CN113599747B - Fire control bullet emitter - Google Patents

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CN113599747B
CN113599747B CN202110673785.9A CN202110673785A CN113599747B CN 113599747 B CN113599747 B CN 113599747B CN 202110673785 A CN202110673785 A CN 202110673785A CN 113599747 B CN113599747 B CN 113599747B
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The embodiment of the invention relates to a fire extinguishing device and discloses a fire fighting bomb launching device. In the invention, the fire bomb launching device comprises: a motor; the transmission assembly is connected with a main shaft of the motor; the flywheel is connected with the transmission assembly; the impact block is rotationally connected with the flywheel; the two ends of the elastic piece are respectively connected with the flywheel and the impact block, and the elastic piece is used for pulling the impact block when the rotating speed of the flywheel is not greater than the preset rotating speed; the beater is rotationally connected with the flywheel; the impact block is used for rotating around the connection part of the flywheel and the flywheel when the rotating speed of the flywheel is greater than the preset rotating speed and impacting and pushing the impactor; the warped plate, after the striker is impacted by the impact block, one end of the warped plate is pressed and held by the striker; the stand pipe for place the fire control bullet, and the other end of wane inserts the stand pipe, and the other end of wane is played when the one end of wane is struck the ware and is pressed and hold and is pushed away the fire control bullet. In contrast to the prior art, so that fire fighting projectiles can be launched to a desired height and distance.

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Fire control bullet emitter
Technical Field
The embodiment of the invention relates to a fire extinguishing device, in particular to a fire fighting bomb launching device.
Background
In the fire control is put out a fire, often need use the fire control fire extinguishing bomb, the fire control fire extinguishing bomb needs long-range projection to wait to put out a fire the region, and current fire control fire extinguishing bomb is thrown out by the manpower, but the people can't directly throw height and distance for fire control effect is not good.
Disclosure of Invention
It is an object of embodiments of the present invention to provide a fire fighting bomb launching device that allows a fire fighting bomb to be launched to a desired height and distance.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the present invention provides a fire bomb launching device, including:
a motor;
the transmission assembly is connected with a main shaft of the motor;
a flywheel coupled to the transfer assembly;
the impact block is rotationally connected with the flywheel;
the two ends of the elastic piece are respectively connected with the flywheel and the impact block, and the elastic piece is used for pulling the impact block when the rotating speed of the flywheel is not more than the preset rotating speed;
the striking device is rotationally connected with the flywheel, and the striking block is used for striking the striking device to rotate when the rotating speed of the flywheel is greater than the preset rotating speed;
a rocker, one end of which is pressed by the striker after the striker is impacted by the impact block;
the stand pipe for place fire control bullet, just the other end of wane inserts the stand pipe, the other end of wane is in the one end of wane is by when the beater is pressed the bullet pushes away fire control bullet.
Compared with the prior art, the fire fighting bomb ejecting device has the advantages that the motor drives the conveying assembly to transmit, the conveying assembly drives the flywheel to rotate, the impact block overcomes the tensile force of the spring to rotate when the rotating speed of the flywheel is higher than the preset speed, the impact block impacts the striker to push the striker, the striker presses one end of the warped plate after being pushed, the other end of the warped plate extends into the guide pipe to push the fire fighting bomb in the guide pipe to eject, and therefore the fire fighting bomb is ejected without directly impacting the fire fighting bomb. And the speed of the flywheel can be adjusted by adjusting the rotating speed of the motor, so that the force of the impact block impacting the striker is adjusted, the ejection force of the fire bomb pushed by the rocker bomb is further adjusted, and the control of the offset and bulletproof ejection distance and height is realized. The fire control bomb can be launched more controllably, can be more accurately aligned to a place to be launched, and has better fire extinguishing effect.
Additionally, the transfer assembly includes:
the first gear is connected with a main shaft of the motor;
the clutch is connected with the flywheel;
the connecting shaft is connected with the clutch;
and the second gear is meshed with the first gear and fixedly sleeved on the connecting shaft.
In addition, the flywheel is fixed to a housing of the clutch.
In addition, the end of the striking block connected to the elastic member is heavier than the end striking the striker.
