CN220282833U - Shaft end sealing structure of ash discharging valve - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a shaft end sealing structure of an ash discharge valve, which relates to the technical field of ash discharge valves. According to the utility model, the fixing mechanism is arranged, the end part of the sealing strip can be conveniently and fast fixed through the cooperation of the clamping sleeve plate, the rotating pressing plate and the bolt, after the sealing strip is spirally plugged between the supporting ring and the connecting shaft in an extrusion mode, the end part of the sealing strip can be conveniently and fast fixed on the positioning pressing ring through the cooperation of the connecting push plate, the positioning insert block, the clamping block, the lifting pull shaft, the lifting pull block and the spring through the clamping sleeve plate, when the sealing strip is replaced, the fixing sleeve is pulled to enable the sealing strip to be directly pulled away from the inside of the supporting ring under the driving of the clamping sleeve plate, and then the clamping of the clamping sleeve plate can be released through the cooperation of the pressing push plate, the limiting slide block, the connecting push rod and the moving push plate, so that the maintenance efficiency of the ash discharge valve main body is further improved.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of ash discharge valves, in particular to an end sealing structure of an ash discharge valve shaft.
Background
The dust-removing valve is also called dust-removing valve, which is the main equipment for dust-removing equipment to remove, air supply and other equipment to feed.
In the use process of the existing ash discharging valve, as the connecting shaft connected with the impeller is fixedly connected with the output end of the motor by penetrating through the ash discharging valve, the connecting shaft is in rotary connection with the ash discharging valve by a bearing, but the ash discharging valve is difficult to quickly pull out the end part of the sealing strip by an external force plug-in mode, so that the maintenance efficiency of the ash discharging valve is further improved.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model aims at: in order to further improve the maintenance efficiency of the ash valve, the shaft end sealing structure of the ash valve is provided.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the present utility model provides the following technical solutions: the utility model provides an ash valve axle head seal structure, includes that one end shaping has the ash valve main part of holding ring, the inside of ash valve main part is provided with the impeller, the inside of holding ring has cup jointed the connecting axle with impeller fixed connection, the outer wall of holding ring cup joints the fixed sleeve that contacts with the outer wall of ash valve main part, fixed sleeve passes through bolt and holding ring fixed connection, the one end fixedly connected with motor of the fixed sleeve of keeping away from the ash valve main part, the output and the connecting axle fixed connection of motor, the inner wall shaping of fixed sleeve has the location clamping ring of cup jointing at the connecting axle outer wall, transversely be provided with fixed establishment on the location clamping ring, fixed establishment is used for fixing the tip of sealing strip;
the fixing mechanism comprises: the device comprises a fixing component, a clamping component and an unlocking component;
the fixing component is transversely arranged on the positioning compression ring and is used for fixing the end part of the sealing strip;
the clamping assembly is vertically arranged on the positioning compression ring and used for clamping and positioning the fixing assembly;
the unlocking component is arranged at one end of the positioning compression ring and used for unlocking the locking of the clamping component to the fixing component.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the fixed subassembly is including:
the clamping sleeve plate is transversely arranged on the positioning pressure ring, the top end of the clamping sleeve plate is transversely provided with a clamping groove for placing the sealing strip, one end of the clamping sleeve plate is rotationally connected with a rotating pressure plate through a rotating shaft, the rotating pressure plate is fixedly connected with the clamping sleeve plate through a bolt, one end of the bottom end of the clamping sleeve plate, far away from the ash discharge valve main body, is provided with a connecting push plate, the connecting push plate is contacted with the outer wall of one end of the positioning pressure ring, and one end of the connecting push plate is fixedly connected with a positioning inserting block connected with the positioning pressure ring in a clamping mode.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the clamping combination comprises:
the lifting pull block is connected inside the positioning press ring in a vertical sliding mode, the lifting pull block is located below the clamping sleeve plate, the lifting pull shaft is fixedly connected to the top end of the lifting pull block, the clamping block connected with the clamping sleeve plate in a clamping mode is fixedly connected to the top end of the lifting pull shaft, the outer wall of the lifting pull shaft is sleeved with a spring, and two end portions of the spring are respectively in contact with the outer wall of the clamping block and the inner wall of the positioning press ring.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the unlocking component comprises:
