CN204926745U - Liftable bill -board - Google Patents

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CN204926745U
CN204926745U CN201520688701.9U CN201520688701U CN204926745U CN 204926745 U CN204926745 U CN 204926745U CN 201520688701 U CN201520688701 U CN 201520688701U CN 204926745 U CN204926745 U CN 204926745U
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The utility model provides a liftable bill -board relates to the equipment field of using of propagating, including support column, bill -board subassembly, lifting system, driving system and a plurality of support, be fixed in the bill -board subassembly dead lever of support on, through driving system will in the dead lever retraction support column, will through lifting system the bill -board subassembly is transferred to the nadir. The utility model provides a liftable bill -board has solved the technical problem that need climb when the damage bill -board is changed in the maintenance among the prior art.

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Liftable billboard
Technical field
The utility model relates to publicity apparatus field, especially relates to a kind of liftable billboard.
Background technology
Billboard is common publicity equipment.In order to can be more eye-catching, commonly use the support column erect and be fixed on eminence, better to obtain concern.
In present productive life, the billboard being positioned at eminence, owing to drenching with rain all the year round, often damages, but each damage all personnel of needing repairing is climbed to eminence maintenance, very inconvenient, also has certain danger.
Based on this, the utility model provides a kind of liftable billboard to solve above-mentioned technical matters.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is to provide a kind of liftable billboard, to solve the technical matters needing when maintain and replace in prior art damages billboard to climb.
Embodiments provides a kind of liftable billboard of the present utility model, described liftable billboard comprises support column, billboard assembly, handle system, power system and multiple support; Described support column hollow, described power system and described multiple support are positioned at described support column, and described multiple support is uniformly distributed around the rotation center of described support column;
Described support comprises the fixed bar of horizontal positioned, and one end of described fixed bar passes the shell of described support column;
One end of the described fixed bar other end and the first break-in bar is affixed; The other end of described first break-in bar and one end of the second break-in bar affixed, described first break-in bar, described second break-in bar and described fixed bar are coplanar; Not on the same line, described first break-in bar abuts with the inwall of described support column with the junction of described second break-in bar, and abutment is positioned at the top of described fixed bar for described first break-in bar and described second break-in bar; Described fixed bar is socketed with extension spring, and the inwall of described extension spring one end and described support column is fixed, the end winding support of the other end and described first break-in bar;
The other end of described second break-in bar and the stage clip of horizontal positioned affixed, the other end of described stage clip and the inwall of described support column affixed, described stage clip and described second break-in bar coplanar; Described second break-in bar is connected with the affixed power system in one end of stage clip, and described power system can make described second break-in bar move along the direction near described scope of operation support column inwall;
Described billboard assembly comprises the slip cap of annular, and described slip cap is sleeved on the outside of described support column, and the lower surface of described slip cap abuts with multiple described fixed bar; Circumference around described slip cap is evenly distributed with multiple billboard, described multiple billboard and described slip cap affixed, described multiple billboard is vertically placed;
Described handle system comprises pulley and rope, and described pulley and described support column inwall are fixed, and one end of described rope is walked around described pulley and is connected with described slip cap.
Optionally, described power system comprises moving member moving up and down, and one end that side and multiple described second break-in bar of described moving member arrange stage clip abuts, and described moving member is arranged away from described stage clip; Described side and vertical direction have angle of inclination, and the upper end of described side is near described support column inwall, and the lower end of described side is away from described support column inwall; The lower end of described moving member is connected with rope.
Optionally, the upper end of described moving member is connected with extension spring, and described extension spring is vertically placed, described extension spring and described support column top affixed.
Optionally, described moving member is round platform, and the conical surface of described round platform abuts with multiple described second break-in bar, and the small end face of described round platform is positioned at the below of described round platform and multiple described second break-in bar abutment.
Optionally, the below of described round platform is connected with set collar, described rope and described set collar affixed.
Optionally, be connected with hook above described round platform, described hook and extension spring mount.
Optionally, the internal diameter of described slip cap upper end is greater than the internal diameter of described slip cap lower end.
Optionally, described moving member is wedge shape platform.
