CN221133261U - Electronic device dust collecting equipment - Google Patents

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CN221133261U
CN221133261U CN202322960822.1U CN202322960822U CN221133261U CN 221133261 U CN221133261 U CN 221133261U CN 202322960822 U CN202322960822 U CN 202322960822U CN 221133261 U CN221133261 U CN 221133261U
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The utility model discloses electronic device dust removing equipment, which comprises a sealed box body, wherein a rotary limiting groove is arranged in the sealed box body, a rotary clamping structure is arranged on the rotary limiting groove, a rotary motor is arranged under the rotary clamping structure, a lifting chute is arranged in the sealed box body, a lifting bracket is arranged in the lifting chute, an electric telescopic rod is arranged in front of the lifting bracket, a dust removing brush mounting structure is arranged in front of the electric telescopic rod, a dust removing brush is arranged in the dust removing brush mounting structure, a lifting motor I is arranged on the sealed box body, a lifting screw I is arranged below the lifting motor, a lifting limiting rod I is arranged in the sealed box body, a lifting motor II is arranged below the lifting motor II, a lifting limiting rod II is arranged in the sealed box body, a dust remover is arranged outside the lifting screw I, and a connecting hose is arranged behind the dust remover, and a dust removing fan is arranged at one end of the connecting hose. The device can be clamped, and the dust removing brush convenient to detach is arranged.

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Electronic device dust collecting equipment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of dust removing equipment, in particular to electronic device dust removing equipment.
Background
The dust removing device is a device for separating dust from flue gas, called a dust remover or dust removing device, the performance of the dust removing device is expressed by the amount of gas which can be processed, the resistance loss and the dust removing efficiency when the gas passes through the dust remover, from the perspective of ventilation and dust removal, the dust is all solid small particles which can exist in air in a floating state for a long time, and is a dispersion system, called aerosol, wherein the air is a dispersion medium, the solid particles are dispersion phases, the dust removing device is the device for separating the solid small particles from the aerosol, and the electronic devices are devices which are manufactured in vacuum, gas or solid by utilizing and controlling the electronic motion rule and are divided into an electric vacuum device, an air charging tube device and a solid electronic device, and the functions of rectification, amplification, modulation, oscillation, frequency conversion, phase locking, control, correlation and the like are performed in an analog circuit; the gas tube device is mainly used for rectification, voltage stabilization and display.
The patent number among the prior art is CN 210230866U's patent discloses a raw and other materials dust collector for optoelectronic device production, the power distribution box comprises a box body, fixedly connected with mounting panel between the inner wall of box both sides, the erection joint has been seted up in the mounting panel, install dust removal fan in the erection joint, the lower exit of erection joint is equipped with the wind net, the mounting panel lower lateral wall is equipped with corresponding joint mechanism, the draw-in groove has all been seted up to wind net both sides lateral wall, exit intercommunication is equipped with the dust absorption cover body on the erection joint, dust absorption cover body upper end intercommunication is equipped with the dust removal pipe, the dust removal pipe other end runs through the box setting. According to the utility model, the clamping mechanism is arranged, so that the wind net can be conveniently detached, the wind net is cleaned, the residual dust on the wind net is removed, the equipment is ensured to have a good dust removing effect, the dust on the raw materials of the optoelectronic device can be removed, and the produced optoelectronic device can be ensured to normally operate.
However, the prior art patents suffer from several drawbacks:
(1) In the prior art, when a device is cleaned, the device is required to be placed in the placement box, and the lower part of the device contacts one side of the placement box, so that effective dust removal cannot be obtained, and the working effect of a dust removal device is reduced;
(2) In the prior art, only a dust removal fan is used for removing dust from the device, so that the dust on the surface of the device is difficult to remove, the dust removal effect can not meet the requirement, and the subsequent normal operation of the device is affected.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model aims to overcome the technical defects, and provides the electronic device dust removing equipment which not only can clamp devices and ensure the dust removing effect of a dust removing device, but also is provided with a dust removing brush convenient to detach and used for cleaning dust stained on the surfaces of the devices.
