CN109208997B - Infrared detection alarm device is prevented climbing by wire pole - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the field of safety equipment, in particular to an anti-climbing infrared detection alarm device for a telegraph pole, which comprises a vertically arranged telegraph pole, wherein an attachment mounting cylinder is wrapped outside the lower half section of the telegraph pole, a trigger detection structure is arranged outside the attachment mounting cylinder, a detachable fixed mounting structure is wrapped outside the telegraph pole above the attachment mounting cylinder, a deflection infrared detection structure is arranged outside the upper end of the detachable fixed mounting structure, the trigger detection structure comprises annular pressure sensors which are vertically and equidistantly covered outside the attachment mounting cylinder, electric energy is collected through a solar cell panel and is stored in an arc-shaped storage battery through an elastic lead, as most telegraph poles are exposed outdoors for a long time, a large amount of energy can be collected, the energy is energy-saving and environment-friendly, the infrared sensors are started under the excitation of the pressure sensors, and misoperation is, and the energy is saved, the efficiency is high, the anti-climbing effect is good, the operation time is long, and the installation and fixation are rapid and stable.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of safety equipment, in particular to an infrared detection alarm device for preventing a telegraph pole from climbing.
Background
The utility pole is used for erecting electric wires so as to transmit the electric power to a required place by the electric wires, because the utility pole is of a circular structure and has no anti-climbing part, and is mostly arranged at a place with rare personnel or at the head and the tail of a street without any person to watch, so that children have trouble in playing, illegally steal the electric wires, even illegally climbing the utility pole under the conditions of climbing and suicide and the like, the illegal climbing of the utility pole can cause loss to social public property and serious damage to the personal safety of climbing personnel, therefore, how to prevent the non-electric power maintenance personnel from climbing the utility pole is a problem to be solved urgently in the technical field of electric power, Chinese patent (No. CN 207485078U) discloses the utility pole with an anti-climbing device, because an early warning mechanism is not adopted, only depending on infrared sensor monitoring, the probability of misoperation is high, and the device also needs power supply of a power grid, so that energy is not saved.
In order to solve the problems, the solar energy collecting device is provided, electric energy is collected through the solar cell panel and stored in the arc-shaped storage battery through the elastic lead, a large amount of energy can be collected due to the fact that most of telegraph poles are exposed outdoors for a long time, energy is saved, environment is protected, the infrared sensor is started under the excitation of the pressure sensor, misoperation is avoided, energy is saved, efficiency is high, anti-climbing effect is good, operation time is long, and installation and fixation are fast and stable.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an anti-climbing infrared detection alarm device for a telegraph pole, which aims to solve the problems in the background technology.
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides the following technical scheme:
an anti-climbing infrared detection alarm device for a telegraph pole comprises a vertically arranged telegraph pole, wherein an attachment mounting cylinder is wrapped outside the lower half section of the telegraph pole, a trigger detection structure is arranged outside the attachment mounting cylinder, a detachable fixed mounting structure is wrapped outside the telegraph pole above the attachment mounting cylinder, a deflection infrared detection structure is arranged outside the upper end of the detachable fixed mounting structure, the trigger detection structure comprises annular pressure sensors which are vertically and equidistantly covered outside the attachment mounting cylinder, solar cell panels are covered outside the attachment mounting cylinder between the annular pressure sensors, the detachable fixed mounting structure comprises a cambered surface mounting plate which is vertically arranged outside the telegraph pole at equal angles, an elastic lead is connected between the cambered surface mounting plate and the solar cell panel at the lower end, and an anti-skidding rubber layer is covered on the end surface of the cambered surface mounting plate facing the telegraph pole, the infrared detection structure that shifts includes that the upper end of spaced cambered surface mounting panel all stretches out the detection erection column that sets up, and the radian that the upper end of detecting the erection column all cooperates the cambered surface mounting panel is provided with the spacing guide post of arc, the direction is provided with the arc direction section of thick bamboo that shifts on the spacing guide post of arc, the arc direction is shifted a section of thick bamboo and is kept away from the one end intermediate position of cambered surface mounting panel and all inlays through detecting the installation cover and be provided with infrared sensor, the equidistance is provided with three group's direction drive wheelsets on the spacing guide post of arc, direction drive wheelset includes that the equidistance is provided with.
As a further scheme of the invention: the inner side of the attaching and mounting cylinder is matched with the telegraph pole and is evenly covered with an anti-skid rubber layer.
As a further scheme of the invention: the upper end of the attaching installation cylinder is arranged at an equal angle and provided with an electric control rotating shaft through extending and arranging the rotating installation plate, and the electric control rotating shaft is upwards provided with a rotating limiting rod.
As a further scheme of the invention: and sliding sleeves are wrapped on the outer sides of the rotation limiting rods.
As a further scheme of the invention: the adjacent cambered surface mounting plates are matched with the telegraph pole to be vertically connected at equal intervals and provided with a plurality of reset fixing springs, and the cambered surface mounting plate on the right side of the front end is symmetrically split.
