CN215257411U - Bearing ring for bank self-service teller machine - Google Patents
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of the bearing technique and specifically relates to a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank is disclosed, including inner race, outer lasso and install the rolling element between above-mentioned inner race and above-mentioned outer lasso, the inner race with the inner wall of outer lasso be equipped with rolling element assorted raceway, the inner race with the inside of outer lasso all is equipped with lubricated subassembly. The utility model provides a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank, wherein be provided with lubricating component, the intracavity can enough seal and open the spread groove prestoring of painting among the lubricating component, make the lubricating oil intermittent type nature of oil storage intracavity flow to prestore the intracavity and supply, avoid the lubricating oil stream of oil storage intracavity to advance to prestore the intracavity too much and cause the waste, can seal and open the oil outlet again, make the lubricating oil intermittent type nature outflow of prestoring intracavity lubricate, reduce the outflow of lubricating oil, effectively solve the problem that the oil phenomenon was got rid of in the emergence when the bearing rotated at a high speed.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a bearing technical field especially relates to a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank.
Background
The bearing is an important part in the modern automobile parts, and has the main functions of supporting the mechanical rotating body, reducing the friction coefficient in the moving process and ensuring the rotation precision.
The existing bearing is generally characterized in that an oil passing channel extending to the position between an inner ring and an outer ring of the bearing is arranged on the inner ring of the bearing or the outer ring of the bearing, oil is filled into the bearing through the oil passing channel, and the rolling matching position of a rolling body and the inner ring and the outer ring is lubricated.
To above problem, the utility model provides a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
The utility model aims to solve the problem that not enough among the above-mentioned prior art provides a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank, can solve lubricated oil mass in the current bearing more, can take place to get rid of oily phenomenon when the bearing rotates at a high speed, not only pollution apparatus still causes the problem of the waste of lubricating oil.
(II) technical scheme
The utility model provides a technical scheme that above-mentioned technical problem adopted is: the bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and a rolling body arranged between the inner ring and the outer ring, wherein a roller path matched with the rolling body is arranged on the inner wall of the inner ring and the inner wall of the outer ring, and lubricating components are arranged inside the inner ring and the outer ring.
Lubricating assembly is including setting up the inside oil storage chamber of outer lasso, be close to in the outer lasso the position in oil storage chamber is provided with prestores the chamber, prestore the chamber with the intercommunication has the spread groove between the oil storage chamber, prestore the chamber and keep away from oil storage chamber one end intercommunication has the oil outlet, prestore intracavity movable mounting have paint the part, paint the part with oil outlet swing joint and follow stretch out in the raceway right the surface of rolling element carries out lubricating oil and paints.
Preferably, the smearing part comprises an oil blocking plate matched with the connecting groove and an oil blocking plate matched with the oil outlet, a connecting plate is connected between the oil blocking plate and the oil blocking plate, and the distance between the outer wall of the oil blocking plate and the outer wall of the oil blocking plate is smaller than the distance between the two inner walls of the pre-storage cavity corresponding to the distance.
Preferably, the position that prestores the chamber and is close to the oil outlet is provided with the inside groove, the inside groove is provided with two symmetries and sets up the both sides of oil outlet, the inside groove with be connected with connecting spring between the oil baffle.
Preferably, the oil baffle is just right the position of oil outlet is provided with leads the beam hanger, lead the diameter of beam hanger and be less than the diameter of oil outlet, lead the beam hanger follow stretch out in the oil outlet and trailing end connection have with the sponge is paintd to the surface assorted of rolling element.
Preferably, an oil guide groove is formed in the position, right opposite to the oil outlet hole, of the roller path, and the section size of the smearing sponge is smaller than that of the oil guide groove.
Preferably, two side walls of the outer race are provided with outer step surfaces, one of the outer step surfaces is provided with an oil injection passage communicated with the oil storage cavity, and a sealing plug is plugged in an opening of the oil injection passage; an inner step surface is arranged at the position, opposite to the outer step surface, of the inner ferrule, a first sealing cover is installed at the position, opposite to the inner step surface of the sealing plug, and the tail end of the first sealing cover is in clearance fit with the outer step surface.
