CN112607330B - Stepping self-moving tail device of rubber belt conveyor for large-inclination roadway - Google Patents
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The invention discloses a stepping self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, which buffers and counteracts the inertia force of a guide device through the counterforce of limiting devices on two sides, and avoids a pushing oil cylinder from being forcibly pulled and stretched by the inertia force to generate damage.
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The invention discloses a stepping self-moving tail device of a belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, relates to a stepping self-moving tail which can be suitable for a belt conveyor in a coal mine tunneling process, and belongs to the field of coal mine equipment. In particular to a stepping self-moving tail device which buffers and counteracts the inertia force of a guide device through the counterforce of limiting devices at two sides, and avoids the pushing oil cylinder from being forcibly pulled and stretched by the inertia force to cause damage.
Background
In the process of coal mine tunneling, a rubber belt conveyor is generally used for conveying a coal mine, the laying length of the rubber belt conveyor is shortest when tunneling is started, but the rubber belt conveyor needs to be gradually lengthened along with the propulsion of a coal mine tunneling working face, so that a tail of the corresponding mobile conveyor is needed, a traditional mode of moving the tail generally adopts a steel wire rope to carry out traction by means of external force, but the mode has long operation time, high labor intensity and more unsafe factors, the prior publication No. CN111137626A discloses a stepping type self-moving tail which comprises a tail main body, a stepping self-moving device and a power device, wherein the stepping self-moving device comprises a plurality of lifting mechanisms, wheel frames, walking wheels, pushing cylinders and movable ground rails, the bottom ends of the wheel frames are provided with claws, and the necks of the movable ground rails are hung at the claws; the distance between the rail surface of the movable ground rail and the wheel surface of the travelling wheel is smaller than the longitudinal movable distance between the movable ground rail and the jaw, so that the jaw is separated from the movable ground rail when the travelling wheel is contacted with the movable ground rail after the movable ground rail falls to the ground; the piston rod end of the pushing oil cylinder is hinged to a ground rail support, and the ground rail support is fixedly connected with the movable ground rail; the power device drives and controls the movement of the pushing oil cylinder and the lifting mechanism, but when the distance of the tail is pushed by the movable ground rail matched pushing oil cylinder, the whole weight of the tail is large, the tail has large inertia after being pushed, when the pushing oil cylinder stops stretching and retracting, the sliding tail still can pull the pushing oil cylinder to slide for a certain distance, and due to the fact that a rigid connection structure is arranged between the pushing oil cylinder and the ground rail support and the tail, a push rod of the pushing oil cylinder can be forced to stretch and retract due to inertia force after stopping stretching and retracting, and therefore damage to the joints of the pushing oil cylinder and other base supports is caused.
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In order to improve the situation, the stepping self-moving tail device of the rubber belt conveyor for the large-inclination roadway, provided by the invention, buffers and counteracts the inertia force of the guide device through the counterforce of the limiting devices at two sides, and avoids the situation that the pushing cylinder is forcibly pulled and stretched by the inertia force to cause damage.
The invention relates to a stepping self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, which is realized by the following steps: the invention relates to a stepping self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, which consists of a guide device and a limiting device, wherein the two limiting devices are respectively arranged at two sides of the guide device, a gap is reserved between the limiting device and the guide device, the guide device consists of a ground rail bracket, a fixed seat, a sliding seat, a bolt, a transverse roller, a side baffle, a hinge pin hole, a vertical roller, a abdicating groove, a clamping plate and a fixed hole, the two side baffles are respectively arranged at two sides of the fixed seat, a shock pad is arranged on the side baffle, the ground rail bracket is vertically arranged at the top of the fixed seat, the top end of the ground rail bracket is provided with the hinge pin hole, three sliding seats are arranged inside the fixed seat and are equidistantly distributed along the central line of the fixed seat, the inside of the fixed seat is provided with three abdicating grooves, the outer edges of the sliding seats are correspondingly arranged inside the abdicating grooves, and each sliding seat consists of an upper guide frame and two side guide frames, two side guide frames are respectively arranged at two ends of the upper guide frame, the bottom of the upper guide frame is arranged in the cross roll, the vertical roll is arranged on the side guide frame through a clamping plate and is close to the bottom of the side guide frame, the bottom surface of the side guide frame is an inclined plane, a fixing hole is formed in the side guide frame, a relative fixing hole is connected through a bolt, two ends of the bolt penetrate through the fixing seat and extend to the two side baffles, a limiting device is composed of an anti-collision pad, a limiting baffle and avoidance holes, the limiting baffle is opposite to the side baffle, the anti-collision pad is arranged on the limiting baffle, and the avoidance holes are formed in the limiting baffle.
