JP5188130B2 - Submersible pump device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a submersible pump device installed in a liquid tank .

Conventionally, as a submersible pump device installed in the liquid tank, and placing the water pump to the bottom of the liquid tank, a device is possible and be pulled from the liquid tank has been known (e.g. Patent Reference 1).

In this submersible pump device, a submersible pump including an impeller and the like is moved up and down along a guide pipe that extends vertically from the top opening to the bottom in the liquid tank . Is installed at the bottom of the liquid tank , the submersible pump is connected to a fixed discharge pipe fixed in the liquid tank .

That is, the submersible pump is provided with a detachable connecting pipe whose base end communicates with the discharge port of the submersible pump and whose distal end communicates with the fixed discharge pipe. A guide that slidably engages with the guide pipe and a connection mechanism that automatically engages and connects the distal end portion and the base end portion of the fixed discharge pipe are provided at the portion. Thereby, when the submersible pump is lowered while the guide is engaged with the guide pipe, the connecting / disconnecting connection pipe and the fixed discharge pipe are automatically engaged and connected by the connection mechanism portion. Then, in the installed state the water pump to the liquid tank, by driving the water pump, so that the sewage in the liquid tank is discharged liquid tank outside through a connection tube and fixing the discharge pipe detachably.

Here, the connection mechanism portion is also oriented in the horizontal direction, in which the detachable flange having a tip surface facing in the horizontal direction in the detachable connection tube and the tip surface of the detachable connection tube in contact with the fixed discharge pipe A base end flange having a base end surface and a hook provided on the detachable connecting pipe and fitted to the base end flange, and when the submersible pump is lowered along the guide pipe, The distal end surface slides in the vertical direction with respect to the proximal end surface of the proximal end flange so that both end surfaces come into contact with each other, and the hook is fitted to the proximal end flange in this state. Thus, the distal end portion of the detachable connecting pipe and the proximal end portion of the fixed discharge pipe are automatically engaged. In addition, the submersible pump is supported in a cantilevered manner with respect to the fixed discharge pipe by the fitting of the hook and the base end flange, and the moment of pressing the detachable flange against the base end flange by the weight of the submersible pump works. Both end surfaces of the front end surface and the base end surface are in contact with each other without a gap.
Japanese Patent No. 3332647

  However, in the conventional submersible pump device, the submersible pump may be displaced relative to the fixed discharge pipe due to the discharge pressure of the submersible pump and the uneven pressure distribution acting on the impeller. In particular, when the submersible pump is a light-weight type made of a resin material or the like, the moment due to the weight of the submersible pump is reduced, so that the submersible pump is easily displaced relative to the fixed discharge pipe.

  When such relative displacement occurs, the distal end surface of the detachable connecting tube and the proximal end surface of the fixed discharge tube are separated from each other or slid relative to each other. In some cases, a seal member is interposed between the distal end surface of the detachable connecting pipe and the base end surface of the fixed discharge pipe. In such a case, the seal member may be damaged due to sliding of both end surfaces. is there. As a result, there is a problem that a gap is generated between the attachment / detachment flange of the attachment / detachment connecting pipe and the proximal end flange of the fixed discharge pipe, and the discharged liquid leaks, resulting in a decrease in volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump.

Further, in the conventional submersible pump device, the submersible pump and the fixed discharge pipe and the guide pipe are rigidly connected via the detachable connecting pipe. It will be transmitted to a fixed discharge pipe or a guide pipe. Therefore, noise may be generated outside the liquid tank through the fixed discharge pipe or the guide pipe, or the fixing portion that fixes the fixed discharge pipe or the guide pipe to the liquid tank may be damaged.

