CN210331589U - Remove desktop basketball machine - Google Patents

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CN210331589U
CN210331589U CN201920519310.2U CN201920519310U CN210331589U CN 210331589 U CN210331589 U CN 210331589U CN 201920519310 U CN201920519310 U CN 201920519310U CN 210331589 U CN210331589 U CN 210331589U
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袁绍恒
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The utility model discloses a remove desktop basketball machine, including base, brace table, rim and casing, the inside upper end of base all is equipped with the mount all around, is located the left side the mount inboard all is equipped with from the driving wheel, is located the right side the mount inboard all is equipped with the action wheel, department is equipped with the motor fixing base in the middle of the inside upper end right side of base, motor fixing base upper end is equipped with the biax motor, the motor shaft of biax motor all overlaps and is equipped with the action wheel. The utility model has reasonable structure design, and is provided with the lifting mechanism, which is beneficial to adjusting the height of the basket frame and is convenient for children with different heights to play games; the base, the driving wheel and the driven wheel are arranged, so that the device can move integrally; the basket rotating mechanism is arranged, so that the angle of the basket is convenient to change, the shooting difficulty is increased, and the interestingness and attraction are increased; the LED display, the trigger switch, the broadcaster and the light-emitting plate are arranged, so that the device has the functions of goal scoring, light emitting and sound producing.

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Remove desktop basketball machine
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of sports equipment, specifically a remove desktop basketball machine.
Background
The basketball machine is also called a basketball shooting machine or a street basketball machine, which is a game machine for shooting basketball by independently shooting the basketball in the basketball movement. When the player inserts coins to start the game, the player can shoot a basketball in front of the player, and the player can quickly shoot a basketball in the basketball hoop. When the predetermined time is over, the basketball is immediately stopped. At this time, the number of times of putting the basket is accumulated to obtain the score of the game.
The existing shooting products have large body sizes and are very inconvenient to play or move; most basketball shooting machines cannot be adjusted in height, so that children cannot practice games, and in order to enable children to participate in the games, some adults often place the children on the surface of a higher platform or directly hold the children for playing the games, so that danger is easy to occur and inconvenience is very high; many baskets of the basketball shooting machine are fixed, certain difficulty is lacked, and the attraction of products is reduced.
Accordingly, one skilled in the art provides a mobile table basketball system that solves the problems set forth above in the background art.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the utility model is to provide a remove table basketball machine to solve the problem that provides among the above-mentioned background art.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme:
a movable table basketball machine comprises a base, a supporting table, a basket and a shell, wherein fixing frames are arranged on the periphery of the upper end in the base, driven wheels are arranged on the inner sides of the fixing frames on the left side, driving wheels are arranged on the inner sides of the fixing frames on the right side, a motor fixing seat is arranged in the middle of the right side of the upper end in the base, a double-shaft motor is arranged at the upper end of the motor fixing seat, and a driving wheel is sleeved on a motor shaft of the double-shaft motor; the utility model discloses a basketball stand, including base, elevating system, table top, lateral wall, luminous plate, opening, guardrail, opening, switch, door, window, switch, pedestal, be equipped with elevating system on the base, the elevating system inboard is equipped with the table, table top upper end middle part is equipped with a supporting bench, supporting bench upper end rear side is equipped with the casing, the lateral wall is equipped with LED display, luminous plate, opening and trigger switch from last to being equipped with in proper order down before the casing, is located the casing front side symmetry of position is equipped with the broadcaster about the luminous plate, casing inboard middle part is equipped with the baffle, the baffle upper end is equipped with rim slewing mechanism, the one end of rim is connected to rim slewing mechanism, the other end of rim passes the opening and extends to the outside, supporting.
