CN219596072U - Anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment - Google Patents

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CN219596072U
CN219596072U CN202320244872.7U CN202320244872U CN219596072U CN 219596072 U CN219596072 U CN 219596072U CN 202320244872 U CN202320244872 U CN 202320244872U CN 219596072 U CN219596072 U CN 219596072U
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张杨
龚郁文
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The utility model discloses an anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment, which comprises a pipeline main body, a control box and a flow rate sensor, wherein the control box is fixedly arranged at the top of the pipeline main body, the flow rate sensor is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the pipeline main body, a waterproof pad is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the control box, a limiting component is arranged on the inner wall of the pipeline main body, a first filter screen is movably arranged in the pipeline main body, a second filter screen is fixedly arranged at the front side of the bottom of the first filter screen, a connecting block is fixedly arranged at the front side of the first filter screen, and a braking component is arranged in the pipeline main body. According to the utility model, the limiting groove, the spring and the first groove are arranged, so that the problems that in the using process, only small garbage can be filtered, the through holes of the scrap iron collecting box are easily blocked when some large garbage is encountered, the drain pipe is blocked by the garbage, and the waste water cannot be discharged are solved.

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Anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of anti-blocking, in particular to an anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment.
Background
Industrial wastewater includes production wastewater, production sewage and cooling water, and refers to wastewater and waste liquid generated in an industrial production process, wherein the wastewater contains industrial production materials, intermediate products and byproducts which run off along with water, and pollutants generated in the production process. Industrial waste water of various kinds and complex composition
At present, chinese utility model with publication number CN206940661U discloses an industrial wastewater discharge pipeline anti-blocking device, which comprises a pipeline body, one end of the pipeline body is provided with a pipeline mouth, one side of the inside of the pipeline body is provided with a slide way, the inside of the slide way is provided with a slide groove, the surface of the slide groove is provided with a pulley, the surface of the pulley is provided with a scrap iron collecting box, a plurality of scrap iron collecting boxes are all connected through a traction rope, the other side of the inside of the pipeline body is provided with a current limiting plate, the bottom of the current limiting plate is provided with an impurity collecting tank, two sides of the scrap iron collecting box are all provided with through holes, the bottom of the scrap iron collecting box is provided with rotating heads, a rotating shaft is arranged between the two rotating heads, and the surface of the rotating shaft is provided with a magnet. The device has solved current industrial waste water discharge pipe when carrying out the waste water emission, owing to contain a large amount of granule impurity and metal sweeps in the industrial waste water, pile up for a long time and lead to the inside jam of pipeline, causes the inconvenient problem of waste water emission.
Based on the search of the above patent and the discovery of the equipment in the combination prior art, the above equipment can solve the problem that the waste water discharge is inconvenient because the industrial waste water contains a large amount of particle impurities and metal scraps when the waste water is discharged by the existing industrial waste water discharge pipe, and the pipeline is blocked after long-term accumulation, but in the using process, smaller garbage can be filtered, and the through holes of the scrap iron collecting box are blocked easily when larger garbage is encountered, so that the waste water is blocked, and the waste water cannot be discharged.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the utility model aims to provide an anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment, which has the advantage of timing treatment of filtered garbage, and solves the problems that in the using process, only small garbage can be filtered, through holes of an iron filings collecting box are easily blocked when larger garbage is encountered, so that a drain pipe is blocked by the garbage, and the wastewater cannot be discharged.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides an industrial wastewater treatment's anti-blocking structure, includes pipeline main part, control box and flow sensor, control box fixed mounting is at pipeline main part's top, flow sensor fixed mounting is at pipeline main part's inner wall top, control box's rear side fixed mounting has waterproof pad, spacing subassembly has been seted up to pipeline main part's inner wall, pipeline main part's inside movable mounting has first filter screen, the front side fixed mounting of first filter screen bottom has the second filter screen, the front side fixed mounting of first filter screen has the connecting block, pipeline main part's inside is provided with brake subassembly.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the limiting component comprises a limiting groove and a limiting block, wherein the limiting groove is formed in the left side and the right side of the inside of the pipeline main body, the limiting block is movably arranged in the limiting groove, and the inner side of the limiting block is fixedly connected with the outer side of the first filter screen.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the braking component comprises a fixed plate, a movable groove, a telescopic plate, a circular groove, a connecting rod and a spring, wherein the telescopic fixed plate is fixedly arranged on the left side and the right side of the inner wall of the pipeline, the movable groove is arranged on the front side of the fixed plate, two groups of movable grooves are arranged, the telescopic plate is movably arranged in the movable groove, the circular groove is arranged on the front side of the fixed plate, the connecting rod is movably arranged in the circular groove, one end of the connecting rod is fixedly connected with the front side of the connecting block, and the spring is movably arranged on the outer side of the connecting rod.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the bottom of the inner wall of the pipeline main body is provided with a first groove, the interior of the first groove is movably connected with a drawing plate, and the top of the drawing plate is provided with a containing groove.
