CN223765809U - Paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity - Google Patents

Paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity

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CN223765809U
CN223765809U CN202520043714.4U CN202520043714U CN223765809U CN 223765809 U CN223765809 U CN 223765809U CN 202520043714 U CN202520043714 U CN 202520043714U CN 223765809 U CN223765809 U CN 223765809U
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任珂
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本实用新型公开了一种建筑电气用线缆铺设用放线装置,涉及线缆放线技术领域,包括载板和绕线筒,还包括:设置在载板和绕线筒之间的调整驱动单元和设置在载板上的引导单元;调整驱动单元包括滑杆、支撑架、转轴、驱动电机以及推拉螺杆,载板一侧顶面开设有条形滑槽;引导单元包括固定架、下位滚筒、支撑弹簧、调整架、上位滚筒以及提拉杆,固定架呈倒“凵”字型状并固定设置在载板另一侧顶面。本实用新型中,转轴上的矩形插接槽与矩形插接块组接后,驱动电机可以带动转轴转动帮助绕线筒进行绕线操作,转轴脱离矩形插接块后,转轴可以配合绕线筒自由转动完成松放线操作,设备放线操作无需电机驱动配合其运行成本低。

This utility model discloses a cable laying device for building electrical cables, relating to the field of cable laying technology. It includes a carrier plate and a winding drum, and further includes: an adjustment drive unit disposed between the carrier plate and the winding drum, and a guide unit disposed on the carrier plate. The adjustment drive unit includes a slide rod, a support frame, a rotating shaft, a drive motor, and a push-pull screw. A strip-shaped groove is formed on the top surface of one side of the carrier plate. The guide unit includes a fixed frame, a lower roller, a support spring, an adjustment frame, an upper roller, and a lifting rod. The fixed frame is in the shape of an inverted "U" and is fixedly disposed on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate. In this utility model, after the rectangular insertion slot on the rotating shaft is connected to the rectangular insertion block, the drive motor can drive the rotating shaft to rotate, assisting the winding drum in the winding operation. After the rotating shaft disengages from the rectangular insertion block, the rotating shaft can rotate freely with the winding drum to complete the cable laying operation. The cable laying operation of the equipment does not require motor drive, resulting in low operating costs.

Description

Paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of cable paying-off, in particular to a paying-off device for laying cables for building electric.
Background
The wire and cable is a wire product for transmitting electric power, electric signals and realizing electromagnetic energy conversion, the cable is usually composed of a cable core for transmitting electric power or electric signals and a shell for protecting and insulating, the cable which only contains one cable core and has a smaller diameter is usually called as an electric wire, part of the electric wire is also called as a bare wire, and the cable core in the cable is made of a metal material with good electric conductivity.
The utility model discloses (bulletin) number is CN219730183U, discloses a pay-off for cable laying for building electricity, including bearing mechanism and paying-off mechanism, paying-off mechanism rotates to be connected in bearing mechanism's top, and paying-off mechanism includes rolling unit and guiding element, and rolling unit rotates to be connected in bearing mechanism's top, guiding element fixed connection in bearing mechanism's top, bearing mechanism comprises bottom plate, first supporting leg, slider and second supporting leg. This pay-off for cable laying for building is electric drives the second wire wheel through being provided with drive assembly and rotates, cooperates first wire wheel pair interval to adjust, is convenient for conduct according to the cable of different thickness, need not artifical the rotation, can carry out quick unwrapping wire work to the cable, drives drive assembly through drive assembly and carries out the transmission to drive bull stick and reel and rotate, can carry out quick loading and carry out the rolling to unnecessary cable to the cable, improves the practicality of device.
Although the above scheme can rapidly load the cable and wind the redundant cable, the paying-off operation needs motor drive to be matched with the operation cost, the cable is clamped and fixed hard, and the paying-off effect is general, therefore, we propose a paying-off device for laying the cable for building electric use.
