CN216616141U - Domatic water drainage tank construction equipment - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a construction device for a slope drainage channel.A walking wheel is arranged on a vehicle body, hanging lugs are arranged on two sides of the vehicle body, a front traction lug is arranged at the front end of the vehicle body, and a rear traction lug is arranged at the rear end of the vehicle body; a working groove is formed in the middle of the trolley body, two saw groove saw blades are supported at one end of the working groove, the motor drives the saw groove saw blades to rotate through a transmission mechanism, and the saw groove saw blades penetrate into the working groove and are used for sawing and cutting two sides of the horizontal pipe groove; the other end of the working groove is supported with a turntable, the motor drives the turntable to rotate through a transmission mechanism, the edge of the turntable is provided with a plurality of pin shafts, the pin shafts are hinged with the pendulum bob, and the pendulum bob is used for penetrating the working groove to knock a slope surface. Through the structure cooperation of the saw slot saw blade and the groove cleaning hammer, the structure that the lifting lug is connected with the hoisting device can conveniently complete the construction of the horizontal pipe groove on the slope surface. Excavation efficiency is high, and the security is high, convenient operation.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of drainage construction of road side slopes, in particular to a slope drainage channel construction device.
Background
The geological structure of a certain road side slope is as follows: surface layer silty clay; the upper layer of strongly weathered sandstone and mudstone interbeddes are extremely broken into soft rocks; the lower layer is provided with a weathered sandstone-mudstone interbed layer, the sandstone is harder, the mudstone is softer, the mudstone is easy to soften after being soaked in water and easy to crack after being dried, and the rock mass is broken and is soft rock. The mudstone is easy to soften when immersed in water, the shear strength is rapidly reduced, and the slope is easy to deform and collapse along the weak layer. Therefore, bedrock fracture water is stable on the slope during rainfall. And the height difference from the top of the slope to the bottom of the slope reaches 77 meters. Due to extremely poor geological conditions, the surface layer of the side slope is easy to destabilize, the whole instability of the side slope is easy to cause in the excavation construction process, the instability of the side slope is easy to cause by the well blasting of the slide-resistant pile, the height of the side slope is high, large construction equipment is difficult to enter the field, especially the large slide-resistant pile construction equipment is difficult to erect, and the difficulty of site construction is extremely high. For avoiding the side slope to slide, it is profitable to reduce the infiltration of precipitation to the strong weathering sandstone mudstone, and drainage construction among the prior art is pre-buried domatic with the pvc pipe that the array was arranged, and the mouth of pipe of pvc pipe exposes, and the problem of existence is that pre-buried pvc pipe need punch, at 1: 1, the construction of the steep slope is difficult, and the peripheral infiltrated water is difficult to be completely discharged. For example, chinese patent document CN103410159A describes an expansive soil cut slope supporting structure and a construction method thereof, in which a structure in which a drain pipe is provided is proposed, but surface water that has penetrated into a slope surface is hardly discharged. CN 111549799 a describes a comprehensive control system applied to a gravel soil side slope, wherein a rapid flow drain pipe along the slope direction is provided to increase the drainage speed of the infiltrated water, and a concentrated infiltration area and a deep drain pipe are provided to increase the drainage speed of the infiltrated water. The problem that exists is that the drainage scope of torrent drain pipe is less, is difficult to solve the domatic drainage problem of whole. And the concentrated seepage area easily causes water in the area to seep into the deep part of the deeper slope surface, so that the landslide is caused. The construction is located domatic deep drain pipe and has the big problem of the construction degree of difficulty.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem of providing a slope drainage channel construction device which can greatly reduce the construction difficulty, particularly the construction difficulty of a horizontal drainage pipe.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows: a slope drainage channel construction device is characterized in that a vehicle body is provided with walking wheels, hanging lugs are arranged on two sides of the vehicle body, a front traction lug is arranged at the front end of the vehicle body, and a rear traction lug is arranged at the rear end of the vehicle body;
a working groove is arranged in the middle of the trolley body, two saw groove saw blades are supported at one end of the working groove, a motor drives the saw groove saw blades to rotate through a transmission mechanism, and the saw groove saw blades penetrate into the working groove and are used for sawing two sides of the horizontal pipe groove;
the other end of the working groove supports a turntable, the motor drives the turntable to rotate through a transmission mechanism, a plurality of pin shafts are arranged on the edge of the turntable and hinged with a pendulum bob, and the pendulum bob is used for penetrating through the working groove to knock the slope surface.
