CA2025776A1 - Device for installing marker balls on overhead lines, particularly live power lines - Google Patents
Device for installing marker balls on overhead lines, particularly live power linesInfo
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G1/00—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines
- H02G1/02—Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing or dismantling electric cables or lines for overhead lines or cables
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
- H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
- H02G7/00—Overhead installations of electric lines or cables
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Abstract
DEVICE FOR INSTALLING MARKER BALLS ON OVERHEAD LINES, PARTICULARLY LIVE POWER LINES
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The device is constituted by a structure which is intended to be suspended from a barycentric hook of a helicopter and comprises a first section with at least two facing magazines, each of which is suitable for containing and distributing, in a relationship of mutual juxtaposition, a plurality of half-spheres for the composition and installation of a corresponding plurality of marker balls;
and a second sectioN, arranged below the first one, which comprises means for the positioning of the entire structure on the cable of the overhead line and means for installing the facing semi-spheres which comprise fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting the semi-spheres to thereby form and close the marker balls on the cable.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
The device is constituted by a structure which is intended to be suspended from a barycentric hook of a helicopter and comprises a first section with at least two facing magazines, each of which is suitable for containing and distributing, in a relationship of mutual juxtaposition, a plurality of half-spheres for the composition and installation of a corresponding plurality of marker balls;
and a second sectioN, arranged below the first one, which comprises means for the positioning of the entire structure on the cable of the overhead line and means for installing the facing semi-spheres which comprise fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting the semi-spheres to thereby form and close the marker balls on the cable.
Description
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The pr~ent invention relates to a device for the automated installation, by means of helicopters, of marker balls on overhead lines, such as power lines, mountain telferages, cableways and the like.
The considerable increase in air traffic, even at low altitudes, by aircrafts such as helicopters, small leisure aeroplanes, ultralight aircraft for sports use and the like, has made mandatory the marking of the cables of overhead lo lines used for any purpose.
In particular, currently applicable laws mandate the visual marking of the cables of power lines when their height from the ground exceeds 50 meters and of mountain telEerages if they are located at elevations in exce~s of 15 four meters from the top of the underlying wooded areas.
As is known, the visual marking o~ overhead lines is performed by means of variously colored balls which are coupled onto the cable and, for this purpose, are constituted by two half-spheres made of polymeric material 20 or the like, provided with elements for mutual snap-together coupling, for example mutually cooperating hooks and slot~.
The installation of said marking means on existing facilities is usually performed with the aid of helicopters t the use whereof is moreover indispensable in the ca~e of 25power lines, along which personnel cannot move on~e they are live and which, on the other hand, cannot be deactivated for a long time, both for economical reasons and for requirements of continuity of the ser:vice.
Installation is currently performed by highly .~
The pr~ent invention relates to a device for the automated installation, by means of helicopters, of marker balls on overhead lines, such as power lines, mountain telferages, cableways and the like.
The considerable increase in air traffic, even at low altitudes, by aircrafts such as helicopters, small leisure aeroplanes, ultralight aircraft for sports use and the like, has made mandatory the marking of the cables of overhead lo lines used for any purpose.
In particular, currently applicable laws mandate the visual marking of the cables of power lines when their height from the ground exceeds 50 meters and of mountain telEerages if they are located at elevations in exce~s of 15 four meters from the top of the underlying wooded areas.
As is known, the visual marking o~ overhead lines is performed by means of variously colored balls which are coupled onto the cable and, for this purpose, are constituted by two half-spheres made of polymeric material 20 or the like, provided with elements for mutual snap-together coupling, for example mutually cooperating hooks and slot~.
The installation of said marking means on existing facilities is usually performed with the aid of helicopters t the use whereof is moreover indispensable in the ca~e of 25power lines, along which personnel cannot move on~e they are live and which, on the other hand, cannot be deactivated for a long time, both for economical reasons and for requirements of continuity of the ser:vice.
Installation is currently performed by highly .~
2~2~7~6 specialized operators, who are suspended from the helicopter in stationary flight and manually perform the installation of each ball=on the cables of the line.
These are obviously slow, very expensive operations 5 which are subject to considerable risks and for which the u~e of twin-engine helicopters is strictly pr~scri3:)ed in order to reduce the risks arising from malfunctions.
The aim of the present invention is to eliminate these severe disadvantages, and within the scope of this general lo aim it has the important object of providin~ a device which, supported by the helicopter in stationary flight, performs the installation of the marker balls automaticallv, wi~hout requiring the manual intervention of any operator, and therefore with absolutely no risk and with a high operatin~
15 speed.
