CN219003262U - Reducing mechanism that can fall dirt and fall and make an uproar - Google Patents

Reducing mechanism that can fall dirt and fall and make an uproar Download PDF

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CN219003262U
CN219003262U CN202222417758.8U CN202222417758U CN219003262U CN 219003262 U CN219003262 U CN 219003262U CN 202222417758 U CN202222417758 U CN 202222417758U CN 219003262 U CN219003262 U CN 219003262U
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田慧兵
刘星辰
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The utility model discloses a crushing device capable of reducing dust and noise, which belongs to the technical field of crushing devices, wherein stones to be crushed are put into a crushing box, a driving motor is started to adjust a second gear, a driving I-shaped wheel and a first rod body to move, a first crushing roller is adjusted to move through the first rod body, a third gear is used for driving the second gear to move, the second rod body is adjusted to move through the second gear, the second crushing roller is adjusted to move through the second rod body, the crushing function of the stones is achieved, the stones enter the lower portion in the crushing box, the third gear is driven through the movement of the second gear, a first transmission rod is adjusted to drive a second bevel gear to move through the third gear, and the first bevel gear is adjusted to move through the second bevel gear.

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Reducing mechanism that can fall dirt and fall and make an uproar
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a crushing device, in particular to a crushing device capable of reducing dust and noise, and belongs to the technical field of crushing devices.
Background
A device that is arranged in the prior art building site to smash stone has following problem when using:
when the crushing is carried out, a pretreatment structure capable of crushing big stones in the earlier stage is not provided, so that the big stones and the small stones are mixed together for crushing, and the crushing knife cannot fully crush the small stones;
in the prior art, when crushing is carried out, a plurality of groups of independent driving equipment is needed, so that the driving cost is increased;
in the prior art, when the crushing is carried out, splashing is easy to occur, a large amount of dust cannot be efficiently inhibited, and the splashing prevention function is carried out on splashed stones, so that the crushing device capable of reducing the dust and the noise is designed to solve the problems.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model mainly aims to provide a crushing device capable of reducing dust and noise, which is characterized in that stones to be crushed are thrown into a crushing box, a driving motor is started to adjust a second gear, a driving industrial type wheel and a first rod body to move, a first crushing roller is adjusted to move through the first rod body, a third gear is used for driving the second gear to move, the second rod body is adjusted to move through the second gear, the second crushing roller is adjusted to move through the second rod body to realize the crushing function of the large stones, then the stones enter the lower part in the crushing box, a third gear is driven through the movement of the second gear, a first transmission rod is adjusted to move through the third gear, a first bevel gear is adjusted to move through the second bevel gear, a first bevel gear is adjusted to move, a rotary rod is driven to cut through the movement of the first bevel gear, water in a water suction pipe is pumped into a rotary frame to spray dust reduction through the movement of the first transmission rod, the first industrial type wheel is further adjusted to move when the driving industrial type wheel moves, the second transmission rod is adjusted to move through the first industrial type wheel, the third gear is driven by the first bevel gear is driven to move, the first bevel gear is adjusted to move through the third gear, the first bevel gear is driven to move through the first bevel gear to move, the rotary wheel is driven by the rotary frame to move, and the first bevel protection function is realized when the large-stone dust can be splashed by the rotating and the large-down block is hinged to realize the function.
The aim of the utility model can be achieved by adopting the following technical scheme:
the utility model provides a reducing mechanism that can fall dust and fall makes an uproar, includes the crushing case, the top of crushing case is connected with the swivel mount through T type spacing, the inner wall of swivel mount articulates there is the splash guard subassembly, the inside top department of crushing case is equipped with crushing roller subassembly, the side top department of crushing case installs driving motor through L type motor frame, just driving motor's output drive crushing roller subassembly, and driving motor's output outside installs I type wheel drive assembly, and I type wheel drive assembly's output is equipped with the drive swivel adjusting gear assembly of swivel mount motion, the inside below department of crushing case has erect crushing knife subassembly through the bull stick, crushing knife subassembly with be equipped with drive assembly between the driving motor, and drive assembly's the other end is equipped with water pump assembly, water pump assembly pass through pipeline and ring type frame with swivel mount intercommunication.
