CN219111084U - Filter element cleaning device - Google Patents

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CN219111084U
CN219111084U CN202223418959.6U CN202223418959U CN219111084U CN 219111084 U CN219111084 U CN 219111084U CN 202223418959 U CN202223418959 U CN 202223418959U CN 219111084 U CN219111084 U CN 219111084U
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钱玲玲
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The utility model discloses a filter element cleaning device, which relates to the field of filter element cleaning and comprises a water tank, a liftable telescopic rod, a servo motor, a circular plate, a cylinder, a clamping mechanism, a cleaning rod, a movable adjusting mechanism and a water spraying mechanism, wherein the water tank is fixedly arranged at the left side of the upper end of the water tank, a water flowing port communicated with the water tank is formed in the middle part of the bottom of the water tank, a filter net bag is placed in the water flowing port, the movable adjusting mechanism is arranged below the inner part of the water tank, the cleaning rod is vertically arranged in the water tank and can transversely move through the movable adjusting mechanism, a plurality of evenly distributed bristles are fixedly arranged on the rod wall of the cleaning rod, the water spraying mechanism is arranged in the water tank and is positioned on the right side of the cleaning rod, the telescopic rod is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the water tank and is positioned on the rear side of the water tank, and the upper end of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with a longitudinal plate. The utility model can clean filter elements with different specifications without changing a brush and a cleaning device, improves the cleaning efficiency and saves the use cost.

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Filter element cleaning device
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of filter element cleaning, and particularly relates to a filter element cleaning device.
Background
The function of the air compressor filter element is that the oil-containing compressed air generated by the main machine enters the cooler, is filtered by the oil-gas filter element after mechanical separation, intercepts and polymerizes the oil mist in the air, forms oil drops which are concentrated at the bottom of the filter element and returns to the compressor lubrication system through the oil return pipe, so that the compressor discharges purer and high-quality compressed air; in short, the device for removing solid dust, oil gas particles and liquid substances in the compressed air is provided.
At present, the air compressor machine filter core is after long-time the use, need wash to get rid of the impurity in the filter core, make the filter core keep good filter effect, however, among the prior art, when wasing the filter core, because the specification of filter core is different, thereby lead to when wasing the filter core of different specifications, need change different brush and cleaning equipment, not only waste time, still increase use cost, therefore propose a filter core belt cleaning device.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the situation, in order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides the filter element cleaning device, which effectively solves the problems that when the filter element is cleaned, different brushes and cleaning equipment are required to be replaced when the filter elements with different specifications are cleaned due to different specifications of the filter element, so that time is wasted and the use cost is increased.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a filter core belt cleaning device, includes water tank, pond, liftable telescopic link, servo motor, plectane, drum, fixture, clean pole, removal adjustment mechanism and water spray mechanism, the fixed upper end left side that sets up in the water tank in pond, and the bottom middle part in pond seted up the water gate with the water tank intercommunication, placed the filtration string bag in the water gate, but remove adjustment mechanism setting in the inside below in pond, but clean pole vertical setting is in the pond and through removing adjustment mechanism lateral shifting, and the fixed brush hair that is provided with a plurality of evenly distributed of pole wall of clean pole, water spray mechanism sets up in the pond and is located clean pole's right side, the fixed upper end that sets up in the water tank and is located the rear side in pond of telescopic link, the upper end fixedly connected with longeron of telescopic link, servo motor's fixed setting is in the longeron upside, and servo motor's output shaft passes longeron and with plectane fixed connection through first bearing, the vertical fixed setting in the downside of plectane, fixture sets up in the drum, the left side lower extreme fixedly connected with of water tank has the water pipe to change.
Preferably, the fixture comprises a sleeve, a first spring and a plurality of clamping rods, a plurality of square openings which are uniformly distributed in an annular shape are formed in the circumferential side wall of the cylinder, the clamping rods are respectively arranged in the square openings in a sliding mode, the sleeve is arranged outside the cylinder in a sliding mode, a plurality of inclined grooves are formed in the inner circular side wall of the sleeve, one side, close to the sleeve, of each clamping rod is obliquely arranged and respectively extends into the inclined grooves, sliding grooves which are obliquely arranged are formed in the opposite sides of each inclined groove, sliding blocks are respectively arranged in the sliding grooves in a sliding mode, the sliding blocks are fixedly connected with the clamping rods, the first spring is arranged between a circular plate and the sleeve and is movably sleeved with the cylinder, and the upper end and the lower end of the first spring are respectively fixedly connected with the circular plate and the sleeve.
