The present application is based on and claims priority to Chinese Application No. 201610810478.X, filed on Sep. 6, 2016, entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a movable tunnel braking system, and also relates to a passenger boarding bridge having the movable tunnel braking system.
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The passenger boarding bridge may be used in the airport for passengers to board on the airplane. After the tunnel C 23 docks with an aircraft, the passenger can enter the passenger boarding bridge through the turntable 1, then pass through the tunnel A 21, the tunnel B 22 and the tunnel C 23 in turn, and finally enter the airplane. Of course, the passenger boarding bridge may also be installed on ferry ports for passengers to board on a ship. Thus, the passenger boarding bridge may also be called a boarding bridge or other names.
In use, the retracting wire rope 51 and the tensile wire rope 52 may be broken, and the passenger boarding bridge is not in a horizontal state under many circumstances, if the retracting wire rope 51 or the tensile wire rope 52 is broken, the tunnel B 22 will move uncontrolledly which results safety hazards. It is necessary to be able to brake the tunnel B 22 under the circumstance that the wire rope is broken, in order to ensure the safety of personnel in the tunnel. The existing tunnel braking system has a complicated structure and low reliability.
It should be noted that the Background portion contains the contents which are merely used to reinforce understanding of the background technology of the present disclosure, and thus may include information that does not constitute the prior art as already known by an ordinary person skilled in the art.
An object of the present disclosure is to overcome the above-mentioned shortcomings of the prior art. It is provided with a movable tunnel braking system that may brake two tunnels adjacent to each other when the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken. The movable passage braking system has a simple structure and high reliability.
Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a passenger boarding bridge having the movable tunnel braking system.
Additional aspects and advantages of the disclosure will be in part set forth in the description below, and in part will become obvious from the description, or may be learned from practice of the present disclosure.
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a movable tunnel braking system for a passenger boarding bridge. The passenger boarding bridge includes a plurality of tunnels that are sequentially sleeve-connected with one another, and a tensile wire rope and a retracting wire rope that are connected to the plurality of the tunnels. Wherein the movable tunnel braking system includes a brake plate, a brake pin and a triggering device. The brake plate is fixedly disposed at a first tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, and the brake plate is provided with a plurality of brake slots; the brake pin that is movably disposed at a second tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, which is sleeve-connected with the first tunnel and can be combined with the brake slot; and the triggering device includes a mechanical blocking portion, a linkage mechanism and a tensile spring, the mechanical blocking portion is fixedly disposed at the second tunnel; the linkage mechanism is movably disposed at the second tunnel, and is connected to one end of the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope, and the linkage mechanism abuts against the mechanical blocking portion under action of a tension of the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope; and the tensile spring that has two ends respectively connected to the linkage mechanism and the second tunnel, so that when the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken, the linkage mechanism is driven to move and drives the brake pin to combine with the brake slot, to brake the first tunnel and the second tunnel.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the brake pin is hinged to the second tunnel; two brake pins and two triggering devices are provided; the two linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are connected to one end of the tensile wire rope and the retracting wire rope, respectively; and the two linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are connected to one of the brake pins, respectively.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the brake pin is hinged to the second tunnel; the second tunnel is provided with a positioning spring that provides a pulling force for the brake pin to disconnect the brake pin from the brake slot; the triggering device is provided with two; the two linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are connected to one end of the tensile wire rope and the retracting wire rope, respectively; and the two linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are connected to the same brake pin.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the linkage mechanism includes:
a first hinged seat that is fixedly disposed at the second tunnel;
a first hinged rod that is connected to the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope;
a second hinged rod that has one end hinged to the first hinged seat and the other end hinged to the first hinged rod and capable of abutting against the mechanical blocking portion, the tensile spring being connected to the second hinged rod;
a third hinged rod having one end hinged to the first hinged seat;
a fourth hinged rod having two ends respectively hinged to the third hinged rod and the brake pin; wherein,
the second hinged rod can be rotated by a certain angle to drive the third hinged rod to rotate, such that the third hinged rod drives the fourth hinged rod to move, and the fourth hinged rod drive the brake pin to combine with the brake slot.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the certain angle is in a range of 5° to 30°.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the linkage mechanism includes:
a main hinged rod that has one end coaxially hinged with the brake pin and the other end in contact with the mechanical blocking portion, and the main hinged rod being connected to the tensile spring;
an intermediate hinged shaft that is hinged to the main hinged rod;
a connecting bolt that has one end connected to the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope and the other end connected to the intermediate hinged shaft.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the main hinged rod includes a body and a connecting handle disposed at one end of the body; the connecting handle is coaxially hinged with the brake pin; the body can be rotated by a certain angle to contact with the brake pin so as to drive the brake pin to be combined with the brake slot.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, wherein the certain angle is in a range of 5° to 30°.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the brake slot is a waist-shaped slot, a circular slot, a square slot, a trapezoidal slot or a V-shaped slot.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the movable tunnel braking system further includes a travel switch for detecting whether the brake pin is combined with the brake slot.
