CN107279129A - One kind drives snake device - Google Patents

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CN107279129A
CN107279129A CN201710415926.0A CN201710415926A CN107279129A CN 107279129 A CN107279129 A CN 107279129A CN 201710415926 A CN201710415926 A CN 201710415926A CN 107279129 A CN107279129 A CN 107279129A
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任兵
李志铁
徐如家
汤万清
郑卉
姚静
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Yangzhou Power Supply Co of Jiangsu Electric Power Co
Gaoyou Power Supply Co of State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co Ltd
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01MCATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS; APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS
    • A01M29/00Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus
    • A01M29/24Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus using electric or magnetic effects, e.g. electric shocks, magnetic fields or microwaves
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y02A50/30Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change

Abstract

One kind drives snake device.Transformer station's drive snake device that snake effect is obvious, will not be damaged to class is driven there is provided a kind of.Including the power supply, time switch and pulse generating unit being sequentially connected, the pulse generating unit is located in the rain cover of both ends open, and the pulse generating unit is connected between the time switch and pulse generating unit;The pulse generating unit is the parallel woven wire one and woven wire two of two panels, and diode one is provided between the power supply and woven wire one, diode two is provided between the power supply and woven wire two, the diode one and diode two are in opposite direction;The woven wire one and woven wire two are vertical with the axis of rain cover respectively.The pulse generating unit of electric discharge is set in cable duct, when in snake drilling rain cover, two panels sheet metal has been encountered, as conductor, has connected impulse circuit, produced electric current, electric current impact is produced to snake, forces snake to leave.

