Variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus and method

Abstract

A traction rope adjustment apparatus includes a traction rope pressing device, and a traction rope pulley apparatus. The traction rope lifting apparatus prevents the traction rope sagging, the traction rope pressing apparatus prevents the traction rope drifting, and the traction rope pulley apparatus enables a car and the counterweight to smoothly pass through the traction rope pressing apparatus, thereby implementing forced guidance of the traction rope and the reliable and smooth running of the car and counterweight. The apparatus can meet the demands of variable gradients and can implement reliable running of an inclined running container in variable gradients, such that the traction rope adapts to the different gradients, solving the challenge of the development of an inclined running container that self-adapts to gradients.

Claims

1. A variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus, comprising upper and lower guide rails, a counterweight apparatus, a traction rope, a traction machine and a supporting seat supporting a car and riding on the upper guide rail, wherein the traction machine is arranged on the top of the variable slope; one end of the traction rope winding around the traction machine is connected with the supporting seat running on the upper guide rail, and the other end is connected with the counterweight apparatus running on the lower guide rail; the bottoms of the traction rope connecting car and the counterweight apparatus are respectively provided with a traction rope pulley apparatus; a traction rope lifting apparatus is arranged on a support frame of the upper and lower guide rails, positioned at the lower section of the slope, and a traction rope pressing apparatus is arranged on the support frame positioned at the upper section of the slope; a traction rope guide pulley is arranged below the traction machine; and, a movable connecting plate is arranged at the bottom of the car, one side of the front end of the upstream between the movable connecting plate and the supporting seat is hinged, and automatic leveling assembly is connected to one side of the rear end of the upstream.

2. The variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein the supporting seat comprises a lifting platform, a support frame arranged on the upper part of the lifting platform, and a car guide shoe arranged at the bottom of the lifting platform.

3. The variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein the traction rope lifting apparatus comprises a bearing member, angle cleats arranged at two ends of the bearing member, and a connecting shaft connecting the bearing member and the angle cleats.

4. The variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein the traction rope pressing apparatus comprises two connecting plates with the same structure, which are symmetrically fixed on the guide rail frame, three vertical plates with the same structure are arranged on the upper part of the connecting plate equidistantly in parallel; a rotary wheel is arranged on the upper part of each vertical plate; an upper wheel is arranged on the upper part of the rotary wheel; rotary pins and positioning pins are respectively fixedly connected among the three vertical plates in parallel; a rotary block rotating around the rotary pin is arranged on the rotary pin; a connecting pin is arranged at the end of the rotary block; a central shaft passing through the rotary wheel and connected with the upper wheel is welded on the upper part of the rotary block; a bearing matched with the central shaft is arranged in the rotary wheel; one end of the bearing is positioned via a shaft shoulder of the central shaft, and the other end is positioned via a shaft sleeve; one end of the rotary wheel is limited via the bearing, and the other end is limited via a retainer ring; a spring is arranged between the positioning pin and the connecting pin; and, one end of the spring is fixed to the positioning pin, and the other end of the spring is fixed to the connecting pin.

5. The variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein the counterweight apparatus comprises a front counterweight and a rear counterweight, the front and rear counterweights are hinged together, and counterweight guide shoes are arranged at the bottom of the front and rear counterweights symmetrically.

6. The variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus according to the claim 1, wherein the traction rope pulley apparatus comprises a rope threading pulley, side plates distributed on both sides of the rope threading pulley, and a bolt connecting the rope threading pulley and the side plates.

7. A variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment method using the apparatus in the claim 1, wherein when the inclined running container runs, a bearing member of the traction rope lifting apparatus will lift the traction rope up, and rotary wheels of the traction rope pressing apparatus will compress the traction rope, thereby achieving the forced guidance of the traction rope; when the car or the counterweight apparatus passes through the traction rope pressing apparatus, side plates of the traction rope pulley apparatus arranged at the bottom of the supporting seat and the counterweight apparatus will push aside an upper wheel towards left and right sides, so that the car and the counterweight apparatus can smoothly pass through the traction rope pressing apparatus; and after the car or the counterweight apparatus passes through the traction rope pressing apparatus, the upper wheel will return under the action of a spring, and the traction rope will be pressed between the rotary wheels again.

Description

DESCRIPTION OF ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 is a front view of the installation of the integral traction system of the present invention;

(2) FIG. 2 is a front view of the traction rope lifting apparatus of the present invention;

(3) FIG. 3 is a front view of two traction rope pressing apparatuses with parallel arrangement of the present invention;

(4) FIG. 4 is a plan view of two traction rope pressing apparatuses with parallel arrangement of the present invention;

(5) FIG. 5 is a front view of the traction rope pulley apparatus of the present invention;

(6) FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the relative position of the traction rope pulley apparatus passing through the traction rope pressing apparatus of the present invention.

(7) In the Figures: 1car; 2movable connecting plate; 3automatic leveling assembly; 4supporting seat; 4-1lifting platform; 4-2support frame; 4-3car guide shoe; 5traction rope lifting apparatus; 5-1bearing member; 5-2connecting shaft; 5-3angle cleat; 6traction rope pressing apparatus; 6-1upper wheel; 6-2rotary wheel; 6-3vertical plate; 6-4connecting plate; 6-5rotary pin; 6-6rotary block; 6-7positioning pin; 6-8spring; 6-9bearing; 6-10central shaft; 6-11shaft sleeve; 6-12retainer ring; 6-13connecting pin; 7counterweight apparatus; 7-1rear counterweight; 7-2front counterweight; 7-3counterweight guide shoe; 8traction rope pulley apparatus; 8-1bolt; 8-2side plate; 8-3rope threading pulley; 9traction rope guide pulley; 10traction rope; 11traction machine.

