CN216377099U - Anti-falling elevator - Google Patents

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CN216377099U
CN216377099U CN202123108586.8U CN202123108586U CN216377099U CN 216377099 U CN216377099 U CN 216377099U CN 202123108586 U CN202123108586 U CN 202123108586U CN 216377099 U CN216377099 U CN 216377099U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of elevators, and particularly relates to an anti-falling elevator, wherein when the anti-falling elevator works, a person enters an elevator car, then a lifting driving module drives a ball screw lifting module to rotate, and at the moment, the ball screw lifting module drives a lifting platform and the elevator car to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module. Therefore, the falling-preventing elevator changes the rising height of the lifting platform and the elevator car through the ball screw lifting module, the ball screw lifting module has the self-locking characteristic, the retreating acting force of the lifting platform and the elevator car can be effectively borne, the falling accident is effectively prevented, the safety of the falling-preventing elevator in high-speed operation is greatly improved, and the safety of personnel can be guaranteed.

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Anti-falling elevator
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of elevators, and particularly relates to an anti-falling elevator.
Background
An elevator is a permanent transport device serving a number of specific floors in a building, the cars of which travel in at least two rigid tracks perpendicular to the horizontal or inclined at an angle of less than 15 ° to the vertical. There are also steps, where the tread plates are mounted on a track for continuous operation, commonly known as escalators or moving walkways. A fixed elevator apparatus serving a predetermined floor. The vertical lift elevator has a car that runs between at least two vertical rows of rigid guide rails or guide rails with an angle of inclination of less than 15 °. The size and the structural form of the car are convenient for passengers to access or load and unload goods. It is customary to use elevators as a generic term for vertical transport means in buildings, irrespective of their drive mode. According to the speed, the elevator can be divided into a low-speed elevator (below 4 m/s), a high-speed elevator (4-12 m/s) and a high-speed elevator (above 12 m/s). Wherein the car is a box-shaped space for the elevator to carry and transport people and materials. Is a body part of an elevator for carrying passengers or cargo and other loads. The existing car is driven to lift through a sling directly, and once the sling is broken, the car can fall.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to provide an anti-falling elevator, which aims to solve the technical problem that the existing elevator car is driven to lift through a sling directly, and the elevator car falls once the sling is broken.
In order to achieve the above object, an anti-falling elevator provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes:
the elevator shaft is internally hollow to form a lifting channel for guiding;
a lift platform movably disposed in the hoistway and slidably connected to the elevator shaft;
the elevator car is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the lifting platform, synchronously moves along with the lifting platform and is used for bearing and transporting personnel;
the ball screw lifting module is movably arranged in the elevator shaft, extends towards the lifting channel and is connected with the lifting platform so as to drive the lifting platform to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module;
and the lifting driving module is erected at the bottom of the elevator shaft and connected with the ball screw lifting module so as to drive the ball screw lifting module to rotate.
Optionally, the elevator shaft comprises a mounting floor and a lifting slip frame; the two lifting sliding frames are oppositely arranged on the left side and the right side of the mounting bottom plate and are arranged in a U shape, and the mounting bottom plate and the two lifting sliding frames are enclosed to form the lifting channel; the lifting platform is connected to the two lifting sliding frames in a sliding mode, the ball screw lifting module is movably arranged in the lifting sliding frames, and the lifting driving module is erected at the bottom of the mounting bottom plate.
Optionally, the ball screw lifting module is provided with two sets of ball screw lifting modules, and the two sets of ball screw lifting modules are correspondingly arranged in the two lifting sliding frames, and the lifting driving module is connected with the two sets of ball screw lifting modules to drive the two sets of ball screw lifting modules to move synchronously.
Optionally, the joints of the two groups of ball screw lifting modules and the lifting platform are located on the same straight line, so that the lifting platform is balanced left and right.
Optionally, the ball screw lifting module comprises a rotary driving screw and a lifting linkage slider; the rotary driving screw rod is rotatably arranged in the lifting sliding frame, the lifting linkage sliding block is connected with the lifting platform, the rotary driving screw rod penetrates through the lifting linkage sliding block and forms threaded fit, and the lifting driving module is connected with the rotary driving screw rod.
Optionally, the lifting sliding frame is connected with the lifting platform through a plurality of sliding structures; the slippage structure includes slip track and sliding block, the slip track along the direction of height of lifting slip frame arranges, the sliding block arrange in promote the platform adjacent to one side of lifting slip frame, sliding block sliding connection in on the slip track, in order to realize promote the platform and be in slide on the lifting slip frame.
