CN217384797U - Multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system - Google Patents

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CN217384797U
CN217384797U CN202220915883.9U CN202220915883U CN217384797U CN 217384797 U CN217384797 U CN 217384797U CN 202220915883 U CN202220915883 U CN 202220915883U CN 217384797 U CN217384797 U CN 217384797U
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杨朝发
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The utility model relates to the technical field of geotechnical engineering investigation, in particular to a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system; comprises a supporting plate, a hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder sleeve ring and a sampling device; the upper part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with I-shaped steel, the lower part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with a guide rail, the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with a cylinder sleeve ring, and the cylinder sleeve ring is connected with an I-shaped steel bolt; the sampling device comprises a shell, a baffle, a bottom plate and a drilling mechanism; a hydraulic motor is arranged in the shell, the bottom plate is connected to the bottom end of the shell through a bolt, a round hole is formed in the middle of the bottom plate, and the drilling mechanism is rotatably connected in the round hole; the transmission shaft of the hydraulic motor is connected with the key of the drilling mechanism; the baffle is connected to the top end of the shell through a bolt, and the piston of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected to the middle of the baffle; the front side of the shell is provided with a sliding block, the sliding block is arranged in the guide rail, and the sliding block is connected with the guide rail in a sliding manner; the utility model provides a soil layer sample staff need use different sampling device to take a sample, the problem of sampling device function singleness.

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Multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of geotechnical engineering investigation, and particularly discloses a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system.
Background
The geotechnical engineering investigation refers to finding out, analyzing and evaluating geological and environmental characteristics and geotechnical engineering conditions of a construction site according to the requirements of construction engineering; the geotechnical geological conditions of different areas are different, and the distribution conditions of soil layers and rock layers are different; the prospecting personnel need to use different devices for coring rock and soil layers as analysis samples; when coring is performed on a soil layer, the coring pipe is pressed into the soil layer by the soil layer coring equipment to obtain undisturbed soil, and the undisturbed soil keeps natural water content and a natural formation structure; the rock core taking pipe needs to rotate to enter a rock stratum to drill a core; need use different sampling equipment to take a sample to rock stratum, soil layer sample staff, and the sampling equipment function is single, and the reconnaissance cost is higher.
The present inventors have in view the above, provided a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system in order to solve the above problems.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a multi-functional geotechnical engineering reconnaissance system to the solution needs to use different sampling device to take a sample, the single problem of sampling device function to rock stratum, soil layer sample staff.
In order to achieve the above object, the basic scheme of the utility model provides a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system, which comprises a support plate, a hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder sleeve ring and a sampling device; the upper part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with I-shaped steel, the lower part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with a guide rail, the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with a cylinder sleeve ring, and the cylinder sleeve ring is connected with an I-shaped steel bolt; a relay board which can be fixedly connected with an external vehicle is vertically arranged at the top of the front side of the supporting board; the sampling device comprises a shell, a baffle, a bottom plate and a drilling mechanism; a hydraulic motor is arranged in the shell, the bottom plate is connected to the bottom end of the shell through a bolt, a round hole is formed in the middle of the bottom plate, and the drilling mechanism is rotatably connected in the round hole; the transmission shaft of the hydraulic motor is connected with the key of the drilling mechanism; the baffle is connected to the top end of the shell through a bolt, and the piston of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected to the middle of the baffle; the front side of the shell is provided with a sliding block, the sliding block is arranged in the guide rail, and the sliding block is connected with the guide rail in a sliding mode.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: when rock stratum is sampled, the hydraulic motor acts, and an output shaft of the hydraulic motor drives the drilling mechanism to rotate to drill the rock core; the hydraulic cylinder can apply downward working pressure to the sampling device to keep the drilling mechanism in contact with the rock stratum; when coring, the hydraulic cylinder can lift the sampling device, so that the prospecting personnel can conveniently sample; when the soil layer is sampled, the hydraulic motor is static, and the hydraulic cylinder drives the sampling device to move up and down to sample the soil layer; the investigation system can sample the rock strata and the soil layer, has more functions, does not need to prepare different rock stratum and soil layer sampling equipment for sampling, and reduces the investigation cost; the problem that rock stratum and soil layer sampling workers need to use different sampling equipment for sampling and the function of the sampling equipment is single is solved; relay board and outside vehicle fixed connection, the reconnaissance system of conveniently transporting.
