Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, the present application is directed to a balance arm of an X-ray machine, so as to solve the problem that the support force of the balance arm cannot be ensured to satisfy the requirement that the X-ray machine can be fixed at a certain position after the balance arm of the existing X-ray machine is used for a long time, thereby affecting the use effect of the X-ray machine.
The invention provides an X-ray machine balance arm, wherein the X-ray machine balance arm comprises:
The balance arm comprises a plurality of rotating arm assemblies which are connected in a rotating way, and the rotating arm assemblies are rotated to adjust the included angle between two adjacent rotating arm assemblies so that the balance arm is unfolded or folded;
The rotating arm assembly comprises a shell, rotating support pieces and connecting pieces, wherein the two rotating support pieces are respectively arranged at two ends of the rotating arm assembly in the length direction, one rotating support piece is hinged with the shell at a point A and is hinged with the connecting piece at a point B, the other rotating support piece is hinged with the connecting piece at a point C and is hinged with the shell at a point D, ABCD is sequentially connected to form a parallelogram in a surrounding mode, and the shape of the parallelogram changes when the rotating arm assembly rotates;
and the adjusting assembly is arranged in the shell and connected with one rotating support piece and used for blocking the movement of the parallelogram, so that the balance arm is fixedly kept in an unfolded or folded posture.
Preferably, the adjusting assembly comprises:
the adjusting piece is hinged with the position of the non-rotation center of the rotation supporting piece, so that the adjusting piece can reciprocate in the direction approaching to or separating from the rotation supporting piece;
the blocking piece is fixed on the shell and is connected with the adjusting piece in a sliding way;
And the elastic piece is clamped between the positioning part and the blocking piece, and when the rotating support piece drives the adjusting piece to move, the elastic piece is compressed to block the parallelogram from moving.
Preferably, the adjusting member includes:
the sliding rod extends along the length direction of the rotating arm assembly, the elastic piece is sleeved on the circumferential outer wall of the sliding rod, the positioning part is arranged on the sliding rod, and the blocking piece is arranged between the positioning part and the rotating support piece;
And one end of the adjusting rod is hinged with the sliding rod, the other end of the adjusting rod is hinged with the rotating support piece, and the angle between the adjusting rod and the sliding rod is changed along with the movement of the rotating support piece driving the adjusting piece.
Preferably, the positioning part is slidably connected with the adjusting part so as to adjust the compression amount of the elastic part;
and/or the adjusting member is formed in a telescopic rod-shaped structure to adjust the distance between the positioning portion and the blocking member.
Preferably, the rotary support member located at the rotary connection of the adjacent two of the boom assemblies is hinged to at least one of the adjustment members.
Preferably, a first channel and a second channel which are arranged independently of each other and extend along the length direction of the rotating arm assembly are formed in the shell;
The adjusting component is arranged in the first channel, the wire set penetrates through the second channel, and the connecting piece is arranged in the second channel.
Preferably, the balance arm of the X-ray machine further comprises:
The buffer assembly is elastic, the buffer assembly is arranged at least one end of the rotating arm assembly in the length direction, the wire group can be attached to the side wall of the buffer assembly to slide, when the rotating arm assembly is rotated, the wire group is pulled, the buffer assembly is extruded to deform, and the wire group can be supported after the buffer assembly is elastically recovered, so that the wire group is prevented from being accumulated.
Preferably, the buffer assembly comprises:
The support piece is arranged at the hinge joint of the rotary support piece and the shell;
the buffer piece is sleeved on the side wall of the support piece;
the bearing piece is formed into an annular structure, the outer wall of the buffer piece is sleeved with the bearing piece, the inner wall of the bearing piece can be abutted to the buffer piece, and the wire set is attached to the outer wall of the bearing piece.
The support piece comprises a sleeve and limiting parts arranged at two ends of the sleeve, wherein the limiting parts are in a plate-shaped structure, and edges of the limiting parts extend out of the outer wall of the bearing piece so as to limit the axial displacement of the wire group in the sleeve.
