CN220955011U - Rail guard for construction - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a protective guard for building construction, which comprises a connecting mechanism, wherein one end of the connecting mechanism is provided with a first connecting column, the other end of the connecting mechanism is provided with a second connecting column, the lower ends of the first connecting column and the second connecting column are both fixedly provided with a fixed plate, the lower end of the fixed plate is fixedly provided with a conical block, one side of the first connecting column far away from the connecting mechanism is fixedly provided with a first plug-in block, one side of the second connecting column far away from the connecting mechanism is provided with a plug-in groove, the first plug-in block on the first connecting column is in plug-in connection with the plug-in groove on the second connecting column, one end of the first connecting column is fixedly provided with a second plug-in block, and a plug-in connecting block is fixedly arranged at a position corresponding to the second plug-in block. According to the protective fence for building construction, the first connecting columns are matched with the second connecting columns in structure, so that a plurality of connecting mechanisms can be spliced and installed according to the size of a field when the protective fence is used, and the working efficiency is improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of protective barriers for building construction, in particular to a protective barrier for building construction.
Background
In building construction, the adjacent environment belongs to one of dangerous sources, the safety problem of a building construction site is that work which needs to be done, and special protection facilities, namely an adjacent protection fence, are required to be arranged in the adjacent occasion of the building construction in order to ensure the safety of constructors.
For example, chinese patent (CN 212027389U) discloses a protective barrier for building construction, wherein: the design considers a plurality of factors such as installation, disassembly, storage and transportation, cost and the like, and has the advantages of stable and firm structure, convenient disassembly and assembly, small occupied space after disassembly, convenient storage and transportation and adjustable length during assembly and use.
In view of the above, it is known that the following technical problems still exist in the prior art: the prior protective fence can not be spliced according to the size of a real field, so that the working efficiency of personnel is reduced during working.
Disclosure of utility model
Based on this, it is necessary to provide a rail guard for construction to the above-mentioned technical problem, through the structure cooperation of first spliced pole and second spliced pole for can splice the installation to a plurality of coupling mechanism according to the size in place when work is used, and then improved the efficiency of work.
In order to solve the technical problems, the utility model adopts the following technical scheme:
A protective fence for building construction is applied to the protective fence for building construction.
The rail guard for construction specifically includes coupling mechanism, coupling mechanism's one end is provided with first spliced pole, coupling mechanism's the other end is provided with the second spliced pole, the lower extreme of first spliced pole and second spliced pole all is fixed with the fixed plate, the lower extreme of fixed plate is fixed with the toper piece, be fixed with first plug-in block on one side that coupling mechanism was kept away from to first spliced pole, the grafting groove has been seted up on one side that coupling mechanism was kept away from to the second spliced pole, the grafting groove grafting connection on first plug-in block and the second spliced pole on the first spliced pole, the one end of first spliced pole is fixed with the second plug-in block, the one end of second spliced pole is fixed with the grafting connecting block in the corresponding position department of second plug-in block, the second plug-in block on the first spliced pole is connected with the grafting connecting block on the second spliced pole, the upper end of grafting connecting block is provided with first stop gear, first stop gear is used for the spacing of second plug-in block and grafting connecting block.
As a preferred implementation mode of the guard rail for building construction, the first limiting mechanism comprises first connecting blocks, first round rods are fixed on two sides of the lower end of each first connecting block, one ends, far away from the first connecting blocks, of the two first round rods are fixed with plug-in connecting blocks, the first limiting mechanism further comprises second connecting blocks, the second connecting blocks are located on the outer sides of the two first round rods and are in sliding connection with the first round rods, first springs are arranged on the outer sides of the two first round rods, the upper ends of the first springs are fixed with the second connecting blocks, the other ends of the first springs are fixed with the plug-in connecting blocks, and a third plug-in connecting block is fixed in the middle of the lower end of each second connecting block and is in plug-in connection with the corresponding plug-in connecting block and the corresponding second plug-in connecting block.