The present invention has been made in view of the foregoing, it is an object of submersible pumps made possible raising and the from the installation and the liquid tank to the bottom of the liquid tank, the liquid tank In the submersible pump apparatus supported with respect to the fixed discharge pipe arrange | positioned, it exists in preventing the various inconvenience resulting from a relative displacement of a submersible pump with respect to a fixed discharge pipe.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the submersible pump apparatus, by lifting the liquid tank, pulling and can the in-water pump from installation to the bottom and the liquid tank of the liquid tank, the proximal portion together but is provided on the water pump so as to communicate with the discharge port of the water pump, when the water pump was placed on the bottom of the liquid tank, the proximal end face of the stationary discharge tube is fixed in the liquid tank to When the detachable connecting pipe and the submersible pump are in contact with each other, the distal end portion of the detachable connecting pipe and the base end portion of the fixed discharge pipe use the moment due to the weight of the submersible pump. And a connection mechanism for supporting the submersible pump with respect to the fixed discharge pipe while allowing the detachable connecting pipe and the fixed discharge pipe to communicate with each other. Linking In interposed in an intermediate position, whereby the elastic connecting portions for supporting the moment due to its own weight and the self-weight of the water pump as well as connecting the water pump side and the connecting mechanism side of the throw-on connection pipe elastically It is equipped with.

According to this configuration, when the submersible pump is lowered and installed at the bottom of the liquid tank , the distal end portion of the connecting / disconnecting pipe provided in the submersible pump and the proximal end portion of the fixed discharge pipe are connected to the submersible pump. The connection mechanism portion automatically engages and connects using the moment due to its own weight . Thus, the submersible pumps are connected to the fixed discharge pipe through the connecting / disconnecting pipe, and the submersible pump is supported to the fixed discharge pipe.

  And in the said structure, the elastic connection part is interposed in the intermediate position in the connection pipe for attachment or detachment, The connection mechanism part side (in other words, fixed discharge pipe side) and the submersible pump side are provided by the elastic connection part. Are elastically connected. At this time, a moment due to the weight of the submersible pump acts on the elastic connecting portion. Thereby, even if the submersible pump is relatively displaced with respect to the fixed discharge pipe, the displacement is absorbed by elastic deformation of the elastic connecting portion, and the distal end face of the detachable connecting pipe and the base end face of the fixed discharge pipe are They remain in contact with each other. As a result, a gap is prevented from occurring between the distal end of the connecting / disconnecting pipe and the base end of the fixed discharge pipe, thereby reducing the volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump due to the occurrence of the gap, etc. Is reliably prevented.

Moreover, the vibration of the submersible pump transmitted through the detachable connecting pipe is attenuated at the elastic connecting portion, so that the vibration is not transmitted to the fixed discharge pipe side. Therefore, it is possible to prevent noise from being generated outside the liquid tank due to the vibration of the fixed discharge pipe, and damage to the fixing portion that fixes the fixed discharge pipe to the liquid tank .

Here, the submersible pump device is provided in the connection mechanism section, and slidably engages with a guide member disposed in the liquid tank so that the submersible pump is moved along the guide member. And a guide that can be moved up and down.

By doing so, the guide member is connected to the submersible pump through the detachable connecting pipe. As described above, the vibration of the submersible pump transmitted through the detachable connecting pipe is elastically connected in the middle. As the guide member vibrates, it is no longer transmitted to the guide member side, so noise is generated outside the liquid tank due to the vibration of the guide member, or the fixing part that fixes the guide member to the liquid tank is damaged. Is prevented.

As described above, according to the present invention, the elastic coupling part is interposed in the middle position of the detachable coupling pipe, and the connection mechanism part side and the submersible pump side are elastically coupled, and the submersible pump has its own weight and its own weight. Since the moment is supported, even if the submersible pump is displaced relative to the fixed discharge pipe, the distal end surface of the connecting / disconnecting pipe and the base end surface of the fixed discharge pipe can be kept in contact with each other. It is possible to prevent a gap from being generated between the distal end portion of the connecting / disconnecting pipe and the base end portion of the fixed discharge pipe. As a result, it is possible to reliably prevent a decrease in volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump. Moreover, since it is possible to prevent vibrations of the submersible pump from being transmitted to the fixed discharge pipe and the guide member, it is possible to prevent noise and damage to the fixed equipment.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. It should be noted that the following description of the preferred embodiment is merely illustrative in nature, and is not intended to limit the present invention, its application, or its use.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows a submersible pump device A according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, in which a submersible pump 2 is installed at the bottom of a sewage relay pump tank as a liquid tank . This submersible pump device A operates the submersible pump 2 when the water level of the sewage that has flowed into the pump tank reaches or exceeds a predetermined operating level, thereby allowing the submersible pump device A to pass through the fixed discharge pipe 6 fixed in the pump tank in advance. The sewage is discharged outside the tank . For such automatic operation control of the submersible pump 2, although not shown in the figure, an operation float switch, a stop float switch and an abnormal water level alarm float switch are provided in the pump tank, and above the pump tank. Is provided with a control panel to which detection signals of these float switches are input.