Another object of the invention i~ to provide a device which, by virtue of the absence of suspended operators and of its structural simplicity, allows the use of single-engine helicopters, to the full advantage of the reduction 20 of operating costs and ease in maneuvering.
A further important object of the present invention is to provide a device which is structurall~ simple and is highly reliable in operationO
In order to achieve this aim, these important o~ject~
25 and others which will become apparent from the following detailed description, the present invention relates to a device for the automated installation, by means of helicopters, of marker balls on overhead lines, particularly power lines, characterized in that it is constituted by a ~2~77~
structure which is intended to be suspended from the barycentrlc hook of the helicopter, comprising a first section with= at least two facing magazines, each magazine being suitable for containing and distributing, in a 5 relationshiP of mutual juxtaposition, a plurality of half-spheres for the composition and installation of a corresponding plurality of marker balls, and a second section, arranged below the first one, which comprises means for the positioning of thP entire structure on the cable of lo the overhead line and means for installing the facing half-spheres, said means comprising fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting said half-sphere~ to thereby form and close said marker balls on said cable.
Further purposes, characteristics and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed de~cription and with reference to the accompanying drawings, giv~n by way of non-limitative example, wherein:
figure 1 i9 a schematic lateral elevation sectional 20 view of the device, illustrating the method for its use;
figure 2 is a front sectional elevational view of the device rotated through 90 with respect to the sectional view of figure 1;
Eigure 3 is a perspective detail view of a marker ball;
figure 4 is an enlar~ed-scale ~chematic sectional view of the device of figure l;
figure 5 is an enlarged-scale schematic ~ectional view of the device, rotated through 90 with respec~ to the sectional view of figure 4;
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-figure 6 is a sectional view, similar to figure 5, illustrating the method of operation of the means for po~itioning ~he structure on the cable;
figure 7 is an enlarged-scale detail vlew of figure 4.
In the drawings, the reference numeral 10 generally indicates the device, which is constituted by a metallic structure 11 which is intended to be suspended from the barycentric hook G of a helicopter E which, hovering in stationary flight above the overhead line LA, keeps ~aid lo structure in the vertical plane which contains the cable C
of the line which is to receive the marker balls P.
The structure 11 compri~ a first section 12 for containing the half-spheres 13 suitable for composing the balls P and a second 5ection 14 for the positioning of the 15 structure on the cable and the installation of the individual balls by juxtaposition and connect.ion of corresponding pairs of half-spheres 13.
Said half-spheres, which are of a p~r se known type, are constituted by a hollow shell made of polymeric material 20 and have cooperating snap-together coupling means, such a~
hooks and slots, or undercuts, preferably arranged on end ~leeves 15 suitable for clamping the cable C as illu~trated in detai~ in figure 3.
The first section 12 of the structure 11 comprises two 25 flanking magazines 16-17, each of which is dim~nsioned so as to store a plurality of half-spheres 13 arranged in a relation-qhip of superimposition and orientated with their convex part downward; thP capacity of sai~ magazine~ dep~nd~
on their height, which is generally comprised between 1000 2 ~3 2 ~ r7 7 ~
and 1500 mm.
As clearly illustrated in the figure, the magazines 16 and 17 are separated by a central ~ap 18 which is open downward; the width of said gap is at least such as to allow 5 the easy passage of the cable C or of old balls to be covered.
In their lower portion, the magazines have respective funnel-shaped tapered re~ions 16a-17a which end with distribution channels 16b-17b. In the tapered regions, the lO half-spheres 13 undergo, due to the combined action of controlled retention elements which will be de~cribed hereinafter, a 90 tilting so as to arrange themselves in facing pairs 13a-13b in the respective distribution channels 16b-17b, separated by the gap 18, as clearly illustrated in 15 the figures.
Advantageously, each distribution channel has vertical panels 16c-17c s~itable for engaging the sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13 to guide and retain them.
The second section 14 of the s~ructure 11 is arranged 20 immediately below the distribution channels 16b-17b and is articulated to the first section 12 by mean~ of a lateral hin~e 19 which allows it to orientate itself in the vertical plane in which the cable C of the line is arranged.
A fluid-actuated jack 20, the cylinder whereof is 25 articulated to the first section and the stem whereof is articulated to the second section (or vice versa), actuate3 the rotation of said second section in said vertical plane.