Further, the drilling mechanism comprises a bearing disc, a fixing head, a screw cap, a thrust ball bearing and a rock core taking pipe; the bearing disc is arranged in a cavity between the bottom plate and the bottom end of the shell, and the thrust ball bearings are arranged at the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc; the output shaft of the hydraulic motor is in key connection with the top of the bearing disc, the bottom of the bearing disc is provided with a round hole, the bottom of the bearing disc is in rotary connection with the round hole, and the fixed head pin is connected with the bottom of the bearing disc; the bottom end of the fixing head is provided with a hexagonal blind hole, the top of the rock core taking pipe is arranged in the blind hole, the nut is in threaded connection with the fixing head, and the nut clamps the rock core taking pipe.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: when the rock stratum is sampled, the output shaft of the hydraulic motor drives the bearing disc to rotate, the rock core taking pipe on the fixed head immediately rotates to carry out core taking work on the rock stratum, and the hexagonal blind hole can transmit torque; the nut blocks the rock core taking pipe, and the nut fixes the rock core taking pipe on the fixing head to prevent the rock core taking pipe from separating from the fixing head.
Further, the soil sample core taking pipe is also included; the top of the soil sample core taking pipe can be arranged in the blind hole, the screw cap is in threaded connection with the fixing head, and the screw cap clamps the soil sample core taking pipe.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: when the soil layer is sampled, the hydraulic motor is static, the thrust ball bearings are arranged at the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc, and when the hydraulic cylinder drives the shell to move up and down to core the soil layer, the thrust ball bearings can bear the pressure or the tensile force transmitted to the bearing disc by the soil sample core taking pipe.
Furthermore, the top and bottom of the bearing disc are cylindrical, a spline groove is formed in the cylinder at the top end of the bearing disc, and an output shaft of the hydraulic motor is in keyed connection with the spline groove; the bottom end of the bearing disc is provided with a positioning hole, and the fixed head pin is connected in the positioning hole; the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc are provided with steps, and the thrust ball bearing is arranged at the steps.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: the spline groove provides a key connection position between an output shaft of the hydraulic motor and a cylinder at the top end of the bearing disc; the positioning hole provides a pin connection space of the fixing head; the thrust ball bearing is arranged at the step, and the thrust ball bearing can bear the pressure or the pulling force of the bearing disc.
Furthermore, flanges extending outwards are arranged at the two ends of the top and the bottom of the shell; the left side surface of the shell is provided with an oil hole.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: the shell wall of the shell is thin, and the flange provides a bolt connection position with each component; the oil hole is used as a connecting channel of an external hydraulic oil pipeline for supplying oil to the hydraulic motor.
Furthermore, the inner side of the bottom plate is in a step shape, and the diameter of the inner side of the bottom plate is gradually reduced downwards; the stepped side wall at the bottom end of the inner side of the bottom plate can support against the thrust ball bearing.
By adopting the technical scheme, the device has the advantages that: the diameter of the inner side of the bottom plate is reduced downwards step by step, and a motion space of the bearing disc and the thrust ball bearing is reserved; the side wall of the bottom step at the inner side of the bottom plate can support a thrust ball bearing, and the bottom plate is matched with the bearing disc to fix the position of the thrust ball bearing.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments are briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 illustrates a schematic structural diagram of a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system proposed by an embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 2 shows a right side view of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing a connection structure of a soil sample core pipe;
fig. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the plane a-a in fig. 1.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present application, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments in the present application without making any creative effort belong to the protection scope of the present application.
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Reference numerals in the drawings of the specification include: the device comprises a supporting plate 1, a relay plate 101, a guide rail 2, a sliding block 3, I-steel 4, a cylinder ferrule 5, a hydraulic cylinder 6, a baffle 77, a hydraulic motor 8, an output shaft 801, a shell 9, an oil hole 901, a bearing disc 10, a thrust ball bearing 11, a bottom plate 12, a fixing head 13, a screw cap 14, a rock core tube 15 and a soil sample core tube 16.
