1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a braking device and electric winch, and more particularly to a plane braking device for electric winches and electric winch.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Electric brakes pull goods via reeling tight wire rope for self-aid and buddy aid in automobile accidents in the fields. For avoiding stall of tight wire rope caused by sudden power cut during retracting, braking devices are disposed for ensuring safe operation. A braking device for power winches disclosed in Chinese Patent Publish No. CN2484297Y includes a gear box, a braking cover, a section of gear shaft, a section of core shaft extending from a motor shaft, a wedge shape piece A, a wedge shape piece B, a braking clutch base, an elastic element, a brake plate and so on. The braking device uses the section of core shaft extending from the motor shaft to drive the braking clutch base to rotate. Inner double flanges in the braking clutch base simultaneously drive the wedge shape piece A and the wedge shape piece B to rotate. At this time, the braking plate on the wedge shape piece B and a friction tapered face of the gear box still keep a gap therebetween, so the braking device is in a non-braking state. When the motor suddenly stops, the inertia of the braking clutch base causes that the wedge shape piece B moves axially while rotating to drive the braking plate to achieve the single tapered face braking for the gear box. However, the braking device has the shortcomings that the braking area and the braking force produced by the single tapered face braking is small, slipping phenomena are easy to occur, and the braking plate directly acts on the tapered face of the gear box, which will easily make the tapered face to be wearing directly, so that the tapered face lose braking efficacy and the gear box must be replaced, which causes that the difficult maintenance and high replacement cost of parts.
This kind of present electric winch usually includes left and right support racks, a drum, a rotating shaft, a connecting shaft, a braking device disposed on the connecting shaft, a clutch device disposed on the rotating shaft and so on. A motor transfers power to the connecting shaft and the rotating shaft and drives the drum to rotate backward or forward via shaft teeth and planetary gears which engage with each other on the rotating shaft. The clutch device can control the motor shaft to transfer power to the drum. The braking device controls the connecting shaft to stop or rotate, thereby improving operation security and usage convenience. The present electric winch can have not only an effect of rapid clutch but also an effect of rapid braking, which is convenient for use. However, the electric winch still has a lot of structure shortcomings, for example, the braking device has structure performance not good enough and generally achieves a braking effect based on hard friction between metals, which causes that the parts are easy to be worn, so the braking device has a short service life and bad stability and operation security; and the parts of the clutch device have a complicated manufacturing process, which increases the manufacture costs.
An object of the present invention is to provide a plane braking device for electric winches and electric winch, wherein the plane braking device has a large braking area, good braking effects and low replacement cost of parts and avoids wearing the gear box directly, and the electric winch has the advantages of good structure performance, stable working performance, good operation security, simple manufacturing process, low manufacture costs and a long service life.
To achieve the above-mentioned object, a plane braking device for an electric winch and electric winch in accordance with the present invention is disclosed.
A plane braking device for electric winches includes: a gear box fixed on an electric winch; a braking cover fixedly connected with the gear box; a section of hollow gear shaft inserted in a shaft hole of the gear box and supported by a bearing; a section of core shaft extending from a motor shaft and passing through the hollow gear shaft, wherein one extended end portion of the core shaft which extends out of the hollow gear shaft is a polyhedron; a wedge shape piece A setting the hollow gear shaft and engaging with the hollow gear shaft, wherein a left end face of the wedge shape piece A is a cam face formed by double tapered faces, a right end face of the wedge shape piece A is limited axially by a C-ring, and an outer double flange structure is arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface along an outer circumference face of the wedge shape piece A; a wedge shape piece B setting on the hollow gear shaft, wherein a right end face of the wedge shape piece B is a cam face formed by double tapered faces which engage with the wedge shape piece A, an outer double flange structure is arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface along an outer circumference face of the wedge shape piece B; a plurality of braking plates; an elastic element bushing on the section of hollow gear shaft and abutting against the wedge shape piece B; a braking clutch base which has a center setting the end portion of the section of core shaft and combined with the polyhedron of the end portion, wherein a bearing supports between the braking clutch base and the braking cover, and an inner double flange structure is formed on an inner circumference face of the braking clutch base, matching to the outer double flange structures of the wedge shape piece A and the wedge shape piece B, to push the outer double flange structure of the wedge shape piece A to rotate thereby pushing the wedge shape piece B to move axially; a fixing ring closely disposed on an inner shoulder of the gear box; a wedge shape support setting on the section of hollow gear shaft; and a plurality of stopping pieces which is disposed between the wedge shape support and the wedge shape piece B and setting on the section of hollow gear shaft and engaged and drive-connected with the section of hollow gear shaft, the braking plates limited radially to rotate by a plurality of fixing ring and the elastic element are disposed between the stopping piece and the wedge shape piece B.
A plurality of extending sections axially extends from one end face of the fixing ring to form open slots arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface along a circumference of the fixing ring, and the braking plates has keys arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface on a circumference thereof and movably inserted in the open slots of the fixing ring.