Preferably, the splash-proof plate assembly comprises a hinged baffle and a limiting spring, wherein the hinged baffle is hinged to the inner bottom of the rotating frame, and the limiting spring is arranged between the bottom of the hinged baffle and the rotating frame.
Preferably, the crushing roller assembly comprises a first crushing roller, a second gear and a third gear, wherein a first rod body and a second rod body are respectively arranged at the inner top of the crushing box through bearings, the first crushing roller and the second crushing roller are respectively arranged at the outer sides of the first rod body and the second rod body, the third gear is arranged at the outer side end part of the first rod body, the second gear is arranged at the outer side end part of the second rod body, and the second gear is meshed with the third gear.
Preferably, the I-shaped wheel transmission assembly comprises a first I-shaped wheel, a first conveyor belt and a driving I-shaped wheel, wherein the output end of the driving motor is fixed with the first rod body, the driving I-shaped wheel is further installed on the outer side of the first rod body, the first conveyor belt is sleeved on the outer side of the driving I-shaped wheel, and the first I-shaped wheel is sleeved on the inner top of the first conveyor belt.
Preferably, the rotation adjusting gear assembly comprises a bottom gear ring, a first gear and a second transmission rod, the bottom gear ring is installed at the bottom middle part of the rotating frame, the second transmission rod is installed at the inner side top of the crushing box through a bearing, the first gear is installed at the inner end part of the second transmission rod, the first gear is meshed with the bottom gear ring, the other end of the second transmission rod is fixed at the side middle part of the first I-shaped wheel, the rotating frame is connected with the annular frame through a ball, and a plurality of groups of atomizing heads communicated with the rotating frame are arranged at the inner side of the rotating frame.
Preferably, the crushing cutter assembly comprises a first bevel gear, a rotating rod and crushing cutters, wherein the rotating rod is installed on the rotating rod frame through a bearing, the first bevel gear is installed at the top of the rotating rod, and the crushing cutters are installed on the outer side of the rotating rod at equal intervals.
Preferably, the transmission assembly comprises a second bevel gear, a third gear and a first transmission rod, the first transmission rod is installed at the side middle part of the crushing box through a bearing, the third gear is installed at the outer side of the first transmission rod, the third gear is meshed with the second gear, the water pump assembly is installed at the outer end part of the first transmission rod, and the second bevel gear is meshed with the first bevel gear.
Preferably, the water pump assembly comprises a water pump shell, a pump blade, a water tank, a water suction pipe and a water outlet pipe, wherein the water pump shell is arranged at the side bottom of the crushing box through a water pump frame, the pump blade is arranged in the water pump shell, the first transmission rod is fixed with the middle part of the pump blade, the water tank is communicated with the bottom of the water pump shell through the water suction pipe, one side of the water tank is fixed on the crushing box, and the top of the water pump shell is communicated with the rotating frame through the water outlet pipe.
The beneficial technical effects of the utility model are as follows:
according to the crushing device capable of reducing dust and noise, stones to be crushed are thrown into the crushing box, the driving motor is started to adjust the second gear, the driving industrial wheel and the first rod body to move, the first crushing roller is adjusted to move through the first rod body, the third gear drives the second gear to move, the second rod body is adjusted to move through the second gear, the second crushing roller is adjusted to move through the second rod body to achieve the crushing function of the large stones, then the stones enter the lower portion in the crushing box, the third gear is driven through the movement of the second gear, the first transmission rod is adjusted to drive the second bevel gear to move through the third gear, the first bevel gear is adjusted to move through the first bevel gear, the crushing cutter is driven to cut through the first bevel gear, the pump blade is driven to pump water in the water suction pipe into the rotary frame to spray dust and enable the first industrial wheel to move when the driving industrial wheel moves, the first industrial wheel is adjusted to adjust the second transmission rod to drive the first gear to move, the first bevel gear is driven to move through the first bevel gear when the first industrial wheel moves, the first rotary frame is adjusted to enable the first bevel gear to drive the first bevel wheel to move, and the splash baffle is hinged to achieve the function of preventing the large stones from splashing when the rotary frame moves.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a device according to a preferred embodiment of a pulverizing device capable of reducing dust and noise;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the structure at a of a preferred embodiment of a dust-and noise-reducing pulverizing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the structure at b of a preferred embodiment of a dust-and noise-reducing pulverizing apparatus according to the present utility model;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a rotary crushing assembly of a preferred embodiment of a dust and noise reducing crushing apparatus according to the present utility model;
fig. 5 is a schematic view of a drum crushing assembly of a preferred embodiment of a crushing apparatus capable of reducing dust and noise according to the present utility model.