In a preferable scheme, a plurality of rotating discs are arranged along the axial direction, and the edge of each rotating disc is provided with a cavity for accommodating a pendulum bob;
the pendulum bob is positioned between the saw blades of the two saw slots.
In the preferred scheme, the slope grooving machine is further provided with a hoisting device, the hoisting device is arranged at the top of the side slope and fixedly arranged or arranged on the limiting guide rail, and a steel wire rope of the hoisting device is used for being connected with a hanging lug of a vehicle body of the slope grooving machine.
In the preferred scheme, a winding drum of the winding device is connected with a fixed friction plate, a movable friction plate is connected with a shaft through a spline structure, the shaft is connected with a worm and gear structure, and a worm is connected with a winding motor through an elastic coupling;
the movable friction plate is also connected with a magnetic control device, and the magnetic control device is used for controlling the movable friction plate to slide along the shaft;
a friction transmission structure which can be disconnected is formed between the dynamic friction plate and the fixed friction plate.
In the preferred scheme, the walking wheels are connected with a walking motor through a transmission mechanism.
In a preferred scheme, the transmission mechanism is a chain transmission mechanism or a belt transmission mechanism.
In a preferred scheme, the outer edge of the travelling wheel is provided with a plurality of teeth.
According to the construction device for the slope drainage channel, the structure of the saw blade and the groove cleaning hammer is matched with the structure of the hanging lug connected with the winding device, so that the construction of a horizontal pipe channel can be conveniently completed on the slope. Excavation efficiency is high, and the security is high, convenient operation.
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The utility model is further illustrated by the following examples in conjunction with the accompanying drawings:
FIG. 1 is a top view of the slope slotter of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a front view of the slope slotter of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the slope surface of the present invention during construction.
Fig. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional structure of the side slope of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a hoisting device according to the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a horizontal drainage pipe according to the present invention.
In the figure: the slope-type water-seepage drainage device comprises a slope 1, a frame beam 2, an anti-slide pile 3, a slope grooving machine 4, a vehicle body 401, a travelling wheel 402, a wheel shaft 403, a transmission mechanism 404, a hanging lug 405, a rear traction lug 406, a front traction lug 407, a travelling motor 408, a groove sawing blade 409, a groove cleaning hammer 410, a hammering motor 411, a groove sawing motor 412, a rotary disc 413, a pendulum bob 414, a working groove 415, a prestress anchor rope 5, an anchor rod 6, a platform 7, an inclinometer 8, a winding device 9, a magnetic control device 91, a movable friction plate 92, a fixed friction plate 93, a winding drum 94, a steel wire rope 95, a worm gear 96, a worm 97, an elastic coupling 98, a winding motor 99, a drainage structure 10, a horizontal drainage pipe 101, a pipe body 1011, a porous gravel layer 1012, a water-seepage geotechnical cloth layer 1013, a drainage main groove 102, a horizontal pipe groove 103, a bottom drainage ditch 11, a top drainage ditch 12, a platform drainage ditch 13, a guide wheel 14 and a limit guide rail 15.
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Example 1:
as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the slope drainage channel construction device, a vehicle body 401 is provided with road wheels 402, suspension lifting lugs 405 are arranged on two sides of the vehicle body 401, a front traction lifting lug 407 is arranged at the front end of the vehicle body 401, and a rear traction lifting lug 406 is arranged at the rear end of the vehicle body 401; the hanging lifting lug 405 is used for connecting the hoisting device 9 at the top of the slope 1, and the front traction lifting lug 407 and the rear traction lifting lug 406 are used for assisting traction. The rear traction lifting lug 406 is also used for connecting with the hoisting device 9 during the construction process of the main drainage tank 102.
In a preferred embodiment, the traveling wheel 402 is connected to a traveling motor 408 through a transmission mechanism.