Optionally, the lifting drive module comprises a drive motor, a first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft, a three-way gear reverser, a first two-way gear reverser, and a second two-way gear reverser; the driving motor, the three-way gear reverser, the first two-way gear reverser and the second two-way gear reverser are erected at the bottom of the mounting bottom plate; the input end of the three-way gear reverser is connected with the driving motor, and the output end of the three-way gear reverser is respectively connected with the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft; the input end of the first two-way gear reverser is connected with the first transmission shaft, and the output end of the first two-way gear reverser is connected with one group of the ball screw lifting modules; the input end of the second bidirectional gear reverser is connected with the second transmission shaft, and the output end of the second bidirectional gear reverser is connected with the other group of ball screw lifting modules.
Optionally, the top of the elevator shaft is provided with an anti-drop support seat for limiting the ascending stroke of the lifting platform.
Optionally, the bottom of the elevator shaft is provided with an anti-collision holding seat for limiting the descending stroke of the lifting platform.
One or more technical schemes in the anti-falling elevator provided by the embodiment of the utility model have at least one of the following technical effects: when the anti-falling elevator works, a person enters the elevator car, then the lifting driving module drives the ball screw lifting module to rotate, and at the moment, the ball screw lifting module drives the lifting platform and the elevator car to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module. Therefore, the falling-preventing elevator changes the rising height of the lifting platform and the elevator car through the ball screw lifting module, the ball screw lifting module has the self-locking characteristic, the retreating acting force of the lifting platform and the elevator car can be effectively borne, the falling accident is effectively prevented, the safety of the falling-preventing elevator in high-speed operation is greatly improved, and the safety of personnel can be guaranteed.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments or the prior art descriptions will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without inventive exercise.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an anti-falling elevator provided by an embodiment of the utility model.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the fall preventing elevator provided by the embodiment of the utility model.
Fig. 3 is a side view of the fall arrest elevator provided in the embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the anti-falling elevator provided by the embodiment of the utility model.
Fig. 5 is a bottom view of the anti-falling elevator provided by the embodiment of the utility model.
Wherein, in the figures, the respective reference numerals:
100. an elevator shaft; 110. Mounting a bottom plate; 120. Lifting the sliding frame;
200. lifting the platform;
300. an elevator car;
400. a ball screw lifting module; 410. Rotating the drive screw; 420. Lifting the linkage slide block;
500. lifting the driving module; 510. A drive motor; 520. A first drive shaft; 530. A second drive shaft; 540. A three-way gear reverser; 550. A first two-way gear commutator; 560. A second bidirectional gear commutator;
600. a sliding structure; 610. A sliding track; 620. A sliding block;
700. an anti-drop abutting seat;
800. an anti-collision abutting seat.
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Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the drawings are exemplary and intended to be illustrative of the embodiments of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the utility model.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "length", "width", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like are to be construed broadly, e.g., as being fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrated; can be mechanically or electrically connected; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.
In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, there is provided an anti-falling elevator including:
an elevator shaft 100, wherein the interior of the elevator shaft 100 is hollow to form a lifting channel for guiding;
a lifting platform 200, wherein the lifting platform 200 is movably disposed in the hoistway, and the lifting platform 200 is slidably connected to the elevator shaft 100;
an elevator car 300, the elevator car 300 being fixedly disposed on an upper surface of the lifting platform 200 and moving synchronously with the lifting platform 200 for carrying and transporting a person;
the ball screw lifting module 400 is movably arranged in the elevator shaft 100, and the ball screw lifting module 400 extends towards the lifting channel and is connected with the lifting platform 200 so as to drive the lifting platform 200 to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module 400;
and a lifting driving module 500, wherein the lifting driving module 500 is erected at the bottom of the elevator shaft 100, and the lifting driving module 500 is connected with the ball screw lifting module 400 to drive the ball screw lifting module 400 to rotate.
Specifically, when the anti-falling elevator works, a person enters the elevator car, then the lifting driving module 500 drives the ball screw lifting module 400 to rotate, and at the moment, the ball screw lifting module 400 drives the lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300 to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module 400. Therefore, the anti-falling elevator is changed through the ball screw lifting module 400, the lifting platform 200 and the lifting height of the elevator car 300 are increased, the ball screw lifting module 400 has a self-locking characteristic and can effectively bear the lifting platform 200 and the retreating acting force of the elevator car 300, the falling accident is effectively prevented, the safety of high-speed operation of the anti-falling elevator is greatly improved, and the safety of personnel can be guaranteed.
In another embodiment of the utility model, as shown in fig. 2, the elevator shaft 100 comprises a mounting baseplate 110 and a lifting skid frame 120; the two lifting sliding frames 120 are oppositely arranged on the left side and the right side of the mounting base plate 110 and are arranged in a U shape, and the mounting base plate 110 and the two lifting sliding frames 120 are enclosed to form the lifting channel; the lifting platform 200 is slidably connected to the two lifting sliding frames 120, the ball screw lifting module 400 is movably disposed in the lifting sliding frames 120, and the lifting driving module 500 is disposed at the bottom of the mounting base plate 110.
