CN107675751A - The dirtproof cover of municipal works intake water pipe - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a kind of dirtproof cover of municipal works intake water pipe, belong to municipal works technical field of auxiliary equipment, technical points include antifouling cover body, wherein described dirtproof cover body is square frame structure, it includes one piece of installing plate being connected with water pipe end, protection screen frame is connected with the installing plate of water pipe periphery, guard is connected with by retention mechanism in protection screen frame free end, the guard is fixedly connected by mounting ring and with mounting ring and formed in the dirty cover of leading of four water chestnut tapers;The water side of water pipe is provided with fixed cover, and installing plate is connected with fixed cover;Installing plate downside end is hinged by rotating shaft and protection screen frame, is fixedly connected on the upside of installing plate with protection screen frame;The present invention is intended to provide a kind of have installation, dismounting simply, and the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe good to the protectiveness of water pipe, the protection for intake.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to municipal works intake technology field, and more specifically, more particularly to municipal works intake is anti-
Dirty cover structure.
Background technology
During Municipal Engineering Construction, inevitably using to substantial amounts of water be used for stir, clean, pour leaching etc.,
Some occasions not high to water quality requirement, used frequently with urban river water nearby, the water pipe entrance point of intake is typically pacified
Equipped with dirtproof cover, its effect is to prevent debris from entering oral siphon, and the impeller of water pump is caused to wind, ensures the safe and reliable of water pump
Work.At present, dirtproof cover is generally square frame structure, and the side of framework is steel wire network structure, and the side of framework is provided with
With water pipe coordinate circular hole and be fixedly connected with the outer wall of water pipe.Existing dirtproof cover has the drawback that:Installation, disassembling section
It is cumbersome, stepped up or released with pipe outer wall during installation and removal, water pipe is caused to damage after multi-pass operation;Also, framework
Each side web plate between attended operation it is cumbersome, steadiness is not high.
The content of the invention
It is an object of the invention to the disadvantages mentioned above for prior art, is studied and is improved, there is provided one kind has peace
Dress, dismounting are simple, the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe good to the protectiveness of water pipe.
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention uses following scheme:
A kind of dirtproof cover of municipal works intake water pipe, including antifouling cover body, wherein the dirtproof cover body is side
Shape frame structure, it includes one piece of installing plate being connected with water pipe end, protection network is connected with the installing plate of water pipe periphery
Frame, guard is connected with by retention mechanism in protection screen frame free end, the guard is fixedly connected by mounting ring and with mounting ring
And lead dirty cover composition in four water chestnut tapers;The water side of water pipe is provided with fixed cover, and installing plate is connected with fixed cover;Under installing plate
Side end is hinged by rotating shaft and protection screen frame, is fixedly connected on the upside of installing plate with protection screen frame.
In the dirtproof cover of above-mentioned municipal works intake water pipe, the fixed cover is connected with water pipe spiral, fixed cover
Outer wall is equipped with installation set, and the installing plate is connected with installation set, and installing plate is provided with the mounting hole coordinated with installation set outer wall.
In the dirtproof cover of above-mentioned municipal works intake water pipe, the end of the protection screen frame on the upside of water pipe is provided with peace
Bar is filled, is interval with some location nuts along its length on the inside of mounting bar, mounting bar and installing plate corresponding to location nut
On be equipped with through hole, the mounting bar is coordinated with installing plate by bolt with location nut to be fixedly connected.
In the dirtproof cover of above-mentioned municipal works intake water pipe, the end of the fixed cover, which is provided with, is thinned ring, and ring is thinned
It is connected with water pipe end spiral, the outer wall that ring is thinned flushes with pipe outer wall.
