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CN206600252U
CN206600252U CN201621468496.6U CN201621468496U CN206600252U CN 206600252 U CN206600252 U CN 206600252U CN 201621468496 U CN201621468496 U CN 201621468496U CN 206600252 U CN206600252 U CN 206600252U
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汪晓峰
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The utility model belongs to membrane pump field, is related to a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device.Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device includes constant current constant voltage device lid, the connection axis of guide, inner clip cover, medium channel, outer protecting block, interior protecting block and diaphragm, inner clip cover is provided with below constant current constant voltage device lid, medium channel is provided with below inner clip cover, medium channel both sides are provided with medium through hole and extend outward the media inlet channel and media outlet channel of tubular respectively, space between inner clip cover and medium channel, which is formed in surge chamber, surge chamber, is fixed with diaphragm.After Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device, the output of liquid is more steady, to there is the fluid regulation of the manufacturing enterprise of specific demand in process of production more steady, so as to obtain the product of more high-quality, simultaneously because design is optimized, processes more simple and convenient, safeguard also more convenient, manpower and materials have been saved, to manufacturing enterprise, very big economy and utilization benefit is respectively provided with using unit.

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Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device
Technical field
The utility model belongs to membrane pump field, is related to a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device.
Background technology
Pneumatic double diaphragm pump is a kind of new liquid material transfer equipment, and alternative immersible pump, dredge pump, centrifugal pump etc. is set Standby use.The pump possesses small volume, it is lightweight, easy to install flexible the features such as, because it can be conveyed containing solid particle Liquid, it is more next in petrochemical industry, coating, ship, water process, food, papermaking, mine etc. the advantages of the problem of in the absence of explosion-proof aspect Generally used in more industries.
Because Pneumatic double diaphragm pump working method is what left and right two chambers alternately worked, in the conveying of liquid medium During meeting, it may occur that flow, pressure peak valley alternately change, cause the unfavorable factors such as the concussion of pipeline, in typical circumstances, The use of equipment is not interfered with, but then needs the peak valley phenomenon produced to it to carry out peak load shifting in some special occasions, is such as changed In work production process, it is necessary to keep certain concentration when some occasions need to extract Cucumber from its solution separation, and The liquid of pneumatic diaphragm pump conveying can make the conveying capacity of liquid fluctuated, cause solution because being influenceed by its product structure Concentration is ceaselessly swung up and down, it is impossible to reach its desired concentration scope.
Application No. 200710036974.5, Publication No. CN101025151 Chinese patent application Pneumatic double diaphragm pump, Disclose a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump, including pump cover, upper lid feed pipe, lower cover feed pipe, charging aperture, discharging opening, ball room, pump Lid, diaphragm, dividing plate, central pump shaft, centerbody, ball seat and steel ball.
Application No. 201420624159.6, Publication No. CN204312296U Chinese utility model patent one kind is pneumatic Twin-diaphragm pump, discloses a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump, including cylinder body, main core, reversal valve and pump housing enclosing cover, the cylinder It is provided with above body in reversal valve, reversal valve and is provided with reversing piston, the reversing piston is connected with air valve sliding block, the air valve is slided Block is provided with the aperture that can be communicated with air chamber, and one end of air chamber is diaphragm.
Above-mentioned two patent is only the technological improvement for Pneumatic double diaphragm pump, it is impossible to solve flow, the peak valley of pressure is handed over The problem of harmful effects such as the concussion for causing pipeline for conversion.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is alternately to change for the flow described in background technology, the peak valley of pressure, causes The problems such as concussion of pipeline, a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device is designed, the fluid output for Pneumatic double diaphragm pump is done Go out the design of current stabilization, stable-pressure device.
To achieve the above object, the utility model is solved by the following technical programs:
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device, including constant current constant voltage device lid, the connection axis of guide, inner clip cover, medium lead to Road, outer protecting block, interior protecting block and diaphragm;
Constant current constant voltage device base portion is hollow mesa-shaped, and constant current constant voltage device lid extends hollow shape support set from upper surface, is propped up The hollow part of support set is oblate groove (i.e. hollow shape support set inside cross-section is shaped as oblateness);
Inner clip cover is provided with below constant current constant voltage device lid, during inner clip cover is hollow mesa-shaped, inner clip cover upper surface and support set Empty position corresponding position is oriented to around axis hole provided with axis hole is oriented to and is provided with passage, constant current constant voltage device lid lower end and inner clip cover upper end It is fixedly connected;
It is spill plate-like to be provided with below inner clip cover in the middle of medium channel, medium channel, and medium channel both sides are provided with medium and led to Hole and the media inlet channel and media outlet channel for extending outward tubular respectively, inner clip cover lower end are consolidated with medium channel upper end Fixed connection, the space between inner clip cover and medium channel forms surge chamber;
Diaphragm is fixed with surge chamber, diaphragm separates surge chamber, is upper chamber above diaphragm, lower section is lower chamber Room;Interior protecting block is provided with above diaphragm middle part, lower section is provided with outer protecting block, and interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block are fixedly connected sequentially;
It is square column type to connect axis of guide epimere, and hypomere is cylinder, and centre is provided with limited block, and connection axis of guide epimere is set In in the support set of constant current constant voltage device lid, the guiding axis hole of connection axis of guide hypomere through inner clip cover is extended to below inner clip cover Interior protecting block, is fixedly connected with interior protecting block.Diaphragm for can flexible sheet, connection the axis of guide can be moved up and down with dynamic diaphragm.