the device comprises a clamping sleeve plate, a pressing push plate arranged on the lower surface of one end of the clamping sleeve plate, and a limiting slide block which is transversely and slidably connected with the clamping sleeve plate, wherein one end of the pressing push plate is provided with a connecting push rod which is slidably connected with a positioning compression ring, and one end of the connecting push rod, which is far away from the pressing push plate, is fixedly connected with a movable push plate which is contacted with the outer wall of a lifting pull block.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the cross section of the positioning press ring is L-shaped, one end part of the positioning insert block, which is far away from the connecting push plate, is in a round table shape, and a positioning clamping groove for the positioning insert block to insert is formed in the positioning press ring.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the upper surface of one end of the clamping block is in an inclined plane shape, a fixed clamping groove for clamping the clamping block is formed in the clamping sleeve plate, the upper surface of one end of the lifting pull block is in an inclined plane shape, and an extrusion surface which is mutually matched with the outer wall of the lifting pull block is formed at the joint position of the movable push plate and the lifting pull block.
As still further aspects of the utility model: the outer wall of the limiting slide block is T-shaped, a movable chute for the limiting slide block to transversely slide is formed in the clamping sleeve plate, and a movable pressing slot for the pressing push plate to transversely slide is formed in the positioning pressing ring.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:
through setting up fixed establishment, through the cooperation of block sleeve board, rotation clamp plate, bolt, can carry out convenient fixed to the tip of sealing strip, after the sealing strip passes through the extruded mode screw plug into between holding ring, the connecting axle, through the cooperation of connecting push pedal, the location inserted block, the block, lift pull axle, the lift pull piece, the spring, the accessible block sleeve board is convenient to be fixed the tip of sealing strip on the location clamping ring, when changing the sealing strip, the fixed sleeve of pulling can make the sealing strip directly take out the inside of holding ring under the drive of block sleeve board, afterwards through pressing the push pedal, spacing slider, connect the push rod, the cooperation of removal push pedal, can be relieved the block to the block of block sleeve board, thereby further improve the maintenance efficiency to the unloading valve main part.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present utility model;
FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a fixing sleeve and a positioning pressure ring according to the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a fixing mechanism according to the present utility model;
fig. 4 is an enlarged partial schematic view of fig. 2 at a in accordance with the present utility model.
In the figure: 1. an ash discharge valve body; 2. a fixing mechanism; 201. rotating the pressing plate; 202. a clamping sleeve plate; 203. a clamping block; 204. a spring; 205. a limit sliding block; 206. pressing the push plate; 207. moving the push plate; 208. lifting the pull block; 209. lifting and pulling the shaft; 2010. positioning the insert block; 2011. the connecting push plate; 2012. the push rod is connected; 3. a fixed sleeve; 4. a motor; 5. an impeller; 6. a support ring; 7. and positioning the compression ring.
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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.
Referring to fig. 1 to 4, in the embodiment of the utility model, an end sealing structure of an ash discharge valve comprises an ash discharge valve body 1 with a support ring 6 formed at one end, wherein an impeller 5 is arranged in the ash discharge valve body 1, a connecting shaft fixedly connected with the impeller 5 is sleeved in the support ring 6, a fixing sleeve 3 contacted with the outer wall of the ash discharge valve body 1 is sleeved on the outer wall of the support ring 6, the fixing sleeve 3 is fixedly connected with the support ring 6 through a bolt, one end of the fixing sleeve 3, far away from the ash discharge valve body 1, is fixedly connected with a motor 4, the output end of the motor 4 is fixedly connected with the connecting shaft, a positioning press ring 7 sleeved on the outer wall of the connecting shaft is formed on the inner wall of the fixing sleeve 3, a fixing mechanism 2 is transversely arranged on the positioning press ring 7, and the fixing mechanism 2 is used for fixing the end part of a sealing strip;
the fixing mechanism 2 comprises: the device comprises a fixing component, a clamping component and an unlocking component;
the fixing component is transversely arranged on the positioning compression ring 7 and is used for fixing the end part of the sealing strip;
the clamping assembly is vertically arranged on the positioning compression ring 7 and is used for clamping and positioning the fixing assembly;
and the unlocking component is arranged at one end of the positioning compression ring 7 and is used for unlocking the locking of the clamping component to the fixing component.
