CN219519573U - Automatic blockage clearing mechanism of sand-stone separator - Google Patents

Automatic blockage clearing mechanism of sand-stone separator Download PDF

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CN219519573U
CN219519573U CN202320531564.2U CN202320531564U CN219519573U CN 219519573 U CN219519573 U CN 219519573U CN 202320531564 U CN202320531564 U CN 202320531564U CN 219519573 U CN219519573 U CN 219519573U
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李长武
李红苹
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崔志国
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The utility model relates to the technical field of sand and stone separators, in particular to an automatic blockage clearing mechanism of a sand and stone separator. The utility model comprises a bottom plate, wherein the upper surface of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with an organism, the upper surface of the bottom plate is fixedly connected with a support, the surface of the support is provided with a conveyor belt, one end of the organism far away from the conveyor belt is fixedly connected with a feed inlet, one end of the organism far away from the feed inlet is fixedly connected with a lower sieve plate, the upper surface of the lower sieve plate is adhered with an upper sieve plate, the upper sieve plate is fixedly connected with the organism, the upper surface of the organism is provided with an anti-blocking structure, the anti-blocking structure comprises a support plate, the support plate is fixedly connected with the organism, one side of the support plate close to the support is fixedly connected with a motor, and the output end of the motor is fixedly connected with a scroll. The problem of when clear up, can lead to the condition that will stop the machine to appear, and then lead to clear up the screen cloth and influence grit separation efficiency is solved.

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Automatic blockage clearing mechanism of sand-stone separator
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of sand and stone separators, in particular to an automatic blockage clearing mechanism of a sand and stone separator.
Background
The sand-stone separator is also called a sand screening machine, is a machine for separating various minerals such as sediment, stones and the like by screening and then selecting materials with proper sizes, is widely applied to the civil construction industry, the cement and concrete manufacturing industry, the garbage separation industry and the like, and is a separation device with higher efficiency.
In the prior art, materials are placed into a sand-stone separator from a feed inlet for screening, and sand-stone clamping on the screen can occur because the gap of the screen is smaller and harder in the process of screening sand.
In order to solve the in-process that sieves the grit because the space of screen cloth is less and comparatively hard, so can appear the grit card problem on the screen cloth, prior art is to adopt stopping the machine, then the manual work uses round rod to deduct the grit and handles, but when clear up, can lead to appearing the condition that the machine stopped, and then lead to clear up the problem that the screen cloth influences grit separation efficiency and appear.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to solve the defect that the operation of a machine is required to be stopped when a screen is cleaned in the prior art, and provides an automatic blockage cleaning mechanism of a sand-stone separator.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model adopts the following technical scheme: the utility model provides an automatic clear stifled mechanism of grit separating centrifuge, includes the bottom plate, the last fixed surface of bottom plate is connected with the organism, the last fixed surface of bottom plate is connected with the support, the surface mounting of support has the conveyer belt, the one end fixedly connected with feed inlet that the conveyer belt was kept away from to the organism, the one end fixedly connected with lower sieve of feed inlet is kept away from to the organism, the upper surface laminating of lower sieve has the upper sieve mutually, upper sieve and organism fixed connection, the upper surface of organism is equipped with anti-blocking structure, anti-blocking structure includes the backup pad, backup pad and organism fixed connection, one side fixedly connected with motor that the backup pad is close to the support, the output fixedly connected with spool of motor, two haulage ropes of arc surface fixedly connected with of spool, the one end fixedly connected with connecting block that the spool was kept away from to the haulage rope, one side fixedly connected with two fixed plates that the organism is close to the support, the upper surface fixedly connected with slide bar of fixed plate, slide bar and connecting block sliding connection, one end fixedly connected with auxiliary block that the organism is close to the fixed plate.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: at the in-process that separates the grit, because the grit can block on the screen cloth, the starter motor moves, and the output of motor drives the spool and rotates, and the spool drives the haulage rope and rolls, and the haulage rope drives the connecting block and slides at the arc surface of slide bar, and the connecting block drives the upper screen plate and removes, then supports the upper screen plate and clear up in the auxiliary block, and then the motor reversal upper screen plate resets through self gravity.