In a preferred scheme, the transmission mechanism is a chain transmission mechanism or a belt transmission mechanism.
In a preferred embodiment, the outer rim of the road wheel 402 is provided with a plurality of teeth. So as to realize self-walking on the slope surface.
A working groove 415 is formed in the middle of the trolley body 401, two saw groove saw blades 409 are supported at one end of the working groove 415, a motor drives the saw groove saw blades 409 to rotate through a transmission mechanism, and the saw groove saw blades 409 penetrate into the working groove 415 and are used for sawing two sides of the horizontal pipe groove 103; preferably, a separate saw slot motor 412 is used for driving.
The other end of the working groove 415 supports a turntable 413, and the turntable 413 is driven to rotate by a motor through a transmission mechanism, preferably, a separate hammering motor 411 is used for driving the turntable 413 to rotate. The edge of the turntable is provided with a plurality of pin shafts, the pin shafts are hinged with the pendulum bob 414, and the pendulum bob 414 is used for penetrating through the working groove 415 to knock the slope surface. Preferably, an elastic coupling is provided at an output shaft of the hammering motor 411 to buffer an impact of the pendulum 414 on the turntable 413.
In a preferred scheme, a plurality of rotary discs 413 are arranged along the axial direction, and the edge of each rotary disc 413 is provided with a cavity for accommodating a pendulum 414; preferably, on each carousel 413, the number of pendulums 414 is not more than four, all circumferentially equispaced.
The pendulum 414 is located between the two slotted saw blades 409. The pendulum 414 is used for hammering the cut slope surface under the action of centrifugal force to break the strongly weathered rock mass in the horizontal pipe groove 103 to form broken stones, so that the horizontal drain pipe 101 can be laid in the subsequent process.
In the preferred scheme, a winding device 9 is further provided, the winding device 9 is arranged at the top of the slope 1, the winding device 9 is fixedly arranged on the limiting guide rail 15 or arranged on the limiting guide rail 15, and a steel wire rope 95 of the winding device 9 is used for being connected with a hanging lug 405 of a vehicle body 401 of the slope slotter 4.
In a preferred scheme, a winding drum 94 of the winding device 9 is connected with a fixed friction plate 93, a movable friction plate 92 is connected with a shaft through a spline structure, the shaft is connected with a worm and gear structure, and the worm is connected with a winding motor 99 through an elastic coupling 98; preferably, the dynamic friction plate 92 and the fixed friction plate 93 are in contact with each other in a normal state, and friction transmission can be achieved.
The dynamic friction plate 92 is also connected with a magnetic control device 91, and the magnetic control device 91 is used for controlling the dynamic friction plate 92 to slide along the shaft; the magnetic control device 91 is similar to a large electromagnet, a steel wire rope can be rapidly placed in a inching mode, the control is more convenient, the transmission of the worm and gear structure is larger, self-locking can be realized, and the slope grooving machine 4 can be effectively fixed. The dynamic friction plate 92 and the static friction plate 93 form a friction transmission structure which can be separated from each other.
When the device is used, the steel wire rope 95 of the hoisting device 9 is connected with the hanging lifting lugs 405 of the vehicle body 401 of the slope grooving machine 4, a traction rope is respectively arranged at the front and the back and is respectively connected with the front traction lifting lug 407 and the back traction lifting lug 406, and the slope grooving machine 4 is lowered to the place by inching of the magnetic control device 91 of the hoisting device 9. Starting the slotting motor 412 to slot the slotting saw blade 409; when the hammer motor 411 is started and then the rotary disc 413 rotates, the pendulum bob 414 strikes the slope surface to break rock between the two saw groove saw blades 409, and meanwhile the walking motor 408 drives the walking wheel 402 to walk to form the horizontal pipe groove 103. At a position close to the main drainage tank 102, the magnetic control device 91 is inching, the movable friction plate 92 and the fixed friction plate 93 are separated from each other, and the steel wire rope is lowered, so that the horizontal pipe tank 103 has a certain inclination angle, and drainage is facilitated.
