CN111009782A - Magnetic self-locking safety socket capable of preventing mistaken collision - Google Patents

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CN111009782A
CN111009782A CN201911154018.6A CN201911154018A CN111009782A CN 111009782 A CN111009782 A CN 111009782A CN 201911154018 A CN201911154018 A CN 201911154018A CN 111009782 A CN111009782 A CN 111009782A
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The utility model provides a prevent magnetism auto-lock safety socket that bumps relates to electric power safety technical field, including the socket, the interior diapire fixedly connected with spring one of socket, the top fixedly connected with of spring one and the top swing joint's of socket movable rod, the left side fixedly connected with lug of movable rod. This prevent magnetism auto-lock safety socket that bumps by mistake, cooperation through electricity magnetism generating device and iron plate is used, peg graft when socket and plug and make, the inserted sheet can extrude piston rod two, extrude piston rod two downwards, and because the hydraulic pressure inslot is filled with hydraulic oil, according to the hydraulic pressure principle, the piston rod rises for a moment, the contact at piston rod top can touch with electricity magnetism generating device, make the circuit switch-on of electricity magnetism generating device and produce magnetic force, with the iron plate actuation of plug bottom, firmly adsorb socket and plug together, thereby reached and prevented the effect of bumping by mistake, the normal use of equipment has been guaranteed, avoid inserting the mistake and bump the condition that leads to equipment outage to take place, the effectual equipment of having protected.

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Magnetic self-locking safety socket capable of preventing mistaken collision
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of electric power safety, in particular to a magnetic self-locking safety socket capable of preventing mistaken touch.
Background
With the advent of thermal power generation, power systems have been developed to the peak, and almost all areas can be powered on at present, which is convenient for people's life, but in the process of using power, some potential safety hazards always exist, for example, a socket frequently used by people is mainly used for being plugged with a plug to connect a circuit, and the current socket has the following problems in use:
when many important devices are plugged into the socket through the plug, the power cannot be cut off suddenly, and if the power is cut off suddenly, data loss of the devices can be caused, and serious damage to the devices can be caused, so that the loss can be irreparably caused.
Therefore, the magnetic self-locking safety socket capable of preventing mistaken collision is provided to solve the problems, the socket and the plug are firmly and magnetically adsorbed through the electromagnetic device, and when the socket needs to be pulled out, the magnetic force is isolated through the non-ferromagnetic material, so that the plug is conveniently pulled out.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention adopts the following technical scheme for realizing the technical purpose: a magnetic self-locking safety socket preventing false collision comprises a socket, wherein a first spring is fixedly connected to the inner bottom wall of the socket, a movable rod movably connected with the top of the socket is fixedly connected to the top of the first spring, a protruding block is fixedly connected to the left side of the movable rod, a rotating block inserted into the left side of the protruding block is rotatably connected to the middle of the socket, a non-ferromagnetic plate movably connected with the middle of the socket is fixedly connected to the left side of the rotating block, an electromagnetic device is fixedly connected to the middle of the socket and the bottom of the socket close to the non-ferromagnetic plate, a hydraulic groove is formed in the bottom of the socket, a first piston rod movably connected with the middle of the socket is sleeved at the middle of the hydraulic groove, a second piston rod movably connected with the middle of the socket is sleeved at two ends of the hydraulic groove, a second spring fixedly connected with the inner bottom wall of the socket is fixedly connected to the bottom of the second piston rod, a plug is inserted into the top of, the bottom of the plug is fixedly connected with an inserting sheet which is inserted with the top of the socket.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. this prevent magnetism auto-lock safety socket that bumps by mistake, cooperation through electricity magnetism generating device and iron plate is used, peg graft when socket and plug and make, the inserted sheet can extrude piston rod two, extrude piston rod two downwards, and because the hydraulic pressure inslot is filled with hydraulic oil, according to the hydraulic pressure principle, the piston rod rises for a moment, the contact at piston rod top can touch with electricity magnetism generating device, make the circuit switch-on of electricity magnetism generating device and produce magnetic force, with the iron plate actuation of plug bottom, firmly adsorb socket and plug together, thereby reached and prevented the effect of bumping by mistake, the normal use of equipment has been guaranteed, avoid inserting the mistake and bump the condition that leads to equipment outage to take place, the effectual equipment of having protected.
2. This prevent magnetism auto-lock safety socket that bumps by mistake, cooperation through movable rod and non-ferromagnetic board is used, when the plug need be followed the socket and extracted, press into the socket with the movable rod, the movable rod can drive the commentaries on classics piece and rotate, the commentaries on classics piece drives non-ferromagnetic board and rotates to between electricity magnetic device and the iron plate, block the magnetic force of electricity magnetic device, make the iron plate no longer by magnetic adsorption, at this moment can easily extract the plug, thereby reached the effect of being convenient for extract the plug, make things convenient for the removal and the maintenance of equipment.
