CN220952713U - Pulp board feeding mechanism of beating machine - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a pulp board feeding mechanism of a beater, and particularly relates to the technical field of beaters. The pulp board feeding mechanism of the beating machine comprises a hopper, wherein a pressing column is arranged in an inner cavity of the hopper, a fixed shaft is fixedly connected to the inner cavity of the pressing column, connecting shells are fixedly connected to two ends of the fixed shaft, a connecting block is fixedly connected to one end of the hopper, a connecting rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the inner cavity of the connecting block, a support plate is arranged at the bottom of the hopper, two groups of sliding rods are fixedly connected to the bottom of the support plate, and a fixing plate is arranged at the bottom of the sliding rods; according to the utility model, the pressing column is arranged, and the connecting shell is driven to slide up and down by the driving of the hydraulic rod when the hydraulic rod is used, so that when the pressing column moves down repeatedly, the material in the inner cavity of the hopper can be crushed, so that the large-sized material is crushed into a plurality of small-sized materials, and the possibility of clamping the stirring blade due to the large material is reduced after the large-sized material is conveniently put into the inner cavity of the tank body.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of beating machines, in particular to a pulp board feeding mechanism of a beating machine.
Background
Beating machines are common equipment in pulp board production and processing processes, but because pulp boards have certain weight, the operation process of pouring and feeding is time-consuming and labor-consuming.
As disclosed in chinese patent CN211199884U, a pulp feeding mechanism of a beater, it can be known that the utility model comprises: the tank body is internally provided with a cavity capable of containing materials, and the top of the tank body is provided with a feed inlet communicated with the cavity; the feeding platform is arranged at the edge of the feeding port and is provided with a plurality of supporting columns for supporting the pulp sheet; the driving assembly comprises an electric hoist and a hanging belt, the hanging belt is arranged between a plurality of support columns and positioned below the slurry plate, one end of the hanging belt is connected with the edge of the feed inlet, and the other end of the hanging belt is connected with the electric hoist; the electric hoist can move towards the feeding hole to drive the hanging belt to turn the slurry plate placed on the supporting column into the cavity.
Based on the retrieval of the prior art, the device is inconvenient to hit partial bigger materials when in use, and the stirring blade is extremely easy to be blocked after partial bigger materials enter the inner cavity of the tank body, so that the practical use is influenced, and the applicability of the device is reduced.
Aiming at the problems, the utility model provides a pulp board feeding mechanism of a pulping machine.
Disclosure of utility model
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides a pulp board feeding mechanism of beating machine, includes the hopper, the hopper inner chamber is provided with the press post, press post inner chamber fixedly connected with fixed axle, fixed axle both ends fixedly connected with coupling shell, hopper one end fixedly connected with connecting block, connecting block inner chamber fixedly connected with connection pivot, the hopper bottom is provided with the extension board, two sets of slide bars of extension board bottom fixedly connected with, the slide bar bottom is provided with the fixed plate, the slide bar can promote the extension board to drive the hopper and reciprocate and adjust according to agitated vessel's height to put in the hopper inner chamber with the material, when making the coupling shell reciprocate, can drive fixed axle and press post reciprocate, so that when the press post moves down, can roll the breakage to the material of hopper inner chamber, thereby smash into a plurality of fritter materials with the bulk material, when making the connection pivot rotate, through the fan-shaped activity of connecting block hopper, so that the material with the hopper inner chamber is poured into agitated vessel.
According to the preferable technical scheme, the top of the connecting shell is fixedly connected with the piston rod, the top of the piston rod is movably connected with the hydraulic rod, the top of the hydraulic rod is fixedly connected with the connecting plate, the bottom of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with the rotating rod, the hydraulic rod can be driven by the piston rod to drive the connecting shell to slide up and down for adjustment, and after the connecting shell drives the pressing column to lift, the rotating rod can be rotated, so that the connecting shell drives the pressing column to stagger the top of the inner cavity of the hopper, and the hopper can be turned conveniently.
As the preferable technical scheme of the utility model, the bottom of the rotating rod is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate through the first bearing, one end of the outer wall of the rotating rod is fixedly connected with the holding rod, the holding rod is movably provided with the stop lever, the bottom of the stop lever is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate, the holding rod can be pushed to drive the rotating rod to rotate and adjust, and meanwhile, the stop lever can limit the holding rod, so that the problem that the pressing column is misaligned in use due to inaccurate adjustment of the rotating rod is avoided as much as possible.
As the preferable technical scheme of the utility model, the two ends of the connecting rotating shaft are movably connected with the supporting plate through the second bearing, the bottom of the supporting plate is fixedly connected to the top of the supporting plate, one end of the connecting rotating shaft penetrates through the supporting plate and is arranged at the output end of the motor, and the connecting rotating shaft is driven to rotate by the driving motor.