The number of braking plates arranged axially is 4-6.
The wedge shape piece B has a ring groove formed in a left end face thereof for receiving the elastic element.
Comparing with the prior art, the present invention uses the friction braking of the multi-planes to replace the friction braking of the single tapered face, and there is no friction braking existing between the braking plates and the gear box. The optimal material selection for the wedge shape support, the stopping pieces and the wedge shape piece B can ensure that the friction wear faces concentrate in the braking plates and the braking area increases greatly, so the braking force increases and the braking is safer. Additionally, when the braking wear is serious, it only needs to replace the braking plates made of friction materials, which can simplify maintenance and reduce the costs greatly.
An electric winch includes left and right support racks; a drum disposed between the support racks and having two ends supported by bushings; a connecting shaft disposed in the drum and driven to rotate by a motor; a rotating shaft drive-connected with the connecting shaft and having a plurality of shaft teeth each of which engages with a corresponding planetary gear and drives the drum to rotate in clockwise and anticlockwise direction based on the rotation of the planetary gear inside the gear; a braking device which is disposed on the connecting shaft, a clutch device is disposed on the rotating shaft, wherein
a. The braking device includes a braking base which drive-connected with a motor shaft, wherein a wedge shape piece A and a wedge shape piece B are assembled in the braking base based on cam faces and driven to rotate by the braking base, internal teeth of the wedge shape piece A engage with external teeth of the connecting shaft, and on one adjacent side of the wedge shape piece B, a braking plate and a stopping piece, which are pushed to brake by a spiral spring, and the spiral spring is disposed between the wedge block B and the braking plate on the connecting shaft;
b. and the clutch device which includes a clutch base fixed on the support racks, wherein a bottom of the clutch base is a rising and falling protruding face which has blocking points disposed thereon; a clutch handle is disposed on the clutch base, and integral inserting feet extend from an end face of the handle; a rotation base is disposed in the clutch base and driven to rotate by the integral inserting feet of the handle; two symmetrical protruding blocks are disposed on an outer circumference face of the rotation base and pushed by the convex face of the clutch base and limited by the blocking points, and a C-ring II and a copper washer are disposed between the adjacent shaft teeth on the rotating shaft and fastened on the rotating shaft.
The plurality of shaft gear are third section shaft gear, second section shaft gear and first section shaft gear which drive-connected with the rotating shaft, which are setting on the rotating shaft, the corresponding first section shaft gear engage with first section planetary gears, the second section shaft gear engage with second section planetary gears, and the third section shaft gear engage with third section planetary gears; first grade transmission pieces are disposed between the first section planetary gears and the second section shaft gear, and second grade transmission pieces are disposed between the second section planetary gears and the third section shaft gear; and the third section planetary gears are disposed on the drum.
An axle bushing is disposed on the integral gear shafts of the drum, between the third section planetary gears and the drum.
A friction block is disposed between a bottom of the rotation base and an end portion of the rotating shaft.
Comparing with the prior art, the present invention uses the braking device and the clutch device with improved structures, wherein the clutch device uses the flexible braking plate and stopping piece and pushes the braking plate and the stopping piece to cling to each other based on the relative rotation of the wedge shape piece A and the wedge shape piece B of which the cam faces are engaged to each other, to achieve the braking effect, so the braking device can reduce wear of parts caused by hard friction, extend its service life; furthermore, besides ensuring good work stability and operation security of the clutch, the present invention only needs to turn the handle to push the rotating base and the rotating shaft to move axially so that the shaft teeth are detached from the planetary gears to achieve the clutch, which simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces manufacture costs effectively to meet the market requirements.
The following is the detailed description of the embodiment of the present invention in connection with the appended drawings.
As shown in
The fixing ring 20 is closely disposed on the inner shoulder of the gear box 4. Three extending sections, which are arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface along the circumference of the fixing ring 20, axially extend from one end face of the fixing ring 20, thereby forming three open slots along the circumference in the fixing ring.
The wedge shape support 5 surrounds the section of hollow gear shaft 2 with gap thereof and the wedge shape support 5 is made of the wear resistant alloy steel.
The stopping piece 21 has an inner hole with a multikey structure. The stopping piece 21 sets on the second of hollow gear shaft 2 and engages with the second of hollow gear shaft 2 to establish a transmission relationship. The embodiment has one stopping piece, so it has two braking plates. Friction materials adhere to two sides of each metal piece which is used for manufacturing the braking plate, and are respectively disposed between the wedge shape support 5 and the stopping piece 21 and between the stopping piece 21 and the wedge shape piece B 8, thereby forming four contacting friction surfaces. So the friction area increases, which further causes that a braking force increases. The number of the braking plate 6 can be increased or reduced according to power requirements. Each braking plate 6 has three keys arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface on the circumference surface thereof. The keys can be movably inserted in the open slots of the fixing ring 20 so that the braking plates 6 are limited in the radial direction by the fixing ring 20 and can only rotate in a small space.
