipe on the right side, half spacing pipe on the left side and half spacing pipe on the right side all are provided with a articulated lug, and the lower extreme of half spacing pipe on the left side and half spacing pipe on the right side all is fixed through the upper end locking of screw and connecting pipe.
In this embodiment, the lower end of the power installation tube 21 is provided with a charging port 24 for charging the battery, so as to facilitate charging; the side wall of the power installation pipe 21 is provided with an operation switch 25 for controlling the on-off between the battery and the driving motor, and the periphery of the operation switch is wrapped with a waterproof rubber cover.
In the embodiment, the battery capacity is 4000 milliamperes, the battery output voltage is 4.2V, the service time is 80 minutes, the battery charging voltage is DC4.2V, the rotating speed of the driving motor is 500 circles/minute, and the working voltage is 4.2V.
In this embodiment, the connecting rod body 4 includes a plurality of cylindrical rod bodies 26 that are coaxially distributed, one end of the rod body 26 is provided with a threaded connection portion 27, the other end of the rod body 26 is provided with a connection screw hole 28 for screwing with the threaded connection portion 27, and two adjacent rod bodies are screwed with the connection screw hole through the threaded connection portion. It should be noted that, can increase and decrease the quantity of the body of rod as required during the actual use, can adapt to the vase cleaning operation of different heights. In order to facilitate the holding, a handle is fixedly sleeved at the lower end of the rod body at the lowest end.
In this embodiment, the cleaning brush 2 is a long cone, and in the working process, can go deep into the slot of the porcelain insulator, and easily cleans the accumulated dirt in the slot by rotating at a high speed.
In this embodiment, in order to realize the good water-proof effects of whole device, whole device adopts waterproof circle of silica gel, waterproof glue etc. to seal waterproof to some junctions for driving motor and battery pack are the waterproof body, ensure that key spare part does not receive external environment's influence. The connecting rod is made of insulated glass fiber reinforced plastics, and other parts such as the power installation pipe, the cleaning shell and the like are made of insulating parts such as ABS and the like; electrified battery, motor, electric plug, electric socket etc. all wrap up inside equipment, ensure the insulation of equipment.
In this embodiment, the use method includes the following steps:
step S1, adjusting the cleaning angle: pressing a limit button 17, wherein the limit button 17 is matched with a first butt-joint inclined surface 16 through a second butt-joint inclined surface 18 to push a limit slider 12 to slide downwards, the limit slider 12 is separated from a limit notch 13 at the lower end of the cleaning shell 2, then the cleaning shell 2 is rotated to a required cleaning angle around a hinge shaft, finally the limit button 17 is loosened, and the limit slider 12 is driven by a compression spring 15 to move upwards to be in inserted fit with the limit notch 13 at the lower end of the cleaning shell 2 to realize limit;
step S2, cleaning: by holding the connecting lever and turning on the operation switch 25, the washing brush 3 is rotated by the driving motor, and then the washing brush is attached to the washing surface of the porcelain bottle.
The utility model has the advantages that: the whole device can be used for carrying out stable and efficient cleaning operation, the cleaning assembly adopts the structures of the planet wheel, the limiting structure, the cleaning brush in the conical shape and the like, and the reliability and the practicability of the whole device are improved.
The utility model discloses if disclose or related to mutual fixed connection's spare part or structure, then, except that other the note, fixed connection can understand: a detachable fixed connection (for example using bolts or screws) is also understood as: non-detachable fixed connections (e.g. riveting, welding), but of course, fixed connections to each other may also be replaced by one-piece structures (e.g. manufactured integrally using a casting process) (unless it is obviously impossible to use an integral forming process).
In addition, the terms used in any aspect of the present disclosure as described above to indicate positional relationships or shapes include similar, analogous, or approximate states or shapes unless otherwise stated.
The utility model provides an arbitrary part both can be assembled by a plurality of solitary component parts and form, also can be the solitary part that the integrated into one piece technology was made.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention and not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to preferred embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that: the invention can be modified or equivalent substituted for some technical features; without departing from the spirit of the present invention, it should be understood that the scope of the claims is intended to cover all such modifications and variations.
