CN221026054U - Steel bottle conveyor - Google Patents

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CN221026054U
CN221026054U CN202322725894.8U CN202322725894U CN221026054U CN 221026054 U CN221026054 U CN 221026054U CN 202322725894 U CN202322725894 U CN 202322725894U CN 221026054 U CN221026054 U CN 221026054U
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The utility model belongs to the technical field of steel bottle conveying, and discloses a steel bottle conveying device which comprises a frame, wherein guard rails are arranged at two ends of the upper surface of the frame, a conveying belt is arranged in the frame, barrier-preventing assemblies are arranged between two groups of mounting columns, and the upper surface of the frame is connected with screeds through the barrier-preventing assemblies in an opposite moving mode.

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Steel bottle conveyor
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of steel cylinder conveying, and particularly relates to a steel cylinder conveying device.
Background
Steel cylinders, i.e. steel cylinders for storing high pressure oxygen, gas, liquefied petroleum gas, etc. Gas cylinders typically contain a permanent gas, a liquefied gas, or a mixture of gases. Gas cylinder bottle filling units, gas cylinder inspection units, gas cylinder use units (including factories, laboratories, hospitals, schools, disease control centers, electronic chambers, clean rooms, industrial institutions, and the like), and bottle management of bottled gas and gas cylinder distribution units are in urgent need, and safety management of transporting and storing gas cylinders should be enhanced. Publication No.: CN209567519U discloses a steel bottle conveyor convenient to pass through, including support, rotation setting up the conveying roller on the support, the support both sides all are provided with the support frame, be provided with a plurality of step boards that are the ladder shape and arrange on the support frame, support frame and leg joint, be provided with the subassembly that blocks that is used for blockking the steel bottle on the support. The support frame is connected with the support, the blocking assembly blocks the steel bottle, workers can pass through the support through the step plate, and the workers can conveniently pass through the support.
The problems with the above techniques are: the utility model provides a conveyer that common steel bottle used on the market, in order to carry the steel bottle more quick, generally all place then carry for a plurality of steel cylinders, and this very easily leads to the in-process of carrying, the steel bottle of piling up very easily takes place to drop, although both sides have the rail guard, very easily collide with it, thereby not only damage the steel bottle easily, still reduced the life of rail guard, the steel bottle of placing simultaneously very easily barrier the height, and leveling mechanism on the traditional conveyer can not correspond to adjust, lead to having safety risk easily, thereby the practicality of steel bottle conveyer has been reduced, therefore we propose a steel bottle conveyor.
Disclosure of utility model
Aiming at the problems existing in the prior art, the utility model provides the steel cylinder conveying device which is provided with the steel cylinders which can be leveled according to the piled steel cylinders and can correspondingly adjust different heights, so that the steel cylinders are prevented from being damaged too much, the service life of a protective fence is prolonged, the practicability of a steel cylinder conveyor is improved, the problem that the conventional conveyor for bearing raw material steel cylinders in the market is solved, the steel cylinders are generally placed and conveyed one by one for conveying the steel cylinders more rapidly, the steel cylinders which are piled up are easy to drop in the conveying process, the protective fence is arranged on two sides, the steel cylinders are easy to collide with the steel cylinders, the service life of the protective fence is reduced, the steel cylinders which are placed on one side are easy to be piled up, and the leveling mechanism on the conventional conveyor cannot correspondingly adjust, so that the safety risk is easy to exist, and the practicability of the steel cylinder conveyor is reduced.
The utility model discloses a steel bottle conveying device, which comprises a frame, wherein guard rails are arranged at two ends of the upper surface of the frame, a conveying belt is arranged in the frame, upright posts are arranged at two ends of the upper surface of the frame, lifting adjusting assemblies are arranged at the same sides of the two groups of upright posts, mounting columns are connected at two ends of the upper surface of the frame in a lifting manner through the lifting adjusting assemblies, a stacking prevention assembly is arranged between the two groups of mounting columns, and the upper surface of the frame is connected with a flattening plate in an opposite moving manner through the stacking prevention assembly.