As a preferred implementation mode of the guard rail for building construction, two first sliding grooves are formed in one side, close to a connecting mechanism, of each of the first connecting column and the second connecting column.
As a preferred implementation mode of the guard rail for building construction, the connecting mechanism comprises two connecting rods, the two connecting rods correspond to two first sliding grooves formed in a first connecting column and a second connecting column respectively, the two connecting rods are arranged in a crossing mode, a first limiting assembly is arranged at the crossing position of the two connecting rods, the two connecting rods are connected in a rotating mode through the first limiting assembly, the two ends of the two connecting rods are respectively provided with the first connecting assembly, and the two connecting rods are connected with the first connecting column and the second connecting column in a sliding mode through the first connecting assembly respectively.
As a preferable implementation mode of the guard rail for building construction, the first limiting component comprises a sleeve, the sleeve is connected with the two connecting rods in an inserting mode, and the first limiting component further comprises a screw which is connected with the sleeve in a threaded mode.
As a preferred embodiment of the guard rail for building construction provided by the utility model, the first connecting component comprises a second sliding block, one end of the second sliding block extends to the inside of the first sliding groove and is in sliding connection with the first sliding groove, fixing blocks are fixed at two side positions of the second sliding block, which are positioned at one end outside the first sliding groove, and a second connecting component is arranged between the two fixing blocks.
As a preferred implementation mode of the protective guard for building construction, the second connecting component comprises a second round rod, a second sliding groove is formed in the end portion of the second round rod, a second spring is arranged in the second sliding groove, third sliding blocks are fixed at two ends of the second spring, the third sliding blocks are in sliding connection with the second sliding groove, first sliding blocks are fixed at two sides of the third sliding blocks, the first sliding blocks are in sliding connection with the inner walls of the second sliding groove, two ends of the second round rod are respectively attached to fixing blocks at two sides of the second sliding block, and the third sliding blocks at two ends of the second spring are respectively connected with the fixing blocks at two sides of the second sliding block in an inserting mode.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
According to the guard rail for building construction, the first connecting columns are matched with the second connecting columns in structure, so that a plurality of connecting mechanisms can be spliced and installed according to the size of a place during working and use, and further the working efficiency is improved.
According to the guard rail for building construction, provided by the utility model, the first connecting column and the second connecting column are spliced through the first limiting mechanism to limit and fix the splicing of the first connecting column and the second connecting column through the structural design of the first limiting mechanism.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the solution of the present utility model, a brief description will be given below of the drawings required for the description of the embodiments, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present utility model, and that other drawings may be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is an overall left side view of a guard rail for construction provided by the utility model;
FIG. 2 is a right side view of the guard rail for construction provided by the utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a first limiting mechanism of a guard rail for building construction provided by the utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a first chute of a guard rail for construction provided by the utility model;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of a guard rail connecting mechanism for construction provided by the utility model;
FIG. 6 is a schematic structural view of a first limiting assembly of a guard rail for construction provided by the utility model;
FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a first connection assembly of a guard rail for construction according to the present utility model;
FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a second connection assembly of a guard rail for construction according to the present utility model;
Fig. 9 is a schematic splicing diagram of a guard rail connecting mechanism for building construction.
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1. A connecting mechanism; 2. a first connection post; 3. a second connection post; 4. a first plug block; 5. a plug-in groove; 6. a second plug block; 7. inserting a connecting block; 8. a fixing plate; 9. a conical block; 10. a first limiting mechanism; 11. a first connection block; 12. a first round bar; 13. a second connection block; 14. a first spring; 15. a third plug block; 16. a first chute; 17. a first limit assembly; 18. a connecting rod; 19. a first slider; 20. a first connection assembly; 21. a sleeve; 22. a screw; 23. a second slider; 24. a fixed block; 25. a second connection assembly; 26. a second round bar; 27. a second chute; 28. a second spring; 29. and a third slider.
Detailed Description
In order that those skilled in the art will better understand the present utility model, a technical solution in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in which it is apparent that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present utility model without making any inventive effort, shall fall within the scope of the present utility model.
