CN108060657B - A kind of steamer, which berths, uses collision proof device for wharf - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a kind of steamers to berth with collision proof device for wharf, including rotary anti-collision wheel, curved weld frame, anticollision support column, buffer spring, assembly substrate and buffer, curved weld frame both ends are fixed with welding side plate, curved weld frame is made of two arc wheel carriers disposed in parallel, it is set as anticollision wheel mounting groove between arc wheel carrier, rotary anti-collision wheel is installed in anticollision wheel mounting groove；The both ends and middle part of the curved weld frame concave side are welded with anticollision support column；Its larger impact force caused by solving the problems, such as when ship rests in harbour is unable to get buffering；When ship stops nearly harbour; ship is hit with rotary anti-collision wheel; ship impact force be oriented to and conduct impact force to curved weld frame by rotary anti-collision wheel; curved weld frame compression buffer spring simultaneously squeezes the foam buffer board inside buffer and energy dissipating obturator; impact force is buffered, ship is protected.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to technical field of ships, specifically a kind of steamer, which berths, uses collision proof device for wharf.
Background technique
As one kind by the huge transportation equipment of such environmental effects, the requirement to safety also gradually mentions ship
It is high.The main foundation or operating experience that crewman judges ship situation, operational configuration at present are mutually tied with theoretical knowledge
It closes, is easy to appear incorrect decision, causes unnecessary human and material resources or financial losses.
Ship berthing manoeuver relies on cable car cooperating on tugboat and ship mostly now, still, stops nearly harbour in ship
When, it will usually larger impact force is generated to harbour, to avoid harbour from causing irreversible damage to the hull of ship, usually in code
Several tires or other rubber products are suspended in midair on head, to slow down impact force when ship is stopped, to ship and are protected；But
Not only structural strength is low for conventional tire or other rubber products, and the stability suspended in midair is poor, when ship is stopped, it is difficult to rise
To effective buffer function.Therefore, it is necessary to a kind of ship stops to be satisfied the use demand with multi-buffer damping device.
Summary of the invention
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of steamers to berth with collision proof device for wharf, to solve to mention in above-mentioned background technique
Out the problem of.
To achieve the above object, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
A kind of steamer berths with collision proof device for wharf, including rotary anti-collision wheel, curved weld frame, anticollision support column, buffering
Spring, assembly substrate and buffer, curved weld frame both ends are fixed with welding side plate, and curved weld frame is set in parallel by two
The arc wheel carrier set forms, and is set as anticollision wheel mounting groove between arc wheel carrier, is equipped with rotary anti-collision wheel in anticollision wheel mounting groove,
The rotary anti-collision wheel is made of wear-resisting anti-collision ring, anti-collision rubber wheel, insertion steel cylinder and wheel shaft, and wear-resisting anti-collision ring is set in anticollision
On rubber wheel, insertion steel cylinder is inlaid with inside anti-collision rubber wheel, insertion steel cylinder is welded on wheel shaft, and wheel shaft is mounted on curved weld
On frame；The both ends and middle part of the curved weld frame concave side are welded with anticollision support column, and the anticollision support column other end passes through slow
It is threaded through in cushion chamber after rushing the pilot hole on device and is connect with the anticollision buffering Interal fixation in buffer；The anticollision buffering
Steel plate bottom connects foam buffer board, is equipped with energy dissipating obturator, the anticollision support column in the cushion chamber below foam buffer board
On be fixed with welding block, weld and be arranged with buffer spring on the anticollision support column between block and limit plate.
As a further solution of the present invention: several wheel shaft mounting holes are equipped on the arc wheel carrier, wheel shaft rotation is set
It sets in wheel shaft mounting hole.
As a further solution of the present invention: offering diversion trench, anti-collision rubber wheel both ends in the middle part of the anti-collision rubber wheel
Wheel shaft on be welded with fixed disk, anti-collision rubber wheel is assemblied between two fixed disks.
As a further solution of the present invention: being welded with fixed block between the anticollision buffering steel plate and anticollision support column.
As a further solution of the present invention: the buffer top is welded with limit plate, is equipped in the middle part of limit plate for anti-
Hit the through-hole that support column passes through.
As a further solution of the present invention: the energy dissipating obturator is high-damping rubber.
As a further solution of the present invention: the buffer bottom is linked and packed substrate, offers on the outside of assembly substrate
Bolt hole is equipped with bolt in bolt hole for assembling substrate and is mounted on harbour.