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1. The utility model provides a join in marriage electrified belt cleaning device of net overhead line strain insulator vase which characterized in that: including connecting rod and the washing subassembly of setting in connecting rod one end, it contains the washing casing to wash the subassembly, the washing brush is installed with the connecting rod articulated mutually, the other end to wash the one end of casing, and the inside of wasing the casing is provided with and is used for driving the rotatory actuating mechanism of washing brush.
2. The electrified belt cleaning device of net distribution overhead line strain insulator of claim 1, characterized in that: the connecting rod includes the connecting rod body and is used for providing the power pack of electric energy for actuating mechanism, the one end and the connecting rod body fixed connection of power pack, the other end of power pack install and rotate the connecting piece, it is articulated mutually with washing casing to rotate the connecting piece.
3. The electrified belt cleaning device of net distribution overhead line strain insulator of claim 2, characterized in that: actuating mechanism includes coaxial arrangement and washs the inside driving motor of casing, driving motor's output shaft loops through planetary gear and connector and is connected with the base of cleaning brush to the drive cleaning brush rotates around self axis.
4. The electrified belt cleaning device of net distribution overhead line strain insulator of claim 2, characterized in that: the rotary connecting piece comprises a limiting pipe, a pair of hinged lugs is arranged at the upper end of the limiting pipe, and a limiting sliding block which can slide along the axis of the limiting pipe and extends upwards to a position between the hinged lugs is arranged in the limiting pipe; the lower end of the cleaning shell extends into the space between the pair of hinged lugs and is hinged with the hinged lugs through the hinged shaft, and the lower end of the cleaning shell is provided with a plurality of limiting notches which are distributed around the hinged shaft and are used for being in splicing fit with the upper end of the limiting sliding block.
5. The electrified belt cleaning device of distribution network overhead line strain insulator of claim 4, characterized in that: a vertical sliding groove in sliding fit with the limiting sliding block is arranged inside the limiting pipe, a compression spring for pushing the limiting sliding block to slide upwards is abutted between the bottom surface of the vertical sliding groove and the bottom surface of the limiting sliding block, and a first butt-joint inclined plane with a high upper end and a low lower end is arranged at the lower end of the limiting sliding block; the rotating connecting piece further comprises a limiting button which penetrates through the side wall of the limiting pipe in a sliding mode along the radial direction, one end, located inside the limiting pipe, of the limiting button is provided with a second butt joint inclined surface which is used for being attached to the first butt joint inclined surface, and when the limiting button is pressed, the limiting button pushes the limiting sliding block to slide downwards so that the upper end of the limiting sliding block is separated from the limiting notch.
6. The electrified belt cleaning device of distribution network overhead line strain insulator of claim 4, characterized in that: the rotary connecting piece also comprises a connecting pipe, the upper end of the connecting pipe is fixedly inserted into the lower end of the limiting pipe, an electric plug is arranged in the connecting pipe, and the electric plug is connected with the driving motor through a wire; the power assembly comprises a power installation pipe and at least one battery arranged inside the power installation pipe, the upper end of the power installation pipe is provided with an electric socket used for being electrically connected with an electric plug, and the battery provides electric energy for the driving motor through the electric socket, the electric plug and a lead.
7. The electrified belt cleaning device of distribution network overhead line strain insulator of claim 6, characterized in that: the lower extreme of power installation pipe is provided with the mouth that charges that is used for charging for the battery, and the lateral wall of power installation pipe is equipped with the operating switch who is used for controlling the break-make electricity between battery and the driving motor.
8. The electrified belt cleaning device of net distribution overhead line strain insulator of claim 2, characterized in that: the connecting rod body comprises a plurality of coaxially distributed rod bodies, one end of each rod body is provided with a threaded connection part, the other end of each rod body is provided with a connection screw hole used for being in threaded connection with the threaded connection part, and every two adjacent rod bodies are in threaded connection with the connection screw hole through the threaded connection part.
9. The electrified belt cleaning device of net distribution overhead line strain insulator of claim 1, characterized in that: the cleaning brush is long awl shape.
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