In order to solve the problems, the technical scheme of the utility model is as follows: an electronic device dust collecting equipment, characterized in that: including the sealed box, the sealed box lower extreme is equipped with the device support, the device support lower extreme is equipped with the device base, the sealed box front end is equipped with sealed chamber door, rotatory spacing groove has been seted up to the sealed box inboard, rotatory spacing groove upper end is equipped with rotates clamping structure, it is equipped with rotating electrical machines to rotate clamping structure lower extreme, the lift spout has been seted up to the sealed box inboard, the lift spout inboard is equipped with the lift support, the lift support front end is equipped with electric telescopic handle, electric telescopic handle front end is equipped with dust removal brush mounting structure, dust removal brush mounting structure inboard is equipped with the dust removal brush, sealed box upper end is equipped with lift motor one, lift motor one end is equipped with lift screw one, sealed box inboard is equipped with lift spacing rod one, sealed box upper end is equipped with lift motor two, lift motor two lower extreme is equipped with lift screw two, the sealed box inboard is equipped with lift spacing rod two, lift screw one and lift spacing rod one outside is equipped with the dust remover, the dust remover rear end is equipped with the coupling hose, coupling hose one end is equipped with the fan, dust removal fan is deposited to dust removal motor one end.
Preferably, the rotary clamping structure comprises a first supporting plate, a second supporting plate is arranged at the upper end of the first supporting plate, a fixed clamping plate is arranged at the upper end of the second supporting plate, a strip-shaped sliding port is formed in the inner side of the second supporting plate, a movable clamping plate is connected with the inner side of the strip-shaped sliding port in a sliding mode, an adjusting sliding groove is formed in the inner side of the first supporting plate, an adjusting screw is connected to the inner side of the first supporting plate in a rotating mode, and an adjusting motor is arranged at one end of the adjusting screw.
Preferably, the dust removing brush mounting structure comprises a support frame, a sliding limit groove is formed in the inner side of the support frame, a support rod is arranged in the inner side of the support frame, a clamping plate is connected to the inner side of the support rod in a sliding mode, a pressing rod is arranged at the upper end of the clamping plate, a spring is arranged at one end of the clamping plate, and a fixed inserting rod is arranged at the other end of the clamping plate.
Preferably, the four device brackets are arranged at the lower end of the sealed box body in a rectangular array, the lower end of the rotating motor is connected with the device base, the inner side of the lifting bracket is in threaded connection with the lifting screw rod II, and the inner side of the lifting bracket is in sliding connection with the lifting limiting rod II.
Preferably, the lower end of the supporting disc penetrates through the sealing box body, the lower end of the supporting disc is connected with the rotating motor, one outer side of the supporting disc is slidably connected with the rotating limiting groove, the outer side of the adjusting screw is in threaded connection with the movable clamping plate, the outer side of the movable clamping plate is slidably connected with the adjusting sliding groove, the outer side of the adjusting screw is in threaded connection with the movable clamping plate, and the adjusting motor is fixedly connected with the supporting vertical plate.
Preferably, one end of the supporting frame is connected with the electric telescopic rod, the outer side of the clamping plate is slidably connected with the sliding limiting groove, one end of the spring is connected with the clamping plate, the other end of the spring is connected with the supporting frame, and the outer side of the fixed inserting rod is slidably connected with the dust removing hairbrush.
Preferably, the lower end of the dust storage box is connected with the sealing box body, the lower end of the dust removal fan is connected with the sealing box body, the connecting hose penetrates through the sealing box body, the first two ends of the lifting limiting rod are connected with the inner side of the sealing box body, the second two ends of the lifting limiting rod are connected with the inner side of the sealing box body, the first lifting screw rod penetrates through the sealing box body, and the second lifting screw rod penetrates through the sealing box body.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:
(1) The rotating clamping structure is arranged on the inner side of the dust removing equipment, so that the device can be clamped according to the size of the device, the device can be cleaned in an omnibearing manner, and the dust removing effect of the dust removing device is ensured;
(2) The dust removing brush convenient to detach is arranged on the inner side of the dust removing equipment, dust stained on the surface of a device can be cleaned, and the dust removing brush can be easily detached to clean after cleaning is finished, so that the subsequent dust removing work is facilitated.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of an electronic device dust removing apparatus according to the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of a three-dimensional structure of an electronic device dust removing apparatus according to the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is a front structural sectional view of an electronic device dust removing apparatus of the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a top view of an electronic device dust removing apparatus of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the front view structure of an electronic device dust removing apparatus of the present utility model.