Preferably, the balance arm of the X-ray machine further comprises:
the base is arranged at one end of the balance arm;
the ray machine is arranged at the other end of the balance arm;
the balance arm further includes:
The horizontal rotating arm is arranged between the base and the rotating arm assembly, and can swing in the horizontal direction by taking the base as an axis.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
According to the balance arm of the X-ray machine, the rotating arm assembly utilizes the motion principle of the parallelogram mechanism and is matched with the adjusting assembly to control the displacement of one side of the parallelogram mechanism, so that the movement of the rotating support piece is prevented, the effect of balancing the weight of the X-ray machine is achieved, the shape of the parallelogram is ensured not to be changed easily, the balance arm is fixedly kept in an unfolded or folded posture, and therefore the X-ray machine can stay at any position and has the advantages of stable support and reliability in fixing.
In order to make the above objects, features and advantages of the present application more comprehensible, preferred embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description is provided to assist the reader in obtaining a thorough understanding of the methods, apparatus, and/or systems described herein. However, various changes, modifications, and equivalents of the methods, apparatuses, and/or systems described herein will be apparent after an understanding of the present disclosure. For example, the order of operations described herein is merely an example, and is not limited to the order set forth herein, but rather, obvious variations may be made upon an understanding of the present disclosure, other than operations that must occur in a specific order. In addition, descriptions of features known in the art may be omitted for the sake of clarity and conciseness.
The features described herein may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the examples described herein. Rather, the examples described herein have been provided solely to illustrate some of the many possible ways of implementing the methods, devices, and/or systems described herein that will be apparent after understanding the present disclosure.
In the entire specification, when an element (such as a layer, region or substrate) is described as being "on", "connected to", "bonded to", "over" or "covering" another element, it may be directly "on", "connected to", "bonded to", "over" or "covering" another element or there may be one or more other elements interposed therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly on," directly connected to, "or" directly coupled to, "another element, directly on," or "directly covering" the other element, there may be no other element intervening therebetween.
As used herein, the term "and/or" includes any one of the listed items of interest and any combination of any two or more.
Although terms such as "first," "second," and "third" may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers or sections should not be limited by these terms. Rather, these terms are only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first member, component, region, layer or section discussed in examples described herein could also be termed a second member, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the examples.
For ease of description, spatial relationship terms such as "above," "upper," "below," and "lower" may be used herein to describe one element's relationship to another element as illustrated in the figures. Such spatially relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation in addition to the orientation depicted in the figures. For example, if the device in the figures is turned over, elements described as "above" or "upper" relative to another element would then be oriented "below" or "lower" relative to the other element. Thus, the term "above" includes both "above" and "below" depending on the spatial orientation of the device. The device may also be otherwise positioned (e.g., rotated 90 degrees or at other orientations) and the spatially relative descriptors used herein interpreted accordingly.
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing various examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. Singular forms also are intended to include plural forms unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," and "having" are intended to specify the presence of stated features, integers, operations, elements, and/or groups thereof, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, operations, elements, and/or groups thereof.
Variations from the shapes of the illustrations as a result, of manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances, are to be expected. Accordingly, the examples described herein are not limited to the particular shapes shown in the drawings, but include changes in shapes that occur during manufacture.
The features of the examples described herein may be combined in various ways that will be apparent upon an understanding of the present disclosure. Further, while the examples described herein have a variety of configurations, other configurations are possible as will be apparent after an understanding of the present disclosure.
According to the present invention there is provided an X-ray machine balance arm comprising a balance arm and an adjustment assembly 30.