In addition, the striker includes: the striking mechanism comprises a transmission shaft and a striking main body, wherein the transmission shaft is coaxially arranged with the flywheel, the striking main body is connected with one end of the transmission shaft extending out of the flywheel, and the striking main body and the transmission shaft are arranged in a bending way; and the transmission shaft is provided with a lug which protrudes in the radial direction.
Additionally, the rocker comprises: a plate body at least partially extending into the guide tube, and a bracket supporting the plate body; and the support is provided with a vertically extending supporting part, the guide pipe is connected with the supporting part, and the guide pipe and the horizontal plane form a preset angle.
In addition, a sliding groove communicated with the inner wall of the guide pipe is formed in the guide pipe, the sliding groove extends along the length direction of the guide pipe, and part of the plate body is inserted into the guide pipe through the sliding groove.
In addition, the fire bomb launcher also comprises a battery bin for supplying power to the motor.
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One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the figures in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and which are not to scale unless otherwise specified.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a fire-fighting bomb launching device in a first embodiment of the invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the impact block connected in the flywheel in the first embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein, 1, a motor; 2. a transfer assembly; 21. a first gear; 22. a clutch; 23. a connecting shaft; 24. a second gear; 3. a flywheel; 30. a recessed region; 4. an impact block; 40. a pin; 5. an elastic member; 6. a beater; 61. a drive shaft; 610. a bump; 62. a striking body; 7. a seesaw; 71. a plate body; 72. a support; 720. a support portion; 8. a guide tube; 80. a pipe orifice; 10. a bearing; 11. fire control bombs; 9. and a battery compartment.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that numerous technical details are set forth in order to provide a better understanding of the present application in various embodiments of the present invention. However, the technical solution claimed in the present application can be implemented without these technical details and various changes and modifications based on the following embodiments.
In the following description, for the purposes of illustrating various disclosed embodiments, certain specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the various disclosed embodiments. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that an embodiment can be practiced without one or more of the specific details. In other instances, well-known devices, structures and techniques associated with this application may not be shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the description of the embodiments.
Throughout the specification and claims, the word "comprise" and variations thereof, such as "comprises" and "comprising," are to be understood as an open, inclusive meaning, i.e., as being interpreted to mean "including, but not limited to," unless the context requires otherwise.
The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description of various embodiments of the present invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It should be understood that the embodiments shown in the drawings are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, but are merely intended to illustrate the essential spirit of the technical solution of the present invention.
Reference throughout this specification to "one embodiment" or "an embodiment" means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment. Thus, the appearances of the phrases "in one embodiment" or "in an embodiment" in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
As used in this specification and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It should be noted that the term "or" is generally employed in its sense including "and/or" unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
In the following description, for the purposes of clearly illustrating the structure and operation of the present invention, directional terms will be used, but terms such as "front", "rear", "left", "right", "outer", "inner", "outer", "inward", "upper", "lower", etc. should be construed as words of convenience and should not be construed as limiting terms.
A first embodiment of the invention relates to a fire bomb launcher. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the fire-fighting bomb launching device includes: the device comprises a motor 1, a transmission component 2, a flywheel 3, an impact block 4, an elastic piece 5, a beater 6, a warping plate 7 and a guide pipe 8. The guide pipe 8 is a long pipe, and the fire fighting bombs 11 are arranged in sequence along the length direction of the guide pipe 8. Offer the spout with 8 inner walls of stand pipe intercommunications on the stand pipe 8, the spout extends along 8 length direction of stand pipe, and partial wane 7 inserts in the stand pipe 8 through the spout. The fire hose 11 is placed between the portion of the rocker 7 that protrudes inside the guide pipe 8 and the nozzle 80 of the guide pipe 8. The transmission component 2 is connected with a main shaft of the motor 1, and the flywheel 3 is connected with the transmission component 2. The impact block 4 is rotatably connected to the flywheel 3, as in fig. 1, the impact block 4 is connected to the flywheel 3 by a pin 40. The beater 6 is rotatably connected with the flywheel 3, a bearing 10 is sleeved between the beater 6 and the flywheel 3, and the beater 6 cannot be driven to rotate by the rotation of the flywheel 3. The both ends of elastic component 5 are connected flywheel 3 and striking piece 4 respectively, and elastic component 5 is used for holding striking piece 4 when the rotational speed of flywheel 3 is not more than predetermineeing the rotational speed, and striking piece 4 rotates along with flywheel 3 with the same of flywheel 3 rotational speed this moment, and elastic component 5 is spring or shell fragment. When the rotating speed of the flywheel 3 is larger than the preset rotating speed, the impact block 4 rotates around the joint of the flywheel 3 and the impact block and impacts and pushes the striker 6. After the striker 6 is struck by the striking block 4, one end of the rocker 7 is pressed by the striker 6. The other end of the rocker 7 is raised in the guide pipe 8 to push the fire bomb 11. The direction in which the fire hose 11 is ejected is shown by arrow a in fig. 1, and arrow B is the direction in which the striker 6 rotates after being struck.