Preferably, the lower surface of the auxiliary block is fixedly connected with a plurality of protection pads, and the protection pads are uniformly distributed on the auxiliary block.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: the protection pad can protect the upper sieve plate, and abrasion is avoided when the upper sieve plate is cleaned.
Preferably, the arc surface of the reel is provided with a plurality of limit grooves, and the limit grooves are uniformly formed in the reel.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: the limiting groove can store the traction rope, so that the traction rope can be better fixed on the reel, and the traction rope is wound more regularly.
Preferably, the upper surface fixedly connected with two stoppers of organism, the inner wall rotation of stopper is connected with the axostylus axostyle, axostylus axostyle and haulage rope sliding connection.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: the limiting block and the shaft lever can avoid the traction rope from being attached to the machine body when moving, and can avoid abrasion to the machine body.
Preferably, the upper surface that organism one end was kept away from to the support is equipped with the clearance structure, the clearance structure includes two slide rails, two slide rail and support fixed connection, the inner wall sliding connection of slide rail has the slider, one side fixedly connected with connecting plate that the slider is close to each other, the lower surface fixedly connected with foam-rubber cushion of connecting plate, one side fixedly connected with accessory plate that the slider is close to the organism, the inner wall threaded connection of accessory plate has the screw rod, screw rod and organism looks butt.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: when the conveyor belt needs to be cleaned, the connecting plate is pulled, the connecting plate drives the sliding block to slide on the inner wall of the sliding rail, then the connecting plate drives the sponge cushion to be attached to the conveyor belt, then the screw rod is screwed to fix the sliding block, and then the conveyor belt is started to run, and the sponge cushion cleans the conveyor belt.
Preferably, the upper surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a handle, and the section of the handle is U-shaped.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: when the connecting plate is pulled, the handle can be directly pulled, the handle drives the connecting plate to move, and the handle enables the connecting plate to be moved more conveniently.
Preferably, a limiting rod is fixedly connected to the inside of the sliding rail, and the limiting rod is in sliding connection with the sliding block.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: the limiting rod limits the sliding block, so that the sliding block is prevented from shifting when sliding on the inner wall of the sliding rail, and the sliding stability of the sliding block is improved.
Preferably, the arc surface of the limiting rod is sleeved with a spring, and two ends of the spring are fixedly connected with the sliding block and the sliding rail respectively.
The effects achieved by the components are as follows: when the sand and stone are screened, the connecting plate is pulled to drive the sliding block to move, the sliding block drives the spring to stretch, then the screw rod is screwed to fix, when the conveyor belt needs to be cleaned, the screw rod is screwed to loosen the conveyor belt, and the spring contracts to drive the sponge cushion to be attached to the conveyor belt.
In summary, the beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
according to the utility model, when sand and stone are separated, because sand and stone are easy to clamp in the upper screen plate, the motor is started to operate, the output end of the motor drives the scroll to rotate, the rotating shaft drives the traction rope to wind, the limiting groove can better accommodate the traction rope, the traction rope moves to drive the shaft rod to slide on the inner wall of the limiting block, the traction rope drives the connecting block to move on the arc surface of the sliding rod, the connecting block drives the upper screen plate to move, the upper screen plate is clamped into sand and stone clamped in the auxiliary block to clean, the protection pad can protect the upper screen plate, then the motor is reversed, the upper screen plate is reset through self gravity, and the effect of separating the clamped sand and stone by using the auxiliary block is achieved through the anti-blocking structure.