In the sewage relay pump tank , a guide pipe 12 extending in the vertical direction from the top to the bottom is disposed in advance, and the submersible pump 2 is lowered to the bottom of the tank along the guide pipe 12 and connected to the connection mechanism section. By being automatically connected to the fixed discharge pipe 6 by 13, it is detachably installed in the sewage relay pump tank. In order to move the submersible pump 2 up and down, a manhole cover (not shown) and the submersible pump 2 are connected by a lifting chain 15. The lifting chain 15 is connected to the upper surface of the submersible pump 2 on a vertical line passing through the center of gravity of the submersible pump 2.

  The submersible pump 2 includes a pump unit 21 having an impeller 25 and a motor unit 22 having a motor 3 that drives the impeller 25. The submersible pump 2 is configured such that the pump unit 21 and the motor unit 22 are arranged side by side in the vertical direction by disposing the pump unit 21 on the lower side of the oil casing 23 and the motor unit 22 on the upper side. ing. The submersible pump 2 is a lightweight type in which a later-described head cover 34 and pump casing 24 are formed of a predetermined resin material.

  The motor unit 22 includes the motor 3 including a stator 31 and a rotor 32, a stator casing 33 that covers the stator 31 of the motor 3, and a head cover 34 that is attached to the upper end of the stator casing 33. The drive shaft 35 of the motor 3 is arranged extending in the vertical direction, and the impeller 25 is attached to the lower end portion thereof.

  The head cover 34 is attached to the upper end of the stator casing 33 and closes the upper end opening thereof. A bearing that rotatably supports the upper end portion of the drive shaft 35 is attached to the lower surface of the upper wall of the head cover 34. In addition, a power supply cable for supplying power to the motor 3 is connected to the vicinity of the outer peripheral edge of the upper surface of the upper wall of the head cover 34, and a locking portion at which the lower end of the lifting / lowering chain 15 is locked at the center thereof. 36 is attached.

  The oil casing 23 is a covered cylindrical shape having a substantially inverted U-shaped cross section, and a through hole into which the drive shaft 35 of the motor 3 is inserted is formed on the upper wall, and on the upper surface side of the upper wall, A bearing that rotatably supports an intermediate portion of the drive shaft 35 is attached. The oil casing 23 forms a sealed space on the lower surface thereof by attaching a pump casing 24 described later, and a mechanical seal 37 that covers the periphery of the drive shaft 35 is disposed in the sealed space. .

  As described above, the pump unit 21 includes the impeller 25 attached to the lower end of the drive shaft 35 of the motor 3 and the pump casing 24.

  The submersible pump 2 is a centrifugal pump, and the pump casing 24 is a spiral pump casing having a pump chamber 27 that houses an impeller 25. A suction port 28 is opened at the lower portion of the pump casing 24.

  The pump casing 24 is also integrally formed with a connecting / disconnecting pipe 4 that protrudes in the horizontal direction from the side surface, and the connecting / disconnecting pipe 4 is connected to the pump discharge port 27a of the pump chamber 27 at its base end. Communicate. As will be described later, the pump discharge port 27a communicates with the inside of the fixed discharge pipe 6 when the submersible pump 2 is connected to the fixed discharge pipe 6 via the attachment / detachment connection pipe 4.

  The detachable connecting pipe 4 is divided into a base end side portion 42 on the submersible pump side and a tip end side portion 41 on the opposite side, and the tip end side portion 41 of the two divided portions The connection mechanism unit 13 is provided. The distal end portion 41 is also provided with a guide 19 slidably engaged with the guide pipe 12.