As described in the background art, the existing protective fence cannot be spliced according to the size of the actual field, so that the working efficiency of personnel is reduced during working.
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a protective fence for building construction, which is applied to the protective fence for building construction.
Specifically, please refer to fig. 1 and 2, the guard rail for building construction specifically includes a connection mechanism 1, one end of the connection mechanism 1 is provided with a first connection column 2, the other end of the connection mechanism 1 is provided with a second connection column 3, the lower ends of the first connection column 2 and the second connection column 3 are both fixed with a fixing plate 8, the lower end of the fixing plate 8 is fixed with a conical block 9, a first plug-in block 4 is fixed on one side of the first connection column 2 away from the connection mechanism 1, a plug-in groove 5 is formed on one side of the second connection column 3 away from the connection mechanism 1, the first plug-in block 4 on the first connection column 2 is in plug-in connection with the plug-in groove 5 on the second connection column 3, one end of the first connection column 2 is fixed with a second plug-in block 6, the position of one end of the second connection column 3 corresponding to the second plug-in block 6 is fixed with a plug-in connection block 7, a first limit mechanism 10 is arranged on the upper end of the plug-in connection 7, and the first limit mechanism 10 is used for limiting the plug-in connection of the first connection block 6 and the second connection block 7.
According to the guard rail for building construction, the first connecting columns 2 are matched with the second connecting columns 3 in structure, so that a plurality of connecting mechanisms 1 can be spliced and installed according to the size of a field during working and use, and further the working efficiency is improved.
In order to make the person skilled in the art better understand the solution of the present utility model, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1:
Referring to fig. 1-3, a protective fence for building construction comprises a connecting mechanism 1, wherein a first connecting column 2 is arranged at one end of the connecting mechanism 1, a second connecting column 3 is arranged at the other end of the connecting mechanism 1, in order to improve stability of the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3 during installation, fixing plates 8 are fixed at the lower ends of the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3, conical blocks 9 are fixed at the lower ends of the fixing plates 8, the conical blocks 9 are limited and fixed through the conical blocks 9 and the ground during contact of the fixing plates 8 and the ground, further, a first plug block 4 is fixed at one side of the first connecting column 2 far away from the connecting mechanism 1, a plug groove 5 is formed at one side of the second connecting column 3 far away from the connecting mechanism 1, a second plug block 6 is fixed at one end of the first connecting column 2, a limit plug block 6 is arranged at one end of the first connecting column 2, a limit plug block 10 is arranged at the position of the second connecting column 6 corresponding to the first plug block 7, and the limit plug block 7 is fixed at the position of the first connecting column 7, and the limit plug block 7 is connected at the position of the first connecting column 7, and the limit plug block 6 is connected at the position of the limit plug block 7.
Specifically, the first stop gear 10 includes first connecting block 11, the both sides of first connecting block 11 lower extreme all are fixed with first round bar 12, the one end that first connecting block 11 was kept away from to two first round bars 12 is fixed with grafting connecting block 7, first stop gear 10 still includes second connecting block 13, second connecting block 13 is located two first round bars 12 outsides, second connecting block 13 and first round bar 12 sliding connection, the outside of two first round bars 12 all is provided with first spring 14, the upper end and the second connecting block 13 of first spring 14 are fixed, the other end and the grafting connecting block 7 of first spring 14 are fixed, the middle part of second connecting block 13 lower extreme is fixed with third grafting piece 15, third grafting piece 15 and grafting connecting block 7, second grafting connecting block 6 are pegged graft and are connected.