According to the utility model, when separated sand and stones are transported, the handle is pulled to drive the connecting plate to move, the connecting plate drives the sliding block to slide on the inner wall of the sliding rail, the sliding block drives the spring to stretch, the limiting rod limits the spring and the sliding block, the screw is screwed to fix after the sliding block moves to a proper position, when the conveyor belt is required to be cleaned, the screw is screwed to loosen, the spring contracts to drive the foam-rubber cushion to be attached to the conveyor belt, and then the conveyor belt is started to be cleaned, so that the effect of cleaning the conveyor belt by adjusting the foam-rubber cushion is achieved by arranging the cleaning structure.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an anti-blocking structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view at A of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view at B of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a cleaning structure according to the present utility model;
fig. 6 is an enlarged view at C of fig. 5.
Legend description: 1. a bottom plate; 2. a body; 3. a feed inlet; 4. a screen plate is arranged; 5. a lower sieve plate; 6. a conveyor belt; 7. a bracket; 8. an anti-blocking structure; 801. a motor; 802. a support plate; 803. a traction rope; 804. a fixing plate; 805. a slide bar; 806. a connecting block; 807. an auxiliary block; 808. a protective pad; 809. a reel; 810. a limit groove; 811. a limiting block; 812. a shaft lever; 9. cleaning the structure; 91. a slide rail; 92. a handle; 93. a sponge cushion; 94. a connecting plate; 95. a screw; 96. an auxiliary plate; 97. a slide block; 98. a limit rod; 99. and (3) a spring.
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Referring to fig. 1, the present utility model provides a technical solution: the utility model provides an automatic clear stifled mechanism of grit separating centrifuge, includes bottom plate 1, the upper surface fixed connection organism 2 of bottom plate 1, the upper surface fixed connection of bottom plate 1 has support 7, the surface mounting of support 7 has conveyer belt 6, the one end fixedly connected with feed inlet 3 of conveyer belt 6 is kept away from to organism 2, the one end fixedly connected with lower sieve 5 of feed inlet 3 is kept away from to organism 2, the upper surface laminating of lower sieve 5 has upper sieve 4 mutually, the upper surface of organism 2 is equipped with prevents stifled structure 8, the upper surface that organism 2 one end was kept away from to support 7 is equipped with clearance structure 9.
The specific arrangement and function of the anti-blocking structure 8 and the cleaning structure 9 will be described in detail below.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, in the present embodiment: the anti-blocking structure 8 comprises a supporting plate 802, the supporting plate 802 is fixedly connected with a machine body 2, one side of the supporting plate 802, which is close to a support 7, is fixedly connected with a motor 801, the output end of the motor 801 is fixedly connected with a scroll 809, the arc surface of the scroll 809 is fixedly connected with two traction ropes 803, one end of the traction ropes 803, which is far away from the scroll 809, is fixedly connected with a connecting block 806, the connecting block 806 is fixedly connected with an upper screen plate 4, one side of the machine body 2, which is close to the support 7, is fixedly connected with two fixing plates 804, the upper surface of the fixing plates 804 is fixedly connected with a sliding rod 805, the sliding rod 805 is in sliding connection with the connecting block 806, one end of the machine body 2, which is close to the fixing plates 804, is fixedly connected with an auxiliary block 807, and the section of the auxiliary block 807 is rectangular.
During the use, at the in-process that separates the grit, because grit can block on the screen cloth, start motor 801 operates, and motor 801's output drives spool 809 and rotates, and spool 809 drives haulage rope 803 and rolls, and haulage rope 803 drives connecting block 806 and slides at the arc surface of slide bar 805, and connecting block 806 drives and goes up screen plate 4 and remove, then supports and clear up in the auxiliary block 807 with last screen plate 4, then motor 801 reversal, goes up screen plate 4 and resets through self gravity.
Wherein, the lower fixed surface at supplementary piece 807 is connected with a plurality of protection pad 808, protection pad 808 and last sieve 4 looks adaptation, a plurality of protection pad 808 evenly distributes on supplementary piece 807, protection pad 808 can protect last sieve 4, avoid causing wearing and tearing when clearing up last sieve 4, a plurality of spacing groove 810 has been seted up to the circular arc surface of spool 809, a plurality of spacing groove 810 is evenly offered on spool 809, spacing groove 810 can accomodate haulage rope 803, haulage rope 803 can be better fixed on spool 809 when, make the winding of haulage rope 803 more regular.