It is used as preferred technical scheme:
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the constant current constant voltage device lid is hollow round table shape, interior Folder cover is discoid for spill in the middle of hollow round table shape, medium channel;Constant current constant voltage device lid lower end and the sealing of inner clip cover upper end are solid Fixed connection, inner clip cover lower end is sealedly and fixedly connected with medium channel upper end.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the media inlet channel and media outlet channel point Flange connecting pipe is not connected to it.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the diaphragm edge is sealingly fastened in inner clip cover lower end Between medium channel upper end.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the connection axis of guide lower end extends downwardly out fixation Axle, fixing axle passes through interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block, and fixing axle lower end will connect the axis of guide, interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer by nut Protecting block tightens fixation.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the diaphragm is disc-shaped, interior protecting block and outer protecting block It is less than the disc-shaped of diaphragm diameter for diameter, fixing axle passes through the home position of interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the mesa-shaped refers to the solid figure that both ends of the surface are plane Shape, upper surface area is less than lower surface area.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device as described above, the oblateness refers to by a pair of parallel straight line and two The flat shape that bar camber line is surrounded, i.e., remaining center section after a pair of parallel line cuts a circumference.
The hollow part of the support set of the utility model constant current constant voltage device lid is arranged to oblate groove, and oblate groove can the company of preventing Axis of guide rotation is connect, the function of fixed wrench can be played when assembling, dismounting;At the same time, the circular arc position of oblate groove is with being connected The space formed between axis of guide epimere square column is then as the gas passage of compressed air, and compressed air is hence into current stabilization In the air chamber of voltage-stablizer;Connection axis of guide epimere is arranged to square column, in assembling without taking one's bearings, as long as being put into flat groove It is interior, improve efficiency of assembling.
The scope of application of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump is quite extensive, and (medium of i.e. above-mentioned constant current constant voltage device enters product work bore Mouthful passage) can from 6 millimeters to 80 millimeters multiple specifications (product specification be respectively 6mm, 10mm, 15mm, 20mm, 25mm, 40mm, 50mm and 80mm, below 10mm flow are too small, so the not constant current constant voltage device of the specification), wherein with 25~50 millimeters of rule The product of lattice occupies the main use occasion of such product again, therefore the research and development of the product of 25~50 millimeters of specifications are made into general Design, lengthens air pressure channel, and only turning need to be carried out to the length of compressed air channel on the product of different size, you can It is allowed to the use suitable for other several specification products.It is oriented in connection in shaft design, connection axis of guide epimere, gas passage The design at place employs square structure, so avoids the need for distinguishing the radial direction of part during assembling product, directly Load, it is succinct convenient.Connected mode in view of user equipment is different, and deformation design is additionally used at pipe connecting flange so that Connected mode can be converted to a variety of connected modes such as threaded connection, clamping hoop type connection.Fasten the fastening spiral shell of constant current constant voltage device lid Silk is built-in, and connection screw thread will not be by extraneous corrosion impact while good appearance is succinct.
Beneficial effect:
1) using after Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device, the output of liquid is more steady, to there is the production of specific demand The fluid regulation of enterprise in process of production is more steady, so as to obtain the product quality of more high-quality;
2) due to design is optimized, process more simple and convenient, safeguard also more convenient, saved manpower and materials, Very big economy, utilization benefit are respectively provided with to manufacturing enterprise, using unit;
3) the utility model is designed using the part of former Pneumatic double diaphragm pump, is reduced the number of product parts, is carried The high versatility of parts, reduces production cost.
