CN220172926U - Wireless power supply based transmission device - Google Patents
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The wireless power supply transmission device comprises a base, wherein a storage groove is formed in the upper end of the base, a rotatable thread cylinder is arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the storage groove, a wireless power supply plate is arranged at the upper end of the thread cylinder, extension plates are respectively arranged at the periphery of the wireless power supply plate, and a structure that the extension plates turn downwards firstly and then move downwards can be formed when the thread cylinder rotates; the lower sides of the left end and the right end of the base are respectively provided with a handle capable of synchronously rotating, the inner wall of the bottom end of the base is also provided with a power line capable of outwards extending, and the handles can form a power line folding structure when rotating; the foldable power supply board can be adaptively selected according to the charging of different electric appliances, does not occupy space, and can also be used for furling and protecting a power line.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of wireless power supply, in particular to a wireless power supply-based transmission device.
Background
The wireless charging and power supplying technology is derived from a wireless power transmission technology, and the wireless charging is a device for transmitting energy to power by electromagnetic induction, and the device charges a battery by using the received energy and simultaneously provides the battery for the operation of the device; with the progress of science, more and more household small electric appliances need wireless power supply, such as electric toothbrushes, mobile phones, tablet computers, electric kettles, electric cookers, juicers and the like, which need wireless power supply devices for power supply; at present, although various wireless power supply transmitters exist in the market, certain inconvenience is caused when the wireless power supply transmitter is used, for example, a power supply board is arranged too small to place an electric appliance, the electric appliance is unstable, too large occupied space is arranged, the wireless power supply transmitter cannot be selected to be used according to actual requirements, and a power line cannot be stored; to this end, it is proposed to solve the problems mentioned in the foregoing based on a wireless power transmission device.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the utility model provides the foldable power supply board based on the wireless power supply transmission device, which can adaptively select different electric appliances according to charging, does not occupy space, and can also fold and protect the power line, thereby effectively solving the problems mentioned in the background art.
The technical scheme adopted by the utility model for solving the problems is as follows:
the wireless power supply transmission device comprises a base, wherein a storage groove is formed in the upper end of the base, a rotatable thread cylinder is arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the storage groove, a wireless power supply plate is arranged at the upper end of the thread cylinder, extension plates are respectively arranged at the periphery of the wireless power supply plate, and a structure that the extension plates turn downwards firstly and then move downwards can be formed when the thread cylinder rotates; the lower sides of the left end and the right end of the base are respectively provided with a handle capable of synchronously rotating, the inner wall of the bottom end of the base is also provided with a power line capable of outwards extending, and the handles can form a power line folding structure when rotating.
Four uniformly distributed long guide rods are fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the wireless power supply board, the long guide rods are respectively and slidably connected to the inner wall of the bottom end of the storage groove, anti-falling pads are respectively and fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the long guide rods, and guide grooves matched with the corresponding anti-falling pads are respectively formed in the inner wall of the base; the lower end of the wireless power supply board is provided with a lifting bracket which is connected to the outer surfaces of the four long guide rods in a sliding way, and the upper ends of the outer surfaces of the long guide rods are respectively sleeved with springs matched with the bracket and the wireless power supply board; the extension plates are respectively hinged on the outer side end surfaces of the wireless power supply plates, the lower end surfaces of the extension plates are respectively hinged with connecting rods folded towards the inner sides of the lower ends, and the other ends of the connecting rods are both hinged on the brackets.
The middle part of the lower end surface of the bracket is fixedly connected with a threaded rod, the threaded cylinder is in threaded connection with the outer surface of the threaded rod and is rotationally connected with the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove, the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove is fixedly connected with a motor, the output end of the motor is fixedly connected with a small bevel gear, the lower end of the small bevel gear is meshed with a large bevel gear, and the large bevel gear is fixedly connected on the outer surface of the threaded cylinder.