In addition, two limiting blocks 811 are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the machine body 2, a shaft lever 812 is rotatably connected to the inner wall of the limiting block 811, the shaft lever 812 is slidably connected with the traction rope 803, the limiting block 811 and the shaft lever 812 can avoid the traction rope 803 from being attached to the machine body 2 when moving, and abrasion to the machine body 2 can be avoided.
Referring to fig. 5 and 6, in this embodiment: the cleaning structure 9 comprises two sliding rails 91, the two sliding rails 91 are fixedly connected with the support 7, the inner wall of the sliding rail 91 is slidably connected with a sliding block 97, one side, close to each other, of the sliding block 97 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 94, the lower surface of the connecting plate 94 is fixedly connected with a foam-rubber cushion 93, one side, close to the machine body 2, of the sliding block 97 is fixedly connected with an auxiliary plate 96, the inner wall of the auxiliary plate 96 is in threaded connection with a screw rod 95, and the screw rod 95 is in butt joint with the sliding rail 91.
When the conveyor belt 6 needs to be cleaned, the connecting plate 94 is pulled, the connecting plate 94 drives the sliding blocks 97 to slide on the inner wall of the sliding rail 91, then the connecting plate 94 drives the sponge cushion 93 to be attached to the conveyor belt 6, then the screw 95 is screwed to fix the sliding blocks 97, then the conveyor belt 6 is started to run, and the sponge cushion 93 cleans the conveyor belt 6.
Wherein, the upper surface fixedly connected with handle 92 at connecting plate 94, the cross-section of handle 92 is "U" shape, can directly stimulate handle 92 when pulling connecting plate 94, handle 92 drives connecting plate 94 and removes, handle 92 makes it is more convenient to remove connecting plate 94, the inside fixedly connected with gag lever post 98 of slide rail 91, gag lever post 98 and slide 97 sliding connection, gag lever post 98 carries out spacingly to slide 97, avoid slide 97 to take place the skew when slide rail 91's inner wall slides, the gliding stability of slide rail 97 has been improved, the arc surface cover of gag lever post 98 has spring 99, the both ends of spring 99 respectively with slide rail 91's bottom surface and slide rail 91's interior bottom wall fixed connection.
When the sand and stone are screened, the connecting plate 94 is pulled to drive the sliding block 97 to move, the sliding block 97 drives the spring 99 to stretch, then the screw 95 is screwed to fix, when the conveyor belt 6 needs to be cleaned, the screw 95 is screwed to loosen, and the spring 99 contracts to drive the sponge cushion 93 to be attached to the conveyor belt 6.
Working principle: in the utility model, when sand and stone are separated, because sand and stone are easy to clamp in the upper screen plate 4, the motor 801 is started to operate, the output end of the motor 801 drives the scroll 809 to rotate, the rotating shaft drives the traction rope 803 to wind, wherein the limiting groove 810 can better accommodate the traction rope 803, the traction rope 803 moves to drive the shaft lever 812 to slide on the inner wall of the limiting block 811, the traction rope 803 drives the connecting block 806 to move on the arc surface of the sliding rod 805, the connecting block 806 drives the upper screen plate 4 to move, the upper screen plate 4 is clamped into the auxiliary block 807 to clean the clamped sand and stone, meanwhile, the upper screen plate 4 can be protected by the protection pad 808, then the motor 801 is reversed, the upper screen plate 4 is reset by self gravity, and the effect of separating the clamped sand and stone by using the auxiliary block 807 is achieved by arranging the anti-blocking structure 8.