As shown in the figure: 1. sealing the box body; 2. a device holder; 3. a device base; 4. sealing the box door; 5. a rotary limit groove; 6. rotating the clamping structure; 601. a first supporting plate; 602. a supporting vertical plate; 603. a second supporting plate; 604. a fixed clamping plate; 605. a strip-shaped sliding port; 606. a movable clamping plate; 607. adjusting the chute; 608. adjusting a screw; 609. adjusting a motor; 7. a rotating electric machine; 8. lifting sliding grooves; 9. a lifting bracket; 10. an electric telescopic rod; 11. a dust removing brush mounting structure; 1101. a support frame; 1102. a sliding limit groove; 1103. a support rod; 1104. a clamping plate; 1105. pressing the rod; 1106. a spring; 1107. fixing the inserted link; 12. a dust removing brush; 13. lifting a first motor; 14. lifting a first screw rod; 15. lifting a first limiting rod; 16. a lifting motor II; 17. lifting screw II; 18. lifting a second limiting rod; 19. a dust remover; 20. a connecting hose; 21. a dust removal fan; 22. a dust storage box.
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Specific embodiments of the present utility model will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Wherein like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
It should be noted that the words "front", "rear", "left", "right", "upper" and "lower" used in the following description refer to directions in the drawings, and the words "inner" and "outer" refer to directions toward or away from, respectively, the geometric center of a particular component.
In order to make the contents of the present utility model more clearly understood, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the dust collector comprises a sealed box body 1, four device brackets 2 are arranged at the lower end of the sealed box body 1 in a rectangular array, a device base 3 is arranged at the lower end of the device brackets 2 and is used for supporting a dust collector above, a sealed box door 4 is arranged at the front end of the sealed box body 1 and is used for sealing the inner side when the dust collector works, a rotary limiting groove 5 is formed in the inner side of the sealed box body 1, the rotary limiting groove 5 limits a rotary clamping structure 6 arranged at the upper end, an operator starts an adjusting motor 609 before the dust collector works, the adjusting motor 609 drives an adjusting screw 608 arranged at the front end to rotate, the adjusting screw 608 which starts to rotate drives a movable clamping plate 606 in threaded connection with the outer side to rotate, the movable clamping plate 606 is changed into linear movement towards the center under the limit of the outer adjusting sliding groove 607 and a strip sliding port 605, the regulation spout 607 is offered in supporting disk one 601 inboard, the bar slide mouth 605 is offered in supporting disk two 603 inboard, supporting riser 602 is installed to supporting disk one 601 upper end, supporting riser 602 is fixed in supporting disk two 603 on supporting disk one 601 upper end, fixed splint 604 is installed to supporting disk two 603 upper ends, the movable splint 606 that can remove is cooperated, fix the electronic device that needs dust removal work of placing in supporting disk two 603 upper end, after pressing from both sides the completion, the rotating electrical machines 7 of operating personnel start supporting disk one 601 lower extreme installation, rotating electrical machines 7 drive supporting disk one 601 begins to rotate, the electronic device that needs the dust removal this moment begins to rotate, guarantee that electronic device's can obtain abundant clearance, avoid the one side of electronic device unable emergence that obtains dust removal work, guarantee dust collector's effect.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, the lifting chute 8 is formed in the inner side of the sealing box body 1, the lifting bracket 9 is mounted on the inner side of the lifting chute 8, the lifting bracket 9 can be lifted in a normal straight line, the lifting screw rod II 17 and the lifting limiting rod II 18 are mounted on the inner side of the lifting bracket 9, the electric telescopic rod 10 is mounted on the front section of the lifting bracket 9, the dust removing brush mounting structure 11 is mounted on the front end of the electric telescopic rod 10, the dust removing brush 12 is mounted on the front end of the dust removing brush mounting structure 11, when the dust removing work is performed, an operator can start the lifting motor II 16, the lifting screw rod II 17 mounted below the lifting motor II 16 is driven, the lifting bracket 9 in threaded connection with the outer side is driven to rotate, the lifting bracket 9 can freely move up and down under the limitation of the lifting limiting rod II 18, the operator can adjust the height of the lifting bracket 9 according to the height of an electronic device, the electric telescopic rod 10 is restarted at the moment, the dust removing brush 12 is pushed to be close to the surface of the electronic device, dust on the surface of the electronic device is cleaned, and the dust on the surface of the electronic device is matched with the rotating clamping structure 6 and the rotating motor 7 can ensure the dust cleaning effect.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, when the dust removing operation is performed, an operator may start the lifting motor 13, the lifting motor 13 drives the lifting screw 14 installed below to rotate, the dust remover 19 installed on the outer side of the lifting screw 14 rotates along with the lifting screw 14, the dust remover 19 may freely move up and down under the limitation of the lifting limiting rod 15 installed on the inner side of the dust remover 19, the height of the electronic device is adjusted, and then the dust removing fan 21 installed on the upper end of the sealing box 1 is started to drive the dust remover 19 to perform the operation, and the dust is conveyed through the connecting hose 20 and discharged to the inner side of the dust storage box 22, so that the subsequent centralized processing is facilitated.