Preferably, a second sealing cover is mounted on the outer step surface of the other side, away from the oil injection passage, of the outer ring, and the tail end of the second sealing cover is in clearance fit with the inner step surface; an oil injection passage communicated with an oil storage cavity in the inner ring is arranged on the inner step surface of one side, far away from the first sealing cover, of the inner ring, and a sealing plug is plugged in the opening of the oil injection passage.
(III) advantageous effects
1. The utility model provides a bearing ring for self-service automatic teller machine of bank, wherein be provided with lubricating component, the intracavity can enough seal and open the spread groove prestoring to the part of paining among the lubricating component, make the lubricating oil intermittent type nature in the oil storage intracavity flow to prestore the intracavity and supply, avoid the lubricating oil flow of oil storage intracavity to advance to prestore the intracavity and too much cause the waste, can seal and open the oil outlet again, make the lubricating oil intermittent type nature outflow of prestoring the intracavity lubricate, reduce the outflow of lubricating oil, effectively solve the problem that the bearing took place to get rid of the oil phenomenon when rotating at a high speed.
2. The utility model provides a bearing ring for self-service teller machine of bank, wherein hinder the distance between the outer wall of oil board and the oil baffle outer wall and be less than the distance between two inner walls of the chamber of prestoring that correspond with it, when hindering oil board, oil baffle and connecting plate and remove to hinder the oil board and prestore the chamber inner wall and paste together, hinder the oil board and block the spread groove and seal, at this moment, hinder the oil board and keep away from the inner wall of the chamber of prestoring, the oil outlet is in the open mode at this moment, make things convenient for lubricating oil to flow out from the oil outlet; when hindering the oilboard, keeping off oilboard and connecting plate and moving the oilboard and prestore intracavity wall when laminating together, keep off the oilboard and block sealedly to the oil outlet, at this moment, hinder the oilboard and keep away from the inner wall of prestoring the chamber, the spread groove is in the open mode this moment, makes things convenient for lubricating oil to flow from the oil storage chamber to prestore intracavity portion.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a partially enlarged schematic view of a portion a in fig. 1 according to the present invention.
Wherein: 1 inner ring, 10 inner step surfaces, 100 first sealing covers, 2 outer ring, 20 outer step surfaces, 200 second sealing covers, 3 rolling bodies, 4 roller paths, 5 lubricating assemblies, 51 oil storage cavities, 52 pre-storage cavities, 53 connecting grooves, 54 oil outlet holes, 55 smearing parts, 551 oil blocking plates, 552 oil blocking plates, 553 connecting plates, 554 connecting springs, 555 oil guide rods, 556 smearing sponge, 56 inner grooves, 57 oil guide grooves, 58 oil injection passages and 59 sealing plugs.
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The following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention is provided with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. The following examples are intended to illustrate the invention, but are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
Referring to fig. 1-2, a bearing ring for a bank self-service teller machine includes an inner ring 1, an outer ring 2, and a rolling body 3 installed between the inner ring 1 and the outer ring 2, wherein raceways 4 matched with the rolling body 3 are provided on inner walls of the inner ring 1 and the outer ring 2, and lubricating assemblies 5 are provided inside the inner ring 1 and the outer ring 2.
Referring to fig. 2, the lubricating assembly 5 includes an oil storage cavity 51 arranged inside the outer race 2, a pre-storage cavity 52 is arranged in the outer race 2 and close to the oil storage cavity 51, a connecting groove 53 is communicated between the pre-storage cavity 52 and the oil storage cavity 51, one end of the pre-storage cavity 52, which is far away from the oil storage cavity 51, is communicated with an oil outlet 54, a smearing part 55 is movably installed in the pre-storage cavity 52, and the smearing part 55 is movably connected with the oil outlet 54 and extends out of the raceway 4 to smear lubricating oil on the surface of the rolling element 3.