As a further aspect of the present invention: elevating system includes framework, spout, backup pad, driving motor, slider and screw rod, the framework sets up around the base upper end, the framework inside wall all is equipped with the spout, the inboard lower part of framework all is equipped with the backup pad, the inside lower extreme of framework all is equipped with driving motor, driving motor's motor shaft passes the backup pad and passes through the one end of coupling joint screw rod, the other end of screw rod passes through the inside upper end of bearing connection framework, the screw rod lateral wall all overlaps and is equipped with the sliding sleeve, the equal one end of connecting block of sliding sleeve inside wall, the other end of slider passes the spout and connects the table lateral wall, sliding connection between slider and the spout.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the basket rotating mechanism comprises a motor mounting seat, a sliding rod, a residual gear, a supporting sleeve, a connecting rod, a fixing sleeve and a rotating shaft, wherein the motor mounting seat is arranged on the left side of the upper end of the partition plate, a motor is arranged at the upper end of the motor mounting seat, one end of a rotating rod is sleeved on a motor shaft of the motor, and a convex block is arranged at the upper part of the other end of the rotating rod; the fixing sleeves are symmetrically arranged on the right side of the upper end of the partition plate, the fixing sleeves are connected with the sliding rods in a sliding mode, racks are arranged in the middle of the front side wall of each sliding rod, a sliding frame is arranged at the left end of each sliding rod, and the sliding frames are connected with the bumps in a sliding mode; the connecting rods are symmetrically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the inner wall of the shell, a supporting sleeve is arranged between the front connecting rod and the rear connecting rod, a rotating shaft is sleeved in the middle of the supporting sleeve, a residual gear is sleeved on the upper portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft, the residual gear and the rack are meshed with each other, one end of a supporting rod is sleeved on the lower portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft, and the other end of the supporting rod penetrates through the through.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the supporting platform is of a slope structure with a high back and a low front.
As a further aspect of the present invention: the elevating system right side is equipped with the controller, controller and biax motor, trigger switch, driving motor, the LED display, the luminescent plate, electric connection between motor and the broadcaster, the model of controller is 6ES7214-2BD23-0XB8, the model of biax motor is 130s-17120-38, trigger switch's model is LSA-06, the model of driving motor and motor is YD160L-4/2, the model of LED display is 3311-A/BSR, the model of broadcaster is SS-15W.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
the utility model has reasonable structure design, and is provided with the lifting mechanism, which is beneficial to adjusting the height of the basket frame and is convenient for children with different heights to play games; the base, the driving wheel and the driven wheel are arranged, so that the device can move integrally; the basket rotating mechanism is arranged, so that the angle of the basket is convenient to change, the shooting difficulty is increased, and the interestingness and attraction are increased; the LED display, the trigger switch, the broadcaster and the light-emitting plate are arranged, so that the device has the functions of goal scoring, light emitting and sound producing.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of the mobile table basketball machine.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view showing an internal structure of a case of the portable table basketball game machine.
Fig. 3 is a schematic top view of the rim rotating mechanism of the mobile table basketball machine.
Fig. 4 is a schematic top-down sectional view of the base of the mobile table basketball game machine.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of a trigger switch in the mobile table basketball machine.