In the figure: the device comprises a 1-crushing box, a 2-first crushing roller, a 3-rotating frame, a 4-T-shaped limiting frame, a 5-hinged baffle, a 6-water outlet pipe, a 7-first bevel gear, an 8-second bevel gear, a 9-rotating rod frame, a 10-rotating rod, an 11-crushing cutter, a 12-water tank, a 13-water suction pipe, a 14-first transmission rod, a 15-limiting spring, a 16-atomizing head, a 18-first gear, a 19-bottom gear ring, a 20-second transmission rod, a 21-first industrial wheel, a 22-first conveyor belt, a 23-second crushing roller, a 24-pump blade, a 25-water pump housing, a 27-driving motor, a 28-L-shaped motor frame, a 29-second gear, a 30-driving industrial wheel, a 31-third gear and a 32-water pump housing.
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In order to make the technical solution of the present utility model more clear and obvious to those skilled in the art, the present utility model will be described in further detail with reference to examples and drawings, but the embodiments of the present utility model are not limited thereto.
As shown in fig. 1-5, the crushing device capable of reducing dust and noise provided by the embodiment comprises a crushing box 1, wherein the top of the crushing box 1 is connected with a rotating frame 3 through a T-shaped limiting frame 4, the inner wall of the rotating frame 3 is hinged with an anti-splashing plate component, a crushing roller component is arranged at the upper part of the inside of the crushing box 1, a driving motor 27 is installed at the side top of the crushing box 1 through an L-shaped motor frame 28, the output end of the driving motor 27 is connected with the crushing roller component, an I-shaped wheel transmission component is installed at the outer side of the output end of the driving motor 27, the output end of the I-shaped wheel transmission component is provided with a rotation adjusting gear component for driving the rotating frame 3 to move, a crushing cutter component is arranged at the lower part of the inside of the crushing box 1 through a rotating rod frame 9, a transmission component is arranged between the crushing cutter component and the driving motor 27, and the other end of the transmission component is provided with a water pump component, and the water pump component is communicated with the rotating frame 3 through a pipeline and a ring frame.
The stone to be crushed is thrown into the crushing box 1, then the driving motor 27 is started to adjust the second gear 29, the driving work wheel 30 and the first rod body to move, the first crushing roller 2 is adjusted to move through the first rod body, the second gear 29 is driven to move through the third gear 31, the second rod body is adjusted to move through the second gear 29, the second crushing roller 23 is adjusted to move through the second rod body, the crushing function of the large stone is achieved, then the stone enters the lower part in the crushing box 1, the third gear 31 is driven through the movement of the second gear 29, the first transmission rod 14 is adjusted to move through the third gear 31, the second bevel gear 8 is adjusted to move through the first bevel gear 7, the rotary rod 10 is adjusted to move through the first bevel gear 7, the crushing knife 11 is driven to cut through the rotary rod 10, the pump blades 24 are driven to pump water in the water suction pipe 13 into the rotary frame 3 to spray dust fall through the movement of the first transmission rod 14, the first work wheel 21 is further adjusted to move when the driving work wheel 30 moves, the first work wheel 21 is adjusted to move, the second transmission rod 20 is adjusted to move through the first bevel gear 8, the first bevel gear 8 is adjusted to move through the first bevel gear 8, and the splash-proof function is achieved when the large-stage stone is adjusted, and the splash-proof function is achieved.
In this embodiment, the splash guard assembly includes a hinge baffle 5 and a limit spring 15, the hinge baffle 5 is hinged at the inner bottom of the rotating frame 3, and the limit spring 15 is installed between the bottom of the hinge baffle 5 and the rotating frame 3.