In above-mentioned technical scheme, the setting of prestoring chamber 52 makes lubricating oil in the oil storage chamber 51 flow into earlier and prestores in the chamber 52, rethread oil outlet 54 flows out and lubricates rolling element 3, it has painting part 55 to prestore movable mounting in the chamber 52, painting part 55 can enough seal and open connecting groove 53 in prestoring chamber 52, make lubricating oil intermittent type nature in the oil storage chamber 51 flow and prestore and supply in the chamber 52, it leads to the fact the waste too much in the chamber 52 to avoid lubricating oil in the oil storage chamber 51 to flow into prestoring, can seal and open oil outlet 54 again, make lubricating oil intermittent type nature in the chamber 52 of prestoring flow and lubricate, reduce the outflow of lubricating oil, effectively solve the problem that the oil phenomenon was got rid of when the bearing rotates at a high speed.
The smearing part 55 comprises an oil baffle 551 matched with the connecting groove 53 and an oil baffle 552 matched with the oil outlet 54, a connecting plate 553 is connected between the oil baffle 551 and the oil baffle 552, and the distance between the outer wall of the oil baffle 551 and the outer wall of the oil baffle 552 is smaller than the distance between the two inner walls of the pre-storage cavity 52 corresponding to the distance; the size of the oil baffle 551 is larger than the size of the connecting groove 53 to close the connecting groove 53, and the size of the oil baffle 552 is larger than the size of the oil outlet 54 to close the oil outlet 54.
In the above technical solution, the distance between the outer wall of the oil blocking plate 551 and the outer wall of the oil blocking plate 552 is smaller than the distance between the two corresponding inner walls of the pre-storage cavity 52, when the oil blocking plate 551, the oil blocking plate 552 and the connecting plate 553 move together to the oil blocking plate 551 to be attached to the inner wall of the pre-storage cavity 52, the oil blocking plate 551 blocks and seals the connecting groove 53, at this time, the oil blocking plate 552 is far away from the inner wall of the pre-storage cavity 52, and at this time, the oil outlet 54 is in an open state, so that the lubricating oil can flow out from the oil outlet 54 conveniently; when hindering oil board 551, fender 552 and connecting plate 553 and moving fender 552 and prestore chamber 52 inner wall phase laminating together, fender 552 blocks sealedly to oil outlet 54, and at this moment, hinder oil board 551 and keep away from the inner wall of prestore chamber 52, and the spread groove 53 is in the open mode this moment, makes things convenient for lubricating oil to flow from oil storage chamber 51 to prestore inside the chamber 52.
An inner groove 56 is arranged at the position of the pre-storage cavity 52 close to the oil outlet 54, two inner grooves 56 are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the oil outlet 54, and a connecting spring 554 is connected between the inner groove 56 and the oil baffle 552; wherein, under normal condition, receive the tractive effect of connecting spring 554 for oil baffle 552 is pulled to laminating mutually with prestoring intracavity 52's inner wall, and at this moment, oil outlet 54 is blockked sealed by oil baffle 552, and oil baffle 551 keeps away from prestoring intracavity 52's inner wall, and connecting groove 53 is in open state, makes things convenient for lubricating oil to flow to prestoring intracavity 52 from oil storage chamber 51.
An oil guide rod 555 is arranged at the position, facing the oil outlet hole 54, of the oil baffle 552, the diameter of the oil guide rod 555 is smaller than that of the oil outlet hole 54, the oil guide rod 555 extends out of the oil outlet hole 54, and the tail end of the oil guide rod 555 is connected with a smearing sponge 556 matched with the surface of the rolling body 3.
An oil guide groove 57 is formed in the position, opposite to the oil outlet hole 54, of the raceway 4, and the cross-sectional size of the smearing sponge 556 is smaller than that of the oil guide groove 57.