Example 2:
in order to facilitate understanding of the application of the utility model, as shown in fig. 3, the drainage structure of the strongly weathered mudstone deep cutting slope comprises a plurality of main drainage ditches 102 along the slope 1, a plurality of horizontal drainage pipes 101 embedded under the slope surface are connected with the main drainage ditches 102, the elevation of one end of the horizontal drainage pipe 101 connected with the main drainage ditches 102 is lower, and the elevation of the other end of the horizontal drainage pipe 101 away from the main drainage ditches 102 is higher; the horizontal drain pipe 101 in this example refers to a substantially horizontal drain pipe, as opposed to the main drain ditch 102 along the slope. A plurality of holes for water inlet are arranged on the horizontal drainage pipe 101; by the structure, the slope seepage water is collected through the horizontal drainage pipe 101 and is drained into the drainage main tank 102 from the horizontal drainage pipe 101, the slope seepage water is quickly drained, and the slope seepage water is prevented from slipping the strongly weathered mudstone sandstone. Through tests, the drainage structure effectively overcomes the construction problem of the strongly weathered sandstone and mudstone interbed structure.
The horizontal drain pipe 101 is arc-shaped. From this structure, be convenient for adopt the domatic groover 4 of transferring from side slope 1 to be under construction, and need not personnel and cut on domatic, reduce the construction risk by a wide margin, improve the efficiency of construction.
In a preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 6, the outer wall of the pipe body 1011 of the horizontal drainage pipe 101 is provided with a porous gravel layer 1012, and the outer wall of the porous gravel layer 1012 is provided with a water-permeable geotextile layer 1013. The tube 1011 is made of PVC.
In a preferred embodiment, the porous gravel layer 1012 is porous concrete with a segment-shaped annular cylinder shape. In the experimental process, the scheme that the horizontal drainage pipe 101 is directly laid in the gravel is adopted, but in the actual construction process, the elevation position of the horizontal drainage pipe 101 is difficult to control, namely the problems that the horizontal drainage pipe 101 is uneven in height and uneven in stress exist, and the final drainage effect is influenced. In a preferred embodiment, a water-permeable geotextile layer 1013 is spirally wrapped around the porous crushed stone layer 1012 outside the porous crushed stone layer 1012.
In a preferred embodiment, the slope 1 is provided with a plurality of horizontally arranged drainage ditches from top to bottom, such as a top drainage ditch 12, a platform drainage ditch 13 and a bottom drainage ditch 11, and the main drainage ditch 102 is communicated with the horizontally arranged drainage ditches. By the structure, a complete drainage system is formed. The perfect drainage system, support system and vegetation system comprehensive treatment can effectively solve the technical problem of supporting the strongly weathered mudstone deep cutting slope.
Example 3:
as shown in fig. 1 to 4, the construction method of the strongly weathered mudstone deep cutting slope drainage structure includes the following steps:
s1, when laying the horizontal drainage pipe 101, firstly constructing a horizontal pipe groove 103;
s2, arranging a winding device 9 at the top of the side slope 1, and lowering the slope grooving machine 4 to the position of the construction horizontal pipe groove 103 by using the winding device 9; preferably, the hoisting means 9 are arranged preferably at a distance of one slope. To ensure the straightness of the horizontal tube grooves. For example, the horizontal pipe groove 103 is constructed on the first-level slope surface, and the winding device 9 is arranged on the third-level slope surface.
S3, constructing the horizontal pipe groove 103 by the slope grooving machine 4 by taking the winding device 9 as a circle center, preferably, keeping the front section of the steel wire rope still in the construction process, and putting down the steel wire rope at the rear section of the steel wire rope, so that the horizontal pipe groove 103 has a certain inclination angle; preferably, when being located the top grade slope, set up hoisting device 9 on limit guide 15, during the construction, hoisting device 9 is along limit guide 15 translation, and constantly transfers wire rope 95.
S4, excavating a main drainage groove foundation along the slope; the main drainage groove can be excavated by adopting the slope grooving machine 4 of the utility model for a plurality of times. The steel wire rope 95 is pulled on a rear traction lifting lug 406 of the slope grooving machine 4, the large-diameter saw groove saw blade 409 and the groove cleaning hammer 410 are replaced, the main drainage groove foundation can be quickly excavated through multiple gliding constructions along the main drainage groove 102, the excavator does not need to be driven to a platform position for construction, and slope landslide caused by construction disturbance is avoided.
