CN218111238U - Concrete mortar agitating unit for construction - Google Patents

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CN218111238U
CN218111238U CN202222124839.9U CN202222124839U CN218111238U CN 218111238 U CN218111238 U CN 218111238U CN 202222124839 U CN202222124839 U CN 202222124839U CN 218111238 U CN218111238 U CN 218111238U
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The utility model relates to a concrete mortar processing technology field specifically is a concrete mortar agitating unit for construction, which comprises a tank body, the inside of the jar body is rotated through drive assembly and is provided with the spliced pole, and the bottom of the jar body is equipped with row material spare, be equipped with stirring spare on the outer wall of spliced pole, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that jar internal stirring is good concrete or mortar and discharge jar external back with it, through setting up fastener, elastic component, adapter sleeve, connecting rod and diaphragm, can order about two V form scraper blade laminating on jar internal wall, and two V form scraper blades are rotatable and strike off some concrete residue of jar internal wall adhesion or mortar and remain and discharge jar external to reduce concrete material and mortar material's waste, also reduced the water consumption and the scavenging period when wasing the jar body, two V form scraper blades do not use simultaneously to accomodate and use the expansion easy and simple to handle, have brought the convenience for the staff.

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Concrete mortar agitating unit for construction
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a concrete mortar processing technology field specifically is a concrete mortar agitating unit for construction.
Background
Concrete is a general term for engineering composite materials formed by cementing aggregates into a whole by cementing materials, and the term concrete generally refers to cement as the cementing materials and sand and stone as the aggregates; the mortar is a cementing substance used for laying bricks on buildings, is prepared by adding water into sand and cementing materials (cement, lime paste, clay and the like) in a certain proportion, is also called mortar, and is also used as mortar.
Because the concrete and the mortar both have certain viscosity, after the concrete raw materials or the mortar raw materials are stirred in the stirring tank and discharged, concrete residues or mortar residues are easily adhered to the inner wall of the stirring tank, so that not only is the material waste easily caused, but also the water consumption and the cleaning time are increased when the stirring tank is subsequently cleaned, and the inconvenience is brought to workers.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a concrete mortar agitating unit for construction to solve the problem that proposes in the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides a concrete mortar agitating unit for construction, includes a jar body, the inside of the jar body is rotated through drive assembly and is provided with the spliced pole, and the bottom of the jar body is equipped with row material spare, be equipped with the stirring piece on the outer wall of spliced pole, and the outer wall of spliced pole is located a jar body top department fixed cover and is equipped with the diaphragm, the front and back end of diaphragm all slides and is provided with V form scraper blade, the outer wall of spliced pole is located diaphragm top department sliding sleeve and is equipped with the adapter sleeve, be equipped with orientation piece, elastic component and fastener respectively between adapter sleeve and the spliced pole, fixed cover is equipped with the ring on the outer wall of adapter sleeve, two it is connected with the connecting rod all to rotate between the upper end of V form scraper blade and the outer wall of adapter sleeve are close to lower part edge.
Preferably, drive assembly includes L form frame, L form frame fixed connection is close to upper portion edge at the outer wall of the jar body, and the inboard top fixed mounting of L form frame has a motor, the output shaft end of motor and the top fixed connection of spliced pole are convenient for order about the spliced pole and rotate through setting up drive assembly.
Preferably, arrange the material piece including arranging the material pipe, arrange the material pipe intercommunication in the bottom of the jar body, and arrange and install the valve on the material pipe, arrange the material piece through setting up, be convenient for discharge the material of jar internal portion.
Preferably, the stirring piece includes the multiunit blade, multiunit the blade is from last down linear array fixed connection on the outer wall of spliced pole, every group the quantity of blade is four, four the blade all is the slope setting, and four blades are the annular array around the center of spliced pole and lay, through setting up the stirring piece, are convenient for stir the material of jar internal portion.
Preferably, the limit includes spacing groove and stopper to the piece, the spacing groove is seted up on the outer wall of spliced pole, stopper fixed connection is in the inner wall of adapter sleeve, and sliding fit between stopper and the spacing groove, and to the piece through setting up the limit, the adapter sleeve can rotate along with the spliced pole, and the adapter sleeve can be at the outer wall of spliced pole on linear sliding.
Preferably, elastic component includes the snap ring, snap ring fixed connection is in the upper end of adapter sleeve, and the upper end fixedly connected with spring of snap ring, the upper end fixedly connected with apical ring of spring, the snap ring all slides the cover with the spring and establishes on the outer wall of spliced pole, the fixed cover of apical ring is established on the outer wall of spliced pole, through setting up elastic component, is convenient for order about the adapter sleeve and moves down automatically.