Hereinafter, a specific structure of the above-described components of the balance arm of the X-ray machine according to the present embodiment will be described.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, the balance arm of the X-ray machine further includes a base 60 and a ray machine 70, the base 60 is disposed at one end of the balance arm in the length direction, the base 60 is fixedly disposed, and the base 60 is fixedly disposed on a wall when the balance arm is formed into a wall-hanging structure, the ray machine 70 is disposed at the other end of the balance arm in the length direction, the wire set 40 for supplying power to the ray machine 70 is disposed inside the balance arm in a penetrating manner, and the distance and the direction of the ray machine 70 relative to the base 60 can be adjusted by adjusting the posture of the balance arm, so that the position of the ray machine 70 meets the application requirements, and the ray machine 70 can be fixed at a desired position by maintaining the posture of the balance arm.
In this embodiment, the balance arm includes a plurality of boom assemblies 10 rotatably connected, the boom assemblies 10 are formed in a bar-shaped structure, the ends of the plurality of boom assemblies 10 in the length direction are sequentially rotatably connected such that two adjacent boom assemblies 10 are formed to be hinged, the boom assemblies 10 are rotated to adjust the included angle between the two adjacent boom assemblies 10 such that the balance arm is formed in a folded posture as shown in fig. 1 to 3 or in an unfolded posture as shown in fig. 5 to 7, wherein in the folded posture, the plurality of boom assemblies 10 are disposed parallel to each other, i.e., the extending directions of the plurality of boom assemblies 10 are the same, and in the unfolded state, the two adjacent boom assemblies 10 are disposed at an angle or in a collinear manner.
In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, the boom assembly 10 includes a protective case 14, a case 11, a rotation support 12, and a connection member 13, the case 11 extends along the length direction of the boom assembly 10, the protective case 14 is provided at both ends of the case 11 in the length direction, the rotation support 12 is provided in the protective case 14, and the protective case 14 and the case 11 are formed in a split type structure for easy disassembly and adjustment.
Specifically, two rotating support members 12 on each rotating arm assembly 10 are respectively arranged at two ends of the rotating arm assembly 10 in the length direction, a connecting member 13 is formed into a rod-shaped structure, one rotating support member 12 is hinged with a shell 11 and is hinged with a connecting member 13 at a point B, for example, the point A can be connected with the central position of the rotating support member 12, the point B can be connected with the eccentric position of the rotating support member 12, the other rotating support member 12 is hinged with the connecting member 13 at a point C and is hinged with a shell 11 at a point D, for example, the point C can be connected with the central position of the rotating support member 12, the point D can be connected with the eccentric position of the rotating support member 12, the ABCD is sequentially connected to form a parallelogram, when the rotating arm assembly 10 rotates to adjust the posture of a balance arm, the shape of the parallelogram is changed along with the rotating support member, the connecting member 13 is formed into a rod-shaped structure, the hinged point B and the point C can be connected with the two ends of the connecting member 13 in the length direction, the ABCD is formed into a parallelogram structure, when the balance arm is in any posture, the balance arm is guaranteed to always rotate at any posture, and the two rotating support members 11 are arranged relative to the shell 11.
In this embodiment, two rotation supports 12 disposed adjacently in two adjacent boom assemblies 10 are fixedly connected to ensure the determination of the relative motion postures of two adjacent boom assemblies 10.
It should be noted that, in the present embodiment, the boom assembly 10 is provided with two groups, so as to meet the requirement of adjusting the ray machine 70 to a desired position, however, the number of the boom assembly 10 is not limited thereto, and more groups may be provided according to actual requirements.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 10, an adjustment assembly 30 is provided in the housing 11 and connected to one of the rotary supports 12 for obstructing the movement of the parallelogram to balance the weight of the ray machine 70 such that the balance arm is fixedly held in an unfolded or folded position.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the regulating assembly 30 includes the regulating member 31, the blocking member 32, and the elastic member 33, wherein the regulating member 31 is hinged to the position of the non-rotation center of the rotation support member 12, i.e., the regulating member 31 and the rotation support member 12 are formed like an eccentric mechanism, so that the rotation support member 12 can drive the regulating member 31 to reciprocate in a direction approaching or moving away from the rotation support member 12, i.e., the regulating member 31 can synchronously move with the parallelogram.