The two handles are coaxially and fixedly connected with a winding drum, a power line is wound on the outer surface of the winding drum, a large belt pulley is fixedly connected on the end face of one side of the winding drum, a small belt pulley is connected to the front end of the large belt pulley, a long cam is coaxially and fixedly connected on one side of the small belt pulley, a sliding box is slidably connected to the inner wall of the lower end of the base, a sliding pin meshed with the long cam is fixedly connected to the surface of the lower end of the sliding box, and guide wheels matched with the power line are respectively and rotatably connected to the inner walls of the left end and the right end of the sliding box.
The utility model has novel structure, ingenious conception and simple and convenient operation, and has the following advantages compared with the prior art:
based on the wireless power supply transmission device, after the motor is started, the threaded cylinder can be rotated, when the threaded cylinder rotates, the wireless power supply plate can be controlled to move upwards to the top end, the corresponding extension plate is unfolded outwards or the extension plate is turned and folded towards the lower end, and then the wireless power supply plate moves downwards into the base, so that the wireless power supply device does not occupy space during storage, and different electric appliances can select adaptive power supply scenes; through setting up rotatable handle drive rolling section of thick bamboo and rotating, can make the power cord accomodate in the device when the power cord is not used, slow down ageing rate, improve life, practice thrift the space.
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Fig. 1 is an isometric view of a wireless power transmission device according to the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a base of a wireless power transmission device according to the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the installation of the anti-falling pad based on the wireless power transmission device of the utility model.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a bracket installation based on a wireless power transmission device according to the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of a wireless power board installation based on a wireless power transmission device according to the present utility model.
Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram of the installation of a winding drum based on a wireless power transmission device.
Fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a long cam installation based on a wireless power transmission device according to the present utility model.
Reference numerals in the drawings: the device comprises a 1-base, a 2-wireless power supply board, a 3-extension board, a 4-motor, a 5-small bevel gear, a 6-large bevel gear, a 7-threaded cylinder, an 8-threaded rod, a 9-bracket, a 10-long guide rod, an 11-spring, a 12-anti-falling pad, a 13-guide groove, a 14-connecting rod, a 15-handle, a 16-winding cylinder, a 17-large belt wheel, a 18-small belt wheel, a 19-long cam, a 20-slide box, a 21-slide pin, a 22-guide wheel, a 23-power line and a 24-storage groove.
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The following are specific embodiments of the present utility model, and the technical solutions of the present utility model are further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the present utility model is not limited to these embodiments.
As shown in fig. 1-7, the utility model provides a wireless power supply transmission device, which comprises a base 1, wherein a containing groove 24 is formed in the upper end of the base 1, a rotatable thread cylinder 7 is arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the containing groove 24, a wireless power supply plate 2 is arranged at the upper end of the thread cylinder 7, extension plates 3 are respectively arranged at the periphery of the wireless power supply plate 2, and when the thread cylinder 7 rotates, a structure that the extension plates 3 turn downwards firstly and then the wireless power supply plate 2 moves downwards is formed; the lower sides of the left end and the right end of the base 1 are respectively provided with a handle 15 capable of synchronously rotating, the inner wall of the bottom end of the base 1 is also provided with a power line 23 capable of outwards extending, and the handle 15 can form a structure that the power line 23 is folded when rotating.
As shown in fig. 1-4 and 6, a plurality of mounting grooves are formed in the base 1 for mounting parts, the wireless power supply board 2 can supply power to the household appliances, and the wireless power supply board 2 is of the prior art and will not be described again; one end of the power line 23 is connected with a plug, and the power line 23 can provide electric energy for the wireless power supply board 2; through the screw thread cylinder 7, when the screw thread cylinder 7 rotates, the extension plate 3 can be turned over downwards for 90 degrees, after the extension plate 3 is turned over for 90 degrees, the wireless power supply plate 2 can be moved downwards to enter the storage groove 24, so that the folding of the device is realized, the device does not occupy space during storage, when the small-sized electric appliance is required to be powered, the device is not required to be unfolded, the small-sized electric appliance is only required to be placed on the wireless power supply plate 2, when the large-sized electric appliance is required to be powered, the wireless power supply plate 2 and the extension plate 3 are moved upwards, the extension plate 3 is turned outwards to be unfolded, the state shown in fig. 1-3 can be displayed, and the falling is prevented by increasing the contact area; through setting up rotatable handle 15, can make power cord 23 accomodate in the device when power cord 23 is not used, slow down ageing rate, improve life, practice thrift the space.