(8) Embodiments:

(9) An example of the present invention will now be described further with reference to the accompanying drawings:

(10) As shown in FIG. 1, the variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment apparatus mainly comprises upper and lower guide rails, the counterweight apparatus 7, the traction rope 10, the traction machine 11, and the supporting seat 4 supporting the car 1 and riding on the upper guide rail. The traction machine 11 is arranged on the top of the variable slope; one end of the traction rope 10 winding around the traction machine 11 is connected with the supporting seat 4 running on the upper guide rail, and the other end is connected with the counterweight apparatus 7 running on the lower guide rail; and the supporting seat 4 comprises the lifting platform 4-1, the support frame 4-2 arranged on the upper part of the lifting platform 4-1, and the car guide shoe 4-3 arranged at the bottom of the lifting platform 4-1. The bottoms of the traction rope 10 connecting car 1 and the counterweight apparatus 7 are respectively provided with the traction rope pulley apparatus 8; and the counterweight apparatus 7 comprises the rear counterweight 7-1, the front counterweight 7-2 hinged with the rear counterweight 7-1 and the counterweight guide shoe 7-3 arranged at the bottom of the rear counterweight 7-1 and the front counterweight 7-2. The traction rope lifting apparatus 5 is arranged on the support frame of the upper and the lower guide rails, positioned at the lower section of the slope, and the traction rope pressing apparatus 6 is arranged on the support frame positioned at the upper section of the slope; the traction rope guide pulley 9 is arranged below the traction machine 11; the movable connecting plate 2 is arranged at the bottom of the car 1; the supporting seat 4 is arranged below the movable connecting plate 2; and one side of the front end of the upstream between the movable connecting plate 2 and the supporting seat 4 is hinged, and automatic leveling assembly 3 is connected to one side of the rear end of the upstream.

(11) As shown in the FIG. 2, the traction rope lifting apparatus 5 comprises the bearing member 5-1, angle cleats 5-3 respectively fixedly connected with two ends of the bearing member 5-1 and the connecting shaft 5-2 connecting the bearing member 5-1 and the angle cleats 5-3.

(12) As shown in the FIGS. 3 and 4, the traction rope pressing apparatus 6 comprises two connecting plates 6-4 with the same structure, which are symmetrically fixed on the guide rail frame, wherein three vertical plates 6-3 with the same structure are arranged on the upper part of the connecting plate 6-4 equidistantly in parallel; a rotary wheel 6-2 is arranged on the upper part of each vertical plate 6-3; an upper wheel 6-1 is arranged on the upper part of the rotary wheel 6-2; rotary pins 6-5 and positioning pins 6-7 are respectively fixedly connected among the three vertical plates in parallel; a rotary block 6-6 rotating around the rotary pin 6-5 is arranged on the rotary pin 6-5; a connecting pin 6-13 is arranged at the end of the rotary block 6-6; a central shaft 6-10 passing through the rotary wheel 6-2 and connected with the upper wheel 6-1 is welded on the upper part of the rotary block 6-6; a bearing 6-9 matched with the central shaft 6-10 is arranged in the rotary wheel 6-2; one end of the bearing 6-9 is positioned via a shaft shoulder of the central shaft 6-10, and the other end is positioned via a shaft sleeve 6-11; one end of the rotary wheel 6-2 is limited via the bearing 6-9, and the other end is limited via a retainer ring 6-12; a spring (6-8) is arranged between the positioning pin 6-7 and the connecting pin (6-13); and one end of the spring 6-8 is fixed to the positioning pin 6-7, and the other end of the spring 6-8 is fixed to the connecting pin 6-13.

(13) As shown in the FIG. 5, the traction rope pulley apparatus 8 comprises a rope threading pulley 8-3, side plates 8-2 distributed on both sides of the rope threading pulley, and a bolt 8-1 connecting the rope threading pulley 8-3 and the side plates 8-2.

(14) Regarding the variable gradient inclined running container traction rope adjustment method of the present invention, when the inclined running container runs, the bearing member 5-1 of the traction rope lifting apparatus 5 will lift the traction rope 10 up, and the rotary wheel 6-2 of the traction rope pressing apparatus 6 will compress the traction rope 10, thereby achieving the forced guidance of the traction rope 10; and the traction rope pulley apparatus 8 is arranged at the bottom of the supporting seat 4 and the counterweight apparatus 7, and the number of the traction rope lifting apparatus 5, the traction rope pressing apparatus 6 and the traction rope pulley apparatus 8 is consistent with that of the traction ropes 10. When the car 1 or the counterweight apparatus 7 passes through the traction rope pressing apparatus 6, the upper wheels 6-1 will be pushed aside towards left and right sides via the side plates 8-2, so that the car 1 and the counterweight apparatus 7 can smoothly pass through the traction rope pressing apparatus 6; and after car 1 or the counterweight apparatus 7 passes through the traction rope pressing apparatus 6, the upper wheel 6-1 will return under the action of the spring 6-8, and the traction rope 10 will be pressed between the rotary wheels 6-2 again, as shown in FIG. 6.