  As described above, the connection mechanism unit 13 is a mechanism for automatically connecting the submersible pump 2 to the fixed discharge pipe 6, and the submersible pump 2 is supported by the fixed discharge pipe 6 by this connection. The connection mechanism portion 13 includes a detachable flange 16 and a hook 17 provided at the distal end portion of the distal end side portion 41, and a proximal end flange 18 provided at the proximal end portion of the fixed discharge pipe 6. The hook 17 forms an engaging recess opening downward between the hook 17 and the upper portion of the detachable flange 16, and an engaging portion 18 a that fits in the engaging recess is formed on the upper portion of the proximal end flange 18 of the fixed discharge pipe 6. ing. When the submersible pump 2 descends along the guide pipe 12, the engagement recess and the engagement portion 18a are automatically fitted while the detachable flange 16 slides downward relative to the proximal end flange 18. To do. As a result of this fitting, the submersible pump 2 is supported by the fixed discharge pipe 6, and the moment of pressing the detachable flange 16 against the proximal end flange 18 of the fixed discharge pipe 6 works due to the weight of the submersible pump 2. Is done. On the mutual contact surfaces of the hook 17 and the engaging portion 18a, a taper for guiding the fitting and for connecting the flanges 16 and 18 closely is formed.

  Thus, an elastic connecting portion 5 is interposed between the proximal end portion 42 and the distal end portion 41 of the connecting / disconnecting pipe 4, and the elastic connecting portion 5 connects both 41 and 42 to each other. Has been.

  The elastic connecting part 5 is a member for absorbing the displacement by elastically deforming the submersible pump 2 when the submersible pump 2 is displaced relative to the fixed discharge pipe 6, and also attenuates the vibration of the submersible pump 2. And a member for preventing the vibration from being transmitted to the fixed discharge pipe 6 side. The elastic connecting portion 5 is a cylindrical member in which a through hole 5a for forming a discharge flow path is formed. The elastic connecting portion 5 absorbs a displacement amount by a predetermined thickness in the cylindrical axis direction, that is, elastic deformation. In addition, it has a thickness capable of preventing vibration transmission.

  Nipping flanges 41a and 42a are formed at the end of the distal end side portion 41 and the end of the proximal end side portion 42 in the detachable connecting pipe 4, respectively. The elastic connecting portion 5 has both flanges 41a and 42a. Are fixed by being sandwiched between the flanges 41a and 42a by being coupled by bolts and nuts (not shown).

  According to the submersible pump device A having this configuration, since the elastic connecting portion 5 is interposed between the distal end side portion 41 and the proximal end side portion 42 of the detachable connecting pipe 4, the pump discharge pressure and the impeller Even if the submersible pump 2 is relatively displaced with respect to the fixed discharge pipe 6 due to the non-uniform pressure distribution applied to 25, the displacement is absorbed by the elastic connecting portion 5 being elastically deformed. As a result, it is possible to maintain the attachment / detachment flange 16 of the attachment / detachment connecting pipe 4 and the proximal end flange 18 of the fixed discharge pipe 6 in contact with each other.

  In particular, the submersible pump 2 according to this embodiment is a lightweight type in which a casing or the like is made of a resin material, and since the moment due to its own weight is small, the submersible pump 2 is relative to the fixed discharge pipe 6. However, as described above, the elastic connection portion 5 effectively prevents a gap from being generated between the attachment / detachment flange 16 of the attachment / detachment connection pipe 4 and the proximal end flange 18 of the fixed discharge pipe 6. be able to. As a result, the volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump 2 is prevented from decreasing.

Further, the vibration accompanying the driving of the submersible pump 2 and the like is attenuated at the elastic connecting portion 5, so that it is not transmitted to the distal end side portion 41 of the detachable connecting tube 4. For this reason, noise is generated outside the pump tank due to the transmission of vibration to the fixed discharge pipe 6 and the guide pipe 12, or the fixed part that fixes the fixed discharge pipe 6 and the guide pipe 12 to the pump tank is damaged. Can be prevented.