Specifically, the elevator shaft 100 is simple and reasonable in structure, the installation bottom plate 110 and the two lifting sliding frames 120 are connected in a welding mode, the integrity and the overall strength of the elevator shaft 100 are greatly enhanced, the installation bottom plate 110 and the two lifting sliding frames 120 can improve the protection of the lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300, and the damage of the lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300 from the outside is reduced.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400 are provided, two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400 are correspondingly provided in the two lifting slide frames 120, and the lifting driving module 500 is connected to the two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400 to drive the two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400 to move synchronously.
The joints between the two ball screw lifting modules 400 and the lifting platform 200 are located on the same straight line, so that the lifting platform 200 is balanced left and right.
Specifically, through setting up two sets ofly ball lifting module 400 is connected respectively the lifting platform 200 left and right sides, can be effectively right the position is adjusted about lifting platform 200 focus, makes lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300 left and right sides atress is balanced, thereby the adjustment makes lifting platform 200 and elevator car 300 can keep better equilibrium throughout, makes lifting platform 200 and elevator car 300 focus maintains as far as possible on the axis, reduces lifting platform 200 and two the friction between the lifting sliding frame 120 guarantees lifting platform 200 and elevator car 300 are two the steady lift on the lifting sliding frame 120, has avoided because of the equipment damage that the lifting platform 200 left and right sides goes up and down and cause has prolonged asynchronous life.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 3 to 4, the ball screw lifting module 400 includes a rotary driving screw 410 and a lifting interlocking slider 420; the rotation driving screw 410 is rotatably disposed in the lifting sliding frame 120, the lifting linkage slider 420 is connected to the lifting platform 200, the rotation driving screw 410 penetrates through the lifting linkage slider 420 and forms a thread fit, and the lifting driving module 500 is connected to the rotation driving screw 410.
Specifically, when the ball screw lifting module 400 works, the lifting driving module 500 drives the rotary driving screw 410 to rotate in the lifting sliding frame 120, and the rotary driving screw 410 drives the lifting linkage slider 420 to move along the rotary driving screw 410, so as to drive the lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300 to move up and down along the height direction of the rotary driving screw 410. Therefore, the ball screw lifting module 400 enables the lifting platform 200 and the elevator car 300 to smoothly change positions, and has a simple structure and high control precision.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 2, the lifting sliding frame 120 is connected to the lifting platform 200 through a plurality of sliding structures 600; the sliding structure 600 comprises a sliding track 610 and a sliding block 620, wherein the sliding track 610 is arranged along the height direction of the lifting sliding frame 120, the sliding block 620 is arranged on one side of the lifting sliding frame 120, which is adjacent to the lifting platform 200, and the sliding block 620 is connected to the sliding track 610 in a sliding manner, so that the lifting platform 200 can slide on the lifting sliding frame 120.
Specifically, the overall structure of the sliding structure 600 is simple, the assembly is convenient, and simultaneously the sliding block 620 and the joint between the sliding rails 610 has no gap, avoids the lifting platform 200 is in the lifting sliding frame 120 goes up the in-process of sliding, appears the phenomenon of jolting, and is simple and convenient to install, and convenient to use has low noise, the steady characteristics of motion.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 4 to 5, the lifting driving module 500 includes a driving motor 510, a first transmission shaft 520, a second transmission shaft 530, a three-way gear reverser 540, a first two-way gear reverser 550, and a second two-way gear reverser 560; the driving motor 510, the three-way gear commutator 540, the first two-way gear commutator 550 and the second two-way gear commutator 560 are erected at the bottom of the mounting base plate 110; an input end of the three-way gear reverser 540 is connected to the driving motor 510, and an output end of the three-way gear reverser 540 is connected to the first transmission shaft 520 and the second transmission shaft 530, respectively; the input end of the first two-way gear reverser 550 is connected to the first transmission shaft 520, and the output end of the first two-way gear reverser 550 is connected to one of the ball screw lifting modules 400; the input end of the second two-way gear reverser 560 is connected to the second transmission shaft 530, and the output end of the second two-way gear reverser 560 is connected to the other set of ball screw lifting modules 400.
Specifically, when the lifting driving module 500 works, the driving motor 510 acts to drive the first transmission shaft 520 and the second transmission shaft 530 to rotate through the linkage of the three-way gear commutator 540, and finally drives the two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400 to rotate through the linkage of the first two-way gear commutator 550 and the second two-way gear commutator 560, so as to realize the synchronous operation of the two sets of ball screw lifting modules 400, and the operation is more stable.
