Disclosure of Invention
To this end, the present invention provides a winch arrangement to solve or at least alleviate the above-presented problems.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a winch arrangement for deploying and retracting underwater detection equipment, comprising: a drum adapted to take up and pay off a rope while rotating; the driving device is connected with the winding drum and is suitable for driving the winding drum to rotate; a cable arranger coupled to the drum and adapted to arrange a cable; a first sensor coupled to the drum and adapted to monitor a length of cable released from the drum; and the second sensor is used for detecting the tension of the cable after the cable is arranged by the cable arranger.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the cable arranger includes: a reciprocating screw rod coupled with the winding drum and suitable for rotating with the winding drum; and the cable guide wheel is arranged on the reciprocating screw rod and is suitable for reciprocating motion relative to the reciprocating screw rod when the reciprocating screw rod rotates so as to be convenient for the cable guide wheel to arrange cables.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, further comprising: a transmission mechanism disposed at one side of the drum, the reciprocating screw rod being coupled with the drum through the transmission mechanism; the winding drum is suitable for driving the transmission mechanism to move when rotating so as to drive the reciprocating screw rod to rotate.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the transmission mechanism includes: the first chain wheel is connected with the winding drum; the second chain wheel is in transmission connection with the first chain wheel through a chain and is connected with the reciprocating screw rod; the winding drum is suitable for driving the first chain wheel to rotate when rotating, and then the second chain wheel is driven to drive the screw rod to rotate.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, further comprising: the tightening barrel is suitable for containing and supporting the detection equipment, a third sensor is arranged on the tightening barrel, and the third sensor is suitable for monitoring the in-place condition of the detection equipment.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, further comprising: a controller, the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor being coupled to the controller, and the controller being coupled to the driving device; the controller is adapted to receive signals from the first, second and third sensors and to transmit the signals to the drive device.
Alternatively, in the winch arrangement according to the invention, the first sensor is an encoder adapted to count the number of revolutions of the drum by means of pulses and to count the length of cable released by the drum on the basis of the number of revolutions.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the second sensor is a tension sensor, the tension sensor is provided with a fixed pulley, the cable laid by the cable arranger passes around the fixed pulley, and the tension sensor is adapted to monitor tension of the cable according to a load applied to the cable.
Alternatively, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the controller is adapted to compare the rope tension with a minimum limit value and a maximum limit value, respectively, after receiving the rope tension signal monitored by the second sensor, and to control the driving apparatus to stop operating if it is determined that the rope tension is equal to or less than the minimum limit value or equal to or more than the maximum limit value; the controller is suitable for judging whether the length of the rope reaches a preset value after receiving the length of the rope released by the winding drum monitored by the first sensor, and controlling the driving device to stop working if the length of the rope reaches the preset value; and the controller is suitable for controlling the driving device to stop working after receiving a detection device in-position signal monitored by the third sensor.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the transmission mechanism further includes: and the tensioning wheel is arranged between the first chain wheel and the second chain wheel and is in transmission connection with the first chain wheel and the second chain wheel through a chain.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the rope passes through the tightening drum after passing through the second sensor, and a counterweight is further disposed on the rope passing through the tightening drum; the inside of the tightening barrel is provided with bristles.
Optionally, in the winch arrangement according to the present invention, the drive means is a reduction motor.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the drum includes a drum main body and a main shaft which are coaxially disposed, and the drum main body is provided with a rope; the driving device and the first sensor are respectively connected to two ends of the main shaft, and the cable arranger is coupled with the main shaft.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, the cable arranger further includes a guide rod, the guide rod being disposed in parallel with the reciprocating screw rod; the cable guide wheel is mounted on the guide rod and is suitable for sliding along the guide rod when reciprocating relative to the reciprocating screw rod.
Optionally, in the winch apparatus according to the present invention, further comprising: the support, the material of support is the aluminum alloy, reel, drive arrangement, cable arrangement ware and second sensor are all installed on the support.
According to a further aspect of the invention, there is also provided an unmanned ship comprising a winch arrangement as described above.
According to the technical scheme, the winch device is provided, the length of the rope released by the winding drum and the tension borne by the rope can be monitored by arranging the tension sensor and the encoder, so that the running state of the winch device in the process of retracting and releasing the detection equipment is controlled fully automatically, and therefore the winch device is wider in application range and can be applied to unmanned ships and matched with the unmanned ships to retract and release the underwater detection equipment.
