Tornado simulation device

By simulating a tornado device and using blades and air guide holes to form a rotating airflow, the problem of the public having difficulty observing the formation of tornadoes is solved, and an intuitive tornado simulation effect is achieved.

CN223471358UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-24河南省气象服务中心河南省气象影视和宣传中心
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Application Number
CN202422387318.1
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-29
Publication Date
2025-10-24
Estimated Expiration
2034-09-29

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Technical Problem

It is difficult for the public to intuitively understand the formation process and principles of tornadoes due to the lack of effective observation equipment.

Method used

A tornado simulation device was designed, including a cylinder, an L-shaped tube, an air guide and a dry ice smoke generator. Through the design of blades and air guide holes, a rotating airflow was formed to simulate the movement state of a tornado.

Benefits of technology

The dry ice smoke is made to appear like a tornado, allowing observers to directly observe the tornado formation process, thereby improving the public's awareness.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a tornado simulation device, which comprises a barrel, an L-shaped pipe and a wind guide piece, the vertical section of the L-shaped pipe is arranged at the central axis of the barrel, the end part of the horizontal section of the L-shaped pipe penetrates through the peripheral wall of the barrel and is connected with a dry ice smoke generator, the vertical section of the L-shaped pipe is rotatably sleeved with a sleeve, the sleeve is driven by a driving piece to rotate, and the wind guide piece is connected with the driving piece. Inclined blades I are arrayed on the peripheral wall of the sleeve; the air guide part comprises air cylinders and a rotating ring, the air cylinders are arrayed on the inner wall of the cylinder body, inclined air outlet holes are formed in the peripheral walls of the sides, facing the center of the cylinder body, of the multiple air cylinders, and a rotating rod with the upper end rotationally connected with the inner top face of the air cylinder and the lower end extending out of the air cylinder is arranged in each air cylinder; inclined second blades located in the corresponding air duct are arrayed on each rotating rod, the outer ends of the first blades are jointly connected with a rotating ring, and the outer ring face of the rotating ring makes friction contact with the multiple rotating rods stretching out of the air duct. The utility model solves the problem that it is difficult for the public to intuitively understand the process and principle of tornado generation.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to popular science device technical field, concretely relates to a simulation tornado device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Tornado is the vertical air pipe or funnel-shaped rotating airflow that occurs between the bottom of straight cloud system and underlying surface, is a kind of local scale severe weather phenomenon, and the size of tornado is different, but the shape is generally funnel-shaped from big to small, and tornado is a weather phenomenon with extremely destructive power, and understanding its cause, characteristic, classification and defense measure has important significance to reduce the harm caused by it.

[0003] Although most people know the phenomenon of tornado, many people cannot intuitively observe the principle and process of tornado formation, in order to make the public better understand the principle and harm of tornado, improve the natural disaster prevention consciousness of the public, therefore, a device that can observe the generation of tornado at close range is urgently needed. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses to solve the process and principle that the public can not intuitively understand the generation of tornado, provide a simulation tornado device, can improve the cognition of the public to tornado, and the operation is convenient.

[0005] In order to solve the above problem, the technical scheme of the utility model is:

[0006] A simulation tornado device, including cylinder, L type pipe and air guide piece, the bottom plate of cylinder is uniformly distributed with air inlet hole, and the outer bottom surface is equipped with a plurality of supporting legs, the vertical section of L type pipe is arranged at the central axis of cylinder, and the horizontal section end penetrates the peripheral wall of cylinder and is connected with dry ice smoke generator, the vertical section of L type pipe is rotatably sleeved with sleeve pipe, the sleeve pipe is driven to rotate by driving part, the peripheral wall of sleeve pipe is arrayed with inclined blade one, the air guide piece includes air duct and swivel ring, the inner wall of cylinder is arrayed with air duct, the opening end of air duct is located in cylinder, the closed end extends out of cylinder, the peripheral wall on the side of cylinder center of a plurality of air ducts is equipped with inclined air outlet, each air duct is equipped with swivel rod, the upper end of each swivel rod is rotatably connected with the inner top surface of air duct, and the lower end extends out of air duct, each swivel rod is arrayed with inclined blade two in the air duct, the outer end of a plurality of blade one is connected with swivel ring, and the outer ring surface of swivel ring is in frictional contact with a plurality of swivel rods extending out of air duct.

[0007] Further, the inner wall of cylinder on the lower side of a plurality of swivel rods is fixed with bearing ring, and the lower end of a plurality of swivel rods is rotatably connected with bearing ring.