Four long guide rods 10 which are uniformly distributed are fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the wireless power supply board 2, the long guide rods 10 are respectively and slidably connected to the inner wall of the bottom end of the storage groove 24, the anti-falling pads 12 are respectively and fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the long guide rods 10, and guide grooves 13 matched with the corresponding anti-falling pads 12 are respectively formed in the inner wall of the base 1; the lower end of the wireless power supply board 2 is provided with a lifting bracket 9, the bracket 9 is connected to the outer surfaces of four long guide rods 10 in a sliding way, and the upper ends of the outer surfaces of the long guide rods 10 are respectively sleeved with springs 11 matched with the bracket 9 and the wireless power supply board 2; the extension plates 3 are respectively hinged on the outer side end surfaces of the wireless power supply plates 2, the lower end surfaces of the extension plates 3 are respectively hinged with connecting rods 14 which are folded towards the inner side of the lower ends, and the other ends of the connecting rods 14 are both hinged on the bracket 9.
As shown in fig. 4-5, the long guide rod 10 is slidably connected with the bottom end of the accommodating groove 24, and the limiting long guide rod 10, the wireless power supply board 2 and the bracket 9 can only slide up and down; the installation and the shape of the anti-falling pad 12 and the guide groove 13 are as shown in fig. 4, and the wireless power supply board 2 can be limited to move up and down within a certain range through the arranged anti-falling pad 12 and the guide groove 13; the top ends of the springs 11 are respectively fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the wireless power supply board 2, the other ends of the springs 11 are respectively fixedly connected to the upper end surface of the bracket 9, when the extension board 3 is unfolded outwards and stretched, namely, in the state shown in fig. 1-3 or 5, the springs 11 are in a compressed state, and have upward elastic force to the wireless power supply board 2 and downward driving force to the bracket 9, and when the wireless power supply board 2 is in the top end position and the extension board 3 is unfolded outwards, the anti-falling pad 12 moves upwards to the top end position of the guide groove 13, namely, the corresponding guide rod and the wireless power supply board 2 are in the top end position, and even though the springs 11 are in the compressed state and have upward driving force to the wireless power supply board 2, the anti-falling pad 12 does not move upwards; when the bracket 9 moves downwards, namely, is far away from the wireless power supply board 2, because the spring 11 is in a compressed state at the moment, the bracket 9 moves downwards to release elastic potential energy, the wireless power supply board 2 can keep the top height for a period of time under the self elasticity of the spring 11, meanwhile, the bracket 9 moves upwards to drive the corresponding connecting rod 14 to move downwards, the inner side end of the connecting rod 14 moves downwards to drive the corresponding extending board 3 to overturn downwards, and when the bracket 9 moves downwards to the condition that the elastic potential energy of the spring 11 is completely released, namely, after the extending board 3 turns downwards for 90 degrees at the moment, the corresponding bracket 9 continues to move downwards to pull the wireless power supply board 2, the extending board 3, the guide rod and the anti-falling pad 12 to synchronously move downwards, so that the extending board 3 and the wireless power supply board 2 move downwards into the containing groove 24; when the bracket 9 moves upwards from bottom to top, the bracket 9 drives the corresponding wireless power supply plate 2 and the extension plate 3 to move upwards synchronously, when the bracket 9 moves upwards to the position where the anti-drop pad 12 contacts the top end of the corresponding guide groove 13, the wireless power supply plate 2 moves to the top end position, and the bracket 9 continues to move upwards to drive the extension plate 3 to turn upwards and compress the spring 11, so that the wireless power supply plate 2 and the extension plate 3 are unfolded after moving upwards.