As the preferable mode of the utility model, the top of the pipeline main body is provided with the second groove, the inside of the second groove is movably connected with the scraping plate, the rear side of the waterproof pad is fixedly provided with the connecting plate, the top of the connecting plate is fixedly provided with the electric telescopic rod, and the electric telescopic rod penetrates through the waterproof pad and the pipeline main body to be fixedly connected with the top of the scraping plate.
As the preferable right side of the surface of the pipeline main body is fixedly provided with the supporting plate, the top of the supporting plate is movably connected with the screw, the right side of the top of the drawing plate is provided with the clamping groove, and the screw penetrates through the supporting plate to be in plug-in fit with the clamping groove.
Preferably, the flow rate sensor is electrically connected with the control box through a wire, and the control box is electrically connected with the electric telescopic rod through a wire.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the utility model, the limiting groove, the spring and the first groove are arranged, the limiting groove is arranged to enable the limiting block to move, the first filter screen is driven to move when the limiting block moves, the position of the filter screen is convenient to adjust, the telescopic plate, the connecting rod and the spring are pushed to move through the first filter screen, the garbage at the rear side of the first filter screen is convenient to clean through the first filter screen, the telescopic plate and the connecting rod are pushed through the thrust generated by the spring after cleaning, the first filter screen is pushed to enable the second filter screen to filter the first groove through the first groove, the drawing groove is arranged, and the garbage at the rear side of the first filter plate is collected through the collecting groove.
2. According to the utility model, the limiting assembly is arranged in the pipeline main body, the limiting groove is arranged to enable the limiting block to move, and the limiting block drives the first filter screen to move when moving, so that the position of the filter screen can be conveniently adjusted.
3. According to the utility model, the brake component arranged in the pipeline main body is used for pushing the expansion plate, the connecting rod and the spring through the movement of the first filter screen, the garbage at the rear side of the first filter screen is conveniently cleaned through the movement of the first filter screen, the expansion plate and the connecting rod are pushed through the thrust generated by the spring after the cleaning is finished, and the second filter screen is used for filtering the first groove through pushing the first filter screen.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a limiting assembly according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a brake assembly according to the present utility model;
fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of the storage box of the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. a pipe body; 2. a control box; 3. a flow rate sensor; 4. a waterproof pad; 5. a limit component; 501. a limit groove; 502. a limiting block; 6. a first filter screen; 7. a second filter screen; 8. a connecting block; 9. a brake assembly; 901. a fixing plate; 902. a movable groove; 903. a telescoping plate; 904. a circular groove; 905. a connecting rod; 906. a spring; 10. a first groove; 11. a drawing plate; 12. a storage groove; 13. a second groove; 14. a scraper; 15. a connecting plate; 16. an electric telescopic rod; 17. a support plate; 18. a screw; 19. a clamping groove.
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present utility model will be made clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which it is apparent that the embodiments described are only some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
As shown in fig. 1 to 4, the anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment provided by the utility model comprises a pipeline main body 1, a control box 2 and a flow rate sensor 3, wherein the control box 2 is fixedly arranged at the top of the pipeline main body 1, the flow rate sensor 3 is fixedly arranged at the top of the inner wall of the pipeline main body 1, a waterproof pad 4 is fixedly arranged at the rear side of the control box 2, a limiting component 5 is arranged on the inner wall of the pipeline main body 1, a first filter screen 6 is movably arranged in the pipeline main body 1, a second filter screen 7 is fixedly arranged at the front side of the bottom of the first filter screen 6, a connecting block 8 is fixedly arranged at the front side of the first filter screen 6, and a brake component 9 is arranged in the pipeline main body 1.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the limiting component 5 includes a limiting groove 501 and a limiting block 502, the limiting groove 501 is formed on the left side and the right side of the inside of the pipe body 1, the limiting block 502 is movably mounted in the limiting groove 501, and the inner side of the limiting block 502 is fixedly connected with the outer side of the first filter screen 6.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, through the limiting component 5 arranged in the pipeline main body 1, the limiting block 502 is moved through the limiting groove 501, and the first filter screen 6 is driven to move when the limiting block 502 moves, so that the position of the filter screen is convenient to adjust.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, the brake assembly 9 includes a fixed plate 901, a movable groove 902, a telescopic plate 903, a circular groove 904, a connecting rod 905 and a spring 906, wherein the telescopic fixed plate 901 is fixedly installed on the left side and the right side of the inner wall of a pipeline, the movable groove 902 is formed on the front side of the fixed plate 901, two groups of movable grooves 902 are arranged on the movable groove 902, the telescopic plate 903 is movably installed in the movable groove 902, the circular groove 904 is formed on the front side of the fixed plate 901, the connecting rod 905 is movably installed in the circular groove 904, one end of the connecting rod 905 is fixedly connected with the front side of the connecting block 8, and the spring 906 is movably installed on the outer side of the connecting rod 905.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, through the brake component 9 arranged in the pipeline main body 1, the telescopic plate 903, the connecting rod 905 and the spring 906 are pushed by the movement of the first filter screen 6, garbage on the rear side of the first filter screen 6 is cleaned conveniently by the movement of the first filter screen 6, after cleaning, the first filter screen 6, the telescopic plate 903 and the connecting rod 905 are pushed by the pushing force generated by the spring 906, and the first filter screen 6 is pushed to filter the first groove 10 by the second filter screen 7.
