CN219710258U - Heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester - Google Patents

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CN219710258U
CN219710258U CN202320462098.7U CN202320462098U CN219710258U CN 219710258 U CN219710258 U CN 219710258U CN 202320462098 U CN202320462098 U CN 202320462098U CN 219710258 U CN219710258 U CN 219710258U
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王道华
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The utility model discloses a heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester, which comprises a top plate, wherein the top plate is provided with a sounding cavity; and (3) a top plate: the lower end of the touch rod is uniformly provided with a supporting leg, a sliding cylinder is connected in a round hole in the center of the top plate in a sliding manner, a penetrating hammer is arranged at the lower end of the sliding cylinder, a touch rod is connected in a sliding manner in a through hole in the penetrating hammer, the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the touch rod is connected with the inner wall surface of the sliding cylinder in a sliding manner, the lower end of the touch rod is provided with a probe, the outer cambered surface of the touch rod is provided with scale marks, a hammer seat is arranged on the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the touch rod, and the hammer seat is matched with the penetrating hammer; wherein: the upper end of roof is provided with control switch group, and the external power source is connected to control switch group's input electricity, and this heavy power feeler in situ tester can drive the core hammer automatically and rise and descend, has reduced tester's work burden, can carry out automatic spacing to the feeler lever, has improved the detection effect, need not the tester to carry out manual spacing, convenient to use, and application scope is wider.

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Heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of dynamic sounding testers, in particular to a heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester.
Background
The dynamic sounding in-situ tester is an auxiliary device for cone dynamic sounding test by inserting a sounding rod into a foundation, and can be used for estimating the foundation bearing capacity of a natural foundation and identifying the characteristics of rock and soil; it is widely used in the field of foundation testing. The heavy power feeler mainly comprises a probe, a feeler lever and a penetrating hammer, during a test, the probe is drilled into a detection point, the penetrating hammer freely falls at a falling distance of 76cm, the depth of penetration of the probe into the ground surface is recorded in time, the actual measurement hit number of 10cm of penetration is recorded, and engineering geological evaluation of the bearing capacity of the foundation is carried out according to the number of the hit numbers, so that one hammering test is completed. In the use process of the existing heavy power feeler instrument, a probe needs to be inserted into soil, an operator holds the power feeler instrument by hand, and another operator upwards slides a penetrating hammer on a guide rod to a moving height and then loosens the penetrating hammer, so that a touch rod is driven to penetrate deep into a foundation, the labor intensity of the operator is high, the working efficiency of testing is low, meanwhile, the limiting effect of the feeler instrument by manpower is poor, and the testing result is easy to influence.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to overcome the existing defects, and provides the heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester which can automatically drive the penetrating hammer to ascend and descend, reduce the workload of testers, automatically limit the sounding rod, improve the detection effect and effectively solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: a heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester comprises a top plate;
and (3) a top plate: the lower end of the touch rod is uniformly provided with a supporting leg, a sliding cylinder is connected in a round hole in the center of the top plate in a sliding manner, a penetrating hammer is arranged at the lower end of the sliding cylinder, a touch rod is connected in a sliding manner in a through hole in the penetrating hammer, the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the touch rod is connected with the inner wall surface of the sliding cylinder in a sliding manner, the lower end of the touch rod is provided with a probe, the outer cambered surface of the touch rod is provided with scale marks, a hammer seat is arranged on the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the touch rod, and the hammer seat is matched with the penetrating hammer;
wherein: the upper end of roof is provided with control switch group, and the external power source is connected to control switch group's input electricity, can drive the core through hammer voluntarily and rise and descend, has reduced test personnel's work burden, can carry out automatic spacing to the feeler lever, has improved the detection effect, needn't test personnel carry out manual spacing, convenient to use, and application scope is wider.
Further, the outer cambered surface upside of a sliding cylinder is provided with rack plates, limiting holes are formed in the top plate, the rack plates are in sliding connection with the limiting holes, the upper end of the top plate is provided with a connecting support, the inside of the connecting support is rotationally connected with a rotating shaft through a bearing, the front end of the rotating shaft is provided with a half gear, and the half gear is matched with the rack plates and installed to drive the sliding cylinder to move.
Further, the rear end of linking bridge is provided with the motor, and the output of output shaft front end and the rear end fixed connection of axis of rotation of motor, the output of control switch group is connected to the input electricity of motor, and the upper end of roof is provided with the protection casing, and the motor is located the inside of protection casing, and the dodging hole that corresponds with the slip section of thick bamboo position has been seted up to the upper end of protection casing, can drive the axis of rotation operation.
Further, still include the stull, the stull sets up respectively between two vertically adjacent landing legs, and the relative inboard end of stull all is provided with the drum, and the inside of drum is equal sliding connection has the telescopic link, and the relative inboard end of telescopic link all is provided with U type seat, and the inside of U type seat all rotates through bearing two and is connected with the pivot, and the extrados of pivot all is provided with the leading wheel, and the leading wheel is installed with the feeler lever cooperation, can carry out spacingly to the feeler lever.