S5, burying a horizontal drain pipe 101 in the horizontal pipe groove 103, and communicating the end of the horizontal drain pipe 101 with a main drainage groove foundation;
in a preferred scheme, the horizontal drainage pipe 101 penetrates into the porous gravel layer 1012 before construction, and a water-permeable geotechnical cloth layer 1013 is wrapped outside the porous gravel layer 1012;
the horizontal drain pipe 101 is arranged in the horizontal pipe groove 103, and then the horizontal pipe groove 103 is filled with crushed stone having a particle size of 0.5cm or more.
S6, constructing a drainage main tank concrete structure; when the drainage master groove concrete founds the mould, need ensure that horizontal drain pipe 101 wears out the centre form template, and with the shutoff of horizontal drain pipe 101 mouth of pipe, avoid concrete block up horizontal drain pipe 101.
The construction of the slope drainage structure is realized through the steps.
The above-described embodiments are merely preferred embodiments of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and features in the embodiments and examples in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other without conflict. The protection scope of the present invention is defined by the claims, and includes equivalents of technical features of the claims. I.e., equivalent alterations and modifications within the scope hereof, are also intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
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1. The utility model provides a domatic water drainage tank construction equipment which characterized by: the tractor is characterized in that a travelling wheel (402) is arranged on the tractor body (401), suspension lifting lugs (405) are arranged on two sides of the tractor body (401), a front traction lifting lug (407) is arranged at the front end of the tractor body (401), and a rear traction lifting lug (406) is arranged at the rear end of the tractor body (401);
a working groove (415) is formed in the middle of the trolley body (401), two saw groove saw blades (409) are supported at one end of the working groove (415), a motor drives the saw groove saw blades (409) to rotate through a transmission mechanism, and the saw groove saw blades (409) penetrate into the working groove (415) and are used for sawing two sides of the horizontal pipe groove (103);
the other end of the working groove (415) is supported with a turntable (413), the motor drives the turntable (413) to rotate through a transmission mechanism, a plurality of pin shafts are arranged on the edge of the turntable and hinged with a pendulum bob (414), and the pendulum bob (414) is used for penetrating through the working groove (415) to knock a slope.
2. The slope drainage channel construction equipment of claim 1 characterized in that: the rotary discs (413) are arranged in a plurality along the axial direction, and the edges of the rotary discs (413) are provided with cavities for accommodating pendulums (414);
the pendulum (414) is located between the two slotted saw blades (409).
3. The slope drainage channel construction equipment of claim 1 characterized in that: the device is characterized by further comprising a hoisting device (9), wherein the hoisting device (9) is arranged at the top of the side slope (1), the hoisting device (9) is fixedly arranged or arranged on the limiting guide rail (15), and a steel wire rope (95) of the hoisting device (9) is used for being connected with a hanging lifting lug (405) of a vehicle body (401) of the slope grooving machine (4).
4. The slope drainage channel construction equipment of claim 3 characterized in that: a winding drum (94) of the winding device (9) is connected with a fixed friction plate (93), a movable friction plate (92) is connected with a shaft through a spline structure, the shaft is connected with a worm and gear structure, and a worm is connected with a winding motor (99) through an elastic coupling (98);
the dynamic friction plate (92) is also connected with a magnetic control device (91), and the magnetic control device (91) is used for controlling the dynamic friction plate (92) to slide along the shaft;
a friction transmission structure which can be disconnected is formed between the dynamic friction plate (92) and the fixed friction plate (93).
5. The slope drainage channel construction equipment of claim 1 characterized in that: the walking wheel (402) is connected with a walking motor (408) through a transmission mechanism.
6. The slope drainage channel construction device according to claim 5, wherein: the transmission mechanism is a chain transmission mechanism or a belt transmission mechanism.
7. The slope drainage channel construction equipment of claim 5 characterized in that: the outer edge of the road wheel (402) is provided with a plurality of teeth.
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