Preferably, the telescopic link includes side's pipe and square pole, the vertical rear side that sets up in the pond of side and with the upper end fixed connection of water tank, square pole vertical slip sets up in side's pipe, the recess is all seted up to the left and right sides lower extreme of square pole, two the inside of recess is all slided and is provided with the fixture block, two the opposite both ends of fixture block are the button shape setting, two the inside of recess all is provided with the second spring, the both ends of second spring respectively with the tank bottom and the fixture block fixed connection of recess, a plurality of evenly distributed's arc grooves have all been seted up to the left and right sides of side, the upper end and the vertical board fixed connection of square pole.
Preferably, the removal adjustment mechanism includes guide assembly, threaded rod and movable block, the threaded rod transversely sets up in the inside below in pond, movable block and threaded rod threaded connection, the vertical fixed upper end that sets up at the movable block of clean pole, both ends all rotate with the left and right sides in pond respectively through the second bearing at the left and right sides of threaded rod and be connected, and the left end of threaded rod extends to the outside in pond and fixedly connected with hand wheel, guide assembly sets up in the pond and can lead the movable block.
Preferably, the guide assembly comprises two guide rods, the two guide rods are respectively positioned at the front side and the rear side of the threaded rod, two guide holes are formed in the side wall of the moving block and are in sliding connection with the two guide rods, and the left end and the right end of each guide rod are respectively fixedly connected with the left inner side wall and the right inner side wall of the water tank.
Preferably, the water spraying mechanism comprises a water pump, a water guide pipe and a water spraying pipe, wherein the water spraying pipe is vertically arranged on the right side of the interior of the water tank, a plurality of evenly distributed water spraying holes are formed in the left side of the water spraying pipe, the water pump is fixedly arranged in the water tank, the output end of the water pump is fixedly connected with the water guide pipe, and the other end of the water guide pipe sequentially fixedly penetrates through the upper side wall of the water tank and the right side wall of the water tank and is fixedly connected with the water spraying pipe.
The utility model has the technical effects and advantages that:
1. when washing the air compressor machine filter core, establish the opening of filter core down and cover on the cleaning rod, the upper end of filter core passes through fixture and installs in the drum, rotate the hand wheel and drive the threaded rod and rotate, the threaded rod rotates and drives movable block and cleaning rod lateral shifting, make the brush on the cleaning rod closely offset with the inside wall of filter core, start servo motor and water pump, the water pump is in the leading-in aqueduct of water in with the water tank, then spray water to the filter core through the spray pipe, servo motor drives the plectane through the output shaft and rotates, the plectane drives the drum and rotates, the drum drives the filter core through its inside fixture and rotates, thereby clean the filter core, and cleaning rod position is adjustable, thereby can clean the filter core of different specifications, need not change brush and belt cleaning device, improve cleaning efficiency, practice thrift use cost.
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The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the utility model and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the utility model and together with the embodiments of the utility model, serve to explain the utility model. In the drawings:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a front cross-sectional structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side elevational view of the telescoping rod and cylinder of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of a cylinder of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the telescopic rod of the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic top view of the pool of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a water tank; 2. a pool; 3. a servo motor; 4. a circular plate; 5. a cylinder; 6. a cleaning lever; 7. a filter string bag; 8. a longitudinal plate; 9. a water exchange tube; 10. a sleeve; 11. a first spring; 12. a clamping rod; 13. a slide block; 14. square tubes; 15. square rods; 16. a clamping block; 17. a second spring; 18. a threaded rod; 19. a moving block; 20. a hand wheel; 21. a guide rod; 22. a water pump; 23. a water conduit; 24. and a water spraying pipe.