Has the beneficial effects.
Firstly, when the tail of the pushing machine is stepped, the inertia force after stopping pushing and moving can be buffered, and the pushing oil cylinder is prevented from being forcibly pulled and stretched by the inertia force to cause damage.
And secondly, the damage resistance of the stepping self-moving tail pushing structure and the connecting part of the stepping self-moving tail pushing structure is improved, and the normal service life of the stepping self-moving tail pushing structure is ensured.
Thirdly, the structure is simple, convenient and practical.
Fourthly, the cost is low, and the popularization is convenient.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a stepping self-advancing tail device of a belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a right side view of the stepping type self-advancing tail device of the belt conveyor for the roadway with large inclination angle of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of a stepping self-moving tail device of a belt conveyor for a roadway with a large inclination angle;
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of a fixing base of a stepping type self-moving tail device of a belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway according to the invention;
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a slide seat of a stepping self-moving tail device of a belt conveyor for a roadway with a large inclination angle.
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Wherein the method comprises the following steps: the anti-collision device comprises a ground rail support (1), an anti-collision pad (2), a limiting baffle (3), a movable ground rail (4), avoidance holes (5), a fixed seat (6), a sliding seat (7), bolts (8), transverse rollers (9), side baffles (10), hinged pin holes (11), vertical rollers (12), avoidance grooves (13), clamping plates (14) and fixed holes (15).
The specific implementation mode is as follows:
the invention relates to a stepping self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, which is realized by the following steps: the invention relates to a stepping self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway, which consists of a guide device and a limiting device, wherein the two limiting devices are respectively arranged at two sides of the guide device, a gap is reserved between the limiting device and the guide device, the guide device consists of a ground rail support (1), a fixed seat (6), sliding seats (7), bolts (8), transverse rollers (9), side baffles (10), hinged pin holes (11), vertical rollers (12), a relief groove (13), a clamping plate (14) and a fixed hole (15), the two side baffles (10) are respectively arranged at two sides of the fixed seat (6), shock pads are arranged on the side baffles (10), the ground rail support (1) is vertically arranged at the top of the fixed seat (6), the top end of the ground rail support (1) is provided with the hinged pin holes (11), the three sliding seats (7) are arranged inside the fixed seat (6) and are distributed at equal intervals along the central line of the fixed seat (6), the inside of fixing base (6) is opened there are three groove (13) of stepping down, the outward flange correspondence of sliding seat (7) is arranged in inside groove (13) of stepping down, sliding seat (7) comprises last leading truck and two side leading trucks, two side leading trucks are arranged respectively on the both ends of last leading truck, the bottom of last leading truck is arranged in to cross roll (9), erect roller (12) and arrange in on the side leading truck through splint board (14), and be close to the bottom of side leading truck, the bottom surface of side leading truck is the inclined plane, it has fixed orifices (15) to open on the side leading truck, relative fixed orifices (15) are connected through bolt (8), the both ends of bolt (8) are passed fixing base (6) and are extended to on two side shields (10), stop device comprises crashproof pad (2), limit baffle (3) and dodge hole (5), limit baffle (3) and side shield (10), limiting baffle (3) overhead has crashproof pad (2), last division of limiting baffle (3) has dodge hole (5).