Disclosure of utility model
The utility model mainly aims to provide a paying-off device for laying cables for building electric, which solves the problems that the paying-off operation requires motor drive to match with the high running cost and the cable is clamped and fixed hard and the paying-off effect is common by arranging an adjusting driving unit and a guiding unit.
The paying-off device for laying the cable for building comprises a carrier plate, a winding reel, an adjusting driving unit and a guiding unit, wherein the adjusting driving unit is arranged between the carrier plate and the winding reel, and the guiding unit is arranged on the carrier plate;
The adjusting driving unit comprises a sliding rod, a supporting frame, a rotating shaft, a driving motor and a push-pull screw rod, wherein a strip-shaped sliding groove is formed in the top surface of one side of the supporting plate, the sliding rod is fixedly arranged on the strip-shaped sliding groove, the supporting frame is U-shaped and movably sleeved on the sliding rod, the rotating shaft is movably arranged on the supporting frame, the winding reel is fixedly sleeved on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the rotating shaft, the driving motor is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the supporting plate, a rectangular inserting block is fixedly arranged at the output end of the driving motor, a rectangular inserting groove is formed in the end surface of the rotating shaft, the rectangular inserting block is movably extended into the rectangular inserting groove, the push-pull screw rod is in threaded connection with the surface of one side of the supporting plate, and one end of the push-pull screw rod extending into the strip-shaped sliding groove is connected with the side surface of the supporting frame through a bearing;
The guide unit comprises a fixing frame, lower rollers, supporting springs, an adjusting frame, upper rollers and a lifting rod, wherein the fixing frame is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate, the lower rollers are arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the fixing frame through first supporting rods, strip-shaped through grooves are respectively formed in the surfaces of two opposite sides of the fixing frame, the supporting springs are fixedly arranged on the groove walls of the top ends of the strip-shaped through grooves, the adjusting frame is in the inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged at the bottom ends of the supporting springs, the upper rollers are arranged on the inner wall of the adjusting frame through second supporting rods and are located right above the lower rollers, and the lifting rod is fixedly arranged at the center of the top surface of the adjusting frame and movably penetrates through the top surface of the fixing frame.
Preferably, the push-pull screw rod and the sliding rod are mutually parallel.
Preferably, a turntable is fixedly arranged at one end of the push-pull screw rod, which is positioned at the outer side of the carrier plate.
Preferably, the two supporting springs are arranged at the top surface of the adjusting frame in a symmetrical mode.
Preferably, the lifting rod and the upper roller are mutually perpendicular.
Preferably, the bottom surface corner of the carrier plate is fixedly provided with a trundle.
Compared with the prior art, the paying-off device for laying the cable for building electricity has the following beneficial effects:
1. According to the utility model, when the winding or paying-off operation is performed by arranging the adjusting driving unit, the supporting frame can be pushed or pulled by holding the push-pull screw rod which is rotationally connected with one side surface of the supporting frame through the push-pull screw rod which is connected with the side surface of the supporting frame by the bearing, the supporting frame in a U shape can slide and translate on the sliding rod in the strip-shaped sliding groove, the distance between the rotating shaft movably arranged on the supporting frame and the rectangular inserting block on the output end of the driving motor can be adjusted along with the rotating shaft, after the rectangular inserting groove on the rotating shaft is assembled with the rectangular inserting block, the driving motor can drive the rotating shaft to rotate to assist the winding drum to perform the winding operation, and after the rotating shaft is separated from the rectangular inserting block, the rotating shaft can be matched with the winding drum to freely rotate to complete the releasing operation, and the paying-off operation of equipment is not required to be matched with the motor to have low operation cost.
