Sealing device for keeping continuous operation of workpiece in liquid
By designing a sealing device that combines rectangular and small rectangular tanks, along with PVC silicone plates and liquid collection and anti-deformation devices, the problem of replacing the sealing devices at both ends of the plating tank for bar workpieces was solved. This simplified installation and improved sealing efficiency, ensuring continuous surface treatment of workpiece quality.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HENAN ZHONGYUAN SPECIAL STEEL EQUIP MFG CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-04-17
AI Technical Summary
In existing continuous surface treatment equipment, it is difficult to replace the sealing devices at both ends of the plating tank for bar workpieces, and there is a leakage problem, which affects the quality of workpieces and production efficiency.
Design a sealing device that includes rectangular and small rectangular grooves, uses PVC silicone plates for sealing, and forms a sealing array by tightening screws. Combined with a liquid collection and anti-deformation device, it eliminates gaps in the sealing device, adapts to different workpiece outer diameters, and simplifies the installation process.
It reduces the difficulty of seal replacement, improves replacement efficiency, ensures workpiece quality, and has a simple structure and is easy to use, making it suitable for continuous surface treatment of bar stock workpieces.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model belongs to the field of mechanical technology, specifically relating to a sealing device that maintains the continuous operation of a workpiece in a liquid, improves the sealing condition at both ends of the plating tank during the production of bar workpieces on a continuous surface treatment equipment, reduces the difficulty of seal replacement, improves the efficiency of seal replacement, and ensures the quality of the workpiece. Background Technology
[0002] Continuous surface treatment production lines are used to surface treat bar stock workpieces. The workpieces pass through a continuously replenished tank filled with liquid, and the tank is sealed by sealing arrays at both ends. Return pipes at the bottom of both ends allow excess liquid to slowly flow back into the tank, ensuring the bar stock workpieces are always immersed in liquid. Further processing strengthens the surface of the workpieces. Current industry practice involves configuring cylindrical sealing arrays at both ends of a tank. This method requires manual assembly of the sealing sleeves beforehand, followed by installation by multiple people into the sealing grooves at both ends of the tank, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Some improvements have adopted insert-plate sealing arrays, but these suffer from severe deformation, significant leakage, inconvenient installation of the insert seals, and inability to guarantee product quality. Utility Model Content
[0003] The purpose of this utility model is to overcome the shortcomings of the existing technology and provide a sealing device that improves the sealing condition at both ends of the plating tank during the production of bar workpieces on a continuous surface treatment equipment, reduces the difficulty of seal replacement, improves the efficiency of seal replacement, ensures workpiece quality, and has the characteristics of simple structure, convenient use, and good practicality, so as to keep the workpiece running continuously in the liquid.
[0004] The technical solution of this utility model is implemented as follows: A sealing device for maintaining the continuous operation of a workpiece in a liquid includes a rectangular groove with openings at both ends at the top, and a smaller rectangular groove disposed at the openings at both ends of the rectangular groove. The smaller rectangular groove has open ends at both ends. A slot is provided within the smaller rectangular groove and at the openings at both ends. A sealing device is installed within this slot, dividing the smaller rectangular groove into at least four compartments. Multiple sealing devices form a sealing array. A liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device is placed between each sealing device to ensure the elimination of liquid leakage between the sealing devices. The sealing device is rectangular and made of three layers of plates fastened with screws. The three layers of plates include a left sealing plate on one side, a right sealing plate on the other side, and a seal located between the left and right sealing plates. A round hole is opened in the middle of the three layers of plates. The liquid collection and anti-deformation device is a cylinder with two overflow holes on the upper surface of the cylinder and a pad welded on the lower surface of the cylinder. The bar workpiece enters the rectangular groove through the middle round hole of the sealing device of the small rectangular groove on one side and exits through the middle round hole of the sealing device of the other small rectangular groove.
[0005] Long slots are provided on the upper part of the left and right sealing plates to facilitate the installation of sealing devices.
[0006] The seal is made of PVC silicone sheet.
[0007] The rectangular trough and the smaller rectangular trough are fastened together by screws. A right-angle bend is connected to the bottom of the smaller rectangular trough, and the right-angle bend is connected to the rectangular trough.