Referring to fig. 1, 2 and 4, a first groove 10 is formed in the bottom of the inner wall of the pipe body 1, a drawing plate 11 is movably connected to the inside of the first groove 10, and a storage groove 12 is formed in the top of the drawing plate 11.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the first groove 10 is arranged in the pipeline main body 1, the drawing plate 11 is installed through the first groove 10, and garbage on the first filter plate net 6 side is collected through the storage groove 12.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a second groove 13 is formed in the top of the pipe body 1, a scraper 14 is movably connected to the inside of the second groove 13, a connecting plate 15 is fixedly mounted on the rear side of the waterproof pad 4, an electric telescopic rod 16 is fixedly mounted on the top of the connecting plate 15, and the electric telescopic rod 16 penetrates through the waterproof pad 4 and the pipe body 1 to be fixedly connected with the top of the scraper 14.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the second groove 13 is formed in the top of the pipeline main body 1, the second groove 13 is formed to install the scraper 14, the electric telescopic rod 16 pushes the scraper 14 to move, and the scraper 14 pushes the first filter screen 6 to move at the same time of moving, so that the scraper 14 can scrape garbage on the rear side of the first filter screen 6 into the storage groove 12 conveniently.
Referring to fig. 1 and 4, a supporting plate 17 is fixedly installed on the right side of the surface of the pipeline main body 1, a screw 18 is movably connected to the top of the supporting plate 17, a clamping groove 19 is formed in the right side of the top of the drawing plate 11, and the screw 18 penetrates through the supporting plate 17 to be in plug-in fit with the clamping groove 19.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the pull plate 11 is fixed by the supporting plate 17 arranged on the right side of the surface of the pipeline main body 1 and the bolts 18 are in plug-in fit with the clamping grooves 19.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the flow rate sensor 3 is electrically connected to the control box 2 through a wire, and the control box 2 is electrically connected to the electric telescopic rod 16 through a wire.
As a technical optimization scheme of the utility model, the control box 2 sends out instructions to the control box 2 through the flow rate sensor 3 arranged at the top of the inner wall of the pipeline main body 1, so that the control box 2 starts the electric telescopic rod 16, and the interior of the pipeline main body 1 is cleaned.
The working principle and the using flow of the utility model are as follows: when in use, the flow rate of water flow is detected by the flow rate sensor 3, if the flow rate of water flow is too low, the flow rate sensor 3 can send an instruction to the control box 2, so that the control box 2 starts the electric telescopic rod 16, the electric telescopic rod 16 pushes the scraper 14, the scraper 14 is separated from the second groove 13 to move downwards, the scraper 14 pushes the first filter screen 6 to move towards the front side through the inclined plane of the first filter screen 6 when moving downwards, the first filter screen 6 limits the first filter screen 6 through the limiting groove 501 and the limiting block 502 while moving, the first filter screen 6 is prevented from shifting when moving, the first filter screen 6 drives the second filter screen 7 to move when moving, the containing groove 12 in the first groove 10 is exposed, the scraper 14 pushes garbage at the rear side of the first filter screen 6 into the containing groove 12 when pushing the first filter screen 6, through accomodating groove 12 to collect rubbish, then electric telescopic handle 16 drives scraper blade 14 and gets back to inside the second recess 13, first filter screen 6 moves backward to first filter screen 6, expansion plate 903 and connecting rod 905 through the thrust that spring 906 produced, make second filter screen 7 seal and filter first recess 10 through promoting first filter screen 6, avoid accomodating the inside rubbish of groove 12 and expose and lead to pipeline main part 1 inside to block up, pull out screw 18 messenger later, pull out plate 11 through first recess 10, be convenient for handle the rubbish of accomodating the inslot 12, put pull plate 11 to the normal position according to above-mentioned step after the installation is accomplished, be convenient for follow-up handle the rubbish of pipeline main part 1 inside.
