CN220878670U - Flushing device for paint stirring barrel - Google Patents

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CN220878670U
CN220878670U CN202322257179.6U CN202322257179U CN220878670U CN 220878670 U CN220878670 U CN 220878670U CN 202322257179 U CN202322257179 U CN 202322257179U CN 220878670 U CN220878670 U CN 220878670U
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华世良
刘永根
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The utility model discloses a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel, which belongs to the technical field of paint processing equipment and comprises a stirring barrel body, wherein support columns are fixedly connected to the periphery of the lower surface of the stirring barrel body, a first motor is bolted to the bottom of the stirring barrel body, an output shaft of the first motor penetrates through the stirring barrel body and is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft, stirring blades are arranged on the periphery of the outer surface of the rotating shaft, a mounting frame is mounted at one end of the stirring barrel body, a cleaning mechanism for cleaning the stirring barrel body is arranged on the mounting frame, a drain pipe is communicated with the other end of the stirring barrel body, a collecting box is communicated with the other end of the drain pipe, a water inlet pipe is arranged at one end of the collecting box, and a flushing component for flushing the stirring barrel body is mounted at the other end of the collecting box, so that the working strength of workers is reduced, the working quality of the stirring barrel is improved, the loss of resources is reduced, and the flushing speed of flushing work is improved.

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Flushing device for paint stirring barrel
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of paint processing equipment, in particular to a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel.
Background
The paint, also called paint, is a viscous liquid which is coated on the surface of the protected or decorated object and can form a firmly attached continuous film with the coated object, and is prepared by using resin, oil, emulsion or pigment, filler and corresponding auxiliary agent as main materials, and organic solvent or water. The coating has stronger covering power, coating film adhesive force, viscosity, fineness, freeze thawing resistance, washing resistance, aging resistance and alkali resistance, and each raw material liquid needs to be stirred by using a stirring barrel in the production and processing process of the coating.
The existing paint stirring barrel is used for stirring paint stock solution, accumulated liquid is easy to leave on the inner wall of the paint barrel, immobilization can be generated after a long time, impurities are mixed in the stirred paint, workers are required to clean the paint stirring barrel during cleaning, and water resources are wasted simultaneously slowly in the cleaning process.
Publication number CN215196602U discloses a coating stirring barrel, which comprises a stirring device, the stirring device comprises a motor, the front side of the motor is rotationally connected with a connecting rod, the front side of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with a driving disc, the circumferential edge of the front side of the driving disc is fixedly connected with a driving shaft, the circumferential side of the driving shaft is rotationally connected with a connecting plate, the upper end of the connecting plate is slidingly connected with a limit clamp, the center of the rear side of the limit clamp is rotationally connected with a fixing rod, and the lower surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with a stirring rod; through the puddler with fixed surface connection under the connecting plate can regard spacing card fast leading flank as the circular motion of centre of a circle to do oval orbit, compare this equipment of traditional equipment can carry out circulation stirring operation in the agitator different degree of depth, can make the coating mix with clear water more quick abundant, guaranteed good result of use after the coating stirring.
According to the paint stirring barrel, the accumulated liquid is easy to leave in the paint stirring barrel after the paint stirring barrel is used, solidification can be generated for a long time, oil mixing impurities in the paint after stirring are caused, and workers need more water resources to wash, so that the working quality of the paint stirring barrel is reduced, the working efficiency of washing work is reduced, the washing speed of the washing work is slowed down, the workload of the workers is improved, and the loss of resources is increased.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to provide a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel, which is characterized in that a flushing assembly is arranged, a water pump is controlled to flush the inner cavity of a stirring barrel body through a flushing nozzle, the flushed water flows into the collecting box from a drain pipe, is filtered by a filter plate and a filter screen and is flushed again to form water circulation, and a cleaning mechanism is started to cooperate with the flushing assembly to scrub the inner cavity of the stirring barrel body, so that the working efficiency of the paint stirring barrel is improved, the cleaning speed is improved, the working intensity of workers is reduced, the working quality of the paint stirring barrel is improved, and the resource loss is reduced.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a washing unit for coating agitator, includes the agitator body, equal fixedly connected with support column all around of agitator body lower surface, the bottom bolt of agitator body has first motor, the output shaft of first motor runs through the agitator body and fixedly connected with pivot, be provided with the stirring leaf all around of pivot surface, the mounting bracket is installed to the one end of agitator body, be provided with the clearance mechanism that is used for clearing up the agitator body on the mounting bracket, the other end intercommunication of agitator body has the drain pipe, the other end intercommunication of drain pipe has the collecting box, the one end of collecting box is provided with the inlet tube, the flushing assembly who is used for washing the agitator body is installed to the other end of collecting box.