In this embodiment, the crushing roller assembly includes a first crushing roller 2, a second crushing roller 23, a second gear 29 and a third gear 31, a first rod body and a second rod body are respectively mounted at the inner top of the crushing box 1 through bearings, the first crushing roller 2 and the second crushing roller 23 are respectively mounted at the outer sides of the first rod body and the second rod body, the third gear 31 is mounted at the outer side end of the first rod body, the second gear 29 is mounted at the outer side end of the second rod body, and the second gear 29 is meshed with the third gear 31.
In this embodiment, the i-wheel transmission assembly includes a first i-wheel 21, a first conveyor belt 22 and a driving i-wheel 30, where the output end of the driving motor 27 is fixed to the first rod, the driving i-wheel 30 is further mounted on the outer side of the first rod, the first conveyor belt 22 is sleeved on the outer side of the driving i-wheel 30, and the first i-wheel 21 is sleeved on the inner top of the first conveyor belt 22.
In this embodiment, the rotation adjusting gear assembly includes a bottom gear ring 19, a first gear 18 and a second transmission rod 20, the bottom middle part of the rotating frame 3 is provided with the bottom gear ring 19, the inner top part of the crushing box 1 is provided with the second transmission rod 20 through a bearing, the inner end part of the second transmission rod 20 is provided with the first gear 18, the first gear 18 is meshed with the bottom gear ring 19, the other end of the second transmission rod 20 is fixed with the side middle part of the first I-shaped wheel 21, the rotating frame 3 is connected with the ring-shaped frame through balls, and the inner side of the rotating frame 3 is provided with a plurality of groups of atomizing heads 16 communicated with the rotating frame 3.
In this embodiment, the crushing cutter assembly includes a first bevel gear 7, a rotating rod 10 and crushing cutters 11, the rotating rod 10 is installed to the rotating rod frame 9 through a bearing, the first bevel gear 7 is installed at the top of the rotating rod 10, and the crushing cutters 11 are installed at equal intervals on the outer side of the rotating rod 10.
In the embodiment, the transmission assembly comprises a second bevel gear 8, a third gear 31 and a first transmission rod 14, the first transmission rod 14 is installed at the side middle part of the crushing box 1 through a bearing, the third gear 31 is installed at the outer side of the first transmission rod 14, the third gear 31 is meshed with the second gear 29, the water pump assembly is installed at the outer end part of the first transmission rod 14, and the second bevel gear 8 is meshed with the first bevel gear 7.
In this embodiment, the water pump assembly includes a water pump housing 25, a pump blade 24, a water tank 12, a water suction pipe 13 and a water outlet pipe 6, the water pump housing 25 is installed at the side bottom of the crushing box 1 through a water pump frame 32, the pump blade 24 is arranged in the water pump housing 25, and the first transmission rod 14 is fixed with the middle part of the pump blade 24, the water tank 12 is communicated with the bottom of the water pump housing 25 through the water suction pipe 13, and one side of the water tank 12 is fixed on the crushing box 1, and the top of the water pump housing 25 is communicated with the rotating frame 3 through the water outlet pipe 6.
The above is merely a further embodiment of the present utility model, but the protection scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art will be able to apply equivalents and modifications according to the technical solution and the concept of the present utility model within the scope of the present utility model disclosed in the present utility model.

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1. Reducing mechanism that can fall dirt and fall noise, its characterized in that: including broken case (1), the top of broken case (1) is connected with swivel mount (3) through T type spacing (4), the inner wall of swivel mount (3) articulates there is the board subassembly that splashes, the inside top department of broken case (1) is equipped with broken cylinder subassembly, the side top department of broken case (1) is installed driving motor (27) through L type motor frame (28), just driving motor (27) output drive broken cylinder subassembly, and the output outside of driving motor (27) is installed I-shaped wheel drive subassembly, and I-shaped wheel drive subassembly's output is equipped with the drive swivel mount (3) moving rotation regulation gear assembly, the inside below department of broken case (1) is equipped with broken knife tackle spare through swivel mount (9), broken knife tackle spare with be equipped with drive assembly between driving motor (27), and drive assembly's the other end be equipped with water pump assembly, water pump assembly pass through pipeline and ring type frame with swivel mount (3) intercommunication.
