CN220321016U - Oiling machine with hydrogel bead collecting function - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model discloses an oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collecting function, which comprises: an oil storage cylinder, an air pump and an oil filling pipe; the upper part of the oil storage cylinder is connected with an air pump which is used as a power source, the peripheral surface of the oil storage cylinder is connected with a valve, the lower part of the oil storage cylinder is connected with an annular base plate, and the lower part of the oil storage cylinder is embedded with an oil injection pipe. The T-shaped plate penetrates through the rectangular groove when the inserting plate is inserted into the inserting groove and is clamped in the circular cavity, then the T-shaped plate is reset under the action of the torsion spring, the collecting frame can be installed below the annular base plate, the collecting frame is used for collecting the hydrogel beads, the hydrogel beads are further prevented from falling into the oil tank, oil products are affected, the through shaft is penetrated through rotation, the driving bevel gear and the driven bevel gear are used for driving, the screw rod can be driven to rotate, when the screw rod rotates, the annular scraping plate can move along the oil injection pipe, and then lubricating oil adhered to the inner wall of the oil injection pipe is scraped, and oil products affecting lubricating oil injected next time are prevented.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of oiling machines, in particular to an oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collecting function.
Background
The oiling machine is mainly used for conveying lubricating oil in a lubricating system in various mechanical equipment or injecting the lubricating oil into an oil tank, is suitable for conveying lubricating oil with viscosity below 10E (75 C.S.t) and temperature below 300 ℃, and has certain defects in use, such as;
because the oil tank is generally stored at a low temperature, when the oil filling machine is used for filling lubricating oil into the oil tank, because the temperature difference is large, the end of the oil storage cylinder can generate hydrogel beads, if the oil storage cylinder is not treated, the hydrogel beads are very likely to enter the oil tank to influence the oil product in the oil tank, and therefore, the oil filling machine with the function of collecting the hydrogel beads is provided, and the problems are solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims to provide an oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collecting function, so as to solve the problem that the conventional oiling machine in the market provided by the background art can generate hydrogel beads when lubricating oil is injected into an oil tank, and if the lubricating oil is not treated, the hydrogel beads are very likely to fall into the oil tank to influence the oil product in the oil tank.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: an oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function, comprising: an oil storage cylinder, an air pump and an oil filling pipe;
the upper part of the oil storage cylinder is connected with an air pump which is used as a power source, the peripheral surface of the oil storage cylinder is connected with a valve, one end of the valve is connected with an oil supply pipe, the lower part of the oil storage cylinder is connected with an annular base plate, and the lower part of the oil storage cylinder is embedded with an oil injection pipe.
Preferably, the filler pipe includes: the automatic feeding device comprises a connecting seat, a rotating shaft, a screw rod, an internal thread cylinder, an annular scraping plate, a driven bevel gear, a driving bevel gear, a penetrating shaft and a sealing ring, wherein the connecting seat is connected to the inner peripheral surface of the oil injection pipe, the rotating shaft is connected in the connecting seat in a rotating mode, the screw rod is connected to the tail end of the rotating shaft, and the screw rod is arranged in the oil injection pipe.
Preferably, the screw rod is connected with an internal thread cylinder in a threaded manner, the internal thread cylinder is connected to the inner peripheral surface of the annular scraping plate, and the annular scraping plate is connected in the oil injection pipe in a clamping manner.
Preferably, the top end of the rotating shaft is connected with a driven bevel gear, one side of the driven bevel gear is connected with a driving bevel gear in a meshed manner, one side of the driving bevel gear is connected with a penetrating shaft, the penetrating shaft is connected in a sealing ring in a penetrating manner, and the sealing ring is embedded on the inner wall of the oil injection pipe.
Preferably, the rotating shaft, the screw rod, the internal thread cylinder, the annular scraping plate, the driven bevel gear, the driving bevel gear and the penetrating shaft form a linkage structure.
Preferably, a through hole is formed in the annular base plate, a handle is connected in the through hole in a penetrating manner, a torsion spring is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the handle, the end part of the torsion spring is connected to the inner wall of the placing cavity, and the placing cavity is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the through hole.
Preferably, the handle end-to-end connection has T template, the T template end runs through rectangular channel block and connects in circular intracavity, rectangular channel is seted up on collecting frame inside bottom surface, circular chamber is seted up in rectangular channel bottom, collecting frame connects in annular backing plate bottom.
