CN218455132U - Auxiliary indication measuring device for level - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a supplementary measuring device that instructs of surveyor's level, including operation panel and base, the inside intermediate position of operation panel is equipped with the ball. The utility model discloses a, the first motor has been adopted, the second motor, when the device is placed and is produced the slope, the inside regulation ball of operation panel can remove to the incline direction, come the butt and lead to the increase of pressure in pressure sensor department with this, then after detecting pressure variation, first motor and second motor opposite with the incline direction can move, drive the lead screw with this and rotate and make to remove a section of thick bamboo and remove certain position, guarantee the balance of device with this, and in the same time of first motor operation, the second motor can drive stay cord winding shrink, make the slide bar drive the counterweight ball and remove, increase the weight of device one side with this, make the focus of device can not produce great change because of the slope, give personnel and stay enough sufficient time to adjust, have and fall, automatic leveling's advantage.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to a surveyor's level technical field particularly, relates to a surveyor's level auxiliary indication measuring device.
Background
A level (English: level) is an instrument for establishing a horizontal sight line to measure the height difference between two points on the ground. The principle is to measure the height difference between ground points according to the leveling principle. The main components are hopeful to be a telescope, a tube level gauge (or compensator), a vertical shaft, a base and a foot screw. It is divided into a micro-tilt level, an automatic leveling level, a laser level and a digital level (also called an electronic level) according to the structure. The precision level is divided into a precision level and a common level according to the precision.
The prior art discloses the following: CN212585695U a surveyor's level auxiliary instruction measuring device, when using to current surveyor's level, because the ground of placing often can be flat inadequately to lead to the surveyor's level to appear skew error when measuring easily, influence the problem that people used, the following scheme is put forward now, and it includes surveyor's level body and positioning seat, the surveyor's level body rotates with the positioning seat to be connected, the bottom fixed mounting of positioning seat has three fixed plate, and the bottom of fixed plate rotates and is connected with the bracing piece, and the bottom sliding connection of bracing piece has the ejector pin, and the bottom fixed mounting of ejector pin has the backing plate, rotate on the positioning seat and be connected with the pivot, fixed cover in the pivot is equipped with the wire winding roller. The utility model is simple in operation, convenient to use can carry out the angle fixation to the bracing piece that supports the surveyor's level and adjust, can also measure the location to the angle of device simultaneously to adjust, the people of being convenient for use.
However, the above patents still have certain disadvantages in use: it is when using, when the device appear the angle not to the time, the counter weight ball promotes the buffer board under the action of gravity and forms relative displacement, and show through the scale on the buffer beam, simultaneously rotating the board through rotating, adjust the position of ejector pin and bracing piece, thereby change the horizontal angle of device, holistic process needs detect out the offset earlier then manually to trim again, it wastes time and energy to use, personnel's work load has been increased, and when the great angle of device slope, cause centrobaric excessive skew easily, it has not sufficient time to lead to the personnel to react and just, and then cause toppling of device, lead to the damage of equipment, certain drawback has.
An effective solution to the problems in the related art has not been proposed yet.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
Technical problem to be solved
Not enough to prior art, the utility model provides a supplementary instruction measuring device of surveyor's level possesses the advantage of preventing empting, stability is strong, self leveling, and then solves the problem among the above-mentioned background art.
(II) technical scheme
For the advantage that realizes above-mentioned prevent empting, stability is strong, auto leveling, the utility model discloses a concrete technical scheme as follows:
the utility model provides a supplementary instruction measuring device of surveyor's level, includes operation panel and base, the inside intermediate position of operation panel is equipped with the adjusting ball, the adjusting ball both ends are located the inside both sides surface position symmetry elastic connection of operation panel and have the restriction hawser, the restriction hawser comprises flexible scalable material, the adjusting ball both ends are located the inside position symmetry of operation panel and install pressure sensor, operation panel both ends surface position symmetry installs the solid fixed box, the inside position fixed mounting of solid fixed box has first motor, first motor one end is connected with the wire reel, the winding of wire reel periphery has the stay cord, stay cord one end fixed mounting has the slide bar, slide bar one end fixed mounting has the go-between, the distribution ball has been cup jointed to go-between one end, the slide bar periphery is located operation panel bottom both sides surface position symmetry and has cup jointed the guide slot, operation panel both sides surface position symmetry rotates and is connected with the swivel becket, swivel becket bottom surface position fixed mounting has the mount pad, the inside top surface position fixed mounting of mount pad has the second motor, mount pad bottom surface position fixed mounting has the solid fixed cylinder, second motor one side runs through solid fixed cylinder one end and is connected with the lead screw, the lead screw thread is connected with the lead screw removal solid fixed cylinder and is installed between the telescopic link.
