CN221196734U - Resiliometer strutting arrangement - Google Patents

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CN221196734U
CN221196734U CN202323289815.XU CN202323289815U CN221196734U CN 221196734 U CN221196734 U CN 221196734U CN 202323289815 U CN202323289815 U CN 202323289815U CN 221196734 U CN221196734 U CN 221196734U
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冯丽红
樊海永
董梦林
郑茜茜
王小亚
曾龙
曹保彪
景娜
曹苗苗
袁电飞
张畅
范安康
张飞豪
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The utility model relates to a resiliometer supporting device, which comprises a front vertical plate and a rear vertical plate, wherein the left side and the right side of the vertical plate are respectively provided with a supporting block, the lower end of each supporting block is respectively provided with a supporting rod, the lower side of the vertical plate is provided with a horizontally placed supporting plate, the middle part of the supporting plate is provided with a first through groove penetrating through the upper end face and the lower end face, and the left end and the right end of the supporting plate are respectively fixedly connected with the supporting rods; a left first rotating shaft and a right first rotating shaft are rotationally connected between the two vertical plates, a chain wheel is fixed on each first rotating shaft, the two chain wheels are in transmission connection through a chain, a sliding block capable of sliding left and right is arranged on the lower side of the chain between the two vertical plates, a blind hole is formed in the lower end face of the sliding block, and the tail of the resiliometer can be fixed in the blind hole; according to the utility model, the auxiliary supporting device is arranged outside the resiliometer, the supporting plate is attached to the detection wall surface, so that the contact area between the supporting plate and the wall surface is increased, the resiliometer is ensured to be vertical to the wall surface all the time, the operation is more convenient, and the detection precision is greatly improved.

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Resiliometer strutting arrangement
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the field of building main body detection, in particular to a resiliometer supporting device.
Background
When the vibration resistance of the main structure of the building is detected, a resiliometer is often needed, but when the resiliometer is operated to detect, the use mode is often needed to be noted, and the error of a detection result can be caused by the improper use mode; when the resiliometer is operated to perform detection, the flick rod is required to be always in a vertical state with the detection wall surface, detection grids are required to be drawn on the wall body in advance before each detection, and the detection is performed for multiple times on the wall bodies with different grid positions, so that the detection uniformity is ensured, but the grid drawing in advance is time-consuming and labor-consuming, and the grid interval cannot be accurately controlled by manual drawing;
The utility model discloses a fixing device for building main part detects resiliometer that bulletin number is CN214952578U, through set up bearing structure in the resiliometer left and right sides, can increase the area of contact with the wall body through the gasket, guarantees to detect at every turn and makes resiliometer and wall body straightness that hangs down, improves detection accuracy, but this scheme has the problem: 1. the grids still need to be drawn in advance before detection, which is time-consuming and labor-consuming; 2. after each rebound, the whole device needs to be lifted up to be repositioned at the replacement position, and the operation is inconvenient.
Disclosure of utility model
Aiming at the situation, in order to overcome the defects of the prior art, the utility model adopts the resiliometer supporting device, and solves the problems that in the prior art, a detection grid is required to be drawn in advance each time the resiliometer is used and the resiliometer is required to be shifted for a plurality of times.
The technical scheme of the resiliometer supporting device is that the resiliometer supporting device comprises a front vertical plate and a rear vertical plate which are arranged at intervals, wherein the left side and the right side of the vertical plate are respectively provided with a supporting block, each supporting block is fixedly connected with the front vertical plate and the rear vertical plate, the lower end of each supporting block is respectively provided with a supporting rod, the supporting rods can slide up and down on the supporting blocks, the lower side of each vertical plate is provided with a horizontally placed supporting plate, the middle part of each supporting plate is provided with a first through groove penetrating through the upper end face and the lower end face, and the left end and the right end of each supporting plate are respectively fixedly connected with the supporting rods; a left first rotating shaft and a right first rotating shaft are rotationally connected between the two vertical plates, a chain wheel is fixed on each first rotating shaft, the two chain wheels are in transmission connection through a chain, a sliding block capable of sliding left and right is arranged on the lower side of the chain between the two vertical plates, a blind hole is formed in the lower end face of the sliding block, and the tail of the resiliometer can be fixed in the blind hole;
When the support rod moves downwards to the farthest distance relative to the support block, the first rotating shaft can rotate a certain angle, and the first rotating shaft does not rotate under the other conditions; when the chain moves along with the rotation of the first rotating shaft, the sliding block can be driven to move synchronously.