Further, the socket is made of an insulating non-conductor material and does not have magnetic permeability, the first spring is a compression spring, and the length of the first spring is not more than half of the height of the socket.
Furthermore, the movable rod is made of an insulating hard material, the top of the socket is provided with a movable groove matched with the movable rod, the right side of the rotating block is provided with a spiral groove matched with the protruding block, and the rotating block is made of an insulating non-magnetic-conducting material.
Further, the non-ferromagnetic plate is made of a non-ferromagnetic material and is cuboid in shape, and the bottom of the electromagnetic device is electrically connected with one group of copper sheets in the socket through a lead.
Furthermore, the hydraulic groove is filled with hydraulic oil, the shape of the hydraulic groove is in a shape like a Chinese character 'shan', the top of the first piston rod is fixedly connected with a contact matched with the electromagnetic device, and the contact is electrically connected with the other group of copper sheets in the socket through a lead.
Furthermore, the second piston rod is made of a conductive material, the outer side of the second piston rod is electrically connected with the two copper sheets respectively, and the second spring is a compression spring.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the suction structure of the plug of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a hydraulic tank according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view of the portion A of FIG. 1 according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a partially enlarged structure of the portion B in FIG. 2 according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1 socket, 2 spring I, 3 movable rod, 4 protruding block, 5 rotating block, 6 non-ferromagnetic plate, 7 electromagnetic device, 8 hydraulic groove, 9 piston rod I, 10 piston rod II, 11 spring II, 12 plug, 13 iron block and 14 inserting piece.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-5, a magnetic self-locking safety socket for preventing false touch comprises a socket 1, two sets of conductive copper sheets are fixedly connected inside the socket 1, a jack matched with an insertion sheet 14 is formed at the top of the socket 1, the socket 1 is made of an insulating non-conductor material and does not have magnetic conductivity, a spring one 2 is a compression spring, the length of the spring one 2 is not more than half of the height of the socket 1, a spring one 2 is fixedly connected to the inner bottom wall of the socket 1, the spring one 2 plays a role of ejecting a movable rod 3 out of the top of the socket 1, a movable rod 3 movably connected with the top of the socket 1 is fixedly connected to the top of the spring one 2, the movable rod 3 plays a transmission role, the movable rod 3 can move up and down to drive a rotating block 5 to rotate, the movable rod 3 is made of an insulating hard material, a movable groove matched with the movable rod 3 is formed at the top of the socket 1, a spiral groove matched with a protruding block 4 is formed at the right side of the The material, the left side fixedly connected with protruding piece 4 of movable rod 3, protruding piece 4 plays driven effect, the middle part of socket 1 is rotated and is connected with the commentaries on classics piece 5 of pegging graft with the left side of protruding piece 4, change piece 5 and play the effect that drives non-ferromagnetic board 6 pivoted, the left side fixedly connected with of commentaries on classics piece 5 and socket 1's middle part swing joint's non-ferromagnetic board 6, non-ferromagnetic board 6 plays the effect of isolated electromagnetic device 7 magnetic force, make iron plate 13 no longer adsorbed by electromagnetic device 7, non-ferromagnetic board 6's material is the cuboid for non-ferromagnetic material and non-ferromagnetic board 6's shape.
The bottom of the electromagnetic device 7 is electrically connected with one group of copper sheets in the socket 1 through a lead, the bottom of the middle part of the socket 1 close to the non-ferromagnetic plate 6 is fixedly connected with the electromagnetic device 7, the electromagnetic device 7 plays a role of generating magnetic attraction to firmly attract the iron block 13 so as to relatively fix the socket 1 and the plug 12 together, the bottom of the socket 1 is provided with a hydraulic groove 8, the hydraulic groove 8 plays a role of transmission, the transmission of force is realized by utilizing a hydraulic principle, the hydraulic groove 8 is filled with hydraulic oil, the hydraulic groove 8 is shaped like a Chinese character 'shan', the top of the piston rod I9 is fixedly connected with a contact matched with the electromagnetic device 7 and the contact is electrically connected with the other group of copper sheets in the socket 1 through a lead, the middle part of the hydraulic groove 8 is sleeved with a piston rod I9 movably connected with the middle part of the socket 1, and the piston rod I9 plays a role of communicating a circuit of the electromagnetic device 7 and enabling the electromagnetic device 7 to generate attraction, two ends of the hydraulic groove 8 are sleeved with a piston rod two 10 movably connected with the middle of the socket 1, the piston rod 10 plays roles of electrifying and driving, the piston rod two 10 is made of conductive materials, the outer side of the piston rod two 10 is electrically connected with the two groups of copper sheets respectively, the spring two 11 is a compression spring, the bottom of the piston rod two 10 is fixedly connected with a spring two 11 fixedly connected with the inner bottom wall of the socket 1, the spring two 11 plays a role of jacking the piston rod two 10, after the plug 12 is pulled out, the piston rod two 10 is convenient to restore to an initial state, the top of the socket 1 is inserted with the plug 12, the plug 12 plays an electrifying role, the bottom of the plug 12 is fixedly connected with an iron block 13 inserted with the top of the socket 1, the bottom of the plug 12 is fixedly connected with an inserting piece 14 inserted with the top of the socket 1, and the inserting piece 14 plays an electrify.
