CN220561405U - Electromechanical embedded pipe butt joint device for constructional engineering - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses an electromechanical pre-buried pipe butt joint device for a building engineering, and relates to the technical field of pre-buried pipe butt joint equipment. The utility model comprises a workbench, wherein a leveling component with a leveling function is arranged at the bottom of the workbench, a supporting seat is fixedly arranged at the center of the top of the workbench, an assembling sleeve and a butt joint sleeve which are sleeved with hoses are respectively arranged at the left side and the right side of the inside of the supporting seat, and a rectangular groove is formed in the top of the workbench. According to the utility model, the rotating gear drives the movable rods fixed with the upper rotating gear to reversely rotate, the rotation of the two movable rods respectively drives the first linkage rods to mutually approach, the connecting rods are fixed on the first upright post and the second upright post, the connecting rods mutually approach with the first upright post as the center, the connecting rods pull the second linkage rods to mutually approach, and the clamping rods at the output ends of the second linkage rods mutually approach to clamp the embedded pipes in the inner parts, so that the embedded pipes with different specifications can be clamped to meet the requirement of butt joint.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of pre-buried pipe butt joint equipment, in particular to an electromechanical pre-buried pipe butt joint device for a building engineering.
Background
The construction engineering is accompanied with continuous progress of social production and life, and no matter how the construction technology is developed, the construction engineering is assembled with electromechanical equipment, and no matter how the construction technology is developed, the pre-buried pipeline and the channel pipeline of the electromechanical equipment are reserved and pre-buried, and the pre-buried pipeline of the important electromechanical equipment is mostly made of metal products and is used as a line-passing channel of electric power and cables.
But present buried pipe interfacing apparatus can meet the buried pipe of different diameters in the assembly process, and the clamp fitting in the interfacing apparatus can only centre gripping fixed diameter's buried pipe, just at this moment need dismantle the clamp fitting in the interfacing apparatus change again, can lead to work efficiency to reduce, and the position ground is uneven at the assembled buried pipe simultaneously, influences the success rate.
Therefore, an electromechanical embedded pipe butt joint device for a building engineering is provided.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims at: the utility model provides an electromechanical embedded pipe butting device for a building engineering, which aims to solve the problem that the butting state and the butting effect of pipelines are affected due to the fact that the pipelines are deviated in the assembly process.
The utility model adopts the following technical scheme for realizing the purposes:
the utility model provides a building engineering electromechanical embedded pipe interfacing apparatus, includes the workstation, the bottom of workstation is provided with the leveling component who adjusts the level effect, the top center fixed mounting of workstation has the supporting seat, the inside left and right sides of supporting seat is provided with the assembly sleeve pipe and the butt joint sleeve pipe of cup jointing the hose respectively, rectangular channel has been seted up at the top of workstation, the equal fixed mounting of the one end that the rectangular channel is inside to keep away from each other has the second hydraulic stem that the mirror image set up, the output fixedly connected with dead lever of second hydraulic stem, the backup pad that the top fixedly connected with mirror image of dead lever set up, the backup pad is 'L' shape, the inside of backup pad is provided with the clamping assembly of the different diameter hoses of centre gripping.
Further, the clamping component comprises two movable rods movably mounted on one side of the supporting plate, the two movable rods are mutually far away from each other, a stepping motor is fixedly mounted on one side, which is mutually close to each other, of the supporting plate, the output end of the stepping motor penetrates through the supporting plate and is fixedly connected with the low-end movable rod, a rotating gear is fixedly mounted on one side, which is mutually close to each other, of the movable rod side wall and is meshed with each other, the rotating gear is fan-shaped, a first linkage rod is fixedly connected to one side, which is mutually far away from each other, of the movable rod side wall, the output end of the first linkage rod is provided with a second linkage rod which is concavely arranged and is fixedly connected with the inclined arrangement, the output end of the second linkage rod is fixedly connected with a fixing seat, one side, which is mutually close to each other, of the fixing seat is fixedly connected with a clamping rod which is arranged in a mirror image, and the clamping rod is arc-shaped and corresponds to the inner position of the butt joint sleeve.
Further, the clamping assembly further comprises two first stand columns fixedly connected to one sides, away from each other, of the supporting plates, the side wall surface of the output end of the second linkage rod is fixedly connected with a second stand column, and a connecting rod is fixedly connected between the second stand column and the first stand column.
Further, the leveling assembly comprises a bottom plate arranged at the bottom of the workbench, four vertical first hydraulic rods are fixedly arranged at the top of the bottom plate, the output ends of the first hydraulic rods are fixedly connected to the bottom of the workbench, and a level gauge is fixedly arranged at the center of the bottom of the workbench.