Detailed Description
The utility model provides a filter element cleaning device as shown in figures 1-5, which comprises a water tank 1, a water tank 2, a liftable telescopic rod, a servo motor 3, a circular plate 4, a cylinder 5, a clamping mechanism, a cleaning rod 6, a movable adjusting mechanism and a water spraying mechanism, wherein the water tank 2 is fixedly arranged on the left side of the upper end of the water tank 1, a water flowing port communicated with the water tank 1 is formed in the middle of the bottom of the water tank 2, a filter net bag 7 is placed in the water flowing port, the movable adjusting mechanism is arranged below the inside of the water tank 2, the cleaning rod 6 is vertically arranged in the water tank 2 and can transversely move through the movable adjusting mechanism, a plurality of uniformly distributed bristles are fixedly arranged on the rod wall of the cleaning rod 6, the water spraying mechanism is arranged in the water tank 2 and positioned on the right side of the cleaning rod 6, the telescopic rod is fixedly arranged on the upper end of the water tank 1 and positioned on the rear side of the water tank 2, the upper end of the telescopic rod is fixedly connected with a longitudinal plate 8, the servo motor 3 is fixedly arranged on the upper side of the longitudinal plate 8, an output shaft of the servo motor 3 penetrates through the longitudinal plate 8 and is fixedly connected with the circular plate 4 through a first bearing, the cylinder 5 is vertically fixedly arranged on the lower side 4, the cleaning rod is fixedly arranged on the rod wall of the cleaning rod 6 is fixedly arranged on the circular plate 5 and is fixedly arranged on the left side of the water tank 1, a water changing valve 9 is fixedly arranged on the left side of the water tank 9.
As shown in fig. 1-3, the clamping mechanism comprises a sleeve 10, a first spring 11 and a plurality of clamping rods 12, a plurality of square openings which are uniformly distributed in an annular shape are formed in the circumferential side wall of the cylinder 5, the clamping rods 12 are respectively arranged in the square openings in a sliding manner, the sleeve 10 is slidably sleeved outside the cylinder 5, a plurality of inclined grooves are formed in the inner circular side wall of the sleeve 10, one sides of the clamping rods 12 close to the sleeve 10 are obliquely arranged and respectively extend into the inclined grooves, inclined sliding grooves are formed in the opposite sides of each inclined groove, sliding blocks 13 are respectively arranged in the two sliding grooves in a sliding manner, the two sliding blocks 13 are fixedly connected with the clamping rods 12, the first spring 11 is arranged between the circular plate 4 and the sleeve 10 and is movably sleeved with the cylinder 5, the upper end and the lower end of the first spring 11 are respectively fixedly connected with the circular plate 4 and the sleeve 10, when a filter element is required to be clamped, the sleeve 10 is pulled upwards, a plurality of groups of sliding blocks 13 are driven to move outwards through the inner sliding grooves of the sleeve 10, a plurality of sliding blocks 13 are driven to move outwards, the clamping rods 12 are inserted into the cylinder 5, the upper end of the filter element is loosened, the sleeve 10 is pushed downwards by the first spring 11, and the sleeve 10 can be pushed downwards to move downwards by the sleeve 10 to clamp the filter element through the elastic force.
As shown in fig. 2 and 4, the telescopic rod comprises a square tube 14 and a square rod 15, the square tube 14 is vertically arranged at the rear side of the water tank 2 and fixedly connected with the upper end of the water tank 1, the square rod 15 is vertically and slidably arranged in the square tube 14, grooves are formed in the lower ends of the left side and the right side of the square rod 15, clamping blocks 16 are slidably arranged in the two grooves, opposite ends of the two clamping blocks 16 are in round head-shaped arrangement, second springs 17 are arranged in the two grooves, two ends of the second springs 17 are fixedly connected with the bottoms of the grooves and the clamping blocks 16 respectively, a plurality of evenly distributed arc grooves are formed in the left side and the right side of the square tube 14, the upper end of the square rod 15 is fixedly connected with the longitudinal plate 8, the length of the telescopic rod is convenient to freely adjust, and accordingly the height of the cylinder 5 is convenient to enable the filter element to be completely sleeved on the cleaning rod 6.
