CN111532409B - Lifting type rotary cylinder sail device and using method - Google Patents

Lifting type rotary cylinder sail device and using method Download PDF

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CN111532409B
CN111532409B CN202010414218.7A CN202010414218A CN111532409B CN 111532409 B CN111532409 B CN 111532409B CN 202010414218 A CN202010414218 A CN 202010414218A CN 111532409 B CN111532409 B CN 111532409B
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Abstract

The invention discloses a lifting rotary-drum sail device which comprises a supporting component, a scissor-type lifting component and a sail component, wherein the sail component and the scissor-type lifting component are both arranged on the supporting component, the scissor-type lifting component is positioned in the sail component, the sail component comprises an outer cylinder, a first inner cylinder, a second inner cylinder, a deflection component and two groups of guide components, the scissor-type lifting component comprises a lifting plate, a bearing plate, an electric cylinder, two groups of first supporting rods and two groups of second supporting rods, the two groups of guide components comprise two groups of sliding blocks and two groups of sliding grooves, the supporting component comprises a fixing plate, a supporting shaft and a power component. The invention can solve the problems that when the existing rotary-drum wind sail device utilizes wind energy, the wind energy contact surface is limited, the wind energy utilization rate is low, the rotary-drum wind sail device cannot be lifted, and the operation of a suspension arm on loading and unloading goods of a ship is easily influenced.

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Lifting type rotary cylinder sail device and using method
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of rotary-drum sails, in particular to a lifting type rotary-drum sail device and a using method thereof.
Background
Since the 21 st century, global commerce has been increasing continuously as global economy has rapidly increased. In international trade, about 90% of goods are transported by sea, which has significant advantages of low cost, large transportation volume, and the like. Not to be ignored, the global climate is constantly being affected by CO 2 emissions from marine transportation. The total CO 2 emission and the total ship emission are improved in the global range within 30 years after the shipping crisis in 1980, particularly the total ship emission is doubled between 1979 and 2009, and in 2007, the total ship CO 2 emission accounts for 3% of the total global emission. Under the large background, the global standard for ship environmental protection is continuously promoted, related laws and regulations are continuously perfected, the international oil price is continuously raised, and the transportation cost is increased day by day. For the ship companies, energy conservation and emission reduction of ships are imperative in view of external requirements and internal pressure. Regarding a way for large ships to seek energy conservation and emission reduction, on one hand, optimization and improvement of ship types and engine performance are achieved, and on the other hand, hybrid utilization of various clean energy sources such as solar energy and wind energy is enhanced. The conversion rate of solar energy is low, the influence of illumination intensity is large, large-area pavement is needed, and the solar energy is not suitable for being popularized in the ship industry due to the characteristics of sea and the structure of the ship. And the wind energy has the characteristics of wide distribution, sufficient resources and the like, and is more suitable for ships. Therefore, the research and utilization of wind energy are the most abundant in the ship industry at present. Wind energy devices can be mainly divided into conventional wing sails, sail sails, walker sails, swing tube sails and the like.
The rotary tube sail is used as a common wind energy device, energy consumption can be reduced when the rotary tube sail is used, but the conventional rotary tube sail is low in wind energy utilization rate and limited in energy reduction amount, and when a ship stops to load and unload goods, the operation of the lifting arm to load and unload the goods is easily influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
The invention can solve the problems that when the existing rotary-drum wind sail device utilizes wind energy, the wind energy contact surface is limited, the wind energy utilization rate is low, the rotary-drum wind sail device cannot be lifted, and the operation of a suspension arm on loading and unloading goods of a ship is easily influenced.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions, wherein the lift type spinning-barrel sail device comprises a support assembly, a scissor type lifting assembly and a sail assembly, the sail assembly and the scissor type lifting assembly are both mounted on the support assembly, the scissor type lifting assembly is located in the sail assembly, and wherein:
the wind sail assembly comprises an outer barrel, a first inner barrel, a second inner barrel, a deflection assembly and two groups of guide assemblies, wherein the first inner barrel is arranged in the outer barrel through the group of guide assemblies, the second inner barrel is arranged in the first inner barrel through the group of guide assemblies, the upper end of the first inner barrel and the upper end of the outer barrel are respectively provided with a limiting block, and the deflection assembly is respectively arranged on the outer walls of the first inner barrel, the second inner barrel and the outer barrel;