As shown in fig. 4, the blocking member 32 is fixed to the housing 11, that is, the position of the blocking member 32 relative to the housing 11 is not changed all the time during the adjustment of the posture of the balance arm, and the adjustment member 31 is slidably connected to the blocking member 32, specifically, in an alternative embodiment, the blocking member 32 may be formed as an annular cylindrical structure through which the adjustment member 31 passes, so that the adjustment member 31 can be formed as a sliding connection with the blocking member 32, and in an alternative embodiment, the side wall of the adjustment member 31 is formed with a sliding groove, and the blocking member 32 is formed with a slider capable of extending into the sliding groove, so that the adjustment member 31 can be formed as a sliding connection with the blocking member 32.
The side wall of the adjusting member 31 is provided with a protruding positioning part 3111, the elastic member 33 is clamped between the positioning part 3111 and the blocking member 32, the elastic member 33 can be a spring, the positioning part 3111 and the blocking member 32 are respectively located at two ends of the elastic member 33 in the extending and contracting direction and can be respectively abutted with the elastic member 33, when the rotating support member 12 drives the adjusting member 31 to move, the adjusting member 31 slides relative to the blocking member 32, so that the distance between the positioning part 3111 and the blocking member 32 is reduced, the elastic member 33 is compressed, movement of the parallelogram is blocked, weight of the ray machine 70 is balanced, and the posture of the balance arm is fixed.
In the preferred embodiment, the distance between the positioning portion 3111 and the blocking member 32 decreases as the angle between the adjacent two boom assemblies 10 increases, such that the amount of compression of the resilient member 33 increases, thereby further facilitating the balance arm remaining fixed in the desired deployed position as the distance of the machine 70 relative to the base 60 increases.
Further, in the preferred embodiment, as shown in fig. 4, the adjusting member 31 includes a sliding rod 311 and an adjusting rod 312, the sliding rod 311 extends along the length direction of the rotating arm assembly 10, the elastic member 33 is sleeved on the circumferential outer wall of the sliding rod 311, the positioning portion 3111 is disposed on the sliding rod 311, the blocking member 32 is disposed between the positioning portion 3111 and the rotating support member 12, so that the positioning portion 3111 can be driven to move in a direction close to the blocking member 32 when the sliding rod 311 moves, compression is achieved on the elastic member 33, one end of the adjusting rod 312 is hinged to the sliding rod 311, the other end of the adjusting rod 312 is hinged to the rotating support member 12, an angle between the adjusting rod 312 and the sliding rod 311 changes along the length direction of the rotating support member 12 when the rotating support member 12 drives the adjusting member 31, so that the sliding rod 311 can always extend along the length direction of the rotating arm assembly 10 in the moving process, and therefore, the situation that the sliding rod 311 is inclined and the friction force between the housing 11 or the blocking member 32 increases in the moving process, and the movement dead point is caused is avoided, and the adjustment of the posture of the balance arm is affected.
Further, in the present embodiment, the positioning portion 3111 is slidably connected to the adjusting member 31, so that the compression amount of the elastic member 33 is changed by adjusting the position of the positioning portion 3111 on the adjusting member 31, and the adjustment is simple and convenient, so as to change the pre-compression force of the elastic member 33, and avoid the situation that the balance arm support force is insufficient and the ray machine 70 cannot be fixed at a certain position under long-term use.
In an alternative embodiment, the side wall of the adjusting member 31 is provided with an external thread, the positioning portion 3111 is formed as a nut structure in threaded connection with the adjusting member 31, the position of the positioning portion 3111 on the adjusting member 31 can be changed by screwing the positioning portion 3111, so that the positioning portion 3111 can slide along the length direction of the adjusting member 31, the distance between the positioning portion 3111 and the blocking member 32 is changed, and the compression amount of the elastic member 33 is changed, however, in other alternative embodiments, the positioning portion 3111 can be slidably connected with the adjusting member 31 by means of a buckle, magnetic attraction, or the like, so long as the positional relationship between the positioning portion 3111 and the adjusting member 31 can be fixed after the position of the positioning portion 3111 on the adjusting member 31 is adjusted, so that the adjusting member 31 can drive the positioning portion 3111 to press the elastic member 33.