As shown in fig. 5, the movement adjusting mechanism comprises a guide assembly, a threaded rod 18 and a moving block 19, wherein the threaded rod 18 is transversely arranged below the interior of the water tank 2, the moving block 19 is in threaded connection with the threaded rod 18, the cleaning rod 6 is vertically and fixedly arranged at the upper end of the moving block 19, the left end and the right end of the threaded rod 18 are respectively and rotatably connected with the left side and the right side of the water tank 2 through second bearings, the left end of the threaded rod 18 extends to the exterior of the water tank 2 and is fixedly connected with a hand wheel 20, the guide assembly is arranged in the water tank 2 and can guide the moving block 19, and the moving block 19 can be driven to transversely move, so that the transverse position of the cleaning rod 6 can be adjusted.
Simultaneously, the guide component includes two guide bars 21, and two guide bars 21 are located the front and back both sides of threaded rod 18 respectively, and two guiding holes have been seted up to movable block 19's lateral wall and with two guide bars 21 sliding connection, the both ends about every guide bar 21 respectively with two inside wall fixed connection about pond 2, can lead movable block 19 lateral shifting, make movable block 19 lateral shifting more stable.
As shown in fig. 1, the water spraying mechanism comprises a water pump 22, a water guide pipe 23 and a water spraying pipe 24, the water spraying pipe 24 is vertically arranged on the right side of the interior of the water tank 2, a plurality of uniformly distributed water spraying holes are formed in the left side of the water spraying pipe 24, the water pump 22 is fixedly arranged in the water tank 1, the output end of the water pump 22 is fixedly connected with the water guide pipe 23, the other end of the water guide pipe 23 sequentially fixedly penetrates through the upper side wall of the water tank 1 and the right side wall of the water tank 2 and is fixedly connected with the water spraying pipe 24, and water can be continuously sprayed on one side of the filter element.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows: when the filter element of the air compressor is cleaned, the opening of the filter element is downwards arranged on the cleaning rod 6 in a sleeved mode, the upper end of the filter element is arranged in the cylinder 5 through the clamping mechanism, the hand wheel 20 is rotated to drive the threaded rod 18 to rotate, the threaded rod 18 is rotated to drive the moving block 19 and the cleaning rod 6 to move transversely, bristles on the cleaning rod 6 are tightly abutted against the inner side wall of the filter element, the servo motor 3 and the water pump 22 are started, the water pump 22 guides water in the water tank 1 into the water guide pipe 22, then water is sprayed to the filter element through the water spray pipe 24, the servo motor 3 drives the circular plate 4 to rotate through the output shaft, the circular plate 4 drives the cylinder 5 to rotate, the filter element is driven to rotate through the clamping mechanism inside the circular plate 5, accordingly, the filter element is cleaned, the position of the cleaning rod 6 is adjustable, the filter elements of different specifications can be cleaned, a brush and a cleaning device is not required to be replaced, the cleaning efficiency is improved, and the use cost is saved.
It is noted that 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. Moreover, 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 utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A filter core belt cleaning device, its characterized in that: the water tank comprises a water tank (1), a water tank (2), a liftable telescopic rod, a servo motor (3), a circular plate (4), a cylinder (5), a clamping mechanism, a cleaning rod (6), a movable adjusting mechanism and a water spraying mechanism, wherein the water tank (2) is fixedly arranged on the left side of the upper end of the water tank (1), a water flow port communicated with the water tank (1) is formed in the middle of the bottom of the water tank (2), a filter net bag (7) is placed in the water flow port, the movable adjusting mechanism is arranged below the water tank (2), the cleaning rod (6) is vertically arranged in the water tank (2) and can transversely move through the movable adjusting mechanism, a plurality of evenly distributed bristles are fixedly arranged on the rod wall of the cleaning rod (6), the water spraying mechanism is arranged in the water tank (2) and is positioned on the right side of the cleaning rod (6), the telescopic rod is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the water tank (1) and is positioned on the rear side of the water tank (2), a longitudinal plate (8) is fixedly connected to the upper end of the telescopic rod, the servo motor (3) is fixedly arranged on the longitudinal plate (8), the longitudinal plate (8) is fixedly arranged on the side of the water tank (2) and can be fixedly connected with the circular plate (4) through the circular plate (5), the water tank is characterized in that the lower end of the left side of the water tank (1) is fixedly connected with a water changing pipe (9), and a control valve is arranged on the water changing pipe (9).