[0008] The rectangular tank is three times larger than the small rectangular tank.
[0009] The positive effects of the technical solution of this utility model are as follows:
[0010] 1. The sealing device is inserted into the slot of the small rectangular groove, and multiple sealing devices form a sealing array. By replacing sealing devices with different orifice diameters, it can adapt to the requirements of workpieces with different outer diameters within a certain range.
[0011] 2. A liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device is placed between the sealing devices to eliminate gaps between the sealing devices and prevent friction between the sealing device and the bar workpiece when the middle hole of the sealing device is inserted, thus preventing deformation of the sealing device.
[0012] 3. The tank is made into a rectangular tank, which is divided into upper and lower layers. The upper rectangular tank has openings at both ends. Small rectangular tanks are set at the openings at both ends. The small rectangular tanks are divided into four compartments. Each compartment has a slot for installing a sealing device welded on both sides, which can quickly install the sealing device.
[0013] 4. The small rectangular groove and the sealing device of the rectangular groove opening have through holes for passing through the bar workpiece.
[0014] 5. A right-angled bend is welded to the bottom of the small rectangular tank and passes through the rectangular tank to form a passage. The space of the rectangular tank is three times larger than that of the small rectangular tank above. The lower rectangular tank is used to store liquid.
[0015] 6. This device features simple structure, convenient use, low cost, and good practicality. It produces stable workpiece quality and is suitable for continuous surface treatment of bar stock. Attached Figure Description
[0016] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of this utility model.
[0017] Figure 2 This is a side view of the present invention.
[0018] Figure 3 This is a top view of the present invention.
[0019] Figure 4 This is a front view of the sealing device of this utility model.
[0020] Figure 5 This is a side view of the sealing device of this utility model.
[0021] Figure 6 This is the front view of the liquid collection and deformation prevention device of this utility model.
[0022] Figure 7 This is a side view of the liquid collection and deformation prevention device of this utility model.
[0023] Figure 8 This is a top view of the liquid collection and deformation prevention device of this utility model.
[0024] The diagram is labeled as follows: 1. Sealing device; 2. Liquid collection and anti-deformation device; 3. Tank; 4. Left sealing plate; 5. Seal; 6. Right sealing plate. The sealing device includes the left sealing plate 4, the middle seal 5, and the right sealing plate 6. Detailed Implementation
[0025] The accompanying drawings further illustrate a solution for a sealing device that maintains the continuous operation of a workpiece in a liquid.
[0026] like Figure 1 , 2 As shown in Figure 3, a sealing device for maintaining the continuous operation of a workpiece in a liquid includes a rectangular groove 3 with openings at both ends at the top, and a smaller rectangular groove disposed at the openings at both ends of the rectangular groove 3. The two ends of the smaller rectangular groove are open. A slot is provided in the smaller rectangular groove and at the openings at both ends. A sealing device 1 is installed in the slot, dividing the smaller rectangular groove into at least four compartments. Multiple sealing devices 1 form a sealing array. A liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device 2 is placed between each sealing device 1. The liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device 2 ensures that the gaps between the sealing devices 1 are eliminated. This can eliminate the gaps between the sealing devices and prevent the deformation of the sealing device caused by friction between the sealing ring and the sealing ring when the workpiece is inserted through the middle hole of the groove.
[0027] The sealing device 1 is rectangular and consists of three layers of plates fastened together with screws. The three layers include a left sealing plate 4 on one side, a right sealing plate 6 on the other side, and a seal 5 located between the left and right sealing plates 4 and 6. A circular hole is formed in the middle of the three layers. The liquid-collecting and deformation-preventing device 2 is cylindrical, with two overflow holes on its upper surface and a pad welded to its lower surface. The bar stock enters the rectangular trough 3 through the central circular hole of the sealing device in one of the smaller rectangular troughs and exits through the central circular hole of the sealing device in the other smaller rectangular trough. Long slots for easy installation of the sealing device 1 are formed on the upper parts of the left and right sealing plates 4 and 6. The seal 5 is made of PVC silicone sheet. The rectangular trough 3 and the smaller rectangular troughs are fastened together with screws. A right-angle bend is connected to the bottom of the smaller rectangular trough, which in turn connects to the rectangular trough 3. The rectangular trough 3 is three times larger than the smaller rectangular trough.
