CN111559484A

CN111559484A - Inflatable sail system

Info

Publication number: CN111559484A
Application number: CN202010461980.0A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 赵珂正
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2020-05-27
Filing date: 2020-05-27
Publication date: 2020-08-21

Abstract

The invention discloses an inflatable type sail system, which consists of a mast, a sail, a take-up and pay-off line and a take-up and pay-off connecting line, wherein the mast, the sail, the take-up and pay-off line and the take-up and pay-off connecting line are fixed on a deck; the sail is of a soft structure consisting of two layers of cloth with edges connected with each other, and the two layers of cloth of the sail are made of nylon cloth of a parachute; the top of the sail is connected with a first air bag, and the first air bag is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air; the first air bag is filled with hydrogen or helium; an inflation hole is formed in the first air bag; the top of the first air bag is connected with a second air bag, and the second air bag is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air. The invention uses the parachute nylon cloth as the material of the sail, effectively saves the cost compared with the material of the existing sail, and simultaneously, in order to enable the sail to be more effectively lifted into the high altitude, the filled gas with the density smaller than the air density is used, so that the sail can be smoothly lifted into the air under the driving of the air buoyancy.

Description

Inflatable sail system

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of a sail system, in particular to an inflatable sail system.

Background

The main body of the system is a giant kite made of ultra-light synthetic fiber, which is fixed on a mast with the height of 15 meters on the ship, and can be raised to the height of 100 meters to 300 meters in general, so as to capture the strongest wind force and pull the ship to move ahead, thereby reducing the oil consumption of the engine of the ship.

As shown in fig. 1, the overall structure of the existing sail system is schematically illustrated, the existing sail system is composed of a mast 2 fixed on a deck 1, a sail 4, a take-up and pay-off line 3 and a take-up and pay-off connection line 5, wherein the sail 4 is a soft structure composed of two layers of cloth and is unfolded along the wind under the action of the wind, the take-up and pay-off connection line 5 is connected to the edge of the sail 4, one end of the take-up and pay-off connection line 5 is gathered at one end of the take-up and pay-off line 3, and the other end of the take-up and pay-.

The sail 4 of the present sail system is made of cloth made of ultra-light fiber materials, the cloth is high in manufacturing cost and complex in maintenance, so that the sail surface of the present sail 4 is very small in manufacturing, the wind power which can be utilized in the air is very limited, when the wind power which is utilized is limited, the oil consumption of an engine is increased, the energy conservation is not facilitated, and the present sail system cannot be effectively popularized and used in a large range.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to overcome the above problems in the prior art, and provides an inflatable sail system, wherein a parachute nylon cloth is used as a material of the sail, which effectively saves the cost compared to the material of the existing sail, and meanwhile, in order to make the sail more effectively ascend to the high altitude, the sail is filled with a gas having a density less than that of the air, so that the sail can smoothly ascend to the high altitude under the driving of the buoyancy of the air.

Therefore, the invention provides an inflatable type sail system which comprises a mast, a sail, a take-up and pay-off line and a take-up and pay-off connecting line, wherein the mast, the sail, the take-up and pay-off line and the take-up and pay-off connecting line are fixed on a deck.

The sail is of a soft structure consisting of two layers of cloth with edges connected with each other, and the two layers of cloth of the sail are made of nylon cloth of a parachute.

The top of the sail is connected with a first air bag, and the first air bag is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air.

Further, the first balloon is filled with hydrogen or helium.

Further, an inflation hole is formed in the first air bag.

Further, the top of the first air bag is connected with a second air bag, and the second air bag is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air.

Further, the second airbag is detachably connected with the second airbag through an airbag connecting line.

Furthermore, the edges of the sails are provided with connectors for connecting other sails, and the first air bag is arranged on the top of the sail on the uppermost layer.

Further, a sail rolling device used for rolling the sail is arranged at the lower end of the mast.

The bottom of the sail is uniformly provided with at least one winding line, and the free end of the winding line is connected to a reel of the sail winding device.

Furthermore, a winder is arranged at the top of the mast and used for winding the winder of the take-up and pay-off line.

Further, the reel is hinged to the top of the mast, and the reel can rotate on the top of the mast.

The sail rolling device is connected to the surface of the mast in a sliding mode and can slide in the circumferential direction of the mast.

Further, the sail is provided with a camera shooting device, a wireless transmitter and a power supply device, and the camera shooting device, the wireless transmitter and the power supply device are respectively fixed on the sail through a fixer.

The power supply device comprises a wind driven generator.

The camera equipment is in signal connection with the wireless transmitter, and the wireless transmitter is in signal connection with the ground display receiver. The image pickup apparatus and the wireless transmitter are electrically connected to the power supply device, respectively.