As the preferable technical scheme of the utility model, the bottom of the hopper is provided with the rubber plate, the bottom of the rubber plate is fixedly connected with the damping spring, the bottom of the damping spring is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate, the inner cavity of the damping spring is provided with the hydraulic cylinder, the inner cavity of the hydraulic cylinder is movably connected with the movable rod, when the hopper falls down due to failure in use, the damping spring can absorb and protect the bottom of the hopper through the rubber plate, so that the bottom is prevented from being damaged when the hopper is knocked to the ground due to heavier hopper and larger impact force.
As the preferable technical scheme of the utility model, the inner cavity of the sliding rod is fixedly connected with two groups of toothed rails, the toothed rails are in meshed connection with a rotating gear, the axle center of the rotating gear is fixedly connected with a connecting roller, one end of the connecting roller, which is far away from the rotating gear, is arranged at the output end of a motor, the outer wall of the motor is arranged in the inner cavity of a fixed plate, and the connecting roller can drive the rotating gear to rotate through a driving motor, so that the toothed rails and the sliding rod are pushed to move up and down at the top of the fixed plate when the rotating gear rotates.
As the preferable technical scheme of the utility model, the toothed rail is connected with the connecting gear in a meshed manner, the connecting column shaft is fixedly connected to the axle center of the connecting gear, one end of the connecting column shaft, which is far away from the connecting gear, is movably connected to one end of the fixing plate through the third bearing, and when the toothed rail moves up and down, the connecting gear and the connecting column shaft can be driven to rotate at one end of the fixing plate through the third bearing, so that when the sliding rod moves up and down, one end of the inner cavity of the sliding rod is supported, and the sliding rod is kept balanced.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
1. According to the utility model, the pressing column is arranged, and the connecting shell is driven to slide up and down by the driving of the hydraulic rod when the hydraulic rod is used, so that when the pressing column moves down repeatedly, the material in the inner cavity of the hopper can be crushed, so that the large-sized material is crushed into a plurality of small-sized materials, and the possibility of clamping the stirring blade due to the large material is reduced after the large-sized material is conveniently put into the inner cavity of the tank body.
2. According to the utility model, the motor is driven to drive the connecting roller to drive the rotating gear to rotate, so that when the rotating gear rotates, the toothed rail and the sliding rod are pushed to move up and down on the top of the fixed plate, and the sliding rod drives the hopper to adjust according to the height of the pulping equipment, thereby improving the practicability of the device and increasing the application range of the device.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model;
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a hopper; 2. pressing a column; 3. a fixed shaft; 4. a connection housing; 5. a connecting block; 6. the connecting rotating shaft; 7. a support plate; 8. a slide bar; 9. a fixing plate; 10. a piston rod; 11. a hydraulic rod; 12. a connecting plate; 13. a rotating rod; 14. a grip; 15. a stop lever; 16. a support plate; 17. a motor; 18. a rubber plate; 19. a hydraulic cylinder; 20. a movable rod; 21. a damping spring; 22. a toothed rail; 23. rotating the gear; 24. a connecting roller; 25. a motor; 26. a connecting gear; 27. and connecting the column shaft.
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.