Optionally, described power system comprises rope and multiple pulley, described multiple pulley and described multiple support one_to_one corresponding; Described pulley is between described second break-in bar and described support column inwall; The corresponding described multiple pulley in end of described rope is divided into multiply, and the one end being connected with stage clip with described second break-in bar after often one walks around described pulley is connected.
Optionally, the other end of the described rope of described handle system is connected with ropewinder.
How now concrete elaboration uses this device (for convenience of describing, specifying that the internal face of described support column is B face).Described fixed bar is fixed on the position of billboard assembly needs placement through support column; One end of described fixed bar is positioned at outside support column, the other end of described fixed bar, and described first fixed bar to be connected with fixed bar, the second break-in bar, the extension spring be sleeved on fixed bar, the stage clip, the power system that are connected with described second break-in bar, be all positioned at support column inside.Because many fixed bars stretch out described support column, therefore can support described slip cap, thus make billboard assembly be fixed on eminence by many described fixed bars.
Described power system can in ground control.By operating described power system, promoting the end of the described second break-in bar be connected with power system near B face, extruding the stage clip be connected with the second break-in bar.Due to described first break-in bar and described second break-in bar not on the same line, described first break-in bar abuts with the inwall of described support column with the junction of described second break-in bar, abutment is positioned at the top of described fixed bar, therefore according to lever principle, one end that described first break-in bar is connected with fixed bar away from B face, thus drives fixed bar to move, and described fixed bar is also moved, bounce back in support column, and extension spring is elongated.At this moment, by described handle system, slow releasing rope, puts to ground by described billboard assembly, the billboard of more ring damage.
When needs again by billboard pieces to eminence time, first billboard assembly is pulled to eminence by rope.Stop described power system, at this moment, the stage clip resilience be connected with described second break-in bar, drives described second break-in bar away from B face, simultaneously according to lever principle, drive the first break-in bar near described B face, and then drive fixed bar to move, drive extension spring also to bounce back, also the effect driving fixed bar is played, make fixed bar extend out to outside support column, by slip cap described in many described fixed rod support, thus billboard assembly is fixed and eminence.
The liftable billboard that the application provides, is provided with a fixed bar that can stretch, and enabling its fixation of advertisement board assembly when stretching out, can make to slide to ground under billboard assembly when it bounces back, and is convenient to the billboard that maintain and replace damages.
Based on this, compared to prior art, having does not need to climb just can damage the advantage of billboard by maintain and replace to the utility model.
Accompanying drawing explanation
In order to be illustrated more clearly in the utility model embodiment or technical scheme of the prior art, be briefly described to the accompanying drawing used required in embodiment or description of the prior art below, apparent, accompanying drawing in the following describes is embodiments more of the present utility model, for those of ordinary skill in the art, under the prerequisite not paying creative work, other accompanying drawing can also be obtained according to these accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is embodiment one structural representation;
Fig. 2 is embodiment two structural representation.
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1-support column; 2-support; 3-power system;
4-fixed bar; 5-first break-in bar; 6-second break-in bar;
7-extension spring; 8-stage clip; 9-moving member;
10-rope; 11-pulley; 12-slip cap;
13-billboard.
Embodiment
Be clearly and completely described the technical solution of the utility model below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, obviously, described embodiment is the utility model part embodiment, instead of whole embodiments.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, those of ordinary skill in the art are not making the every other embodiment obtained under creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the utility model protection.
In description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, orientation or the position relationship of the instruction such as term " " center ", " on ", D score, "left", "right", " vertically ", " level ", " interior ", " outward " they be based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship; be only the utility model and simplified characterization for convenience of description; instead of instruction or imply the device of indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.In addition, term " first ", " second ", " the 3rd " only for describing object, and can not be interpreted as instruction or hint relative importance.
In description of the present utility model, it should be noted that, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection " should be interpreted broadly, and such as, can be fixedly connected with, also can be removably connect, or the connection of one; Can be mechanical connection, also can be that electric welding connects; Can be directly be connected, also indirectly can be connected by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals.For the ordinary skill in the art, concrete condition the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the utility model can be understood.
