The present invention relates to a crusher, to which a plurality of crushing hammers are swingably mounted in a circumferential direction of a rotary drive shaft, and particularly to a crusher suitable for crushing a hard disk, a solid state drive (SSD) , an electronic circuit board, a mobile phone, a flash memory, a CD, a DVD, an FD, an MO, a cash card and the like.
A crusher having swingable crushing hammers (swinging type crushing hammers) is known, for example, as in Patent Document 1 (JP 8-117634 A). In the crusher, as illustrated in
Patent Document 1: JP 8-117634 A
An erecting direction upper limit angle of the conventional crushing hammer 120 by the centrifugal force is not particularly regulated. Because of this, an erecting direction maximum angle of the crushing hammer 120 is, in general, approximately 90 degrees with respect to a tangent of the rotating disk 110. In this state, a distance from the rotary drive shaft 100 to a tip part of the crushing hammer 120 becomes maximum. When a radius of gyration of the tip part of the crushing hammer 120 becomes large, it is generally suitable for crushing an object to be crushed because of an increase in a circumferential speed of the tip part.
However, in a case of crushing a relatively hard object to be crushed, striking reaction force from the object to be crushed becomes large. Then, the crushing hammer 120 succumbs to the striking reaction force and is greatly brought down to a rear side in a rotating direction. As a result, there is a case where a sufficient crushing effect cannot be obtained.
Further, since amplitude of repeating rearward tilting operation of the crushing hammer 120 due to the striking reaction force and erection returning operation due to the centrifugal force is large, there has also been a problem in that relatively large noise and vibration are generated. Further, there has also been a problem in that a life of the crushing hammer 120 becomes relatively short due to the large striking reaction force and that the crushing hammer 120 must be replaced in a short period of time.
Further, since the rotary drive shaft 100 is started to rotate by a motor until an angle of the crushing hammer 120 reaches the maximum erecting angle, a load which is larger than that in steady operation is applied to the motor. Because of this, a motor having large starting torque must be selected when selecting the motor, thereby causing an increase in cost.
In a crusher having swinging type crushing hammers, an object of the present invention is to realize a crusher capable of suppressing starting torque of a motor serving as a driving means, improving a crushing capacity and crushing efficiency, and at the same time, suppressing noise and vibration.
A crusher of the present invention includes: a rotary drive shaft; a plurality of support shafts mounted in parallel with the rotary drive shaft on positions which are eccentric to the rotary shaft and are around the rotary drive shaft in a circumferential direction; and a plurality of crushing hammers swingably mounted to the support shafts. The plurality of crushing hammers are rotated about the rotary drive shaft so as to be erected outward in a radial direction by centrifugal force about the support shafts, respectively, to strike and crush an object to be crushed which is supplied from above the crushing hammers. An erecting angle regulating part is provided to regulate an erecting direction upper limit angle of each of the crushing hammers at a predetermined angle during driving of the rotary drive shaft.
According to the crusher of the present invention, since the erecting angle regulating part is provided to regulate the erecting direction upper limit angle of the crushing hammer at the predetermined angle, the object to be crushed can be struck and crushed in a state that the crushing hammer is tilted.
Thus, crushing efficiency by the crushing hammer to the object to be crushed is improved, the striking reaction force received by the crushing hammer can be reduced, and the noise and vibration of the crusher can be reduced.
Further, since the erecting angle of the crushing hammer is regulated, starting torque of the rotary drive shaft can be reduced. With this configuration, miniaturization and cost reduction of the crusher can be attained by miniaturization and cost reduction of a motor for driving the rotary drive shaft.
