JP3454001B2 - Continuous unloader scraping device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tilting device for a scraping part of a continuous unloader, and more particularly to a tilting device for tilting a scraping part suspended by a link mechanism.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A continuous unloader for landing bulk material such as coal loaded in a hold can tilt a scraping portion in accordance with a tilt angle of a bottom of a ship, which is tilted by trimming or the like. Things are widely known. As shown in FIG. 7, the continuous unloader 40 includes a turning mast 4
1, a scraping unit 43 that forms a movement path of the endless bucket conveyor 42 that scrapes loose items in the hold, and a tilting cylinder 44 that tilts the scraping unit 43 according to the tilt angle of the ship bottom. Have.

The scraping section 43 is a frame 4 which is long in the horizontal direction.
5 are provided with sprockets 46 and 47 for guiding the endless bucket conveyor 42, respectively, and one end (rear end) side thereof is attached to the lower end of the swivel mast 41 so as to be vertically rotatable. ing.

The tilting cylinder 44 is a hydraulic cylinder, one end of which is rotatably connected to the lower end of the swiveling mast 41, and the other end of which is rotatably connected near the rear end of the scraping portion 43. By expanding and contracting the tilting cylinder 44, the scraping portion 43 can be raised and lowered.

[0005]

However, as shown in FIG. 8, there is provided a continuous unloader 51 in which a link mechanism 50 is provided between the swiveling mast 5 and the scraping section 10 to expand and contract the scraping section 10. In this case, there is no means for inclining the scraping unit 10, and the continuous unloader 51 has the link mechanism 5
By displacing each link of 0 and expanding and contracting the scraping unit 10, each link acts to move the scraping unit 10 up and down, so that, as described above, the swivel mast 5 and the scraping unit 10 are simply used. There is a problem that the scraping unit 10 cannot be tilted in accordance with the tilt angle of the ship bottom even if a tilting cylinder is provided between them.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a simple scraping unit for a continuous unloader in which a linking mechanism is provided between the swiveling mast and the scraping unit to extend and contract the scraping unit. It is an object of the present invention to provide a tilting device for a scraping portion of a continuous unloader that can be easily tilted with a configuration.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is directed to a swing mast suspended from the tip of a boom.
A tip provided at the lower end to guide the endless bucket conveyor
The scraping part with the end sprocket and the root sprocket
In the scraping device of the continuous unloader equipped with
One end is connected to the lower end of the strike, and the tip sp
A front support link for suspending the rocket side and the front support
One end is connected to the middle of the link, and
The rear support link that suspends the sprocket side and the above swing
One end is connected to the mast apart from the front support link.
And the other end is connected to the middle of the front support link.
Depression angle holding link consisting of
When the one end is separated from the front support link and is connected to
Both ends are connected to the middle of the rear support link.
And an expansion / contraction driving means composed of a binder.
By expanding and contracting the scraping part,
By extending and contracting the expansion / contraction driving means, the rear support
Of the scraping portion by rotating the link with respect to the front support link.
To tilt .

Also, is the expansion / contraction drive means a hydraulic cylinder?
It should consist of

[0009]

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the continuous unloader 1 is
It is installed on a wharf 33 for loading and unloading a load so that it can travel freely, and supports a traveling unit 2 that supports the entire body and a traveling unit 2
A boom 3 that is extended outwardly from the boom 3 and is swingable on a horizontal plane and can be raised and lowered, and the boom 3 is hung vertically from the extension end of the boom 3 through a top support frame 4 and rotatable horizontally. The swivel mast 5 supported by the swivel mast 5, and the scraping device 6 provided at the lower end of the swivel mast 5 and inserted into the hold 36 from the hatch opening 35 of the ship 34.