Embodiment one
As shown in Figure 1, provide a kind of liftable billboard in the present embodiment, comprise support column 1, billboard assembly, handle system, power system 3 and multiple support 2; Described support column 1 hollow, described power system and described multiple support 2 are positioned at described support column 1, and described multiple support 2 is uniformly distributed around the rotation center of described support column 1;
Described support 2 comprises the fixed bar 4 of horizontal positioned, and one end of described fixed bar 4 passes the shell of described support column 1;
One end of described fixed bar 4 other end and the first break-in bar 5 is affixed; The other end of described first break-in bar 5 and one end of the second break-in bar 6 affixed, described first break-in bar 5, described second break-in bar 6 and described fixed bar 4 are coplanar; Not on the same line, described first break-in bar 5 abuts with the inwall of described support column 1 with the junction of described second break-in bar 6, and abutment is positioned at the top of described fixed bar 4 for described first break-in bar 5 and described second break-in bar 6; Described fixed bar 4 is socketed with extension spring 7, and the inwall of described extension spring 7 one end and described support column 1 is fixed, the end winding support of the other end and described first break-in bar 5;
The other end of described second break-in bar 6 is fixed with the stage clip 8 of horizontal positioned, the other end of described stage clip 8 and the inwall of described support column 1 affixed, described stage clip 8 is coplanar with described second break-in bar 6;
The affixed power system 3 in one end that described second break-in bar 6 is connected with stage clip 8, described power system 3 comprises moving member 9 moving up and down, one end that a side and the described second break-in bar 6 of described moving member 9 arrange pressure abuts, and described moving member 9 is put away from described being installed with; Described side and vertical direction have angle of inclination, and the upper end of described side is near described support column 1 inwall, and the lower end of described side is away from described support column 1 inwall; The lower end of described moving member 9 is connected with rope 10.Preferably, the upper end of described moving member 9 is connected with extension spring 7, and described extension spring 7 is vertically placed, and described extension spring 7 is affixed with described support column 1 top.
Described billboard assembly comprises the slip cap 12 of annular, and described slip cap 12 is sleeved on the outside of described support column 1, and the lower surface of described slip cap 12 abuts with multiple described fixed bar 4; Circumference around described slip cap 12 is evenly distributed with multiple billboard 13, and described multiple billboard 13 is affixed with described slip cap 12, and described multiple billboard is vertically placed;
Described handle system comprises pulley 11 and rope 10, and described pulley 11 is fixed with described support column 1 inwall, and one end of described rope 10 is walked around described pulley and is connected with described slip cap 12.
How now concrete elaboration uses this device (for convenience of describing, specifying that the internal face of described support column 1 is B face).One end of described fixed bar 4 is positioned at outside support column 1, the other end of described fixed bar 4, and described first fixed bar 4, the second break-in bar 6 to be connected with fixed bar 4, the extension spring 7 be sleeved on fixed bar 4, the stage clip 8, the power system 3 that are connected with described second break-in bar 6, be all positioned at support column 1 inner.Because many fixed bars 4 stretch out described support column 1, therefore can support described slip cap 12, thus make billboard assembly be fixed on eminence by many described fixed bars.
Pull the rope 10 be connected with moving member 9, because a side of described moving member 9 abuts with one end that described second break-in bar 6 arranges stage clip, and described side and vertical direction have angle of inclination, the upper end of described side is near described support column 1 inwall, the lower end of described side is away from described support column 1 inwall, and therefore, the diameter of upper end is larger, when pulling down moving member 9, described second break-in bar 6 can be extruded.At this moment, the extension spring 7 be connected with moving member 9 is elongated.Promoted the end of the described second break-in bar 6 be connected with power system 3 by moving member 9 near B face, extrude the stage clip 8 be connected with the second break-in bar 6.Due to described first break-in bar 5 and described second break-in bar 6 not on the same line, described first break-in bar 5 abuts with the inwall of described support column 1 with the junction of described second break-in bar 6, abutment is positioned at the top of described fixed bar 4, therefore according to lever principle, one end that described first break-in bar 5 is connected with fixed bar 4 is away from B face, thus drive fixed bar 4 to move, described fixed bar 4 is also moved, bounce back in body of wall, and the extension spring 7 be socketed on fixed bar 4 is elongated, now, the rope 10 be connected with described moving member 9 is fixed on ground.At this moment, by described handle system, slow releasing rope 10, puts to ground by described billboard assembly, the billboard that maintain and replace damages.