Through the above structural design, when a plurality of connecting mechanisms 1 are required to be connected and installed, by inserting the first inserting block 4 on the first connecting column 2 on one connecting mechanism 1 into the inserting groove 5 on the second connecting column 3 on the other connecting mechanism 1, when the first inserting block 4 is inserted into the inserting groove 5, the second inserting block 6 fixed on the first connecting column 2 is inserted into the inserting connecting block 7 fixed on the second connecting column 3, when the second inserting block 6 is inserted into the inserting connecting block 7, the second inserting block 6 presses the third inserting block 15, then the third inserting block 15 presses the second connecting block 13 to move in the direction of the first connecting block 11, when the second connecting block 13 moves in the direction of the first connecting block 11, the second inserting block 13 pulls the first springs 14 on both sides, and then the first springs 14 store the pulling force, when the second inserting block 6 is inserted into the inserting connecting block 7, the force released by the first springs 14 drives the second inserting block 13 to push the third inserting block 15, and then the third inserting block 15 is pushed by the force released by the first springs 14, and then the second inserting block 15 is inserted into the second inserting block 1 is inserted into the connecting block 1, and the second inserting block is further fixed to be connected with the connecting mechanism 1
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Further optimizing the guard rail for building construction provided in embodiment 1, specifically, as shown in fig. 4 to 8, two first sliding grooves 16 are formed on one side, close to the connecting mechanism 1, of each of the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3;
Specifically, the connecting mechanism 1 comprises two connecting rods 18, the number of the connecting rods 18 is two, the two connecting rods 18 respectively correspond to two first sliding grooves 16 formed in the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3, the two connecting rods 18 are arranged in a crossing mode, a first limiting component 17 is arranged at the crossing position of the two connecting rods 18, the two connecting rods 18 are rotationally connected through the first limiting component 17, first connecting components 20 are arranged at two ends of the two connecting rods 18, and the two connecting rods 18 are respectively connected with the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3 in a sliding mode through the first connecting components 20.
Through the above structural design, it can be known that the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3 at the two ends of the connecting mechanism 1 are pulled towards the end far away from the connecting mechanism 1, and then the two crossed connecting rods 18 move on the first connecting column 2 and the second connecting column 3 by taking the first limiting component 17 as the axis through the connection of the first connecting component 20 and the first sliding groove 16, so that the pulling width of the connecting mechanism 1 can be adjusted according to the actual situation.
Specifically, the first limiting assembly 17 comprises a sleeve 21, the sleeve 21 is connected with the two connecting rods 18 in a plugging manner, the first limiting assembly 17 further comprises a screw 22, and the screw 22 is in threaded connection with the sleeve 21.
Specifically, the first connecting component 20 includes a second slider 23, one end of the second slider 23 extends to the inside of the first chute 16 and is slidably connected with the first chute 16, fixing blocks 24 are fixed at two side positions of the second slider 23, which are located at one end outside the first chute 16, and a second connecting component 25 is disposed between the two fixing blocks 24.
Specifically, the second connecting assembly 25 comprises a second round rod 26, a second chute 27 is formed in the end portion of the second round rod 26, a second spring 28 is arranged in the second chute 27, third sliding blocks 29 are fixed at two ends of the second spring 28, the third sliding blocks 29 are slidably connected with the second chute 27, first sliding blocks 19 are fixed at two sides of the third sliding blocks 29, the first sliding blocks 19 are slidably connected with the inner walls of the second chute 27, two ends of the second round rod 26 are respectively attached to fixing blocks 24 at two sides of the second sliding blocks 23, and the third sliding blocks 29 at two ends of the second spring 28 are respectively connected with the fixing blocks 24 at two sides of the second sliding blocks 23 in an inserting connection mode.
Through the above structural design, it can be known that when two connecting rods 18 need to be disassembled, the screw 22 is rotated to separate the screw 22 from the sleeve 21, the sleeve 21 is pulled out of the connecting rod 18 after the screw 22 is separated from the sleeve 21, and after the sleeve 21 is pulled out, the third sliding blocks 29 at two ends of the second round rod 26 are pressed into the second sliding groove 27, so that the third sliding blocks 29 at two ends of the second round rod 26 are spliced and separated from the fixed blocks 24, the connecting rod 18 can be separated from the second round rod 26, and the two connecting rods 18 can be disassembled.