The inflatable type sail system provided by the invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. the parachute nylon cloth is used as the material of the sail, so that the cost is effectively saved compared with the existing material of the sail, and meanwhile, in order to enable the sail to be more effectively lifted into the high altitude, the gas with the density smaller than that of the air is filled into the sail, so that the sail can be smoothly lifted into the air under the driving of the air buoyancy;

2. the invention uses the air bag to provide air buoyancy, so that the requirements of the sail material are reduced, and the usable material range is enlarged. The number and the area of the sails are not limited and can be increased or decreased according to needs, for example, the area of the sails is 10 x 10 meters, the sails are connected in series by 10 sails, the total area is 1000 square meters, and thus the area of the sails is larger;

3. the sail winding device is used for automatically winding the sail, so that the difficulty of manually folding the sail is effectively reduced, and the labor cost on the ship is reduced;

4. the invention uses the camera shooting equipment, and the camera shooting equipment is brought into the air through the sail for shooting, so that the effect of aerial shooting on the water surface is achieved, and dangerous conditions or fish schools around and on a farther water surface can be found immediately.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall structure of a prior art sail system;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an improved sail structure of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a plurality of sails connected in series according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention when the sail is in use;

fig. 5 is a schematic view of the overall structure of the present invention for realizing aerial photography by using a sail.

Description of reference numerals:

1. a deck; 2. a mast; 3. taking up and paying off the wire; 4. a sail; 5. collecting and releasing the connecting line; 6. a second air bag; 7. an airbag connecting line; 8. a first air bag; 9. a reel; 10. sail winding equipment; 11. winding the wire; 12. an image pickup apparatus; 13. a wireless transmitter; 14. a power supply device.

Detailed Description

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings, but it should be understood that the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiment.

In the present application, the type and structure of components that are not specified are all the prior art known to those skilled in the art, and those skilled in the art can set the components according to the needs of the actual situation, and the embodiments of the present application are not specifically limited.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 1-5, the present invention provides an inflatable sail system, which is composed of a mast 2 fixed on a deck 1, a sail 4, a line 3 and a line 5. The mast 2, the sail 4, the line 3 and the line 5 are components of an existing sail system, and refer to the background section of the present specification.

The sail 4 is a soft structure formed by two layers of cloth with edges connected with each other, and the soft structure is the sail 4 structure in the sail system in the prior art, so that when the sail 4 is put away, wind can enter the sail 4, the sail 4 can fly in the air, and the soft structure is used, so that when the sail 4 is not used, the sail 4 can be folded in a folding mode.

In the invention, the two layers of cloth of the sail 4 are made of nylon cloth of the parachute, and compared with the existing ultra-light fiber, the material can effectively reduce the manufacturing cost of the sail 4, so that the cost can be greatly reduced in the later use, and the sail system is popularized. However, the weight of the parachute nylon cloth is larger than the material of the ultra-light fiber used in the present sail 4.

Therefore, a first air cell 8 is connected to the top of the sail 4, and the first air cell 8 is filled with a gas having a density less than that of air. According to the invention, the first air bag 8 is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air, so that the first air bag 8 can be lifted in the air, and the sail 4 is driven to smoothly lift into the air.

The first air bag 8 is inflated and deflated on the deck with the gas that is filled in, and there is no inflation or deflation operation while the sail 4 is flying in the air.

In this embodiment, the first balloon 8 is filled with hydrogen or helium. Since the density of the hydrogen or helium gas is much lower than that of the air, the hydrogen or helium gas is filled into the first air bag 8, so that the flight of the sail 4 can be effectively ensured.

In this embodiment, the first airbag 8 is provided with an inflation hole. The inflation hole is used for inflating and recovering gas, so that the cost of the gas is reduced, and meanwhile, the first airbag 8 can be used for multiple times.

In this embodiment, the second airbag 6 is connected to the top of the first airbag 8, and the second airbag 6 is filled with gas having a density less than that of air. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the second airbag 6 is detachably connected to the second airbag 6 by an airbag connection line 7.

The gas filled in the second air cells 6 is also a gas with density smaller than that of the air, in this embodiment, the number of the second air cells 6 may be multiple, the second air cells 6 act on the first air cells 8 consistently, and also play a role in pulling the sail 4 upwards, and the number and the positions of the second air cells 6 are increased or decreased according to the weight of the sail 4, so as to achieve the required air buoyancy.

In this embodiment, the edges of the sails 4 are provided with connectors for connecting other sails 4, and the first air bag 8 is arranged on the top of the uppermost sail 4. In the invention, the number of the sails 4 can be increased or decreased according to the needs to achieve the required traction force of the ship. For example, the area of the wind sail 4 is 10 meters by 10 meters, and the total area of the series connection of 10 wind sails 4 is 1000 square meters. In particular, in use, the total area of the sails 4 is self-connected in series by connectors according to the needs, and the area can be larger.

In this embodiment, the connector may be a zipper connector or a hook connector, which is selected according to the actual use condition.