Example 1:
as shown in fig. 1-4, the embodiment of the utility model discloses a multifunctional geotechnical engineering investigation system, which comprises a support plate 1, a hydraulic cylinder 6, a cylinder sleeve ring 5 and a sampling device; the upper part of the supporting plate 1 is fixedly connected with an I-shaped steel 4, the lower part of the supporting plate 1 is fixedly connected with a guide rail 2, a hydraulic cylinder 6 is fixedly connected with a cylinder ring 5, and the cylinder ring 5 is in bolt connection with the I-shaped steel 4; a relay board 101 which can be fixedly connected with an external vehicle is vertically arranged at the top of the front side of the supporting board 1; the sampling device comprises a shell 9, a baffle 7, a bottom plate 12 and a drilling mechanism; a hydraulic motor 8 is arranged in the shell 9, a bottom plate 12 is connected to the bottom end of the shell 9 through a bolt, a round hole is formed in the middle of the bottom plate 12, and the drilling mechanism is rotatably connected in the round hole; the transmission shaft of the hydraulic motor 8 is connected with the drilling mechanism key; the baffle 7 is connected to the top end of the shell 9 through a bolt, and the piston of the hydraulic cylinder 6 is fixedly connected to the middle part of the baffle 7; the front side of the shell 9 is provided with a slide block 3, the slide block 3 is arranged in the guide rail 2, and the slide block 3 is connected with the guide rail 2 in a sliding way.
By adopting the technical scheme, the device has the advantages that: when rock stratum is sampled, the hydraulic motor 8 acts, and an output shaft 801 of the hydraulic motor 8 drives the drilling mechanism to rotate to drill a rock core; the hydraulic cylinder 6 can apply downward working pressure to the sampling device to keep the drilling mechanism in contact with the rock stratum; when coring is performed, the hydraulic cylinder 6 can lift the sampling device, so that the prospecting personnel can conveniently sample; when sampling the soil layer, the hydraulic motor 8 is static, and the hydraulic cylinder 6 drives the sampling device to move up and down to sample the soil layer; the investigation system can sample the rock strata and the soil layer, has more functions, does not need to prepare different rock stratum and soil layer sampling equipment for sampling, and reduces the investigation cost; the problem that rock stratum and soil layer sampling workers need to use different sampling equipment for sampling and the function of the sampling equipment is single is solved; relay board 101 and outside vehicle fixed connection, the reconnaissance system of conveniently transporting.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2: the drilling mechanism comprises a bearing disc 10, a fixing head 13, a screw cap 14, a thrust ball bearing 11 and a rock core-taking pipe 15; the bearing disc 10 is arranged in a cavity between the bottom plate 12 and the bottom end of the shell 9, and the thrust ball bearings 11 are arranged at the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc 10; an output shaft 801 of the hydraulic motor 8 is in key connection with the top of the bearing disc 10, the bottom of the bearing disc 10 is provided with a round hole, the bottom of the bearing disc 10 is in rotary connection with the round hole, and the fixing head 13 is in pin connection with the bottom of the bearing disc 10; the bottom end of the fixed head 13 is provided with a hexagonal blind hole, the top of the rock core taking pipe 15 is arranged in the blind hole, the screw cap 14 is in threaded connection with the fixed head 13, and the screw cap 14 clamps the rock core taking pipe 15.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: when the rock stratum is sampled, the output shaft 801 of the hydraulic motor 8 drives the bearing disc 10 to rotate, the rock core taking pipe 15 on the fixed head 13 rotates immediately to take core of the rock stratum, and the hexagonal blind hole can transmit torque; the nut 14 is locked to the rock core barrel 15, and the nut 14 fixes the rock core barrel 15 to the fixing head 13, preventing the rock core barrel 15 from being separated from the fixing head 13.
As shown in fig. 1 and 4: the top and bottom of the bearing disc 10 are cylindrical, a spline groove is arranged on the cylindrical top of the bearing disc 10, and an output shaft 801 of the hydraulic motor 8 is connected with the spline groove in a key mode; the bottom end of the bearing disc 10 is provided with a positioning hole, and the fixing head 13 is connected in the positioning hole through a pin; the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc 10 are provided with steps, and the thrust ball bearing 11 is arranged at the steps.
By adopting the technical scheme, the device has the advantages that: the spline groove provides a key connection position between an output shaft 801 of the hydraulic motor 8 and a cylinder at the top end of the bearing disc 10; the positioning hole provides a pin connection space of the fixing head 13; the thrust ball bearing 11 is arranged at the step, and the thrust ball bearing 11 can bear the pressure or the pulling force of the bearing disc 10.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2: two ends of the top and bottom of the shell 9 are provided with flanges extending outwards; the left side of the housing 9 is opened with an oil hole 901.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: the shell 9 is thin in wall, and the flange provides a bolt connection position for each component; the oil hole 901 serves as a connection passage for supplying oil to the hydraulic motor 8 through an external hydraulic oil line.