Two holder compartments 21-22 are formed in the section 14 for respective half-spheres arriving from ~he overlying 30 distribution channels 16b-17b. Said compartm2nts are open ~25~
downward and have lateral horizontal panels 21a-22a on which the sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13 abut in order to retain them.=Respective presser elements furthermore extend into the compartments and are constituted by pairs of fluid-5 actuated jacks 23-24 suitable for pushing the ~acing half-spheres into mutual snap-together coupling, so that said half-spheres are closed onto the cable C, which as a consequence of the operative positioning of the structure is arranged inside the gap 1~ at the diametrical axis of the lo facing half-spheres.
For this purpose, two guiding and positioning notches 25 in the shape of an inverted V are for~ed on the opposite walls pl-p2 of the compartments 21-22 and are orthogonal to the plane of arrangement of the cable C; the vertex of ~aid 15 V, which is intended to abut on the cable, is substantially arranged at said diametrical axi~ of the half-spheres. A
four-footed structure 26 which is composed of divaricated uprights and is used for the static resting of the device on the ground, extends below the compartments 21 and 22 and 20 also defines a guiding channel 27 for the cable C which blends with the notches 25. Two opposite sensors 28-29 contribute to the operative positioning of the entire structure, are arranged at the respective vertices of the notches 25 and are supported, for example, by corresponding 25 wings 30-31 of the four-footed structure 26. Circuit mean~, associated with said sensors and not illustrated in the figure, activate an indication of correct positioning which is also transmitted to the cabin of the helicopter E, when both sen30rs are engaged by the cable C. In the lina 30 sections in which the cable is horizontal, this occurs with the jack 20 idle in retracted position and with the second section 14 of the structure aligned with the first section 12. If the cable portion involved in the installation of the ball is inclined, as illustrated for example in figure 6, 5 contact occurs between a single sensor, for e~ample the sensor 28, and the cable C. To this condition there corresponds the activation of the jack 20, on the part of said electric circuit means, fo.r example by means of the opening of an electric-valve which connects said jack to a lO source of pressurized fluid, or by means of the energization of a pump for the delivery of said fluid.
This is followed by the extension of the ~ack 20, which causes the rotation of the second section 14 of the . structure about the axis of the hinge 19, said second 15 section arranging itself parallel to the portion of cable involved; rotation is interrupted when the second sensor 29 also makes contact with the cable C. Once positioning ha~
occurred, by means of a manual control, such as a switch which can be actuated by the operator on board the ~o helicopter, the presser elements 23-24 are activated, for exampla by means of the opening of respective electric valves for feeding the pressurized fluid. Said presser elements, by acting on the end sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13, provide their connection and consequently the 25 installation on the cable of the ball which is the result of said coupling of th~ half-spheres. The activation of the presser elements is preferably controlled by the enabling signal provided by both sensors 28-29 and can even be produced automatically by said electric circuit element~
30 when both sensors are en~aged by the cable C.
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Similarly, the passage of the half-spheres 13 from the respective magazine to the underlying dlstribution channel is controlle~ by a sensor which ~enses the presence of the half-spheres in the respective holder compartments 21-22;
5 said sensor controls the distribution of new half-spheres into the holder compartments after a ball has been installed on the cable.
For this purpose, each magazine has a set of three electromagnetic retention elements 32-33 and 3~, which are 10 constituted for example by known bolts actuated by respective solenoids.
A pair 32-33 of said bolts is provided for the retention of the next to last half-sphere of the stack, whereas the third bolt 34 retainR, in cooperation with a 15 fixed stop element 35, the last half-sphere of the stac~ -in a poqition which faces the distribution channel. When ~aid presence sensor, for example constituted by a feeler 36, or by an optical photodiode-transistor pair, senses the absence of half-spheres in the compartments 21-22, it first of all 20 actuates the opening of the ~olt 34, which releases the last half-sphere of the stack, which, being retair.ed by the fixed stop element 35, rotates about said stop elen~ent and arranges itself edge-on to e~ter the respective distribution channel, as is clearly illustrated in the figure 7. After 25 this, the bolt 34 returns to its stop position and provide~
the enabling signal for the opening of the bolts 32-33 which release the overlying stack of half-spheres, which move~
downward and abuts on the bolt 34 and on the ~top element 35 to allow the repetition of the controlled di~tributio~
30 cycle.
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The execution of the circuit means suitable for providing the described control sequences is straightforward in design for the technician and its diagram, which in any case is non-limitative for the execution of the present 5 invention, is therefore omitted.