When the walking self-moving device is used, a telescopic push rod of a pushing oil cylinder of the walking self-moving device is connected with a hinged pin hole (11) on a ground rail support (1) through a pin shaft, at the moment, a sliding seat (7) is correspondingly clamped on a movable ground rail (4), a transverse roller (9) at the bottom of an upper guide frame is attached to the top of the movable ground rail (4), a vertical roller (12) on a side guide frame is attached to two sides of the movable ground rail (4), two limiting devices are fixedly arranged on two sides of the guide devices, so that a limiting baffle (3) is opposite to a side baffle (10), a gap is reserved between the limiting devices and the guide devices, when the pushing oil cylinder stretches to push a tail of the machine, the ground rail support (1) moves along with the movable ground rail support, and drives a fixing seat (6) to move, the fixing seat (6) moves to drive the transverse roller (9) and the vertical roller (12) on the sliding seat (7) to be attached to roll on the movable ground rail (4), when the pushing is stopped, the integral guide device slides to one side due to the inertia force, the limiting device positioned on one side of the guide device limits the guide device, the side baffle (10) touches the limiting baffle (3) and applies impact force to the limiting baffle, the limiting baffle (3) applies reaction force to the side baffle (10) to push the integral guide device to slide to the other side, the limiting baffle (3) on the other side touches the limiting device on the other side due to the action of the inertia force, the limiting baffle (3) on the other side applies reaction force to the side baffle (10) on the other side to enable the integral guide device to slide to one side for a certain distance, so that the reaction force of the limiting devices on the two sides buffers and cancels the inertia force, and the pushing oil cylinder is prevented from being forcibly pulled, stretched and damaged by the inertia force;
the side baffle (10) is provided with a shock pad, so that the side baffle (10) and the limit baffle (3) can buffer the vibration impact when being contacted, and the side baffle (10) is prevented from being damaged by vibration;
three yielding grooves (13) are formed in the fixed seat (6), the outer edge of the sliding seat (7) is correspondingly arranged in the yielding grooves (13), the strength of a base point of the sliding seat (7) can be increased, and the sliding seat (7) is prevented from slipping from the inside of the fixed seat (6);
the bottom surface of the side guide frame is designed to be an inclined surface, so that the bottom surface of the side guide frame can be matched with the shape and the structure of the movable ground rail (4), and the side guide frame is prevented from being abraded due to the contact with the movable ground rail (4);
the two ends of the bolt (8) penetrate through the fixed seat (6) and extend to the two side baffles (10), so that the sliding seat (7) can be conveniently detached, overhauled and replaced, and the use is convenient and rapid;
the anti-collision pad (2) is arranged on the limiting baffle (3), so that the limiting baffle (3) can be subjected to vibration reduction protection, and the limiting baffle (3) is prevented from being damaged by impact;
the limiting baffle (3) is provided with an avoiding hole (5), so that the bolt (8) can be avoided, and the bolt (8) and the limiting baffle (3) are prevented from being touched;
the design that the transverse roller (9) and the vertical roller (12) are matched is characterized in that when the device is used, the transverse roller (9) is attached to the top surface of the movable ground rail (4) to roll, the vertical roller (12) is attached to the side surface of the movable ground rail (4) to roll, and the transverse roller (9) and the vertical roller (12) are matched to form wrapping type attaching rolling, so that the friction force between the sliding seat (7) and the sliding ground rail can be increased, the sliding can be stably performed, and the inertia force can be buffered and eliminated;
the purpose that the inertia force of the guide device is buffered and counteracted through the counterforce of the limiting devices on the two sides, and the pushing oil cylinder is prevented from being forcibly pulled and stretched by the inertia force to cause damage is achieved.