Further, the outer cambered surfaces of the guide wheels are provided with wear-resistant rubber sleeves, so that the service life of the guide wheels is prolonged.
Further, threaded holes in the outer arc surface of the cylinder are connected with fixing bolts in a threaded mode, and the fixing bolts are matched with the telescopic rods to be installed, so that the telescopic rods can be fixed.
Further, the upper end symmetry of roof is provided with the hoist engine, all twines on the reel of hoist engine has the rope, and the lower extreme of rope all is provided with the lifting hook, and the extrados symmetry of hammer seat is provided with the link, and lifting hook and link cooperation installation, the output of the equal electricity connection control switch group of input of hoist engine are convenient for pull out the touch-sensitive lever.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: the heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester has the following advantages:
1. when the bearing capacity of the foundation is required to be detected, the tester is placed at a corresponding test position, the telescopic rod is pulled to stretch out to drive the U-shaped seat to move, the guide wheel inside the U-shaped seat is tightly attached to the outer cambered surface of the touch rod, then the telescopic rod is fixed by screwing the fixing bolt, the touch rod can be limited, the touch rod can stably move up and down, the guide wheel is arranged, the guide wheel can limit the touch rod and can not influence the movement of the touch rod, the service life of the guide wheel is prolonged by arranging the wear-resistant rubber sleeve, the heavy power touch in-situ tester can automatically limit the touch rod, the detection effect of the heavy power touch in-situ tester is improved, the manual limit of the tester is not required, and the tester is convenient to use in the heavy power touch in-situ test process.
2. The probe is inserted into the ground, the motor starts to operate through the control switch group, the output shaft of the motor drives the half gear and the rack plate to start to operate, the sliding cylinder and the penetrating hammer can be driven to ascend through the rack plate, after the half gear is not meshed with the rack plate, the penetrating hammer falls to the upper end of the hammer seat under the action of gravity, thereby driving the touch rod and the probe to move downwards, the penetrating hammer is repeatedly used for applying impact force to the hammer seat, the distance of the downward movement of the touch rod is read out through the scale mark, the actual measurement hit number of the touch rod is recorded every time the touch rod moves downwards for 10cm, and the engineering geological evaluation of the foundation bearing capacity is carried out according to the number of the hits, so that one-time hammering test is completed, the heavy power touch in-situ tester can automatically drive the penetrating hammer to ascend and descend, the operation quantity of testers is reduced, and the use is convenient in the heavy power touch in-situ test.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the internal structure of the protective cover of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the internal cross-sectional structure of the piercing hammer of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is an enlarged schematic view of the structure of the present utility model at a.
In the figure: the device comprises a top plate, a supporting leg 2, a sliding cylinder 3, a penetrating hammer 4, a touch probe 5, a probe 6, a scale mark 7, a hammer seat 8, a control switch group 9, a rack plate 10, a limit hole 11, a connecting bracket 12, a half gear 13, a motor 14, a protective cover 15, a transverse strut 16, a cylinder 17, a telescopic rod 18, a U-shaped seat 19, a rotating shaft 20, a guide wheel 21, a wear-resistant rubber sleeve 22, a fixing bolt 23, a winch 24, a rope 25, a lifting hook 26 and a hanging ring 27.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present embodiment provides a technical solution: a heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester comprises a top plate 1;
top plate 1: the lower end of the utility model is uniformly provided with a supporting leg 2, a sliding cylinder 3 is connected in a round hole at the center of the top plate 1 in a sliding way, a penetrating hammer 4 is arranged at the lower end of the sliding cylinder 3, a feeler lever 5 is connected in a sliding way in a through hole in the penetrating hammer 4, the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the feeler lever 5 is connected with the inner wall surface of the sliding cylinder 3 in a sliding way, the lower end of the feeler lever 5 is provided with a probe 6, the outer cambered surface of the feeler lever 5 is provided with a scale mark 7, the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the feeler lever 5 is provided with a hammer seat 8, the hammer seat 8 is matched with the penetrating