As a further scheme of the invention: fixed mounting plates are oppositely arranged between the split cambered surface mounting plates, the front ends of the fixed mounting plates extend out of the cambered surface mounting plates, and the extending parts vertically penetrate through the fixed mounting studs at equal intervals horizontally.
As a still further scheme of the invention: the inside controller that is provided with all inlays of cambered surface mounting panel of split, inside all vertical inlays of all the other cambered surface mounting panels is provided with the arc battery, and all adheres to reset fixed spring between the adjacent cambered surface mounting panel and connect and be provided with the series connection wire.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: collect the electric energy and through elastic wire storage at the arc battery through solar cell panel, because the wire pole exposes in the open air for a long time mostly, can collect a large amount of energy, energy-concerving and environment-protective starts infrared sensor under pressure sensor's excitation, has avoided the maloperation, and energy-conserving high-efficient for anti-climb is effectual, and the activity duration is lasting, installs fixed rapid stabilization.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an infrared detection alarm device for preventing a telegraph pole from climbing.
Fig. 2 is a partial structure schematic diagram of a telegraph pole climbing-prevention infrared detection alarm device.
Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a deflection infrared detection structure in the infrared detection alarm device for preventing the telegraph pole from climbing.
Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a trigger detection structure in the infrared detection alarm device for preventing the telegraph pole from climbing.
The system comprises a power pole 1, a ring-shaped pressure sensor 2, a solar panel 3, an attachment mounting cylinder 4, an electric control rotating shaft 5, a rotation limiting rod 6, a sliding sleeve 7, a detection mounting column 8, a fixed mounting stud 9, a fixed mounting plate 10, a reset fixing spring 11, an arc mounting plate 12, an anti-slip rubber layer 13, an elastic lead 14, an electric control driving wheel 15, an arc guide deflection cylinder 16, an arc limiting guide column 17, a detection mounting cover 18, an infrared sensor 19, an arc storage battery 20, a series lead 21 and a controller 22.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Example one
Referring to fig. 1-3, in the embodiment of the invention, an infrared detection and alarm device for preventing climbing of a telegraph pole comprises a vertically arranged telegraph pole 1, wherein an attachment cylinder 4 is wrapped outside the lower half section of the telegraph pole 1, a trigger detection structure is arranged outside the attachment cylinder 4, a detachable fixed mounting structure is wrapped outside the telegraph pole 1 above the attachment cylinder 4, a deflection infrared detection structure is arranged outside the upper end of the detachable fixed mounting structure, the inner side of the attachment cylinder 4 is uniformly covered with an anti-slip rubber layer 13 in cooperation with the telegraph pole 1, the trigger detection structure comprises annular pressure sensors 2 which are vertically and equidistantly covered outside the attachment cylinder 4, solar cell panels 3 are respectively covered outside the attachment cylinders 4 between the annular pressure sensors 2, and an electrically controlled rotating shaft 5 is arranged at an equal angle at the upper end of the attachment cylinder 4 through extending and rotating a mounting plate, the electric control rotating shaft 5 is upwards provided with a rotating limiting rod 6, the outer side of the rotating limiting rod 6 is wrapped with a sliding sleeve 7, the detachable fixed mounting structure comprises arc mounting plates 12 which are vertically arranged at equal angles on the outer side of a telegraph pole 1, a plurality of reset fixing springs 11 are vertically and equidistantly arranged between the adjacent arc mounting plates 12 in a matching manner with the telegraph pole 1, the arc mounting plates 12 on the right side of the front end are symmetrically arranged in a split manner, fixed mounting plates 10 are oppositely arranged between the split arc mounting plates 12, the front ends of the fixed mounting plates 10 extend out of the arc mounting plates 12, the extending parts are horizontally provided with fixed mounting studs 9 in a vertical and equidistant manner, controllers 22 are embedded in the split arc mounting plates 12, elastic leads 14 are connected between the arc mounting plates 12 and the solar cell panels 3 at the lower ends, and the end faces of the arc mounting plates 12 facing the telegraph pole 1 are covered, the deflection infrared detection structure comprises detection mounting columns 8 which are arranged at the upper ends of spaced cambered mounting plates 12 in a stretching mode, arc-shaped limiting guide columns 17 are arranged at the upper ends of the detection mounting columns 8 and matched with the radian of the cambered mounting plates 12, arc-shaped guide deflection cylinders 16 are arranged on the arc-shaped limiting guide columns 17 in a guiding mode, infrared sensors 19 are embedded and arranged at the middle positions of the ends, away from the cambered mounting plates 12, of the arc-shaped guide deflection cylinders 16 through detection mounting covers 18, three groups of guide driving wheel sets are arranged on the arc-shaped limiting guide columns 17 at equal angles, a plurality of electric control driving wheels 15 are arranged on the guide driving wheel sets, including the arc-shaped limiting guide columns 17, at equal intervals, the device is mounted on a telegraph pole 1, specifically, the attachment mounting cylinders 4 are fixed on the lower half section of the telegraph pole 1, and the deflection infrared detection structure, because reset fixing spring 11, make the infrared detection structure installation that shifts stable, want to scramble wire pole 1 when someone, can protect personnel's safety, specifically be when people contact annular pressure sensor 2, make the infrared sensor 19 of top start, simultaneously under controller 22's effect, start automatically controlled drive wheel 15, make the arc direction shift a section of thick bamboo 16 along the spacing guide post 17 direction of arc and shift, realize the detection to the organism, if it is climbing really to detect, then start automatically controlled pivot 5 and make rotation restriction lever 6 rotate to the horizontality, and slide sleeve 7 on the rotation restriction lever 6 makes the scrambler can't grip, realize preventing the effect that the scrambler continues the climbing.