Though the concept of the invention is invariant, the details of execution and the embodiments ~ay furthermore naturally be varied extensively with respect to what is described and illustrated by way of non-limitative example lo without ~hereby abandoning the scope of the invention.
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These are obviously slow, very expensive operations 5 which are subject to considerable risks and for which the u~e of twin-engine helicopters is strictly pr~scri3:)ed in order to reduce the risks arising from malfunctions.
The aim of the present invention is to eliminate these severe disadvantages, and within the scope of this general lo aim it has the important object of providin~ a device which, supported by the helicopter in stationary flight, performs the installation of the marker balls automaticallv, wi~hout requiring the manual intervention of any operator, and therefore with absolutely no risk and with a high operatin~
15 speed.
Another object of the invention i~ to provide a device which, by virtue of the absence of suspended operators and of its structural simplicity, allows the use of single-engine helicopters, to the full advantage of the reduction 20 of operating costs and ease in maneuvering.
A further important object of the present invention is to provide a device which is structurall~ simple and is highly reliable in operationO
In order to achieve this aim, these important o~ject~
25 and others which will become apparent from the following detailed description, the present invention relates to a device for the automated installation, by means of helicopters, of marker balls on overhead lines, particularly power lines, characterized in that it is constituted by a ~2~77~
structure which is intended to be suspended from the barycentrlc hook of the helicopter, comprising a first section with= at least two facing magazines, each magazine being suitable for containing and distributing, in a 5 relationshiP of mutual juxtaposition, a plurality of half-spheres for the composition and installation of a corresponding plurality of marker balls, and a second section, arranged below the first one, which comprises means for the positioning of thP entire structure on the cable of lo the overhead line and means for installing the facing half-spheres, said means comprising fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting said half-sphere~ to thereby form and close said marker balls on said cable.
Further purposes, characteristics and advantages will become apparent from the following detailed de~cription and with reference to the accompanying drawings, giv~n by way of non-limitative example, wherein:
figure 1 i9 a schematic lateral elevation sectional 20 view of the device, illustrating the method for its use;
figure 2 is a front sectional elevational view of the device rotated through 90 with respect to the sectional view of figure 1;
Eigure 3 is a perspective detail view of a marker ball;
figure 4 is an enlar~ed-scale ~chematic sectional view of the device of figure l;
figure 5 is an enlarged-scale schematic ~ectional view of the device, rotated through 90 with respec~ to the sectional view of figure 4;
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-figure 6 is a sectional view, similar to figure 5, illustrating the method of operation of the means for po~itioning ~he structure on the cable;
figure 7 is an enlarged-scale detail vlew of figure 4.
In the drawings, the reference numeral 10 generally indicates the device, which is constituted by a metallic structure 11 which is intended to be suspended from the barycentric hook G of a helicopter E which, hovering in stationary flight above the overhead line LA, keeps ~aid lo structure in the vertical plane which contains the cable C
of the line which is to receive the marker balls P.
The structure 11 compri~ a first section 12 for containing the half-spheres 13 suitable for composing the balls P and a second 5ection 14 for the positioning of the 15 structure on the cable and the installation of the individual balls by juxtaposition and connect.ion of corresponding pairs of half-spheres 13.
Said half-spheres, which are of a p~r se known type, are constituted by a hollow shell made of polymeric material 20 and have cooperating snap-together coupling means, such a~
hooks and slots, or undercuts, preferably arranged on end ~leeves 15 suitable for clamping the cable C as illu~trated in detai~ in figure 3.
The first section 12 of the structure 11 comprises two 25 flanking magazines 16-17, each of which is dim~nsioned so as to store a plurality of half-spheres 13 arranged in a relation-qhip of superimposition and orientated with their convex part downward; thP capacity of sai~ magazine~ dep~nd~
on their height, which is generally comprised between 1000 2 ~3 2 ~ r7 7 ~
and 1500 mm.
As clearly illustrated in the figure, the magazines 16 and 17 are separated by a central ~ap 18 which is open downward; the width of said gap is at least such as to allow 5 the easy passage of the cable C or of old balls to be covered.
In their lower portion, the magazines have respective funnel-shaped tapered re~ions 16a-17a which end with distribution channels 16b-17b. In the tapered regions, the lO half-spheres 13 undergo, due to the combined action of controlled retention elements which will be de~cribed hereinafter, a 90 tilting so as to arrange themselves in facing pairs 13a-13b in the respective distribution channels 16b-17b, separated by the gap 18, as clearly illustrated in 15 the figures.