Furthermore, an auxiliary ring is sleeved at the bottom of the periphery of the movable support cylinder, and a plurality of groups of telescopic support legs are uniformly connected to the bottom surface of the auxiliary ring in a surrounding and rotating manner.
Furthermore, a ground nail is fixedly arranged on the surface of the bottom of the movable support cylinder.
Furthermore, a level body is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the operating platform.
Further, the adjusting ball is made of rubber.
Furthermore, the counterweight ball is made of metal materials.
Furthermore, one end of the guide groove is provided with a stop block for preventing the slide rod from being separated from the slide rod.
Furthermore, a controller for controlling is arranged on one side of the operating platform.
(III) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a supplementary instruction measuring device of surveyor's level possesses following beneficial effect:
(1) The utility model discloses a, first motor has been adopted, the second motor, when the device is placed and is produced the slope, the inside regulation ball of operation panel can remove to the incline direction, come the butt and lead to the increase of pressure in pressure sensor department with this, then after detecting pressure change, first motor and second motor opposite with the incline direction can move, drive the lead screw with this and rotate and make to remove a section of thick bamboo and remove certain position, guarantee the balance of device with this, and in the same time of first motor operation, the second motor can drive stay cord winding shrink, make the slide bar drive the counterweight ball and remove, increase the weight of device one side with this, make the focus of device can not produce great change because of the slope, give personnel and stay enough sufficient time to adjust, have the anti-toppling, automatic leveling's advantage.
(2) The utility model discloses a, the base has been adopted, the ground nail, supplementary ring, flexible landing leg, in the in-service use process, personnel can directly place the device in the place that needs to use, can support the operation to the device through the base this moment, the ground nail of its bottom can insert the below ground simultaneously, strengthen the holistic land fertility of grabbing of device, and then improve the holistic stability of device, then after the completion is tentatively placed to the device, supplementary ring and flexible landing leg through its periphery can encircle the support bottom the device, play the secondary and support the operation, avoid the device because the slope causes toppling, improve the fixed effect to the device, the advantage that has stability reinforce.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings required to be used in the embodiments will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an auxiliary indicating and measuring device for a level gauge according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection of the pull cord and the slide bar of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic view of the connection between the first motor and the wire spool according to the present invention;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of the connection between the screw rod and the movable support tube according to the present invention.
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1. an operation table; 2. a level body; 3. a rotating ring; 4. a pressure sensor; 5. adjusting the ball; 6. a restraining cable; 7. a fixing box; 8. a first motor; 9. a wire spool; 10. pulling a rope; 11. a guide groove; 12. a mounting seat; 13. a second motor; 14. a fixed cylinder; 15. a telescopic rod; 16. a screw rod; 17. moving the branch cylinder; 18. an auxiliary ring; 19. a telescopic leg; 20. a base; 21. a ground nail; 22. a counterweight ball; 23. a connecting ring; 24. a slide bar.
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For further explanation of the embodiments, the drawings are provided as part of the disclosure and serve primarily to illustrate the embodiments and, together with the description, to explain the principles of operation of the embodiments, and to provide further explanation of the invention and advantages thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various other embodiments and advantages of the invention are possible, and that elements in the drawings are not to scale and that like reference numerals are generally used to designate like elements.
According to the utility model discloses an embodiment provides a supplementary instruction measuring device of surveyor's level.