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Fig. 1 is constant current constant voltage device schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is constant current constant voltage device lid schematic perspective view;
Fig. 3 is constant current constant voltage device lid profile;
Fig. 4 is constant current constant voltage device lid upward view;
Fig. 5 is connection axis of guide schematic perspective view;
Fig. 6 is interior protecting block schematic perspective view;
Fig. 7 is outer protecting block schematic perspective view;
Fig. 8 is diaphragm schematic perspective view;
Fig. 9 is inner clip cover schematic perspective view;
Figure 10 is medium channel schematic perspective view;
Figure 11 is medium channel top view;
Figure 12 is medium channel front view;
Figure 13 is the connection axis of guide, interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block connection diagram;
Wherein, 1- flange connecting pipes, 2- seal washers I, 3- medium channels, 4- constant current constant voltage device lids, the 5- connection axis of guides, 6- Protecting block in outer protecting block, 7-, 8- seal washers II, 9- diaphragms, 10- inner clip covers, 31- medium through hole, 32- media inlet channels, 33- Media outlet channel, 41- support sets, the oblate grooves of 42-, 51- connection axis of guide epimeres, 52- connection axis of guide hypomeres, 53- is spacing Block, 54- fixing axles, 101- is oriented to axis hole, 102- passages.
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The utility model is expanded on further in 1-13 below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.It should be understood that these embodiments are merely to illustrate this reality With new rather than limitation scope of the present utility model.In addition, it is to be understood that read the utility model instruction content it Afterwards, those skilled in the art can make various changes or modifications to the utility model, and these equivalent form of values equally fall within the application Appended claims limited range.
A kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device, including constant current constant voltage device lid 4, the connection axis of guide 5, inner clip cover 10, Jie Matter passage 3, outer protecting block 6, interior protecting block 7 and diaphragm 9;
The bottom of constant current constant voltage device lid 4 is hollow round table shape, and constant current constant voltage device lid 4 extends hollow round table shape branch from upper surface Support set 41, the hollow part of support set 41 is oblate groove 42 (the i.e. hollow inside cross-section of shape support set 41 is shaped as oblateness);
The lower section of constant current constant voltage device lid 4 is provided with inner clip cover 10, and inner clip cover 10 is hollow round table shape, inner clip cover 10 and support set 41 Hollow part corresponding position provided with axis hole 101 is oriented to, be oriented to around axis hole 101 and be provided with passage 102, under constant current constant voltage device lid 4 End is sealedly and fixedly connected with the upper end of inner clip cover 10 by seal washer II 8;
The lower section of inner clip cover 10 is provided with medium channel 3, and medium channel 3 is that spill is discoid, and the both sides of medium channel 3 are provided with medium Through hole 31 and the media inlet channel 32 and media outlet channel 33 for extending outward tubular respectively, media inlet channel 32 and Jie Matter exit passageway 33 is sealedly and fixedly connected by seal washer I with flange connecting pipe 1 respectively, the lower end of inner clip cover 10 and medium channel 3 Upper end is sealedly and fixedly connected, and the space between inner clip cover 10 and medium channel 3 forms surge chamber;
Diaphragm 9 is fixed with surge chamber, diaphragm 9 is disc-shaped, and the edge of diaphragm 9 is fixed on the lower end of inner clip cover 10 and medium Between the upper end of passage 3, diaphragm 9 separates surge chamber, and the top of diaphragm 9 is upper chamber, and lower section is lower chamber;In the middle of diaphragm 9 Interior protecting block 7 is provided with above position, lower section is provided with outer protecting block 6, interior protecting block 7 and the disk that outer protecting block 6 is that diameter is less than the diameter of diaphragm 9 Shape, interior protecting block 7, diaphragm 9 and outer protecting block 6 are fixedly connected sequentially;
It is square column type to connect axis of guide epimere 51, and hypomere is cylinder, and centre is provided with limited block 53, connects axis of guide epimere 51 are arranged in the support set 41 of constant current constant voltage device lid 4, and the guiding axis hole 101 of connection axis of guide hypomere 52 through inner clip cover 10 prolongs The interior protecting block 7 of the lower section of inner clip cover 10 is extended, is fixedly connected with interior protecting block 7, connection axis of guide lower end extends downwardly out fixing axle 54, Fixing axle 54 pass through interior protecting block 7, diaphragm 9 and outer protecting block 6 home position, the lower end of fixing axle 54 by nut will connect the axis of guide 5, Interior protecting block 7, diaphragm 9 and outer protecting block 6 tighten fixation.
Wherein, mesa-shaped refers to the three-dimensional shape that both ends of the surface are plane, and upper surface area is less than lower surface area, and oblateness is Refer to the flat shape surrounded by a pair of parallel straight line and two camber lines.