In the dirtproof cover of above-mentioned municipal works intake water pipe, edge on the mounting ring end face relative with protection screen frame
Annular link slot is circumferentially with, in protection screen frame free end circumferentially arranged with the annular connected unit being engaged with annular link slot;
Circumferentially be respectively equipped with O-ring seal on the mounting ring end face of the annular side of link slot two, in annular connected unit be provided with it is close
The annular seal groove that sealing rubber ring is engaged;It is circumferentially spaced in annular connected unit to be evenly equipped with some mounting holes, each mounting hole edge
Annular connected unit is radially arranged, and the retention mechanism is arranged in each mounting hole.
In the dirtproof cover of above-mentioned municipal works intake water pipe, the retention mechanism includes the peace being arranged in mounting hole
Post is filled, is provided with control hole vertically in mounting post, the both ends internal diameter of control hole is less than the internal diameter inside control hole, in control hole
Both ends are respectively equipped with the first positioning ball that external diameter is adapted with the internal diameter inside control hole, the sandwiched between two first positioning balls
There is (the first back-moving spring, the Blind locating holes being engaged with the first positioning ball are provided with annular link slot;In mounting post side wall
Axially spaced to be provided with two circle installing blinds, the installing blind on each circle is circumferentially-spaced uniform along mounting post, respectively installs blind
The internal diameter of hole opening portion is less than internal internal diameter, and the second positioning ball is provided with installing blind, blind with installing in the second positioning ball
Second back-moving spring is provided between the inner bottom part of hole, is axially arranged with twice and the second positioning ball in the mounting hole interior edge of annular connected unit
The annular positioning groove being engaged.
The technical effects of the invention are that:
In the present invention, antifouling cover body is realized and the water side of water pipe is packaged and opened around the axis of rotation of bottom side
Put, convenient operation, be easy to clear up;The end set fixed cover of water pipe, prevents water pipe end to be damaged, and extend water pipe uses the longevity
Life;Also, the installation and removal of fixed cover are simple, are easily changed.Further, dirty cover is led by four water chestnut tapers of setting, can
So that rubbish etc. is not easy to be attached on guard, surrounding can be oriented to along inclined-plane under the washing away of current, so as to avoid floating object etc.
Block water pipe;Meanwhile in order to facilitate the dismounting of guard, using compact elastic positioning structure, can both it prevent debris from entering, again
Effective positioning action can be played.
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The present invention is described in further detail for embodiment in below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, but does not form to the present invention's
Any restrictions.
Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the close-up schematic view at A in Fig. 1.
In figure:Water pipe 1, installing plate 2, rotating shaft 2a, protection screen frame 3, mounting bar 3a, location nut 3b, annular connected unit 3c,
Annular seal groove 3d, annular positioning groove 3e, guard 4, mounting ring 4a, lead dirty cover 4b, be annular link slot 4c, O-ring seal 4d, fixed
Position blind hole 4e, fixed cover 5, thinned ring 5a, installation set 6, bolt 7, mounting post 8, control hole 8a, the first positioning ball 8b, first are answered
Position spring 8c, installing blind 8d, the second positioning ball 8e, second back-moving spring 8f.
Embodiment
Refering to shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, a kind of dirtproof cover of municipal works intake water pipe of the invention, including dirtproof cover sheet
Body, the antifouling cover body are square frame structure, and it includes one piece of installing plate 2 being connected with the end of water pipe 1, outside water pipe 1
Protection screen frame 3 is connected with the installing plate 2 enclosed, guard 4, the net are connected with by retention mechanism in the protection free end of screen frame 3
Cover 4 is fixedly connected by mounting ring 4a and with mounting ring 4a and formed in the dirty cover 4b that leads of four water chestnut tapers.Lead the four water chestnuts cone knot of dirty cover
Structure, when having rubbish to be attached to lead on dirty cover, surrounding can be directed to along leading dirty cover inclined-plane in the presence of current, can avoided
Rubbish rests on the current reduction led and water pipe is caused entry on dirty cover, so as to influence to generate electricity.The water side of water pipe 1 is provided with fixation
Set 5, installing plate 2 are connected with fixed cover 5;The downside end of installing plate 2 is be hinged by rotating shaft 2a and protection screen frame 3, the upside of installing plate 2
It is fixedly connected with protection screen frame 3.Specifically, mounting bar 3a is provided with positioned at the end of the protection screen frame 3 of the upside of water pipe 1, installed
Some location nut 3b are interval with along its length on the inside of bar 3a, on mounting bar 3a corresponding to location nut 3b and installing plate 2
Through hole is equipped with, the mounting bar 3a is coordinated with installing plate 2 by bolt 7 with location nut 3b to be fixedly connected.