Description

One kind drives snake device
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of power, and in particular to a kind of transformer station drive snake device.
Background technology
High-voltage switch gear room is that the high-tension switch cabinet in the important component of transformer station, switch gear room is to ensure operation of power networks Key equipment, for playing break-make, control or protection etc. in power system generating, transmission of electricity, distribution, computer conversion and consumption, With functions such as built on stilts inlet-outlet line, cable incoming-outgoing wire, bus contacts.And the toy such as class has when causing hyperbaric chamber equipment breakdown Occur, maximum harm of the class to electrical equipment is the short circuit for causing high voltage electric equipment, causes device damage or power outage, Loss is huge.
Want to prevent class from triggering electric power accident to enter hyperbaric chamber it is necessary to prevent class.It is well known that the toy such as class Like best and live in shady and cool, moist place, in transformer station, cable duct and sewer are the main hiding-places of class, are become Power station typically has high about 2m enclosure wall to do barrier, and it is general by sewer or towards the electricity outside station that class wants to enter transformer station Cable ditch or the hole by enclosure wall side.The transformer station of now is all unwatched, and the door and window of high-voltage switch gear room is always Close, if so the class entered in inbound wants only have substantially by cable duct into high-voltage switch gear room, and cable duct is shady and cool, tide Also exactly class is deeply in love for wet environment.
Drive snake methods all at present mainly have:(1)The principle of the medicines such as realgar is afraid of using class, is driven in one kind in snake device Place the medicines such as realgar to realize the effect of drive snake, it is cheap that this kind drives snake method, it is easy to makes, when drug volatilizations such as realgars It is poisonous, not environmentally;(2)Circuit is designed using alternating current, power network is installed and is used for driveing class, this kind of method design is simple, effect Substantially, but class can be damaged, is unfavorable for protecting animal, and people may be accidentally injured.
The content of the invention
The present invention drives the transformer station that snake effect is obvious, will not be damaged to class for problem above there is provided a kind of With drive snake device.
The technical scheme is that:Including the power supply, time switch and pulse generating unit being sequentially connected, the pulse Generating means is located in the rain cover of both ends open, and the pulse generating unit is connected to the time switch and pulse generation dress Between putting;
The pulse generating unit is the parallel woven wire one and woven wire two of two panels, the power supply and woven wire one it Between be provided with diode one, between the power supply and woven wire two be provided with diode two, diode one and diode two side To opposite;
The woven wire one and woven wire two are vertical with the axis of rain cover respectively.
The pulse power is by 555 Timer Controllings.
The air bag and water sensor for also include controller, being attached thereto, the air bag are located at the outer of the bottom of rain cover On wall, the water sensor is located at the bottom of the port of export of rain cover, at the wall thickness of rain cover 1/2.
The air bag has two, and two air bags are successively deflated in rain cover axis direction arranged in parallel during deflation.
The both sides of the woven wire one are respectively equipped with buckle one, and the both sides of the woven wire two are respectively equipped with buckle Two, the two ends diameter of buckle one and the buckle two is more than mid diameter, and the inwall of the rain cover is anti-provided with favouring The neck one and the neck two of two accommodating buckles two of two accommodating buckles one of canopy axis, the neck one and neck two It is respectively equipped with opening one and opening two on cell wall, the diameter of the opening one and the opening two is equal to buckle one and buckle two The diameter at middle part;
The upper end of the woven wire one and woven wire two is respectively hinged in a connecting rod, and the connecting rod can be by driving Dynamic device is moved back and forth in rain cover.
The connecting rod is rigid posts, and the drive device includes the slide rail being located on rain cover inwall and fits in slide rail On sliding block, the rigid posts are connected on sliding block, and the sliding block is driven by motor one.
The connecting rod is elastic rack, and the drive device includes being located at the receiving elastic rack on the wall of rain cover side Groove and the gear being adapted to elastic rack, the one end of the elastic rack away from woven wire one and woven wire two are folded, Together, the depth of the groove is equal to the thickness after elastic rack is folded to the tooth adaptation of folded portion, the slot opening Width is less than the width of elastic rack, and the gear is driven by motor two.
The beneficial effects of the invention are as follows:The pulse generating unit of electric discharge is set in cable duct, when snake drilling rain cover in, Encountered two panels sheet metal, as conductor, connected impulse circuit, produced electric current, electric current impact is produced to snake, force snake from Open;Water sensor and air bag are set on rain cover, air bag is opened when having detected water, rain cover position is increased, it is to avoid its It is immersed in water, harmful effect is produced to pulse generating unit, successively deflates, the water in rain cover can be fallen when rain cover is deflated Out;Woven wire can make radial rotating by drive device, can raise its position, it is to avoid it touches water.Structure essence of the present invention Ingeniously, when have snake enter it is fashionable produce high pressure low current snake impacted in short-term, compel away from, drive snake effect substantially, and Snake will not be damaged.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of the present invention,
Fig. 2 is Fig. 1 left view,
Fig. 3 is B-B direction sectional view in Fig. 1,
Fig. 4 be the A-A of the first embodiment in Fig. 1 to sectional view,
Fig. 5 is enlarged drawing at C in Fig. 4,
Fig. 6 be the A-A of second of embodiment in Fig. 1 to sectional view,
Fig. 7 is the connection diagram of elastic rack and pinion in Fig. 5,
Fig. 8 is pulse generation circuit diagram in the present invention;
1 is rain cover in figure, and 11 be opening one, and 12 be opening two, and 13 be groove, and 21 be woven wire one, and 211 be buckle one, 22 be woven wire two, and 221 be buckle two, and 23 be rigid posts, and 24 be sliding block, and 25 be elastic adhesive tape, and 26 be gear, and 3 be air bag, 4 be water sensor.
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The present invention is illustrated below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
As shown in figures 1-8, the present invention includes power supply, time switch and the pulse generating unit being sequentially connected, the pulse Generating means is located in the rain cover 1 of both ends open, and the pulse generating unit is connected to the time switch and pulse generation Between device;Time switch can set power supply power-on time according to the habit of snake, be set to energization one in several seconds such as 5-10 months Secondary, winter is set to a week.
The pulse generating unit is the parallel woven wire 1 and woven wire 2 22 of two panels, the power supply and metal Diode one is provided between silk screen 1, diode two, the diode one are provided between the power supply and woven wire 2 22 It is in opposite direction with diode two, on the one hand fix output current direction, the number of times of electric current output is on the other hand reduced, so as to subtract Few injury to snake.
The woven wire 1 and woven wire 2 22 are vertical with the axis of rain cover respectively, like what is got into the cave based on snake Habit, snake enter cable duct be substantially all can net rain cover 1 is inner bores, when its simultaneously with two panels wire mesh contacts when, pulse hair Raw circuit turn-on.So as to producing high pressure low current, snake is impacted, it is urgent away from.
The pulse power is by 555 Timer Controllings.
Present invention additionally comprises controller, the air bag being attached thereto 3 and water sensor 4, the air bag 3 is located at rain cover 1 Bottom outer wall on, the water sensor 4 is located at the bottom of the port of export of rain cover 1,1/2 wall thickness positioned at rain cover 1 Place.Water sensor is touch sensor, for detecting the presence of water, and when having detected water, signal is transmitted into controller, control The aerating device of device control air bag 3 processed is inflated to it, raises rain cover, it is to avoid it is short-circuit because of inner inlet;Water is decorporated Afterwards, controller control air bag 3 is deflated.
The air bag has two, and two air bags are successively deflated, successively in the axis direction arranged in parallel of rain cover 1 during deflation Deflation can be tilted rain cover 1, and the water in rain cover 1 is poured out and drained, it is ensured that be dried in rain cover 1.
The both sides of the woven wire 1 are respectively equipped with buckle 1, and the both sides of the woven wire 2 22 are set respectively There is buckle 2 221, the two ends diameter of buckle 1 and the buckle 2 221 is more than mid diameter, i.e. buckle 1 and card Detain 2 221 to be stuck on the inwall of rain cover 1, the inwall of the rain cover 1 is housed provided with favour rain cover axis two Set respectively on the neck two of the neck one of buckle 1 and two accommodating buckles 2 221, the cell wall of the neck one and neck two There is an opening one 11 and opening 2 12, the diameter of the opening 1 and the opening 2 12 is equal to buckle 1 and buckle 2 221 Middle part diameter;
The upper end of the woven wire 1 and woven wire 2 22 is respectively hinged in a connecting rod, and the connecting rod can lead to Over-driving device is moved back and forth in rain cover.
As the first embodiment of the present invention, as shown in figure 4, the connecting rod is rigid posts 23, the driving dress Put including the slide rail being located on the inwall of rain cover 1 and the sliding block 24 fitted on slide rail, the rigid posts 23 are connected to sliding block 24 On, the sliding block 24 is driven by motor one.Motor one is moved with movable slider 24 and rigid posts 23 to the direction away from wire When, rigid posts 23 drive woven wire to be tilted to the direction, then drive woven wire 1 and woven wire 2 22 to exist respectively Slided in neck one and neck two, so that woven wire is tilted and raised, it is to avoid it touches water.
As second of embodiment of the present invention, as seen in figs. 5-6, the connecting rod is elastic rack 25, the bullet Property rack 25 be made up of hard elastic material, the drive device includes being located at receiving elastic rack 25 on the side wall of rain cover 1 Groove 13 and the gear 26 that is adapted to elastic rack 25, the elastic rack 25 is away from woven wire 1 and woven wire two 22 one end is folded, and together, the depth of the groove 13 is equal to the thickness after elastic rack 25 is folded to the tooth adaptation of folded portion Degree, the width that the groove 13 is open is less than the width of elastic rack 25, and the gear 26 is driven by motor two.The band of motor two Moving gear 26 is rotated counterclockwise(Based on the direction in Fig. 6), elastic rack 25 is more by the Foldable of gear 26, so that One end of elastic rack 25 and wire mesh contacts drives it to be moved to gear direction, then drives woven wire 1 and metal Silk screen 2 22 is slided in neck one and neck two respectively, so that woven wire is tilted and raised, it is to avoid it touches water.
Motor one and motor two are connected with controller.
The present invention operation principle be:Using snake as the attachment means of pulse generating circuit, when snake drilling rain cover in, simultaneously Two panels woven wire is touched, circuit communication produces low pulse current, snake is impacted, compels away from pulse current It is small, and be pulsed, scaring effect is only served to snake, it will not be damaged, meet the conviction of animal protection;Cause Impulse circuit meets water meeting short circuit and causes failure, increase maintenance and installation cost, therefore we take waterproof measure:First anti- The lower section of canopy is provided with air bag, and installs water sensor in rain cover port, when water sensor has monitored water, control Device processed controls airbag aeration, so as to raise rain cover, it is to avoid water enters wherein, is successively put using two air bags during air bag deflation Gas, can so make inevitably to come out into the water control in rain cover, it is ensured that dry in rain cover, in addition, also by driving Dynamic device tilts woven wire, raises its bottom, further avoids it from being contacted with water.