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Referring to fig. 1 and 4, on the basis of the first embodiment, the arc-shaped storage batteries 20 are vertically embedded in the other arc-shaped mounting plates 12, the reset fixing springs 11 are attached between the adjacent arc-shaped mounting plates 12 and connected with the series connection wires 21, the solar panels 3 collect electric energy and store the electric energy in the arc-shaped storage batteries 20 through the elastic wires 14, and most telegraph poles 1 are exposed outdoors for a long time, so that a large amount of energy can be collected, and the telegraph poles are energy-saving and environment-friendly.
It will be evident to those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing illustrative embodiments, and that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein. Any reference sign in a claim should not be construed as limiting the claim concerned.
Furthermore, it should be understood that although the present description refers to embodiments, not every embodiment may contain only a single embodiment, and such description is for clarity only, and those skilled in the art should integrate the description, and the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments understood by those skilled in the art.
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1. An anti-climbing infrared detection alarm device for telegraph poles comprises a vertically arranged telegraph pole (1), wherein an attachment mounting cylinder (4) is wrapped outside the lower half section of the telegraph pole (1), a trigger detection structure is arranged outside the attachment mounting cylinder (4), a detachable fixed mounting structure is wrapped outside the telegraph pole (1) above the attachment mounting cylinder (4), a deflection infrared detection structure is arranged outside the upper end of the detachable fixed mounting structure, the anti-climbing infrared detection alarm device is characterized in that the trigger detection structure comprises an annular pressure sensor (2) which is vertically and equidistantly covered outside the attachment mounting cylinder (4) and a solar cell panel (3) which is vertically arranged outside the telegraph pole (1) at equal angles, the annular pressure sensor (2) is covered outside the attachment mounting cylinder (4), an elastic lead (14) is connected between the cambered surface mounting plate (12) and the solar cell panel (3) at the lower end, the end surfaces of the cambered surface mounting plates (12) facing the telegraph pole (1) are respectively covered with an anti-slip rubber layer (13), the deflection infrared detection structure comprises detection mounting columns (8) which are arranged at intervals and extend out of the upper ends of the cambered surface mounting plates (12), arc limiting guide columns (17) are arranged at the upper ends of the detection mounting columns (8) in a matching way with the radian of the cambered surface mounting plates (12), arc guide deflection cylinders (16) are arranged on the arc limiting guide columns (17) in a guiding way, infrared sensors (19) are embedded in the middle positions of the ends, far away from the cambered surface mounting plates (12), of the arc guide deflection cylinders (16) through detection mounting covers (18), and three groups of guide driving wheel sets are arranged at equal angles on the arc, the guide driving wheel set comprises an arc-shaped limit guide post (17), and a plurality of electric control driving wheels (15) are arranged on the arc-shaped limit guide post at equal intervals.
2. An infrared detection alarm device for climbing prevention of utility pole according to claim 1, characterized in that the inside of the attaching and mounting cylinder (4) is uniformly covered with an anti-slip rubber layer (13) in cooperation with the utility pole (1).
3. An infrared detection and alarm device for preventing climbing of telegraph poles as per claim 2, characterized in that the upper ends of the attachment mounting cylinders (4) are equiangularly provided with electric control rotating shafts (5) by extending and setting the rotating mounting plates, and the electric control rotating shafts (5) are all provided with rotating limiting rods (6) upwards.
4. An infrared detection alarm device for preventing climbing of telegraph poles according to claim 3, characterized in that the outside of the rotation limiting rods (6) are wrapped with sliding sleeves (7).
5. An infrared detection and alarm device for preventing a telegraph pole from climbing is characterized in that a plurality of reset fixing springs (11) are vertically and equidistantly connected between adjacent cambered mounting plates (12) in cooperation with the telegraph pole (1), and the cambered mounting plates (12) on the right side of the front end are symmetrically arranged in a split mode.
6. The utility pole climbing prevention infrared detection alarm device as claimed in claim 5, wherein fixing mounting plates (10) are oppositely arranged between the split cambered mounting plates (12), the front ends of the fixing mounting plates (10) extend out of the cambered mounting plates (12), and fixing mounting studs (9) are horizontally arranged at equal vertical intervals.
7. The utility pole climbing prevention infrared detection and alarm device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the controller (22) is embedded in each split cambered mounting plate (12), the cambered storage batteries (20) are vertically embedded in the other cambered mounting plates (12), and the reset fixing springs (11) are attached between the adjacent cambered mounting plates (12) and are connected with the series conductor (21).
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