Referring now to the drawings and the detailed description, as shown in fig. 1-4, an auxiliary indicating and measuring device for a level according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises an operation table 1 and a base 20, an adjusting ball 5 is disposed at an intermediate position inside the operation table 1, two ends of the adjusting ball 5 are symmetrically and elastically connected to two side surface positions inside the operation table 1, the limiting cable 6 is made of flexible and stretchable material, two ends of the adjusting ball 5 are symmetrically provided with pressure sensors 4 inside the operation table 1, two ends of the operation table 1 are symmetrically provided with fixing boxes 7, the inner parts of the fixing boxes 7 are fixedly provided with a first motor 8, one end of the first motor 8 is connected with a wire spool 9, a pull rope 10 is wound around the wire spool 9, and one end of the pull rope 10 is fixedly provided with a slide rod 24, the slide bar 24 one end fixed mounting has go-between 23, go-between 23 one end has cup jointed counterweight ball 22, the slide bar 24 periphery is located 1 bottom both sides surface position symmetry of operation panel and has cup jointed guide slot 11, 1 both sides surface position symmetry of operation panel rotates and is connected with swivel ring 3, 3 bottom surface position fixed mounting of swivel ring has mount pad 12, mount pad 12 inside top surface position fixed mounting has second motor 13, mount pad 12 bottom surface position fixed mounting has a solid fixed cylinder 14, second motor 13 one end runs through solid fixed cylinder 14 one side and is connected with lead screw 16, 16 outer peripheral threaded connection of lead screw has removal branch section of thick bamboo 17, remove and to have telescopic link 15 with solid fixed cylinder 14 between a fixed cylinder 17 and the solid fixed cylinder 14 position fixed mounting, telescopic link 15 is for avoiding removing branch section of thick bamboo 17 and producing the rotation along with the rotation of lead screw 16, guarantee to remove the normal upper and lower use of branch section of thick bamboo 17.
In one embodiment, the auxiliary ring 18 is sleeved at the bottom position of the periphery of the movable support tube 17, the bottom surface position of the auxiliary ring 18 is uniformly connected with a plurality of groups of telescopic supporting legs 19 in a surrounding and rotating mode, the bottom of the device can be supported in a surrounding mode through the auxiliary ring 18 and the telescopic supporting legs 19, the device is prevented from overturning due to inclination, and the fixing effect of the device is improved.
In one embodiment, the ground nail 21 is fixedly arranged on the bottom surface of the movable support 17, and the ground nail 21 can enhance the overall ground holding force of the device and improve the use stability.
In one embodiment, a level body 2 is fixedly installed on the top surface of the operation table 1, and corresponding operations can be performed through the level body 2.
In one embodiment, the adjusting ball 5 is made of rubber, which is used to prevent the adjusting ball 5 from being damaged when contacting the pressure sensor 4, so as to ensure that the pressure sensor 4 can be used for a long time.
In one embodiment, the weight ball 22 is made of a metal material, and the metal material ensures that the weight ball 22 has a certain weight, so that the device can be conveniently moved reversely when the device is tilted, thereby ensuring that the gravity center of the device cannot be excessively tilted, avoiding the device from overturning due to an excessively large tilt angle, giving a sufficient response time to a person, and improving the protection effect of the device.
In one embodiment, a stopper is disposed at one end of the guiding groove 11 to prevent the sliding rod 24 from falling out of use, and the falling-off of the counterweight ball 22 is avoided by the stopper to prevent the sliding rod 24 from falling off due to over-stretching.
In one embodiment, a controller for controlling the operation is arranged on one side of the operation platform 1, the internal equipment of the device can be controlled through the controller and preset programming, the controller is frequently used in the control field, personnel can flexibly select the controller without repeated description, and personnel at the installation position of the controller can carry out random setting without influencing the use of other structures.
