CN220366357U - Street lamp device capable of improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity - Google Patents

Street lamp device capable of improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity Download PDF

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CN220366357U
CN220366357U CN202322146415.7U CN202322146415U CN220366357U CN 220366357 U CN220366357 U CN 220366357U CN 202322146415 U CN202322146415 U CN 202322146415U CN 220366357 U CN220366357 U CN 220366357U
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刘模权
白囡囡
谢遥遥
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赵林炜
谭福胜
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郜江晶
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The utility model relates to a street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capability, which belongs to the technical field of street lamps, and in particular relates to a street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capability, comprising bottom soil, wherein the top of the bottom soil is provided with a lamp post, and the bottom of the lamp post is fixedly connected with an end pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant plate; the side wall of the lamp post is fixedly connected with a connecting plate which is mutually aligned with the side wall of the tamping layer; the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is fixed with the connecting plate by penetrating through the connecting plate and the side wall of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate, and the top of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is paved with the top ground; according to the utility model, the device reduces the embedding depth of the lamp post while ensuring the pressure bearing and pulling resistance of the lamp post, and provides convenience for construction of higher geological areas of water level and rock stratum; the use of basic concrete is reduced, convenience is provided for post lamp post disassembly and modification, and the cost is low.

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Street lamp device capable of improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of street lamps, in particular to a street lamp device capable of improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capabilities.
Background
The street lamp is a luminous lighting system on roads, streets and public squares, and because a certain area range needs to be illuminated according to requirements, the street lamp needs to be supported to a certain height by a slender lamp post, and the bearing and pulling resistance of the street lamp needs to be considered in the design of the street lamp. Conventional street lamps often employ the following two mounting means: 1. the lamp post is directly buried in the ground; 2. and pouring concrete and arranging embedded part connection. The lamp post is directly buried underground in the mode 1, the pulling resistance of the lamp post is poor, the lamp post is easy to be pulled up under the condition of small external force, and the burying depth is required to be thick enough; in the mode 2, as the embedded part is directly poured in the concrete, if the situation that the street lamp is required to be removed due to planning change occurs, more concrete building rubbish can occur on one hand, and on the other hand, the street lamp is difficult to remove.
Chinese patent publication No. CN115560287a discloses a street lamp comprising: a lamp holder; the sleeving rod frame assembly is connected with the lamp bracket; the first positioning disc frame assembly is connected with the sleeved rod frame assembly; the second positioning disc frame assembly is connected with the sleeved rod frame assembly; the protection device is connected with the second positioning disc frame assembly; wherein, the protection device includes: a first reinforcement assembly; a second reinforcement assembly; the linkage assembly is connected with the second positioning disc frame assembly, the first positioning disc frame assembly of the device is matched with the second positioning disc frame assembly, stable connection limiting of the sleeved rod frame assembly can be achieved, when the sleeved rod frame assembly is subjected to impact force or large wind force, the linkage assembly is matched with the first reinforcing assembly and the second reinforcing assembly, overturning prevention protection of the sleeved rod frame assembly can be achieved, and street lamp stability is further improved.
Above-mentioned prior art scheme, through first positioning disk frame subassembly and second positioning disk frame subassembly cooperation, can realize cup jointing the connection stability spacing of pole frame subassembly, the rethread linkage subassembly cooperation first reinforcement subassembly and second reinforcement subassembly can realize the protection of toppling of preventing to cup jointing the pole frame subassembly, further improves street lamp stability, but above-mentioned prior art scheme construction cost is higher.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model provides a street lamp device for improving the pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity, which reduces the embedding depth of a lamp post while ensuring the pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant performances of the lamp post, and provides convenience for construction for higher geological areas of water level and rock stratum; the use of basic concrete is reduced, convenience is provided for post lamp post disassembly and modification, and the cost is low.
The technical solution for realizing the purpose of the utility model is as follows: the street lamp device for improving the bearing and pulling resistance comprises bottom soil, wherein a lamp post is arranged at the top of the bottom soil, and an end bearing and floating resistance plate is fixedly connected to the bottom of the lamp post;
the tamping layer is arranged at the top of the end pressure-bearing anti-floating plate, and the side wall of the lamp post is fixedly connected with a connecting plate which is mutually aligned with the side wall of the tamping layer;
the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates are two in number, the two middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates are placed at the top of the rammed layer in a round shape, a plurality of connecting bolts are arranged on the bottom wall surface of the connecting plate, the connecting bolts penetrate through the connecting plate and the side walls of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates to fix the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates and the connecting plate, and the top of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates is paved with the top ground.