hammer 4, the upper end of the top plate 1 is symmetrically provided with a windlass 24, the windlass 24 is winded with ropes 25, the lower ends of the ropes 25 are respectively provided with a lifting hook 26, the outer cambered surface of the hammer seat 8 is symmetrically provided with a hanging ring 27, the lifting hook 26 is matched with the hanging ring 27, the input end of the windlass 24 is electrically connected with the output end of a control switch group 9, the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the sliding cylinder 3 is provided with a rack plate 10, the inside of the top plate 1 is provided with a limit hole 11, a rack plate 10 is in sliding connection with the limit hole 11, the upper end of the top plate 1 is provided with a connecting bracket 12, the inside of the connecting bracket 12 is rotatably connected with a rotating shaft through a bearing, the front end of the rotating shaft is provided with a half gear 13, the half gear 13 is matched with the rack plate 10 for installation, the rear end of the connecting bracket 12 is provided with a motor 14, the front end of an output shaft of the motor 14 is fixedly connected with the rear end of the rotating shaft, the input end of the motor 14 is electrically connected with the output end of a control switch group 9, the upper end of the top plate 1 is provided with a protective cover 15, the motor 14 is positioned in the protective cover 15, the upper end of the protective cover 15 is provided with a avoiding hole corresponding to the position of the sliding cylinder 3, the probe 6 is inserted into the ground, the motor 14 starts to operate through the control switch group 9, the output shaft of the motor 14 drives the half gear 13 and the rack plate 10 to start to operate, the sliding cylinder 3 and the penetrating hammer 4 can be driven to ascend through the rack plate 10, after one half of the gears 13 are not meshed with the rack plate 10, the penetrating hammer 4 falls to the upper end of the hammer seat 8 under the action of gravity, so that the penetrating hammer 5 and the probe 6 are driven to move downwards, the penetrating hammer 4 is repeatedly enabled to apply impact force to the hammer seat 8, the downward moving distance of the penetrating hammer 5 is read out through the scale mark 7, the actual measured hit number of the penetrating hammer 5 in 10cm is recorded, engineering geological evaluation of foundation bearing capacity is carried out according to the number of hit numbers, so that one hammering test is completed, the heavy power penetrating in-situ tester can automatically drive the penetrating hammer 4 to ascend and descend, the operation amount of testers is reduced, the use is convenient, after the test is completed, the lifting hooks 26 are respectively hung on the hanging rings 27, the winch 24 starts to operate through the control switch group 9, the winding drum of the winch 24 drives the rope 25 to ascend, the penetrating hammer 5 is rapidly pulled out through the rope 25, the lifting hooks 26 and the hanging rings 27, the work load of operators is further reduced, and the work range of the operators is wider;
wherein: the upper end of the top plate 1 is provided with a control switch group 9, the input end of the control switch group 9 is electrically connected with an external power supply, and the control switch group 9 controls the normal operation of the motor 14 and the winch 24;
wherein: still include stull 16, stull 16 sets up respectively between two vertically adjacent landing legs 2, the relative inboard end of stull 16 all is provided with drum 17, the equal sliding connection in inside of drum 17 has telescopic link 18, telescopic link 18's relative inboard end all is provided with U type seat 19, U type seat 19's inside all is connected with pivot 20 through bearing two rotations, pivot 20's extrados all is provided with leading wheel 21, leading wheel 21 and touch probe 5 cooperation installation, leading wheel 21's extrados all is provided with wear-resisting rubber sleeve 22, threaded hole on drum 17 extrados all threaded connection has fixing bolt 23, fixing bolt 23 and telescopic link 18 cooperation installation, when need examine the bearing capacity of foundation, at first place this tester in corresponding test position, pulling telescopic link 18 stretches out, drive U type seat 19 and remove, the inside leading wheel 21 of U type seat 19 is hugged closely with touch probe 5's extrados, then twist fixing bolt 23 and fix telescopic link 18, can carry out spacing to touch probe 5, make touch probe 5 stably move down, leading wheel 21 can not carry out wear-resisting rubber sleeve 22, make the automatic test of life-stop, the utility model discloses a heavy detector is realized, and the heavy detector is used to the heavy detector is difficult to carry out, and the life-stop motion is convenient to the test, the detector is used to the leading wheel is used to carry out, the heavy detector is convenient for carrying out, the life-stop detector.