In the present embodiment, a sail rolling device 10 for rolling the sail 4 is disposed at the lower end of the mast 2. The sail winding device 10 is a reel with a long reel.

The bottom of the sail 4 is uniformly provided with at least one winding line 11, and the free end of the winding line 11 is connected to a reel of the sail winding device 10.

Therefore, when the sail 4 is rolled up, the rolling line 11 is rolled up on the rolling shaft by the rolling shaft, and then the sail 4 is rolled up on the rolling shaft 4, and the sail 4 is of a soft structure, so that the sail 4 can be rolled up by using the sail rolling equipment 10, and a large amount of manpower can be saved for rolling up the sail 4.

Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, a reel 9 for winding up the take-up and pay-off line 3 is provided on the top of the mast 2. Meanwhile, in the present embodiment, the reel 9 is hinged to the top of the mast 2, and the reel 9 can be rotated at the top of the mast 2. The sail winding device 10 is slidably connected to the surface of the mast 2, and the sail winding device 10 can slide in the circumferential direction of the mast 2.

The winder 9 is to receive and release the line 3 and roll to control the height of sail 4, simultaneously, the winder 9 can be in the top of mast 2 is rotated, just so can make winder 9 adjust along with the direction of sail 4, and simultaneously sail rolling equipment 10 is unanimous with winder 9, also adjusts along with the direction of sail 4.

In the present embodiment, the sail 4 is provided with an image pickup device 12, a wireless transmitter 13 and a power supply device 14, and the image pickup device 12, the wireless transmitter 13 and the power supply device 14 are respectively fixed on the sail 4 through a fixer. The power supply device 14 comprises a wind power generator. The camera device 12 is in signal connection with the wireless transmitter 13, and the wireless transmitter 13 is in signal connection with a ground display receiver. The image pickup apparatus 12 and the wireless transmitter 13 are electrically connected to the power supply device 14, respectively.

The camera device 12 is located in the air along with the sail 4, the camera device 12 shoots the situation on the water surface, the camera device 12 sends the shot information to the ground display receiver on the ship through the wireless transmitter 13, and therefore the crew can watch the shot information of the camera device 12 on the ship, so that the crew can provide the horizontal situation around the water surface or even in a distance, and the crew can find the danger or the fish school on the water surface immediately.

The above disclosure is only for a few specific embodiments of the present invention, however, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and any variations that can be made by those skilled in the art are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. The utility model provides an inflatable sail system, includes mast (2), sail (4), receive and release line (3) and receive and release connecting wire (5) and constitute its characterized in that of fixing on deck (1):

wherein the sail (4) is a soft structure consisting of two layers of cloth with mutually connected edges, and the two layers of cloth of the sail (4) are made of nylon cloth of a parachute;

the top of the sail (4) is connected with a first air bag (8), and the first air bag (8) is filled with gas with density smaller than that of air.

2. An inflatable sail system according to claim 1, wherein said first bladder (8) is filled with hydrogen or helium.

3. An inflatable sail system according to claim 1, wherein the first bladder (8) is provided with inflation holes.

4. An inflatable sail system according to claim 1, wherein the second air cell (6) is connected to the top of the first air cell (8), the second air cell (6) being filled with a gas having a density less than the density of air.

5. An inflatable sail system according to claim 4, wherein said second air cell (6) is removably connected to said second air cell (6) by a cell connection line (7).

6. An inflatable sail system according to claim 1, wherein the edges of the sails (4) are provided with connectors for connecting other sails (4), the first air cells (8) being arranged on top of the uppermost sail (4).

7. An inflatable sail system according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the mast (2) is provided with a sail winding device (10) for winding the sail (4);

the wind sail winding device is characterized in that at least one winding line (11) is uniformly arranged at the bottom of the wind sail (4), and the free end of the winding line (11) is connected to a reel of the wind sail winding device (10).

8. An inflatable sail system according to claim 7, wherein the top of the mast (2) is provided with a reel (9) for winding up the line (3).

9. An inflatable sail system according to claim 8, wherein the reel (9) is hinged on top of the mast (2), the reel (9) being able to rotate on top of the mast (2);

the sail rolling device (10) is connected to the surface of the mast (2) in a sliding mode, and the sail rolling device (10) can slide in the circumferential direction of the mast (2).

10. The inflatable sail system of claim 1, wherein the sail (4) is provided with a camera device (12), a wireless transmitter (13) and a power supply device (14), the camera device (12), the wireless transmitter (13) and the power supply device (14) are respectively fixed on the sail (4) through a fixer;

the power supply device (14) comprises a wind power generator;

the camera device (12) is in signal connection with the wireless transmitter (13), and the wireless transmitter (13) is in signal connection with the ground display receiver; the image pickup apparatus (12) and the wireless transmitter (13) are electrically connected to the power supply device (14), respectively.