When needs again by billboard pieces to eminence time, first billboard assembly is pulled to eminence by the rope 10 of handle system.The rope 10 be connected with described moving member 9 is untied, the extension spring 7 be connected with moving member 9 bounces back, make moving member 9 moves, move along with on moving member 9, stage clip 8 resilience be connected with described second break-in bar 6, drive described second break-in bar 6 away from B face, simultaneously according to lever principle, drive the first break-in bar 5 near described B face, and then drive fixed bar 4 to move, simultaneously, the extension spring 7 be socketed with fixed bar 4 also bounces back, also the effect driving fixed bar 4 is played, fixed bar 4 is made to stretch out outside support column 1, described slip cap 12 is supported by many described fixed bars 4, thus billboard assembly is fixed and eminence.
The liftable billboard that the present embodiment provides, use rope 10 to operate, user can be able to operate from ground, does not need to climb to eminence operation, simple to operate, the dangerous end.
As Fig. 1, in the possibility of the present embodiment, described moving member 9 is round platform, and the conical surface of described round platform abuts with described second break-in bar 6, and the small end face of described round platform is positioned at the below of described round platform and described second break-in bar 6 abutment.Round platform is convenient to processing, is easy to industrial realization, is conducive to cutting down finished cost.During use, pull round platform downwards, because the conical surface of round platform abuts with the second break-in bar 6, and the small end face of described round platform is positioned at the below of described round platform and described second break-in bar 6 abutment, therefore, along with round platform is downward, the position contacted with the second break-in bar 6 is gradually near the large end face of round platform, therefore constantly the described second break-in bar 6 of extruding makes it near B face, thus fixed bar 4 is bounced back.
Further, the below of described round platform is connected with set collar, and described rope 10 is affixed with described set collar.
Be connected with rope 10 by set collar, connect and be easy to realize, rope 10, through described set collar, is then tied a knot, should not be loosened after connection.
Further, be connected with hook above described round platform, described hook and extension spring 7 mount.
Mounted by hook and extension spring 7, connected mode is simple, is easy to assembling, saves built-up time.
Further, the internal diameter of described slip cap 12 upper end is greater than the internal diameter of described slip cap 12 lower end.
Namely the inner ring surface of described slip cap 12 is inclined-plane, as figure, in the process that slip cap 12 rises, also can play the effect of extruding fixed bar 4, billboard assembly can be realized to put to eminence by handle system.
In the possibility of the present embodiment, described moving member is wedge shape platform.
The principle of work of wedge shape platform is consistent with round platform, and the bevelled moving member of this tool is all in the application's protection domain.
As Fig. 1, in the possibility of the present embodiment, the other end of described rope 10 is connected with ropewinder.
By described ropewinder, reduce the strength that operator expends, do not need manual pulling, be also convenient to manipulation billboard assembly gliding speed.
Embodiment two
Embodiment two also provides a kind of liftable billboard, and this embodiment is the further improvement on the basis of embodiment one, and the technical scheme described by embodiment one also belongs to this embodiment, the technical scheme that embodiment one has described no longer repeated description.
Specifically, as shown in Figure 2, provide a kind of liftable billboard in the present embodiment, described power system 3 comprises rope 10 and multiple pulley 11, described multiple pulley 11 and described multiple support 2 one_to_one corresponding.Described pulley 11 is between described second break-in bar 6 and described support column 1 inwall, and preferably, described multiple pulley can be fixed on described support column 1 inwall.The corresponding described multiple pulley 11 in end of described rope 10 is divided into multiply, and often one is connected with one end that described second break-in bar 6 is connected with stage clip 8 after walking around described pulley 11.