In the figure: the device comprises a shell 1, a guardrail 2, a through opening 3, a trigger switch 4, a barrier net 5, a support table 6, a table plate 7, a lifting mechanism 8, a frame body 801, a sliding groove 802, a support plate 803, a driving motor 804, a sliding block 805, a screw 806, a sliding sleeve 807, a base 9, a driven wheel 10, a controller 11, a starting button 12, an LED display 13, a light emitting plate 14, a basket 15, a motor fixing seat 16, a double-shaft motor 17, a basket rotating mechanism 18, a motor mounting seat 1801, a motor 1802, a rotating rod 1803, a sliding frame 1804, a residual gear 1805, a rack 1806, a support rod 1807, a support sleeve 1808, a fixing sleeve 1809, a convex block 1810, a rotating shaft 1811, a connecting rod 1812, a sliding rod 1813, a driving wheel 19, a fixing frame 20.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1 to 5, in an embodiment of the present invention, a mobile desktop basketball machine includes a base 9, a support table 6, a basket 15 and a casing 1, wherein a fixing frame 20 is disposed around an upper end inside the base 9, driven wheels 10 are disposed inside the fixing frame 20 on the left side, driving wheels 19 are disposed inside the fixing frame 20 on the right side, a motor fixing seat 16 is disposed in the middle of the right side of the upper end inside the base 9, a dual-axis motor 17 is disposed on the upper end of the motor fixing seat 16, and a motor shaft of the dual-axis motor 17 is sleeved with the driving wheels 19; base 9 upper end is equipped with elevating system 8, 8 inboards of elevating system are equipped with table 7, 7 upper ends middle parts of table are equipped with brace table 6, 6 upper ends rear sides of brace table are equipped with casing 1, 1 preceding lateral wall of casing is from last to being equipped with LED display 13, luminescent plate 14, opening 3 and trigger switch 4 down in proper order, is located 1 front side symmetry of casing of position is equipped with broadcaster 21 about luminescent plate 14, 1 inboard middle part of casing is equipped with baffle 22, the baffle 22 upper end is equipped with basket slewing mechanism 18, basket slewing mechanism 18 connects the one end of basket 15, the other end of basket 15 passes opening 3 and extends to the outside, 6 upper end left and right sides symmetries of brace table are equipped with guardrail 2, are located the middle part is equipped with blocking 5 between guardrail 2, 6 upper end front side right parts of brace table are equipped with start button 12.
The lifting mechanism 8 comprises a frame body 801, sliding grooves 802, supporting plates 803, driving motors 804, sliding blocks 805 and screws 806, the frame body 801 is arranged on the periphery of the upper end of the base 9, the sliding grooves 802 are formed in the inner side walls of the frame body 801, the supporting plates 803 are arranged on the lower portions of the inner sides of the frame body 801, the driving motors 804 are arranged at the lower ends of the inner portions of the frame body 801, motor shafts of the driving motors 804 penetrate through the supporting plates 803 and are connected with one ends of the screws 806 through couplings, the other ends of the screws 806 are connected with the upper end of the inner portion of the frame body 801 through bearings, sliding sleeves 807 are sleeved on the side walls of the screws 806, the inner side walls of the sliding sleeves 807 are connected with one ends of the sliding blocks 805, the other.
The basket rotating mechanism 18 includes a motor mounting seat 1801, a sliding rod 1813, a residual gear 1805, a support sleeve 1808, a connecting rod 1812, a fixed sleeve 1809 and a rotating shaft 1811, the motor mounting seat 1801 is arranged on the left side of the upper end of the partition plate 22, a motor 1802 is arranged on the upper end of the motor mounting seat 1801, a motor shaft of the motor 1802 is sleeved with one end of the rotating rod 1803, and a convex block 1810 is arranged on the upper portion of the other end of the rotating rod 1803; the fixing sleeves 1809 are symmetrically arranged on the right side of the upper end of the partition plate 22, the fixing sleeves 1809 are connected with the sliding rods 1813 in a sliding manner, racks 1806 are arranged in the middles of the front side walls of the sliding rods 1813, a sliding frame 1804 is arranged at the left end of the sliding rods 1813, and the sliding frame 1804 is connected with the convex blocks 1810 in a sliding manner; the connecting rods 1812 are symmetrically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the inner wall of the shell 1, a supporting sleeve 1808 is arranged between the front connecting rod 1812 and the rear connecting rod 1812, a rotating shaft 1811 is sleeved in the middle of the supporting sleeve 1808, a residual gear 1805 is sleeved on the upper portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft 1811, the residual gear 1805 is meshed with the rack 1806, one end of a supporting rod 1807 is sleeved on the lower portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft 1811, and the other end of the supporting rod 1807 penetrates through the through opening 3 and is.
The support platform 6 is of a slope structure with a high back and a low front.