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1. one kind drives snake device, it is characterised in that including the power supply, time switch and pulse generating unit being sequentially connected, the arteries and veins Generating means is rushed in the rain cover of both ends open, the pulse generating unit is connected to the time switch and pulse generation Between device;
The pulse generating unit is the parallel woven wire one and woven wire two of two panels, the power supply and woven wire one it Between be provided with diode one, between the power supply and woven wire two be provided with diode two, diode one and diode two side To opposite;
The woven wire one and woven wire two are vertical with the axis of rain cover respectively.
2. a kind of drive snake device according to claim 1, it is characterised in that the pulse power is by 555 Timer Controllings.
A kind of drive snake device 3. according to claim 1, it is characterised in that also including controller, the air bag being attached thereto and Water sensor, the air bag is located on the outer wall of the bottom of rain cover, and the water sensor is located at the port of export of rain cover Bottom, at the wall thickness of rain cover 1/2.
4. a kind of drive snake device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that the air bag has two, and two air bags are in rain-proof Cover axis direction arranged in parallel, successively deflates during deflation.
5. a kind of drive snake device according to claim 3, it is characterised in that the both sides of the woven wire one are respectively equipped with card Button one, the both sides of the woven wire two are respectively equipped with buckle two, during the two ends diameter of buckle one and the buckle two is more than Portion's diameter, the inwall of the rain cover is provided with the neck one and two appearances of two accommodating buckles one for favouring rain cover axis Put and opening one and opening two are respectively equipped with the neck two of buckle two, the cell wall of the neck one and neck two, the opening one It is equal to the diameter at the middle part of buckle one and buckle two with the diameter of the opening two;
The upper end of the woven wire one and woven wire two is respectively hinged in a connecting rod, and the connecting rod can be by driving Dynamic device is moved back and forth in rain cover.
6. a kind of drive snake device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the connecting rod is rigid posts, the driving dress Put including the slide rail being located on rain cover inwall and the sliding block fitted on slide rail, the rigid posts are connected on sliding block, described Sliding block is driven by motor one.
7. a kind of drive snake device according to claim 5, it is characterised in that the connecting rod is elastic rack, the driving The gear that device includes the groove for the receiving elastic rack being located on the wall of rain cover side and is adapted to elastic rack, the Elastic Teeth The one end of bar away from woven wire one and woven wire two is folded, and the tooth of folded portion is adapted to together, the depth of the groove Thickness after being folded equal to elastic rack, the width of the slot opening is less than the width of elastic rack, and the gear passes through electricity Machine two drives.
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