As preferable in the utility model, the lifting adjusting assembly comprises an adjusting screw, the side wall of the adjusting screw is connected with an adjusting nut through threads, one end of the adjusting nut is fixedly connected with the mounting column, and the adjusting screw is rotationally connected with the upright column.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the same side of the two groups of upright posts is provided with the lifting groove, the adjusting nuts are slidably arranged in the lifting groove, the adjusting screw rod is rotatably arranged in the lifting groove, the upper ends of one group of upright posts are fixedly provided with the protective shell, the upper surface of the protective shell is provided with the gear motor, the output shaft of the gear motor penetrates through the upper surface of the protective shell to the inside, and the upper surface of the protective shell is provided with the through hole.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the upper ends of the two groups of adjusting screw rods are fixedly provided with synchronous wheels, the upper ends of the two groups of upright posts are respectively provided with a through hole, the two groups of synchronous wheels are rotatably arranged at the upper ends of the upright posts, a synchronous belt is sleeved between the two groups of synchronous wheels, and one end of an output shaft of the speed reducing motor is fixedly connected with the middle part of the upper surface of one group of synchronous wheels.
As preferable, the anti-stacking component comprises a bidirectional screw rod, the bidirectional screw rod is rotatably arranged at the upper end between two groups of mounting columns, a servo motor is arranged at the upper end of one side of one group of mounting columns, an output shaft of the servo motor penetrates through the upper end of one side of one group of mounting columns to be fixedly connected with the bidirectional screw rod, a rotating hole is formed at the upper end of one side of one group of mounting columns, driving plates are connected at two ends of the side wall of the bidirectional screw rod through threads, and threaded holes corresponding to the bidirectional screw rod are formed at the upper ends of the opposite sides of the two groups of driving plates.
As the utility model is preferable, the opposite sides of the two groups of mounting columns are respectively provided with a storage groove, the inside of each storage groove is movably connected with a guide rod, and one end of each guide rod is rotatably connected with the driving plate.
As preferable mode of the utility model, the two groups of driving plates are respectively and fixedly connected with the two groups of screeds, and the opposite ends of the two groups of screeds are obliquely arranged towards the middle part of the conveying end of the conveying belt.
1. According to the utility model, through the design that the opposite ends of the two groups of screeds are obliquely arranged towards the middle part of one end of the conveying belt, when some steel cylinders which are piled up are placed on the upper surface of the conveying belt and are not regularly piled up, gaps are reserved between the two screeds, the steel cylinders can be blocked and fall onto the conveying belt, and the fallen steel cylinders are just between the two screeds, so that collision with the protective guard can be avoided, the service life of the protective guard can be prolonged, the effect of excessive damage to the steel cylinders is avoided, the design that one end of the adjusting nut is fixedly connected with the mounting column is achieved, when the steel cylinders conveyed by the conveying belt are more, the speed reducing motor can be started according to the number of the steel cylinders which are placed each time, and the two screeds can be simultaneously controlled by the two screeds through the two groups of synchronous wheels and the synchronous belt, so that the steel cylinders can be prevented from falling down to be damaged in a better way, and the practical effect of the steel cylinder conveyor can be effectively improved.
2. According to the utility model, through the design that the side wall of the adjusting screw is connected with the adjusting nut through threads, when the adjusting screw rotates, the adjusting nut can be driven to slide in the lifting groove, so that the adjusting nut can drive the mounting column to move, and the effect that the lifting movement of the mounting column can be controlled by steering when the adjusting screw rotates is achieved.
3. According to the utility model, the gear motor is arranged on the upper surface of the protective shell, and one synchronous wheel driven by the gear motor can rotate in the protective shell, so that the synchronous wheel can be prevented from being influenced by the outside, and the gear motor can be normally and difficultly influenced by the outside, so that the lifting motion of the mounting column can not be driven.
4. According to the utility model, through the design that the synchronous belt is sleeved between the two groups of synchronous wheels, when the gear motor drives one synchronous wheel to rotate, the other synchronous wheel can be driven to rotate by the synchronous belt, so that the two adjusting screw rods can simultaneously and in the same direction rotate, and the gear motor can simultaneously drive the two adjusting screw rods to rotate, thereby achieving the effect of effectively reducing the fund loss.