Through the discovery that it is not difficult to find in the above-mentioned, through the transmission of motor 1 drive transport assembly 2, transport assembly 2 drives flywheel 3 and rotates, striking piece 4 overcomes the pulling force rotation of spring when flywheel 3's rotational speed is greater than preset speed, striking piece 4 strikes and promotes beater 6, beater 6 is pushed the back and is pressed the one end of holding wane 7, the other end of wane 7 stretches into and promotes fire control bullet 11 in the stand pipe 8 in stand pipe 8 and is popped out, thereby under the condition of directly striking fire control bullet 11, pop out fire control bullet 11. And the speed of the flywheel 3 can be adjusted by adjusting the rotating speed of the motor 1, so that the force of the impact block 4 impacting the impactor 6 is adjusted, the ejection force of the fire bomb 11 ejected by the rocker 7 is further adjusted, and the ejection distance and the height of the fire bomb 11 are controlled. The fire control bomb 11 can be launched more controllably, can be more accurately aligned to a place to be launched, and has a better fire extinguishing effect.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the transfer assembly 2 includes: the gear mechanism comprises a first gear 21, a clutch 22, a connecting shaft 23 and a second gear 24, wherein the first gear 21 is connected with a main shaft of the motor 1, and the second gear 24 is meshed with the first gear 21 and fixedly sleeved on the connecting shaft 23. The coupling shaft 23 is connected to the clutch 22, and the clutch 22 is connected to the flywheel 3. The motor 1 rotates to drive the first gear 21 to rotate, the first gear 21 rotates to drive the second gear 24 to rotate, the second gear 24 rotates to drive the clutch 22 to rotate, and the clutch 22 rotates to drive the flywheel 3 to rotate.
As shown in fig. 1, the flywheel 3 is fixed to a housing of the clutch 22.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the end of the impact block 4 connected to the elastic member 5 is heavier than the end of the impact striker 6. Therefore, when the rotating speed of the flywheel 3 is greater than the preset rotating speed, the heavier end of the impact block 4 can fly out under the action of gravity, the impact block 4 rotates around the pin 40, and the lighter end of the impact block 4 impacts the striker 6, so that the striker 6 rotates. And a pressure steel ball is placed at the heavier end of the impact block 4 to increase the weight of one end of the impact block 4.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the striker 6 includes: the striking mechanism comprises a transmission shaft 61 and a striking main body 62, wherein the transmission shaft 61 is coaxially arranged with the flywheel 3, the striking main body 62 is connected with one end, extending out of the flywheel 3, of the transmission shaft 61, the striking main body 62 and the transmission shaft 61 are arranged in a bending mode, and the transmission shaft 61 is provided with a protruding block 610 protruding in the radial direction. The flywheel 3 has a radially extending recess 30, the projection 610 is in the recess 30, the impact block 4 is also mounted in the recess 30, the impact block 4 rotates the impact projection 610, and the recess 30 is arranged to allow the impact block 4 to rotate without interference. The striking body 62 and the transmission shaft 61 may be disposed vertically, or may not be perpendicular to each other.