The component assembling method of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device is:Connection axis of guide epimere 51 one end is put into first In the oblate groove 42 of constant current constant voltage device lid 4, then with soket head cap screw from inside by constant current constant voltage device lid 4, inner clip cover 10 and close Seal washer II 8 is fastened, and is then placed an O-ring in the end of thread of connection axis of guide fixing axle 54, is sequentially placed into interior protecting block 7, rubber Leather diaphragm 9 and outer protecting block 6 are simultaneously tightened with nut, somewhat by pressuring film plate 9 for several times, have detected whether the connection axis of guide 5 is moved normal, Next medium channel 3 is buckled in after the rubber membrane 9 and inner clip cover 10 being completed, alignment seal groove and screwhole position, Bolt is symmetrically and evenly tightened with hex bolts, finally again by flange connecting pipe 1 and seal washer I 2 hex bolts and hex nut Fastening.
During work, Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device is bound up on to the liquid outlet one of membrane pump by flange connecting pipe 1 End, and controllable compressed air (0.1-0.8MPa) is passed through in constant current constant voltage device by the upper end of constant current constant voltage device lid 4, compression is empty Gas is entered by the space and passage 102 formed between the circular arc position of oblate groove 42 and the square column of connection axis of guide epimere 51 Enter in the upper chamber that rubber membrane 9 is separated, and rubber membrane 9 is pressed to the lower chamber of liquid end.When membrane pump outlet stream Diaphragm 9 is lifted up by the liquid entered when flow, pressure are maximum, the volume of liquid chamber is added, so as to reduce pneumatic The flow and pressure in twin-diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device exit;And compressed air presses downwards diaphragm 9 when minimum at which, The volume of liquid chamber is reduced, so as to add the flow and pressure in Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device exit so that The flow and pressure of the outlet section of constant current constant voltage device are maintained in stable fluctuation range, are reached final to Pneumatic double diaphragm pump Liquid exports the function of playing peak load shifting.

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1. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device, it is characterized in that:Including constant current constant voltage device lid, connection the axis of guide, inner clip cover, Medium channel, outer protecting block, interior protecting block and diaphragm;
Constant current constant voltage device base portion is hollow mesa-shaped, and constant current constant voltage device lid extends hollow shape support set, support set from upper surface Hollow part be oblate groove;
Inner clip cover is provided with below constant current constant voltage device lid, inner clip cover is the hollow bulb of hollow mesa-shaped, inner clip cover upper surface and support set Position corresponding position is oriented to around axis hole provided with axis hole is oriented to and is provided with passage, constant current constant voltage device lid lower end is fixed with inner clip cover upper end Connection;
It is spill plate-like to be provided with below inner clip cover in the middle of medium channel, medium channel, and medium channel both sides are provided with medium through hole simultaneously The media inlet channel and media outlet channel of tubular, inner clip cover lower end and the upper end of medium channel plate-like are extended outward respectively It is fixedly connected, the space between inner clip cover and medium channel forms surge chamber;
Diaphragm is fixed with surge chamber, diaphragm separates surge chamber, is upper chamber above diaphragm, lower section is lower chamber; Interior protecting block is provided with above diaphragm middle part, lower section is provided with outer protecting block, and interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block are fixedly connected sequentially;
It is square column type to connect axis of guide epimere, and hypomere is cylinder, and centre is provided with limited block, and connection axis of guide epimere is arranged at surely In the support set for flowing voltage-stablizer lid, connection axis of guide hypomere passes through the interior shield that the guiding axis hole of inner clip cover is extended to below inner clip cover Block, is fixedly connected with interior protecting block.
2. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the constant current constant voltage device Cover as hollow round table shape, inner clip cover is discoid for spill in the middle of hollow round table shape, medium channel;Constant current constant voltage device lid lower end with Inner clip cover upper end is sealedly and fixedly connected, and inner clip cover lower end is sealedly and fixedly connected with medium channel upper end.
3. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the medium inlet leads to Road and media outlet channel are connected to flange connecting pipe respectively.
4. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the diaphragm edge is consolidated Due between inner clip cover lower end and the upper end of medium channel plate-like.
5. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the connection axis of guide Lower end extends downwardly out fixing axle, and fixing axle passes through interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block, and fixing axle lower end will be connected by nut and is oriented to Axle, interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block tighten fixation.
6. a kind of Pneumatic double diaphragm pump constant current constant voltage device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the diaphragm is disk Shape, interior protecting block passes through the circle of interior protecting block, diaphragm and outer protecting block with the disc-shaped that outer protecting block is that diameter is less than diaphragm diameter, fixing axle Heart position.
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