The elastic element 7 is a pagoda-shaped left-hand spring and disposed between the stopping piece 21 and the wedge shape piece B 8 which are made of wear resistant alloy steel, one end fastened in a hole of the section of hollow gear shaft 2 and the other end fastened in a hole of a ring groove 17 of the wedge shape piece B 8. The elastic element 7 is convenient for pushing the wedge shape piece B when there is no need of braking, thereby relieving the thrust acting on the braking plates 6 and forming gaps between the braking plate and the stopping piece and between the braking plate and the wedge shape support (as shown in
The section of hollow gear shaft 2 passes through a shaft hole of the wedge shape piece B 8, and there is no direct transmission relation between the wedge shape piece B 8 and the section of hollow gear shaft 2. An inner hole of the wedge shape piece A 9 is a splined gear hole which can engage with splined teeth of the section of hollow gear shaft 2 thereby forming a direct transmission relation therebetween, and at the same time, the wedge shape piece A 9 is axially limited by a group of C-shaped C-rings 10 which disposed on the hollow gear shaft 2 in order to limit and prevent the move of the wedge shape piece A. Combination end faces of the wedge shape piece B and the wedge shape piece A are cam faces 16 formed by double-inclined-faces. When the cam faces of the wedge shape piece B and the wedge shape piece A are combined with each other, the mechanism is in a non-braking state; and when the cam faces of the wedge shape piece B and the wedge block A, which are formed by double-inclined-faces, are detached from each other, the wedge shape piece A pushes the wedge shape piece B to move towards the left axially so that the mechanism is in a braking state where the mechanism abuts against the braking plates (as shown in
A braking clutch base 11 has a center shaft hole which is a hexahedral hole. The braking clutch base 11 sets on the hexahedron 18 of the end portion of the section of core shaft 1 and has a direct driving relation with the section of core shaft 1. The bearing 12 supports between the braking clutch base 11 and the braking cover 13. The braking clutch base 11 has an inner double flange structure 19 arranged with homogeneous distribution on the outer surface along the circumference thereof (as shown in
When a heavy load needs to be lifted, users can press a clockwise press button so that the motor core shaft rotates in clockwise direction. When the motor drives its core shaft to rotate, the braking clutch base is driven immediately and the inner double flanges in the braking clutch base are pushed to abut against the outer double flanges of the wedge shape piece A and the outer double flanges of the wedge shape piece B, so that the wedge shape pieces A, B can be synchronously driven to rotate (as shown in
The braking effect produced in the process of lifting the heavy load to a higher position is described above. In another process that the heavy load is lowered from a higher position to a lower position, when the heavy load has been lifted to the end of the wire rope and hung in the air, the braking effect, which is described above and produced when the power is off, as shown in
Accordingly, the present invention has the braking effect after assembly. Once the motor works (in clockwise or anticlockwise direction), the braking effect disappears; and when the power is off or cut suddenly, the braking effect is instantly produced, and the heavier the heavy load is, the greater the braking force is, thereby ensuring safe and convenient use.
As shown in
An electric winch includes two left and right support racks 91, a drum 93 disposed between the two support racks 91 and having two ends supported by bushings, and a connecting shaft 929 disposed in the drum 93 and driven by a motor. The connecting shaft 929 is supported on a small bearing 98 and a braking device is disposed on the connecting shaft 929 to stop the connecting shaft 929 rotating. The braking device, as shown in
The connecting shaft 929 is drive-connected with the rotating shaft 928 based on the inner hexagon structure. The structures of parts disposed on the rotating shaft 928 are shown in
A clutch device is disposed on the rotating shaft 928, a clutch shaft engaging with the drum 93. The clutch device, as shown in
During use of the present invention, the motor starts, and the forward and the backward motor shafts 933 drive the braking base 931 to rotate. The braking base 931 drives the wedge shape piece A 4 and the wedge shape piece B 5 disposed in the braking base to rotate. The wedge shape piece A 4 drives the connecting shaft 929 to rotate via the internal teeth 938. The connecting shaft 929 drives the rotating shaft 928 and the first section shaft gear 920 on the rotating shaft 928 to rotate via the inner hexagon structure. At this time, after power enters the engaged first section shaft gear 920 and first section planetary gears 913, power is transferred to the engaged second section shaft gear 923 and second section planetary gears 912 through the first grade transmission pieces 911, and then transferred to the engaged third section shaft gear 926 and third section planetary gears 910 through the second grade transmission pieces 935. The third section planetary gears 910 rotate around the ring gear 934 under function of power, while they can drive the drum 93 to rotate in clockwise or anticlockwise direction, thereby pulling goods via reeling wire rope on the drum 93.
During the work process of the braking device, as shown in
During the work process of the clutch device, as shown in
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