Preferably, the fastener includes the bolt, the bolt runs through to screw in the inner wall of adapter sleeve, and the tip of bolt closely laminates with the outer wall of spliced pole, and the bolt is located between ring and the snap ring, through setting up the fastener, is convenient for lock the adapter sleeve on the outer wall of spliced pole.
Preferably, the front end and the rear end of the transverse plate are provided with chutes, two the inner wall of each chute is provided with a clamping groove, two clamping blocks are attached to the inner wall of each clamping groove, the two V-shaped scraping plates are in sliding fit with the two chutes respectively, one ends of the two clamping blocks are fixedly connected to the front ends of the two V-shaped scraping plates respectively, and the V-shaped scraping plates can slide linearly in the inner wall of the transverse plate conveniently by arranging the chutes, the clamping grooves and the clamping blocks.
Preferably, the outer wall of the tank body is close to the three hornblocks of lower part edge fixedly connected with polylith, polylith the three hornblocks are arranged around the center of the tank body in annular array, and the equal fixedly connected with support column of lower extreme of the three hornblocks of polylith, through setting up three hornblocks and support column, are convenient for support the tank body.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the internal stirring of jar is good concrete or mortar and with its discharge tank external back, through setting up the fastener, elastic component, the adapter sleeve, connecting rod and diaphragm, can order about two V form scraper blades and laminate on jar internal wall, two V form scraper blades are rotatable and strike off some concrete residues of jar internal wall adhesion or the mortar remains and discharge the jar external, thereby concrete material and mortar material's waste has been reduced, water consumption and the scavenging period when also having reduced the washing jar body, two V form scraper blades do not use simultaneously and accomodate and use the expansion easy and simple to handle, it is convenient to have brought for the staff.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure at A in FIG. 2;
fig. 4 is an exploded view of the connecting column and the connecting sleeve of the present invention.
In the drawings, the reference numbers indicate the following list of parts: 1. a tank body; 2. a triangular block; 3. a support column; 4. a discharge pipe; 5. an L-shaped frame; 6. a motor; 7. a connecting rod; 8. a transverse plate; 9. a blade; 10. connecting columns; 11. a top ring; 12. connecting sleeves; 13. a circular ring; 14. a V-shaped scraper; 15. a valve; 16. a snap ring; 17. a bolt; 18. a spring; 19. a limiting groove; 20. a clamping block; 21. a chute; 22. a card slot; 23. and a limiting block.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Example 1
Please refer to fig. 1-4, the concrete mortar stirring apparatus for building construction in the figure comprises a tank body 1, a connecting column 10 is rotatably arranged inside the tank body 1 through a driving component, a discharging component is arranged at the bottom end of the tank body 1, a stirring component is arranged on the outer wall of the connecting column 10, a transverse plate 8 is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting column 10 above the tank body 1, V-shaped scrapers 14 are respectively slidably arranged at the front and rear ends of the transverse plate 8, a connecting sleeve 12 is slidably sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting column 10 above the transverse plate 8, a limiting component, an elastic component and a fastening component are respectively arranged between the connecting sleeve 12 and the connecting column 10, a circular ring 13 is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting sleeve 12, and a connecting rod 7 is rotatably connected between the upper ends of the two V-shaped scrapers 14 and the outer wall of the connecting sleeve 12 near the lower edge.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the driving assembly in the figures includes an L-shaped frame 5, the L-shaped frame 5 is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the tank 1 near the upper edge, a motor 6 is fixedly mounted at the top end of the inner side of the L-shaped frame 5, an output shaft end of the motor 6 is fixedly connected to the top end of the connecting column 10, the motor 6 is connected to an external power supply, and thus the connecting column 10 can be driven by the motor 6 to rotate.
Referring to fig. 2, the discharge member includes a discharge pipe 4, the discharge pipe 4 is connected to the bottom end of the tank 1, a valve 15 is installed on the discharge pipe 4, and the material inside the tank 1 can be discharged along the discharge pipe 4 by opening the valve 15.
Referring to fig. 2, the stirring part in the figure includes a plurality of sets of blades 9, the plurality of sets of blades 9 are fixedly connected to the outer wall of the connecting column 10 from top to bottom in a linear array manner, the number of each set of blades 9 is four, the four blades 9 are all arranged in an inclined manner, the four blades 9 are distributed in an annular array manner around the center of the connecting column 10, the number of the plurality of sets of blades 9 is uniformly distributed, and the stirring effect on the material is good when the plurality of sets of blades 9 rotate.