The swing mast 5 is a conveyor (not shown) provided on the boom 3 for loose objects scraped by the scraping device 6.
A drive device (not shown) such as a drive motor for driving the endless bucket conveyor 7 is provided on the upper part of the swivel mast 5, and a drive driven to rotate by the drive device. A sprocket 8 is provided. The endless bucket conveyor 7 includes a scraper 6 from the drive sprocket 8 via the front side of the turning mast 5.
It is provided so as to return to the drive sprocket 8 after passing through the lower end of the scraping device 6 and the rear side of the turning mast 5, and for scraping loose material on the outer peripheral side of the endless bucket conveyor 7. Buckets 9 are provided in a row at regular intervals. As shown in FIG. 2, the bucket 9 has a lower end of the scraping device 6 which is moved rearward so that the scrap 9 can scrape loose material.
The opening 37 is provided so as to face rearward when reaching the lower end of the.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the scraping device 6
Is a scraping section 1 that guides the bucket 9 to a position where there are loose pieces by elastically guiding the movement path of the endless bucket conveyor 7.
0 and the tilting device 2 for raising and lowering the scraping unit 10 at an arbitrary angle
It consists of 7.

The scraping section 10 mainly comprises a tip sprocket 13 for guiding the endless bucket conveyor 7 forward of the swivel mast 5, and the endless bucket conveyor 7 guided forward through the lower end of the scraping section 10. It comprises a root sprocket 14 for guiding the sprocket 13 and 14 backward, and a support frame 15 for rotatably supporting these sprockets 13, 14, respectively.

The tip sprocket 13 is a support frame 1.
A rotation surface 16 is provided upright at the tip of 5 so that it can receive the endless bucket conveyor 7 sent from above so as not to hit the support frame 15 and send it out from the lower end to the rear. Has become.

The root sprocket 14 is the support frame 1
5 is provided upright on the rear end with a rotating surface 17 facing forward and backward, and receives the endless bucket conveyor 7 sent from the front sprocket 13 so as not to hit the support frame 15 and upward from the rear end. It is designed to be sent to.

The support frame 15 has a tip sprocket 1
3 and a rear support frame 19 on which the root sprocket 14 is provided. The front support frame 18 and the rear support frame 19 are slidably fitted to each other in the front-rear direction. As a result, the support frame 15 can be telescopically expanded and contracted in the front-rear direction, and when the support frame 15 is expanded and contracted, the tip sprocket 13 and the root sprocket 14 are closely spaced from each other.

The tilting device 27 is attached to the lower end of the swiveling mast 5 and supports the scraping part 11 for suspending the scraping part 10 so that the scraping part 10 can be tilted. And 22.

The scraping portion support 11 is the front support frame 1
8, a front support link 20 that suspends 8, a rear support link 21 that suspends a rear support frame 19, and a depression angle of the front support frame 18 that is adjustable to hold the scraping portion 10 in length and height. The link mechanism includes a depression angle holding link 12 that holds the position in the direction in an adjustable manner.

One end of the front support link 20 is rotatably connected to the front end of the lower end of the swiveling mast 5, and the other end is rotatably connected to the upper portion of the front support frame 18 near the front end. , The first connection point 2 which is a connection point with the turning mast 5
By rotating about 4, the front support frame 18 is pulled forward and upward, and is pushed backward and downward.

The rear support link 21 has one end rotatably connected to the middle of the front support link 20 and the other end rotatably connected to an upper portion near the rear end of the rear support frame 19. The second connecting point with the front support link 20
By rotating around the connecting point 25, the rear support frame 19 is pulled up and pushed down.

The depression angle holding link 12 is a hydraulic cylinder whose one end is rotatably connected to the center of the lower end of the swing mast 5 and the other end is rotatably connected to the middle of the front support link 20. By extending the holding link 12, the front end side of the front support link 20 is pushed upward to make the depression angle shallower, and by depressing the depression angle holding link 12, the front end side of the front support link 20 is pulled down to lower the depression angle. It is supposed to deepen. The depression support link 12, the front support link 20, and the swivel mast 5 are connected in a triangular shape, and the front support link 20 is fixed by stopping expansion and contraction of the depression support link 12 and fixing the length constant. You can freely adjust the depression angle.

