Powder feeding hopper capable of being opened in overturning mode

By designing a flip-open powder feeding hopper, and using a foot pedal to drive the transmission mechanism and elastic tension component to achieve automatic control of the hopper cover, the problems of dust pollution and inconvenience of manual operation during the processing of the feeding hopper are solved, and the ease of use is improved.

CN223721590UActive Publication Date: 2025-12-26ZHONGSHAN WEIXIANG CHEM POWDER CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520107756.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-16
Publication Date
2025-12-26
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-16

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Technical Problem

The existing feeding hopper is easily contaminated by external dust during processing, and the dust is easily stirred up. The manual hopper cover operation is inconvenient for workers to add materials.

Method used

Design a powder feeding hopper that can be flipped open. The hopper lid is automatically opened by a transmission mechanism driven by a foot pedal. The hopper lid is kept closed by an elastic tension member and automatically opened to the maximum angle when needed.

Benefits of technology

Workers do not need to free their hands to open the hopper lid when adding materials, avoiding dust pollution and dust raising, making it more convenient to use.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a powder feeding hopper capable of being opened in a turnover mode. The powder feeding hopper comprises a support, a hopper body installed on the support, a hopper cover covering an upper end opening of the hopper body and a pedal located below the hopper body. A transmission mechanism is arranged between the pedal and the hopper body so that the hopper body can be driven to be turned over and opened when the pedal rotates downwards. When a worker lifts a raw material bag to add materials into the hopper, the hopper cover can be opened by stepping on the pedal plate, the hopper cover does not need to be opened by hands, and the hopper is very convenient to use.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the production technical field of plastic powder auxiliary agent, especially to a powder feeding hopper which can be opened by turning over. BACKGROUND

[0002] The plastic powder auxiliary agent is usually a powder solid, and its purpose is to be added into paint or coating to enhance their functions, such as enhancing flow leveling and increasing the tortuous effect.

[0003] The plastic powder auxiliary agent needs to be applied to stirring and mixing equipment and crushing equipment during production, and these equipment are provided with feeding hoppers for adding raw materials or semi-finished products of the plastic powder auxiliary agent, some of which are open, and in the process of processing, dust from the outside world will fall into the feeding hoppers from the openings thereof, and the dust raised by the raw materials or semi-finished products of the plastic powder auxiliary agent is easy to be sprayed out of the feeding hoppers. Some feeding hoppers are provided with hopper covers at the openings thereof, which can solve the above problems, but the hopper covers are usually manually opened, and when the workers carry the raw material bags to add materials into the feeding hoppers, they cannot open the hopper covers. SUMMARY

[0004] Therefore, the utility model aims to provide a powder feeding hopper which can be opened by turning over, and the hopper cover of the feeding hopper is connected with a foot pedal, so that the hopper cover can be opened when the user steps on the foot pedal.

[0005] The utility model adopts the technical scheme of:

[0006] A powder feeding hopper which can be opened by turning over, comprising a support, a hopper body installed on the support, a hopper cover covering an upper port of the hopper body, and a foot pedal located below the hopper body, a transmission mechanism is arranged between the foot pedal and the hopper body to drive the hopper body to turn over and open when the foot pedal is turned downward.

[0007] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, a hopper cover mounting seat is arranged on the hopper body or the support, and a swing rod is fixed to one side of the hopper cover and hinged to the hopper cover mounting seat.

[0008] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, the transmission mechanism comprises a pry bar, a connecting rod, and a first fixed seat fixed relative to the support, the foot pedal is fixed to the front end of the pry bar, the middle part of the pry bar is hinged to the first fixed seat, the rear end of the pry bar is hinged to the lower end of the connecting rod, and the upper end of the connecting rod is hinged to the swing rod.

[0009] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, the bucket cover mounting seat is provided with a limiting table capable of abutting against the swing lever after the bucket cover is opened, a second fixed seat fixed relative to the limiting table is arranged behind the bucket cover mounting seat, a first hanging rod is arranged on the swing lever, a second hanging rod is arranged on the second fixed seat, an elastic tension member is connected between the first hanging rod and the second hanging rod, the connecting point of the elastic tension member and the first hanging rod is P1, the connecting point of the elastic tension member and the second hanging rod is P2, the rotating axis of the bucket cover is A, the perpendicular line of P2 and the rotating axis A is P2-A, the line connecting P1 and P2 is P1-P2, when the bucket cover is in the closed state, P1-P2 is below P2-A, when the bucket cover is in the open state, P1-P2 is above P2-A.