Preferably, the annular backing plate below is connected with the picture peg, picture peg block connection is in the slot, the slot is seted up on collecting the inside bottom surface of frame, set up the through-hole in the collecting frame, and the through-hole is interior to be connected with the filler pipe in the through-hole.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: insert the inside time of slot through the picture peg, T template runs through rectangular channel, and the block is in circular intracavity, then reset under the effect of torsional spring, can install the collection frame in annular backing plate below, collect the hydrogel bead through collecting the frame, and then prevent that the hydrogel bead from falling into the oil tank, influence the oil, through rotatory the through axle, drive bevel gear and driven bevel gear carry out the transmission, can drive the lead screw rotation, when the lead screw is rotatory, annular scraper blade can remove along the oil filler pipe, and then can scrape down the lubricating oil of adhesion on the oil filler pipe inner wall, prevent the oil that influences the lubricating oil of injecting next time, the concrete content is as follows:
1. firstly, manually rotating two groups of handles by 90 degrees, sleeving a collecting frame at the bottom of an oil storage cylinder from bottom to top, loosening the two groups of handles when the bottom surface of the inner part of the collecting frame is attached to an annular base plate, installing the collecting frame below the annular base plate, and in the oiling process, when the end of the oil storage cylinder generates hydrogel beads, the hydrogel beads fall into the collecting frame so as to collect the hydrogel beads, thereby preventing the hydrogel beads from falling into an oil tank and affecting oil products;
2. manual anticlockwise rotation runs through the axle, and annular scraper blade can be along the downhill movement of filler pipe, scrapes down the lubricating oil of adhesion in the filler pipe, and after the clearance was accomplished, clockwise rotation runs through the axle, makes annular scraper blade reset, for the preparation of clearance next time, and then is convenient for clear filler pipe inner wall.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic side view of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic top view of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the structure of the portion A of the present utility model;
fig. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure of the portion B of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. an oil storage cylinder; 2. an air pump; 3. a valve; 4. an oil supply pipe; 5. an annular backing plate; 6. a filler pipe; 601. a connecting seat; 602. a rotating shaft; 603. a screw rod; 604. an internal thread cylinder; 605. an annular scraping plate; 606. a driven bevel gear; 607. a drive bevel gear; 608. a through shaft; 609. a seal ring; 7. a through hole; 8. a handle; 9. a torsion spring; 10. a placement cavity; 11. t-shaped plates; 12. rectangular grooves; 13. a circular cavity; 14. a collection frame; 15. inserting plate; 16. a slot; 17. and a through hole.
Detailed Description
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. 1-5, the present utility model provides a technical solution: an oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function, comprising: an oil storage cylinder 1, an air pump 2 and an oil filling pipe 6;
the upper part of the oil storage cylinder 1 is connected with an air pump 2, the air pump 2 is used as a power source, the peripheral surface of the oil storage cylinder 1 is connected with a valve 3, one end of the valve 3 is connected with an oil supply pipe 4, the lower part of the oil storage cylinder 1 is connected with an annular base plate 5, and the lower part of the oil storage cylinder 1 is embedded with an oil injection pipe 6.