In the above technical solution, under a normal state, under the pulling action of the connecting spring 554, the oil baffle 552 is pulled to be attached to the inner wall of the pre-storage cavity 52, at this time, the oil outlet 54 is blocked and sealed by the oil baffle 552, the oil guide rod 555 extends out of the oil outlet 54 to a proper position without affecting the rotation of the rolling element 3, and the smearing sponge 556 extends out of the oil guide groove 57 to a proper position; when the bearing rotates and the rolling body 3 is rotated to be contacted with the smearing sponge 556, the rolling body 3 extrudes the smearing sponge 556, the smearing sponge 556 and the oil guide rod 555 retreat towards the inside of the oil outlet 54, thereby, the oil deflector 552 is repelled, so that the oil deflector 552, the connecting plate 553 and the oil deflector 551 move together toward the connecting groove 53, when the oil deflector 551, the oil deflector 552 and the connecting plate 553 are moved together until the oil deflector 551 engages the inner wall of the pre-storage chamber 52, the oil baffle 551 blocks and seals the connecting groove 53, at this time, the oil outlet 54 is in an open state, a part of the lubricating oil flows out from the oil outlet 54 to the rolling elements 3, a part of the lubricating oil flows to the upper part of the smearing sponge 556 along the oil guide rod 555 so as to smear the sponge 556 on the rolling elements 3, and a part of the lubricating oil flows out from the oil outlet 54 to the oil guide groove 57 and flows to other positions along the oil guide groove 57 for lubrication; when the bearing rotates, rotate to scribble sponge 556 and lead between the clearance that oil pole 555 is located two rolling elements 3 together, scribble sponge 556 and lead oil pole 555 and do not receive rolling element 3 to influence, at this moment, receive the tractive effect of connecting spring 554, make oil baffle 552 pulled to laminating mutually with the inner wall of prestoring chamber 52, oil outlet 54 is blockked sealedly by oil baffle 552, oil baffle 551 keeps away from the inner wall of prestoring chamber 52, connecting groove 53 is in open state, make things convenient for lubricating oil to flow from oil storage chamber 51 to prestoring intracavity 52 inside.
When the bearing works specifically, the bearing rotates, then the rolling element 3 acts on the smearing sponge 556 and the oil guide rod 555 intermittently at the rotation time, so that lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity 51 intermittently flows into the pre-storage cavity 52 for supplement, the lubricating oil in the oil storage cavity 51 is prevented from flowing into the pre-storage cavity 52 to cause waste excessively, lubricating oil in the pre-storage cavity 52 can be enabled to intermittently flow out for lubrication, the outflow of the lubricating oil is reduced, and the problem of oil throwing phenomenon during high-speed rotation of the bearing is effectively solved.
Two side walls of the outer ferrule 2 are respectively provided with an outer step surface 20, one outer step surface 20 is provided with an oil injection channel 58 communicated with the oil storage cavity 51, and an opening of the oil injection channel 58 is plugged with a sealing plug 59; an inner step surface 10 is arranged at a position, opposite to the outer step surface 20, of the inner ring 1, a first sealing cover 100 is installed at the position, opposite to the inner step surface 10 of the sealing plug 59, and the tail end of the first sealing cover 100 is in clearance fit with the outer step surface 20.
A second sealing cover 200 is mounted on the outer step surface 20 of the other side, away from the oil injection passage 58, of the outer ring 2, and the tail end of the second sealing cover 200 is in clearance fit with the inner step surface 10; an oil injection channel 58 communicated with the oil storage cavity 51 in the inner ring 1 is arranged on the inner step surface 10 of one side of the inner ring 1 far away from the first sealing cover 100, and a sealing plug 59 is plugged in the opening of the oil injection channel 58.
In the above technical solution, the oil storage chamber 51 is replenished with lubricating oil through the oil injection passage 58, and the lubricating oil is prevented from spilling out of the oil injection passage 58 through the sealing plug 59; the first sealing cover 100 is connected with the inner ring 1 and is in clearance fit with the outer ring 2, and the second sealing cover 200 is connected with the outer ring 2 and is in clearance fit with the inner ring 1, so that the structure is not blocked when the bearing rotates.
