Relative terms, such as "lower" or "bottom" and "upper" or "top," may be used in embodiments to describe a relative relationship of one component of an icon to another component. It will be appreciated that if the device of the icon is turned upside down, components described as being on the "lower" side will be components on the "upper" side. Further, when a layer is "on" another layer or a substrate, it may mean "directly on" the other layer or the substrate, or that the layer is on the other layer or the substrate, or that the other layer is interposed between the other layer and the substrate.
The invention provides a boarding bridge, which comprises a first channel mechanism, a second channel mechanism, a lifting mechanism, a traveling mechanism and a balance mechanism, as shown in fig. 1 to 4B. The first channel mechanism comprises a vertical column 11, a fixed channel 12, a telescopic inner channel 13 and a telescopic outer channel 14. The fixed channel 12 is fixedly supported on the upright post 11, the telescopic inner channel 13 is hinged with the fixed channel 12, the telescopic outer channel 14 is sleeved with the telescopic inner channel 13 and can move telescopically relative to the telescopic inner channel 13, and the second channel mechanism 15 is hinged with the telescopic outer channel 14 and the channel direction of the second channel mechanism is vertical to the channel direction of the telescopic outer channel 14. The two ends of the second channel mechanism 15 are respectively provided with a docking port 153 for docking with a ship. Elevating system includes lift stand subassembly 21, crane 22 and lift drive 23, lift stand subassembly 21 and crane 22 mobilizable being connected, and flexible outer passageway 14 is articulated with crane 22, and lift drive 23 can drive crane 22 and go up and down for lift stand subassembly 21 to drive flexible outer passageway 14 and go up and down. The balance mechanism is respectively hinged with the first channel mechanism and the second channel mechanism, or respectively hinged with the lifting mechanism and the second channel mechanism, and can adjust the second channel mechanism to be in a horizontal state.
The walking mechanism comprises a walking beam 31, walking wheels 32 and a walking driving device, the walking wheels 32 are installed below the walking beam 31, the walking beam 31 supports the lifting upright post assembly 21, and the walking driving device can drive the walking beam 31 to move longitudinally along the channel mechanism, so that the telescopic inner channel 13 and the telescopic outer channel 14 can be relatively telescopic.
The boarding bridge of the invention can be arranged along the length direction of the jetty and is used for transporting passengers between the fixed corridor bridge and a ship. The two ends of the second channel mechanism of the boarding bridge are respectively provided with a ship receiving port, namely, one boarding bridge corresponds to two berths, so that ships positioned at two sides of the jetty can be served; and because the second channel mechanism is in a horizontal state, passengers can smoothly pass through the second channel mechanism, the safety of the passengers is ensured, and the comfort level of the passengers is improved.
Meanwhile, the invention decomposes the fall between the fixed bridge and the ship deck by the matching of the first channel mechanism, the lifting mechanism and the travelling mechanism, greatly improves the comfort level of passengers by using a gentle channel gradient, and can adjust the channel height according to different ship types and tide rising conditions so as to be smoothly butted with ships.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the second channel mechanism 15 includes a fixed outer channel 151 and a telescopic channel 152, the fixed outer channel 151 is hinged to the bottom of the telescopic outer channel 14, and the channel direction of the fixed outer channel is perpendicular to the channel direction of the telescopic outer channel 14, the telescopic channel 152 is movably sleeved with the fixed outer channel 151, and the telescopic channel 152 has a docking port 153 for docking with a ship.
Flexible connecting devices are arranged between the fixed outer channel 151 and the telescopic channel 152 of the boarding bridge and between the fixed outer channel 151 and the telescopic outer channel 14 in butt joint end faces, so that rainwater and dust are prevented from entering.
In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4A and 4B, the lifting column assembly 21 includes a pair of inner sleeves 211, the lifting frame 22 includes a pair of outer sleeves 221, an upper cross beam 222 and a lower cross beam 223, the inner sleeves 211 are fixed to the walking beam 31 and are sleeved with the outer sleeves 221, the upper cross beam 222 and the lower cross beam 223 are connected between the pair of outer sleeves 221 in parallel, and the telescopic outer channel 14 passes through between the pair of outer sleeves 221 and is hinged with the lower cross beam 223.
Wherein the lifting column assembly 21 may further comprise a column cross member 212 connected between the pair of inner tubes 211 to form a frame structure.
The lifting driving device may be a hydraulic cylinder, and includes a first cylinder 331 and a first piston rod 332, the first cylinder 331 is mounted on the column beam 212, an end of the first piston rod 332 is connected to the outer sleeve 221, and the outer sleeve 221 is driven to lift relative to the lifting column assembly 21 by the extension and contraction of the first piston rod 332, so as to realize the upward tilting or downward tilting of the telescopic outer channel 14.
Fig. 6 and 7 show the telescoping outer channel 14 pitched up and pitched down, respectively, relative to the inner sleeve 211 of the lifting column assembly 21. The lifting mechanism further includes a pair of limit stops 24 disposed on the top of the outer telescopic channel 14 and located on both sides of the outer sleeve 221, and when the outer telescopic channel 14 rotates to a downward limit position relative to the outer sleeve 221, the limit stops 24 on one side of the outer sleeve 221 abut against the top cross beam 222, as shown in fig. 7. When the telescopic outer channel 14 rotates to the ascending limit position relative to the outer sleeve 221, the limit stop 24 on the other side of the outer sleeve 221 abuts against the top cross beam 222, as shown in fig. 6. The pair of limit baffles 24 limits the maximum swing amplitude of the telescopic outer channel 14 to prevent the telescopic outer channel 14 from being unstable due to too large swing amplitude of the telescopic outer channel 14.
