CN111810743A - Underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for deep sea mining and operation method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a butt joint device of an underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline for deep sea mining and an operation method. The bell mouth butt joint female joint, the locking and releasing mechanism and the relay station ore pulp pipe are generally arranged at the front end of a cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible; the butt joint male joint and the relay station ore pulp pipeline are arranged at the front end of an ore pulp conveying mechanical arm of the ore storage relay station. When the shuttle ore-transporting submersible is seated at the corresponding position of the ore storage relay station, the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm of the ore storage relay station inserts the butt joint male head into the bell-mouth butt joint female head, the limit, the fixation and the sealing of the butt joint male head and the butt joint female head are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism, the butt joint of ore pulp pipelines is completed, and the ore pulp can be conveyed to the cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible through the ore storage relay station. Greatly improves the conveying efficiency, and has the advantages of convenient disassembly operation and strong reliability of the sealing and fixing structure.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline butt joint devices for deep sea mining, in particular to an underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for deep sea mining and an operation method.
Background
Traditional deep sea mining is to collect minerals by mining robots and directly transport the minerals to a mother ship on the water surface by a lift pump through a pipeline, but the technical challenges of the method are more, especially the limitations of a lift pipeline system, such as: the multiple slurry pumps are adopted to relay and convey the mixed fluid of the ore and the seawater, the conveying pumps are easy to wear and damage, the service life is short, the whole system can be shut down during maintenance, and the maintenance is inconvenient; the power of the ore pulp lifting pump is large, and a conveying system is complex; under the action of seawater flow and the motion of a mother ship, the pipelines of the whole conveying system can generate a complex load problem, so that the pipelines hinged at the upper ends have large swing amplitude in mining work and have great influence on the submarine relay station; when the mother ship encounters severe sea conditions, the mother ship cannot be timely disconnected from the pipeline system, and great operation insecurity is brought to the mother ship and a submarine mining system.
Therefore, lifting the mineral using the lifting shuttle transport vehicle is a viable mining direction. The patent CN100523434C 'distributed deep sea local trial mining system', the patent CN 106761762A 'intermittent deep sea mineral resource mining system and mining method', and the patent CN 107120118A 'deep sea mineral resource development system' adopt a lifting submersible shuttling between a mining submersible and a mother ship to transport collected minerals. The devices of these patents all require an underwater slurry transport pipe butt joint device when the slurry is transported from the mining unit to the ore transporting unit.
Disclosure of Invention
The applicant provides an underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for deep sea mining and an operation method thereof aiming at the defects in the prior art, and solves the problems of underwater butt joint, fixed limit, active separation, butt joint sealing and the like of an ore pulp pipeline. The device is used for completing butt joint, fixing, limiting and sealing of the ore conveying pipeline, and the ore pulp can be conveyed to the cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible through the ore storage relay station. Thereby greatly improving the stability of the sealing and fixing structure between the butt-jointed pieces, the conveying efficiency and the convenience of the disassembly operation.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a butt joint device for an underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline for deep sea mining comprises a butt joint female head, wherein a locking and releasing mechanism is connected to the outside of the butt joint female head, a mushroom head-shaped butt joint male head is inserted into the rear end of the butt joint female head, the limit and fixation of the butt joint male head and the butt joint female head are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism, a connecting section for connecting with an ore pulp pipeline of a relay station is arranged at the rear end of the butt joint male head, and a connecting section for connecting with an ore pulp pipeline of a cargo compartment is arranged at the front end of the butt joint female head; the butt joint female head is a hollow rotary body and comprises a connecting flange, a pipeline sealing section, a locking mechanism mounting section and a horn mouth guide section which are sequentially arranged, a locking mechanism mounting base and a relay station connecting base are connected to the outside of the locking mechanism mounting section, and a through rectangular groove hole is formed in the locking mechanism mounting base;