[0008] Furthermore, the lower end of the sleeve is lower than the carrying ring; the driving member includes bevel gear 1 and bevel gear 2, a fixed bevel gear 1 is sleeved on the outer wall of the sleeve, and a horizontal driving rod is rotatably connected to the peripheral wall of the cylinder on the lower side of the carrying ring, one end of the driving rod is connected to bevel gear 2 meshing with bevel gear 1, and the other end is connected to a rotating plate, and a handle is provided on the rotating plate.

[0009] Furthermore, the upper ends of the plurality of blades one are all inclined in the same direction, the upper ends of the blades two on the same rotating rod are all inclined in the same direction, and the inclination direction of the upper end of the blade two on the same rotating rod is opposite to the inclination direction of the blade one.

[0010] Furthermore, the second blade in each of the air ducts is lower than the air outlet, and an air guide plate is provided in the upper part of the cylinder. The middle part of the air guide plate is fixed on the upper part of the vertical section of the L-shaped tube, the air guide plate is lower than the air outlet, and the circumferential surface of the air guide plate is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the cylinder, and multiple air ducts pass through the air guide plate; there are multiple inclined air guide holes in a circular array on the air guide plate, with the inner ends facing the center of the air guide plate, and the upper ends of the air guide holes at the front of the air guide plate are inclined to the left.

[0011] Furthermore, the ends of the air outlet holes on the plurality of air ducts located on the outer wall of the air duct are all inclined in the same direction, and the end of the air outlet holes on the left air duct located on the outer wall of the air duct is inclined backward.

[0012] Through the above technical solution, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:

[0013] When the utility model is in use, during the process of rotating the driving rod, the multiple blades 1 can drive the air to flow upward through the multiple air guide holes. After the air flows through the inclined air guide holes, a rotating airflow can be formed. When the multiple blades 1 rotate, the blade 2 in each air duct rotates synchronously, driving the airflow to flow through the air outlet holes on the multiple air ducts. Under the rotating airflow formed by the multiple air guide holes and the multiple air outlet holes, the dry ice smoke discharged through the L-shaped tube can be driven to rotate in a motion state, so that the dry ice smoke is in a tornado-like motion state, which enables viewers to intuitively observe the process of tornado formation; and the utility model is easy to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] Figure 1 It is a structural diagram of the utility model;

[0015] Figure 2 It is a sectional front view of the utility model;

[0016] Figure 3 This is a cross-sectional top view of the air guide plate connected to the air duct of the utility model (cross-sectional view from the air duct);

[0017] Figure 4 yes Figure 3 Cross-sectional view at AA in the middle (air duct hidden);

[0018] Figure 5 Figure 1 is a structure diagram of the rotating drum, the blade one, the rotating ring and the rotating rod of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 6 Figure 1 is a structure diagram of the utility model's bevel gear one and bevel gear two meshing.

[0020] The figure mark is: 1, the cylinder, 2, L type pipe, 3, air inlet, 4, support leg, 5, dry ice smoke generator, 6, sleeve, 7, blade one, 8, air duct, 9, rotating ring, 10, air outlet, 11, rotating rod, 12, blade two, 13, bearing ring, 14, limit ring, 15, bevel gear one, 16, bevel gear two, 17, drive rod, 18, rotating plate, 19, handle, 20, air deflector, 21, air guide hole, 22, bearing. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] The utility model is further explained in connection with the drawings and specific embodiments as follows:

[0022] As Figures 1-6 Shown, a kind of simulation tornado device, including cylinder 1, L type pipe 2 and air deflector, the cylinder 1 is the circular cylinder of upper end opening, lower end closed, the bottom plate of the cylinder 1 is uniformly distributed with air inlet 3, outer bottom surface is equipped with multiple support legs 4, the air inlet 3 is circular hole body, the support leg 4 is circular rod body, the vertical section of the L type pipe 2 is arranged at cylinder 1 center axis, horizontal section end is connected dry ice smoke generator 5 by penetrating the wall of cylinder 1, the vertical section of the L type pipe 2 is rotationally sleeved with sleeve 6, the sleeve 6 is circular pipe body with inner wall sliding contact L type pipe 2 vertical section outer wall, the sleeve 6 is rotated by driving element, the circumferential wall of the sleeve 6 is annular arrayed with, inclined blade one 7, the blade one 7 is rectangular plate;The air deflector includes air duct 8 and rotating ring 9, the air duct 8 is the circular cylinder of upper end closed, lower end opening, the inner wall of the cylinder 1 is annular arrayed with air duct 8, air duct 8 opening end is located in cylinder 1, closed end is stretched out of cylinder 1, multiple air ducts 8 are equipped with inclined air outlet 10 on the circumferential wall of the side towards cylinder 1 center, the air outlet 10 is strip-shaped hole arranged along the height direction of air duct 8, the rotating rod 11 that is rotationally connected air duct 8 inner top surface, lower end is stretched out of air duct 8 is arranged in each air duct 8, the rotating rod 11 is circular rod body, the inclined blade two 12 that is located in the air duct 8 of each rotating rod 11 is annular arrayed, the blade two 12 is rectangular plate, the outer end of multiple blade one 7 is connected with rotating ring 9, the outer ring surface of rotating ring 9 rubs and contacts multiple rotating rods 11 that are stretched out of air duct 8.