The utility model discloses in be provided with lubricating assembly 5, the part 55 of paining among lubricating assembly 5 can enough seal and open the spread groove 53 in prestoring chamber 52, make lubricating oil intermittent type nature in the oil storage chamber 51 flow to prestore and supply in the chamber 52, avoid lubricating oil flow in the oil storage chamber 51 to advance and lead to the fact the waste excessively in the chamber 52, can seal and open oil outlet 54 again, make lubricating oil intermittent type nature in the chamber 52 of prestoring flow and lubricate, reduce the outflow of lubricating oil, the problem of the oil phenomenon takes place to get rid of when effectively solving the high-speed rotation of bearing.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and decorations can be made without departing from the technical principle of the present invention, and these improvements and decorations should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides a bearing ring for self-service teller machine of bank, includes inner race (1), outer ferrule (2) and installs rolling element (3) between above-mentioned inner race (1) and above-mentioned outer ferrule (2), inner race (1) with the inner wall of outer ferrule (2) be equipped with rolling element (3) assorted raceway (4), its characterized in that: the inner parts of the inner ring (1) and the outer ring (2) are provided with lubricating components (5);
lubricating element (5) is including setting up the inside oil storage chamber (51) of outer lasso (2), be close to in outer lasso (2) the position of oil storage chamber (51) is provided with prestores chamber (52), prestore chamber (52) with the intercommunication has connecting groove (53) between oil storage chamber (51), prestore chamber (52) keep away from oil storage chamber (51) one end intercommunication has oil outlet (54), prestore chamber (52) interior movable mounting have paint parts (55), paint parts (55) with oil outlet (54) swing joint and follow stretch out in raceway (4) right the surface of rolling element (3) carries out lubricating oil and paints.
2. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine according to claim 1, wherein: the smearing component (55) comprises an oil blocking plate (551) matched with the connecting groove (53) and an oil blocking plate (552) matched with the oil outlet (54), a connecting plate (553) is connected between the oil blocking plate (551) and the oil blocking plate (552), and the distance between the outer wall of the oil blocking plate (551) and the outer wall of the oil blocking plate (552) is smaller than the distance between the two inner walls of the pre-storage cavity (52) corresponding to the distance.
3. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine as claimed in claim 2, wherein: an inner groove (56) is formed in the position, close to the oil outlet (54), of the pre-storage cavity (52), two inner grooves (56) are symmetrically formed in two sides of the oil outlet (54), and a connecting spring (554) is connected between each inner groove (56) and the oil baffle plate (552).
4. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine according to claim 3, wherein: the oil baffle (552) is just opposite to an oil outlet hole (54) and is provided with an oil guide rod (555), the diameter of the oil guide rod (555) is smaller than that of the oil outlet hole (54), the oil guide rod (555) extends out of the oil outlet hole (54), and the tail end of the oil guide rod is connected with a smearing sponge (556) matched with the surface of the rolling body (3).
5. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine according to claim 4, wherein: an oil guide groove (57) is formed in the position, opposite to the oil outlet hole (54), of the roller path (4), and the section size of the smearing sponge (556) is smaller than that of the oil guide groove (57).
6. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine according to claim 1, wherein: two side walls of the outer ring (2) are respectively provided with an outer step surface (20), an oil injection channel (58) communicated with the oil storage cavity (51) is arranged at one outer step surface (20), and a sealing plug (59) is plugged in an opening of the oil injection channel (58); an inner step surface (10) is arranged at a position, facing the outer step surface (20), of the inner ring (1), a first sealing cover (100) is installed at the position, facing the inner step surface (10) of the sealing plug (59), and the tail end of the first sealing cover (100) is in clearance fit with the outer step surface (20).
7. The bearing ring for the bank self-service teller machine according to claim 6, wherein: a second sealing cover (200) is mounted on the outer step surface (20) of the other side, away from the oil injection channel (58), of the outer ring (2), and the tail end of the second sealing cover (200) is in clearance fit with the inner step surface (10); an oil injection passage (58) communicated with an oil storage cavity (51) in the inner ring (1) is arranged on the inner step surface (10) on one side, away from the first sealing cover (100), of the inner ring (1), and a sealing plug (59) is plugged in an opening of the oil injection passage (58).
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