The telescopic drive means 22 has a swivel mast 5 at one end.
Is a hydraulic cylinder that is rotatably connected to the rear part of the lower end of the rear end and the other end of the hydraulic cylinder is rotatably connected to the middle of the rear part support link 21. The lower end of the rear support link 21 is rotated upward about the second connecting point 25 by rotating the second connecting point 25 downward and retracting the expansion / contraction driving means 22. Then, the extension / contraction driving means 22 stops the extension / contraction of the extension / contraction driving means 22 and fixes it at a constant length, so that the rear support link 21 is supported at a predetermined depression angle according to the depression angle of the front support link 20. By extending and contracting the depression angle holding link 12 in a state where the length of the expansion and contraction driving means 22 is fixed, the support frame 15 can be moved up and down and expanded and contracted while keeping the depression angle or elevation angle of the support frame 15 constant. Has become.

The specific dimensional ratio of each of these links 20, 21 is about 1806 mm for the rear support link 21 when the front support link 20 is about 3411 mm.
The distance between the connection point 24 and the third connection point 26, which is the connection point of the expansion / contraction drive means 22 to the turning mast 5, is about 1226 mm, and the positions of the first connection point 24 and the third connection point 26 are the first connection point. 24 is arranged at a position higher by about 274 mm than the position of the third connection point 26, and is arranged forward by about 1195 mm. In addition, the first connection point 24 and the second connection point 25
The distance between and is about 1600 mm.

More specifically, the fourth connection point 29, which is the connection point between the depression angle holding link 12 and the front support link 20, is located at the turning mast more than the position of the second connection point 25 of the front support link 20. The fifth connection point 30 which is provided at a position closer to 5 and which is the connection point between the depression angle holding link 12 and the turning mast 5 is sandwiched between the first connection point 24 and the third connection point 26 of the turning mast 5. It is installed in a closed position.

In the vicinity of the lower end of the swivel mast 5, a guide sprocket for keeping the endless bucket conveyor 7 located above the scraping device 6 vertically regardless of expansion and contraction or tilting of the scraping portion 10. 38 is provided, and the guide sprocket 38 contacts the outer peripheral side of the endless bucket conveyor 7 near the lower end of the swivel mast 5 and always moves the endless bucket conveyor 7 along the swivel mast 5.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the scraping device 6 of the continuous unloader 1 is inserted into the hold 36 from the hatch opening 35 of the ship 34, after aligning the scraping device 6 to a position above the hatch opening 35,
The depression angle holding link 12 is retracted while keeping the length of the extension / contraction drive means 22 constant, and the length of the scraping portion 10 of the scraping device 6 is shortened to a length that allows the hatch mouth 35 to easily pass therethrough.

At this time, as the depression angle holding link 12 retracts, the front support link 20 is pulled downward and rearward, and the front support frame 18 is retracted rearward and pulled downward. Furthermore, since the rear support link 21 has one end connected to the middle of the front support link 20,
A force is applied to the rear support link 21 in a direction that pushes the rear support link 21 downward. However, since the rear support link 21 is connected to the expansion / contraction drive means 22 at the middle and the movement thereof is restricted so as not to move rearward, it is not pushed downward as it is, and at the connection point with the rear support frame 19. There is a sixth
The connection point 31 is rotated frontward and downward with respect to the front support link 20. And the sixth connection point 31 is
The speed of being pushed backward by the front support link 20 and the speed of being pushed forward by the expansion / contraction driving means 22 are balanced, and the speed is lowered vertically.

Next, the boom 3 is tilted to lower the turning mast 5, and when the scraping section 10 passes through the hatch port 35, the length of the expansion / contraction driving means 22 is adjusted so that the tip of the scraping section 10 reaches the corner of the hold 36. The depression angle holding link 12 is extended while keeping the height constant to adjust the length of the scraping portion 10.

