Pipeline switching device
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of pipeline transmission, and particularly relates to a pipeline switching device.
Background
The pipeline logistics system is mainly applied to industries such as banks, hospitals, mining, restaurants, administrative centers and the like, and has the main effects of realizing material transmission among all positions through the principle of airflow transmission, thereby omitting the working procedure of manual carrying, improving the efficiency of material transmission and saving the labor cost. The carrier is used as a carrier of the materials in the pipeline logistics system, the carrier is placed in the pipeline, and the carrier can move in the pipeline under the action of pressure difference, so that the transmission of the materials among various places is completed.
For example, in a hospital setting, a plurality of transport pipes are required to be staggered in space in order to transport a carrier to each nurse station and each pharmacy. For another example, in sampling, preparing and testing samples of materials (such as ores and coals), the sampled samples need to be transported from a station (laboratory) of the present link to a station (laboratory) of the next link by a carrier for the next stage of operation. In the process of transporting and conveying samples, the pipeline conveying device has the advantages of high transporting and conveying speed, high efficiency and the like.
In the above scenario, when the carrier is transported, a plurality of pipelines need to be staggered in space to realize the transport of the carrier between places, for example, a plurality of vertical pipelines are arranged in the vertical direction, a plurality of horizontal pipelines are arranged in the horizontal direction, and in order to make different transport pipelines mutually communicate and guide each other and realize the switching of the carrier between different pipelines, a pipeline reverser is often used in the prior art, but the reverser is often a multi-port-to-multi-port converter, and only the switching between the translation pipelines can be realized through two ends of the rotating pipeline reverser.
In order to realize the transmission of the carrier between the vertical pipeline and the horizontal pipeline, a communicated bent pipe is usually arranged in the prior art, three transmission directions are arranged at the joint of the bent pipe, and according to different transmission requirements, the carrier needs to be rapidly and accurately switched between the transmission of the bent pipe part and the transmission of the straight pipe part at the joint of the bent pipe.
Patent CN101172541B (document 1) discloses a method and apparatus for converting a master-slave pipeline in which the pipelines are arranged in parallel, wherein the pipeline is separated from the bent pipeline at the junction of the straight pipeline and the bent pipeline, and a control box is provided to conduct the straight pipeline and the bent pipeline respectively through motor rotor control. Document 1 can realize switching between conveyance of a carrier in a bent pipe direction and conveyance in a straight pipe direction. However, the above-described scheme of document 1 still has a number of problems: firstly, an additional motor is arranged in the document 1, the structure is complex, the operation is complex, the precision requirement is high, the pipeline switching transmission cannot be directly carried out on the carrier, the steps are long, the operation is complex, the operation efficiency is greatly reduced, and the high-efficiency pipeline logistics requirement cannot be met; secondly, the control box is required to have a larger space in the process of moving along with the rotor in the straight pipe and the bent pipe in the document 1, so that the control box occupies a larger installation space, and the collision loss between the pipeline and the control box is easy to cause.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the problems in the prior art, the invention provides a pipeline switching device, which comprises a pipeline switching device:
including first pipeline and the second pipeline that extend along two different directions and have interconnect position, its characterized in that: the first pipeline is provided with a telescopic switching mechanism, and the switching mechanism can extend and retract relative to the first pipeline near the interconnecting part, so that the switching of the carrier in the first pipeline transmission and the second pipeline transmission is realized.
Further, the switching mechanism is arranged on the side wall or the bottom wall of the first pipeline.
Further, the switching mechanism includes: and the guide rail is arranged on the side wall or the bottom wall of the first pipeline and can be arranged in a telescopic way along the extending direction of the first pipeline.
Further, the guide rail includes a first guide rail disposed adjacent to the opposite side walls of the first duct, and a second guide rail disposed adjacent to a central portion between the opposite side walls.
Further, the switching mechanism includes: and the guide plate is arranged on the side wall or the bottom wall of the first pipeline and can be arranged in a telescopic way along the extending direction of the first pipeline.
Further, the switching mechanism has an outer shape that matches the bottom wall of the first duct in the direction in which the first duct extends.
Further, the first conduit has an arcuate extension adjacent the interconnection site.
Further, the first pipeline and the second pipeline are both circular pipelines or both rectangular pipelines.
Further, when the switching mechanism is in the extended state, the carrier is transported in the extending direction of the first pipe; when the switching mechanism is in a furled state, the carrier is transported along the extending direction of the second pipeline.
Further, a guide pulley is further arranged on the surface, close to one side of the carrier, of the switching mechanism, and when the switching mechanism is in an extending state, the guide pulley can guide the carrier to be conveyed along the extending direction of the first pipeline.