Preferably, the cleaning mechanism comprises an electric cylinder, the electric cylinder is bolted on the top end of the mounting frame through a fastener, the piston end of the electric cylinder penetrates through the mounting frame and is fixedly connected with a connecting column, the other end of the connecting column is fixedly connected with a first bearing in an inserting mode, an outer ring of the first bearing is fixedly connected with a rotary table, two symmetrical positions of the upper surface of the rotary table are fixedly connected with adjusting rods which are matched with the electric cylinder to move, a rotating assembly which provides driving force for rotation of the rotary table is arranged on the top end of each adjusting rod, and cleaning soft brushes are arranged on the lower surface and the outer side wall of the rotary table.
Preferably, the rotating assembly comprises a second motor, the second motor is bolted on the lower surface of the mounting frame through a fastener, an output shaft of the second motor is fixedly connected with a driving belt pulley, the driving belt pulley is connected with a driven belt pulley through a belt transmission, a through hole is formed in the center of the driven belt pulley, a second bearing is fixedly connected with an inner cavity of the through hole of the driven belt pulley in an inserting mode, the inner ring of the second bearing is fixedly connected with the mounting frame, and the top end of the mounting frame is bolted on the lower surface of the mounting frame.
Preferably, the flushing assembly comprises a water suction pump, the water suction pump is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the collecting box through a mounting plate, a water suction pipe is communicated with a water suction port of the water suction pump, the other end of the water suction pipe penetrates through and extends to an inner cavity of the collecting box, a water delivery pipe is communicated with a water delivery port of the water suction pump, a water spray pipe is communicated with the other end of the water delivery pipe, the water spray pipe is mounted at the edge of the top end of the stirring barrel body through a connecting frame, and a flushing nozzle is communicated with the inner side wall of the water spray pipe.
Preferably, the shape of the water spray pipe is annular, a plurality of groups of flushing spray heads are arranged, and the flushing spray heads are equidistantly arranged on the inner side wall of the water spray pipe.
Preferably, the inner cavity of the collecting box is provided with a filter plate for filtering impurities in water, and the inner cavity of the water pumping pipe is provided with a filter screen for filtering impurities in water again.
Preferably, the adjusting rod comprises a hollow pipe, one end of the hollow pipe is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the driven belt pulley, a movable rod is inserted into the inner cavity of the hollow pipe in a sliding mode, the other end of the movable rod is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the rotary table, and two groups of hollow pipes are arranged.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. The utility model provides a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel, which is characterized in that a flushing assembly is arranged, a water pump is started to provide driving force to pump water in the inner cavity of a collecting box, then water is conveyed into a flushing nozzle through a water conveying pipe to flush the inner cavity of a stirring barrel body, flushed sewage flows into the collecting box through a water discharging pipe to be collected, the collected sewage is filtered through a filter plate and a filter screen to filter impurities in the water, and the filtered water is collected through the water pump to flush the stirring barrel body, so that the working intensity of workers is reduced, the working efficiency of the stirring barrel is improved, the working quality of the stirring barrel is improved, and the loss of resources is reduced.