Further, the butt joint sleeve is a hollow cylinder in the inside, round pipes with different sizes are arranged on the left side and the right side of the butt joint sleeve, and limiting blocks are fixedly arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the inner wall surface of the left side of the butt joint sleeve.
Further, the assembly sleeve is a hollow cylinder, longitudinal sliding grooves are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the outer wall surface of the right side of the assembly sleeve, the sliding grooves correspond to the positions of the limiting blocks respectively, an annular limiting groove is formed in one side, close to the limiting groove, of the outer wall surface of the assembly sleeve, and clamping grooves are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the right side of the inner portion of the limiting groove.
The beneficial effects of the utility model are as follows:
1. according to the utility model, through the arrangement of the clamping assembly, when a pipeline needs to be clamped, a worker firstly places the embedded pipe into the clamping rod, the external controller is started, the stepping motor drives the movable rod to rotate positively through the output end, the movable rod drives the rotating gear to rotate, the rotating gear is meshed with the rotating gear above, the rotating gear drives the movable rod fixed with the rotating gear above to rotate reversely, the rotation of the two movable rods respectively drives the first linkage rod to approach each other, the connecting rod is fixed on the first upright post and the second upright post, the connecting rod also approaches each other with the first upright post as the center, the connecting rod pulls the second linkage rod to approach each other, and the clamping rods at the output ends of the second linkage rods approach each other to clamp the embedded pipes inside, so that embedded pipes with different specifications can be clamped to meet the requirement of butt joint.
2. According to the leveling device, through the arrangement of the leveling assembly, when the ground is uneven, the workbench is pushed by driving the four first hydraulic rods, when the left side of the workbench is higher than the right side, the two first hydraulic rods on the right side push the right side of the workbench to be flush with the left side, then the level instrument is observed to see whether the workbench reaches a flush state or not, and if the workbench does not reach the flush state, the first hydraulic rods are driven to enable the workbench to reach the flush state.
3. According to the utility model, through the arrangement of the butt joint sleeve and the assembly sleeve, when the embedded pipe is sleeved, a worker manually sleeves the butt joint sleeve on the outer side of the assembly sleeve, so that the limiting block slides towards the chute, when the limiting block slides to the tail end of the chute, the assembly sleeve is manually rotated, so that the limiting block rotates in the limiting groove and reaches the position of the clamping groove, and then the butt joint sleeve is manually pulled outwards, so that the limiting block is positioned in the clamping groove, and the problem of gaps in the butt joint process is solved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the front side of a three-dimensional structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a three-dimensional structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a clamping assembly of the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a docking sleeve and assembly sleeve of the present utility model;
reference numerals: 1. a work table; 2. a leveling assembly; 201. a bottom plate; 202. a first hydraulic lever; 203. a level gauge; 3. butting a sleeve; 301. a limiting block; 4. assembling a sleeve; 401. a chute; 402. a limit groove; 403. a clamping groove; 5. rectangular grooves; 6. a fixed rod; 7. a second hydraulic lever; 8. a support plate; 9. a clamping assembly; 901. a stepping motor; 902. a movable rod; 903. rotating the gear; 904. a first linkage rod; 905. a second linkage rod; 906. a first upright; 907. a second upright; 908. a connecting rod; 909. a fixing seat; 910. a clamping rod; 10. and a supporting seat.
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For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments of the present utility model. The components of the embodiments of the present utility model generally described and illustrated in the figures herein may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. 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.
It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used merely to distinguish between descriptions and should not be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In describing embodiments of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "inner", "outer", "upper", etc. are directions or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, or those that are conventionally put in place when the inventive product is used, are merely for convenience of description and simplification of description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an electromechanical embedded pipe butting device for building engineering comprises a workbench 1, wherein a leveling component 2 for leveling is arranged at the bottom of the workbench 1, a supporting seat 10 is fixedly arranged at the center of the top of the workbench 1, an assembling sleeve 4 and a butting sleeve 3 for sleeving hoses are respectively arranged at the left side and the right side of the inside of the supporting seat 10, a rectangular groove 5 is formed in the top of the workbench 1, a second hydraulic rod 7 in mirror image arrangement is fixedly arranged at one end, far away from each other, of the inside of the rectangular groove 5, a fixing rod 6 is fixedly connected to the output end of the second hydraulic rod 7, a supporting plate 8 in mirror image arrangement is fixedly connected to the top of the fixing rod 6, the supporting plate 8 is L-shaped, and a clamping component 9 for clamping hoses with different diameters is arranged inside the supporting plate 8.