(Embodiment 2)
FIG. 2 shows a submersible pump device B according to the second embodiment. This submersible pump device B differs from the submerged pump device A of the first embodiment in the direction in which the elastic connecting portion 5 is arranged. In addition, in the submersible pump apparatus B shown in FIG. 2, about the structure similar to the submersible pump apparatus A shown in FIG. 1, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted suitably.

  The detachable connecting pipe 4 in the submersible pump device B has two bent portions so as to be further bent in the horizontal direction after being bent upward from the connecting portion with the pump casing 24. The detachable connecting pipe 4 is divided into a proximal end portion 42 and a distal end portion 41 between the two bent portions. The cylindrical elastic connecting portion 5 is disposed between the two bent portions in a direction in which the cylinder axis is in the vertical direction, and connects the proximal end portion 42 and the distal end portion 41 of the connecting / disconnecting connecting tube 4. Are connected to each other.

  Also in the submersible pump device B having this configuration, the elastic connecting portion 5 is interposed between the distal end side portion 41 and the proximal end side portion 42 of the connecting / disconnecting pipe 4. Is displaced relative to the fixed discharge pipe 6, the elastic connecting portion 5 is elastically deformed to absorb the displacement. As a result, the attachment / detachment flange 16 of the attachment / detachment connecting pipe 4 and the proximal end flange 18 of the fixed discharge pipe 6 can be maintained in contact with each other, and the volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump 2 is reduced. Can be prevented.

Further, since the vibration of the submersible pump 2 is also attenuated by the elastic connecting portion 5 and is not transmitted to the distal end side portion 41 of the detachable connecting pipe 4, the vibration is transmitted to the fixed discharge pipe 6 and the guide pipe 12. noise may occur outside of the pump chamber, a fixed portion for fixing the stationary discharge tube 6 and the guide pipe 12 to the pump tank can be prevented from being damaged.

  In addition, the submersible pump apparatus (submersible pump) which can apply this invention is not restricted to a lightweight type.

  Further, a seal member may be interposed between the detachable flange 16 and the proximal flange 18. In this case, the elastic connecting portion 5 can maintain the detachable flange 16 and the proximal end flange 18 in contact with each other, thereby preventing the seal member from being damaged. This is advantageous in preventing the volumetric efficiency of the submersible pump 2 from being lowered.

As described above, the present invention is a submersible pump device in which a submersible pump is supported with respect to a fixed discharge pipe disposed in a liquid tank . It is useful in.

It is a figure which shows the installation state in the liquid tank of the submersible pump apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the installation state in the liquid tank of the submersible pump apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG.

12 Guide pipe (guide member)
13 Connection mechanism 19 Guide 2 Submersible pump 27a Discharge port 4 Removable connecting pipe 5 Elastic connecting part 6 Fixed discharge pipe A Submersible pump device B Submersible pump device

Claims (2)

By raising and lowering the liquid tank, pulling and can the in-water pump from installation to the bottom of the liquid tank and the liquid tank,
With its base end portion is provided on the water pump so as to communicate with the discharge port of the water pump, when the water pump was placed on the bottom of the liquid tank, the fixed discharge pipe that is fixed in the liquid tank A detachable connecting tube whose front end surface comes into contact with the base end surface,
When the submersible pump is in the installed state, the tip end portion of the detachable connecting pipe and the base end portion of the fixed discharge pipe are automatically engaged and connected using the moment due to the weight of the submersible pump , thereby A connection mechanism for supporting the submersible pump with respect to the fixed discharge pipe while communicating the detachable connecting pipe and the fixed discharge pipe with each other; and
It is interposed at an intermediate position in the detachable connecting pipe, thereby elastically connecting the connection mechanism part side and the submersible pump side in the detachable connecting pipe and at the same time the self-weight of the submersible pump and the moment due to the self-weight. A submersible pump device comprising an elastic connecting part for supporting. The submersible pump device according to claim 1,
The guide further includes a guide that is provided in the connection mechanism and slidably engages with a guide member disposed in the liquid tank so that the submersible pump can be moved up and down along the guide member. Submersible pump device.

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