The filler pipe 6 includes: the connecting seat 601, the rotating shaft 602, the screw rod 603, the internal thread cylinder 604, the annular scraping plate 605, the driven bevel gear 606, the driving bevel gear 607, the penetrating shaft 608 and the sealing ring 609 are connected with the connecting seat 601 on the inner peripheral surface of the oil filler pipe 6, the rotating shaft 602 is rotationally connected with the connecting seat 601, the screw rod 603 is connected with the tail end of the rotating shaft 602, and the screw rod 603 is arranged in the oil filler pipe 6. The screw rod 603 is connected with an internal thread cylinder 604 in a threaded manner, the internal thread cylinder 604 is connected to the inner circumferential surface of the annular scraping plate 605, the annular scraping plate 605 is connected in the oil filling pipe 6 in a clamping manner, the center of the screw rod 603 and the center of the annular scraping plate 605 are not located on the same vertical line, and when the screw rod 603 rotates, the annular scraping plate 605 can be driven to move. The top end of the rotating shaft 602 is connected with a driven bevel gear 606, one side of the driven bevel gear 606 is connected with a drive bevel gear 607 in a meshed manner, one side of the drive bevel gear 607 is connected with a penetrating shaft 608, the penetrating shaft 608 is connected in a sealing ring 609 in a penetrating manner, the sealing ring 609 is embedded on the inner wall of the oil filling pipe 6, and a gap between the penetrating shaft 608 and the inner wall of the oil filling pipe 6 is sealed through the sealing ring 609 to prevent leakage. The rotating shaft 602, the screw rod 603, the internal thread section of thick bamboo 604, annular scraper 605, driven bevel gear 606, initiative bevel gear 607 and run through axle 608 and constitute the linkage structure, through rotatory outside run through axle 608, finally can drive annular scraper 605 along annotating oil pipe 6 and remove, through rotatory run through axle 608, carry out the transmission through initiative bevel gear 607 and driven bevel gear 606, can drive screw rod 603 and rotate, when screw rod 603 rotates, annular scraper 605 can remove along annotating oil pipe 6, and then can scrape down the lubricating oil of adhesion on the annotating oil pipe 6 inner wall, prevent the oil that influences the lubricating oil of injecting next time.
The annular backing plate 5 is internally provided with a through hole 7, a handle 8 is connected in the through hole 7 in a penetrating manner, a torsion spring 9 is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the handle 8, the end part of the torsion spring 9 is connected to the inner wall of the placing cavity 10, the placing cavity 10 is arranged on the inner peripheral surface of the through hole 7, and the end part of the handle 8 can be automatically reset after being rotated through the torsion spring 9. The handle 8 end-to-end connection has T template 11, and T template 11 end runs through rectangular channel 12 block and connects in circular chamber 13, and rectangular channel 12 is offered on collecting frame 14 inside bottom surface, and circular chamber 13 is offered in rectangular channel 12 bottom, and collecting frame 14 connects in annular backing plate 5 bottom, inserts the inside back of rectangular channel 12 through T template 11, can rotate in its inside, and then makes T template 11 unable and collecting frame 14 separation again. The annular backing plate 5 below is connected with picture peg 15, picture peg 15 block is connected in slot 16, slot 16 is offered on collecting frame 14 inside bottom surface, set up through hole 17 in the collection frame 14, and through-connection has annotate oil pipe 6 in the through hole 17, insert slot 16 inside through picture peg 15, T template 11 runs through rectangular channel 12, and the block is in circular cavity 13, then reset under the effect of torsional spring 9, can install collecting frame 14 in annular backing plate 5 below, collect the hydraulic bulb through collecting frame 14, and then prevent that the hydraulic bulb from falling into the oil tank, influence the oil.
To sum up: when the oiling machine with the function of collecting the water drops is used, as shown in fig. 1-5, a simple understanding is made on the device, firstly, two groups of handles 8 are manually rotated for 90 degrees, the handles 8 drive a T-shaped plate 11 to rotate, meanwhile, a torsion spring 9 is screwed, then, a collecting frame 14 is sleeved at the bottom of an oil storage cylinder 1 from bottom to top, when the inner bottom surface of the collecting frame 14 is attached to an annular base plate 5, a plugboard 15 is inserted into a slot 16, meanwhile, the tail end of the T-shaped plate 11 penetrates through a rectangular groove 12 to reach a circular cavity 13, the two groups of handles 8 are loosened, the handles 8 drive the T-shaped plate 11 to rotate and reset, the T-shaped plate 11 cannot withdraw from the rectangular groove 12 under the action of the torsion spring 9, then, the collecting frame 14 is arranged below the annular base plate 5, when in use, the oil injection pipe 6 is inserted into an oil tank opening, a valve 3 is opened, lubricating oil is poured into the oil storage cylinder 1 through the oil supply pipe 4, after the oil storage cylinder 1 is full of lubricating oil, the valve 3 is closed, the air pump 2 is started, the air pump 2 pushes the lubricating oil in the oil storage cylinder 1 into the oil tank to finish oiling, in the oiling process, when the end of the oil storage cylinder 1 generates water condensation, the water condensation falls into the collecting frame 14 to be further collected, the water condensation is prevented from falling into the oil tank to influence the oil product, secondly, after long-time use, the inner wall of the oil injection pipe 6 is adhered with the lubricating oil, if the oil product is not cleaned timely, after the risk of blocking the oil injection pipe 6 is increased, the next oil product of the injected lubricating oil is easily polluted, at the moment, the through shaft 608 is manually rotated anticlockwise, the through shaft 608 drives the driving bevel gear 607 to rotate, the driving bevel gear 607 drives the lead screw 603 to rotate through the driven bevel gear 606, and the lead screw 603 is in threaded connection with the annular scraping plate 605 through the internal thread cylinder 604, the annular scraper 605 is clamped and connected in the oil filler pipe 6, and the center of the annular scraper 605 and the screw rod 603 are not located on the same vertical line, so that when the screw rod 603 rotates, the annular scraper 605 can move downwards along the oil filler pipe 6 to scrape off adhered lubricating oil in the oil filler pipe 6, after cleaning is completed, the through shaft 608 rotates clockwise to reset the annular scraper 605, preparation is made for cleaning the inner wall of the oil filler pipe 6 next time, and the content which is not described in detail in the description belongs to the prior art known by the person skilled in the art.