2. A filter cartridge cleaning device according to claim 1, wherein: the clamping mechanism comprises a sleeve (10), a first spring (11) and a plurality of clamping rods (12), wherein a plurality of square openings which are uniformly distributed in a ring shape are formed in the circumferential side wall of the cylinder (5), the clamping rods (12) are respectively arranged in the square openings in a sliding mode, the sleeve (10) is arranged outside the cylinder (5) in a sliding mode, a plurality of inclined grooves are formed in the inner circular side wall of the sleeve (10), a plurality of inclined grooves are formed in one side, close to the sleeve (10), of the clamping rods (12) in an inclined mode and respectively extend into the inclined grooves, sliding grooves which are formed in the inclined mode are formed in the opposite sides of each inclined groove, sliding blocks (13) are respectively arranged in the two sliding grooves in a sliding mode, the sliding blocks (13) are fixedly connected with the clamping rods (12), the first spring (11) is arranged between a circular plate (4) and the sleeve (10) and is movably sleeved with the cylinder (5), and the upper end and the lower end of the first spring (11) are respectively fixedly connected with the circular plate (4) and the sleeve (10).
3. A filter cartridge cleaning device according to claim 2, wherein: the telescopic rod comprises a square tube (14) and a square rod (15), wherein the square tube (14) is vertically arranged at the rear side of a water tank (2) and fixedly connected with the upper end of the water tank (1), the square rod (15) is vertically and slidably arranged in the square tube (14), grooves are formed in the lower ends of the left side and the right side of the square rod (15), clamping blocks (16) are slidably arranged in the grooves, the opposite ends of the clamping blocks (16) are round, second springs (17) are arranged in the grooves, the two ends of the second springs (17) are fixedly connected with the bottoms of the grooves and the clamping blocks (16) respectively, a plurality of evenly distributed arc-shaped grooves are formed in the left side and the right side of the square tube (14), and the upper ends of the square rod (15) are fixedly connected with a longitudinal plate (8).
4. A filter cartridge cleaning device according to claim 3, wherein: the utility model provides a cleaning device, including removal adjustment mechanism, including direction subassembly, threaded rod (18) and movable block (19), threaded rod (18) transversely set up in the inside below of pond (2), movable block (19) and threaded rod (18) threaded connection, the vertical fixed upper end that sets up in movable block (19) of cleaning rod (6), both ends all rotate with the left and right sides of pond (2) respectively through the second bearing about threaded rod (18), and the left end of threaded rod (18) extends to the outside of pond (2) and fixedly connected with hand wheel (20), direction subassembly sets up in pond (2) and can lead movable block (19).
5. A filter cartridge cleaning device according to claim 4, wherein: the guide assembly comprises two guide rods (21), the two guide rods (21) are respectively located on the front side and the rear side of the threaded rod (18), two guide holes are formed in the side wall of the moving block (19) and are in sliding connection with the two guide rods (21), and the left end and the right end of each guide rod (21) are respectively fixedly connected with the left inner side wall and the right inner side wall of the pool (2).
6. A filter cartridge cleaning device according to claim 5, wherein: the water spraying mechanism comprises a water pump (22), a water guide pipe (23) and a water spraying pipe (24), wherein the water spraying pipe (24) is vertically arranged on the right side of the interior of the water tank (2), a plurality of evenly distributed water spraying holes are formed in the left side of the water spraying pipe (24), the water pump (22) is fixedly arranged in the water tank (1), the output end of the water pump (22) is fixedly connected with the water guide pipe (23), and the other end of the water guide pipe (23) sequentially fixedly penetrates through the upper side wall of the water tank (1) and the right side wall of the water tank (2) and is fixedly connected with the water spraying pipe (24).
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