In this embodiment, the pair of limit stops 24 are disposed obliquely and symmetrically with respect to the outer tube 221, and the angle of relative rotation between the telescopic outer channel 14 and the lifting mechanism is-10 ° to 10 °. In fig. 6 and 7, the extreme roll slope of the telescoping outer channel 14 is 12.5%, corresponding to an angle of 7.12 °.
Balance mechanism embodiment one
As shown in fig. 5, the balancing mechanism includes a pull rod 25, and both ends of the pull rod 25 are respectively hinged with the upper beam 222 and the fixed outer channel 151 of the crane 22. And the both ends of flexible outer passageway 14 bottom are articulated with crane 22's bottom end rail 223 and fixed outer passageway 151 bottom respectively, as shown in fig. 5, have four pin joint A, B, C, D to make pull rod 25, crane 22, flexible outer passageway 14 and fixed outer passageway 151 form the four-bar linkage similar to parallelogram, when lift stand subassembly 21 is vertical all the time, crane 22 also remains vertical all the time, thereby make fixed outer passageway 151 also remain vertical all the time, then connect the ship platform to remain the horizontality all the time.
In order to keep the crane 22 vertical all the time, the balance mechanism is further provided with a vertical adjustment cylinder 26, the vertical adjustment cylinder 26 comprises a second cylinder body 261 and a second piston rod 262, the second piston rod 262 is hinged with the top of the outer channel, and the second cylinder body 261 is hinged with the upper cross beam 222. When the lifting frame 22 tilts, the lifting frame 22 can be driven to rotate to be vertical relative to the telescopic outer channel 14 through the vertical adjusting oil cylinder 26. In this embodiment, the limit angle of the front and back inclination of the crane 22 relative to the vertical direction is ± 10 °, that is, the rotation angle range thereof is-10 ° to 10 °, wherein the front inclination is negative and the back inclination is positive.
It should be noted that the form of the balancing mechanism is not limited thereto, and for example, a horizontal adjusting cylinder may be included, a cylinder rod and a cylinder body of which are hinged with the top of the telescopic outer passage and the top of the fixed outer passage, respectively, and the fixed outer passage is made to be in a horizontal state by controlling the telescopic movement of the horizontal adjusting cylinder. Therefore, any conventional mechanism capable of adjusting the second channel mechanism to the horizontal state is covered by the protection scope of the present invention.
In this embodiment, the boarding bridge further includes a control mechanism including an inclination sensor 70 and a control system, the inclination sensor 70 is disposed on the walking beam 31 and is configured to detect an inclination angle of the inner sleeve 211 relative to a horizontal plane, and when the inclination angle exceeds a preset value and the holding time exceeds a preset time, the control system controls the vertical adjustment cylinder 26 so that the inner sleeve 211 is in a vertical state.
Specifically, referring to fig. 8, during the lifting, walking and stretching processes of the boarding bridge, the lifting frame 22 tilts to change the inclination angle sensor 70, and the control system automatically outputs an electromagnetic valve control signal according to the angle change of the inclination angle sensor 70 to enable the lifting vertical adjustment cylinder 26 to act. When the inclination angle sensor 70 detects that the gradient is smaller than a set lower limit value (the set value can be minus 2 degrees, the negative is forward inclination, and the positive is backward inclination), namely the lifting frame 22 is forward inclined, and the holding time of the inclined state exceeds the set time (the set time can be 2s), the control system controls the vertical adjusting oil cylinder 26 to extend out, pushes the lifting frame 22 to backward incline, and stops until the gradient sensor 70 senses that the gradient is 0 degrees, at the moment, the lifting frame 22 and the lifting upright post assembly 21 are kept vertical, and then the second channel mechanism 15 is kept horizontal; when the inclination angle sensor 70 detects that the gradient is greater than the set upper limit value (the set value can be 2 degrees), namely the lifting frame 22 is tilted backwards, and the holding time of the inclined state exceeds the set time (the set time can be 2s), the control system controls the vertical adjusting oil cylinder 26 to retract, so that the lifting frame 22 is pulled to tilt forwards until the gradient sensed by the inclination angle sensor 70 is 0 degrees, and the operation is stopped. The inclination sensor 70 does not perform an adjustment operation when the induced gradient is between the set lower limit and the set upper limit (i.e., within a range of-2 to 2 degrees).
Therefore, under the adjusting action of the lifting vertical adjusting oil cylinder 26, the lifting frame 22 and the lifting upright post assembly 21 can always keep a vertical state, and the ship receiving platform can always keep a horizontal state by means of a parallelogram four-connecting-rod system consisting of the lifting frame 22, the telescopic outer channel 14, the pull rod 25 and the fixed outer channel 151, so that the comfort level of passengers is greatly improved.
Balance mechanism embodiment two
The balance mechanism comprises a horizontal adjusting oil cylinder, a cylinder rod and a cylinder body of the horizontal adjusting oil cylinder are respectively hinged with the top of the telescopic outer channel and the top of the fixed outer channel, and the second channel mechanism is in a horizontal state by controlling the telescopic of the horizontal adjusting oil cylinder.
In summary, the boarding bridge of the present invention can be disposed along the length of the jetty for transporting passengers between the fixed galley bridge and the ship. The two ends of the second channel mechanism of the boarding bridge are respectively provided with a ship receiving port, namely, one boarding bridge corresponds to two berths, so that ships positioned at two sides of the jetty can be served; and because the second channel mechanism is in a horizontal state, passengers can smoothly pass through the second channel mechanism, the safety of the passengers is ensured, and the comfort level of the passengers is improved.
While the present invention has been described with reference to several exemplary embodiments, it is understood that the terminology used is intended to be in the nature of words of description and illustration, rather than of limitation. As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.