Hereinafter, an embodiment of a crusher according to the present invention will be described based on
As illustrated in
The rotor 15 is mounted to a horizontal rotary drive shaft 17 as in
The casing 16 is provided between the right and left bearings 18. A periphery of the rotary drive shaft 17 and the rotor 15 is covered with this casing 16. As seen in
The lid part 16b can be opened to a front side with a support shaft 35 provided at a lower part thereof as a center. When an internal component, such as the rotor 15, is inspected, the lid part 16b is opened to the front side, as illustrated by chain lines in
An input port 30 to which objects to be crushed W are inputted is formed at an upper part of the casing 16. The input port 30 is connected with an input port 31 provided on an upper surface of the exterior case 11. An internally opening type lid plate 33 is provided at the input port 31. The lid plate 33 is closed by a spring (not illustrated), as illustrated by solid lines in
Further, a screen member 32 formed by bending a metal plate into an arc shape is provided at a lower part of the casing 16. This screen member 32 is a member for making sizes of the objects to be crushed uniform, and many circular holes 32a having a predetermined size are formed.
A crushed object accommodation box 40 for accommodating crushed objects dropped from the above-described screen member 32 is provided below the crusher body 12. This crushed object accommodation box 40 can be taken out to outside by opening a front door 41.
It is desirable that the crushed object accommodation box 40 be formed of a transparent plastic or the like and a container whose inside is visible. Further, an inspection window 42, to which a transparent plate is fitted, is provided at the front door 41. Therefore, in a state that the front door 41 is closed, a condition of the crushed objects inside the crushed object accommodation box 40 can be checked through the inspection window 42.
Next, a structure of the rotor 15 will be described. As illustrated in
The rotating disks 14 illustrated in
A collar 48 for protecting the rotary drive shaft 17 is installed in an outer circumference of the rotary drive shaft 17. The mutual distance between the rotating disks 14 is regulated by this collar 48.
In the embodiment of the present invention, as illustrated in
In contrast, in
In
On the other hand, in the central space of
In
In this way, a total of six crushing hammers 13 are mounted to the rotary drive shaft 17 from the first column space to the fifth column space, the respective crushing hammers 13 are distributedly disposed uniformly in an axial direction and a circumferential direction of the rotary drive shaft 17. Further, the respective right and left three crushing hammers 13 are disposed symmetrically with respect to a central part of the right and left pair of bearings 18, that is, with respect to a longitudinal direction center of the rotary drive shaft 17.
Therefore, a space sufficient to receive the objects to be crushed is secured between the plurality of crushing hammers 13, and a rotational balance between the crushing hammers 13 and the rotating disks 14 is maintained. With this configuration, an efficient crushing process of the objects to be crushed can be attained.
Four shaft holes 14b are formed at a circumferential edge part of the rotating disk 14 at an equal interval (interval of) 90° in the circumferential direction. The support shafts 44 for supporting the rotary drive shaft 17 and the crushing hammers 13 are penetrated through these shaft holes 14b.
The support shafts 44 extend parallel to the rotary drive shaft 17 and penetrate the six rotating disks 14 in the same way as the rotary drive shaft 17. Both end parts of the support shaft 44 protrude by a short distance to outside from outer surfaces of the right and left pair of the rotating disks 14 disposed on both end sides of the rotary drive shaft 17.
The two kinds of collars 46, 47 having different widths (axis direction lengths) are installed in an outer circumference of the support shaft 44 between the rotating disks 14. The one having a large width is the first collar 46, and the one having a small width is the second collar 47. The first collar 46 having a large width is installed in the support shaft 44, to which the crushing hammer 13 is not mounted.
The first collar 46 regulates the mutual distance between the rotating disks 14 and also functions as a hammer receiver receiving the crushing hammer 13. In other words, when the crushing hammer 13 strikes the object to be crushed, the crushing hammer 13 is swung in a direction opposite to the rotating direction by its reaction force. When the crushing hammer 13 swings in the direction opposite to the rotating direction, a tip side rear edge part of the crushing hammer 13 abuts on the first collar 46 serving as the hammer receiver. With this configuration, a swinging position of the crushing hammer 13 in the direction opposite to the erecting direction is regulated.
Since the crushing hammer 13 repeatedly collides with the first collar 46, wear of the first collar 46 proceeds corresponding to operating time of the crusher 10. Therefore, the first collar 46 is an expendable component which must be replaced depending on a predetermined operating time of the crusher 10.