Embodiment one:
Referring to fig. 1, 2, 3 and 4, the present utility model provides a technical solution: the utility model provides a pulp board feeding mechanism of beating machine, includes hopper 1, hopper 1 inner chamber is provided with press post 2, press post 2 moves down, can roll the crushing to the material of hopper 1 inner chamber to break big piece material into a plurality of fritter materials, press post 2 inner chamber fixedly connected with fixed axle 3, fixed axle 3 moves down when can drive press post 2 and reciprocates the regulation, fixed axle 3 both ends fixedly connected with coupling shell 4, coupling shell 4 moves down when can drive fixed axle 3 and reciprocates, hopper 1 one end fixedly connected with connecting block 5, connecting block 5 fan-shaped movable time can drive hopper 1 fan-shaped activity in order to pour the material of hopper 1 inner chamber, connecting block 5 inner chamber fixedly connected with connection pivot 6, connecting pivot 6 rotates, can drive connecting block 5 fan-shaped activity, and hopper 1 bottom is provided with extension board 7, extension board 7 moves down when adjusting, can drive hopper 1 and reciprocates the regulation, and extension board 7 bottom fixedly connected with two sets of 8, slide bar 8 moves up and down when moving, and is provided with slide bar 9 to the extension board bottom 8;
The top of the connecting shell 4 is fixedly connected with a piston rod 10, when the piston rod 10 moves up and down, the connecting shell 4 can be driven to move up and down, the top of the piston rod 10 is movably connected with a hydraulic rod 11, the hydraulic rod 11 can be driven to enable the piston rod 10 to be slidably adjusted in an inner cavity of the hydraulic rod 11, the top of the hydraulic rod 11 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 12, the bottom of the connecting plate 12 is fixedly connected with a rotating rod 13, and when the rotating rod 13 rotates, the connecting plate 12 can be driven to rotate and adjust, so that the connecting shell 4 drives the pressing column 2 to be staggered from the top of the inner cavity of the hopper 1, and the hopper 1 can be conveniently turned over;
the bottom of the rotating rod 13 is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate 7 through a first bearing, one end of the outer wall of the rotating rod 13 is fixedly connected with a holding rod 14, the holding rod 14 is pushed to drive the rotating rod 13 to rotate, a stop lever 15 is arranged on the movement of the holding rod 14, the stop lever 15 can limit the holding rod 14, and therefore the phenomenon that the pressing column 2 is not aligned with the hopper 1 due to inaccurate adjustment of the rotating rod 13 in use is avoided as much as possible, and the bottom of the stop lever 15 is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate 7;
The two ends of the connecting rotating shaft 6 are movably connected with supporting plates 16 through second bearings, the supporting plates 16 can support the two ends of the connecting rotating shaft 6 through the second bearings, the bottoms of the supporting plates 16 are fixedly connected to the tops of the supporting plates 7, one end of the connecting rotating shaft 6 penetrates through the supporting plates 16 and is arranged at the output end of a motor 17, and the connecting rotating shaft 6 can be driven to rotate through a driving motor 17;
The hopper 1 bottom is provided with the rubber slab 18, the rubber slab 18 can support hopper 1 bottom, rubber slab 18 bottom fixedly connected with damping spring 21, when the malfunction appears dropping down when hopper 1 uses, damping spring 21 accessible rubber slab 18 carries out shock attenuation protection to hopper 1 bottom, avoids as far as possible because of hopper 1 is heavier, and impact force is great, when leading to colliding with ground, damage appears in the bottom, damping spring 21 bottom fixed connection is at the extension board 7 top, damping spring 21 inner chamber is provided with pneumatic cylinder 19, pneumatic cylinder 19 inner chamber swing joint has movable rod 20, movable rod 20 can slide at pneumatic cylinder 19 inner chamber, and supports damping spring 21 inside.
The implementation mode specifically comprises the following steps: the slide bar 8 can push the support plate 7 to drive the hopper 1 to move up and down to adjust according to the height of the stirring equipment, and throw materials into the inner cavity of the hopper 1, the piston rod 10 drives the connecting shell 4 to slide up and down to adjust through the driving hydraulic rod 11, so that when the pressing column 2 moves down repeatedly, the materials in the inner cavity of the hopper 1 can be crushed, and the large materials are crushed into a plurality of small materials, after the materials are crushed, the piston rod 10 can wait for the piston rod 10 to drive the connecting shell 4 to lift completely, the hydraulic rod 11 is closed, and the rotating rod 13 is driven to rotate to adjust through pushing the holding rod 14, so that the rotating rod 13 drives the connecting shell 4 to turn to 180 degrees, and when the connecting rotating shaft 6 rotates through the driving motor 17, the hopper 1 is moved in a fan shape through the connecting block 5, so that the materials in the inner cavity of the hopper 1 can be poured into the stirring equipment.
Embodiment two:
Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 4, the present utility model provides a technical solution: the pulp board feeding mechanism of the pulping machine comprises a slide bar 8, wherein two groups of toothed rails 22 are fixedly connected to the inner cavity of the slide bar 8, the toothed rails 22 can drive the slide bar 8 to move up and down when moving up and down, the toothed rails 22 are connected with a rotating gear 23 in a meshed manner, the rotating gear 23 can drive the toothed rails 22 to move up and down when rotating, a connecting roller 24 is fixedly connected to the axle center of the rotating gear 23, the connecting roller 24 can drive the rotating gear 23 to rotate when rotating, one end, far away from the rotating gear 23, of the connecting roller 24 is arranged at the output end of a motor 25, the connecting roller 24 is driven to rotate by a driving motor 25, and the outer wall of the motor 25 is arranged in the inner cavity of a fixed plate 9;
The rack 22 is connected with the connecting gear 26 in a meshing way, when the rack 22 moves up and down, the connecting gear 26 can be driven to rotate, a connecting column shaft 27 is fixedly connected to the axle center of the connecting gear 26, when the connecting gear 26 rotates, the connecting column shaft 27 can be driven to rotate, one end of the connecting column shaft 27, far away from the connecting gear 26, is movably connected to one end of the fixed plate 9 through a third bearing, and the connecting column shaft 27 can rotate at one end of the fixed plate 9 through a third bearing.