It should be noted that, when the embedded pipe and the butt joint device are assembled, the leveling component 2 is driven to adjust the horizontal state of the workbench 1, and then the problem that the success rate is affected is solved, the embedded pipe is clamped by the driving clamping component 9, the embedded pipe slides towards the inside of the butt joint sleeve 3 and the assembling sleeve 4 by the pushing of the second hydraulic rod 7, the problem that the butt joint state and the butt joint effect of the pipeline are affected due to the deviation in the butt joint process is solved, the problem that the butt joint requirements are met by clamping the embedded pipes with different specifications is also realized, the butt joint sleeve 3 and the assembling sleeve 4 are rotated, and then the problem that gaps are formed in the assembling process of the embedded pipe and the butt joint device is solved.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the clamping assembly 9 includes two movable rods 902 movably mounted on one side of the support plate 8 away from each other, a stepper motor 901 is fixedly mounted on one side of the support plate 8, the output end of the stepper motor 901 penetrates through the support plate 8 and is fixedly connected with the lower movable rod 902, a rotating gear 903 is fixedly mounted on one side of the movable rod 902, which is mutually adjacent, and meshed with each other, the rotating gear 903 is fan-shaped, a first linkage rod 904 is fixedly connected to one side of the movable rod 902, which is mutually adjacent, a second linkage rod 905 is concavely arranged, which is internally and movably connected with the inclined second linkage rod 905, one side of the support plate 8, which is mutually adjacent, is fixedly connected with two first upright posts 906, a second upright post 907 is fixedly connected with a connecting rod 908 in the middle of the first upright post 906, an output end of the second linkage rod 905 is fixedly connected with a fixing seat 909, one side of the fixing seat 909, which is mutually adjacent, is fixedly connected with a mirror-image-arranged clamping rod 910, and the clamping rod 910 is arc-shaped and corresponds to the internal position of the docking sleeve 3.
When the pipeline needs to be clamped, a worker firstly puts the embedded pipe into the clamping rod 910, the external controller is started, the stepping motor 901 drives the movable rod 902 to rotate positively through the output end, the movable rod 902 drives the rotating gear 903 to rotate, the rotating gear 903 is meshed with the rotating gear 903 above, the rotating gear 903 drives the movable rod 902 fixed with the rotating gear 903 above to rotate reversely, the two movable rods 902 rotate to drive the first linkage rod 904 to approach each other, the connecting rod 908 is fixed on the first upright 906 and the second upright 907, the connecting rod 908 is also close to each other with the first upright 906 as a center, the connecting rod 908 pulls the second linkage rod 905 to approach each other, the clamping rods 910 at the output end of the second linkage rod 905 are also close to each other to clamp the embedded pipes inside, and the embedded pipes with different specifications can be clamped to meet the requirement of butt joint.
As shown in fig. 1, the leveling component 2 includes a bottom plate 201 disposed at the bottom of the workbench 1, four vertical first hydraulic rods 202 are fixedly mounted at the top of the bottom plate 201, output ends of the first hydraulic rods 202 are fixedly connected to the bottom of the workbench 1, and a level 203 is fixedly mounted at the center of the bottom of the workbench 1.
It should be noted that, when the ground is uneven, the four first hydraulic rods 202 are driven to push the workbench 1, when the left side of the workbench 1 is higher than the right side, the two first hydraulic rods 202 on the right side push the right side and the left side of the workbench 1 to be flush, and then the level 203 is observed to see whether the workbench 1 is in a flush state or not, if not, the first hydraulic rods 202 are driven to be flush.
As shown in fig. 1, 2 and 4, the docking sleeve 3 is a hollow cylinder, the left side and the right side of the docking sleeve 3 are circular pipes with different sizes, the upper end and the lower end of the inner wall surface of the left side of the docking sleeve 3 are fixedly provided with limiting blocks 301, the assembling sleeve 4 is a hollow cylinder, the upper end and the lower end of the outer wall surface of the right side of the assembling sleeve 4 are provided with longitudinal sliding grooves 401, the sliding grooves 401 respectively correspond to the positions of the limiting blocks 301, the assembling sleeve 4 is provided with annular limiting grooves 402 on one side, close to the limiting grooves 402, of the outer wall surface, and the upper end and the lower end of the right side of the inside of the limiting grooves 402 are provided with clamping grooves 403.
As should be noted, when the embedded pipe is sleeved, the worker manually sleeves the docking sleeve 3 on the outer side of the assembly sleeve 4, so that the limiting block 301 slides towards the chute 401, when the workpiece slides to the tail end of the chute 401, the assembly sleeve 4 is manually rotated, so that the limiting block 301 rotates in the limiting groove 402 and reaches the position of the clamping groove 403, and then the docking sleeve 3 is manually pulled outwards, so that the limiting block 301 is positioned in the clamping groove 403, and the problem of gaps in the docking process is solved.