The working principle is as follows: the initial state is as shown in figure 1, at this moment, the plug 12 is not inserted into the socket 1, the socket movable rod 3 pops out of the top of the socket 1 under the action of the spring 2, the non-ferromagnetic plate 6 is positioned between the electromagnetic device 7 and the iron block 13, the first plug rod 9 and the second piston rod 10 are both popped out upwards by the second spring 11, when the plug 12 is inserted into the socket 1, the second piston rod 10 is squeezed downwards by the inserting sheet 14, because the hydraulic groove 8 is filled with hydraulic oil, according to the hydraulic principle, the first piston rod 9 can rise and touch the bottom of the electromagnetic device 7, so that the electromagnetic device 7 is electrified and generates magnetic force, the electromagnetic device is attracted with the iron block 13 at the bottom of the plug 12, the plug 12 and the socket 1 are firmly attracted together, when the plug 12 needs to be pulled out, the movable rod 3 is pressed into the socket 1, the movable rod 3 can drive the rotating block 5 to rotate through the protruding block 4, the rotating block 5 drives the non-ferromagnetic plate 6 to rotate to the position between, the magnetic force of the electromagnetic device 7 is blocked, so that the iron block 13 is not adsorbed by magnetism any more, and the plug 12 can be easily pulled out.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a prevent magnetism auto-lock safety socket that bumps, includes socket (1), its characterized in that: a first spring (2) is fixedly connected to the inner bottom wall of the socket (1), a movable rod (3) movably connected with the top of the socket (1) is fixedly connected to the top of the first spring (2), a protruding block (4) is fixedly connected to the left side of the movable rod (3), a rotating block (5) inserted with the left side of the protruding block (4) is rotatably connected to the middle of the socket (1), a non-ferromagnetic plate (6) movably connected with the middle of the socket (1) is fixedly connected to the left side of the rotating block (5), an electromagnetic device (7) is fixedly connected to the middle of the socket (1) and the bottom of the non-ferromagnetic plate (6), a hydraulic groove (8) is formed in the bottom of the socket (1), a first piston rod (9) movably connected with the middle of the socket (1) is sleeved at the middle of the hydraulic groove (8), a second piston rod (10) movably connected with the middle of the socket (1) is sleeved at both ends of the hydraulic groove (8), the bottom of the second piston rod (10) is fixedly connected with a second spring (11) fixedly connected with the inner bottom wall of the socket (1), the top of the socket (1) is inserted with a plug (12), the bottom of the plug (12) is fixedly connected with an iron block (13) inserted with the top of the socket (1), and the bottom of the plug (12) is fixedly connected with an inserting sheet (14) inserted with the top of the socket (1).
2. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the socket (1) is made of an insulating non-conductor material and does not have magnetic permeability, the first spring (2) is a compression spring, and the length of the first spring (2) is not more than half of the height of the socket (1).
3. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the movable rod (2) is made of an insulating hard material, and a movable groove matched with the movable rod (2) is formed in the top of the socket (1).
4. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the right side of the rotating block (5) is provided with a spiral groove matched with the protruding block (4), and the rotating block (5) is made of an insulating non-magnetic-conductive material.
5. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the non-ferromagnetic plate (6) is made of non-ferromagnetic materials, the non-ferromagnetic plate (6) is cuboid, and the bottom of the electromagnetic device (7) is electrically connected with one group of copper sheets in the socket (1) through a lead.
6. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the hydraulic groove (8) is filled with hydraulic oil, and the shape of the hydraulic groove (8) is in a shape of Chinese character shan.
7. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the top of the first piston rod (9) is fixedly connected with a contact matched with the electromagnetic device (7), and the contact is electrically connected with the other group of copper sheets in the socket (1) through a lead.
8. The magnetic self-locking safety socket against false touch according to claim 1, characterized in that: the second piston rod (10) is made of a conductive material, the outer side of the second piston rod (10) is electrically connected with the two copper sheets respectively, and the second spring (11) is a compression spring.
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