Referring to fig. 3, in the figure, sliding grooves 21 are formed in the front end and the rear end of the transverse plate 8, clamping grooves 22 are formed in the inner walls of the two sliding grooves 21, clamping blocks 20 are attached to the inner walls of the two clamping grooves 22, the two V-shaped scrapers 14 are respectively in sliding fit with the two sliding grooves 21, one ends of the two clamping blocks 20 are respectively and fixedly connected to the front ends of the two V-shaped scrapers 14, and the V-shaped scrapers 14 can slide linearly in the inner wall of the transverse plate 8 by the arrangement of the sliding grooves 21, the clamping grooves 22 and the clamping blocks 20.
In this embodiment, a concrete raw material or a mortar raw material may be poured into the tank 1, the starting motor 6 may drive the connecting column 10 to rotate, the connecting column 10 may drive the plurality of sets of blades 9 to rotate, the plurality of sets of blades 9 may stir the concrete raw material or the mortar raw material, the connecting column 10 may drive the transverse plate 8, the two V-shaped scrapers 14, the connecting sleeve 12, the ring 13 and the two connecting rods 7 to rotate together when rotating, the two V-shaped scrapers 14 may stir the concrete raw material or the mortar raw material at the inner edge of the tank 1, so that the concrete raw material or the mortar raw material is stirred more completely, after the concrete raw material or the mortar raw material is stirred, the motor 6 is turned off to stop the connecting column 10 to rotate, the valve 15 may be opened to discharge the stirred concrete or mortar inside the tank 1 along the discharge pipe 4, the connecting sleeve 12 may be loosened by the fastener, the connecting sleeve 12 may automatically move down under the action of the elastic component, the connecting sleeve 12 may drive the two connecting rods 7 to rotate together, the two connecting rods 7 may drive the two V-shaped scrapers 14 to move outward and adhere to the inner wall of the tank 1 and the mortar raw material, thereby reducing the residual water and the residual mortar left on the tank 1, and cleaning time of the residual mortar left by the connecting column 9 and the cleaning blade, and the cleaning of the residual mortar raw material of the tank 1.
Example 2
Please refer to fig. 4, this embodiment further explains for embodiment 1, the direction limiting member includes a limiting groove 19 and a limiting block 23 in the figure, the limiting groove 19 is opened on the outer wall of the connecting column 10, the limiting block 23 is fixedly connected in the inner wall of the connecting sleeve 12, and the limiting block 23 is in sliding fit with the limiting groove 19, by setting the limiting block 23 and the limiting groove 19, the connecting column 10 can conveniently drive the connecting sleeve 12 to rotate together when rotating, and the connecting sleeve 12 can linearly slide on the outer wall of the connecting column 10.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the elastic component in the drawings includes a snap ring 16, the snap ring 16 is fixedly connected to the upper end of the connecting sleeve 12, the upper end of the snap ring 16 is fixedly connected with a spring 18, the upper end of the spring 18 is fixedly connected with a top ring 11, the snap ring 16 and the spring 18 are both slidably sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting column 10, and the top ring 11 is fixedly sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting column 10.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the fastener includes a bolt 17, the bolt 17 is screwed through the inner wall of the connecting sleeve 12, the end of the bolt 17 is tightly attached to the outer wall of the connecting column 10, and the bolt 17 is located between the ring 13 and the snap ring 16.
In this embodiment, the bolt 17 is rotated to make the end part of the bolt away from the outer wall of the connecting column 10, the spring 18 connected between the top ring 11 and the snap ring 16 is in an extrusion state, under the acting force of the spring 18, the snap ring 16 can automatically move down, the snap ring 16 can push the connecting sleeve 12 to automatically slide down, so that the connecting sleeve 12 drives the two connecting rods 7 to rotate downward together, the two connecting rods 7 can push the two V-shaped scrapers 14 to be attached to the inner wall of the tank body 1, and under the acting force of the spring 18, the two V-shaped scrapers 14 can be attached to the inner wall of the tank body 1, along with the rotation of the connecting column 10, the scraping effect of the two V-shaped scrapers 14 on some concrete residues or mortar residues adhered to the inner wall of the tank body 1 is good, after the scraping of some concrete residues or mortar residues adhered to the inner wall of the tank body 1 is completed and discharged, the connecting sleeve 12 is held to push the circular ring 13 upward, the circular ring 13 can extrude the spring 18 connected with the top ring 11, the connecting sleeve 12 can drive the two connecting rods 7 to rotate upward together, and the two connecting rods 7 can drive the two V-shaped scrapers 14 to slide inward while leaving the inner wall of the tank body 1, and then rotate to make the bolt 17 to be conveniently folded and the outer wall of the connecting column 17 to be folded, so that the two V-shaped scrapers 14 can be conveniently used.