To sum up: when the embedded pipe and the butt joint device are assembled, the leveling assembly 2 is driven to adjust the horizontal state of the workbench 1, the problem that the success rate is affected due to the fact that the ground of the position where the embedded pipe is assembled is uneven is solved, the embedded pipe is clamped by the driving clamping assembly 9, the embedded pipe slides towards the inside of the butt joint sleeve 3 and the inside of the butt joint sleeve 4 through the pushing of the second hydraulic rod 7, the problem that the butt joint state and the butt joint effect of a pipeline are affected due to the fact that the deviation occurs in the butt joint process is solved, the problem that the butt joint requirements are met due to the fact that the embedded pipes of different specifications can be clamped is also achieved, the problem that gaps occur in the assembling process of the embedded pipe and the butt joint device is solved by rotating the butt joint sleeve 3 and the assembling sleeve 4.
The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles, principal features and advantages of the utility model. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present utility model, and various changes and modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, which is defined by the appended claims. The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.
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1. The utility model provides a building engineering electromechanical embedded pipe interfacing apparatus, including workstation (1), a serial communication port, the bottom of workstation (1) is provided with leveling component (2) of level regulating effect, the top center fixed mounting of workstation (1) has supporting seat (10), the inside left and right sides of supporting seat (10) is provided with assembly sleeve (4) and docking sleeve (3) of cup jointing the hose respectively, rectangular channel (5) have been seted up at the top of workstation (1), the equal fixed mounting of one end that rectangular channel (5) are inside keep away from each other has second hydraulic stem (7) that the mirror image set up, the output fixedly connected with dead lever (6) of second hydraulic stem (7), the backup pad (8) of the top fixedly connected with mirror image setting of dead lever (6), backup pad (8) are 'L' shape, the inside of backup pad (8) is provided with centre gripping subassembly (9) of the different diameter hoses of centre gripping.
2. The abutting device for the electromechanical embedded pipes of the building engineering according to claim 1, wherein the clamping assembly (9) comprises two movable rods (902) movably mounted on one sides, far away from each other, of the supporting plate (8), a stepping motor (901) is fixedly mounted on one side, close to each other, of the supporting plate (8), the output end of the stepping motor (901) penetrates through the supporting plate (8) and is fixedly connected with the lower movable rod (902), rotating gears (903) are fixedly mounted on one sides, close to each other, of the side wall surfaces of the movable rod (902) and are meshed with each other, the rotating gears (903) are fan-shaped, first linkage rods (904) which are obliquely arranged are fixedly connected to one sides, far away from each other, of the side wall surfaces of the movable rod (902) are both concavely arranged, second linkage rods (905) which are obliquely arranged are both movably connected to each other, the output ends of the second linkage rods (905) are both fixedly connected with fixing bases (909), and the two sides, close to each other, of the fixing bases (909) are both fixedly connected with the mirror-image-arranged clamping rods (910), and the clamping rods (910) are arc-shaped and correspond to the inner positions of the abutting sleeve (3).
3. The electromechanical embedded pipe butt joint device of the building engineering according to claim 2, wherein the clamping assembly (9) further comprises two first upright posts (906) fixedly connected to one side, away from each other, of the supporting plate (8), the side wall surfaces of the output end of the second linkage rod (905) are fixedly connected with second upright posts (907), and connecting rods (908) are fixedly connected between the second upright posts (907) and the first upright posts (906).
4. The electromechanical embedded pipe butting device for the building engineering according to claim 1, wherein the leveling assembly (2) comprises a bottom plate (201) arranged at the bottom of the workbench (1), four vertical first hydraulic rods (202) are fixedly arranged at the top of the bottom plate (201), the output ends of the first hydraulic rods (202) are fixedly connected to the bottom of the workbench (1), and a level meter (203) is fixedly arranged at the center of the bottom of the workbench (1).
5. The butt joint device for the electromechanical embedded pipes of the building engineering according to claim 1, wherein the butt joint sleeve (3) is a hollow cylinder, round pipes with different sizes are arranged on the left side and the right side of the butt joint sleeve (3), and limiting blocks (301) are fixedly arranged at the upper end and the lower end of the inner wall surface of the left side of the butt joint sleeve (3).
6. The electromechanical embedded pipe butt joint device for the building engineering according to claim 1, wherein the assembly sleeve (4) is a hollow cylinder, longitudinal sliding grooves (401) are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the outer wall surface of the right side of the assembly sleeve (4), the sliding grooves (401) correspond to the positions of the limiting blocks (301) respectively, an annular limiting groove (402) is formed in one side, close to the limiting groove (402), of the outer wall surface of the assembly sleeve (4), and clamping grooves (403) are formed in the upper end and the lower end of the right side of the inner side of the limiting groove (402).
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