2. According to the utility model, a cable for loosening and paying-off can pass through between the upper roller and the lower roller, the supporting spring fixedly arranged on the groove wall at the top end of the strip-shaped through groove can help the upper roller to flexibly clamp the cable downwards, when the cable is pulled and paying-off, the supporting spring can deform and stretch to match with the interval between the upper roller and the lower roller to perform certain interval change so as to ensure the smooth paying-off process, the upper roller is driven to move upwards by the adjusting frame through the holding and upwards moving lifting rod, the supporting spring is compressed along with the upward movement of the upper roller, the cable is loosened and lifted by the lifting rod after passing through the space between the upper roller and the lower roller, the supporting spring deforms and returns to drive the upper roller to move downwards and reset so as to maintain the flexible clamping effect, and the flexible clamping and fixing effects of the cable are flexible and the device is stable.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed for the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present utility model, and other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall structure of a paying-off device for laying cables for building electric use according to the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a pay-off device for laying cables for building electric use according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of FIG. 2 at A-A in accordance with the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the structure of the utility model at B-B in FIG. 2;
Fig. 5 is a schematic side view of a pay-off device for laying cables for building electric use according to the present utility model.
In the drawings, the list of components represented by the various numbers is as follows:
1. a carrier plate;
2. The device comprises an adjusting driving unit, a sliding rod, a 202, a supporting frame, a 203, a rotating shaft, a 204, a driving motor, a 205 and a push-pull screw;
3. a bobbin;
4. A guide unit; 401, a fixed frame, 402, a lower roller, 403, a supporting spring, 404, an adjusting frame, 405, an upper roller, 406 and a lifting rod;
5. a turntable;
6. Casters.
Detailed Description
The utility model is further described in connection with the following detailed description, in order to make the technical means, the creation characteristics, the achievement of the purpose and the effect of the utility model easy to understand.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "front", "rear", "both ends", "one end", "the other end", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific direction, be configured and operated in the specific direction, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present utility model, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "configured to," "connected," and the like are to be construed broadly as, for example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, may be a removable connection, or an integral connection, may be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection, may be a direct connection or may be an indirect connection via an intermediary, or may be a communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present utility model will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Examples
As shown in fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, the paying-off device for laying cables for building electric comprises a carrier plate 1, a winding reel 3, an adjusting driving unit 2 arranged between the carrier plate 1 and the winding reel 3 and a guiding unit 4 arranged on the carrier plate 1;
The adjusting driving unit 2 comprises a slide bar 201, a support frame 202, a rotating shaft 203, a driving motor 204 and a push-pull screw 205, wherein a strip-shaped chute is formed in the top surface of one side of the carrier plate 1, the slide bar 201 is fixedly arranged on the strip-shaped chute, the support frame 202 is U-shaped and movably sleeved on the slide bar 201, the rotating shaft 203 is movably arranged on the support frame 202, a winding drum 3 is fixedly sleeved on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the rotating shaft 203, the driving motor 204 is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the carrier plate 1, a rectangular inserting block is fixedly arranged at the output end of the driving motor 204, a rectangular inserting groove is formed in the end surface of the rotating shaft 203, the rectangular inserting block movably extends into the rectangular inserting groove, the push-pull screw 205 is in threaded connection with the surface of one side of the carrier plate 1, and one end of the push-pull screw 205 extending into the strip-shaped chute is connected with the side surface of the support frame 202 through a bearing;
The guiding unit 4 comprises a fixing frame 401, lower rollers 402, supporting springs 403, an adjusting frame 404, upper rollers 405 and a lifting rod 406, wherein the fixing frame 401 is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate 1, the lower rollers 402 are arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the fixing frame 401 through first supporting rods, strip-shaped through grooves are respectively formed in the surfaces of two opposite sides of the fixing frame 401, the supporting springs 403 are fixedly arranged on the top end groove walls of the strip-shaped through grooves, the adjusting frame 404 is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the supporting springs 403, the upper rollers 405 are arranged on the inner wall of the adjusting frame 404 through second supporting rods and are located right above the lower rollers 402, and the lifting rod 406 is fixedly arranged at the center of the top surface of the adjusting frame 404 and movably penetrates through the top surface of the fixing frame 401.
Further, the push-pull screw 205 and the slide bar 201 are disposed parallel to each other.