In some embodiments, a plurality of expansion bearing plates are fixedly mounted on the side wall of the middle bearing anti-floating plate at equal intervals, the top wall surface of each expansion bearing plate is inclined towards the bottom as the top wall surface of each expansion bearing plate is far away from the middle bearing anti-floating plate, and one side wall surface of each expansion bearing plate far away from the middle bearing anti-floating plate is fixedly connected with an expansion bearing plate which is horizontally distributed.
In some embodiments, two top bearing anti-floating plates are arranged on the top of the top ground, and a plurality of tamping bolts fixedly connected with the top ends of the side walls of the expansion bearing plates are connected in a sliding manner in the top bearing anti-floating plates.
In some embodiments, a plurality of locating frames are fixedly connected to the top wall surface of the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate, a fixed plate positioned at the top of the locating frame is fixedly installed on the side wall of the lamp post, and movable bolts penetrating through the top of the fixed plate are connected to the inside of the locating frame in a sliding mode.
In certain embodiments, the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate and the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate are each semi-circular in shape.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model, its apparent advantage is:
the method comprises the following steps: according to the utility model, the bearing and anti-floating plate at the end part improves the bearing and anti-pulling capacity of the end part of the lamp post on one hand, and improves the stability in the process of mounting the lamp post on the other hand; the bearing and pulling resistance of the end part of the lamp post is further improved through the middle bearing and pulling resistance plate; the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is assembled by adopting two semicircles, so that on one hand, the installation difficulty of the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate is simplified, on the other hand, the assembly can be performed after the lower plain soil is compacted in a layered manner, the hidden quality trouble that the soil below the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate cannot be compacted is avoided, and the final pressure-bearing and anti-pulling performance of the lamp post is improved; the device reduces the embedding depth of the lamp post while ensuring the pressure bearing and pulling resistance of the lamp post, and provides convenience for construction of higher geological areas of water level and rock stratum; the use of basic concrete is reduced, and convenience is provided for post lamp post disassembly and modification;
and two,: according to the utility model, the side wall of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is extended by utilizing the extension pressure-bearing plate, so that the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate can be indirectly clamped into the compaction layer, the compaction layer is fully utilized, the extension pressure-bearing plate is extended by the extension pressure-bearing plate, and the resistance of the extension pressure-bearing plate when moving is improved due to the horizontal extension pressure-bearing plate, so that the pressure-bearing and anti-pulling capacity of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is improved; the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate is connected with the expansion pressure-bearing plate through the tamping bolt, and the nut of the tamping bolt is rotationally fixed, so that the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate moves downwards to extrude the top of the top ground, thereby tamping the top ground, improving the hardness of the top ground, and further improving the pressure-bearing and anti-pulling capabilities of the device.
The problem of current direct mount in soil, conveniently demolish, but the street lamp is whole unstable, utilizes concrete to consolidate, but inconvenient demolishs is solved.
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The utility model is further explained below with reference to the drawings and examples:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the location of an end bearing anti-floating plate provided in one embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the location of a web provided in one embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate provided in two embodiments of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate provided in two embodiments of the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view of a positioning frame provided in two embodiments of the present utility model.
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1. bottom soil; 2. an end bearing anti-floating plate; 3. a lamp post; 4. tamping the layer; 5. a middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate; 6. a connecting plate; 7. a connecting bolt; 8. a top ground; 9. expanding the bearing plate; 10. extending the pressure-resistant plate; 11. a top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate; 12. tamping the bolts; 13. a fixing plate; 14. a movable bolt; 15. and positioning a frame.
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The following detailed description of the present utility model clearly and fully describes the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments 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.