Preferably, the fixed cover 5 is connected with the spiral of water pipe 1, and the outer wall of fixed cover 5 is equipped with installation set 6, the installation
Plate 2 is connected with installation set 6, and installing plate 2 is provided with the mounting hole coordinated with the outer wall of installation set 6.
In order to improve the convenience of connection, fixed cover is connected with water pipe more time saving and energy saving, set in the end of fixed cover 5
There is thinned ring 5a, ring 5a is thinned and is connected with the end convolution of water pipe 1, the outer wall that ring 5a is thinned flushes with the outer wall of water pipe 1.
Further, protected on end face relative with protection screen frame 3 mounting ring 4a circumferentially arranged with annular link slot 4c
The free end of screen frame 3 is circumferentially arranged with the annular connected unit 3c being engaged with annular link slot 4c;In the annular sides of link slot 4c two
Mounting ring 4a end faces on be circumferentially respectively equipped with O-ring seal 4d, on annular connected unit 3c be provided with and O-ring seal 4d match
The annular seal groove 3d of conjunction;Circumferentially spaced on annular connected unit 3c to be evenly equipped with some mounting holes, each mounting hole connects along annular
Being radially arranged for platform 3c is connect, the retention mechanism is arranged in each mounting hole.
In the present embodiment, the retention mechanism includes the mounting post 8 being arranged in mounting hole, along axle in mounting post 8
To provided with control hole 8a, control hole 8a both ends internal diameter is less than the internal diameter inside control hole 8a, is set respectively at control hole 8a both ends
There is the first positioning ball 8b that the internal diameter inside external diameter and control hole 8a is adapted, positioned at two first and the is folded between ball 8b
One back-moving spring 8c, the Blind locating holes 4e being engaged with the first positioning ball 8b is provided with annular link slot 4c;In the side of mounting post 8
Axially spaced on wall to be provided with two circle installing blind 8d, the installing blind on each circle is circumferentially-spaced uniform along mounting post 8, respectively
The internal diameter of installing blind 8d opening portions is less than internal internal diameter, and the second positioning ball 8e is provided with installing blind 8d, is determined second
Second back-moving spring 8f is provided between position ball 8e and installing blind 8d inner bottom parts, in annular connected unit 3c mounting hole vertically
The annular positioning groove 3e being engaged provided with twice with the second positioning ball 8e.
Retention mechanism coordinates the structure of positioning ball using spring, and in the annular connected unit in annular link slot,
To greatest extent debris can be avoided to enter, meanwhile, the cramped construction of the retention mechanism, debris access mechanism can also be avoided
It is interior, retention mechanism is worked long-term and stably.
In the present invention, rotating shaft 5 of the antifouling cover body around bottom side rotates, realize the water side of water pipe 1 is packaged and
It is open, convenient operation, it is easy to clear up;The end set fixed cover 4 of water pipe 1, prevents water pipe end to be damaged, and extends the use of water pipe
Life-span;Also, the installation and removal of fixed cover 4 are simple, are easily changed.
Embodiment provided above is the better embodiment of the present invention, is only used for the convenient explanation present invention, not to this hair
It is bright to make any formal limitation, any those of ordinary skill in the art, if putting forward skill not departing from the present invention
In the range of art feature, using the equivalent embodiment locally changed or modified made by disclosed technology contents, and
Without departing from the technical feature content of the present invention, in the range of still falling within the technology of the present invention feature.