In addition, as shown in fig. 1, the seesaw 7 includes: at least partially extending into the plate body 71 of the guide tube 8, and the bracket 72 supporting the plate body 71, and the bracket 72 is provided with a support part 720 extending vertically, and the guide tube 8 is connected with the support part 720 and forms a preset angle with the horizontal plane. The bracket 72 is arranged to allow the plate 71 to swing along a connection point with the bracket 72, and the striking body 62 passes through one end of the striking plate 71 to allow the other end of the plate 71 to push the fire hydrant 11. And the position of the guide pipe 8 supported by the support part 720 can be adjusted by adjusting the position of the bracket 72 on the plate body 71 to change the inclination angle of the guide pipe 8 and also change the support point of the plate body 71, thereby adjusting the height distance of the fire bomb 11.
Further, as shown in fig. 1, a sliding groove communicating with the inner wall of the guide tube 8 is formed in the guide tube 8, the sliding groove extends along the length direction of the guide tube 8, and a part of the plate body 71 is inserted into the guide tube 8 through the sliding groove. So that there is a space for rotation when the plate body 71 is struck.
Finally, as shown in fig. 1, the launching device of the fire-fighting bomb 11 further comprises a battery compartment 9 for supplying power to the motor 1. The fire-fighting bomb 11 launching device can run at any time, and the movement in more environments is facilitated. And the fire bomb 11 launching device can also be supplied with power by an external power supply.
It will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the foregoing embodiments are specific examples of practicing the invention, and that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention in practice.

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1. A fire control bullet emitter which characterized in that includes:
a motor;
the transmission assembly is connected with a main shaft of the motor;
the flywheel is connected with the conveying assembly;
the impact block is rotationally connected with the flywheel;
the two ends of the elastic piece are respectively connected with the flywheel and the impact block, and the elastic piece is used for pulling the impact block when the rotating speed of the flywheel is not more than the preset rotating speed;
the beater is rotationally connected with the flywheel; the impact block is used for rotating around the connection part of the flywheel and the flywheel when the rotating speed of the flywheel is greater than the preset rotating speed and impacting and pushing the impactor;
the seesaw comprises a plate body at least partially extending into the guide pipe and a support for supporting the plate body, the support is provided with a vertically extending supporting part, the guide pipe is connected with the supporting part, the guide pipe and the horizontal plane form a preset angle, and the position of the guide pipe supported by the supporting part is adjusted by adjusting the position of the support on the plate body, so that the preset angle between the guide pipe and the horizontal plane is changed;
the fire fighting bomb comprises a guide pipe, a plurality of cocks and a plurality of fire fighting bombs, wherein the guide pipe is used for placing fire fighting bombs, the fire fighting bombs are sequentially arranged along the length direction of the guide pipe, and the other ends of the cocks are inserted into the guide pipe;
after the beater is struck by the striking block, one end of the plate body is pressed by the beater, and the other end of the rocker plate body pushes the fire fighting bomb when one end of the plate body is pressed by the beater.
2. A fire fighting bomb launcher according to claim 1, wherein said transfer assembly comprises:
the first gear is connected with a main shaft of the motor;
the clutch is connected with the flywheel;
the connecting shaft is connected with the clutch;
and the second gear is meshed with the first gear and fixedly sleeved on the connecting shaft.
3. A fire fighting bomb launcher assembly according to claim 2, wherein said flywheel is secured to the housing of said clutch.
4. A fire fighting bomb launcher according to claim 1, wherein the end of said impact block connected to said elastic member is heavier than the end that impacts said striker.
5. A fire-fighting bomb launcher according to claim 1, wherein said striker comprises: the striking mechanism comprises a transmission shaft and a striking main body, wherein the transmission shaft is coaxially arranged with the flywheel, the striking main body is connected with one end, extending out of the flywheel, of the transmission shaft, and the striking main body and the transmission shaft are arranged in a bent mode; and the transmission shaft is provided with a lug which protrudes radially.
6. A fire fighting bomb launching device as defined in claim 5, wherein the guide tube is provided with a chute which communicates with the inner wall of the guide tube, the chute extends along the length direction of the guide tube, and a part of the plate body is inserted into the guide tube through the chute.
7. A fire fighting bomb launcher according to claim 1, further comprising a battery compartment for powering said motor.
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