5. According to the utility model, through the design that the threaded holes corresponding to the bidirectional screw rods are formed in the upper ends of the opposite sides of the two groups of driving plates, when the bidirectional screw rods rotate, the two groups of driving plates can be controlled to be close to or far away from each other through the threaded holes, and the driving plates can drive the screeds to move, so that the effect that the two groups of screeds can be driven to be close to or far away from each other when the bidirectional screw rods rotate, and the size of a conveying gap is controlled is achieved.
6. According to the utility model, due to the design that the guide rod is movably connected in the storage groove, when the driving plate is far away from the mounting column, one end of the guide rod, which is movably connected with the mounting column, can vertically slide and can rotate, so that the guide rod can be gradually unfolded, and the effect of effectively improving the stability of the screed during movement and working is achieved.
7. According to the utility model, through the design that the two groups of driving plates are fixedly connected with the two groups of screeds respectively, when the two groups of driving plates are close to or far away from each other, the screeds can be driven to move respectively, so that the effect of controlling the conveying gap between the two groups of screeds when the two groups of driving plates move is achieved.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the overall structure provided by an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a lifting adjusting assembly according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a structure of a barrier preventing assembly according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a guard rail; 2. a conveyor belt; 3. a frame; 4. a flattening plate; 5. a column; 6. a protective shell; 7. a mounting column; 8. a guide rod; 9. a synchronous belt; 10. a lifting adjusting component; 11. an anti-cocking assembly; 12. a synchronizing wheel; 101. adjusting a screw rod; 102. a speed reducing motor; 103. an adjusting nut; 1101. a servo motor; 1102. a two-way screw rod; 1103. and a driving plate.
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For a further understanding of the utility model, its features and advantages, reference is now made to the following examples, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
The structure of the present utility model will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 3, the steel bottle conveying device provided by the embodiment of the utility model comprises a frame 3, wherein guard rails 1 are arranged at two ends of the upper surface of the frame 3, a conveying belt 2 is arranged in the frame 3, upright posts 5 are arranged at two ends of the upper surface of the frame 3, lifting adjusting assemblies 10 are arranged on the same sides of the two groups of upright posts 5, mounting columns 7 are connected at two ends of the upper surface of the frame 3 in a lifting manner through the lifting adjusting assemblies 10, a stacking preventing assembly 11 is arranged between the two groups of mounting columns 7, and a leveling plate 4 is connected on the upper surface of the frame 3 in an opposite movement manner through the stacking preventing assembly 11.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that two sets of screeds 4 opposite ends all set up to the one end middle part of conveyer belt 2's conveying end slope, when some steel cylinders that pile up place at conveyer belt 2 upper surface and irregular barrier, leave the space between two screeds 4, these steel cylinders just can receive to block and take place to drop on conveyer belt 2, and the steel cylinder that drops just between two screeds 4 for can avoid bumping with rail guard 1, thereby reach not only can improve rail guard 1's life, still avoided the too much impaired effect of steel cylinder, the design of adjusting nut 103 one end and erection column 7 fixed connection, when the steel cylinder that conveyer belt 2 carried just can start gear motor 102 according to how many of placing at every turn, gear motor 102 can be through two sets of synchronizing wheel 12 and hold-in range 9 to control simultaneously two screeds 4 and equidirectional elevating movement, make can avoid too much barrier to drop to take place to damage, thereby the effect that can effectively improve conveyer's practicality is reached.
Referring to fig. 2, the lifting adjusting assembly 10 includes an adjusting screw 101, an adjusting nut 103 is screwed on a side wall of the adjusting screw 101, one end of the adjusting nut 103 is fixedly connected with the mounting column 7, and the adjusting screw 101 is rotatably connected with the upright column 5.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that adjusting screw 101 lateral wall has adjusting nut 103 through threaded connection, when adjusting screw 101 rotates, can drive adjusting nut 103 and slide in the lift inslot for adjusting nut 103 can drive the erection column 7 and remove, thereby reached the effect that the steering can control the elevating movement of erection column 7 when adjusting screw 101 rotates.