In another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 2, the top of the elevator shaft 100 is provided with an anti-slip holder 700 for limiting the ascending stroke of the lifting platform 200. Specifically, through setting up the anticreep supports and holds seat 700, can be to lifting platform 200 carries out horizontal longitudinal spacing, guarantees lifting platform 200 rises to the top and when receiving violent striking, also can keep in the original position, and can not follow the top of elevator shaft 100 drops, has ensured elevator passenger's the security of the lives and property.
In another embodiment of the utility model, as shown in fig. 1-2, the bottom of the elevator shaft 100 is provided with a crash stop 800 that limits the downward travel of the landing 200. Specifically, through setting up the seat 800 is supported in anticollision, can be better prevent promote platform 200 and the impact force that elevator car 300 descends to produce fast to can improve this safety of preventing weighing down the formula elevator, can realize slowing down when falling down the ladder promote platform 200 and elevator car 300 descending speed makes even promote platform 200 and elevator car 300 is forced to stop.
The above description is only for the purpose of illustrating the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not to be construed as limiting the utility model, and any modifications, equivalents and improvements made within the spirit and principle of the present invention are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention.

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1. An anti-falling elevator is characterized by comprising:
the elevator shaft is internally hollow to form a lifting channel for guiding;
a lift platform movably disposed in the hoistway and slidably connected to the elevator shaft;
the elevator car is fixedly arranged on the upper surface of the lifting platform, synchronously moves along with the lifting platform and is used for bearing and transporting personnel;
the ball screw lifting module is movably arranged in the elevator shaft, extends towards the lifting channel and is connected with the lifting platform so as to drive the lifting platform to move up and down along the height direction of the ball screw lifting module;
and the lifting driving module is erected at the bottom of the elevator shaft and connected with the ball screw lifting module so as to drive the ball screw lifting module to rotate.
2. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 1, wherein: the elevator shaft comprises a mounting base plate and a lifting sliding frame; the two lifting sliding frames are oppositely arranged on the left side and the right side of the mounting bottom plate and are arranged in a U shape, and the mounting bottom plate and the two lifting sliding frames are enclosed to form the lifting channel; the lifting platform is connected to the two lifting sliding frames in a sliding mode, the ball screw lifting module is movably arranged in the lifting sliding frames, and the lifting driving module is erected at the bottom of the mounting bottom plate.
3. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 2, wherein: the ball screw lifting module is provided with two sets of, and is two sets of the ball screw lifting module corresponds and sets up in two among the lifting sliding frame, the lifting drive module is with two sets of the ball screw lifting module is connected to the drive is two sets of ball screw lifting module simultaneous movement.
4. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 3, wherein: the joints of the two groups of ball screw lifting modules and the lifting platform are positioned on the same straight line, so that the lifting platform is balanced left and right.
5. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 3, wherein: the ball screw lifting module comprises a rotary driving screw and a lifting linkage sliding block; the rotary driving screw rod is rotatably arranged in the lifting sliding frame, the lifting linkage sliding block is connected with the lifting platform, the rotary driving screw rod penetrates through the lifting linkage sliding block and forms threaded fit, and the lifting driving module is connected with the rotary driving screw rod.
6. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 2, wherein: the lifting sliding frame is connected with the lifting platform through a plurality of sliding structures; the slippage structure includes slip track and sliding block, the slip track along the direction of height of lifting slip frame arranges, the sliding block arrange in promote the platform adjacent to one side of lifting slip frame, sliding block sliding connection in on the slip track, in order to realize promote the platform and be in slide on the lifting slip frame.
7. The fall arrest elevator according to claim 3, wherein: the lifting driving module comprises a driving motor, a first transmission shaft, a second transmission shaft, a three-way gear reverser, a first two-way gear reverser and a second two-way gear reverser; the driving motor, the three-way gear reverser, the first two-way gear reverser and the second two-way gear reverser are erected at the bottom of the mounting bottom plate; the input end of the three-way gear reverser is connected with the driving motor, and the output end of the three-way gear reverser is respectively connected with the first transmission shaft and the second transmission shaft; the input end of the first two-way gear reverser is connected with the first transmission shaft, and the output end of the first two-way gear reverser is connected with one group of the ball screw lifting modules; the input end of the second bidirectional gear reverser is connected with the second transmission shaft, and the output end of the second bidirectional gear reverser is connected with the other group of ball screw lifting modules.
8. The fall arrest elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: and the top of the elevator shaft is provided with an anti-falling abutting seat for limiting the ascending stroke of the lifting platform.
9. The fall arrest elevator according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein: and the bottom of the elevator shaft is provided with an anti-collision abutting seat for limiting the descending stroke of the lifting platform.
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