In this embodiment: when the device is used, the end part of the sealing strip is fixed through the fixing component, when the sealing strip is spirally plugged into the supporting ring 6 in an extrusion mode and is mutually attached to the outer wall of the connecting shaft, the fixing component fixedly connected with the end part of the sealing strip is mutually attached to the inner wall of the positioning compression ring 7, and at the moment, the fixing component can fix the sealing strip on the inner wall of the positioning compression ring 7 through the clamping component;
then promote fixed sleeve 3 and make location clamping ring 7 cup joint the outer wall at the connecting axle, afterwards promote fixed sleeve 3 and can make location clamping ring 7 extrude fixedly to the inside sealing strip of holding ring 6, afterwards make fixed sleeve 3 and holding ring 6 fixed connection through the bolt, when changing the sealing strip, after dismantling the bolt this moment, pulling fixed sleeve 3 removes, the sealing strip is directly taken out under fixed sleeve 3's drive this moment through fixed subassembly, location clamping ring 7, simultaneously can release the block of block subassembly to fixed subassembly through the unblock subassembly and fix, thereby further improve the maintenance efficiency to the ash valve main part 1.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the fixing assembly includes:
the clamping sleeve plate 202 is transversely arranged on the positioning pressure ring 7, a clamping groove for placing sealing strips is transversely formed in the top end of the clamping sleeve plate 202, one end of the clamping sleeve plate 202 is rotationally connected with the rotating pressure plate 201 through a rotating shaft, the rotating pressure plate 201 is fixedly connected with the clamping sleeve plate 202 through bolts, a connecting push plate 2011 is formed at one end, far away from the ash discharge valve main body 1, of the bottom end of the clamping sleeve plate 202, the connecting push plate 2011 is contacted with the outer wall of one end of the positioning pressure ring 7, and a positioning inserting block 2010 in clamping connection with the positioning pressure ring 7 is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting push plate 2011;
the clamping combination comprises:
the lifting pull block 208 is connected inside the positioning press ring 7 in a vertical sliding way, the lifting pull block 208 is positioned below the clamping sleeve plate 202, the top end of the lifting pull block 208 is fixedly connected with a lifting pull shaft 209, the top end of the lifting pull shaft 209 is fixedly connected with a clamping block 203 which is in clamping connection with the clamping sleeve plate 202, the outer wall of the lifting pull shaft 209 is sleeved with a spring 204, the two end parts of the spring 204 are respectively contacted with the outer wall of the clamping block 203 and the inner wall of the positioning press ring 7, the upper surface of one end of the clamping block 203 is in a bevel shape, the clamping sleeve plate 202 is provided with a fixed clamping groove for clamping the clamping block 203, the upper surface of one end of the lifting pull block 208 is in a bevel shape, and an extrusion surface which is mutually matched with the outer wall of the lifting pull block 208 is arranged at the joint position of the movable push plate 207 and the lifting pull block 208;
the unlocking component comprises:
the setting is close to the push pedal 206 of pressing of the lower surface of the one end of the ash valve main part 1 at the block sleeve plate 202, the top shaping of pressing the push pedal 206 has the spacing slider 205 with the horizontal sliding connection of block sleeve plate 202, the one end of pressing the push pedal 206 is provided with the connection push rod 2012 of sliding connection with the location clamping ring 7, the one end fixedly connected with who presses the push pedal 206 is kept away from to connection push rod 2012 is with the removal push pedal 207 that goes up and down to draw the outer wall of piece 208 to contact, the outer wall of spacing slider 205 is T word form, offer the removal spout that supplies spacing slider 205 to transversely slide on the block sleeve plate 202, the last removal indent that supplies to press the horizontal sliding of push pedal 206 of seting up of location clamping ring 7.