The middle part of the lower end surface of the bracket 9 is fixedly connected with a threaded rod 8, the threaded cylinder 7 is connected onto the outer surface of the threaded rod 8 in a threaded manner and is rotationally connected onto the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove 24, the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove 24 is fixedly connected with a motor 4, the output end of the motor 4 is fixedly connected with a small bevel gear 5, the lower end of the small bevel gear 5 is meshed with a large bevel gear 6, and the large bevel gear 6 is fixedly connected onto the outer surface of the threaded cylinder 7.
As shown in fig. 4, the motor 4 is used for providing a rotating force for the threaded cylinder 7, and the motor 4 is in the prior art and will not be described again; when the motor 4 is started, the small bevel gear 5, the large bevel gear 6 and the threaded cylinder 7 are rotated through meshing, when the threaded cylinder 7 rotates, the threaded rod 8 and the bracket 9 are upwards or downwards moved through threaded connection with the threaded rod 8, so that lifting of the bracket 9 is controlled, and a self-locking function is realized under threaded connection between the threaded cylinder 7 and the threaded rod 8, namely, the position of the corresponding bracket 9 is fixed when the motor 4 is not started.
The inner sides of the two handles 15 are coaxially and fixedly connected with a winding drum 16, a power line 23 is wound on the outer surface of the winding drum 16, a large belt pulley 17 is fixedly connected on the end face of one side of the winding drum 16, the front end of the large belt pulley 17 is connected with a small belt pulley 18, one side of the small belt pulley 18 is coaxially and fixedly connected with a long cam 19, the inner wall of the lower end of the base 1 is slidably connected with a sliding box 20, the surface of the lower end of the sliding box 20 is fixedly connected with a sliding pin 21 meshed with the long cam 19, and the inner walls of the left end and the right end of the sliding box 20 are respectively and rotatably connected with guide wheels 22 matched with the power line 23.
As shown in fig. 6-7, the winding drum 16 and the handle 15 are both rotatably connected to the inner wall of the base 1, the winding drum 16 can receive the power line 23 when rotating, the centers of the small belt pulley 18 and the long cam 19 are fixedly connected with a rotating shaft, the outer surface of the rotating shaft is rotatably connected with a bearing seat, the bottom end of the bearing seat is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the base 1, and the limit long cam 19 and the small belt pulley 18 can only rotate; the sliding box 20 can be connected on the inner wall of the base 1 in a left-right sliding way, the limiting sliding pin 21 can only move left and right, the sliding box 20 and the guide wheels 22 are installed and shaped as shown in fig. 7, friction between the power line 23 and equipment can be reduced through the two guide wheels 22, when the power line 23 needs to be stored, the winding drum 16 can be rotated through the rotating handle 15, the power line 23 can be collected when the winding drum 16 rotates, meanwhile, the large belt pulley 17 can be driven to rotate when the winding drum 16 rotates, the large belt pulley 17 rotates, the long cam 19 can be driven to synchronously rotate through belt transmission with the small belt pulley 18, the long cam 19 synchronously rotates and drives the sliding pin 21 and the sliding box 20 to reciprocate left and right, so that the guide wheels 22 reciprocate left and right, and the power line 23 can be uniformly wound on the outer surface of the winding drum 16 when the guide wheels 22 reciprocate left and right. The provision of the long cam 19 makes it possible to make the power cord 23 more uniformly wound around the take-up reel 16.