At this time, as the depression angle holding link 12 extends, the front support link 20 is pushed forward and upward, and the front support frame 18 is extended forward and pushed upward. Furthermore, since the rear support link 21 has one end connected to the middle of the front support link 20,
A force is applied to the rear support link 21 in a direction of pulling it upward and upward. However, since the rear support link 21 is connected to the expansion / contraction drive means 22 in the middle and its movement is restricted so as not to move forward, the rear support link 21 is not pulled upward as it is, and at the connection point with the rear support frame 19. There is a sixth
The connection point 31 is rotated upward and rearward with respect to the front support link 20. And the sixth connection point 31 is
The speed of being pulled forward by the front support link 20 and the speed of being pulled backward by the expansion / contraction driving means 22 is balanced, and the speed rises in the vertical direction.

When the length adjustment of the scraping unit 10 is completed, the turning mast 5 is lowered again, and the bucket 9 located at the lower end of the scraping unit 10 is brought into contact with the loose object. Then, the drive sprocket 8 is rotated by a drive device (not shown), and the endless bucket conveyor 7 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG.
At this time, the endless bucket conveyor 7 sent out from the drive sprocket 8 vertically descends along the turning mast 5 to reach the guide sprocket 38, and the guide sprocket 38 changes the moving direction obliquely downward and forward to scrape. The tip sprocket 13 provided at the front end of the portion 10 is reached. After that, the endless bucket conveyor 7 is sent to the lower end of the scraping section 10 by the tip sprocket 13 and changes its moving direction backward to reach the root sprocket 14, and the root sprocket 14 changes its moving direction upward to turn the mast 5. Rises vertically and returns to the drive sprocket 8.

Since the opening 9 of the bucket 9 is directed rearward at the lower end of the scraping unit 10, the loose object is scraped off while moving backward and scraped into the bucket 9. Thereafter, the loose material scraped into the bucket 9 is transported upward by the endless bucket conveyor 7 and transferred to a conveyor (not shown) provided on the boom 3 to be unloaded.

Then, while the swing mast 5 is horizontally moved or swung, the upper surface thereof is scraped off uniformly so as to keep the loading height of the bulk in the hold 36 horizontal. When the scraping section 10 reaches a corner in the cargo hold 36 in the cargo hold 36 partitioned in a rectangular shape in a plan view, the length of the scraping section 10 is extended while the turning mast 5 is swung to extend the scraping section 10. 36 is the tip of
Adjust so that it does not leave the corner of. Further, at this time, by extending the scraping unit 10, the scraping unit 10 moves upward, so that the turning mast 5 is adjusted downward so that the bucket 9 keeps contacting with the loose material.

When the loose material in the hold 36 is reduced and the hull is trimmed, the expansion / contraction driving means 22 is expanded / contracted while the length of the depression holding link 12 is kept constant to change the inclination angle of the scraping portion 10 to the inclination angle of the ship bottom. To match. At this time, when the scraping portion 10 is inclined forward and downward, the extension / contraction driving means 22 is retracted while keeping the length of the depression angle holding link 12 constant,
When the scraping unit 10 is inclined rearward and downward, the extension / contraction driving means 2 is kept while keeping the depression angle holding link 12 constant.
Extend 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the extension / contraction driving means 22 is retracted while the length of the depression angle holding link 12 is kept constant, as the extension / contraction driving means 22 retracts, the rear support link 21 is secondly connected. The point 25 is pivoted upward, and the rear end side of the support frame 15 is pulled backward and upward.
At this time, since the length of the depression angle holding link 12 is constant, the front support link 20 does not rotate in the vertical direction about the first connection point 24, and the front end side of the support frame 15 is the front portion. The rear support frame 19 is pulled out rearward from the front support frame 18 which is rotated downward about the seventh connection point 32 with the support link 20 and whose movement in the front-rear direction is restricted by the front support link 20. The support frame 15 is extended.

When the extension / contraction driving means 22 is extended while keeping the length of the depression angle holding link 12 constant, the rear support link 21 is centered on the second connecting point 25 as the extension / contraction driving means 22 is extended. The support frame 15 is rotated downward, and the rear end side of the support frame 15 is pushed downward. At this time, since the depression angle holding link 12 has a constant length, the front support link 20 does not rotate in the up-down direction about the first connection point 24, and the front end side of the support frame 15 moves forward. The rear support frame 1 is rotated upward about the seventh connection point 32 with the partial support link 20 and is directed toward the front support frame 18 whose movement in the front-rear direction is restricted by the front support link 20.
9 is pushed in, and the support frame 15 is retracted.