As shown in fig. 1 to 5, after the dust removal operation is finished, an operator can pull the pressing rod 1105 of the dust removal brush mounting structure 11 to drive the clamping plate 1104 mounted at the lower end of the pressing rod 1105 to move backward, the clamping plate 1104 slides outside the supporting rod 1103 mounted at the inner side, the supporting rod 1103 is mounted at the inner side of the supporting frame 1101, a sliding limiting groove 1102 is formed at the inner side of the supporting frame 1101, the sliding limiting groove 1102 limits the clamping plate 1104 connected at the inner side, the clamping plate 1104 can move forward normally, at the moment, the clamping plate 1104 compresses a spring mounted at the rear, the clamping plate 1104 drives a fixed inserted rod 1107 mounted at the inner side to move backward, the fixed inserted rod 1107 moves out of the dust removal brush 12, the connection between the dust removal brush 12 and the dust removal brush mounting structure 11 is released, the dust removal brush 12 is cleaned conveniently, the follow-up dust removal operation is performed normally, and after the cleaning of the dust removal brush 12 is finished, the pressing rod 1105 can be released, the spring 1106 pushes the clamping plate at the front end to move forward, and the dust removal brush 12 is fixed again.
In the implementation of the utility model, as shown in fig. 1 to 5, before the dust removal work is carried out, an operator opens the sealing box door 4, puts the electronic device needing dust removal into the sealing box body 1, drives the adjusting screw 608 to rotate through the adjusting motor 609, adjusts the position of the movable clamping plate 606, fixes the electronic device needing cleaning, starts the lifting motor I13 according to the specific size of the electronic device, adjusts the position of the dust remover 19, ensures the dust collection effect, starts the lifting motor II 16, adjusts the position of the lifting bracket 9, starts the electric telescopic rod 10 again, tightly adheres the dust removing hairbrush 12 to the electronic device, starts the rotating motor 7 after the preparation work is finished, drives the electronic device to rotate, ensures that each part of the electronic device can obtain the dust removal work, ensures the dust removal effect of the device, and after the dust removal work is finished, the operator can pull the pressing rod 1105 to disconnect the dust removing hairbrush 12 from the dust removing brush mounting structure 11, is convenient to clean the dust removing hairbrush 12, and then opens the dust storage box 22 for cleaning the collected dust uniformly.
The utility model and its embodiments have been described above with no limitation, and the actual construction is not limited to the embodiments of the utility model as shown in the drawings. In summary, if one of ordinary skill in the art is informed by this disclosure, a structural manner and an embodiment similar to the technical solution should not be creatively devised without departing from the gist of the present utility model.