In this embodiment: the sealing strip is placed in the clamping groove on the clamping sleeve plate 202, the end part of the sealing strip is mutually attached to the outer wall of one end of the clamping sleeve plate 202, then the rotating pressing plate 201 is rotated to extrude the end part of the sealing strip, and meanwhile the rotating pressing plate 201 is fixed through a bolt, so that the sealing strip can be conveniently fixed;
when the sealing strip is spirally plugged into the support ring 6 in an extrusion mode and is mutually attached to the outer wall of the connecting shaft, then the clamping sleeve plate 202 fixedly connected with the end part of the sealing strip is mutually attached to the inner wall of the positioning press ring 7, at the moment, the connecting push plate 2011 and the positioning insert 2010 are positioned at one end of the positioning press ring 7 under the drive of the clamping sleeve plate 202, meanwhile, the clamping block 203 pushes the lifting pull block 208 to descend through the lifting pull shaft 209 under the extrusion of the clamping sleeve plate 202, the spring 204 is extruded to shrink, and then the clamping sleeve plate 202 is pulled to transversely move along the inner wall of the positioning press ring 7, at the moment, the positioning insert 2010 is inserted into the positioning press ring 7 under the drive of the clamping sleeve plate 202 through the connecting push plate 2011, at the moment, the fixing clamping groove is moved to the end part of the clamping block 203 under the drive of the clamping sleeve plate 202, and meanwhile, the spring 204 is pushed by rebound to clamp the clamping block 203 into the inner part of the clamping sleeve plate 202, so that the clamping sleeve plate 202 can be conveniently and fixedly arranged;
when changing the sealing strip, after dismantling the bolt, pulling fixed sleeve 3 removes, the sealing strip is directly taken out under fixed sleeve 3's drive through block sleeve 202 this moment, location clamping ring 7, afterwards press push pedal 206 and drive spacing slider 205 and remove along block sleeve 202's inner wall, connect the push rod 2012 simultaneously under the promotion of push pedal 206, promote and remove push pedal 207 and extrude the outer wall of lift pull block 208, lift pull block 208 passes through lift pull shaft 209 and drives block 203 decline and block sleeve 202 mutual separation this moment, can release the block to block sleeve 202, thereby further improve the maintenance efficiency to the unloading valve main part 1.
Referring to fig. 2 to 4, the cross section of the positioning pressing ring 7 is L-shaped, the end of the positioning insert 2010 away from the connecting push plate 2011 is in a shape of a truncated cone, and a positioning slot for inserting the positioning insert 2010 is formed in the positioning pressing ring 7.
In this embodiment: the positioning insert 2010 can be precisely inserted into the positioning clamping groove on the positioning compression ring 7 through the outer wall in the shape of the circular truncated cone.
The foregoing description is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, but the scope of the present utility model is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art, who is within the scope of the present utility model, should make equivalent substitutions or modifications according to the technical solution of the present utility model and the inventive concept thereof, and should be covered by the scope of the present utility model.
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1. The utility model provides an ash valve axle head seal structure, has ash valve main part (1) of holding ring (6) including one end shaping, the inside of ash valve main part (1) is provided with impeller (5), the inside of holding ring (6) cup joints the connecting axle with impeller (5) fixed connection, the outer wall of holding ring (6) cup joints fixed sleeve (3) that contact with the outer wall of ash valve main part (1), fixed sleeve (3) pass through bolt and holding ring (6) fixed connection, the one end fixedly connected with motor (4) of holding sleeve (3) keeping away from ash valve main part (1), the output and the connecting axle fixed connection of motor (4), the inner wall shaping of fixed sleeve (3) has clamping ring (7) of cup jointing at the connecting axle outer wall, a serial communication port, transversely be provided with fixed establishment (2) on location (7), fixed establishment (2) are used for fixing the tip of sealing strip;
the fixing mechanism (2) comprises: the device comprises a fixing component, a clamping component and an unlocking component;
the fixing component is transversely arranged on the positioning compression ring (7) and is used for fixing the end part of the sealing strip;
the clamping assembly is vertically arranged on the positioning compression ring (7) and is used for clamping and positioning the fixing assembly;
the unlocking component is arranged at one end of the positioning compression ring (7) and used for unlocking the locking of the clamping component to the fixing component.