The foregoing description is only an overview of the technical solutions of the present invention, and the embodiments of the present invention are described below in order to make the technical means of the present invention more clearly understood and to make the above and other objects, features, and advantages of the present invention more clearly understandable.
Detailed Description
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in more detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. While exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are shown in the drawings, it should be understood that the present disclosure may be embodied in various forms and should not be limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.
As mentioned above, the winch apparatus in the prior art has a certain functional defect in the use process, so the present invention provides a smaller winch apparatus 100 with more optimized performance, and the winch apparatus 100 can realize full automatic control, can be used on unmanned ships, and is suitable for collecting and releasing underwater detection equipment with a battery. Fig. 1 and 2 show a schematic structural view of a winch arrangement 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the winch apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a drum 110, a transmission mechanism, a cable discharger 130, a takeup drum 170, a first sensor 150, a second sensor 160, a third sensor, a driving device 140, a controller, and a bracket 190. The cable on the drum 110 passes through the cable arranger 130 and the second sensor 160 in sequence after being released and then passes through the tightening cylinder 170, so that the detection equipment is hung on the detection equipment to be tightened and loosened, and the winch device 100 can retract the detection equipment into the tightening cylinder 170. The bracket 190 is used to mount and assemble the various components of the winch arrangement 100 together.
Wherein the spool 110 is mounted on the bracket 190. As shown in fig. 4, the reel 110 includes a reel body 111 and a main shaft 115, which are coaxially disposed, and two ends of the reel body 111 are provided with clamping plates 112. The cable can be wound around the drum body 111 and confined between the catch plates 112 at both ends of the drum body 111. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, both ends of the main shaft 115 of the reel 110 are rotatably mounted on two side plates 192 of the bracket 190, respectively, the driving device 140 is disposed at one side of the reel 110 and fixedly mounted on the side plates 192, and the driving device 140 is connected to one end of the main shaft 115, so that the main shaft 115 is driven to rotate by the driving device 140, the reel 110 is rotated, and the reel 110 releases or gathers the cable. Here, the driving device 140 may be a reduction motor, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
Further, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the other side of the winding drum 110 opposite to the driving device 140 is provided with a first sensor 150, the first sensor 150 is fixed on the bracket 190 through a mounting plate 151, and the first sensor 150 is fixedly connected with the main shaft 115 of the winding drum 110 so as to be capable of rotating together with the main shaft 115. Here, the first sensor 150 is adapted to monitor the length of the cable released by the drum 110.
Optionally, the first sensor 150 is an encoder adapted to count the number of revolutions of the drum 110 by means of pulses and to automatically count the length of cable released by the drum 110 by means of a software algorithm according to the number of revolutions. The first sensor 150 is electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is electrically connected with the driving device 140, so that the first sensor 150 can transmit a signal of the length of the cable released by the winding drum 110 to the controller, the controller can judge whether the length of the released cable reaches a preset value after receiving the signal of the length of the released cable, if the length of the released cable reaches the preset value, the controller controls the driving device 140 to stop working, and the winding drum 110 stops rotating along with the length of the released cable and does not release the cable any more. Here, the "preset value" is a length of the rope set according to a distance required to be detected by the detecting device, and the detecting device can detect the rope at a specific position by setting the preset value such that the reel 110 stops releasing when the rope is released to a required length. It will be appreciated that the present invention is not limited to a particular type of first sensor 150, and that the first sensor 150 may be any other sensor that is capable of monitoring the length of cable released from the drum 110.
As shown in fig. 1 and 2, a transmission mechanism is further disposed on the other side of the winding drum 110 opposite to the driving device 140, and the transmission mechanism is connected to the main shaft 115 of the winding drum 110. The wire arranger 130 includes a wire guide wheel 131 and a reciprocating screw 135, and the wire guide wheel 131 is mounted on the reciprocating screw 135 and can reciprocate along the reciprocating screw 135 when the reciprocating screw 135 rotates, so that the wire arrangement can be performed by the wire guide wheel 131. The reciprocating screw 135 is rotatably mounted at both ends thereof to the side plates 192 of the bracket 190, and one end thereof is connected to the transmission mechanism. Thus, the reciprocating screw 135 is coupled to the main shaft 115 of the winding drum 110 through the transmission mechanism, so that when the driving device 140 drives the main shaft 115 of the winding drum 110 to rotate, the winding drum 110 rotates along with the main shaft 115, the main shaft 115 synchronously drives the transmission mechanism to move, and then the transmission mechanism drives the reciprocating screw 135 to synchronously rotate, and the reciprocating screw 135 drives the cable guide wheel 131 to reciprocate along the reciprocating screw 135 when rotating, so that the cable guide wheel 131 can arrange the cables released from the winding drum 110, and the cables are prevented from being wound together in the releasing process.