In use, be fixed on by pulley 11 on B face, rope 10 is walked around pulley 11 and is connected with described second break-in bar 6, pull rope 10, make the second break-in bar 6 near described B face, thus realize fixed bar 4 to retract in body of wall, then rope 10 is fixed on bottom surface, keeps the state of fixed bar 4.When needs fixed bar 4 stretches out, decontrol rope 10.
This mode of operation, makes whole device structure simple, takes up space little, only need a pulley 11 and rope 10, is convenient to install, can operates, do not need to climb to eminence on ground, dangerous low.
Last it is noted that above each embodiment is only in order to illustrate the technical solution of the utility model, be not intended to limit; Although be described in detail the utility model with reference to foregoing embodiments, those of ordinary skill in the art is to be understood that: it still can be modified to the technical scheme described in foregoing embodiments, or carries out equivalent replacement to wherein some or all of technical characteristic; And these amendments or replacement, do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution depart from the scope of each embodiment technical scheme of the utility model.

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1. a liftable billboard, is characterized in that, comprises support column, billboard assembly, handle system, power system and multiple support; Described support column hollow, described power system and described multiple support are positioned at described support column, and described multiple support is uniformly distributed around the rotation center of described support column;
Described support comprises the fixed bar of horizontal positioned, and one end of described fixed bar passes the shell of described support column;
One end of the described fixed bar other end and the first break-in bar is affixed; The other end of described first break-in bar and one end of the second break-in bar affixed, described first break-in bar, described second break-in bar and described fixed bar are coplanar; Not on the same line, described first break-in bar abuts with the inwall of described support column with the junction of described second break-in bar, and abutment is positioned at the top of described fixed bar for described first break-in bar and described second break-in bar; Described fixed bar is socketed with extension spring, and the inwall of described extension spring one end and described support column is fixed, the end winding support of the other end and described first break-in bar;
The other end of described second break-in bar and the stage clip of horizontal positioned affixed, the other end of described stage clip and the inwall of described support column affixed, described stage clip and described second break-in bar coplanar; Described second break-in bar is connected with the affixed power system in one end of stage clip, and described power system can make described second break-in bar move along the direction near described support column inwall;
Described billboard assembly comprises the slip cap of annular, and described slip cap is sleeved on the outside of described support column, and the lower surface of described slip cap abuts with multiple described fixed bar; Circumference around described slip cap is evenly distributed with multiple billboard, described multiple billboard and described slip cap affixed, described multiple billboard is vertically placed;
Described handle system comprises pulley and rope, and described pulley and described support column inwall are fixed, and one end of described rope is walked around described pulley and is connected with described slip cap.
2. liftable billboard according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described power system comprises moving member moving up and down, and one end that side and multiple described second break-in bar of described moving member arrange stage clip abuts, and described moving member is arranged away from described stage clip; Described side and vertical direction have angle of inclination, and the upper end of described side is near described support column inwall, and the lower end of described side is away from described support column inwall; The lower end of described moving member is connected with rope.
3. liftable billboard according to claim 2, is characterized in that, the upper end of described moving member is connected with extension spring, and described extension spring is vertically placed, described extension spring and described support column top affixed.
4. liftable billboard according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, described moving member is round platform, and the conical surface of described round platform abuts with multiple described second break-in bar, and the small end face of described round platform is positioned at the below of described round platform and multiple described second break-in bar abutment.
5. liftable billboard according to claim 4, is characterized in that, the below of described round platform is connected with set collar, described rope and described set collar affixed.
6. liftable billboard according to claim 4, is characterized in that, is connected with hook above described round platform, and described hook and extension spring mount.
7. liftable billboard according to claim 3, is characterized in that, the internal diameter of described slip cap upper end is greater than the internal diameter of described slip cap lower end.
8. liftable billboard according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described moving member is wedge shape platform.
9. liftable billboard according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described power system comprises rope and multiple pulley, described multiple pulley and described multiple support one_to_one corresponding; Described pulley is between described second break-in bar and described support column inwall; The corresponding described multiple pulley in end of described rope is divided into multiply, and the one end being connected with stage clip with described second break-in bar after often one walks around described pulley is connected.
10. the liftable billboard according to any one of claim 1-9, is characterized in that, the other end of the described rope of described handle system is connected with ropewinder.
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