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1. The utility model provides a rail guard for construction, its characterized in that, including coupling mechanism (1), coupling mechanism (1) one end is provided with first spliced pole (2), coupling mechanism (1) other end is provided with second spliced pole (3), first spliced pole (2) all are fixed with fixed plate (8) with second spliced pole (3) lower extreme, fixed plate (8) lower extreme is fixed with toper piece (9), first spliced pole (2) are kept away from coupling mechanism (1) one side on be fixed with first spliced block (4), second spliced pole (3) are kept away from coupling mechanism (1) one side on be offered spliced groove (5), spliced groove (5) on first spliced pole (4) and second spliced pole (3) on first spliced pole (2), second spliced pole (6) are fixed with to first spliced pole (2) one end and second spliced pole (6) corresponding position, spliced pole (7) are connected with first spliced pole (7) on the first spliced pole (7), the first limiting mechanism (10) is used for limiting the insertion of the second insertion block (6) and the insertion connection block (7).
2. The guard rail for building construction according to claim 1, characterized in that the first limiting mechanism (10) comprises a first connecting block (11), two sides of the lower end of the first connecting block (11) are respectively fixed with a first round rod (12), one end of the first round rod (12) far away from the first connecting block (11) is fixed with the plug-in connecting block (7), the first limiting mechanism (10) further comprises a second connecting block (13), the second connecting block (13) is located on the outer side of the two first round rods (12), the second connecting block (13) is in sliding connection with the first round rod (12), the outer sides of the two first round rods (12) are respectively provided with a first spring (14), the upper ends of the first springs (14) are fixed with the second connecting block (13), the other ends of the first springs (14) are fixed with the plug-in connecting block (7), and the middle part of the lower end of the second connecting block (13) is fixedly provided with a third plug-in connecting block (15), and the third plug-in connecting block (15) is connected with the second connecting block (6).
3. The protective fence for building construction according to claim 1, characterized in that two first sliding grooves (16) are formed in one side, close to the connecting mechanism (1), of the first connecting column (2) and the second connecting column (3).
4. The protective fence for building construction according to claim 1, wherein the connecting mechanism (1) comprises two connecting rods (18), the number of the connecting rods (18) is two, the two connecting rods (18) respectively correspond to two first sliding grooves (16) formed in the first connecting column (2) and the second connecting column (3), the two connecting rods (18) are arranged in a crossing mode, a first limiting component (17) is arranged at the crossing position of the two connecting rods (18), the two connecting rods (18) are connected in a rotating mode through the first limiting component (17), first connecting components (20) are arranged at two ends of the two connecting rods (18), and the two connecting rods (18) are respectively connected with the first connecting column (2) and the second connecting column (3) in a sliding mode through the first connecting components (20).
5. The guard rail for construction according to claim 4, characterized in that the first limiting assembly (17) comprises a sleeve (21), the sleeve (21) is connected with the two connecting rods (18) in a plugging manner, the first limiting assembly (17) further comprises a screw (22), and the screw (22) is connected with the sleeve (21) in a threaded manner.
6. The guard rail for construction according to claim 4, wherein the first connecting assembly (20) comprises a second slider (23), one end of the second slider (23) extends to the inside of the first chute (16) and is slidably connected with the first chute (16), fixing blocks (24) are fixed at two side positions of the second slider (23) located at one end outside the first chute (16), and a second connecting assembly (25) is arranged between the two fixing blocks (24).
7. The protective fence for building construction according to claim 6, characterized in that the second connecting component (25) comprises a second round rod (26), a second sliding groove (27) is formed in the end portion of the second round rod (26), a second spring (28) is arranged in the second sliding groove (27), third sliding blocks (29) are fixed at two ends of the second spring (28), the third sliding blocks (29) are slidably connected with the second sliding groove (27), first sliding blocks (19) are fixed at two sides of the third sliding blocks (29), the first sliding blocks (19) are slidably connected with inner walls of the second sliding groove (27), two ends of the second round rod (26) are respectively attached to fixed blocks (24) at two sides of the second sliding block (23), and the third sliding blocks (29) at two ends of the second spring (28) are respectively connected with the fixed blocks (24) at two sides of the second sliding block (23) in an inserting mode.
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