The right side of the lifting mechanism 8 is provided with a controller 11, the controller 11 is electrically connected with a double-shaft motor 17, a trigger switch 4, a driving motor 804, an LED display 13, a light emitting plate 14, a motor 1802 and a sound player 21, the model of the controller 11 is 6ES7214-2BD23-0XB8, the model of the double-shaft motor 17 is 130s-17120-38, the model of the trigger switch 4 is LSA-06, the models of the driving motor 804 and the motor 1802 are YD160L-4/2, the model of the LED display 13 is 3311-A/BSR, and the model of the sound player 21 is SS-15W.
The utility model discloses a theory of operation is:
the utility model relates to a remove desktop basketball machine, with device switch-on, the basketball machine circular telegram, controller 11 control luminescent plate 14 is luminous, luminescent plate 14 is the plate-shaped luminous body that a plurality of colored small bulbs constitute, press start button 12, switch-on trigger switch 4, start biax motor 17 through controller 11, drive action wheel 19 rotates, thereby drive the whole removal of device, when needing to shoot the basket exercise, in order to increase the recreation degree of difficulty, can drive biax motor 17 positive and negative direction reciprocating rotation, drive action wheel 19 positive and negative rotation, thereby realize that the basketball machine moves about; the small-sized leather ball is used as a basketball to shoot, so that the basketball shooting device is more suitable for children to shoot, the whole device is smaller than a normal basketball machine, and the pleasure of shooting can be enjoyed in a limited space; when the ball enters the basket 15, the trigger switch 4 is touched, the blade switch is arranged inside the trigger switch 4, when the controller 11 detects that the blade switch is triggered, the controller 11 enables the score counter to calculate the score and publish the score to the LED display 13, so that the score can be observed in real time conveniently, and the broadcaster 21 can give out music to increase the game fun of the device; when the overall height of the device is not suitable for a basketball shooter, the controller 11 controls the driving motor 804 of the lifting mechanism 8, and the driving motor 804 drives the screw 806 to rotate, so that the table plate 7 is lifted, the height of the basket 15 is adjusted, and the device is suitable for people of all heights; when the difficulty is required to be adjusted in a certain stage in a game, the basket rotating mechanism 18 can be started, the motor 1802 drives the rotating rod 1803 to rotate, the convex block 1810 at the upper part of one end of the rotating rod 1803 is in sliding connection with the sliding frame 1804, so that the rack 1806 is driven to reciprocate leftwards and rightwards, the rack 1806 is meshed with the residual gear 1805, the residual gear 1805 is driven to rotate, the rotating shaft 1811 is sleeved in the middle of the residual gear 1805, the supporting rod 1807 is sleeved on the lower portion of the rotating shaft 1811, the supporting rod 1807 is connected with the basket 15, so that the basket 15 is driven to rotate angularly, basket shooting is carried out quickly according to the rotating position, and the difficulty and.
It is obvious to a person skilled in the art that the invention is not restricted to details of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but that it can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the invention. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.

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1. The utility model provides a remove desktop basketball machine, includes base (9), brace table (6), rim (15) and casing (1), its characterized in that: the periphery of the upper end of the interior of the base (9) is provided with a fixed frame (20), the inner side of the fixed frame (20) positioned on the left side is provided with a driven wheel (10), the inner side of the fixed frame (20) positioned on the right side is provided with a driving wheel (19), the middle of the right side of the upper end of the interior of the base (9) is provided with a motor fixed seat (16), the upper end of the motor fixed seat (16) is provided with a double-shaft motor (17), and motor shafts of the double-shaft motor (17) are; the improved multifunctional desk is characterized in that an elevating mechanism (8) is arranged at the upper end of the base (9), a desk plate (7) is arranged on the inner side of the elevating mechanism (8), a supporting table (6) is arranged in the middle of the upper end of the desk plate (7), a shell (1) is arranged on the rear side of the upper end of the supporting table (6), the front side wall of the shell (1) is sequentially provided with an LED display (13), a light-emitting plate (14), a through hole (3) and a trigger switch (4) from top to bottom, the front side of the shell (1) positioned at the left and right positions of the light-emitting plate (14) is symmetrically provided with a broadcaster (21), a partition plate (22) is arranged in the middle of the inner side of the shell (1), a basket rotating mechanism (18) is arranged at the upper end of the partition plate (22), the basket rotating mechanism (18) is connected with one end of a basket (15), the other end, the middle part between the guardrails (2) is provided with a blocking net (5), and the right part of the front side of the upper end of the support table (6) is provided with a starting button (12).