Further, the rope released from the drum 110 passes through the second sensor 160 after passing through the row of the fairlead 131, so that the tension of the rope is monitored by the second sensor 160. Alternatively, as shown in fig. 1 and 3, the second sensor 160 may be a tension sensor adapted to monitor the tension of the cable based on the load applied to the cable. The lower end of the tension sensor is provided with a fixed pulley 161. The bracket 190 further comprises a cross beam 191 connected between the two side plates 192, and the upper end of the tension sensor is hung on the cross beam 191. Specifically, the rope released from the drum 110 passes through the guide pulley 131 and then passes around the fixed pulley 161, so that the tension sensor can monitor the tension of the rope.
Here, the tension sensor is electrically connected to the controller, so that the cable tension signal monitored by the tension sensor is transmitted to the controller, and the minimum limit value and the maximum limit value of the cable tension are preset, so that the controller compares the cable tension with the minimum limit value and the maximum limit value after receiving the cable tension signal. If the controller judges that the pulling force of the rope is less than or equal to the minimum limit value, the rope is slack, so that the controller can feed back a rope disorder prevention signal to the driving device 140 and control the driving device 140 to stop working, so that the winding drum 110 stops rotating and does not release the rope any more. On the contrary, if the controller determines that the cable tension is greater than or equal to the maximum limit value, it indicates that the detection device on which the cable is mounted may be overloaded due to being hung by a foreign object, so that the controller will feed back a signal for preventing the cable from being broken to the driving device 140, control the driving device 140 to stop working, stop the rotation of the drum 110, and stop the operation of the winch device 100. By arranging the tension sensor, the operation state of the winch device 100 in the process of retracting and releasing the detection equipment can be automatically controlled according to the tension of the rope, and meanwhile, accidents in the process of retracting and releasing the detection equipment are avoided.
It should be noted that the controller is not shown in the drawings, and here, the controller may be mounted on the bracket 190, and the present invention does not limit the specific mounting position of the controller, as long as the controller is coupled to the sensor and also coupled to the driving device 140, so that the controller can receive the signal of the sensor and feed the received signal back to the driving device, thereby automatically controlling the operation state of the winch apparatus 100.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the tightening drum 170 is fixedly installed on the bracket 190 through a flange 171, and the cable released from the winding drum 110 passes through the tightening drum 170 after passing through the cable guide wheel 131 and the fixed pulley 161, and then the underwater exploration equipment to be deployed is mounted. Thus, the detection equipment can be contained in the shrinking cylinder 170 after being recovered, and the shrinking cylinder 170 can play a role in protecting and supporting the detection equipment, so that the detection equipment is prevented from being damaged in the navigation or transportation process of the unmanned ship. In addition, still be equipped with brush hair and mount in the section of thick bamboo 170 that contracts, the mount is installed in the section of thick bamboo 170 that contracts, and the brush hair is fixed on the mount to, in the detection equipment retrieves to the section of thick bamboo 170 back that contracts, the brush hair can self-cleaning detection equipment surperficial foreign matter, and detection equipment is surrounded by the brush hair moreover, and the brush hair also plays certain guard action to detection equipment.
Preferably, a weight and a rigging can be hung on the cable passing through the tightening drum 170, and the weight can play a role of tightening the cable when the cable is not carrying the detection device. The rigging enables the cable to more conveniently carry the detection device.
Further, a third sensor is provided on the tightening barrel 170, and the third sensor is adapted to monitor the positioning of the detection device to be recovered. Here, the present invention is not limited to a specific kind of the third sensor, and may be any sensor capable of detecting that the equipment is in place, as long as the third sensor can transmit a signal that the detection equipment is in place to the controller when the detection equipment is recovered to be accommodated in the compaction cylinder 170, and the controller transmits the signal to the driving device 140 after receiving the equipment-in-place signal, and controls the driving device 140 to stop operating.