2. The shaft end sealing structure of an ash valve according to claim 1, wherein the fixing assembly comprises:
the clamping sleeve plate (202) is transversely arranged on the positioning press ring (7), a clamping groove for placing sealing strips is transversely formed in the top end of the clamping sleeve plate (202), one end of the clamping sleeve plate (202) is rotationally connected with a rotating press plate (201) through a rotating shaft, the rotating press plate (201) is fixedly connected with the clamping sleeve plate (202) through a bolt, a connecting push plate (2011) is formed in the bottom end of the clamping sleeve plate (202) away from one end of the ash discharge valve main body (1), the connecting push plate (2011) is in contact with the outer wall of one end of the positioning press ring (7), and a positioning insert block (2010) connected with the positioning press ring (7) in a clamping mode is fixedly connected to one end of the connecting push plate (2011).
3. The shaft end sealing structure of the ash discharge valve according to claim 2, wherein the clamping combination comprises:
the lifting pulling block (208) is connected inside the positioning pressing ring (7) in an up-down sliding mode, the lifting pulling block (208) is located below the clamping sleeve plate (202), the top end of the lifting pulling block (208) is fixedly connected with a lifting pulling shaft (209), the top end of the lifting pulling shaft (209) is fixedly connected with a clamping block (203) which is connected with the clamping sleeve plate (202) in a clamping mode, the outer wall of the lifting pulling shaft (209) is sleeved with a spring (204), and two end portions of the spring (204) are respectively in contact with the outer wall of the clamping block (203) and the inner wall of the positioning pressing ring (7).
4. A shaft end sealing structure of an ash valve according to claim 3, wherein the unlocking assembly comprises:
the device is characterized in that the device is arranged on the clamping sleeve plate (202) and is close to a pressing push plate (206) on the lower surface of one end of the ash discharge valve main body (1), a limit sliding block (205) which is transversely connected with the clamping sleeve plate (202) in a sliding mode is formed at the top end of the pressing push plate (206), a connecting push rod (2012) which is connected with the positioning press ring (7) in a sliding mode is arranged at one end of the pressing push plate (206), and a movable push plate (207) which is contacted with the outer wall of the lifting pull block (208) is fixedly connected with one end of the connecting push rod (2012) away from the pressing push plate (206).
5. The shaft end sealing structure of the ash discharge valve according to claim 2, wherein the cross section of the positioning press ring (7) is L-shaped, one end part of the positioning insert block (2010) far away from the connecting push plate (2011) is in a round table shape, and the positioning press ring (7) is provided with a positioning clamping groove for inserting the positioning insert block (2010).
6. The shaft end sealing structure of the ash discharge valve according to claim 4, wherein the upper surface of one end of the clamping block (203) is in an inclined plane shape, a fixing clamping groove for clamping the clamping block (203) is formed in the clamping sleeve plate (202), the upper surface of one end of the lifting pull block (208) is in an inclined plane shape, and an extrusion surface which is mutually matched with the outer wall of the lifting pull block (208) is formed at the joint position of the movable push plate (207) and the lifting pull block (208).
7. The shaft end sealing structure of the ash discharge valve according to claim 4, wherein the outer wall of the limit sliding block (205) is in a T shape, the clamping sleeve plate (202) is provided with a moving chute for the limit sliding block (205) to slide transversely, and the positioning press ring (7) is provided with a moving press groove for the press push plate (206) to slide transversely.
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