2. The utility model provides a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel, which is characterized in that a cleaning mechanism is arranged, an electric cylinder provides a driving force to enable a rotary table on a connecting column to move up and down, a cleaning soft brush on the rotary table is used for brushing the inner cavity of a stirring barrel body up and down, then a second motor is started to provide the driving force to enable a driving belt pulley to drive a driven belt pulley to rotate, the driven belt pulley drives the rotary table to rotate through an adjusting rod, and the rotary table can drive the cleaning soft brush to brush the inner cavity of the stirring barrel body up and down, so that the flushing speed of flushing work is improved, and the working efficiency of the flushing work is increased.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a partial cross-sectional structure of the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the cleaning mechanism of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a stirring barrel body; 2. a support column; 3. a first motor; 4. a rotating shaft; 5. stirring the leaves; 6. a mounting frame; 7. a cleaning mechanism; 71. an electric cylinder; 72. a connecting column; 73. a first bearing; 74. a turntable; 75. an adjusting rod; 751. a hollow tube; 752. a movable rod; 76. a rotating assembly; 761. a second motor; 762. a driving pulley; 763. a driven pulley; 764. a second bearing; 765. a fixing frame; 77. cleaning the soft brush; 8. a drain pipe; 9. a collection box; 10. a water inlet pipe; 11. a flushing assembly; 111. a water pump; 112. a water pumping pipe; 113. a water supply pipe; 114. a water spray pipe; 115. a connecting frame; 116. flushing the spray head; 12. a filter plate; 13. and (3) a filter screen.
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The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the utility model provides a flushing device for a paint stirring barrel, which comprises a stirring barrel body 1, support columns 2 are fixedly connected to the periphery of the lower surface of the stirring barrel body 1, a first motor 3 is bolted to the bottom of the stirring barrel body 1, an output shaft of the first motor 3 penetrates through the stirring barrel body 1 and is fixedly connected with a rotating shaft 4, stirring blades 5 are arranged around the outer surface of the rotating shaft 4, a mounting frame 6 is installed at one end of the stirring barrel body 1, a cleaning mechanism 7 for cleaning the stirring barrel body 1 is arranged on the mounting frame 6, a drain pipe 8 is communicated with the other end of the stirring barrel body 1, a collecting box 9 is communicated with the other end of the drain pipe 8, a water inlet pipe 10 is arranged at one end of the collecting box 9, a flushing component 11 for flushing the stirring barrel body 1 is installed at the other end of the collecting box 9, paint is poured into the inner cavity of the stirring barrel body 1, the first motor 3 is started to drive the stirring blades 5 to stir the paint, after the stirring is completed, the flushing component 11 is started to provide driving force to flush the inner cavity of the collecting box 9, the stirring barrel body 1 is started, the cleaning mechanism 7 is matched with the flushing component 11 to clean the inner cavity of the sewage stirring barrel body 1, the drain pipe is rotated down, the flushing component is arranged at the other end of the collecting box 9 is communicated with the collecting box, the flushing component is communicated with the other end, the flushing component is communicated with the water through the collecting box, the flushing component is pumped into the flushing component, the flushing component is used for flushing efficiency is pumped into the working efficiency, and the working efficiency is increased, and the working efficiency is increased by the flushing efficiency is by the flushing efficiency.
The cleaning mechanism 7 comprises an electric cylinder 71, the electric cylinder 71 is bolted to the top end of a mounting frame 6 through a fastening piece, the piston end of the electric cylinder 71 penetrates through the mounting frame 6 and is fixedly connected with a connecting column 72, a first bearing 73 is fixedly connected to the other end of the connecting column 72 in an inserted mode, an outer ring of the first bearing 73 is fixedly connected with a rotary table 74, two symmetrical positions on the upper surface of the rotary table 74 are fixedly connected with adjusting rods 75 which are matched with the electric cylinder 71 to move, the top end of each adjusting rod 75 is provided with a rotating assembly 76 which provides driving force for rotation of the rotary table 74, the lower surface and the outer side wall of each rotary table 74 are provided with a cleaning soft brush 77, the electric cylinder 71 is started to provide driving force to enable the rotary table 74 on the connecting column 72 to move, then the rotating assembly 76 is started to provide driving force, the rotary table 74 is enabled to rotate through the adjustment of the adjusting rods 75, and the rotary table 74 can drive the cleaning soft brush 77 to brush the inner cavity of the stirring barrel body 1 up and down.