the scissor type lifting assembly comprises a lifting plate, a bearing plate, an electric cylinder, two groups of first supporting rods and two groups of second supporting rods, wherein the lower ends of the two groups of first supporting rods are hinged with the bearing plate through a pin joint mechanism, the middle parts of the two groups of second supporting rods are movably riveted with the middle parts of the two groups of first supporting rods, the upper parts of the two groups of second supporting rods are hinged with the bottom of the lifting plate, the lower ends of the two groups of second supporting rods are installed on the bearing plate through a sliding mechanism, a connecting block is installed between the two groups of second supporting rods, the electric cylinder is hinged to the upper part of the bearing plate through an electric cylinder seat, the output end of the electric cylinder is connected with the side part of the connecting block, sliding rods are installed at the upper ends of the two groups of first supporting rods, a strip-shaped groove is formed in the lower part of the lifting plate, and the sliding, the upper part of the lifting plate is abutted against the inner top of the second inner cylinder, when the lifting device works specifically, when the lifting device is not sailed, the electric cylinder is opened to work, the connecting block is pushed to enable the second supporting rod to slide along the guide rod through the sliding sleeve, the first supporting rod is driven to move, the lifting plate is enabled to descend and is abutted against the inner top of the second inner cylinder through the lifting plate, when the lifting plate descends, the second inner cylinder vertically and stably moves downwards along the sliding groove through the sliding block, the height of the sail assembly is reduced, the cargo on a ship and under the ship can be conveniently loaded and unloaded through the lifting arm without influencing the lifting arm, when the lifting device is sailed, the electric cylinder is enabled to work through opening the electric cylinder, the connecting block is pulled to enable the second supporting rod to slide upwards along the sliding groove through the sliding sleeve, after the second inner cylinder ascends to a certain height, after the sliding block is in contact with the limiting block welded and fixed to the upper end of, the first inner cylinder can be driven to ascend, the height of the sail assembly can be adjusted according to needs, the height adjusting requirements of the sail assembly under different use conditions can be met, and the sail assembly can be simply and conveniently lifted;
the two groups of guide assemblies comprise two groups of sliding blocks and two groups of sliding grooves, the two groups of sliding grooves are respectively formed in the inner wall of the outer barrel and the inner wall of the first inner barrel, the two groups of sliding blocks are respectively welded and fixed to the outer wall of the first inner barrel and the outer wall of the second inner barrel, the sliding blocks are slidably mounted in the sliding grooves, when the electric cylinder works specifically, the scissor type lifting assembly is driven to lift, the sliding grooves in the inner wall of the first inner barrel are in sliding fit with sliding blocks on the outer wall of the second inner barrel, the second inner barrel moves up and down stably along the first inner barrel, the first inner barrel slides up and down stably along the outer barrel, and when the outer barrel is driven to rotate by a motor, the outer barrel can drive the first inner barrel and the second inner barrel to rotate through the matching of the sliding blocks and the sliding;
the supporting component comprises a fixing plate, a supporting shaft and a power component, wherein a first rotating bearing is fixedly welded on the fixing plate, the lower end of the supporting shaft is fixedly inserted into an inner ring of the first rotating bearing, the upper end of the supporting shaft is fixedly connected with the bottom of the supporting plate, the lower end of an outer barrel is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate, the bottom of a bearing plate is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate, the power component is installed on the fixing plate, and when the supporting shaft is driven to rotate by the power component, the power component can be driven to rotate through the supporting component, so that the normal use of the sail component is guaranteed, and the stability of the sail component can be guaranteed.
As a preferable technical scheme of the present invention, the deflection component includes three groups of chutes and a plurality of inclined plates, the three groups of chutes are respectively arranged on the outer walls of the first inner cylinder, the second inner cylinder and the outer cylinder, and the plurality of inclined plates are respectively welded and fixed in the chutes.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the pin joint mechanism comprises a pin seat, a pin hole and a pin shaft, wherein the bottom of the pin seat is mounted on the bearing plate through a bolt, the pin shaft is rotatably mounted in the pin hole, the pin hole is formed in two side walls of the pin seat, the side wall of the pin shaft is welded and fixed with the lower end of the first support rod, when the electric cylinder works, the second support rod is driven to slide along the guide rod, and is movably riveted with the first support rod, so that when the second support rod moves, the first support rod rotates left and right in the pin seat to drive the upper end of the first support rod to move left and right, and the lifting plate moves up and down.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the sliding mechanism comprises a guide rod and a sliding sleeve, two ends of the guide rod are welded and fixed on the bearing plate, the sliding sleeve is slidably mounted on the guide rod, a guide groove is formed in the guide rod, a guide block is mounted on the inner wall of the sliding sleeve, the guide block is slidably mounted in the guide groove, and the side part of the sliding sleeve is welded and fixed with the lower end of the second support rod.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, the power assembly comprises a motor, a gear and a gear ring, the gear ring is fixedly sleeved on the support shaft, the gear is in meshed connection with the gear ring, the gear is in key connection with a rotating shaft of the motor, the motor is mounted on the fixed plate, when the power assembly works, the gear is driven to rotate through the work of the motor, the gear drives the gear ring to rotate, so that the support shaft rotates in the first rotating bearing and the second rotating bearing, the support plate can be driven to rotate, and finally the sail assembly can be driven to rotate.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the inner wall of the sliding chute is in clearance sliding fit with the side wall of the sliding block, the clearance is not more than 0.01mm, and the inner wall of the sliding chute and the side wall of the sliding block are both provided with smooth surfaces, so that the first inner cylinder can be effectively limited during specific work, the stability of the second inner cylinder in the vertical sliding process on the first inner cylinder is ensured, the second inner cylinder is not easy to shake during rotation, and the stability of the second inner cylinder in the lifting process on the first inner cylinder can be improved.