Further, a turntable 5 is fixedly arranged at one end of the push-pull screw 205, which is positioned outside the carrier plate 1.
Further, the two supporting springs 403 are symmetrically arranged on the top surface of the adjusting frame 404.
Further, the lifting rod 406 and the upper roller 405 are disposed perpendicular to each other.
Further, the bottom corner of the carrier plate 1 is fixedly provided with a caster 6.
The device paying-off operation is realized by adjusting the driving unit 2 without motor driving, so that the operation cost is low.
Examples
As shown in fig. 1, 3, 4 and 5, the paying-off device for laying cables for building electric comprises a carrier plate 1, a winding reel 3, an adjusting driving unit 2 arranged between the carrier plate 1 and the winding reel 3 and a guiding unit 4 arranged on the carrier plate 1;
The adjusting driving unit 2 comprises a slide bar 201, a support frame 202, a rotating shaft 203, a driving motor 204 and a push-pull screw 205, wherein a strip-shaped chute is formed in the top surface of one side of the carrier plate 1, the slide bar 201 is fixedly arranged on the strip-shaped chute, the support frame 202 is U-shaped and movably sleeved on the slide bar 201, the rotating shaft 203 is movably arranged on the support frame 202, a winding drum 3 is fixedly sleeved on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the rotating shaft 203, the driving motor 204 is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the carrier plate 1, a rectangular inserting block is fixedly arranged at the output end of the driving motor 204, a rectangular inserting groove is formed in the end surface of the rotating shaft 203, the rectangular inserting block movably extends into the rectangular inserting groove, the push-pull screw 205 is in threaded connection with the surface of one side of the carrier plate 1, and one end of the push-pull screw 205 extending into the strip-shaped chute is connected with the side surface of the support frame 202 through a bearing;
The guiding unit 4 comprises a fixing frame 401, lower rollers 402, supporting springs 403, an adjusting frame 404, upper rollers 405 and a lifting rod 406, wherein the fixing frame 401 is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate 1, the lower rollers 402 are arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the fixing frame 401 through first supporting rods, strip-shaped through grooves are respectively formed in the surfaces of two opposite sides of the fixing frame 401, the supporting springs 403 are fixedly arranged on the top end groove walls of the strip-shaped through grooves, the adjusting frame 404 is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the supporting springs 403, the upper rollers 405 are arranged on the inner wall of the adjusting frame 404 through second supporting rods and are located right above the lower rollers 402, and the lifting rod 406 is fixedly arranged at the center of the top surface of the adjusting frame 404 and movably penetrates through the top surface of the fixing frame 401.
Further, the push-pull screw 205 and the slide bar 201 are disposed parallel to each other.
Further, a turntable 5 is fixedly arranged at one end of the push-pull screw 205, which is positioned outside the carrier plate 1.
Further, the two supporting springs 403 are symmetrically arranged on the top surface of the adjusting frame 404.
Further, the lifting rod 406 and the upper roller 405 are disposed perpendicular to each other.
Further, the bottom corner of the carrier plate 1 is fixedly provided with a caster 6.
The flexible clamping and fixing effects of the equipment on the cable are flexible and the wire releasing effect is stable through the guiding unit 4.
The working principle of the utility model is as follows:
During winding or paying-off operation, the push-pull screw 205 which is connected to one side surface of the carrier plate 1 through a holding rotation thread is used for pushing or pulling the carrier plate 202 through the push-pull screw 205 which is connected with the side surface of the carrier plate 202 through a bearing, the carrier plate 202 slides and translates on the sliding rod 201 in the strip-shaped sliding groove, the rotating shaft 203 which is movably arranged on the carrier plate 202 adjusts the interval between the rectangular inserting block on the output end of the driving motor 204, after the rectangular inserting groove on the rotating shaft 203 is assembled with the rectangular inserting block, the driving motor 204 drives the rotating shaft 203 to rotate to assist the winding reel 3 to perform winding operation, after the rotating shaft 203 is separated from the rectangular inserting block, the rotating shaft 203 is matched with the winding reel 3 to freely rotate to finish releasing operation, the supporting spring 403 fixedly arranged on the top wall of the strip-shaped through groove helps the upper roller 405 to downwards flexibly clamp a cable, when the cable is pulled and paid-off, the supporting spring 403 deforms to be matched with the interval between the upper roller 405 and the lower roller 402 to perform a certain interval change, the upper roller 405 is driven by the holding and the lifting rod 406, the supporting spring 403 is compressed along with the rotating shaft, the rotating shaft 3 is compressed along the rotating shaft, and the winding drum 3, and the winding operation is performed, and the cable is released, and the flexible after the cable is pulled and the cable is released, and released.