The rotating assembly 76 comprises a second motor 761, the second motor 761 is bolted to the lower surface of the mounting frame 6 through a fastener, an output shaft of the second motor 761 is fixedly connected with a driving pulley 762, the driving pulley 762 is connected with a driven pulley 763 through belt transmission, a through hole is formed in the center of the driven pulley 763, a second bearing 764 is fixedly connected to an inner cavity of the through hole of the driven pulley 763 in an inserted mode, a fixing frame 765 is fixedly connected to an inner ring of the second bearing 764, the top end of the fixing frame 765 is bolted to the lower surface of the mounting frame 6, driving force is provided by the second motor 761 to drive the driving pulley 762 to rotate, and the driving pulley 762 drives the driven pulley 763 to rotate through a belt.
The flushing assembly 11 comprises a water suction pump 111, the water suction pump 111 is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the collecting box 9 through a mounting plate, a water suction port of the water suction pump 111 is communicated with a water suction pipe 112, the other end of the water suction pipe 112 penetrates through and extends to the inner cavity of the collecting box 9, a water delivery port of the water suction pump 111 is communicated with a water delivery pipe 113, the other end of the water delivery pipe 113 is communicated with a water spray pipe 114, the water spray pipe 114 is mounted at the edge of the top end of the stirring barrel body 1 through a connecting frame 115, a flushing nozzle 116 is communicated with the inner side wall of the water spray pipe 114, the water suction pump 111 is started to provide driving force to suck water in the inner cavity of the collecting box 9 into the water spray pipe 114 through the water delivery pipe 113, and the inner cavity of the stirring barrel body is flushed through the flushing nozzle 116 on the water spray pipe 114.
The shape of spray pipe 114 is annular setting, and the shower nozzle 116 is provided with a plurality of groups, and the inside wall at spray pipe 114 is arranged to a plurality of groups of shower nozzle 116 equidistance, through the setting of spray pipe 114 and shower nozzle 116, promotes the work efficiency of flushing work.
The inner chamber of collecting box 9 is provided with the filter 12 with aquatic impurity filtration, and the inner chamber of drinking-water pipe 112 is provided with the filter screen 13 with aquatic impurity filtration again, and the collecting box 9 filters the spot of aquatic through the cooperation of filter 12 and filter screen 13, extracts through drinking-water pump 111 and washes the stirring logical body to avoid the waste of water resource.
The adjusting rod 75 comprises a hollow tube 751, one end of the hollow tube 751 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the driven pulley 763, a movable rod 752 is inserted and slid in the inner cavity of the hollow tube 751, the other end of the movable rod 752 is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the rotary table 74, two groups of hollow tubes 751 are arranged, and the rotary table 74 can be rotated while being lifted through the arrangement of the hollow tube 751 and the movable rod 752.