Each supporting block is provided with a cavity, a sliding plate capable of sliding up and down along the cavity is arranged in the cavity, and the upper ends of the supporting rods on the left side and the right side respectively penetrate through the lower end face of the supporting block to the cavity and are fixedly connected with the sliding plate.
The left side the supporting shoe front end face offer the second through-slot of vertical direction, second through-slot and cavity intercommunication, the slide front end of left side stretches out the supporting shoe front end face through the second through-slot and is fixed with a rack of vertical placing, front side riser left side rotates and is connected with a second pivot, be fixed with an incomplete gear in the second pivot, incomplete gear upside is smooth outer disc, incomplete gear left end and rack engagement, first pivot front end runs through riser front end face and is connected with the driven gear through one-way bearing, one-way bearing makes the driven gear only can drive first pivot synchronous revolution when clockwise rotation, driven gear and incomplete gear right-hand member meshing can drive incomplete gear rotation all the time when the rack upwards moves, incomplete gear breaks away from with driven gear after rotatory certain angle, until the rack removes to the uppermost, incomplete gear all does not mesh with driven gear.
The upper end of the sliding block is fixedly provided with a telescopic rod in the vertical direction, the upper end of the telescopic rod is hinged with the chain, the front end and the rear end of the vertical plate are respectively provided with a third through groove in the horizontal direction, the front end and the rear end of the sliding block are respectively provided with a cross rod, the two cross rods respectively penetrate through the front end face and the rear end face of the sliding block to the inside of the blind hole and are in threaded connection with the sliding block, and the outer ends of the cross rods on the front side and the rear side respectively penetrate through the sliding block through the third through grooves and can slide left and right along the third through grooves.
One end of each cross rod, which is positioned at the inner side of the blind hole, is respectively fixed with an arc-shaped holding plate, and the outermost end of each cross rod is fixed with a knob.
A pressure spring is fixed between the supporting block and the supporting plate, and the pressure spring always pushes the supporting plate away from the supporting block.
The vertical plate top be provided with the action bars, the action bars is the U-shaped pole that the opening was down, both ends are fixed connection with the supporting shoe of left and right sides respectively about the action bars.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following advantages:
1. According to the utility model, the auxiliary supporting device is arranged outside the resiliometer, the supporting plate is attached to the detection wall surface, so that the contact area between the resiliometer and the wall surface is increased, the resiliometer is always vertical to the wall surface, and meanwhile, the operation can be finished by one hand, so that the operation is more convenient, and the detection precision is greatly improved;
2. Through the cooperation of the rack and the gear, the rebound instrument can be driven to translate the same distance every time the rebound instrument is pressed, so that automatic switching of detection points is realized, and the detection efficiency is improved;
3. The incomplete gear is matched with the driven gear, so that the sliding plate can drive the driven gear to rotate only when moving to the lower side of the cavity, the rotation direction of the first rotating shaft is controlled by the unidirectional bearing, the sliding plate can drive the chain to move when resetting downwards, the lower end of the flicking rod of the rebound instrument is ensured to move after being separated from the wall surface, and abrasion of the flicking rod is avoided;
4. The chain is matched with the telescopic rod, so that the chain can always drive the sliding block to horizontally move left and right, manual adjustment is not needed, continuous rebound detection is realized, and the detection efficiency is greatly improved;
5. Through the mode that the horizontal pole runs through slider and third tee bend groove, make the horizontal pole can be enough to fix the resiliometer simultaneously, can provide spacingly for the horizontal migration of slider again.
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Fig. 1 is a front view of the present utility model.
Fig. 2 is a front cross-sectional view of the present utility model.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of fig. 2 a in accordance with the present utility model.
Fig. 4 is a left side cross-sectional view of the slider, cross-bar, telescoping bar and cinching plate of the present utility model.
Fig. 5 is a detail view of the slide plate and rack of the present utility model.