After the landing of the bulk material is completed, the depression angle holding link 1 is again held while keeping the length of the expansion / contraction driving means 22 constant.
2 is retracted to reduce the length of the scraping portion 10 of the scraping device 6 to a length that allows the hatch mouth 35 to easily pass, and the swivel mast 5
Then, the scraping device 6 is pulled up to the outside of the hold 36 through the hatch opening 35.

Thus, the scraping unit 1 of the continuous unloader 1
The tilting device of No. 0 is a link mechanism provided between the swivel mast 5 and the scraping unit 10 to suspend the scraping unit 10 so that the scraping unit 10 can be tilted. Mast 5
Since the retractor 10 is provided between the swivel mast 5 and the scraping unit 10, the retracting drive unit 22 is provided between the swivel mast 5 and the scraping unit 10. The scraping portion 10 of the scraping device 6 configured to expand and contract can be easily tilted.

The scraping portion support 11 (link mechanism)
A front support link 20 rotatably connected to the lower end of the swivel mast 5 and the front part of the scraping part 10, respectively, and a middle part of the front support link 20 and a rear part of the scraping part 10, respectively. And a rear support link 21 connected to the front support link 20 and a depression support link 12 that is rotatably connected between the swivel mast 5 and the front support link 20 and holds the inclination angle of the front support link 20 at an arbitrary depression angle. The extension drive means 22
Is an expandable hydraulic cylinder that is rotatably connected to the middle of the rear support link 21 and the swing mast 5, respectively. Therefore, the scraping unit 10 of the scraping device 6 can be easily tilted with a simple configuration. it can.

Since the depression angle holding link 12 is a hydraulic cylinder that can be expanded and contracted, the length and position of the scraping portion 10 in the height direction can be adjusted freely.

The ratio of the lengths of the links is not limited to the above, and when the scraping section 10 is expanded or contracted, the scraping section 10 is simultaneously moved up and down to pull or loosen the endless bucket conveyor 7. I try not to do anything
Further, it is only necessary that the tip sprocket 13 side of the scraping portion 10 is moved in the front-rear direction and the root sprocket 14 side is not moved in the front-rear direction.

[0043]

In summary, the present invention has the following excellent effects.

(1) The scraping portion can be easily tilted with a simple structure .

[0045]

[0046]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view of a continuous unloader showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a scraping device which is a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory view showing a tilting operation of the scraping device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the scraping device of FIG. 2 in a contracted state.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a rear view of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a main part of a conventional continuous unloader.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a main part of another continuous unloader.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 continuous unloader 3 boom 5 turning mast 7 Endless bucket conveyor 10 scraping section 11 Scraping part support (link mechanism) 12 Depression angle holding link 13 Tip sprocket 14 Root sprocket 15 Support frame 20 front support link 21 Rear support link 22 Telescopic drive means 27 Tilt device

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A swing mast suspended from the tip of a boom.
Provided at the lower end of the to guide the endless bucket conveyor
Scraping part having tip sprocket and root sprocket
In the scraping device of the continuous unloader equipped with
One end is connected to the lower end of the mast, and the tip end of the scraping section is
The front support link that suspends the sprocket side and the front support
One end is connected to the middle of the holding link and the root of the scraping section is
The rear support link that suspends the sprocket side and the
One end is connected to the turning mast apart from the front support link
And the other end is connected to the middle of the front support link.
Angle holding link consisting of
And one end of the front support link is separated from the front support link.
And the other end is connected to the middle of the rear support link.
And a retractable drive means composed of a binder, and
By expanding and contracting the link,
By extending and contracting the expansion / contraction driving means, the rear support
Of the scraping portion by rotating the link with respect to the front support link.
Scraper for continuous unloader characterized by tilting
Place 2. The expansion / contraction drive means comprises a hydraulic cylinder.
The scraping device for a continuous unloader according to claim 1 .