When the device is specifically used, the paint is taken out after being stirred, the water pump 111 is started to provide driving force to pump water in the inner cavity of the header tank into the water spraying pipe 114 through the water conveying pipe 113, the flushing nozzle 116 on the water spraying pipe 114 is used for flushing the inner cavity of the stirring body, the electric cylinder 71 is started to provide driving force to drive the rotary table 74 to move up and down during flushing, the second motor 761 is started to provide driving force to drive the driving pulley 762 to rotate, the driving pulley 762 rotates the driven pulley 763 through belt transmission, the driven pulley 763 drives the hollow pipe 751 to rotate, the hollow pipe 751 drives the rotary table 74 to rotate through the movable pipe to drive the soft brush 77 to rotate up and down, the rotary table 74 is driven to clean up and down through the inner cavity of the stirring body, then sewage is discharged into the collecting tank 9 through the water discharging pipe 8, impurities in the water are filtered through the filter plate 12 and the filter screen 13, the flushing speed of the flushing pump 111 is increased, and the working efficiency of a flushing worker is improved.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. A flushing device for a paint stirring tank, comprising a stirring tank body (1), characterized in that: all around of agitator body (1) lower surface equal fixedly connected with support column (2), the bottom bolt of agitator body (1) has first motor (3), the output shaft of first motor (3) runs through agitator body (1) and fixedly connected with pivot (4), be provided with stirring vane (5) around pivot (4) surface, mounting bracket (6) are installed to the one end of agitator body (1), be provided with on mounting bracket (6) clearance mechanism (7) that are used for clearing up agitator body (1), the other end intercommunication of agitator body (1) has drain pipe (8), the other end intercommunication of drain pipe (8) has collecting box (9), the one end of collecting box (9) is provided with inlet tube (10), the other end of collecting box (9) is installed and is used for washing the washing subassembly (11) of agitator body (1).
2. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the cleaning mechanism (7) comprises an electric cylinder (71), the electric cylinder (71) is bolted on the top end of a mounting frame (6) through a fastener, a piston end of the electric cylinder (71) penetrates through the mounting frame (6) and is fixedly connected with a connecting column (72), a first bearing (73) is fixedly connected with the other end of the connecting column (72) in an inserted mode, a rotating disc (74) is fixedly connected with the outer ring of the first bearing (73), adjusting rods (75) matched with the electric cylinder (71) to move are fixedly connected to the two symmetrical positions of the upper surface of the rotating disc (74), rotating assemblies (76) for providing driving force for rotation of the rotating disc (74) are mounted on the top ends of the adjusting rods (75), and cleaning soft brushes (77) are arranged on the lower surface and the outer side walls of the rotating disc (74).
3. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the rotating assembly (76) comprises a second motor (761), the second motor (761) is bolted to the lower surface of the mounting frame (6) through a fastener, an output shaft of the second motor (761) is fixedly connected with a driving belt pulley (762), the driving belt pulley (762) is connected with a driven belt pulley (763) through belt transmission, a through hole is formed in the center of the driven belt pulley (763), a second bearing (764) is fixedly connected to an inner cavity of the through hole of the driven belt pulley (763) in an inserting mode, a fixing frame (765) is fixedly connected to an inner ring of the second bearing (764), and the top end of the fixing frame (765) is bolted to the lower surface of the mounting frame (6).
4. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the washing assembly (11) comprises a water suction pump (111), the water suction pump (111) is fixedly connected to the outer side wall of the collecting box (9) through a mounting plate, a water suction pipe (112) is communicated with a water suction port of the water suction pump (111), the other end of the water suction pipe (112) penetrates through and extends to an inner cavity of the collecting box (9), a water delivery pipe (113) is communicated with a water delivery port of the water suction pump (111), a water spray pipe (114) is communicated with the other end of the water delivery pipe (113), the water spray pipe (114) is mounted at the edge of the top end of the stirring barrel body (1) through a connecting frame (115), and a washing nozzle (116) is communicated with the inner side wall of the water spray pipe (114).
5. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the shape of the water spray pipe (114) is in an annular arrangement, a plurality of groups of flushing spray heads (116) are arranged, and the flushing spray heads (116) are equidistantly arranged on the inner side wall of the water spray pipe (114).
6. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the inner cavity of the collecting box (9) is provided with a filter plate (12) for filtering impurities in water, and the inner cavity of the water suction pipe (112) is provided with a filter screen (13) for filtering impurities in water again.
7. A flushing device for paint mixing tanks as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the adjusting rod (75) comprises a hollow tube (751), one end of the hollow tube (751) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the driven belt pulley (763), a movable rod (752) is inserted and slid in the inner cavity of the hollow tube (751), the other end of the movable rod (752) is fixedly connected with the upper surface of the rotary table (74), and two groups of hollow tubes (751) are arranged.
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