As a preferable technical scheme of the invention, the support plate is a circular plate, the inclined strut is welded and fixed on the support plate, and one end of the inclined strut, which is far away from the support plate, is welded and fixed with the side wall of the outer cylinder.
As a preferred technical scheme of the invention, a second rotating bearing is fixedly inserted on the fixed side wall at the upper end of the supporting shaft, and a connecting rod is fixedly welded on an outer ring of the second rotating bearing.
In addition, the invention also provides a using method of the lifting type rotary cylinder sail device, which comprises the following steps:
s1, firstly, installing the supporting component in the ship body, fixing the fixing plate with the ship body to enable the supporting plate to be positioned on the ship body clamping plate, and then fixing a second rotating bearing sleeved and fixed on the side wall of the upper end of the supporting shaft with the ship body by using the connecting rod to increase the firmness of the supporting component;
s2, fixing the outer barrel on a support plate in a welding and bolt fixing mode, reinforcing the outer barrel and the support plate by using an inclined strut, installing a scissor type lifting assembly on the support plate and in the outer barrel, aligning a sliding groove in the inner wall of the outer barrel with a sliding block on the outer wall of the first inner barrel, installing the sliding groove, the sliding block, the limiting block and the sliding block, sleeving the second inner barrel in the first inner barrel in a sliding mode, welding the limiting block at an opening at the upper end of the sliding groove, and sealing the opening of the sliding groove to finish the assembling of the sail assembly;
s3, when the wind sail is not in voyage, the electric cylinder is operated by opening the electric cylinder, the connecting block is pushed to enable the second supporting rod to slide along the guide rod through the sliding sleeve, the first supporting rod is driven to move, the lifting plate is driven to descend, the lifting plate is abutted to the inner top of the second inner cylinder, when the lifting plate descends, the second inner cylinder vertically and stably moves downwards along the sliding groove through the sliding block, the height of the wind sail assembly is reduced, when goods are loaded and unloaded, the cargo on a ship and under the ship is loaded and unloaded without influencing the suspension arm, when the wind sail is in voyage, the electric cylinder is operated by opening the electric cylinder, the connecting block is pulled to enable the second supporting rod to slide along the guide rod through the sliding sleeve, the second inner cylinder vertically and stably slides upwards along the sliding groove, after the second inner cylinder ascends for a certain height, after the sliding block is contacted with a limiting block welded and fixed at the upper end of the first inner cylinder, the, the sail assembly is simply and conveniently lifted;
s4, finally, when the wind sail assembly sails, the motor is started to work, so that the gear is driven to rotate, the gear rotates and simultaneously drives the gear ring meshed with the gear ring to rotate, the gear ring enables the supporting shaft to rotate in the first rotating bearing, the supporting plate welded and fixed to the upper end of the supporting shaft is driven to rotate, the supporting plate drives the outer barrel to rotate, the outer barrel drives the first inner barrel and the second inner barrel to rotate through the sliding grooves and the sliding blocks, the wind sail assembly finally runs, and the magnus effect is utilized, so that the wind sail assembly provides power for turning and sailing of a ship.
(III) advantageous effects
1. According to the lifting rotary-barrel sail device and the using method, when wind energy contacts with the first inner barrel, the second inner barrel and the outer barrel, wind energy touches the inclined plate through the inclined grooves, the force can be better applied to the first inner barrel, the second inner barrel and the outer barrel, the utilization rate of the wind energy is improved, the use of energy is effectively reduced, and the using effect of the rotary-barrel sail is improved;
2. the invention provides a lifting rotary-drum sail device and a using method thereof, wherein when a lifting assembly is not sailed, the electric cylinder is opened to work, a connecting block is pushed to enable a second supporting rod to slide along a guide rod through a sliding sleeve, a first supporting rod is driven to move, a lifting plate is enabled to descend and to be abutted against the inner top of a second inner cylinder through the lifting plate, when the lifting plate descends, the second inner cylinder vertically and stably moves downwards along a sliding groove through a sliding block, the height of the sail device is reduced, cargo loading and unloading of cargo on a ship and under the ship are not affected by a suspension arm, when the lifting assembly is sailed, the electric cylinder works by opening the electric cylinder, the connecting block is pulled to enable the second supporting rod to slide along the guide rod through the sliding sleeve, so that the second inner cylinder vertically and stably slides upwards along the sliding groove, after the second inner cylinder ascends to a certain height, after the sliding block is contacted with a limiting block fixedly welded at the upper end of the first, the first inner cylinder can be driven to ascend, the height of the sail assembly can be adjusted according to needs, the height adjusting requirements of the sail assembly under different use conditions can be met, and the sail assembly can be simply and conveniently lifted;
3. according to the lifting type rotary cylinder sail device and the using method, the supporting assembly is used, when the power assembly drives the supporting shaft to rotate, the sail assembly can be driven to rotate, normal use of the sail assembly is guaranteed, and stability of the sail assembly can be guaranteed;
4. the invention provides a lifting rotary-drum sail device and a using method thereof.A scissor-type lifting component is driven to lift through the use of a guide component and the work of an electric cylinder, so that a sliding chute on the inner wall of a first inner drum is in sliding fit with a sliding block on the outer wall of a second inner drum, the second inner drum stably moves up and down along the first inner drum, the first inner drum stably slides up and down along an outer drum, and when a motor drives the outer drum to rotate, the outer drum can drive the first inner drum and the second inner drum to rotate through the matching of the sliding block and the sliding chute, and the stability of the first inner drum is ensured.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the outer cartridge of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side schematic view of a scissor lift assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a side view of the sail assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a side schematic view of the power assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic bottom view of the sail assembly of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the pin boss of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the guide bar of the present invention;
fig. 9 is a bottom schematic view of a second pivot bearing of the present invention.