On the other hand, the second collar 47 having a small width is installed in the outer circumference of the support shaft 44, to which the crushing hammer 13 is mounted. The second collar 47 regulates the mutual distance between the rotating disks 14 together with the crushing hammer 13.
As illustrated in
A circular recessed part 14c for accommodating the C-ring 45 is formed on the outer surfaces of the rotating disks 14 at both ends. This recessed part 14c is a part for protecting the C-ring 45, and direct collision of the crushed object against the C-ring 45 is prevented by the recessed part 14c.
The support shaft 44 can be easily pulled out from the rotating disks 14 in the axial direction by removing at least one of the C-rings 45. When the support shaft 44 is pulled out, the crushing hammer 13 and the collars 46, 47 can be removed. Thus, the crushing hammer 13 can be replaced with a different kind of hammer, or the crushing hammer 13 and the collars 46, 47, which have reached the end of life, can be replaced with a new crushing hammer 13 and new collars 46, 47.
A hole part 13a, through which the support shaft 44 is inserted, is formed at one end part of the crushing hammer 13. The end part of the crushing hammer 13, on which this hole part 13a is disposed, is diagonally cut so as to form a tilted part 13b.
The tilted part 13b is provided to prevent abase end side angular part of the crushing hammer 13 from greatly jumping out outward in a radial direction from an outer circumference of the rotating disk 14 when the crushing hammer 13 collides with the object to be crushed during rotation and is brought down to a rear side in the rotating direction as illustrated by chain lines. When the base end side angular part jumps out to outside, there is a possibility that the object to be crushed collides with this part, the crushing hammer 13 is damaged, and a crack is generated around the hole part 13a. It should be noted that, instead of the tilted part 13b, the part may be an arc part conforming the outer circumference of the rotating disk 14.
An abutment part 13c is formed adjacent to a terminal side of the tilted part 13b of the crushing hammer 13. This abutment part 13c is disposed on a linear rear edge of the crushing hammer 13. When the crushing hammer 13 is erected by centrifugal force as illustrated by solid lines in
An erecting angle regulating part 50 is formed of the abutment part 13c of the crushing hammer 13 and the third collar 48. In this embodiment, an erecting angle of the crushing hammer 13 is set to approximately 50°.
In other words, an angle θ1 formed by a tip side front edge part (blade part 13d) of the crushing hammer 13 and a straight line connecting the rotary drive shaft 17 and the support shaft 44 is set to approximately 50°. Needless to say, the angle θ1 can be appropriately changed depending on the type of the object to be crushed or the like.
In other words, the angle θ1 can be set to, for example, a predetermined angle between 10° and 80°. Further, the angle θ1 can be desirably set to the predetermined angle between 20° and 70°, more desirably between 30° and 60°, and further more desirably between 35° and 55°.
In the crusher 10 of the present embodiment, when the above-described angle θ1 is 10° or less, a noise and vibration reduction effect of the crusher 10 can be hardly obtained and a starting torque reduction effect of the rotary drive shaft 17 can be hardly obtained as well. Further, when the angle θ1 is 80° or more, a crushing reduction effect of the objects to be crushed can be hardly obtained.
The blade part 13d having a sharpened edge part and a predetermined length is formed at the front edge part of the crushing hammer 13 on a side opposite to the hole part 13a, i.e., the tip side front edge part of the crushing hammer 13. This blade part 13d is formed at an acute angle having a V-shaped cross section for improving crushing capacity or crushing efficiency, and an angle θ2 of the blade part 13d is approximately 50° in the present embodiment. Needless to say, the angle θ2 can be changed depending on the type of the object to be crushed or the like.
In the embodiment of the present invention, each crushing hammer 13 is rotated in a tilted state (θ1=50° in the illustrated example) as in
Because of this, since the crushing efficiency of the object to be crushed by the blade part 13d is improved and the striking reaction force received by the crushing hammer 13 is reduced, the noise and vibration of the crusher 10 can be reduced.