Compared with prior art, the beneficial effects of the present invention are: a kind of steamer berths with collision proof device for wharf, In
Several rotary anti-collision wheels are installed, and curved weld frame connects buffer by anticollision support column on curved weld frame, effectively
Larger impact force caused by solving the problems, such as when ship rests in harbour is unable to get buffering；When ship stops nearly harbour,
Ship is hit with rotary anti-collision wheel, and ship impact force is carried out guiding and conduct impact force to arc to weld by rotary anti-collision wheel
Frame is connect, curved weld frame compression buffer spring simultaneously squeezes the foam buffer board inside buffer and energy dissipating obturator, by impact force
It is buffered, ship is protected.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the structural diagram of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is the structural schematic diagram of rotary anti-collision wheel in the present invention.
Fig. 3 is the structural schematic diagram of curved weld frame in the present invention.
In figure: 1- welds side plate, 2- rotary anti-collision wheel, the wear-resisting anti-collision ring of 3-, 4- anti-collision rubber wheel, 5- and is embedded in steel cylinder, 6-
Wheel shaft, 7- curved weld frame, 8- anticollision support column, 9- weld block, 10- buffer spring, 11- limit plate, 12- pilot hole, 13-
Fixed block, 14- anticollision buffering steel plate, 15- foam buffer board, 16- energy dissipating obturator, 17- bolt, 18- assembly substrate, 19- are slow
Rush chamber, 20- buffer, 21- diversion trench, 22- fixed disk, 23- wheel shaft mounting hole, 24- anticollision wheel mounting groove, 25- arc wheel carrier.
Specific embodiment
Following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and technical solution in the embodiment of the present invention carries out clear, complete
Site preparation description, it is clear that described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, instead of all the embodiments.It is based on
Embodiment in the present invention, it is obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts every other
Embodiment shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Please refer to Fig. 1~3, in the embodiment of the present invention, a kind of steamer berths with collision proof device for wharf, including rotary anti-collision wheel
2, curved weld frame 7, anticollision support column 8, buffer spring 10, assembly substrate 18 and buffer 20,7 both ends of curved weld frame
It is fixed with welding side plate 1, curved weld frame 7 is made of two arc wheel carriers 25 disposed in parallel, is set as between arc wheel carrier 25
Anticollision wheel mounting groove 24 is equipped with rotary anti-collision wheel 2 in anticollision wheel mounting groove 24；The rotary anti-collision wheel 2 is by wear-resisting anti-collision ring
3, anti-collision rubber wheel 4, insertion steel cylinder 5 and wheel shaft 6 form, and wear-resisting anti-collision ring 3 is set on anti-collision rubber wheel 4, anti-collision rubber wheel 4
Inside is inlaid with insertion steel cylinder 5, and insertion steel cylinder 5 is welded on wheel shaft 6, and wheel shaft 6 is mounted on curved weld frame 7, the arc
Several wheel shaft mounting holes 23 are equipped on wheel carrier 25, wheel shaft 6 is rotatably arranged in wheel shaft mounting hole 23.
Diversion trench 21 is offered in the middle part of the anti-collision rubber wheel 4, is welded with fixation on the wheel shaft 6 at 4 both ends of anti-collision rubber wheel
Disk 22, anti-collision rubber wheel 4 are assemblied between two fixed disks 22, improve the stability of 2 structure of rotary anti-collision wheel.
The both ends and middle part of 7 concave side of curved weld frame are welded with anticollision support column 8,8 other end of anticollision support column
It is threaded through after the pilot hole 12 on buffer 20 in cushion chamber 19 and fixed with the anticollision buffering steel plate 14 in buffer 20
Connection is welded with fixed block 13 between anticollision buffering steel plate 14 and anticollision support column 8, enhances the stability connected between the two；
20 top of buffer is welded with limit plate 11, the through-hole passed through for anticollision support column 8 is equipped in the middle part of limit plate 11, to anticollision
It is oriented to when the sliding of support column 8.
It is fixed with welding block 9 on the anticollision support column 8, welds the anticollision support column 8 between block 9 and limit plate 11
On be arranged with buffer spring 10；The anticollision buffering 14 bottom of steel plate connects foam buffer board 15,15 lower section of foam buffer board
Energy dissipating obturator 16, the preferred high-damping rubber of energy dissipating obturator 16 are equipped in cushion chamber 19.