According to another aspect of the present disclosure, a passenger boarding bridge including the movable tunnel braking system is provided. The passenger boarding bridge includes a plurality of tunnels that are sequentially sleeve-connected with one another, and a tensile wire rope and a retracting wire rope that are connected to the plurality of the tunnels. Wherein the movable tunnel braking system includes a brake plate, a brake pin and a triggering device. The brake plate is fixedly disposed at a first tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, and the brake plate is provided with a plurality of brake slots; the brake pin that is movably disposed at a second tunnel of the plurality of tunnels, which is sleeve-connected with the first tunnel and can be combined with the brake slot; and the triggering device includes a mechanical blocking portion, a linkage mechanism and a tensile spring, the mechanical blocking portion is fixedly disposed at the second tunnel; the linkage mechanism is movably disposed at the second tunnel, and is connected to one end of the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope, and the linkage mechanism abuts against the mechanical blocking portion under action of a tension of the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope; and the tensile spring that has two ends respectively connected to the linkage mechanism and the second tunnel, so that when the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken, the linkage mechanism is driven to move and drives the brake pin to combine with the brake slot, to brake the first tunnel and the second tunnel.
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the passenger boarding bridge has three tunnels.
It can be seen from the technical solutions as above described that the advantages and advantageous effects of the present disclosure are as follows:
The movable tunnel braking system of the present disclosure brakes two adjacent tunnels of the passenger boarding bridge by a brake plate, a brake pin and a triggering device. The movable tunnel braking system has a simple and compact structure and is installed conveniently. And the movable tunnel braking system of the present disclosure may be realized completely by means of the mechanical structure, due to extremely high action reliability, can brake the movable tunnel effectively when the tensile wire rope or the retracting wire rope is broken, thereby ensuring the safety of passenger.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present disclosure when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
Now, the exemplary embodiments will be described more fully with reference to the accompany drawings. However, the exemplary embodiments can be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Instead, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and the concept of the exemplary embodiment will fully conveyed to those skilled in the art. Same reference signs denote the same or similar structures in the accompany drawings, and thus the detailed description thereof will be omitted.
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In this embodiment, the first tunnel is a tunnel B 22, and the second tunnel is a tunnel C 23. However, it should be noted that the “first tunnel” and the “second tunnel” in this embodiment are merely used to indicate one of two tunnels that are adjacent and sleeve-connected with each other, but not limit the tunnel. For example, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the first tunnel may also represent the tunnel C 23 and the second tunnel is the tunnel B 22. At the same time, the number of tunnels of the passenger boarding bridge is not limited to two, but may also be three or more.
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The brake pin 67 may be used to combine with the brake slot 224 at the brake plate 223. That is to say, the brake pin 67 may be protruded into the brake slot 224 to combine with the brake slot 224 together, in this way, the relative movement between the first tunnel and the second tunnel may be restricted, so as to ensure the safety of people in the tunnel. The brake pin 67 may be triggered by a triggering device to perform the corresponding action of combining with the brake slot 224. It should be understood by the person skilled in the art that for the present disclosure, the specific action modes of the brake pin 67 are not limited. For example, the brake pin 67 may be slidably disposed at the second tunnel, and may slide into the brake slot 224. In this embodiment, the brake pin 67 is hinged to the second tunnel, by rotating the brake pin 67, a distal end of the brake pin 67 may enter into the brake slot 224.
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Furthermore, the triggering device will be described in detail. For the movable tunnel braking system of the present disclosure, the number of the brake pin 67 and the triggering device may be adjusted as needed. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the brake pin 67 and the triggering device each may be configured in two, and the linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are respectively connected to the tensile wire rope 52 and the retracting wire rope 51. The linkage mechanism of each of the triggering devices is connected to one of the brake pins 67.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the number of the brake pin 67 and the triggering device may be only one, so that the linkage mechanism of the triggering device is connected to the tensile wire rope 52 or the retracting wire rope 51. One set of movable tunnel braking system may detect breakage of the tensile wire rope 52 or the retracting wire rope 51. Two sets of the movable tunnel braking systems may be provided to detect the state of the tensile wire rope 52 and the retracting wire rope 51.
In this embodiment, the number of the triggering devices is two. The linkage mechanisms of the two triggering devices are respectively connected to one end of the tensile wire rope 52 and the retracting wire rope 51. And the two linkage mechanisms are also connected to the same brake pin 67. In this way, the tensile wire rope 52 and the retracting wire rope 51 may be detected, and may be broken by the action of one brake pin 67, to improve reliability of the action while reducing the number of the parts. Referring to
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The movable tunnel braking system of the present disclosure, a braking process may be completely realized by means of a mechanical structure, without using any electrical component, to avoid unreliability of the electrical components. The electrical components only play an auxiliary function of transmitting detection signals to the control system of the passenger boarding bridge. Thus, the movable tunnel braking system has an extremely high reliability, and can be braked reliably even in the event of an unexpected power failure.
The embodiment of the present disclosure further discloses a passenger boarding bridge having the movable tunnel braking system, which may have three or more tunnels.
While the present disclosure has been described in detail in connection with the exemplary embodiments, it should be readily understood that the present disclosure is not limited to such disclosed embodiments. Rather, various alternations and equivalents of such metes and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.
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