Example 3
Referring to fig. 1, the present embodiment further illustrates other embodiments, in the illustration, a plurality of triangular blocks 2 are fixedly connected to the outer wall of the tank body 1 near the lower edge, the triangular blocks 2 are arranged in an annular array around the center of the tank body 1, and support pillars 3 are fixedly connected to the lower ends of the triangular blocks 2, so that the tank body 1 is supported by the triangular blocks 2 and the support pillars 3.
It should be noted that, in this document, relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a concrete mortar agitating unit for construction, includes jar body (1), its characterized in that: the inside of the jar body (1) is rotated through drive assembly and is provided with spliced pole (10), and the bottom of the jar body (1) is equipped with row material spare, be equipped with the stirring piece on the outer wall of spliced pole (10), and the outer wall of spliced pole (10) is located the fixed cover of the jar body (1) top department and is equipped with diaphragm (8), the front and back end of diaphragm (8) all slides and is provided with V form scraper blade (14), the outer wall of spliced pole (10) is located diaphragm (8) top department and slides the cover and is equipped with adapter sleeve (12), be equipped with respectively between adapter sleeve (12) and spliced pole (10) to piece, elastic component and fastener, fixed cover is equipped with ring (13), two on the outer wall of adapter sleeve (12) the upper end of V form scraper blade (14) and the outer wall of adapter sleeve (12) are close to all to rotate between the lower part edge and are connected with connecting rod (7).
2. The concrete mortar mixing apparatus for construction according to claim 1, wherein: drive assembly includes L form frame (5), L form frame (5) fixed connection is close to upper portion edge at the outer wall of the jar body (1), and the inboard top fixed mounting of L form frame (5) has motor (6), the output shaft end of motor (6) and the top fixed connection of spliced pole (10).
3. The concrete mortar mixing apparatus for construction according to claim 1, wherein: the discharge member comprises a discharge pipe (4), the discharge pipe (4) is communicated with the bottom end of the tank body (1), and a valve (15) is arranged on the discharge pipe (4).
4. The concrete mortar mixing apparatus for construction according to claim 1, wherein: stirring piece includes multiunit blade (9), multiunit blade (9) are from last down linear array fixed connection on the outer wall of spliced pole (10), every group the quantity of blade (9) is four, four blade (9) all are the slope setting, and four blade (9) are the annular array around the center of spliced pole (10) and lay.
5. The concrete mortar mixing apparatus for construction according to claim 1, wherein: the limiting piece comprises a limiting groove (19) and a limiting block (23), the limiting groove (19) is formed in the outer wall of the connecting column (10), the limiting block (23) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the connecting sleeve (12), and the limiting block (23) is in sliding fit with the limiting groove (19).
6. The concrete mortar mixing device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein: elastic component includes snap ring (16), snap ring (16) fixed connection is in the upper end of adapter sleeve (12), and the upper end fixedly connected with spring (18) of snap ring (16), the upper end fixedly connected with apical ring (11) of spring (18), snap ring (16) and spring (18) all slide the cover and establish on the outer wall of spliced pole (10), the fixed cover of apical ring (11) is established on the outer wall of spliced pole (10).
7. The concrete mortar mixing device for building construction according to claim 6, wherein: the fastener includes bolt (17), bolt (17) run through to screw in the inner wall of adapter sleeve (12), and the tip of bolt (17) closely laminates with the outer wall of spliced pole (10), and bolt (17) are located between ring (13) and snap ring (16).
8. The concrete mortar mixing device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein: spout (21) have all been seted up to the front and back end of diaphragm (8), two draw-in groove (22), two have all been seted up in the inner wall of spout (21) the fixture block (20) have all been laminated on the inner wall of draw-in groove (22), two V form scraper blade (14) respectively with two spout (21) sliding fit, two the one end of fixture block (20) fixed connection respectively is at the front end of two V form scraper blades (14).
9. The concrete mortar mixing device for building construction according to claim 1, wherein: the outer wall of the tank body (1) is close to the three triangle blocks (2) of the lower part edge fixedly connected with, and the many triangle blocks (2) are distributed around the center of the tank body (1) in an annular array, and the equal fixedly connected with support columns (3) of the lower end of the three triangle blocks (2) of the many blocks.
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