Advantageously, each distribution channel has vertical panels 16c-17c s~itable for engaging the sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13 to guide and retain them.
The second section 14 of the s~ructure 11 is arranged 20 immediately below the distribution channels 16b-17b and is articulated to the first section 12 by mean~ of a lateral hin~e 19 which allows it to orientate itself in the vertical plane in which the cable C of the line is arranged.
A fluid-actuated jack 20, the cylinder whereof is 25 articulated to the first section and the stem whereof is articulated to the second section (or vice versa), actuate3 the rotation of said second section in said vertical plane.
Two holder compartments 21-22 are formed in the section 14 for respective half-spheres arriving from ~he overlying 30 distribution channels 16b-17b. Said compartm2nts are open ~25~
downward and have lateral horizontal panels 21a-22a on which the sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13 abut in order to retain them.=Respective presser elements furthermore extend into the compartments and are constituted by pairs of fluid-5 actuated jacks 23-24 suitable for pushing the ~acing half-spheres into mutual snap-together coupling, so that said half-spheres are closed onto the cable C, which as a consequence of the operative positioning of the structure is arranged inside the gap 1~ at the diametrical axis of the lo facing half-spheres.
For this purpose, two guiding and positioning notches 25 in the shape of an inverted V are for~ed on the opposite walls pl-p2 of the compartments 21-22 and are orthogonal to the plane of arrangement of the cable C; the vertex of ~aid 15 V, which is intended to abut on the cable, is substantially arranged at said diametrical axi~ of the half-spheres. A
four-footed structure 26 which is composed of divaricated uprights and is used for the static resting of the device on the ground, extends below the compartments 21 and 22 and 20 also defines a guiding channel 27 for the cable C which blends with the notches 25. Two opposite sensors 28-29 contribute to the operative positioning of the entire structure, are arranged at the respective vertices of the notches 25 and are supported, for example, by corresponding 25 wings 30-31 of the four-footed structure 26. Circuit mean~, associated with said sensors and not illustrated in the figure, activate an indication of correct positioning which is also transmitted to the cabin of the helicopter E, when both sen30rs are engaged by the cable C. In the lina 30 sections in which the cable is horizontal, this occurs with the jack 20 idle in retracted position and with the second section 14 of the structure aligned with the first section 12. If the cable portion involved in the installation of the ball is inclined, as illustrated for example in figure 6, 5 contact occurs between a single sensor, for e~ample the sensor 28, and the cable C. To this condition there corresponds the activation of the jack 20, on the part of said electric circuit means, fo.r example by means of the opening of an electric-valve which connects said jack to a lO source of pressurized fluid, or by means of the energization of a pump for the delivery of said fluid.
This is followed by the extension of the ~ack 20, which causes the rotation of the second section 14 of the . structure about the axis of the hinge 19, said second 15 section arranging itself parallel to the portion of cable involved; rotation is interrupted when the second sensor 29 also makes contact with the cable C. Once positioning ha~
occurred, by means of a manual control, such as a switch which can be actuated by the operator on board the ~o helicopter, the presser elements 23-24 are activated, for exampla by means of the opening of respective electric valves for feeding the pressurized fluid. Said presser elements, by acting on the end sleeves 15 of the half-spheres 13, provide their connection and consequently the 25 installation on the cable of the ball which is the result of said coupling of th~ half-spheres. The activation of the presser elements is preferably controlled by the enabling signal provided by both sensors 28-29 and can even be produced automatically by said electric circuit element~
30 when both sensors are en~aged by the cable C.
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Similarly, the passage of the half-spheres 13 from the respective magazine to the underlying dlstribution channel is controlle~ by a sensor which ~enses the presence of the half-spheres in the respective holder compartments 21-22;
5 said sensor controls the distribution of new half-spheres into the holder compartments after a ball has been installed on the cable.
For this purpose, each magazine has a set of three electromagnetic retention elements 32-33 and 3~, which are 10 constituted for example by known bolts actuated by respective solenoids.