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1. An electronic device dust collecting equipment, characterized in that: including sealed box (1), sealed box (1) lower extreme is equipped with device support (2), device support (2) lower extreme is equipped with device base (3), sealed box (1) front end is equipped with sealed chamber door (4), sealed box (1) inboard has seted up rotatory spacing groove (5), rotatory spacing groove (5) upper end is equipped with rotates clamping structure (6), rotate clamping structure (6) lower extreme is equipped with rotating electrical machines (7), lifting chute (8) have been seted up to sealed box (1) inboard, lifting chute (8) inboard is equipped with lifting support (9), lifting support (9) front end is equipped with electric telescopic handle (10), electric telescopic handle (10) front end is equipped with dust removal brush mounting structure (11), dust removal brush mounting structure (11) inboard is equipped with dust removal brush (12), sealed box (1) upper end is equipped with lifting motor one (13), lifting motor one (13) lower extreme is equipped with lifting screw one (14), lifting motor one (1) inboard is equipped with lifting motor one (15), lifting screw (16) are equipped with two sealing screw (16) lower extreme, two lifting screw (16) are equipped with, the novel dust collector is characterized in that a lifting limiting rod II (18) is arranged on the inner side of the sealing box body (1), a dust collector (19) is arranged on the outer side of the lifting screw I (14) and the lifting limiting rod I (15), a connecting hose (20) is arranged at the rear end of the dust collector (19), a dust removing fan (21) is arranged at one end of the connecting hose (20), and one end of the dust removing fan (21) is connected with a dust storage box (22).
2. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the rotary clamping structure (6) comprises a first supporting plate (601), a second supporting plate (603) is arranged at the upper end of the first supporting plate (601), a fixed clamping plate (604) is arranged at the upper end of the second supporting plate (603), a strip-shaped sliding opening (605) is formed in the inner side of the second supporting plate (603), an adjusting sliding groove (607) is formed in the inner side of the first supporting plate (601), an adjusting screw (608) is connected to the inner side of the first supporting plate (602) in a rotating mode, and an adjusting motor (609) is arranged at one end of the adjusting screw (608).
3. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the dust removing brush mounting structure (11) comprises a supporting frame (1101), a sliding limit groove (1102) is formed in the inner side of the supporting frame (1101), a supporting rod (1103) is arranged on the inner side of the supporting frame (1101), a clamping plate (1104) is connected to the inner side of the supporting rod (1103) in a sliding mode, a pressing rod (1105) is arranged at the upper end of the clamping plate (1104), a spring (1106) is arranged at one end of the clamping plate (1104), and a fixed inserting rod (1107) is arranged at the other end of the clamping plate (1104).
4. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the device comprises four device brackets (2), wherein the four device brackets (2) are arranged at the lower end of a sealed box body (1) in a rectangular array, the lower end of a rotating motor (7) is connected with a device base (3), the inner side of a lifting bracket (9) is in threaded connection with a lifting screw rod II (17), and the inner side of the lifting bracket (9) is in sliding connection with a lifting limiting rod II (18).
5. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein: the lower extreme of supporting disk one (601) runs through sealed box (1), rotating electrical machines (7) are connected to supporting disk one (601) lower extreme, rotatory spacing groove (5) of supporting disk one (601) outside sliding connection, adjusting screw (608) outside threaded connection movable splint (606), movable splint (606) outside sliding connection regulation spout (607), adjusting screw (608) outside threaded connection movable splint (606), adjusting motor (609) fixed connection supports riser (602).
6. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein: the electric telescopic dust collector comprises a support frame (1101), an electric telescopic rod (10) is connected to one end of the support frame (1101), a sliding limiting groove (1102) is slidably connected to the outer side of a clamping plate (1104), the clamping plate (1104) is connected to one end of a spring (1106), the support frame (1101) is connected to the other end of the spring (1106), and a dust collection brush (12) is slidably connected to the outer side of a fixed inserted rod (1107).
7. An electronic device dust removing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein: the dust storage box is characterized in that the lower end of the dust storage box (22) is connected with the sealing box body (1), the lower end of the dust removal fan (21) is connected with the sealing box body (1), the connecting hose (20) penetrates through the sealing box body (1), the two ends of the lifting limiting rod I (15) are connected with the inner side of the sealing box body (1), the two ends of the lifting limiting rod II (18) are connected with the inner side of the sealing box body (1), the lifting screw I (14) penetrates through the sealing box body (1), and the lifting screw II (17) penetrates through the sealing box body (1).
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