Referring to fig. 2, lifting grooves are formed in the same side of two groups of upright posts 5, adjusting nuts 103 are slidably mounted in the lifting grooves, an adjusting screw 101 is rotatably mounted in the lifting grooves, a protecting shell 6 is fixedly mounted at the upper ends of one group of upright posts 5, a gear motor 102 is arranged on the upper surface of the protecting shell 6, an output shaft of the gear motor 102 penetrates through the upper surface of the protecting shell 6 to the inside, and through holes are formed in the upper surface of the protecting shell 6.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that the gear motor 102 is arranged on the upper surface of the protective housing 6, one synchronous wheel 12 driven by the gear motor 102 can rotate in the protective housing 6, so that one synchronous wheel 12 can be prevented from being influenced by the outside, and the gear motor 102 can be normally and difficultly influenced by the outside to drive the lifting motion of the mounting column 7.
Referring to fig. 2, synchronizing wheels 12 are fixedly mounted at the upper ends of two groups of adjusting screw rods 101, through holes are formed at the upper ends of two groups of upright posts 5, two groups of synchronizing wheels 12 are rotatably mounted at the upper ends of the upright posts 5, a synchronous belt 9 is sleeved between the two groups of synchronizing wheels 12, and one end of an output shaft of a speed reducing motor 102 is fixedly connected with the middle part of the upper surface of one group of synchronizing wheels 12.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that is equipped with hold-in range 9 between two sets of synchronizing wheels 12, when gear motor 102 drove a synchronizing wheel 12 rotation, can drive another synchronizing wheel 12 rotation through hold-in range 9 for two accommodate the simultaneous and equidirectional rotation of lead screw 101, make gear motor 102 can drive two accommodate the lead screw 101 rotation simultaneously, thereby reach the effect that can effectually reduce the fund loss.
Referring to fig. 3, the anti-stacking assembly 11 includes a bidirectional screw rod 1102, the bidirectional screw rod 1102 is rotatably mounted at the upper end between two groups of mounting posts 7, a servo motor 1101 is disposed at the upper end of one side of one group of mounting posts 7, an output shaft of the servo motor 1101 penetrates through the upper end of one side of one group of mounting posts 7 and is fixedly connected with the bidirectional screw rod 1102, a rotation hole is formed at the upper end of one side of one group of mounting posts 7, driving plates 1103 are respectively disposed at two ends of the side wall of the bidirectional screw rod 1102 through threaded connection, and threaded holes corresponding to the bidirectional screw rod 1102 are respectively formed at the upper ends of the opposite sides of the two groups of driving plates 1103.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that the screw hole corresponding to two-way lead screw 1102 has all been seted up to the upper end of two sets of drive plates 1103 opposite sides, when two-way lead screw 1102 rotates, can control two sets of drive plates 1103 and be close to each other or keep away from through the screw hole, the drive plate 1103 just can drive screed 4 and remove to can drive two sets of screeds 4 and be close to each other or keep away from when having reached two-way lead screw 1102 and rotated, the effect of the size in control conveying space.
Referring to fig. 3, two sets of mounting posts 7 are provided with receiving slots on opposite sides thereof, guide rods 8 are movably connected in the receiving slots, and one ends of the guide rods 8 are rotatably connected with a driving plate 1103.
The scheme is adopted: through accomodate the inside swing joint of groove and have the design of guide bar 8, the drive plate 1103 when keeping away from erection column 7, and guide bar 8 and erection column 7 swing joint's one end can vertically slide and can rotate for guide bar 8 can expand gradually, thereby has reached the effect that can effectually improve the stability of screed 4 removal and during operation.
Referring to fig. 3, two sets of driving plates 1103 are fixedly connected to two sets of screeds 4, respectively, and opposite ends of the two sets of screeds 4 are each disposed obliquely toward the middle of the conveying end of the conveyor belt 2.