In the figure: 100. a support assembly; 110. a fixing plate; 120. a support plate; 130. a support shaft; 140. a first rotating bearing; 200. a scissor lift assembly; 210. a lifting plate; 220. a bearing plate; 230. an electric cylinder; 240. a first support bar; 250. a second support bar; 260. connecting blocks; 270. a slide bar; 280. a strip-shaped groove; 300. a sail assembly; 310. an outer cylinder; 320. a first inner cylinder; 330. a second inner barrel; 340. a limiting block; 400. a guide assembly; 410. a slider; 420. a chute; 500. a power assembly; 510. a motor; 520. a gear; 530. a ring gear; 600. a baffle assembly; 610. a chute; 620. a sloping plate; 700. a pin joint mechanism; 710. a pin boss; 720. a pin hole; 730. a pin shaft; 800. a sliding mechanism; 810. a guide bar; 820. a sliding sleeve; 830. a guide groove; 840. a guide block; 9. bracing; 11. a second rotary bearing; 12. a connecting rod.
The implementation, functional features and advantages of the objects of the present invention will be further explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the accompanying drawings of the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention, presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention. All other embodiments, which can be obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
It should be noted that: like reference numbers and letters refer to like items in the following figures, and thus, once an item is defined in one figure, it need not be further defined and explained in subsequent figures.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "longitudinal", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are used only for convenience in describing the present invention and for simplicity in description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced devices or elements must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.
Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless specifically defined otherwise.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, an elevating swivel sail apparatus includes a support assembly 100, a scissor lift assembly 200, and a sail assembly 300, wherein the sail assembly 300 and the scissor lift assembly 200 are both mounted on the support assembly 100, the scissor lift assembly 200 is located inside the sail assembly 300, and wherein:
the wind sail assembly 300 comprises an outer cylinder 310, a first inner cylinder 320, a second inner cylinder 330, a deflection assembly 600 and two sets of guide assemblies 400, wherein the first inner cylinder 320 is installed in the outer cylinder 310 through one set of guide assemblies 400, the second inner cylinder 330 is installed in the first inner cylinder 320 through one set of guide assemblies 400, the upper end of the first inner cylinder 320 and the upper end of the outer cylinder 310 are both provided with a limiting block 340, the deflection assembly 600 is respectively installed on the outer walls of the first inner cylinder 320, the second inner cylinder 330 and the outer cylinder 310, and during specific work, when wind energy is in contact with the first inner cylinder 320, the second inner cylinder 330 and the outer cylinder 310, the wind energy is in contact with an inclined plate 620 through an inclined groove 610, so that the first inner cylinder 320, the second inner cylinder 330 and the outer cylinder 310 can be better forced, the utilization rate of the wind energy is improved, the use of energy is effectively reduced, and the use effect of a rotary;
a scissor type lifting assembly 200, wherein the scissor type lifting assembly 200 comprises a lifting plate 210, a bearing plate 220, an electric cylinder 230, two groups of first supporting rods 240 and two groups of second supporting rods 250, the lower ends of the two groups of first supporting rods 240 are hinged with the bearing plate 220 through a pin joint mechanism 700, the middle parts of the two groups of second supporting rods 250 are movably riveted with the middle parts of the two groups of first supporting rods 240, the upper parts of the two groups of second supporting rods 250 are hinged with the bottom part of the lifting plate 210, the lower ends of the two groups of second supporting rods 250 are arranged on the bearing plate 220 through a sliding mechanism 800, a connecting block 260 is arranged between the two groups of second supporting rods 250, the electric cylinder 230 is hinged with the upper part of the bearing plate 220 through an electric cylinder seat, the output end of the electric cylinder 230 is connected with the side part of the connecting block 260, the upper ends of the two groups of first supporting rods 240 are provided with a sliding rod 270, the lower part of the, the sliding rod 270 is slidably installed inside the strip-shaped groove 280, the upper portion of the lifting plate 210 abuts against the inner top portion of the second inner cylinder 330, when the wind sail assembly is not in operation, the electric cylinder 230 is opened to operate the electric cylinder 230, the connecting block 260 is