[0023] A plurality of rotating rods 11 are fixed with a bearing ring 13 on the inner wall of the lower part of the cylinder 1, the bearing ring 13 is a circular ring body, and the lower ends of the plurality of rotating rods 11 are rotatably connected with the bearing ring 13; the rotating ring 9 is located between the bearing ring 13 and the plurality of wind pipes 8.

[0024] The vertical section of the L-shaped pipe 2 is sleeved with a limiting ring 14 on the upper and lower parts, and the upper and lower ends of the sleeve pipe 6 are respectively in sliding contact with the limiting ring 14 on the same side; the lower end of the sleeve pipe 6 is lower than the bearing ring 13; the driving member includes a bevel gear one 15 and a bevel gear two 16, the outer wall of the sleeve pipe 6 is sleeved with the bevel gear one 15, the bevel gear one 15 is large at the top and small at the bottom, and is lower than the bearing ring 13, the circumferential wall of the cylinder 1 on the lower side of the bearing ring 13 is rotatably connected with a horizontal driving rod 17 through a bearing 22, the driving rod 17 is a circular rod body, one end of the driving rod 17 is connected with the bevel gear two 16 engaged with the bevel gear one 15, and the other end is connected with a rotating plate 18, the rotating plate 18 is provided with a handle 19.

[0025] The upper ends of a plurality of the blade one 7 are inclined in the same direction, the upper ends of the blade two 12 on the same rotating rod 11 are inclined in the same direction, and the inclination direction of the upper ends of the blade two 12 on the same rotating rod 11 is opposite to that of the blade one 7.

[0026] The blade two 12 in each of the wind pipes 8 is lower than the air outlet hole 10, the upper part of the cylinder 1 is provided with a wind guide plate 20, the wind guide plate 20 is a circular plate, the wind guide plate 20 is sleeved and fixed on the outer upper part of the vertical section of the L-shaped pipe 2, the wind guide plate 20 is higher than the limiting ring 14 on the upper side and lower than the air outlet hole 10, the circumferential surface of the wind guide plate 20 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the cylinder 1, and the plurality of wind pipes 8 penetrate the wind guide plate 20; a plurality of inclined wind guide holes 21 with inner ends towards the center of the wind guide plate 20 are arranged in an annular array on the wind guide plate 20, and the upper ends of the wind guide holes 21 on the front part of the wind guide plate 20 are inclined to the left.

[0027] The air outlet hole 10 on one end of the outer wall of each of the plurality of wind pipes 8 is inclined in the same direction, and the air outlet hole 10 on one end of the outer wall of the left wind pipe 8 is inclined backward.

[0028] In use, the dry ice smoke generator 5 is started, the dry ice smoke is discharged upward through the upper end of the vertical section of the L-shaped pipe 2, the handle 19 is used to drive the rotation of the rotating plate 18, the driving rod 17 and the bevel gear II 16 rotate with the rotating plate 18, the bevel gear II 16 meshes with the bevel gear I 15 to drive the rotation of the sleeve 6, the plurality of blades I 7 rotate with the sleeve 6, when the plurality of blades I 7 rotate, the air at the lower part of the cylinder body 1 moves upward, the external air is supplemented into the cylinder body 1 through the air inlet hole 3, when the air at the lower part of the cylinder body 1 moves upward, it flows upward through the plurality of inclined air guide holes, when the air passes through the air guide holes and moves through the upper end opening of the cylinder body 1, due to the inclined arrangement of the plurality of air guide holes, the air rotates and flows upward through the upper end opening of the cylinder body 1; and when the plurality of blades I 7 rotate, the rotating ring 9 rotates with the plurality of blades I 7, the rotating ring 9 frictionally drives the plurality of rotating rods 11 to rotate in the opposite direction of the sleeve 6, the blades II 12 on each rotating rod 11 drive the air at the lower part of the cylinder body 1 to enter the air duct 8 from bottom to top, the air in the air duct 8 flows out through the air outlet hole 10, the plurality of air outlet holes 10 on the air duct 8 are inclined, after the air flows out through the plurality of air outlet holes 10 on the air duct 8, it rotates in the same direction as the air flowing out through the air guide hole 21, further strengthening the rotation of the air flowing out through the upper end opening of the cylinder body 1, under the rotating air flow formed by the plurality of air guide holes 21 and the plurality of air outlet holes 10, the dry ice smoke discharged through the L-shaped pipe 2 is driven to rotate, so that the dry ice smoke rotates in the tornado-like motion state, enabling the viewer to directly observe the process of tornado formation.