Although the present utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made to the embodiments described, or equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof, and any modifications, equivalents, improvements and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and principles of the present utility model.
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1. An oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function, comprising: the device is characterized by comprising an oil storage cylinder (1), an air pump (2) and an oil filling pipe (6);
the novel oil storage device is characterized in that an air pump (2) is connected above the oil storage cylinder (1), a valve (3) is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the oil storage cylinder (1), an oil supply pipe (4) is connected to one end of the valve (3), an annular base plate (5) is connected to the lower portion of the oil storage cylinder (1), an oil injection pipe (6) is embedded and arranged below the oil storage cylinder (1), a through hole (7) is formed in the annular base plate (5), a handle (8) is connected to the inner peripheral surface of the through hole (7) in a penetrating manner, a torsion spring (9) is connected to the outer peripheral surface of the handle (8), the end of the torsion spring (9) is connected to the inner wall of a placement cavity (10), the placement cavity (10) is formed in the inner peripheral surface of the through hole (7), a T-shaped plate (11) is connected to the end of the handle (8), the end of the T-shaped plate (11) penetrates through a rectangular groove (12) to be connected to a circular groove (13), the rectangular groove (12) is formed in the inner bottom surface of a collection frame (14), the circular groove (13) is formed in the inner bottom surface of the collection frame (14), and the bottom of the rectangular groove (12) is connected to the annular base plate (5).
2. The oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function according to claim 1, wherein: the filler pipe (6) comprises: connecting seat (601), pivot (602), lead screw (603), internal thread section of thick bamboo (604), annular scraper blade (605), driven bevel gear (606), drive bevel gear (607), run through axle (608), sealing washer (609), be connected with connecting seat (601) on the inner peripheral surface of filler pipe (6), the rotation of connecting seat (601) is connected with pivot (602), pivot (602) end-to-end connection has lead screw (603), lead screw (603) set up in filler pipe (6).
3. The oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function according to claim 2, wherein: the screw rod (603) is connected with an internal thread cylinder (604) in a threaded manner, the internal thread cylinder (604) is connected to the inner peripheral surface of the annular scraping plate (605), and the annular scraping plate (605) is connected in the oil injection pipe (6) in a clamping manner.
4. A oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function according to claim 3, wherein: the automatic oil filling device is characterized in that a driven bevel gear (606) is connected to the top end of the rotating shaft (602), a driving bevel gear (607) is connected to one side of the driven bevel gear (606) in a meshed mode, a penetrating shaft (608) is connected to one side of the driving bevel gear (607), the penetrating shaft (608) is connected to the inside of a sealing ring (609) in a penetrating mode, and the sealing ring (609) is embedded on the inner wall of the oil filling pipe (6).
5. The oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function according to claim 4, wherein: the rotating shaft (602), the screw rod (603), the internal thread cylinder (604), the annular scraping plate (605), the driven bevel gear (606), the driving bevel gear (607) and the penetrating shaft (608) form a linkage structure.
6. The oiling machine with a hydrogel bead collection function according to claim 1, wherein: the annular backing plate (5) below is connected with picture peg (15), picture peg (15) block is connected in slot (16), slot (16) are seted up on collecting frame (14) inside bottom surface, set up in collecting frame (14) through-hole (17), and in through-hole (17) through-connection have filler pipe (6).
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