Claims (6)
1. a kind of dirtproof cover of municipal works intake water pipe, including antifouling cover body, it is characterised in that:The antifouling cover body
For square frame structure, it includes one piece of installing plate (2) being connected with water pipe (1) end, the installing plate in water pipe (1) periphery
(2) protection screen frame (3) is connected with, guard (4), the guard are connected with by retention mechanism in protection screen frame (3) free end
(4) it is fixedly connected by mounting ring (4a) and with mounting ring (4a) and is formed in the dirty cover (4b) of leading of four water chestnut tapers;Water pipe (1) goes out
Water end (W.E.) is provided with fixed cover (5), and installing plate (2) is connected with fixed cover (5);Installing plate (2) downside end by rotating shaft (2a) with
Protect screen frame (3) be hinged, be fixedly connected on the upside of installing plate (2) with protection screen frame (3).
2. according to the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe described in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The fixed cover (5)
It is connected with water pipe (1) spiral, the outer wall of fixed cover (5) is equipped with installation set (6), and the installing plate (2) is solid with installation set (6)
Even, installing plate (2) is provided with the mounting hole coordinated with installation set (6) outer wall.
3. according to the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe described in claim 1, it is characterised in that:On water pipe (1)
The end of the protection screen frame (3) of side is provided with mounting bar (3a), and it is some fixed to be interval with along its length on the inside of mounting bar (3a)
Position nut (3b), through hole, the mounting bar (3a) are equipped with mounting bar (3a) corresponding to location nut (3b) and installing plate (2)
Coordinated with installing plate (2) by bolt (7) with location nut (3b) and be fixedly connected.
4. according to the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe described in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The fixed cover (5)
End be provided with ring (5a) be thinned, ring (5a) is thinned and is connected with water pipe (1) end convolution, the outer wall and water pipe of thinned ring (5a)
(1) outer wall flushes.
5. according to the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe described in claim 1, it is characterised in that:The mounting ring (4a)
Circumferentially set in protection screen frame (3) free end circumferentially arranged with annular link slot (4c) on relative end face with protection screen frame (3)
There is the annular connected unit (3c) being engaged with annular link slot (4c);Mounting ring (4a) in the side of annular link slot (4c) two is held
O-ring seal (4d) is circumferentially respectively equipped with face, the ring being engaged with O-ring seal (4d) is provided with annular connected unit (3c)
Shape seal groove (3d);Circumferentially spaced in annular connected unit (3c) to be evenly equipped with some mounting holes, each mounting hole connects along annular
Platform (3c's) is radially arranged, and the retention mechanism is arranged in each mounting hole.
6. according to the dirtproof cover of the municipal works intake water pipe described in claim 5, it is characterised in that:The retention mechanism bag
The mounting post (8) being arranged in mounting hole is included, is provided with control hole (8a) vertically in mounting post (8), the two of control hole (8a)
Hold internal diameter to be less than the internal internal diameter of control hole (8a), external diameter and control hole (8a) inside are respectively equipped with control hole (8a) both ends
The first positioning ball (8b) that internal diameter is adapted, (the first back-moving spring (8c) is folded between two first positioning balls (8b),
The Blind locating holes (4e) being engaged with the first positioning ball (8b) are provided with annular link slot (4c);The edge in mounting post (8) side wall
Axially spaced-apart is provided with two circle installing blinds (8d), and the installing blind on each circle is circumferentially-spaced uniform along mounting post (8), each peace
The internal diameter for filling blind hole (8d) opening portion is less than internal internal diameter, and the second positioning ball (8e) is provided with installing blind (8d), the
Second back-moving spring (8f) is provided between two positioning ball (8e) and installing blind (8d) inner bottom parts, in annular connected unit (3c) peace
Dress hole interior edge is axially arranged with the annular positioning groove (3e) that twice are engaged with the second positioning ball (8e).
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