The scheme is adopted: through the design that two sets of drive plates 1103 are respectively fixedly connected with two sets of screeds 4, when two sets of drive plates 1103 are close to or far away from each other, can drive screeds 4 respectively and remove to when having reached two sets of drive plates 1103 and removed, can control the effect of the conveying clearance between two sets of screeds 4.
When in use, when some steel cylinders which are stacked are placed on the upper surface of the conveying belt 2 and are irregularly stacked, gaps are reserved between the two screeds 4, the steel cylinders can be blocked and fall onto the conveying belt 2, the fallen steel cylinders are just between the two screeds 4, so that collision with the protective guard 1 can be avoided, when the steel cylinders conveyed by the conveying belt 2 are more, the gear motor 102 can be started according to the number of the steel cylinders which are placed each time, the gear motor 102 can simultaneously control the lifting movement of the two screeds 4 in the same direction through the two groups of synchronous wheels 12 and the synchronous belt 9, and damage caused by excessive stacking falling can be avoided for better performance.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
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. Steel bottle conveyor, including frame (3), its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a lifting device for a building, including frame (3), frame (3) upper surface both ends all are provided with rail guard (1), be provided with conveyer belt (2) in frame (3), frame (3) upper surface both ends all are provided with stand (5), two sets of stand (5) the same side all is provided with lift adjustment subassembly (10), frame (3) upper surface both ends all are connected with erection column (7) through lift adjustment subassembly (10) lift, two sets of be provided with between erection column (7) and prevent building subassembly (11), frame (3) upper surface is connected with screed (4) through preventing building subassembly (11) opposite movement.
2. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein: the lifting adjusting assembly (10) comprises an adjusting screw rod (101), an adjusting nut (103) is connected to the side wall of the adjusting screw rod (101) through threads, one end of the adjusting nut (103) is fixedly connected with the mounting column (7), and the adjusting screw rod (101) is rotationally connected with the upright column (5).
3. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 2 wherein: two sets of stand (5) all have seted up the lift groove with one side, adjusting nut (103) slidable mounting is inside the lift groove, accommodate the lead screw (101) rotate install in the lift inslot, a set of stand (5) upper end fixed mounting has protective housing (6), protective housing (6) upper surface is provided with gear motor (102), gear motor (102) output shaft runs through protective housing (6) upper surface to inside, the through-hole has been seted up to protective housing (6) upper surface.
4. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein: two groups of adjusting screw (101) upper ends are all fixed mounting have synchronizing wheel (12), and two groups of through-hole has all been seted up to stand (5) upper end, two groups of synchronizing wheel (12) are all rotated and are installed in stand (5) upper end, two groups of cover is equipped with hold-in range (9) between synchronizing wheel (12), the one end and the upper surface middle part fixed connection of a set of synchronizing wheel (12) of gear motor (102) output shaft.
5. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein: the anti-stacking assembly (11) comprises a bidirectional screw rod (1102), the bidirectional screw rod (1102) is rotatably mounted at the upper end between two groups of mounting columns (7), a group of servo motors (1101) are arranged at the upper ends of one sides of the mounting columns (7), an output shaft of each servo motor (1101) penetrates through the upper ends of one sides of the group of mounting columns (7) and is fixedly connected with the bidirectional screw rod (1102), a group of rotating holes are formed in the upper ends of one sides of the mounting columns (7), driving plates (1103) are respectively arranged at the two ends of the side walls of the bidirectional screw rod (1102) in a threaded mode, and threaded holes corresponding to the bidirectional screw rod (1102) are respectively formed in the upper ends of the opposite sides of the driving plates (1103).
6. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 5 wherein: two sets of opposite sides of the mounting column (7) are provided with storage grooves, guide rods (8) are movably connected in the storage grooves, and one ends of the guide rods (8) are rotatably connected with a driving plate (1103).
7. A steel cylinder delivery apparatus as set forth in claim 6 wherein: the two groups of driving plates (1103) are fixedly connected with the two groups of screeds (4) respectively, and opposite ends of the two groups of screeds (4) are obliquely arranged towards the middle part of the conveying end of the conveying belt (2).
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