According to one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the transmission mechanism is a sprocket mechanism, which includes a first sprocket 121 and a second sprocket 122, and the second sprocket 122 is connected to the first sprocket 121 by a chain transmission. The first sprocket 121 is connected to the main shaft 115 of the winding drum 110, and the second sprocket 122 is connected to the reciprocating screw 135. Therefore, when the driving device 140 drives the main shaft 115 to rotate, the main shaft 115 drives the first chain wheel 121 to rotate, the first chain wheel 121 drives the second chain wheel 122 to rotate through a chain, and then the second chain wheel 122 drives the reciprocating screw rod 135 connected with the first chain wheel to synchronously rotate, so that the reciprocating screw rod 135 can push the cable guide wheel 131 to reciprocate along the reciprocating screw rod 135 when rotating, and the cable guide wheel 131 can arrange cables released from the winding drum 110, and the cables are prevented from being wound together in the releasing process.
In addition, the transmission mechanism further includes a tension pulley 123, the tension pulley 123 is disposed between the first sprocket 121 and the second sprocket 122, and the chain sequentially bypasses the first sprocket 121, the second sprocket 122 and the tension pulley 123, so that the tension pulley 123 is in transmission connection with the first sprocket 121 and the second sprocket 122 through the chain. The tensioning wheel 123 is mounted on the side plate 192 of the bracket 190, and can adjust the tensioning force according to the tightness of the chain in the chain transmission process, so that the transmission mechanism is more stable, and the winch device 100 provided by the invention can run more stably and reliably.
According to one embodiment, the bracket 190 may be made of an aluminum alloy, thereby having a light weight. As shown in fig. 1 and 3, the cable arranger 130 further includes two guide rods 136, and the two guide rods 136 are disposed in parallel with the reciprocating screw rod 135 and are disposed at upper and lower sides of the reciprocating screw rod 135. The guide rods 136 are fixed at both ends thereof to the side plates 192 of the bracket 190, respectively. The cable guide wheel 131 is simultaneously sleeved on the reciprocating screw rod 135 and the two guide rods 136, so that when the reciprocating screw rod 135 rotates, the cable guide wheel 131 slides left and right along the guide rods 136 when reciprocating relative to the reciprocating screw rod 135. The two guide rods 136 are arranged to support and balance the cable guide wheel 131 to a certain extent, so that the cable guide wheel 131 and the reciprocating screw rod 135 can move stably in a matched mode, and cables can be arranged stably.
According to a further aspect of the present invention, there is provided an unmanned ship (not shown in the drawings), comprising the winch apparatus 100 as described above, wherein the winch apparatus 100 is mounted on the unmanned ship through the bracket 190, so as to realize fully automatic control of the retraction of the underwater detection device.
A10 the winch apparatus of claim A6, wherein the controller is adapted to determine whether the length of the rope reaches a preset value after receiving the length of the rope released from the drum monitored by the first sensor, and control the driving apparatus to stop working if the length of the rope reaches the preset value. A11, the winch arrangement of a6, wherein the controller is adapted to control the drive arrangement to stop operating upon receipt of a detection device in-position signal monitored by a third sensor. A12, the winch arrangement of a4, wherein the transmission further comprises: and the tensioning wheel is arranged between the first chain wheel and the second chain wheel and is in transmission connection with the first chain wheel and the second chain wheel through a chain. A13, the winch apparatus of A5, wherein the rope passes through the second sensor and then passes through the tightening cylinder, and a counterweight is further disposed on the rope passing through the tightening cylinder. A14, the winch arrangement of A5, wherein said tightening barrel is provided with bristles. A15, the winch arrangement of any one of A1-A14, wherein said drive means is a reduction motor. A16, the winch arrangement of any one of a1-a15, wherein the drum comprises a drum body and a main shaft which are coaxially arranged, and the drum body is provided with a cable; the driving device and the first sensor are respectively connected to two ends of the main shaft, and the cable arranger is coupled with the main shaft. 17. The winch arrangement of any one of claims a2-a4, wherein the wire arranger further comprises a guide rod, the guide rod being arranged in parallel with the reciprocating screw rod; the cable guide wheel is mounted on the guide rod and is suitable for sliding along the guide rod when reciprocating relative to the reciprocating screw rod. 18. A winch arrangement as claimed in any one of claims a1-a17, further comprising: the support, the material of support is the aluminum alloy, reel, drive arrangement, cable arrangement ware and second sensor are all installed on the support.
In the description of the present specification, the terms "connected", "fixed", and the like are to be construed broadly unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited. Furthermore, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "outer", "top", "bottom", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred devices or units must have a specific direction, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
In the description herein, the description of the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "specific embodiments," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
In the description provided herein, numerous specific details are set forth. It is understood, however, that embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known methods, structures and techniques have not been shown in detail in order not to obscure an understanding of this description.