The implementation mode specifically comprises the following steps: firstly, through driving the motor 25, the connecting roller 24 drives the rotating gear 23 to rotate, when the rotating gear 23 rotates, the toothed rail 22 and the sliding rod 8 are pushed to move up and down at the top of the fixed plate 9, so that the sliding rod 8 drives the hopper 1 to adjust according to the height of pulping equipment, the applicability of the device is improved, and the application range of the device is enlarged.
Working principle: firstly, through driving the motor 25, make the connection roller 24 drive the rotation gear 23 rotate, when making the rotation gear 23 rotate, promote rack 22 and slide bar 8 at fixed plate 9 top reciprocate, make slide bar 8 drive hopper 1 according to the height of beating equipment and adjust, and put in hopper 1 inner chamber with the material, rethread drive hydraulic stem 11, make piston rod 10 drive connection shell 4 slide regulation from top to bottom, so when the clamp column 2 moves down repeatedly, can roll crushing to the material of hopper 1 inner chamber, thereby smash into a plurality of fritter materials with the fritter material, after the material is smashed, can wait for piston rod 10 to drive connection shell 4 and rise completely, close hydraulic stem 11, and through pushing holding rod 14, drive bull stick 13 rotation regulation, make drive bull stick 13 drive connection shell 4 upset to 180, rethread driving motor 17, when making connection pivot 6 rotate, through connecting block 5 hopper 1 fan-shaped activity, so as to pour the material of hopper 1 inner chamber into stirring equipment.
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. Pulp board feeding mechanism of beating machine, including hopper (1), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a hopper, including hopper (1), fixed axle (3), connecting block (5) and connecting rod (6), hopper (1) bottom is provided with spliced pole (2), spliced pole (2) inner chamber fixedly connected with fixed axle (3), fixed axle (3) both ends fixedly connected with coupling shell (4), hopper (1) one end fixedly connected with connecting block (5), connecting block (5) inner chamber fixedly connected with connection pivot (6), hopper (1) bottom is provided with extension board (7), extension board (7) bottom fixedly connected with two sets of slide bars (8), slide bar (8) bottom is provided with fixed plate (9).
2. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper according to claim 1, wherein: the connecting shell is characterized in that a piston rod (10) is fixedly connected to the top of the connecting shell (4), a hydraulic rod (11) is movably connected to the top of the piston rod (10), a connecting plate (12) is fixedly connected to the top of the hydraulic rod (11), and a rotating rod (13) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the connecting plate (12).
3. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper according to claim 2, characterized in that: the bottom of the rotating rod (13) is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate (7) through a first bearing, one end of the outer wall of the rotating rod (13) is fixedly connected with a holding rod (14), a stop lever (15) is movably arranged on the holding rod (14), and the bottom of the stop lever (15) is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate (7).
4. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper according to claim 1, wherein: the two ends of the connecting rotating shaft (6) are movably connected with a supporting plate (16) through a second bearing, the bottom of the supporting plate (16) is fixedly connected to the top of the supporting plate (7), and one end of the connecting rotating shaft (6) penetrates through the supporting plate (16) and is mounted at the output end of the motor (17).
5. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper according to claim 1, wherein: the automatic feeding device is characterized in that a rubber plate (18) is arranged at the bottom of the hopper (1), a damping spring (21) is fixedly connected to the bottom of the rubber plate (18), the bottom of the damping spring (21) is fixedly connected to the top of the support plate (7), a hydraulic cylinder (19) is arranged in an inner cavity of the damping spring (21), and a movable rod (20) is movably connected in an inner cavity of the hydraulic cylinder (19).
6. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper according to claim 1, wherein: the inner cavity of the sliding rod (8) is fixedly connected with two groups of toothed rails (22), the toothed rails (22) are connected with a rotating gear (23) in a meshed mode, a connecting roller (24) is fixedly connected to the axis of the rotating gear (23), one end, far away from the rotating gear (23), of the connecting roller (24) is installed at the output end of a motor (25), and the outer wall of the motor (25) is installed in the inner cavity of the fixed plate (9).
7. The pulp sheet feeding mechanism of a pulper of claim 6, wherein: the rack (22) is connected with a connecting gear (26) in a meshed mode, a connecting column shaft (27) is fixedly connected to the axis of the connecting gear (26), and one end, far away from the connecting gear (26), of the connecting column shaft (27) is movably connected to one end of the fixing plate (9) through a third bearing.
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