Unidirectional bend drive chain and lift mechanism and boom barrier including same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9945083-B2
Application number	US-201615508461-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2016
Priority date	Jun 18, 2015
Publication date	Apr 17, 2018
Grant date	Apr 17, 2018

Abstract

A unidirectionally bendable transmission chain. At a first side thereof, an inner stop plate is fixed between a pair of inner chain plates at both ends of pin shafts, and an outer stop plate is fixed between a pair of outer chain plates at both ends of the pin shafts. Both ends of the inner stop plate are flush with axes of pin holes provided at both ends of the inner chain plates, and both ends of the outer stop plate are respectively provided with extensions beyond the outer chain plates; the extensions of the outer stop plate form a one-sided support for the inner stop plate to prevent the transmission chain from bending toward the first side, thus the transmission chain bends unidirectionally toward a second side opposite to the first side. A hoisting mechanism and a liftable roadblock having the above transmission chain.

First claim

We claim:

1. A unidirectionally bendable transmission chain, comprising inner chain plates and outer chain plates connected through pin shafts in pin holes, the inner chain plates and the outer chain plates being arranged in pairs at both ends of the pin shafts in an alternating mode, with rollers sheathed over the pin shafts,
wherein at a first side of the transmission chain, an inner stop plate is fixedly connected between a pair of the inner chain plates at the both ends of the pin shafts, with both ends of the inner stop plate being respectively flush with axes of the pin holes provided at both ends of the inner chain plates; an outer stop plate is fixedly connected between a pair of the outer chain plates at the both ends of the pin shafts, with both ends of the outer stop plate respectively provided with extensions beyond the outer chain plates, and the extensions of adjacent outer stop plates not interfering with one another; and
the extensions form a one-sided support for the inner stop plate to prevent the transmission chain from bending toward the first side, so that the transmission chain bends unidirectionally toward a second side, the first side and the second side of the transmission chain being located at opposite positions.

2. A hoisting mechanism, comprising two unidirectionally bendable transmission chains according to claim 1 , which are a first chain and a second chain, respectively,
wherein one end of the first chain and one end of the second chain are arranged as parallel vertical sections, with the first side of the first chain and the first side of the second chain abutting against each other in a back-to-back manner in the vertical sections; a guide plate is arranged fixedly in a horizontal direction, with both the vertical section of the first chain and the vertical section of the second chain confined within the guide plate; a hoisting platform is fixedly arranged on top surfaces of the first chain and the second chain at the top of the vertical sections, a first power gear engaging with the first chain and a second power gear engaging with the second chain are respectively arranged at lower portions of the vertical sections and located under the guide plate, and the first power gear and the second power gear transmit power synchronously in opposite directions;
the other end of the first chain and the other end of the second chain are arranged as winding sections following the vertical sections; the first chain and the second chain in the winding sections are wound in their respective reels in their respective unidirectional bending directions to form a first chain disk and a second chain disk, respectively, and the reels are fixedly arranged on a body frame.

3. The hoisting mechanism according to claim 2 , wherein guide rollers are arranged in the guide plate, and the guide rollers are arranged in pair at the second side of the first chain and the second side of the second chain.

4. A liftable roadblock, comprising a plurality of hoisting mechanisms according to claim 2 which are arranged in a row at a same height, wherein the vertical sections of the plurality of hoisting mechanisms, after being hoisted, row up in parallel to form the roadblock; the guide plates and portions under the guide plates of the plurality of hoisting mechanisms are embedded under a road surface to function as an underground structure, and the hoisting platforms of the plurality of hoisting mechanisms are connected integrally and can be lowered to be flush with the ground; and the first power gears and the second power gears of the plurality of hoisting mechanisms are arranged coaxially, respectively.

Assignees

• Univ Hefei Technology

Inventors

• Dong Mansheng
• Zhang Chao
• Shi Qin
• Chen Yikai
• Sun Zhibin
• Tang Fei
• Li Shuqin
• Gu Shangding

Classifications

• E01F13/046 Primary

  the obstructing members moving up in a translatory motion, e.g. telescopic barrier posts (for lane control E01F9/594) · CPC title

• F16G13/18

  Chains having special overall characteristics · CPC title

• E01F13/048 Primary

  with obstructing members moving in a translatory motion, e.g. vertical lift barriers, sliding gates (E01F13/046, E01F13/105 take precedence) · CPC title

• F16G13/20

  stiff; Push-pull chains · CPC title

• F16G13/06

  with links connected by parallel driving-pins with or without rollers {so-called open links} · CPC title