Further, since the erecting angle of the crushing hammer 13 is regulated by the aforementioned erecting angle regulating part 50, the starting torque of the rotary drive shaft 17 can be reduced. With this configuration, miniaturization and cost reduction of the crusher 10 can be achieved by miniaturization and cost reduction of the motor used for driving the rotary drive shaft 17.
The blade part 13d of the above-described crushing hammer 13 is formed linearly in the illustrated example. However, it is not always necessary that the blade part 13d is formed linearly. The blade part 13d may also be formed in an arched shape. In other words, the blade part 13d may also be formed in an arc shape so as to protrude forward. With such an arched shape, a so-called “pulling and cutting” effect of the blade part 13d can be enhanced, the crushing efficiency is further improved, and at the same time, the life of the crushing hammer 13 can be improved.
The crusher 10 according to the embodiment of the present invention is structured as described above. When the rotary drive shaft 17 is rotated by the motor 21 so as to rotate the crushing hammers 13, the objects to be crushed supplied from above the crushing hammers 13 are crushed by the crushing hammers 13. The crushed objects are dropped downward from the circular holes 32a of the screen member 32 and accommodated within the crushed object accommodation box 40.
When the crushing hammer 13 is rotated, first, as illustrated by the chain lines in
In this embodiment, the tilted angle θ1 is approximately 50°. Needless to say, the tilted angle is not limited to approximately 50° and can be changed depending on the type of the object to be crushed, the type of the crushing hammer 13 to be used, the number of rotations of the rotary drive shaft 17, or the like.
The crushing hammer 13 does not always maintain the above-described tilted angle θ1 during the rotation. When abutting on the object to be crushed, the crushing hammer 13 itself swings in a clockwise direction (rearward) as illustrated due to the reaction force in a collision with the object to be crushed while crushing the object to be crushed. Due to this rearward swing, the crushing hammer 13 collides with the collar 46 on the rear side in the rotating direction. However, the crushing hammer 13 is swung again so as to rebound in the arrow direction due to the action of this collision reaction force and the centrifugal force, and returns to the erecting state at the above-described tilted angle θ1 in a short time.
While repeating such a swing at high speed, the crushing hammer 13 successively crushes the objects to be crushed. In a case of a small object to be crushed or a relatively soft object to be crushed, the crushing hammer 13 does not necessarily swing to the collar 46 on the rear side. Before abutting the collar 46, the crushing hammer 13 is rotated in the arrow direction (counterclockwise direction) by the action of centrifugal force and returns to the original tilted angle θ1.
As illustrated by the chain lines in
As illustrated, the radius of gyration of the tip part of the crushing hammer 13 is increased to R2 during the rotation. With this configuration, the object to be crushed can be strongly crushed due to the increase in circumferential speed. Moreover, since the crushing hammer 13 is tilted rearward in the rotating direction at the angle θ1, the angle θ2 of the blade part 13d is more sharpened than the actual angle, and even a hard object to be crushed can be easily crushed by small impulsive force. Therefore, the reaction force acted on the crushing hammer 13 at the time of crushing can be reduced, an increase in the life of the crushing hammer 13, an increase in the life of the collar 46, and a decrease in the vibration and noise of the crusher 10 can be attained.
The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment and various variations are possible. For example, it is not necessary that the number of rotating disks 14 is always six. The number of rotating disks 14 may be six or more or four or less as long as it is two or more. In short, the crushing hammers 13 can be provided in arbitrary number of multiple columns.
Further, it is not necessary that the support shaft 44 of the crushing hammer 13 is always supported by the rotating disk 14. A suitable supporting member which can be replaced with the rotating disk 14 maybe used. In short, the supporting member may have any structure as long as the erecting angle regulating part 50 which regulates the erecting direction upper limit angle of the crushing hammer at the predetermined angle can be provided such that the swinging type crushing hammer 13 can be rotated with being tilted rearward in the rotating direction at the predetermined angle.
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/JP2014/064387 | 5/30/2014 | WO | 00 |