[0028] A sealing device, a liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device, a rectangular tank, and a small rectangular tank are connected in sequence. The sealing device is inserted into the slot on the small rectangular tank, and multiple sealing devices form a sealing array. The liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device is placed directly between the sealing devices to eliminate gaps between them. The sealing device and the liquid-collecting and anti-deformation device are placed in the small rectangular tank. The bar stock is inserted into the rectangular tank through the round hole in the middle of the sealing device and then comes out from the other end. During this process, a suitable process is used to complete the surface treatment of the bar stock.
[0029] The sealing device 1 is rectangular and consists of three layers of plates fastened together with screws, with a round hole in the middle. The three layers include a left sealing plate 4 on one side, a right sealing plate 6 on the other side, and a seal 5 located between the left and right sealing plates 4 and 6. The left sealing plate 4 of the sealing device 1 has an elongated oval hole at its upper part for easy installation. The seal 5 is made of PVC silicone sheet. The sealing device 1 is placed into the slots at both ends of the groove 3 where the sealing device 1 is installed.
[0030] The liquid collection and anti-deformation device 2 is a cylinder with two overflow holes on the upper surface of the cylinder and a pad welded on the lower surface of the cylinder. The bar workpiece enters the rectangular trough 3 through the middle hole of the sealing device of the small rectangular trough on one side and exits through the middle hole of the sealing device of the other small rectangular trough.
[0031] The bar stock is inserted into the middle hole of the sealing device 1 on one side, enters the cuboid groove and the small rectangular groove, passes through the other end of the cuboid groove, and comes out from the middle hole of the sealing device 1 on the other side. During this process, the surface treatment of the bar stock is completed through a suitable process.
[0032] The above-disclosed embodiments of this utility model include, but are not limited to, the scope of the technical solution of this utility model. For example, any partial modifications made using the content disclosed in the above technical solution should fall within the scope of the technical solution of this utility model.
Claims
1. A sealing device for keeping workpieces in continuous operation in a liquid, comprising an upper elongated slot (3) with two open ends, small elongated slots arranged at the upper two open ends of the elongated slot (3), characterized in that: The small rectangular trough has open ends at both ends. Slots are provided inside the small rectangular trough and at both ends. Sealing devices (1) that divide the small rectangular trough into at least four compartments are installed in these slots. Multiple sealing devices (1) form a sealing array. Liquid-collecting and deformation-preventing devices (2) are placed between each sealing device (1). The liquid-collecting and deformation-preventing devices (2) ensure the elimination of gaps between the sealing devices (1). The sealing device (1) is rectangular and made of three layers of plates fastened with screws. The three layers of plates include one side... The left sealing plate (4), the right sealing plate (6) on the other side, and the seal (5) located between the left sealing plate (4) and the right sealing plate (6) have a round hole in the middle of the three-layer plate. The liquid collection and anti-deformation device (2) is a cylinder with two overflow holes on the upper surface of the cylinder and a pad welded on the lower surface of the cylinder. The bar workpiece enters the rectangular groove (3) through the middle round hole of the sealing device of the small rectangular groove on one side and exits through the middle round hole of the sealing device of the other small rectangular groove.
2. The sealing device for maintaining continuous operation of a workpiece in a liquid according to claim 1, characterized in that: Long slots are provided on the upper part of the left sealing plate (4) and the right sealing plate (6) to facilitate the installation of the sealing device (1).
3. A containment device for maintaining a workpiece in continuous operation in a liquid according to claim 1, wherein: The seal (5) is made of PVC silicone sheet.
4. A containment device for maintaining a workpiece in continuous operation in a liquid according to claim 1, wherein: The rectangular trough (3) and the small rectangular trough are fastened together by screws. A right-angle bend is connected to the bottom of the small rectangular trough, and the right-angle bend is connected to the rectangular trough (3).
5. A containment device for maintaining a workpiece in continuous operation in a liquid according to claim 1, wherein: The rectangular trough (3) is three times larger than the small rectangular trough.