Further, in the present embodiment, the regulating member 31 is formed in a telescopic rod-like structure, and the distance between the positioning portion 3111 and the stopper 32 is regulated by changing the length of the regulating member 31, thereby realizing a change in the compression amount of the elastic member 33. Specifically, the regulating member 31 includes a fixed portion and an adjustable portion, one of the blocking member 32 and the positioning portion 3111 is provided to the other of the fixed portion, and the adjustable portion is capable of sliding in a direction approaching or separating from the fixed portion to change the distance between the blocking member 32 and the positioning portion 3111, thereby realizing a change in the compression amount of the elastic member 33. In an alternative embodiment, the fixing portion is screwed with the adjustable portion, the compression amount of the elastic member 33 is changed by screwing the adjustable portion, and the adjustable portion extends along the housing 11 so as to be adjustable in the area where the rotary support 12 is located, and in a preferred embodiment, the position of the rotary support 12 is provided with an adjustment hole site, so that the operation of screwing the adjustment portion can be performed through the adjustment hole site, thereby eliminating the need to detach the balance arm, and having the advantage of convenient adjustment.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, 3, 6 and 7, the rotating support 12 located at the rotating connection of the two adjacent rotating arm assemblies 10 is hinged to at least one adjusting member 31, so as to ensure that the rotating angle of each rotating support 12 can be controlled by the adjusting assembly 30, so that the posture of each rotating arm assembly 10 can be kept fixed during the adjustment of the balance arm, thereby ensuring that the ray machine 70 is fixed at a desired position.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 11, a first channel 111 and a second channel 112 are formed in the housing 11, wherein the first channel 111 and the second channel 112 are independently disposed, and each of the first channel 111 and the second channel 112 extends along the length direction of the rotating arm assembly 10, the adjusting assembly 30 is disposed in the first channel 111, and the wire set 40 is disposed through the second channel 112, so as to separate the adjusting assembly 30 from the wire set 40, so that the wire set 40 is prevented from being clamped by compression of the elastic member 33 when the rotating arm assembly 10 rotates, and even the wire set 40 is prevented from being entangled on the adjusting assembly 30.
The link 13 is disposed in the second channel 112 so as to avoid displacement of the link 13 interfering with movement of the adjustment assembly 30 when the shape of the parallelogram changes. In the present embodiment, two connectors 13 are provided in each of the boom assemblies 10, and the wire set 40 is sandwiched between the two connectors 13.
In addition, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, 12 and 13, the balance arm of the X-ray machine further includes a buffer assembly 50 with elasticity, the wire set 40 can slide against the side wall of the buffer assembly 50, when the rotating arm assembly 10 is rotated, the wire set 40 is pulled, so that the wire set 40 generates displacement in the second channel 112, the buffer assembly 50 is pressed by the wire set 40 to generate deformation, when the pulling force is weakened, the buffer assembly 50 restoring elasticity can prop up the wire set 40, so that the displaced wire set 40 is retracted in the original path, thereby avoiding the situation that the wire set 40 is gathered and accumulated due to multiple rotations of the rotating arm assembly 10, and further solving the problem that the balance arm cannot rotate to a limited rotation angle due to insufficient length of the wire set 40 caused by the pulling of the wire set 40.
In a preferred embodiment, the buffer assembly 50 is disposed at least at one end of the length direction of the boom assembly 10, so as to ensure that the wire set 40 passing through the second passage 112 can pass through the next second passage 112 via the buffer assembly 50, thereby ensuring that the wire set 40 is not piled up or even caught in the entire balance arm.
Specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 12 and 13, the buffer assembly 50 includes a support member 51 installed at the hinge of the rotary support member 12 and the housing 11, a buffer member 52 sleeved on the side wall of the support member 51, and a carrier member 53 sleeved on the outer wall of the buffer member 52, wherein the buffer member 52 is formed in a ring-shaped structure sleeved on the sleeve 511 and has elasticity, for example, a rubber ring may be used, the carrier member 53 is formed in a ring-shaped structure, sleeved on the outer wall of the buffer member 52 and rotatably connected to the buffer member 52, and the wire set 40 is attached to the outer wall of the carrier member 53. When the rotating arm assembly 10 causes the wire set 40 to be pulled, the wire set 40 moves toward the direction approaching the support member 51, so that the inner wall of the bearing member 53 can abut against the buffer member 52 to press the buffer member 52.
More specifically, in the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 13, the supporting member 51 includes a sleeve 511 and limiting portions 512 provided at both ends of the sleeve 511, the sleeve 511 is formed in a tubular structure, the limiting portions 512 are provided at both ends of the sleeve 511 in the axial direction so that the carrier 53 and the buffer 52 are both fixed between the two limiting portions 512, the limiting portions 512 are formed in a plate-like structure perpendicular to the axial direction of the sleeve 511, and in a preferred embodiment, edges of the limiting portions 512 protrude out of the outer wall of the carrier 53, so that displacement of the wire set 40 in the axial direction of the sleeve 511 can be limited, and the wire set 40 can be ensured to be in contact with the buffer assembly 50, thereby ensuring reliability and effectiveness of the buffer action of the wire set 40 by the buffer assembly 50.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, the balance arm further includes a horizontal rotating arm 20, the horizontal rotating arm 20 is disposed between the base 60 and the rotating arm assembly 10, and the horizontal rotating arm 20 can swing in a horizontal direction with the base 60 as an axis to adjust the position of the ray machine 70 in the horizontal direction. The hinge position of the horizontal boom 20 and the boom assembly 10 is provided with an adjustment assembly 30 to ensure that the boom assembly 10 can be fixed at a desired angle relative to the horizontal boom 20.
According to the balance arm of the X-ray machine, the rotating arm assembly utilizes the motion principle of the parallelogram mechanism and is matched with the adjusting assembly to control the displacement of one side of the parallelogram mechanism, so that the movement of the rotating support piece is prevented, the effect of balancing the weight of the X-ray machine is achieved, the shape of the parallelogram is ensured not to be changed easily, the balance arm is fixedly kept in an unfolded or folded posture, the X-ray machine can stay at any position, and the X-ray machine has the advantages of stable support and reliable fixation;
Secondly, a first channel and a second channel are arranged in the shell, so that the adjusting component and the wire group are separated, clamping of the wire group caused by compression of the elastic piece when the rotating arm component rotates is avoided, even the wire group is wound on the adjusting component, and the fact that the ray machine can be fixed at a required position is ensured;
In addition, realize when rotating the rocking arm subassembly and leading to the group to be pulled through setting up buffer assembly, buffer assembly is extruded by the group and produces the deformation, because buffer assembly has elasticity, when pulling the power and weakening, resumes elastic buffer assembly and can prop up the group for the group former way that produces the displacement returns, thereby avoid leading to the group to collect, the accumulative condition because of rotating the rocking arm subassembly many times, and then solved and pulled the problem that the balance arm that leads to the group not enough to be long because of the group can't rotate to limit rotation angle.
It should be noted that the foregoing embodiments are merely illustrative embodiments of the present application, and not restrictive, and the scope of the application is not limited to the embodiments, and although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those skilled in the art that any modification, variation or substitution of some of the technical features of the embodiments described in the foregoing embodiments may be easily contemplated within the scope of the present application, and the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments do not depart from the spirit and scope of the embodiments of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.