When the wireless power supply device is used, after the motor 4 is started, the threaded cylinder 7 can be rotated, when the threaded cylinder 7 rotates, the wireless power supply plate 2 can be controlled to move upwards to the top end, the corresponding extension plate 3 is unfolded outwards or the extension plate 3 is turned and folded downwards, and then the wireless power supply plate 2 moves downwards into the base 1, so that the wireless power supply device does not occupy space during storage, and different electric appliances can select adaptive power supply scenes; the winding drum 16 is driven to rotate by the rotatable handle 15, so that the power line 23 can be stored in the device when the power line 23 is not used, the ageing rate is slowed down, the service life is prolonged, and the space is saved.
The specific embodiments described herein are offered by way of example only to illustrate the spirit of the utility model. Those skilled in the art may make various modifications or additions to the described embodiments or substitutions, without departing from the spirit of the utility model or exceeding the scope of the utility model as defined in the accompanying claims.
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1. Based on wireless power transmission device, including base (1), its characterized in that: the upper end of the base (1) is provided with a storage groove (24), the inner wall of the bottom end of the storage groove (24) is provided with a rotatable thread cylinder (7), the upper end of the thread cylinder (7) is provided with a wireless power supply plate (2), the periphery of the wireless power supply plate (2) is respectively provided with an extension plate (3), and the thread cylinder (7) can form a structure that the extension plate (3) turns downwards firstly and then the wireless power supply plate (2) moves downwards when rotating; the lower sides of the left end and the right end of the base (1) are respectively provided with a handle (15) capable of synchronously rotating, the inner wall of the bottom end of the base (1) is also provided with a power line (23) capable of outwards extending, and the handle (15) can form a structure in which the power line (23) is folded when rotating.
2. The wireless power transfer based apparatus of claim 1, wherein: four uniformly distributed long guide rods (10) are fixedly connected to the lower end surface of the wireless power supply board (2), the long guide rods (10) are respectively and slidably connected to the inner walls of the bottom ends of the storage grooves (24), anti-falling pads (12) are respectively and fixedly connected to the lower end surfaces of the long guide rods (10), and guide grooves (13) matched with the corresponding anti-falling pads (12) are respectively formed in the inner walls of the base (1); the lower end of the wireless power supply board (2) is provided with a lifting bracket (9), the bracket (9) is connected to the outer surfaces of four long guide rods (10) in a sliding way, and the upper ends of the outer surfaces of the long guide rods (10) are respectively sleeved with springs (11) matched with the bracket (9) and the wireless power supply board (2); the extension plates (3) are respectively hinged on the outer side end surfaces of the wireless power supply plates (2), connecting rods (14) folded towards the inner sides of the lower ends are respectively hinged on the lower end surfaces of the extension plates (3), and the other ends of the connecting rods (14) are both hinged on the bracket (9).
3. The wireless power transfer based apparatus of claim 2, wherein: the middle part of the lower end surface of the bracket (9) is fixedly connected with a threaded rod (8), the threaded cylinder (7) is connected onto the outer surface of the threaded rod (8) in a threaded manner and is rotationally connected onto the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove (24), the inner wall of the bottom end of the accommodating groove (24) is fixedly connected with a motor (4), the output end of the motor (4) is fixedly connected with a bevel pinion (5), the lower end of the bevel pinion (5) is meshed with a bevel gear (6), and the bevel gear (6) is fixedly connected onto the outer surface of the threaded cylinder (7).
4. The wireless power transfer based apparatus of claim 1, wherein: two coaxial rigid couplings in handle (15) have a rolling section of thick bamboo (16), and power cord (23) twine on rolling section of thick bamboo (16) surface, and the rigid coupling has big band pulley (17) on rolling section of thick bamboo (16) one side terminal surface, and big band pulley (17) front end area is connected with little band pulley (18), and little band pulley (18) one side coaxial rigid coupling has long cam (19), and base (1) lower extreme inner wall sliding connection has smooth case (20), smooth case (20) lower extreme surface rigid coupling have with long cam (19) engaged with slide pin (21), smooth case (20) left and right sides both ends inner wall rotate respectively be connected with power cord (23) matched with leading wheel (22).
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