The utility model provides a street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity by improving the street lamp device, which has the following technical scheme:
as shown in fig. 1 and 2, a street lamp device for improving bearing and pulling resistance comprises bottom soil 1, wherein a lamp post 3 is arranged at the top of the bottom soil 1, an end bearing anti-floating plate 2 positioned at the top of the bottom soil 1 is fixedly connected to the bottom of the lamp post 3, a ramming layer 4 for reinforcing the top of the end bearing anti-floating plate 2, and a middle bearing anti-floating plate 5 for covering the top of the ramming layer 4;
the tamping layer 4 is arranged at the top of the end pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 2, and the side wall of the lamp post 3 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 6 which is mutually aligned with the side wall of the tamping layer 4;
the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates 5 are semicircular and are in two, the two middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates 5 are placed on the top of the ramming layer 4 in a circular shape, a plurality of connecting bolts 7 are arranged on the bottom wall surface of the connecting plate 6, the connecting bolts 7 penetrate through the connecting plate 6 and the side walls of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates 5 to fix the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates 5 and the connecting plate 6, and the top of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plates 5 is paved with a top ground 8; the bearing capacity and the pulling resistance of the end part of the lamp post 3 are improved through the end part bearing anti-floating plate 2, and the stability is improved in the installation process of the lamp post 3; the bearing and pulling resistance of the end part of the lamp post 3 is further improved through the middle bearing anti-floating plate 5; the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is assembled by adopting two semicircles, so that on one hand, the installation difficulty of the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate is simplified, on the other hand, the assembly can be performed after the lower plain soil is compacted in a layered manner, the hidden quality trouble that the soil below the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate cannot be compacted is avoided, and the final pressure-bearing and anti-pulling performances of the lamp post 3 are improved; the device reduces the embedding depth of the lamp post 3 while ensuring the pressure bearing and pulling resistance of the lamp post 3, and provides convenience for construction for higher geological areas of water level and rock stratum; the use of basic concrete is reduced, and convenience is provided for disassembly, modification and the like of the post lamp post 3.
As shown in fig. 3 and fig. 4, in two embodiments, in order to ensure the position stability of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5, a plurality of expansion bearing plates 9 are fixedly installed on the side wall of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 at equal intervals in circumference, the top wall surface of the expansion bearing plate 9 is inclined towards the bottom as the end far away from the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is more, and an extending anti-floating plate 10 which is horizontally distributed is fixedly connected on the side wall surface of the expansion bearing plate 9 far away from the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5; the side wall of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is extended by utilizing the extension pressure-bearing plate 9, so that the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 can be indirectly clamped into the rammed layer 4, the rammed layer 4 is fully utilized, the extension pressure-bearing plate 9 is extended by the extension pressure-bearing plate 10, and the resistance to the extension pressure-bearing plate 10 when moving is improved due to the fact that the extension pressure-bearing plate 10 is horizontal, so that the pressure-bearing and pulling-resisting capacity of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is improved.
As shown in fig. 3 and 4, in both embodiments, in order to reinforce the top ground 8, two top bearing anti-floating plates 11 which are also semicircular are arranged on the top of the top ground 8, and a plurality of tamping bolts 12 which are respectively fixedly connected with the top ends of the side walls of the expansion bearing plates 9 are slidably connected inside the top bearing anti-floating plates 11; the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11 is connected with the expansion pressure-bearing plate 9 through the tamping bolt 12, and the nut of the tamping bolt 12 is fixed in a rotating mode, so that the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11 moves downwards to squeeze the top of the top ground 8, the top ground 8 is tamped, the hardness of the top ground 8 is improved, and the pressure-bearing and pulling-resisting capacity of the device is further improved.
As shown in fig. 3 and fig. 5, in two embodiments, in order to ensure the integrity of the device, a plurality of positioning frames 15 are fixedly connected to the top wall surface of the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11, a fixed plate 13 positioned at the top of the positioning frames 15 is fixedly installed on the side wall of the lamp post 3, and a movable bolt 14 penetrating through the top of the fixed plate 13 is slidably connected to the inside of the positioning frames 15; after the top ground 8 is tamped by sliding the movable bolt 14 inside the positioning frame 15, the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11 and the lamp post 3 can be fixed by rotating the nut for fixing the movable bolt 14 to move the movable bolt 14 upwards and tightly connecting the nut and the movable bolt 14, so that the integrity of the device is ensured.