20 bottom of buffer is linked and packed substrate 18, assembles and offers bolt hole on the outside of substrate 18, wears in bolt hole
Harbour is mounted on for assembling substrate 18 equipped with bolt 17.
It should be strongly noted that the innovative point of the application are as follows: several rotary anti-collision wheels 2 are installed on curved weld frame 7,
And curved weld frame 7 connects buffer 20 by anticollision support column 8, caused by efficiently solving when ship rests in harbour
The problem of larger impact force is unable to get buffering；When ship stops nearly harbour, ship is hit with rotary anti-collision wheel 2, rotation
Turn anticollision wheel 2 ship impact force is carried out guiding and conducts impact force to curved weld frame 7, the compression buffering of curved weld frame 7
Spring 10 simultaneously squeezes the foam buffer board 15 inside buffer 20 and energy dissipating obturator 16, impact force is buffered, to ship
It is protected.
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, on the basis of technical solution disclosed by the invention, the skill of this field
For art personnel according to disclosed technology contents, one can be made to some of which technical characteristic by not needing creative labor
A little simple modification, equivalent change and modifications, belong in the range of technical solution of the present invention.
In the description of this specification, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " setting ",
" connected " and " connection " shall be understood in a broad sense, for example, it may be being fixedly connected, may be a detachable connection, or integrally connect
It connects；It can be directly connected, the connection inside two elements can also be can be indirectly connected through an intermediary.For this
For the those of ordinary skill in field, the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the present invention can be understood with concrete condition.
Claims (7)
1. a kind of steamer berths with collision proof device for wharf, including rotary anti-collision wheel (2), curved weld frame (7), anticollision support column
(8), buffer spring (10), assembly substrate (18) and buffer (20), which is characterized in that curved weld frame (7) both ends are solid
Surely have welding side plate (1), curved weld frame (7) is made of two arc wheel carriers (25) disposed in parallel, arc wheel carrier (25) it
Between be set as anticollision wheel mounting groove (24), is equipped with rotary anti-collision wheel (2) in anticollision wheel mounting groove (24), the rotary anti-collision wheel
(2) it is made of wear-resisting anti-collision ring (3), anti-collision rubber wheel (4), insertion steel cylinder (5) and wheel shaft (6), wear-resisting anti-collision ring (3) is set in
On anti-collision rubber wheel (4), insertion steel cylinder (5) is inlaid with inside anti-collision rubber wheel (4), insertion steel cylinder (5) is welded on wheel shaft (6)
On, wheel shaft (6) is mounted on curved weld frame (7)；The both ends and middle part of curved weld frame (7) concave side are welded with anticollision
Support column (8), anticollision support column (8) other end are threaded through in cushion chamber (19) after passing through the pilot hole (12) on buffer (20)
And it is fixedly connected with anticollision buffering steel plate (14) in buffer (20)；Anticollision buffering steel plate (14) bottom connection foam is slow
Punching (15) is equipped with energy dissipating obturator (16) in the cushion chamber (19) below foam buffer board (15), the anticollision support column
(8) it is fixed with welding block (9) on, welds and is arranged with buffering on the anticollision support column (8) between block (9) and limit plate (11)
Spring (10).
2. a kind of steamer according to claim 1 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the arc wheel carrier
(25) several wheel shaft mounting holes (23) are equipped on, wheel shaft (6) is rotatably arranged in wheel shaft mounting hole (23).
3. a kind of steamer according to claim 2 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the anti-collision rubber wheel
(4) middle part offers diversion trench (21), is welded with fixed disk (22), anti-collision rubber on the wheel shaft (6) at anti-collision rubber wheel (4) both ends
Wheel (4) is assemblied between two fixed disks (22).
4. a kind of steamer according to claim 1 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the anticollision buffers steel
Fixed block (13) are welded between plate (14) and anticollision support column (8).
5. a kind of steamer according to claim 4 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the buffer (20)
Top is welded with limit plate (11), and the through-hole passed through for anticollision support column (8) is equipped in the middle part of limit plate (11).
6. a kind of steamer according to claim 5 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the energy dissipating obturator
It (16) is high-damping rubber.
7. a kind of steamer according to claim 6 berths with collision proof device for wharf, which is characterized in that the buffer (20)
Bottom is linked and packed substrate (18), offers bolt hole on the outside of assembly substrate (18), bolt (17) is equipped in bolt hole and is used for
Assembly substrate (18) is mounted on harbour.
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