To sum up: this anti-blocking structure of industrial waste water treatment, through setting up spacing groove 501, spring 906 and first recess 10, make stopper 502 remove through setting up spacing groove 501, drive first filter screen 6 and remove when stopper 502 removes, be convenient for adjust the position of first filter screen 6, remove through first filter screen 6 and promote expansion plate 903, connecting rod 905 and spring 906, remove through first filter screen 6 and be convenient for clear up the rubbish of first filter screen 6 rear side, the thrust that produces through spring 906 after the clearance is accomplished, promote first filter screen 6, expansion plate 903 and connecting rod 905, make second filter screen 7 filter first recess 10 through promoting first filter screen 6, install storage tank 12 through first recess 10, collect the rubbish of first filter screen 6 rear side through storage tank 12, the in-process of using is solved, can only filter less rubbish, the through-hole that is easy to block up the iron fillings collecting box when meetting some great rubbish, lead to rubbish to the rubbish to block up the drain pipe, thereby unable problem that makes waste water unable to discharge.
It is noted that relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.
Although embodiments of the present utility model have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the principles and spirit of the utility model, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides an anti-blocking structure of industrial wastewater treatment, includes pipeline main part (1), control box (2) and velocity of flow sensor (3), its characterized in that: control box (2) fixed mounting is at the top of pipeline main part (1), velocity of flow sensor (3) fixed mounting is at the inner wall top of pipeline main part (1), the rear side fixed mounting of control box (2) has waterproof pad (4), spacing subassembly (5) have been seted up to the inner wall of pipeline main part (1), the inside movable mounting of pipeline main part (1) has first filter screen (6), the front side fixed mounting of first filter screen (6) bottom has second filter screen (7), the front side fixed mounting of first filter screen (6) has connecting block (8), the inside of pipeline main part (1) is provided with brake subassembly (9).
2. An anti-clogging structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 1, wherein: spacing subassembly (5) are including spacing groove (501) and stopper (502), left side and right side inside pipeline main part (1) are seted up in spacing groove (501), stopper (502) movable mounting is in the inside of spacing groove (501), the outside fixed connection of the inboard of stopper (502) and first filter screen (6).
3. An anti-clogging structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 1, wherein: brake subassembly (9) are including fixed plate (901), movable groove (902), expansion plate (903), circular groove (904), connecting rod (905) and spring (906), and expansion plate (901) fixed mounting is in the left and right sides of pipeline inner wall, the front side at fixed plate (901) is seted up in movable groove (902), movable groove (902) are provided with two sets of, expansion plate (903) movable mounting is in the inside of movable groove (902), the front side at fixed plate (901) is seted up in circular groove (904), connecting rod (905) movable mounting is in the inside of circular groove (904), connecting rod (905) one end and the front side fixed connection of connecting block (8), spring (906) movable mounting is in the outside of connecting rod (905).
4. An anti-clogging structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 1, wherein: the novel pipeline is characterized in that a first groove (10) is formed in the bottom of the inner wall of the pipeline main body (1), a drawing plate (11) is movably connected inside the first groove (10), and a containing groove (12) is formed in the top of the drawing plate (11).
5. An anti-clogging structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 1, wherein: the utility model discloses a pipeline, including pipeline main part (1), pipeline main part (1) and waterproof pad, second recess (13) have been seted up at the top of pipeline main part (1), the inside swing joint of second recess (13) has scraper blade (14), the rear side fixed mounting of waterproof pad (4) has connecting plate (15), the top fixed mounting of connecting plate (15) has electric telescopic handle (16), electric telescopic handle (16) run through waterproof pad (4) and pipeline main part (1) and the top fixed connection of scraper blade (14).
6. The anti-blocking structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 4, wherein: the right side fixed mounting of pipeline main part (1) surface has backup pad (17), the top swing joint of backup pad (17) has screw (18), draw-in plate (11) top right side has seted up draw-in groove (19), screw (18) run through backup pad (17) and draw-in groove (19) grafting cooperation.
7. An anti-clogging structure for industrial wastewater treatment according to claim 1, wherein: the flow velocity sensor (3) is electrically connected with the control box (2) through a wire, and the control box (2) is electrically connected with the electric telescopic rod (16) through a wire.
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