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The following describes the embodiments of the present utility model in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The utility model is provided by figures 1 to 5, which comprises a front vertical plate 1 and a rear vertical plate 1 which are arranged at intervals, wherein the left side and the right side of the vertical plate 1 are respectively provided with a supporting block 2, each supporting block 2 is fixedly connected with the front vertical plate 1 and the rear vertical plate 1, the lower end of each supporting block 2 is respectively provided with a supporting rod 3, the supporting rods 3 can slide up and down on the supporting blocks 2, the lower side of the vertical plate 1 is provided with a supporting plate 4 which is horizontally arranged, the middle part of the supporting plate 4 is provided with a first through groove 5 which penetrates through the upper end face and the lower end face, and the left end and the right end of the supporting plate 4 are respectively fixedly connected with the supporting rods 3; a left first rotating shaft 6 and a right first rotating shaft 6 are rotatably connected between the two vertical plates 1, a chain wheel 7 is fixed on each first rotating shaft 6, the two chain wheels 7 are in transmission connection through a chain 8, a sliding block 9 capable of sliding left and right is arranged between the two vertical plates 1 and positioned on the lower side of the chain 8, a blind hole 10 is formed in the lower end face of the sliding block 9, and the tail of the resiliometer can be fixed in the blind hole 10;
When the support rod 3 moves downwards to the farthest distance relative to the support block 2, the first rotating shaft 6 can rotate a certain angle, and the first rotating shaft 6 does not rotate under the other conditions; when the chain 8 moves along with the rotation of the first rotating shaft 6, the sliding block 9 can be driven to move synchronously.
Each supporting block 2 is provided with a cavity 11 on the inner side, a sliding plate 12 capable of sliding up and down along the cavity 11 is arranged in the cavity 11, and the upper ends of the supporting rods 3 on the left side and the right side respectively penetrate through the lower end face of the supporting block 2 to the cavity 11 and are fixedly connected with the sliding plate 12.
The front end face of the supporting block 2 on the left side is provided with a second through groove 13 in the vertical direction, the second through groove 13 is communicated with the cavity 11, the front end of the left sliding plate 12 extends out of the front end face of the supporting block 2 through the second through groove 13 and is fixedly provided with a vertically placed rack 14, the left side of the front vertical plate 1 is rotationally connected with a second rotating shaft 15, an incomplete gear 16 is fixedly arranged on the second rotating shaft 15, the upper side of the incomplete gear 16 is a smooth outer circular face, the left end of the incomplete gear 16 is meshed with the rack 14, the front end of the first rotating shaft 6 penetrates through the front end face of the vertical plate 1 and is connected with a driven gear 17 through a one-way bearing, the one-way bearing enables the driven gear 17 to drive the first rotating shaft 6 to synchronously rotate only when the driven gear 17 rotates clockwise, the driven gear 17 is meshed with the right end of the incomplete gear 16, the incomplete gear 16 can always be driven to rotate when the rack 14 moves upwards, the incomplete gear 16 rotates a certain angle and then is separated from the driven gear 17 until the rack 14 moves to the uppermost end, and the incomplete gear 16 is not meshed with the driven gear 17.
The upper end of the sliding block 9 is fixedly provided with a telescopic rod 18 in the vertical direction, the upper end of the telescopic rod 18 is hinged with the chain 8, the front end and the rear end of the vertical plate 1 are respectively provided with a third through groove 19 in the horizontal direction, the front end and the rear end of the sliding block 9 are respectively provided with a cross rod 20, the two cross rods 20 respectively penetrate through the front end and the rear end face of the sliding block 9 to the blind hole 10 and are in threaded connection with the sliding block 9, and the outer ends of the cross rods 20 on the front side and the rear side respectively penetrate through the sliding block 9 through the third through grooves 19 and can slide left and right along the third through grooves 19.
One end of each cross rod 20, which is positioned at the inner side of the blind hole 10, is respectively fixed with an arc-shaped holding plate 21, and the outermost end of each cross rod 20 is fixed with a knob 22.
A pressure spring is fixed between the supporting block 2 and the supporting plate 4, and the pressure spring always pushes the supporting plate 4 away from the supporting block 2.
The upper part of the vertical plate 1 is provided with an operating rod 23, the operating rod 23 is a U-shaped rod with a downward opening, and the left end and the right end of the operating rod 23 are respectively fixedly connected with the supporting blocks 2 on the left side and the right side.
It should be noted that the upper end surface of the telescopic rod 18 is provided with a yielding groove, the chain 8 is arranged in the yielding groove, and interference between the telescopic rod 18 and the chain 8 when the hinge shaft of the chain 8 rotates to the upper half part of the chain 8 is avoided.