[0010] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, when the swing lever abuts against the limiting table, the opening angle of the bucket cover is 90-110 degrees.

[0011] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, the elastic tension member is a tension spring.

[0012] The utility model discloses the beneficial effect is: when the worker lifts the raw material bag and adds the material to the hopper, the bucket cover can be opened by treading the footboard, need not to give out the hand to open the bucket cover, and it is very convenient to use. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0013] Figure 1 It is the stereogram of powder feeding hopper use state;

[0014] Figure 2 It is the right view when the bucket cover is in the closed state;

[0015] Figure 3 It is Figure 2 The enlarged view of the part of the dotted circle;

[0016] Figure 4 It is the right view when the bucket cover is in the open state. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] The technical scheme of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings.

[0018] It should be noted that all the directionality indications (such as up, down, left, right, front, back, etc.) in the present application are only used to explain the relative position relationship, movement condition, etc. between the components in a certain specific posture (as shown in the drawings), and if the specific posture changes, the directionality indications will also change accordingly. In addition, the descriptions involving "preferred", "second preferred", etc. in the present application are only for the purpose of description, and cannot be understood as indicating or implying the relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features with "preferred" and "second preferred" can explicitly or implicitly include at least one of the features.

[0019] With reference to Figures 1 to 4 The utility model provides a kind of powder feeding hopper that can be turned open, including support 1, the hopper body 2 of being installed on support 1, the hopper cover 3 of being closed at the upper end of hopper body 2, and the footboard 4 located below hopper body 2, transmission mechanism is provided between footboard 4 and hopper body 2 to enable footboard 4 to drive hopper body 2 to turn open when being rotated downward.

[0020] When worker carries raw material bag and adds material into hopper, footboard 4 is stepped on to open hopper cover 3, without taking out hand to open hopper cover 3, it is very convenient to use.

[0021] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, hopper body 2 or support 1 is provided with hopper cover mounting seat 5, and one side of hopper cover 3 is fixed with swing rod 31 hinged with hopper cover mounting seat 5. Transmission mechanism includes crowbar 61, connecting rod 62 and first fixed seat 63 fixed relative to support 1, footboard 4 is fixed at the front end of crowbar 61, the middle part of crowbar 61 is hinged with first fixed seat 63, the rear end of crowbar 61 is hinged with the lower end of connecting rod 62, and the upper end of connecting rod 62 is hinged with swing rod 31. Generally, support 1 and first fixed seat 63 can be directly installed on floor 81, and can be installed and fixed on the base of bottom surface.

[0022] Crowbar 61, connecting rod 62 and swing rod 31 jointly constitute double-crank rod mechanism or crank rocker mechanism. When crowbar 61, connecting rod 62 and swing rod 31 constitute double-crank rod mechanism, crowbar 61 and swing rod 31 both act as crank. When crowbar 61, connecting rod 62 and swing rod 31 constitute crank rocker mechanism, crowbar 61 acts as rocker, and swing rod 31 acts as crank.

[0023] In some schemes of the utility model, the above-mentioned transmission mechanism can also adopt other structural forms, for example, power transmission mechanism similar to bicycle, including a small sprocket, a large sprocket, a chain hinged with the small sprocket and the large sprocket, and a crank fixed on the main shaft of the large sprocket, the main shaft of the small sprocket is fixed with hopper cover 3, and footboard 4 is hinged on the above-mentioned crank, and hopper cover 3 can also be driven to rotate open and close by stepping on footboard 4.