[0029] The preferred embodiments of the present application are described in detail above with reference to the drawings, but the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and any equivalent or equivalent transformation or replacement of the technical solutions of the present application within the scope of the present application without departing from the spirit of the present application, i.e. the disclosure range.

Claims

1. A simulated tornado device, characterized by, The utility model provides a dry ice smoke generator, including cylinder (1), L type pipe (2) and air guide spare, the bottom plate of cylinder (1) is uniformly distributed and has air inlet hole (3), and the outer bottom surface is equipped with a plurality of supporting legs (4), the vertical section of L type pipe (2) is equipped in cylinder (1) central axis, and the horizontal section end penetrates the wall of cylinder (1) and is connected dry ice smoke generator (5), the vertical section of L type pipe (2) is rotated and has sleeve (6) outside, sleeve (6) is driven and rotates by driving part, and the wall of sleeve (6) is arrayed with the inclined blade one (7);Air guide spare includes air duct (8) and swivel ring (9), and the inner wall of cylinder (1) is arrayed with air duct (8), and the opening end of air duct (8) is located in cylinder (1), and the closed end is stretched out cylinder (1), and a plurality of air ducts (8) are equipped with the inclined air outlet (10) on the peripheral wall of the center side of cylinder (1), and the inner wall of cylinder (1) is fixedly provided with the swivel ring (9) that is connected with the outer end of a plurality of blade one (7), and the outer ring surface of swivel ring (9) rubs and contacts a plurality of swivel rods (11) that stretch out air duct (8).

2. A simulated tornado device according to claim 1, wherein, The inner wall of cylinder (1) on the lower side of a plurality of swivel rods (11) is fixedly provided with a bearing ring (13), and the lower end of a plurality of swivel rods (11) is rotatably connected with the bearing ring (13).

3. A simulated tornado device according to claim 2, wherein, The lower end of sleeve (6) is lower than the bearing ring (13);The driving part includes bevel gear one (15) and bevel gear two (16), the outer wall of sleeve (6) is fixedly provided with bevel gear one (15), the peripheral wall of cylinder (1) on the lower side of bearing ring (13) is rotatably connected with horizontal drive rod (17), one end of drive rod (17) is connected with the bevel gear two (16) that is engaged with bevel gear one (15), the other end is connected with rotating plate (18), and handle (19) is arranged on rotating plate (18).

4. The simulated tornado device of claim 1, wherein, The upper end of a plurality of blade one (7) is inclined to the same direction, the upper end of blade two (12) on the same swivel rod (11) is inclined to the same direction, and the inclination direction of the upper end of blade two (12) on the same swivel rod (11) is opposite to the inclination direction of blade one (7).

5. A simulated tornado device according to claim 4, wherein, The blade two (12) in each air duct (8) is lower than the air outlet (10), the upper portion of cylinder (1) is provided with a baffle (20), the outer portion of the vertical section of L type pipe (2) is fixedly provided with the baffle (20) in the middle portion, the baffle (20) is lower than the air outlet (10), the circumferential surface of baffle (20) is fixedly connected with the inner wall of cylinder (1), and a plurality of air ducts (8) penetrate the baffle (20);The baffle (20) is annularly arrayed with a plurality of inclined air guide holes (21) with inner ends towards the center of baffle (20), and the upper end of the air guide hole (21) in the front portion of baffle (20) is inclined to the left.

6. A simulated tornado device according to claim 5, wherein, The air outlet (10) on the outer wall of a plurality of air ducts (8) is inclined to the same direction, and the air outlet (10) on the outer wall of the left air duct (8) is inclined to the rear.