pushed to enable the second supporting rod 250 to slide along the guiding rod 810 through the sliding sleeve 820 to drive the first supporting rod 240 to move, the lifting plate 210 is lowered to abut against the inner top portion of the second inner cylinder 330 through the lifting plate 210, when the lifting plate 210 is lowered, the second inner cylinder 330 vertically and stably moves downward along the sliding groove 420 through the sliding block 410 to reduce the height of the wind sail assembly 300, so that when goods are loaded and unloaded, the cargo on the ship and the goods under the ship is not affected by the suspension arm, when the wind sail assembly is in operation, the electric cylinder 230 is opened to operate the electric cylinder 230, the connecting block 260 is pulled to enable the second supporting rod 250 to slide along the guiding rod 810 through the sliding sleeve 820, so that the second inner cylinder 330 vertically and stably slides, after the second inner cylinder 330 is lifted to a certain height, the slider 410 is in contact with the limiting block 340 welded and fixed on the upper end of the first inner cylinder 320, so that the first inner cylinder 320 can be driven to lift, the height of the sail assembly 300 can be adjusted as required, the height adjusting requirement of the sail assembly 300 under different use conditions can be met, and the sail assembly 300 can be simply and conveniently lifted;
two groups of guide assemblies 400, wherein the two groups of guide assemblies 400 comprise two groups of sliding blocks 410 and two groups of sliding grooves 420, the two groups of sliding grooves 420 are respectively arranged on the inner wall of the outer cylinder 310 and the inner wall of the first inner cylinder 320, the two groups of sliding blocks 410 are respectively welded and fixed on the outer wall of the first inner cylinder 320 and the outer wall of the second inner cylinder 330, the sliding blocks 410 are slidably arranged in the sliding grooves 420, when in specific work, the electric cylinder 230 works to drive the scissor type lifting component 200 to lift, so that the sliding groove 420 on the inner wall of the first inner cylinder 320 is in sliding fit with the sliding block 410 on the outer wall of the second inner cylinder 330, the second inner cylinder 330 stably moves up and down along the first inner cylinder 320, and the first inner cylinder 320 stably slides up and down along the outer cylinder 310, and when the motor 510 drives the outer cylinder 310 to rotate, the outer cylinder 310 is engaged with the sliding groove 420 through the sliding block 410, the first inner cylinder 320 and the second inner cylinder 330 can be driven to rotate, and the stability of the first inner cylinder 320 is ensured;
the supporting assembly 100 includes a fixing plate 110, a supporting plate 120, a supporting shaft 130 and a power assembly 500, the fixing plate 110 is fixedly welded with the first rotating bearing 140, the lower end of the supporting shaft 130 is fixedly inserted into an inner ring of the first rotating bearing 140, the upper end of the supporting shaft 130 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the supporting plate 120, the lower end of the outer cylinder 310 is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate 120, the bottom of the bearing plate 220 is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate 120, and the power assembly 500 is mounted on the fixing plate 110.
Specifically, baffling subassembly 600 includes three group's chutes 610 and a plurality of swash plate 620, and three groups the chutes 610 are seted up respectively on the outer wall of first inner tube 320, second inner tube 330 and urceolus 310, and is a plurality of swash plate 620 welded fastening is in chutes 610 respectively, and during concrete work, when wind energy and first inner tube 320, second inner tube 330 and urceolus 310 contact, wind energy and swash plate 620 and chute 610 contact, can improve the contact surface of wind energy and first inner tube 320, second inner tube 330 and urceolus 310, can effectually improve the utilization ratio of wind energy, reduce the use of the energy, improve sail subassembly 300's result of use.
Specifically, the pin joint mechanism 700 includes a pin seat 710, a pin hole 720 and a pin shaft 730, the bottom of the pin seat 710 is mounted on the bearing plate 220 through a bolt, the pin shaft 730 is rotatably mounted in the pin hole 720, the pin hole 720 is formed in two side walls of the pin seat 710, the side wall of the pin shaft 730 is welded and fixed to the lower end of the first support rod 240, and when the electric cylinder 230 works, the second support rod 250 is driven to slide along the guide rod 810, and the second support rod 250 is movably riveted to the first support rod 240, so that when the second support rod 250 moves, the first support rod 240 rotates left and right in the pin seat 710 to drive the upper end of the first support rod 240 to move left and right, thereby realizing up-and-down movement of the lifting plate 210.