As shown in fig. 1: the inner side of the bottom plate 12 is in a step shape, and the diameter of the inner side of the bottom plate 12 is gradually reduced downwards; the bottom stepped side wall inside the bottom plate 12 can abut against the thrust ball bearing 11.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: the diameter of the inner side of the bottom plate 12 is gradually reduced downwards, and a movement space of the bearing disc 10 and the thrust ball bearing 11 is reserved; the stepped side wall at the bottom end of the inner side of the bottom plate 12 can prop against the thrust ball bearing 11, and the bottom plate 12 is matched with the bearing disc 10 to fix the position of the thrust ball bearing 11.
Example 2:
as shown in fig. 3: also comprises a soil sample core-taking pipe 16; the top of the soil sample coring pipe 16 can be arranged in the blind hole, the screw cap 14 is in threaded connection with the fixing head 13, and the screw cap 14 clamps the soil sample coring pipe 16.
By adopting the technical scheme, the method has the advantages that: when sampling the soil layer, the hydraulic motor 8 is static, the thrust ball bearings 11 are arranged at the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc 10, and when the hydraulic cylinder 6 drives the shell 9 to move up and down to core the soil layer, the thrust ball bearings 11 can bear the pressure or the pulling force transmitted to the bearing disc 10 by the soil sample core taking pipe 16.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and not to limit the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not necessarily depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application.

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1. Multi-functional geotechnical engineering reconnaissance system, its characterized in that: comprises a supporting plate, a hydraulic cylinder, a cylinder sleeve ring and a sampling device; the upper part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with I-shaped steel, the lower part of the supporting plate is fixedly connected with a guide rail, the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected with a cylinder sleeve ring, and the cylinder sleeve ring is connected with an I-shaped steel bolt; a relay board which can be fixedly connected with an external vehicle is vertically arranged at the top of the front side of the supporting board; the sampling device comprises a shell, a baffle, a bottom plate and a drilling mechanism; a hydraulic motor is arranged in the shell, the bottom plate is connected to the bottom end of the shell through a bolt, a round hole is formed in the middle of the bottom plate, and the drilling mechanism is rotatably connected in the round hole; the transmission shaft of the hydraulic motor is connected with the key of the drilling mechanism; the baffle is connected to the top end of the shell through a bolt, and the piston of the hydraulic cylinder is fixedly connected to the middle of the baffle; the front side of the shell is provided with a sliding block, the sliding block is arranged in the guide rail, and the sliding block is connected with the guide rail in a sliding mode.
2. The multi-functional geotechnical engineering investigation system of claim 1, characterized in that: the drilling mechanism comprises a bearing disc, a fixing head, a screw cap, a thrust ball bearing and a rock core taking pipe; the bearing disc is arranged in a cavity between the bottom plate and the bottom end of the shell, and the thrust ball bearings are arranged at the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc; the output shaft of the hydraulic motor is in key connection with the top of the bearing disc, the bottom of the bearing disc is provided with a round hole, the bottom of the bearing disc is in rotary connection with the round hole, and the fixed head pin is connected with the bottom of the bearing disc; the bottom end of the fixing head is provided with a hexagonal blind hole, the top of the rock core taking pipe is arranged in the blind hole, the nut is in threaded connection with the fixing head, and the nut clamps the rock core taking pipe.
3. The multi-functional geotechnical engineering investigation system of claim 2, wherein: the soil sample core taking pipe is also included; the top of the soil sample core taking pipe can be arranged in the blind hole, the screw cap is in threaded connection with the fixing head, and the screw cap clamps the soil sample core taking pipe.
4. The multi-functional geotechnical engineering investigation system of claim 3, wherein: the top and bottom of the bearing disc are cylinders, the cylinder at the top end of the bearing disc is provided with a spline groove, and an output shaft of the hydraulic motor is in keyed connection with the spline groove; the bottom end of the bearing disc is provided with a positioning hole, and the fixing head is connected in the positioning hole through a pin; the top and bottom ends of the outer side of the bearing disc are provided with steps, and the thrust ball bearing is arranged at the steps.
5. The multi-functional geotechnical engineering investigation system of claim 4, wherein: flanges extending outwards are arranged at the two ends of the top and the bottom of the shell; the left side surface of the shell is provided with an oil hole.
6. The multi-functional geotechnical engineering investigation system of claim 5, wherein: the inner side of the bottom plate is in a step shape, and the diameter of the inner side of the bottom plate is gradually reduced downwards; the stepped side wall at the bottom end of the inner side of the bottom plate can support the thrust ball bearing.
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