When the device is used, the sliding block 9 is arranged at the leftmost side, the telescopic rod 18 and the hinge shaft of the chain 8 are positioned at the upper half part of the chain 8, the tail part of the rebound instrument is arranged in the blind hole 10 from the lower side of the sliding block 9, then the knob 22 at the front side and the rear side is manually rotated to enable the cross rod 20 to move towards the inside of the blind hole 10, the rebound instrument is tightly held and fixed by the holding plate 21, the spring striking rod of the rebound instrument is positioned at the upper side of the lower end face of the supporting plate 4 and is provided with a space, then the operating rod 23 is held by hands, the whole device is arranged on a concrete wall surface needing to be subjected to strength test, the supporting plate 4 is attached to the wall surface, then the operating rod 23 is pressed towards the wall surface direction to enable the supporting rod 3 to drive the sliding plate 12 to move upwards along the cavity 11, the sliding plate 12 drives the incomplete gear 16 to rotate clockwise through the rack 14, the incomplete gear 16 drives the driven gear 17 to rotate anticlockwise, the driven gear 17 can drive the first rotating shaft 6 to synchronously rotate only when the driven gear 17 rotates clockwise, so the rack 14 cannot drive the chain 8 to move in the upward moving process, at the moment, the striking rod of the rebound instrument is compressed to the inner side of the rebound instrument, the striking hammer is released to complete striking and record reading, then the extrusion force of the operating rod 23 is withdrawn to drive the sliding plate 12 to move downwards under the action of the pressure spring, the sliding plate 12 drives the incomplete gear 16 to rotate anticlockwise through the rack 14, the driven gear 17 does not move until the lower end of the striking rod of the rebound instrument is separated from the wall surface because the smooth surface corresponds to the driven gear 17 in the first half of the anticlockwise rotation of the incomplete gear 16, the incomplete gear 16 is meshed with the driven gear 17 and drives the first rotating shaft 6 to rotate clockwise through the driven gear 17, the first rotating shaft 6 drives the telescopic rod 18 to move rightwards by a certain distance through the chain wheel and chain, the resiliometer is driven to translate to the right by the sliding block 9 for a certain distance; then repeating the above operation to finish a plurality of equidistant rebound detections, until the sliding block 9 moves to the rightmost end, then taking up the whole device, placing the device at a new detection position, and continuing to press the operation rod 23, wherein the sliding block 9 and the rebound instrument translate leftwards by a certain distance each time the operation rod 23 is pressed until the device moves to the leftmost end because the hinge shaft of the telescopic rod 18 and the chain 8 moves to the lower half part of the chain 8 along with the chain.
According to the utility model, the auxiliary supporting device is arranged outside the resiliometer, the supporting plate 4 is attached to the detection wall surface, so that the contact area between the resiliometer and the wall surface is increased, the resiliometer is always vertical to the wall surface, and meanwhile, the operation can be completed by one hand, so that the operation is more convenient, and the detection precision is greatly improved; through the cooperation of the rack and the gear, the rebound instrument can be driven to translate the same distance every time the rebound instrument is pressed, so that automatic switching of detection points is realized, and the detection efficiency is improved; through the cooperation of the incomplete gear 16 and the driven gear 17, the sliding plate 12 can drive the driven gear 17 to rotate only when moving to the lower side of the cavity 11, and the unidirectional bearing is used for controlling the rotation direction of the first rotating shaft 6, so that the sliding plate 12 can drive the chain 8 to move when resetting downwards, the lower end of the striking rod of the rebound instrument is ensured to move after being separated from a wall surface, and the abrasion of the striking rod is avoided; the chain 8 is matched with the telescopic rod 18, so that the chain 8 can always drive the sliding block 9 to horizontally move left and right, manual adjustment is not needed, continuous rebound detection is realized, and the detection efficiency is greatly improved; through the mode that the cross rod 20 runs through the sliding block 9 and the third through groove 19, the cross rod 20 can fix the resiliometer and can provide limit for the horizontal movement of the sliding block 9.