locking release mechanism is equipped with at least two, and the symmetrical arrangement is in locking mechanism installation section, and every locking release mechanism structure is: the locking mechanism comprises a locking mechanism base which is connected with a locking mechanism mounting base through a fastener, the top end of the locking mechanism base is hinged with the bottom end of an oil cylinder body, the end part of a piston rod in the oil cylinder body is connected with a kidney-shaped groove slide block, a slide groove is formed in the kidney-shaped groove slide block, and a lock tongue slide shaft pin is connected in the kidney-shaped groove slide block in a sliding mode; the bottom end of the locking mechanism base is hinged with one end of the lock tongue through a lock tongue rotating shaft pin, and the other end of the lock tongue is connected with the lock tongue sliding shaft pin; the middle part of the lock tongue is connected with the middle part of the locking mechanism base through a return spring, and the head part of the lock tongue is provided with a tip structure which extends into the rectangular slotted hole to be matched with the rectangular slotted hole; the butt joint male joint is a hollow revolving body and comprises a sealing ring installation circular pipe section, the middle of the sealing ring installation circular pipe section is provided with a mushroom head circular pipe section with a limiting diameter increased and a conical structure, the tail of the mushroom head circular pipe section is provided with a flange circular pipe section, the butt joint male joint is inserted into the inside of the butt joint female joint, the mushroom head circular pipe section is impacted and extends into the rectangular groove hole, the tip structure of the spring bolt retracts, the sealing ring installation circular pipe section is in butt joint with the pipeline sealing section after the butt joint male joint is inserted into the butt joint female joint head to the bottom, and the spring bolt resets under the action of a.
The further technical scheme is as follows:
the locking mechanism base is in a right-angled triangle shape, the oil cylinder body and the lock tongue are respectively located at two vertex positions where the bevel edge of the triangle is located, two ends of the reset spring are respectively connected with one end of the guide rod and one end of the guide pipe, and the other ends of the guide rod and the guide pipe are respectively connected with the bevel edge of the triangle and the middle part of the lock tongue through a guide rod shaft pin and a guide pipe shaft pin; the middle part of spring bolt is long rod-shaped structure, its one end with the spring bolt sliding pin is articulated, and the other end is connected with the middle part of a triangle-shaped board, most advanced structure is located the summit position of triangle-shaped board.
The large-diameter end of the mushroom head circular pipe section is located at one end close to the flange circular pipe section, and axial limiting is achieved between the boss limiting surface of the large-diameter end of the mushroom head circular pipe section and the plane of the lock tongue.
The outer circular surface of the sealing ring installation circular pipe section is provided with two sealing ring grooves, two sealing rings are installed in the sealing ring grooves, and when the butt joint male joint is inserted into the butt joint female joint to the bottom, the sealing rings are in contact with the pipeline sealing section to realize sealing, so that ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism.
An operation method of a butt joint device is applied to a deep sea mining system for lifting minerals based on a shuttling and ore-transporting submersible, the system consists of a water surface mother ship, a mining submersible, an ore storage relay station and a shuttling and ore-transporting submersible, an ore pulp conveying mechanical arm is arranged on the ore storage relay station, a head end pipeline of the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm is connected with a butt joint male head, the axial extension and retraction of the butt joint male head are realized through the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm,
the butt joint female head and the locking release mechanism are arranged at the front end of the cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible, when the shuttle ore-transporting submersible sits at the corresponding position of the ore storage relay station, one end of the butt joint male head is inserted into the butt joint female head by the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm, the limit and the fixation of the butt joint male head and the butt joint female head are realized through the locking release mechanism, the butt joint and the sealing of an ore pulp pipeline are completed, after the assembly of the butt joint female head and the locking release mechanism is completed, the whole butt joint female head is fixed at the front part of the cargo hold of the ore storage relay station through the relay station connecting base, the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm is separated from the butt joint male head, the butt joint male head is connected with; the ore pulp can be conveyed to the cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible through the ore storage relay station;
the docking device has three docking states, and the operation process is as follows:
the state that the butt joint male joint is inserted into the butt joint female joint is as follows:
the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm drives the butt joint male head to axially extend out, the butt joint male head enters a locking mechanism mounting section under the guide of the horn mouth guide section, the conical inclined surface of the mushroom head circular pipe section of the butt joint male head impacts the lock tongue at the moment, the lock tongue rotates around the lock tongue rotating shaft pin, the corresponding piston rod keeps a completely extending state, the lock tongue drives the lock tongue sliding shaft pin to slide in the sliding groove of the kidney-shaped groove sliding block, and drives the guide rod and the guide pipe to relatively slide to compress the reset spring, so that the reset force of the lock tongue is provided;