The foregoing has shown and described the basic principles and main features of the present utility model and the advantages of the present utility model. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present utility model is not limited to the embodiments described above, and that the above embodiments and descriptions are merely illustrative of the principles of the present utility model, and various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model, which is defined in the appended claims. The scope of the utility model is defined by the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

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1. The paying-off device for laying the cable for building comprises a carrier plate (1) and a winding reel (3), and is characterized by further comprising an adjusting driving unit (2) arranged between the carrier plate (1) and the winding reel (3) and a guiding unit (4) arranged on the carrier plate (1);
The adjusting driving unit (2) comprises a sliding rod (201), a supporting frame (202), a rotating shaft (203), a driving motor (204) and a push-pull screw rod (205), wherein a rectangular inserting groove is formed in the top surface of one side of the supporting plate (1), the sliding rod (201) is fixedly arranged on the rectangular inserting groove, the supporting frame (202) is U-shaped and movably sleeved on the sliding rod (201), the rotating shaft (203) is movably arranged on the supporting frame (202), a winding reel (3) is fixedly sleeved on the outer peripheral surface of the middle end of the rotating shaft (203), the driving motor (204) is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the supporting plate (1) and a rectangular inserting block is fixedly arranged at the output end of the driving motor, a rectangular inserting groove is formed in the end surface of the rotating shaft (203), the rectangular inserting block is movably extended into the rectangular inserting groove, the push-pull screw rod (205) is connected to the surface of one side of the supporting plate (1) in a mode, and one end of the push-pull screw rod (205) extending into the rectangular inserting groove is connected with the side surface of the supporting frame (202) through a bearing;
The guide unit (4) comprises a fixing frame (401), a lower roller (402), supporting springs (403), an adjusting frame (404), an upper roller (405) and a lifting rod (406), wherein the fixing frame (401) is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the other side of the carrier plate (1), the lower roller (402) is arranged on the inner wall of the bottom end of the fixing frame (401) through a first supporting rod, a strip-shaped through groove is respectively formed in the surfaces of two opposite sides of the fixing frame (401), the supporting springs (403) are fixedly arranged on the top wall of the strip-shaped through groove, the adjusting frame (404) is in an inverted U shape and is fixedly arranged at the bottom end of the supporting springs (403), the upper roller (405) is arranged on the inner wall of the adjusting frame (404) through a second supporting rod and is located right above the lower roller (402), and the lifting rod (406) is fixedly arranged at the center of the top surface of the adjusting frame (404) and movably penetrates through the top surface of the fixing frame (401).
2. The paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity according to claim 1, wherein the push-pull screw rod (205) and the sliding rod (201) are arranged in parallel.
3. The paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity according to claim 1, wherein one end of the push-pull screw rod (205) positioned on the outer side of the carrier plate (1) is fixedly provided with a rotary disc (5).
4. The paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity according to claim 1, wherein the two supporting springs (403) are symmetrically arranged on the top surface of the adjusting frame (404).
5. The paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity according to claim 1, wherein the lifting rod (406) and the upper roller (405) are arranged perpendicular to each other.
6. The paying-off device for laying cables for building electricity according to claim 1, wherein casters (6) are fixedly arranged at corners of the bottom surface of the carrier plate (1).
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