A pair 32-33 of said bolts is provided for the retention of the next to last half-sphere of the stack, whereas the third bolt 34 retainR, in cooperation with a 15 fixed stop element 35, the last half-sphere of the stac~ -in a poqition which faces the distribution channel. When ~aid presence sensor, for example constituted by a feeler 36, or by an optical photodiode-transistor pair, senses the absence of half-spheres in the compartments 21-22, it first of all 20 actuates the opening of the ~olt 34, which releases the last half-sphere of the stack, which, being retair.ed by the fixed stop element 35, rotates about said stop elen~ent and arranges itself edge-on to e~ter the respective distribution channel, as is clearly illustrated in the figure 7. After 25 this, the bolt 34 returns to its stop position and provide~
the enabling signal for the opening of the bolts 32-33 which release the overlying stack of half-spheres, which move~
downward and abuts on the bolt 34 and on the ~top element 35 to allow the repetition of the controlled di~tributio~
30 cycle.
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The execution of the circuit means suitable for providing the described control sequences is straightforward in design for the technician and its diagram, which in any case is non-limitative for the execution of the present 5 invention, is therefore omitted.
Though the concept of the invention is invariant, the details of execution and the embodiments ~ay furthermore naturally be varied extensively with respect to what is described and illustrated by way of non-limitative example lo without ~hereby abandoning the scope of the invention.
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Claims (12)
1. Device for the automated installation, by means of helicopters, of marker balls on overhead lines, particularly live power lines, comprising a structure which is intended to be suspended from the barycentric hook of the helicopter, comprising a first section with at least two facing magazines, each magazine being suitable for containing and distributing, in a relationship of mutual juxtaposition, a plurality of half-spheres for the composition and installation of a corresponding plurality of marker balls;
and a second section, underlying the first one, comprising means for the positioning of the entire structure on the cable of the overhead line and means for the installation of the facing half-spheres, said means comprising fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting said half-spheres to thereby form and close said marker balls on said cable.
and a second section, underlying the first one, comprising means for the positioning of the entire structure on the cable of the overhead line and means for the installation of the facing half-spheres, said means comprising fluid-actuated jack elements suitable for mutually compressing and connecting said half-spheres to thereby form and close said marker balls on said cable.
2. Device according to claim 1, wherein said facing magazines are separated by a central gap the width whereof is at least such as to allow the easy passage of the cables of the overhead line.
3. Device according to claims 1, wherein said magazines have, in their lower portion, respective funnel-shaped tapered regions which end with facing distribution channels, and in that in the tapered regions the half-spheres undergo, due to the combined action of controlled retention elements, a 90° tilting to arrange themselves in facing pairs in the respective distribution channels.
4. Device according to claim 1, wherein the half-spheres are stacked in the respective magazines and are orientated with their convexity downward.
5. Device according to claim 1, wherein each distribution channel has vertical panels suitable for engaging respective sleeves of the half-spheres for the guiding and retention thereof.
6. Device according to claim 1, wherein said controlled retention elements comprise a pair of electromagnetic bolts for the retention of the next to last half-spheres of the stack in the magazine and a third bolt which cooperates with a fixed stop element for the retention and distribution with tilting of the last half-sphere of the stack in the underlying distribution channel.
7. Device according to claim 1, wherein the second section of the structure is located below the distribution channels and is articulated to the first section by means of a lateral hinge which allows it to orientate itself in the plane of arrangement of the cable of the line; at least one fluid-actuated jack being provided to produce the controlled rotation of the second section with respect to the first one.
8. Device according to claim 1, wherein said second section of the structure comprises two holder compartments for respective half-spheres which arrive from the overlying distribution channels and abut, with their end sleeves, on horizontal panels of said compartments, and in that presser elements extend into said compartments and are suitable for pushing the facing half-spheres into mutual snap-together coupling engagement.
9. Device according to claim 7, wherein said presser elements are constituted by fluid-actuated jacks.
10. Device according to claim 7, wherein the opposite walls of the holder compartments, which are orthogonal to the plane of arrangement of the cable of the line, have notches in the shape of an inverted V for the guiding and positioning of the cable of the overhead line; the vertex of said notches, intended to abut on the cable, being arranged substantially at the diametrical axis of the half-spheres contained in the holder compartments.
11. Device according to claim 1, wherein a four-footed static supporting structure which extends below the second section and is composed of divaricated uprights which also define a guiding channel for the cable, said channel blending into said notches.
12. Device according to claim 1, wherein the second section of the structure comprises a pair of cable sensors arranged at the vertices of the cable guiding and positioning notches, and in that the condition of contact of a single sensor of the pair with the cable activates the jack for the rotation of the second section of the structure with respect to the first one in order to arrange said second section parallel to the inclined cable portion of the line involved in the installation of the ball.
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