after the butt joint male head is inserted into the butt joint female head to the bottom, the lock tongue resets under the resilience force of the return spring, so that the limit and the fixation of the mushroom head to the butt joint male head and the butt joint female head are realized, and the butt joint is realized;
the butt joint male joint and the butt joint female joint are in a butt joint completion state:
the sealing ring is contacted with the pipeline sealing section of the butt joint female head to realize sealing, so that ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism, and axial limiting is realized between the boss limiting surface of the mushroom head circular pipe section and the plane of the lock tongue;
after the ore pulp is conveyed:
the butt joint male joint is disconnected with the ore pulp pipeline of the relay station, the piston rod of the locking and releasing mechanism retracts to drive the lock tongue to rotate outwards around the lock tongue rotating shaft pin, and the butt joint male joint is pulled out by the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm to be connected with the butt joint female joint and retracted to complete the disconnection.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention provides a device capable of completing butt joint and sealing of an ore pulp pipeline, solves the problems of underwater butt joint, fixing and limiting, active separation, butt joint and sealing of the ore pulp pipeline and the like, realizes pipeline transmission of ore pulp among different carriers in a deep sea mining process, greatly improves the conveying efficiency, and has the advantages of convenience in disassembly operation and strong reliability of a sealing and fixing structure. The invention also has the following advantages:
the lock tongue can automatically rotate and retract under the impact of the mushroom head butt joint male head, and automatically rebounds under the action of the return spring after the mushroom head butt joint male head is inserted to the bottom, so that the mushroom head butt joint male head is blocked to prevent the mushroom head butt joint male head from retreating from the bell mouth butt joint female head, and the axial limiting and fixing are realized.
The conical surface of the mushroom head circular pipe section mainly plays a role in lifting and impacting a lock tongue to guide, so that the lock tongue is ensured to rotate and retract, and the plane of the limiting boss behind the conical surface mainly contacts with the plane of the lock tongue to realize axial clamping. The plane of the limiting boss is mainly in contact with the plane of the lock tongue to realize axial limiting, and the device is simple to operate and convenient to disassemble.
According to the invention, the two sealing rings are arranged on the circular tube section for mounting the sealing ring, and when the mushroom head butt joint male head is inserted into the bell mouth butt joint female head to the bottom, the sealing ring is contacted with the pipeline sealing section of the bell mouth butt joint female head to realize sealing, so that ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism. After ore pulp is conveyed, the lock tongue is pulled back through the locking mechanism oil cylinder, and the mushroom head butt joint male head can be withdrawn from the horn mouth butt joint female head.
The butt joint female joint is connected with the relay station ore pulp pipeline and the cargo compartment ore pulp pipeline, so that the ore pulp is smoothly conveyed to the cargo compartment of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible from the relay station, the efficiency is high, and the applicability is strong.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of the docking device of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic view of a typical application scenario of the docking device of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of the female docking head according to the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of the latch release mechanism of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of the male docking head according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the process of inserting the male docking head into the female docking head according to the present invention.
Fig. 8 is a schematic view of the docking completion state of the docking device of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the process of disengaging the mating male and female connectors according to the present invention.
Wherein: 1. butting a female joint; 2. a locking release mechanism; 3. butting the male heads; 4. a cargo tank pulp conduit; 5. a relay station pulp pipeline; 101. a mother ship on the water surface; 102. a mining submersible; 103. a mine storage relay station; 104. a shuttle mine-transporting submersible; 103a, a pulp conveying mechanical arm; 1a, a pipeline sealing section; 1b, a locking mechanism mounting section; 1c, a bell mouth guide section; 1g, connecting a flange; 1f, mounting a base on the locking mechanism; 1e, connecting the relay station with a base; 2a, a locking mechanism base; 2b, a lock tongue; 2c, an oil cylinder body; 2d, an oil cylinder piston rod; 2e, a kidney-shaped groove slide block; 2f, a chute; 2g, a bolt sliding shaft pin; 2h, rotating the shaft pin by the lock tongue; 2i, a guide rod; 2j, a guide tube; 2k, a return spring; 2m, guiding a pipe shaft pin; 2n, a guide rod shaft pin; 3a, installing a circular pipe section on the sealing ring; 3b, mushroom head round pipe sections; 3c, boss limiting surfaces; 3d, flange circular pipe sections; 3e, a sealing ring.