2. The mobile table basketball machine as in claim 1, wherein: the lifting mechanism (8) comprises a frame body (801), sliding grooves (802), a supporting plate (803), a driving motor (804), a sliding block (805) and a screw (806), the frame body (801) is arranged on the periphery of the upper end of the base (9), the sliding grooves (802) are formed in the inner side wall of the frame body (801), the supporting plate (803) is arranged on the lower portion of the inner side of the frame body (801), the driving motor (804) is arranged at the lower end of the inner portion of the frame body (801), a motor shaft of the driving motor (804) penetrates through the supporting plate (803) and is connected with one end of the screw (806) through a coupler, the other end of the screw (806) is connected with the upper end of the inner portion of the frame body (801) through a bearing, sliding sleeves (807) are arranged on the side wall of the screw (806), the inner side wall of the sliding sleeves (807) are connected with one, the sliding block (805) is in sliding connection with the sliding groove (802).
3. The mobile table basketball machine as in claim 1, wherein: the basket frame rotating mechanism (18) comprises a motor mounting seat (1801), a sliding rod (1813), a residual gear (1805), a supporting sleeve (1808), a connecting rod (1812), a fixing sleeve (1809) and a rotating shaft (1811), wherein the motor mounting seat (1801) is arranged on the left side of the upper end of a partition plate (22), a motor (1802) is arranged at the upper end of the motor mounting seat (1801), one end of a rotating rod (1803) is sleeved on a motor shaft of the motor (1802), and a convex block 1810 is arranged at the upper part of the other end of the rotating rod (1803); the fixing sleeves (1809) are symmetrically arranged on the right side of the upper end of the partition plate (22), the fixing sleeves (1809) are connected with the sliding rods (1813) in a sliding mode, racks (1806) are arranged in the middle of the front side wall of each sliding rod (1813), a sliding frame (1804) is arranged at the left end of each sliding rod (1813), and the sliding frames (1804) are connected with the bumps (1810) in a sliding mode; the connecting rods (1812) are symmetrically arranged on the front side and the rear side of the inner wall of the shell (1), a supporting sleeve (1808) is arranged between the front connecting rod and the rear connecting rod (1812), a rotating shaft (1811) is sleeved in the middle of the supporting sleeve (1808), a residual gear (1805) is sleeved on the upper portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft (1811), the residual gear (1805) is meshed with the rack (1806), one end of a supporting rod (1807) is sleeved on the lower portion of the side wall of the rotating shaft (1811), and the other end of the supporting rod (1807) penetrates through the through opening (3) and is connected with the basket.
4. The mobile table basketball machine as in claim 1, wherein: the supporting platform (6) is of a slope structure with a high back and a low front.
5. The mobile table basketball machine as in claim 1, wherein: the right side of the lifting mechanism (8) is provided with a controller (11), the controller (11) is electrically connected with a double-shaft motor (17), a trigger switch (4), a driving motor (804), an LED display (13), a light emitting plate (14), a motor (1802) and a sound player (21), the model of the controller (11) is 6ES7214-2BD23-0XB8, the model of the double-shaft motor (17) is 130s-17120-38, the model of the trigger switch (4) is LSA-06, the models of the driving motor (804) and the motor (1802) are YD160L-4/2, the model of the LED display (13) is 3311-A/BSR, and the model of the sound player (21) is SS-15W.
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