2. The pulverizing device capable of reducing dust and noise according to claim 1, wherein: the splash-proof plate assembly comprises a hinged baffle (5) and a limiting spring (15), wherein the hinged baffle (5) is hinged to the inner bottom of the rotating frame (3), and the limiting spring (15) is arranged between the bottom of the hinged baffle (5) and the rotating frame (3).
3. The pulverizing device capable of reducing dust and noise according to claim 2, wherein: the crushing roller assembly comprises a first crushing roller (2), a second crushing roller (23), a second gear (29) and a third gear (31), wherein a first rod body and a second rod body are respectively arranged at the inner top of the crushing box (1) through bearings, the first crushing roller (2) and the second crushing roller (23) are respectively arranged at the outer sides of the first rod body and the second rod body, the third gear (31) is arranged at the outer side end part of the first rod body, the second gear (29) is arranged at the outer side end part of the second rod body, and the second gear (29) is meshed with the third gear (31).
4. A dust-and noise-reducing pulverizing device according to claim 3, wherein: i type wheel drive assembly includes first I type wheel (21), first conveyer belt (22) and initiative I type wheel (30), the output of driving motor (27) with the first body of rod is fixed, just initiative I type wheel (30) are still installed in the outside of the first body of rod, the outside cover of initiative I type wheel (30) is equipped with first conveyer belt (22), just the interior top department cover of first conveyer belt (22) is equipped with first I type wheel (21).
5. The dust-reducing and noise-reducing pulverizing device according to claim 4, wherein: the rotary adjusting gear assembly comprises a bottom gear ring (19), a first gear (18) and a second transmission rod (20), the bottom gear ring (19) is installed at the bottom middle part of the rotary frame (3), the second transmission rod (20) is installed at the inner top of the crushing box (1) through a bearing, the first gear (18) is installed at the inner end of the second transmission rod (20), the first gear (18) is meshed with the bottom gear ring (19), the other end of the second transmission rod (20) is fixed at the side middle part of the first I-shaped wheel (21), the rotary frame (3) is connected with the annular frame through a ball, and a plurality of groups of atomizing heads (16) communicated with the rotary frame (3) are arranged on the inner side of the rotary frame (3).
6. The dust-reducing and noise-reducing pulverizing device according to claim 5, wherein: the crushing knife assembly comprises a first bevel gear (7), a rotating rod (10) and crushing knives (11), wherein the rotating rod (10) is installed on the rotating rod frame (9) through a bearing, the first bevel gear (7) is installed at the top of the rotating rod (10), and the crushing knives (11) are installed on the outer side of the rotating rod (10) at equal intervals.
7. The dust-reducing and noise-reducing pulverizing device according to claim 6, wherein: the transmission assembly comprises a second bevel gear (8), a third gear (31) and a first transmission rod (14), wherein the first transmission rod (14) is installed at the side middle part of the crushing box (1) through a bearing, the third gear (31) is installed at the outer side of the first transmission rod (14), the third gear (31) is meshed with the second gear (29), the water pump assembly is installed at the outer end part of the first transmission rod (14), and the second bevel gear (8) is meshed with the first bevel gear (7).
8. The dust-reducing and noise-reducing pulverizing device according to claim 7, wherein: the water pump assembly comprises a water pump housing (25), pump paddles (24), a water tank (12), a water suction pipe (13) and a water outlet pipe (6), wherein the water pump housing (25) is installed at the side bottom of the crushing box (1) through a water pump frame (32), the pump paddles (24) are arranged in the water pump housing (25), the first transmission rod (14) is fixed with the middle part of the pump paddles (24), the water tank (12) is communicated with the bottom of the water pump housing (25) through the water suction pipe (13), one side of the water tank (12) is fixed on the crushing box (1), and the top of the water pump housing (25) is communicated with the rotating frame (3) through the water outlet pipe (6).
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