In the utility model, when separated sand and stones are transported, the handle 92 is pulled to drive the connecting plate 94 to move, the connecting plate 94 drives the slide block 97 to slide on the inner wall of the slide rail 91, the slide block 97 drives the spring 99 to stretch, the limiting rod 98 limits the spring 99 and the slide block 97, after moving to a proper position, the screw 95 is screwed to be fixed, when the conveyor belt 6 needs to be cleaned, the screw 95 is screwed to be loosened, the spring 99 is contracted to drive the foam-rubber cushion 93 to be attached to the conveyor belt 6, then the conveyor belt 6 is started to be cleaned, and the cleaning effect of adjusting the foam-rubber cushion 93 to clean the conveyor belt 6 is achieved by arranging the cleaning structure 9.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in a specific case.

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1. The utility model provides an automatic clear stifled mechanism of grit separating centrifuge, includes bottom plate (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a machine frame, including bottom plate (1), upper surface fixedly connected with organism (2), upper surface fixedly connected with support (7) of bottom plate (1), surface mounting of support (7) has conveyer belt (6), one end fixedly connected with feed inlet (3) that conveyer belt (6) were kept away from to organism (2), one end fixedly connected with lower sieve (5) that feed inlet (3) was kept away from to organism (2), the upper surface laminating of lower sieve (5) has upper sieve (4), upper sieve (4) and organism (2) fixed connection, the upper surface of organism (2) is equipped with anti-blocking structure (8), anti-blocking structure (8) include backup pad (802), backup pad (802) and organism (2) fixed connection, one side fixedly connected with motor (801) that backup pad (802) is close to support (7), output fixedly connected with spool (809) of motor (801), traction surface fixedly connected with two haulage ropes (803) are kept away from to spool (809), two circular arc connecting blocks (803) that organism (803) are kept away from (803) fixed connection of organism (7), the upper surface of fixed plate (804) is fixedly connected with slide bar (805), slide bar (805) and connecting block (806) sliding connection, the one end that organism (2) is close to fixed plate (804) is fixedly connected with auxiliary block (807).
2. The automatic blockage clearing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 1, wherein: the lower surface of the auxiliary block (807) is fixedly connected with a plurality of protection pads (808), and the protection pads (808) are uniformly distributed on the auxiliary block (807).
3. The automatic blockage clearing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 1, wherein: the circular arc surface of the scroll (809) is provided with a plurality of limit grooves (810), and the limit grooves (810) are uniformly formed in the scroll (809).
4. The automatic blockage clearing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 1, wherein: the upper surface of organism (2) is fixedly connected with two stopper (811), the inner wall of stopper (811) rotates and is connected with axostylus axostyle (812), axostylus axostyle (812) and haulage rope (803) sliding connection.
5. The automatic blockage clearing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 1, wherein: the utility model discloses a cleaning device for a machine body, including organism (2), support (7), cleaning structure (9) are equipped with cleaning structure (9) on the upper surface of organism (2) one end, cleaning structure (9) include two slide rail (91), two slide rail (91) and support (7) fixed connection, the inner wall sliding connection of slide rail (91) has slider (97), one side fixedly connected with connecting plate (94) that slider (97) are close to each other, the lower surface fixedly connected with foam-rubber cushion (93) of connecting plate (94), one side fixedly connected with accessory plate (96) that slider (97) is close to organism (2), the inner wall threaded connection of accessory plate (96) has screw rod (95), screw rod (95) and organism (2) looks butt.
6. The automatic blockage removing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 5, wherein: the upper surface of connecting plate (94) is fixedly connected with handle (92), the cross-section of handle (92) is "U" shape.
7. The automatic blockage removing mechanism of the sand and stone separator according to claim 5, wherein: the inside fixedly connected with gag lever post (98) of slide rail (91), gag lever post (98) and slider (97) sliding connection.
8. The automatic blockage removing mechanism of the sand and stone separator as claimed in claim 7, wherein: the arc surface of the limiting rod (98) is sleeved with a spring (99), and two ends of the spring (99) are fixedly connected with the sliding block (97) and the sliding rail (91) respectively.
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