The working principle of the heavy dynamic sounding in-situ tester provided by the utility model is as follows: when the bearing capacity of the foundation is required to be detected, the tester is firstly placed at a corresponding test position, the telescopic rod 18 is pulled to extend to drive the U-shaped seat 19 to move, the guide wheel 21 in the U-shaped seat 19 is tightly attached to the extrados surface of the feeler lever 5, then the fixing bolt 23 is screwed to fix the telescopic rod 18, the feeler lever 5 can be limited, the feeler lever 5 can stably move up and down, the guide wheel 21 is arranged, the guide wheel 21 can limit the feeler lever 5 and the movement of the feeler lever 5 is not influenced, the wear-resistant rubber sleeve 22 is arranged, the service life of the guide wheel 21 is prolonged, the heavy power feeler in-situ tester can automatically limit the feeler lever 5, the detection effect is improved, a tester does not need to manually limit, the feeler lever 5 can be used conveniently, the probe 6 is inserted into the ground, the motor 14 starts to operate by controlling the switch group 9, the output shaft of the motor 14 drives the half gear 13 and the rack plate 10 to start to operate, the rack plate 10 can drive the sliding cylinder 3 and the penetrating hammer 4 to ascend, after the half gear 13 is not meshed with the rack plate 10, the penetrating hammer 4 falls to the upper end of the hammer seat 8 under the action of gravity, thereby driving the touch rod 5 and the probe 6 to move downwards, so that the penetrating hammer 4 applies impact force to the hammer seat 8 repeatedly, the downward moving distance of the touch rod 5 is read out through the scale mark 7, the actual measured impact number of the touch rod 5 moving into 10cm every time is recorded, the engineering geological evaluation of foundation bearing force is carried out according to the number of the impact number, thus completing one-time hammering test, leading the heavy power in-situ tester to automatically drive the penetrating hammer 4 to ascend and descend, reducing the operation amount of testers, being convenient to use, the lifting hooks 26 are respectively hung on the hanging rings 27, the winch 24 starts to operate through the control switch group 9, and the winding drum of the winch 24 drives the rope 25 to ascend, so that the touch rod 5 is quickly pulled out through the rope 25, the lifting hooks 26 and the hanging rings 27, the workload of operators is further reduced, and the application range is wider.
It should be noted that the motor 14 disclosed in the above embodiment may be 6IK200RGU-CF, the hoist 24 may be JK0.5, and the control switch group 9 is provided with control buttons for controlling the switches of the motor 14 and the hoist 24 in one-to-one correspondence.
The foregoing description is only illustrative of the present utility model and is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, and all equivalent structures or equivalent processes or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields are included in the scope of the present utility model.

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1. The utility model provides a heavy dynamic touch in situ test appearance which characterized in that: comprises a top plate (1);
top plate (1): the lower end of the support leg is uniformly provided with the support leg (2), a sliding cylinder (3) is connected in a round hole in the center of the top plate (1) in a sliding manner, a penetrating hammer (4) is arranged at the lower end of the sliding cylinder (3), a feeler lever (5) is connected in a sliding manner in a through hole in the penetrating hammer (4), the upper side of an outer cambered surface of the feeler lever (5) is connected with the inner wall surface of the sliding cylinder (3) in a sliding manner, a probe (6) is arranged at the lower end of the feeler lever (5), graduation marks (7) are arranged on the outer cambered surface of the feeler lever (5), a hammer seat (8) is arranged on the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the feeler lever (5), and the hammer seat (8) is matched with the penetrating hammer (4);
wherein: the upper end of the top plate (1) is provided with a control switch group (9), and the input end of the control switch group (9) is electrically connected with an external power supply.
2. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 1, characterized in that: the sliding cylinder is characterized in that a rack plate (10) is arranged on the upper side of the outer cambered surface of the sliding cylinder (3), a limit hole (11) is formed in the top plate (1), the rack plate (10) is slidably connected with the limit hole (11), a connecting support (12) is arranged at the upper end of the top plate (1), a rotating shaft is connected in the connecting support (12) through bearing rotation, a half gear (13) is arranged at the front end of the rotating shaft, and the half gear (13) is matched with the rack plate (10).
3. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 2, characterized in that: the rear end of linking bridge (12) is provided with motor (14), and the output of output shaft front end and the rear end fixed connection of axis of rotation of motor (14), the output of control switch group (9) is connected to the input electricity of motor (14), and the upper end of roof (1) is provided with protection casing (15), and motor (14) are located the inside of protection casing (15), and the upper end of protection casing (15) has been seted up and has been slipped a hole of dodging that the section of thick bamboo (3) position corresponds.
4. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 1, characterized in that: still include stull (16), stull (16) set up respectively between two vertically adjacent landing legs (2), the relative inboard end of stull (16) all is provided with drum (17), the inside of drum (17) all sliding connection has telescopic link (18), the relative inboard end of telescopic link (18) all is provided with U type seat (19), the inside of U type seat (19) all is connected with pivot (20) through bearing two rotations, the extrados of pivot (20) all is provided with leading wheel (21), leading wheel (21) and feeler lever (5) cooperation installation.
5. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 4, wherein: the outer cambered surfaces of the guide wheels (21) are provided with wear-resistant rubber sleeves (22).
6. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 4, wherein: the threaded holes in the outer cambered surface of the cylinder (17) are respectively connected with a fixing bolt (23) in a threaded manner, and the fixing bolts (23) are matched with the telescopic rods (18).
7. A heavy duty power feeler in situ tester according to claim 1, characterized in that: the upper end symmetry of roof (1) is provided with hoist engine (24), all twines rope (25) on the reel of hoist engine (24), and the lower extreme of rope (25) all is provided with lifting hook (26), and the extrados symmetry of hammer seat (8) is provided with link (27), and lifting hook (26) and link (27) cooperation installation, the output of control switch group (9) is all connected to the equal electricity of input of hoist engine (24).
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