The working principle is as follows: in the actual use process, a person can directly place the device at a place to be used, the device can be supported by the base 20 at the moment, meanwhile, the ground nail 21 at the bottom of the device can be inserted into the ground to enhance the ground gripping force of the whole device, so as to improve the stability of the whole device, then after the device is placed initially, the bottom of the device can be supported in a surrounding manner by the auxiliary ring 18 and the telescopic supporting legs 19 at the periphery of the device, so as to play a secondary supporting role, the device is prevented from overturning due to inclination, so as to improve the fixing effect of the device, then after the device is placed, if the device has height difference due to unevenness of terrain, at the moment, the inclination between the two groups of movable supporting tubes 17 generates angle difference, at the moment, the adjusting ball 5 in the operating table 1 abuts against the pressure sensor 4 at the lower side due to the principle of gravity and inclination, the pressure applied to the pressure sensor 4 is larger as the inclination angle is, the pressure applied to the adjusting ball 5 is larger, the person can carry out certain programming according to the relation between the inclination angle and the pressure change, so as to control the running time of the first motor 8 and the second motor 13, so as to detect whether the pressure change can be connected with the first motor 8 again, and the pressure sensor 13, and whether the first motor can be connected with the first motor 8, and the second motor 8, and whether the pressure change can be detected after the first pressure change is detected, and the pressure change is carried out again, therefore, the device can be accurately ensured to return to a balanced state, the device is prevented from being toppled, the whole use stability is improved, before the first motor 8 is adjusted, the pull rope 10 in the position opposite to the inclination direction can be driven to wind and contract through the operation of the second motor 13, the sliding rod 24 is driven to move, and then the counterweight ball 22 is driven to move, the counterweight ball 22 is made of metal materials, the metal materials ensure that the counterweight ball 22 can have certain weight, the device can be conveniently and subsequently reversely moved when the device is inclined, the gravity center of the device can not be excessively inclined, the device is prevented from being toppled due to the fact that the inclination angle is too large, the time of foot reaction of a person is reserved, the protection effect on the device is improved, and the device has the advantages of being toppled over, strong in stability and automatic leveling integrally.
In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "disposed," "connected," "fixed," "screwed" and the like are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; the terms may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and may be used for communicating the inside of two elements or for interacting with each other, unless otherwise specifically defined, and the specific meaning of the terms in the present invention will be understood by those skilled in the art according to the specific circumstances.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. The utility model provides an auxiliary indication measuring device of surveyor's level, includes operation panel (1) and base (20), its characterized in that, the inside intermediate position of operation panel (1) is equipped with adjusting ball (5), adjusting ball (5) both ends are located inside both sides surface position symmetry elastic connection of operation panel (1) has restriction hawser (6), restriction hawser (6) comprise flexible scalable material, adjusting ball (5) both ends are located operation panel (1) inside position symmetry and install pressure sensor (4), fixed box (7) are installed to operation panel (1) both ends surface position symmetry, fixed box (7) inside position fixed mounting has first motor (8), first motor (8) one end is connected with wire reel (9), wire reel (9) periphery winding has stay cord (10), stay cord (10) one end fixed mounting has slide bar (24), slide bar (24) one end fixed mounting has go-between (23), go-between (23) one end has cup jointed counterweight ball (22), slide bar (24) periphery is located operation panel (1) bottom both sides surface position cup joint and has the surface position symmetry to cup joint and has a go-between (11), rotation ring (3) bottom fixed mounting has the rotation ring (12), the utility model discloses a lead screw, including mount pad (12), mount pad (13) inside top surface fixed position installs second motor (13), mount pad (12) bottom surface fixed position installs solid fixed cylinder (14), second motor (13) one end runs through solid fixed cylinder (14) one side and is connected with lead screw (16), lead screw (16) periphery threaded connection has a removal section of thick bamboo (17), it has telescopic link (15) to remove fixed position between a section of thick bamboo (17) and solid fixed cylinder (14).
2. The auxiliary indicating and measuring device of a level according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom position of the periphery of the movable support tube (17) is sleeved with an auxiliary ring (18), and the bottom surface position of the auxiliary ring (18) is uniformly and circularly connected with a plurality of groups of telescopic legs (19).
3. The auxiliary indicating and measuring device of a level according to claim 1, characterized in that the bottom surface of the movable support (17) is fixedly provided with a ground nail (21).
4. A level auxiliary indicating and measuring device according to claim 1, characterized in that the level body (2) is fixedly mounted on the top surface of the operating platform (1).
5. A level indicating measuring device according to claim 1, characterized in that the adjusting ball (5) consists of a rubber material.
6. A level indicating measuring device according to claim 1, wherein said counter-weight ball (22) is made of a metal material.
7. The level indicating device of claim 1, wherein the guide channel (11) is provided at one end with a stop preventing the slide bar (24) from being removed from use.
8. A level indicating measuring device according to claim 1, characterized in that a control for controlling is arranged on the side of the operating table (1).
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