Specifically, the sliding mechanism 800 includes a guide rod 810 and a sliding sleeve 820, both ends of the guide rod 810 are welded and fixed on the bearing plate 220, the sliding sleeve 820 is slidably mounted on the guide rod 810, a guide groove 830 is formed in the guide rod 810, a guide block 840 is mounted on an inner wall of the sliding sleeve 820, the guide block 840 is slidably mounted in the guide groove 830, and a side portion of the sliding sleeve 820 is welded and fixed to the lower end of the second support rod 250, and during specific work, the electric cylinder 230 applies force to the second support rod 250 through the push-pull connection block 260, so that the second support rod 250 can move along the guide rod 810 through the sliding sleeve 820, and the first support rod 240 is driven to move, and finally the lifting plate 210 moves up and down, and the sail assembly 300 is lifted.
Specifically, the power assembly 500 includes a motor 510, a gear 520 and a gear ring 530, the gear ring 530 is fixedly sleeved on the support shaft 130, the gear 520 is meshed with the gear ring 530, the gear 520 is connected with the rotational axis key of the motor 510, the motor 510 is installed on the fixing plate 110, during specific work, the gear 520 is driven to rotate through the work of the motor 510, the gear 520 drives the gear ring 530 to rotate, so that the support shaft 130 rotates in the first rotating bearing 140 and the second rotating bearing 11, the support plate 120 can be driven to rotate, and finally the sail assembly 300 can be driven to rotate.
Specifically, the inner wall of spout 420 and the lateral wall clearance sliding fit of slider 410, and the clearance is not more than 0.01mm, the inner wall of spout 420 all sets up to the smooth surface with the lateral wall of slider 410, and concrete during operation can carry out effectual spacing to first inner tube 320, guarantees the stability of second inner tube 330 when first inner tube 320 slides from top to bottom, and when rotatory, is difficult for rocking, can improve the stability of second inner tube 330 when going up and down on first inner tube 320.
Specifically, the support plate 120 is a circular plate, the inclined strut 9 is welded and fixed on the support plate 120, one end of the inclined strut 9, which is far away from the support plate 120, is welded and fixed on the side wall of the outer cylinder 310, and during specific work, the outer cylinder 310 can be stably fixed on the support plate 120 by using the inclined strut 9, so that the stability and the safety of the sail assembly 300 during use are ensured.
Specifically, fixed the pegging graft has second rolling bearing 11 on the fixed lateral wall in upper end of back shaft 130, welded fastening has connecting rod 12 on second rolling bearing 11's the outer lane, and concrete during operation, through the use of second rolling bearing 11 and connecting rod 12, through with connecting rod 12 and hull welded fastening, make second rolling bearing 11 provide support and spacing to back shaft 130, can effectively improve the stability of supporting component 100, guarantee sail subassembly 300's stability.
In addition, the invention also provides a using method of the lifting type rotary cylinder sail device, which comprises the following steps:
s1, firstly, installing the supporting component 100 in the ship body, fixing the fixing plate 110 with the ship body to enable the supporting plate 120 to be positioned on the clamping plate of the ship body, and then fixing the second rotating bearing 11 which is sleeved and fixed on the side wall of the upper end of the supporting shaft 130 with the ship body by using the connecting rod 12 to increase the firmness of the supporting component 100;
s2, fixing the outer cylinder on the supporting plate 120 in a welding and bolt fixing mode, reinforcing the outer cylinder 310 and the supporting plate 120 by using an inclined strut 9, then installing the scissor type lifting assembly 200 on the supporting plate 120 and in the outer cylinder 310, aligning the sliding groove 420 on the inner wall of the outer cylinder 310 with the sliding block 410 on the outer wall of the first inner cylinder 320, then installing, slidably sleeving the second inner cylinder 330 in the first inner cylinder 320 by using the sliding mechanism 800, finally welding the limiting block 340 at the opening at the upper end of the sliding groove 420, and sealing the opening of the sliding groove 420, namely completing the assembly of the sail assembly 300;
s3, when not in voyage, the electric cylinder 230 is opened to make the electric cylinder 230 work, the connecting block 260 is pushed to make the second supporting rod 250 slide along the guiding rod 810 through the sliding sleeve 820, the first supporting rod 240 is driven to move, the lifting plate 210 is made to descend, the lifting plate 210 is made to contact with the inner top of the second inner cylinder 330, when the lifting plate 210 descends, the second inner cylinder 330 vertically and stably moves downwards along the sliding groove 420 through the sliding block 410, the height of the wind sail assembly 300 is reduced, so that when loading and unloading goods, the hanging arm is not influenced to load and unload goods on and off the ship, when in voyage, the electric cylinder 230 is opened to make the electric cylinder 230 work, the connecting block 260 is pulled to make the second supporting rod 250 slide along the guiding rod 810 through the sliding sleeve 820, the second inner cylinder 330 vertically and stably slides upwards along the sliding groove 420, after the second inner cylinder 330 ascends a certain height, after the sliding block 410 contacts with the limiting block 340 welded and fixed at the upper end of the, the first inner cylinder 320 can be driven to ascend, the height of the sail assembly 300 can be adjusted according to needs, and the sail assembly 300 can be simply and conveniently lifted;