The specific working method is as follows: the bearing capacity and the pulling resistance of the end part of the lamp post 3 are improved through the end part bearing anti-floating plate 2, and the stability is improved in the installation process of the lamp post 3; the bearing and pulling resistance of the end part of the lamp post 3 is further improved through the middle bearing anti-floating plate 5; the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is assembled by adopting two semicircles, so that on one hand, the installation difficulty of the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate is simplified, on the other hand, the assembly can be performed after the lower plain soil is compacted in a layered manner, the hidden quality trouble that the soil below the middle pressure-bearing anti-pulling plate cannot be compacted is avoided, and the final pressure-bearing and anti-pulling performances of the lamp post 3 are improved; the device reduces the embedding depth of the lamp post 3 while ensuring the pressure bearing and pulling resistance of the lamp post 3, and provides convenience for construction for higher geological areas of water level and rock stratum; the use of basic concrete is reduced, and convenience is provided for disassembly, modification and the like of the post lamp post 3.
The side wall of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is extended by utilizing the extension pressure-bearing plate 9, so that the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 can be indirectly clamped into the rammed layer 4, the rammed layer 4 is fully utilized, the extension pressure-bearing plate 9 is extended by the extension pressure-bearing plate 10, and the resistance to the extension pressure-bearing plate 10 when moving is improved due to the fact that the extension pressure-bearing plate 10 is horizontal, so that the pressure-bearing and pulling-resisting capacity of the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 5 is improved; the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11 is connected with the expansion pressure-bearing plate 9 through the tamping bolt 12, and the nut of the tamping bolt 12 is fixed in a rotating mode, so that the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate 11 moves downwards to squeeze the top of the top ground 8, the top ground 8 is tamped, the hardness of the top ground 8 is improved, and the pressure-bearing and pulling-resisting capacity of the device is further improved.
The technical means disclosed by the scheme of the utility model is not limited to the technical means disclosed by the technical means, and also comprises the technical scheme consisting of the technical characteristics and the equivalent substitution. The present utility model is not limited to the prior art.

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1. The utility model provides a street lamp device that improves pressure-bearing resistance to plucking ability, includes bottom soil (1), and the top of bottom soil (1) is provided with lamp pole (3), and the bottom fixedly connected with end pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (2) of lamp pole (3), its characterized in that: also comprises;
the tamping layer (4), the tamping layer (4) is arranged at the top of the end bearing anti-floating plate (2), and the side wall of the lamp post (3) is fixedly connected with a connecting plate (6) which is mutually aligned with the side wall of the tamping layer (4);
the middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (5), the total two of middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plates (5), two middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plates (5) are circular form and are placed at the top of ramming layer (4), the bottom wall of connecting plate (6) is provided with a plurality of connecting bolts (7), connecting bolt (7) run through connecting plate (6) and the lateral wall of middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (5) with middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (5) and connecting plate (6) are fixed, top ground (8) have been laid at the top of middle part pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (5).
2. The street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity according to claim 1, wherein: a plurality of expansion bearing plates (9) are fixedly mounted on the side wall of the middle bearing anti-floating plate (5) at equal intervals, the top wall surface of each expansion bearing plate (9) is inclined towards the bottom more far away from one end of the middle bearing anti-floating plate (5), and an expansion bearing plate (10) which is horizontally distributed is fixedly connected with one side wall surface of each expansion bearing plate (9) far away from the middle bearing anti-floating plate (5).
3. The street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capacity according to claim 2, wherein: the top of top ground (8) is provided with two top pressure-bearing anti-floating plates (11), and the inside sliding connection of top pressure-bearing anti-floating plates (11) has a plurality of ramming bolts (12) respectively with the lateral wall top fixed connection of extension bearing plate (9).
4. A street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capability according to claim 3, wherein: the top wall surface of the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (11) is fixedly connected with a plurality of positioning frames (15), a fixed plate (13) positioned at the top of the positioning frames (15) is fixedly installed on the side wall of the lamp post (3), and movable bolts (14) penetrating through the top of the fixed plate (13) are connected inside the positioning frames (15) in a sliding mode.
5. A street lamp device for improving pressure-bearing and pulling-resistant capability according to claim 3, wherein: the middle pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (5) and the top pressure-bearing anti-floating plate (11) are both semicircular.
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