The invention has the advantages that:
(1) The invention can realize the switching of the transmission of the carrier between pipelines in different extending directions only by arranging the telescopic switching device, and has simple and reasonable structure and easy realization.
(2) The switching device simplifies the pipeline switching operation steps, saves the operation time and greatly improves the transmission efficiency of the multi-directional transmission pipeline.
(3) The invention can realize the switching of the transmission of the cuboid carrier or the circular carrier between pipelines with different extending directions.
Drawings
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are some embodiments of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pipe switching device of the present invention in an extended state;
Detailed Description
The following description of the embodiments of the present invention will be made apparent and fully in view of the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the invention without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the invention.
In the description of the present invention, the direction in which the upper and lower end portions of the sleeve extend is set to be longitudinal, and the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction is set to be transverse.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the directions or positional relationships indicated by the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. are based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and "third" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention will be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
Referring to fig. 1, an embodiment of the pipe switching device according to the invention is provided with a first pipe 1 and a second pipe 2 for receiving a transport of a carrier, said first pipe 1 and second pipe 2 extending in two different directions and having an interconnection point 3, and said first pipe 1 having an arcuate extension in the vicinity of said interconnection point 3, which arcuate extension facilitates the transport of the carrier in the first pipe 1. Wherein a telescopic switching mechanism is arranged on the first pipeline 1, and the switching mechanism can extend and retract relative to the first pipeline 1 near the interconnecting part 3, so that the switching of the carrier between the transmission of the first pipeline 1 and the transmission of the second pipeline 2 is realized. The switching mechanism 4 is arranged on the side wall or the bottom wall of the first pipeline 1.
Further, the switching mechanism has an outer shape matching the bottom wall of the first duct 1 in the direction in which the first duct 1 extends, so that the switching mechanism can smoothly guide the carrier to be transported in the direction in which the first duct 1 extends.
Preferably, the first duct 1 and the second duct 2 are both rectangular ducts, which can be used for the transport of rectangular carriers, or circular ducts, which can be used for the transport of circular carriers.
Preferably, the switching mechanism comprises a guide rail provided on a side wall or a bottom wall of the first duct 1, the guide rail being telescopically arranged in a direction in which the first duct extends.
Further, the guide rail comprises two first guide rails 4 arranged near two opposite side walls of the first pipeline, when the first guide rails 4 are in an extended state, as the first guide rails 4 have the shape matched with the bottom wall of the first pipeline 1 in the extending direction of the first pipeline 1, the guide rails can guide the carrier to smoothly transport in the first pipeline 1, and the cooperation of the two first guide rails 4 can adapt to the supporting and transporting guidance of the rectangular carrier; and when the first guide rail 4 is in a collapsed state, the carrier is transported in the extending direction of the second duct 2.
Further, the guide rails include two first guide rails 4 provided near the opposite side walls of the first duct, and a second guide rail (not shown) provided near the center portion between the opposite side walls. When the first and second guide rails 4,4 are in the extended state, the guide rails can guide the carriers to smoothly transfer in the first duct 1, since the first and second guide rails 4,4 have an outline matching the bottom wall of the first duct 1 in the direction in which the first duct 1 extends, the first and second guide rails cooperate to be able to accommodate both circular and rectangular carriers, in particular to accommodate the support and transfer guidance of circular carriers; and when the first and second rails 4, 2 are in a collapsed state, the carrier is transported in the direction of extension of the second pipe 2.
Preferably, the switching mechanism includes: and the guide plate is arranged on the side wall or the bottom wall of the first pipeline and can be arranged in a telescopic way along the extending direction of the first pipeline. Further, the guide plate is one or two large-area guide plates which can be almost abutted against the side wall. When the guide plate is in the extended state, the guide plate can guide the carrier to smoothly transfer in the first duct 1, since the guide plate has an outer shape matching the bottom wall of the first duct 1 in the direction in which the first duct 1 extends, the large-area guide plate can accommodate the support and transfer guide of circular carriers and rectangular carriers; when the guide plate is in a collapsed state, the carrier is transported in the direction of extension of the second duct 2.
Further, a guide pulley (not shown) is further provided on a surface of the switching mechanism, which is close to one side of the carrier, and the guide pulley is capable of guiding the carrier to be transported along the extending direction of the first pipe when the switching mechanism is in the extended state.
The invention can realize the switching of the transmission of the carrier between the pipelines in different extending directions by only arranging the telescopic switching device, has simple and reasonable structure, and has the advantages of suggested operation steps and shortened operation time, thereby greatly improving the transmission efficiency of the multi-directional transmission pipeline.
Furthermore, while several embodiments and preferred embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the claims and their equivalents.