s4, finally, when navigating, the motor 510 is turned on to operate the motor 510, so as to drive the gear 520 to rotate, the gear 520 rotates and drives the gear ring 530 engaged therewith to rotate, so that the gear ring 530 rotates the support shaft 130 in the first rotating bearing 140, and further drives the support plate 120 welded to the upper end of the support shaft 130 to rotate, the support plate 120 drives the outer cylinder to rotate, the outer cylinder drives the first inner cylinder 320 and the second inner cylinder 330 to rotate through the sliding groove 420 and the sliding block 410, so as to finally enable the wind sail assembly 300 to operate, and through the magnus effect, the wind sail assembly 300 provides power for turning around and navigating the ship.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. An elevating rotary-barrel sail device, comprising a support assembly (100), a scissor lift assembly (200), and a sail assembly (300), characterized in that: the sail assembly (300) and scissor lift assembly (200) are both mounted on a support assembly (100), the scissor lift assembly (200) being located within the sail assembly (300), wherein:
the wind sail assembly (300) comprises an outer cylinder (310), a first inner cylinder (320), a second inner cylinder (330), a baffling assembly (600) and two groups of guide assemblies (400), wherein the first inner cylinder (320) is installed in the outer cylinder (310) through the group of guide assemblies (400), the second inner cylinder (330) is installed in the first inner cylinder (320) through the group of guide assemblies (400), limiting blocks (340) are installed at the upper end of the first inner cylinder (320) and the upper end of the outer cylinder (310), and the baffling assembly (600) is installed on the outer walls of the first inner cylinder (320), the second inner cylinder (330) and the outer cylinder (310) respectively;
the scissor type lifting assembly (200) comprises a lifting plate (210), a bearing plate (220), an electric cylinder (230), two groups of first supporting rods (240) and two groups of second supporting rods (250), wherein the lower ends of the two groups of first supporting rods (240) are hinged to the bearing plate (220) through a pin joint mechanism (700), the middle parts of the two groups of second supporting rods (250) are movably riveted with the middle parts of the two groups of first supporting rods (240), the upper parts of the two groups of second supporting rods (250) are hinged to the bottom of the lifting plate (210), the lower ends of the two groups of second supporting rods (250) are installed on the bearing plate (220) through a sliding mechanism (800), a connecting block (260) is installed between the two groups of second supporting rods (250) together, the electric cylinder (230) is hinged to the upper part of the bearing plate (220) through an electric cylinder base, and the output end of the electric cylinder (230) is connected with the side part of the connecting block (260), the upper ends of the two groups of first supporting rods (240) are jointly provided with a sliding rod (270), the lower part of the lifting plate (210) is provided with a strip-shaped groove (280), the sliding rod (270) is slidably arranged in the strip-shaped groove (280), and the upper part of the lifting plate (210) is abutted against the inner top of the second inner cylinder (330);
the two groups of guide assemblies (400), the two groups of guide assemblies (400) comprise two groups of sliding blocks (410) and two groups of sliding grooves (420), the two groups of sliding grooves (420) are respectively formed in the inner wall of the outer cylinder (310) and the inner wall of the first inner cylinder (320), the two groups of sliding blocks (410) are respectively welded and fixed on the outer wall of the first inner cylinder (320) and the outer wall of the second inner cylinder (330), and the sliding blocks (410) are slidably mounted in the sliding grooves (420);
the supporting component (100) comprises a fixing plate (110), a supporting plate (120), a supporting shaft (130) and a power component (500), wherein a first rotating bearing (140) is welded and fixed on the fixing plate (110), the lower end of the supporting shaft (130) is fixedly inserted into an inner ring of the first rotating bearing (140), the upper end of the supporting shaft (130) is fixedly connected with the bottom of the supporting plate (120), the lower end of an outer cylinder (310) is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate (120), and the bottom of a bearing plate (220) is fixedly connected with the upper portion of the supporting plate (120).
2. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: baffling subassembly (600) include three group's chutes (610) and a plurality of swash plate (620), and three groups chute (610) are seted up respectively on the outer wall of first inner tube (320), second inner tube (330) and urceolus (310), and is a plurality of swash plate (620) welded fastening is respectively in chute (610).
3. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the pin joint mechanism (700) comprises a pin base (710), a pin hole (720) and a pin shaft (730), wherein the bottom of the pin base (710) is installed on the bearing plate (220) through a bolt, the pin shaft (730) is installed in the pin hole (720) in a rotating mode, the pin hole (720) is formed in two side walls of the pin base (710), and the side walls of the pin shaft (730) are fixed to the lower end of the first supporting rod (240) in a welding mode.
4. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: slide mechanism (800) includes guide bar (810) and sliding sleeve (820), the equal welded fastening in both ends of guide bar (810) is on bearing plate (220), sliding sleeve (820) slidable mounting is in guide bar (810), guide way (830) have been seted up on guide bar (810), install guide block (840) on the inner wall of sliding sleeve (820), guide block (840) slidable mounting is in guide way (830), the lateral part of sliding sleeve (820) and the lower extreme welded fastening of second bracing piece (250).
5. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the power assembly (500) is installed on the fixing plate (110), the power assembly (500) comprises a motor (510), a gear (520) and a gear ring (530), the gear ring (530) is fixedly sleeved on the supporting shaft (130), the gear (520) is meshed with the gear ring (530), the gear (520) is connected with a rotating shaft key of the motor (510), and the motor (510) is installed on the fixing plate (110).
6. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the inner wall of spout (420) and the lateral wall clearance sliding fit of slider (410), and the clearance is not more than 0.01mm, the inner wall of spout (420) and the lateral wall of slider (410) all set up to the smooth surface.
7. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the supporting plate (120) is a circular plate, an inclined strut (9) is welded and fixed on the supporting plate (120), and one end, far away from the supporting plate (120), of the inclined strut (9) is welded and fixed with the side wall of the outer barrel (310).
8. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a second rotating bearing (11) is fixedly inserted on the fixed side wall at the upper end of the supporting shaft (130), and a connecting rod (12) is fixedly welded on the outer ring of the second rotating bearing (11).
9. The lift-type rotary cylinder sail device as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the use method of the lifting rotary-barrel sail device comprises the following steps:
s1, firstly, installing the supporting component (100) in a ship body, fixing the fixing plate (110) with the ship body to enable the supporting plate (120) to be positioned on a clamping plate of the ship body, and then fixing a second rotating bearing (11) which is sleeved and fixed on the side wall of the upper end of the supporting shaft (130) with the ship body by using a connecting rod (12) to increase the firmness of the supporting component (100);
s2, fixing the outer cylinder (310) on the supporting plate (120) in a welding and bolt fixing mode, reinforcing the outer cylinder (310) and the supporting plate (120) by using an inclined strut (9), then installing the scissor type lifting assembly (200) on the supporting plate (120) and in the outer cylinder (310), aligning the sliding groove (420) on the inner wall of the outer cylinder (310) with the sliding block (410) on the outer wall of the first inner cylinder (320) and then installing, sliding and sleeving the second inner cylinder (330) in the first inner cylinder (320) by using the sliding mechanism (800), finally welding the limiting block (340) at the opening at the upper end of the sliding groove (420), and sealing the opening of the sliding groove (420), namely completing the assembly of the wind sail assembly (300);
s3, when the vehicle is not underway, the electric cylinder (230) is operated by opening the electric cylinder (230), the connecting block (260) is pushed to enable the second supporting rod (250) to slide along the guide rod (810) through the sliding sleeve (820), the first supporting rod (240) is driven to move, the lifting plate (210) is enabled to descend, the lifting plate (210) is abutted against the inner top of the second inner cylinder (330), when the lifting plate (210) descends, the second inner cylinder (330) vertically and stably moves downwards along the sliding groove (420) through the sliding block (410), the height of the wind sail assembly (300) is enabled to be reduced, so that when goods are loaded and unloaded, the cargo on a ship and the goods under the ship are not affected by the suspension arm, when the vehicle is underway, the electric cylinder (230) is operated by opening the electric cylinder (230), the connecting block (260) is pulled to enable the second supporting rod (250) to slide along the guide rod (810) through the sliding sleeve (820), and the second inner cylinder (330) vertically and stably slides upwards along the sliding groove (420), after the second inner cylinder (330) rises to a certain height, the first inner cylinder (320) can be driven to rise after the sliding block (410) is contacted with the limiting block (340) welded and fixed at the upper end of the first inner cylinder (320), the height of the sail assembly (300) can be adjusted as required, and the sail assembly (300) can be lifted simply and conveniently;
s4, finally, when the wind sail assembly is in voyage, the motor (510) works by opening the motor (510), so that the gear (520) is driven to rotate, the gear (520) rotates and simultaneously drives the gear ring (530) meshed with the gear ring to rotate, the gear ring (530) enables the support shaft (130) to rotate in the first rotating bearing (140), further the support plate (120) welded and fixed to the upper end of the support shaft (130) is driven to rotate, the support plate (120) drives the outer cylinder to rotate, the outer cylinder drives the first inner cylinder (320) and the second inner cylinder (330) to rotate through the sliding groove (420) and the sliding block (410), finally the wind sail assembly (300) is driven to operate, and the wind sail assembly (300) provides power for turning and sailing of a ship through the Magnus effect.
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