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1. The resiliometer supporting device is characterized by comprising a front vertical plate (1) and a rear vertical plate (1) which are arranged at intervals, wherein a supporting block (2) is respectively arranged at the left side and the right side of the vertical plate (1), each supporting block (2) is fixedly connected with the front vertical plate (1) and the rear vertical plate (1), a supporting rod (3) is respectively arranged at the lower end of each supporting block (2), the supporting rods (3) can slide up and down on the supporting blocks (2), a horizontally placed supporting plate (4) is arranged at the lower side of each vertical plate (1), a first through groove (5) penetrating through the upper end face and the lower end face is formed in the middle of each supporting plate (4), and the left end and the right end of each supporting plate (4) are respectively fixedly connected with the supporting rods (3); a left first rotating shaft (6) and a right first rotating shaft (6) are rotationally connected between the two vertical plates (1), a chain wheel (7) is fixed on each first rotating shaft (6), the two chain wheels (7) are in transmission connection through a chain (8), a sliding block (9) capable of sliding left and right is arranged on the lower side of the chain (8) between the two vertical plates (1), a blind hole (10) is formed in the lower end face of the sliding block (9), and the tail of the resiliometer can be fixed in the blind hole (10);
when the supporting rod (3) moves downwards to the farthest distance relative to the supporting block (2), the first rotating shaft (6) can rotate for a certain angle, and the first rotating shaft (6) does not rotate under the other conditions; when the chain (8) moves along with the rotation of the first rotating shaft (6), the sliding block (9) can be driven to move synchronously.
2. The resiliometer supporting device according to claim 1, wherein each supporting block (2) is provided with a cavity (11), a sliding plate (12) capable of sliding up and down along the cavity (11) is arranged in the cavity (11), and the upper ends of the supporting rods (3) on the left side and the right side penetrate through the lower end face of the supporting block (2) to the inside of the cavity (11) respectively and are fixedly connected with the sliding plate (12).
3. The resiliometer supporting device according to claim 2, wherein a second through groove (13) in the vertical direction is formed in the front end face of the supporting block (2) on the left side, the second through groove (13) is communicated with the cavity (11), the front end of the sliding plate (12) on the left side extends out of the front end face of the supporting block (2) through the second through groove (13) and is fixedly provided with a rack (14) which is vertically placed, a second rotating shaft (15) is rotatably connected to the left side of the front vertical plate (1), an incomplete gear (16) is fixedly arranged on the second rotating shaft (15), the upper side of the incomplete gear (16) is a smooth outer circular face, the left end of the incomplete gear (16) is meshed with the rack (14), the front end of the first rotating shaft (6) penetrates through the front end face of the vertical plate (1) and is connected with a driven gear (17) through a one-way bearing, the one-way bearing enables the driven gear (17) to rotate synchronously only when the driven gear (17) rotates clockwise, the driven gear (17) is meshed with the right end of the incomplete gear (16), and when the rack (14) moves upwards, the incomplete gear (16) can not rotate until the incomplete gear (16) is completely meshed with the driven gear (17), and does not completely rotate until the incomplete gear (16) completely rotates.
4. The resiliometer supporting device according to claim 1, wherein a telescopic rod (18) in the vertical direction is fixed at the upper end of the sliding block (9), the upper end of the telescopic rod (18) is hinged with the chain (8), a third through groove (19) in the horizontal direction is respectively formed in the front end and the rear end of the vertical plate (1), a cross rod (20) is respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the sliding block (9), the two cross rods (20) respectively penetrate through the front end face and the rear end face of the sliding block (9) to the blind hole (10) and are in threaded connection with the sliding block (9), and the outer ends of the cross rods (20) on the front side and the rear side respectively penetrate through the sliding block (9) through the third through groove (19) and can slide left and right along the third through groove (19).
5. A resiliometer support according to claim 4, wherein one end of each cross bar (20) located inside the blind hole (10) is fixed with an arc-shaped holding plate (21), and the outermost end of each cross bar (20) is fixed with a knob (22).
6. The resiliometer supporting device according to claim 1, wherein a compression spring is fixed between the supporting block (2) and the supporting plate (4), and the compression spring always pushes the supporting plate (4) away from the supporting block (2).
7. The resiliometer supporting device according to claim 1, wherein an operating rod (23) is arranged above the vertical plate (1), the operating rod (23) is a U-shaped rod with a downward opening, and the left end and the right end of the operating rod (23) are fixedly connected with the supporting blocks (2) on the left side and the right side respectively.
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