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1. A step type self-moving tail device of a rubber belt conveyor for a large-inclination roadway is characterized in that: the guide device comprises a ground rail bracket, a fixed seat, a sliding seat, a bolt, a transverse roller, side baffles, a hinged pin hole, a vertical roller, a abdicating groove, a clamping plate and a fixed hole, wherein the two side baffles are respectively arranged at the two sides of the fixed seat, the ground rail bracket is vertically arranged at the top of the fixed seat, the top end of the ground rail bracket is provided with the hinged pin hole, three sliding seats are arranged in the fixed seat and are distributed at equal intervals along the central line of the fixed seat, the outer edge of each sliding seat is correspondingly arranged in the abdicating groove, each sliding seat comprises an upper guide frame and two side guide frames, the two side guide frames are respectively arranged at the two ends of the upper guide frame, the transverse roller is arranged at the bottom of the upper guide frame, the vertical roller is arranged on the side guide frames through the clamping plate and is close to the bottoms of the side guide frames, the side guide frame is provided with fixing holes, the opposite fixing holes are connected through bolts, two ends of each bolt penetrate through the fixing seat and extend to the two side baffles, the limiting device consists of an anti-collision pad, a limiting baffle and a avoidance hole, the limiting baffle is opposite to the side baffles, when the walking self-moving device is used, a telescopic push rod of a pushing oil cylinder of the walking self-moving device is connected with a hinged pin hole on the ground rail support through a pin shaft, at the moment, the sliding seat is correspondingly clamped on the movable ground rail, a transverse roller at the bottom of the upper guide frame is attached to the top of the movable ground rail, a vertical roller on the side guide frame is attached to two sides of the movable ground rail, the two limiting devices are fixedly arranged on two sides of the guide device, the limiting baffle is opposite to the side baffles, a gap is reserved between the limiting device and the guide device, when the pushing oil cylinder pushes the tail in a telescopic mode, the ground rail support moves along with the limiting baffle and drives the fixing seat to move, the fixing base removes and drives the transverse roller and the vertical roller on the sliding seat and laminate and roll on the activity ground rail, when the lapse stops, because the inertia force guider wholly slides to one side, the stop device that is located guider one side carries on spacingly to guider, the side shield touches limit baffle, and exert the impact force to it, limit baffle exerts reaction force to the side shield, promote guider wholly to slide to the opposite side, because the effect of inertia force, touch the stop device of opposite side, the reaction force is exerted to the side shield of opposite side to the limit baffle of opposite side, make guider wholly to one side one section distance that slides, with this reaction force through both sides stop device cushions the cancellation to the inertia force, avoid the lapse hydro-cylinder by the inertia force tractive is flexible by force, produce the damage.
2. The stepping self-moving tail device of the rubber belt conveyor for the roadway with the large inclination angle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the horizontal rollers and the vertical rollers are designed to be matched, when in use, the horizontal rollers are jointed with the top surface of the movable ground rail to roll, the vertical rollers are jointed with the side surface of the movable ground rail to roll, and the horizontal rollers and the vertical rollers are matched to form a wrapping type jointing roll, so that the friction force between the sliding seat and the sliding ground rail can be increased, the sliding can be stably carried out, and the inertia force can be buffered and eliminated.
3. The stepping self-moving tail device of the rubber belt conveyor for the roadway with the large inclination angle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the side guide frame is an inclined surface, so that the bottom surface of the side guide frame can be adapted to the shape and the structure of the movable ground rail, and the side guide frame and the movable ground rail are prevented from being contacted to cause abrasion.
4. The stepping self-moving tail device of the belt conveyor for the roadway with large inclination angle of claim 1, wherein the fixing seat is internally provided with three relief grooves.
5. The stepping self-moving tail device of the rubber belt conveyor for the roadway with the large inclination angle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the side baffle is provided with a shock pad, so that when the side baffle and the limit baffle are contacted with each other, the side baffle can buffer the vibration impact force, and the side baffle is prevented from being damaged by vibration.
6. The stepping self-moving tail device of the belt conveyor for the large-inclination roadway according to claim 1, wherein the limit baffle is provided with a crash pad.
7. The advancing self-moving tail device of the belt conveyor for the roadway with the large inclination angle as claimed in claim 6, wherein the limit baffle is provided with an avoiding hole.
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