[0024] In a preferred scheme of the utility model, the bucket cover mounting seat 5 is provided with a limiting table 51 capable of abutting against the swing rod 31 after the bucket cover 3 is opened, preferably, when the swing rod 31 abuts against the limiting table 51, the opening angle of the bucket cover 3 is 90-110 degrees. The bucket cover mounting seat 5 is provided with a second fixing seat 7 fixed relative thereto, the second fixing seat 7 is generally installed on the wall body 82, or installed on the mounting frame of the floor 81 or the wall body 82, the swing rod 31 is provided with a first hanging rod 71, the second fixing seat 7 is provided with a second hanging rod 72, and the first hanging rod 71 and the second hanging rod 72 are connected with an elastic tension member 73, the connecting point of the elastic tension member 73 and the first hanging rod 71 is P1, the connecting point of the elastic tension member 73 and the second hanging rod 72 is P2, the rotating axis of the bucket cover 3 is A, the perpendicular of the rotating axis A and P2 is P2-A, and the line connecting P1 and P2 is P1-P2, when the bucket cover 3 is in the closed state, P1-P2 is below P2-A, and when the bucket cover 3 is in the open state, P1-P2 is above P2-A. The elastic tension member 73 can adopt a tension spring, an elastic rope and the like.

[0025] The above scheme has the following advantages, referring to Figure 2 and Figure 4 When the bucket cover 3 is in the closed state, the tension of the elastic tension member 73 makes the bucket cover 3 have a counterclockwise rotating trend, so that it can keep the closed state, during the opening of the bucket cover 3, when P1-P2 coincides with P2-A, a critical point is reached, once P1-P2 rotates to the upper side of P2-A, the tension of the elastic tension member 73 will make the bucket cover 3 have a clockwise rotating trend, when the tension is enough to overcome the gravity of the bucket cover 3, the user releases the foot pedal 4, and the bucket cover 3 will also be opened to the maximum angle under the action of the tension of the elastic tension member 73 until the swing rod 31 abuts against the limiting table 51.

[0026] The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not limit the patent range of the utility model, and any equivalent structural transformation made according to the utility model specification and the drawing contents, or direct or indirect application in other related technical fields is included in the patent protection range of the utility model.

Claims

1. A powder hopper that can be opened by turning over, characterized in that, The utility model provides a kind of hopper, including support (1), the hopper body (2) being installed on the support (1), the hopper cover (3) being closed at the upper port of the hopper body (2), and the footboard (4) being located below the hopper body (2), transmission mechanism is arranged between the footboard (4) and hopper body (2) to enable the hopper body (2) to be driven to overturn and open when the footboard (4) is rotated downward.

2. A reversible open powder hopper according to claim 1, wherein, The hopper cover (3) is fixed with swing lever (31) articulated with the hopper cover mounting seat (5) on the hopper body (2) or support (1).

3. A reversible open powder hopper according to claim 2, wherein, The transmission mechanism includes pry bar (61), connecting rod (62) and first fixed seat (63) fixed relative to the support (1), the footboard (4) is fixed at the front end of the pry bar (61), the middle part of the pry bar (61) is articulated with the first fixed seat (63), the rear end of the pry bar (61) is articulated with the lower end of the connecting rod (62), and the upper end of the connecting rod (62) is articulated with the swing lever (31).

4. A reversible open powder hopper according to claim 2, wherein, The hopper cover mounting seat (5) is provided with a limiting table (51) capable of abutting against the swing lever (31) after the hopper cover (3) is opened, and a second fixed seat (7) is provided behind the hopper cover mounting seat (5) and fixed relative thereto, the swing lever (31) is provided with a first hanging rod (71), the second fixed seat (7) is provided with a second hanging rod (72), and an elastic tension member (73) is connected between the first hanging rod (71) and the second hanging rod (72), the connection point of the elastic tension member (73) and the first hanging rod (71) is P1, the connection point of the elastic tension member (73) and the second hanging rod (72) is P2, the rotation axis of the hopper cover (3) is A, P2 and the perpendicular of the rotation axis A are marked as P2-A, and the line connecting P1 and P2 is marked as P1-P2, when the hopper cover (3) is in the closed state, P1-P2 is below P2-A, and when the hopper cover (3) is in the open state, P1-P2 is above P2-A.

5. A reversible open powder hopper according to claim 4, wherein, When the swing lever (31) abuts against the limiting table (51), the hopper cover (3) is opened at an angle of 90-110 degrees.

6. A reversible open powder hopper according to claim 4, wherein, The elastic tension member (73) is a tension spring.