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As shown in fig. 1, the underwater ore pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for deep sea mining of the embodiment includes a butt joint female joint 1, a locking release mechanism 2 is connected to the outside of the butt joint female joint 1, a mushroom-head-shaped butt joint male joint 3 is inserted into the rear end of the butt joint female joint 1, and the limit and fixation of the butt joint male joint 3 and the butt joint female joint 1 are realized through the locking release mechanism 2, a connection section for connecting with an ore pulp pipeline 5 of a relay station is arranged at the rear end of the butt joint male joint 3, and a connection section for connecting with an ore pulp pipeline 4 of a cargo compartment is arranged at the front end of the butt joint female joint;
as shown in fig. 4-6, the butt joint female joint 1 is a hollow rotary body, and includes a connecting flange 1g, a pipeline sealing section 1a, a locking mechanism mounting section 1b, and a bell mouth-shaped bell mouth guiding section 1c, which are sequentially arranged, the locking mechanism mounting section 1b is externally connected with a locking mechanism mounting base 1f and a relay station connecting base 1e, and the locking mechanism mounting base 1f is provided with a through rectangular slot 1 d;
The locking mechanism base 2a is in a right-angled triangle shape, the oil cylinder body 2c and the lock tongue 2b are respectively located at two vertex positions where the hypotenuse of the triangle is located, two ends of the reset spring 2k are respectively connected with one end of the guide rod 2i and one end of the guide tube 2j, and the other ends of the guide rod 2i and the guide tube 2j are respectively connected with the hypotenuse of the triangle and the middle part of the lock tongue 2b through the guide rod shaft pin 2n and the guide tube shaft pin 2 m; the middle part of spring bolt 2b is long rod-shaped structure, and its one end is articulated with spring bolt slip pivot 2g, and the other end is connected with the middle part of a triangle-shaped board, and most advanced structure is located the summit position of triangle-shaped board.
The big diameter end of the mushroom head circular tube section 3b is positioned at one end close to the flange circular tube section 3d, and axial limiting is realized between the boss limiting surface 3c at the big diameter end of the mushroom head circular tube section 3b and the plane of the bolt 2 b.
Two sealing ring grooves are formed in the outer circular surface of the sealing ring installation circular pipe section 3a, two sealing rings 3e are installed in the sealing ring grooves, when the butt joint male joint 3 is inserted into the butt joint female joint 1 to the bottom, the sealing rings 3e are in contact with the pipeline sealing section 1a to realize sealing, and therefore ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism.
As shown in fig. 2 and fig. 3, the docking device is applied to a deep-sea mining system for lifting minerals based on a shuttling and transporting submersible, the system is composed of a surface mother ship 101, a mining submersible 102, an ore storage relay station 103 and a shuttling and transporting submersible 104, the ore storage relay station 103 is provided with an ore pulp conveying mechanical arm 103a, a head end pipeline of the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm is connected with the docking male head 3, and the axial extension and retraction of the docking male head 3 are realized through the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm 103 a;
the butt joint female head 1 and the locking and releasing mechanism 2 are installed at the front end of a cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible vehicle 104, when the shuttle ore-transporting submersible vehicle 104 is seated at a position corresponding to the ore storage relay station 103, one end of the butt joint male head 3 is inserted into the butt joint female head 1 by the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm 103a, the limit and the fixation of the butt joint male head 3 and the butt joint female head 1 are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism 2, the butt joint and the sealing of an ore pulp pipeline are completed, after the assembly of the butt joint female head 1 and the locking and releasing mechanism 2 is completed, the whole body is fixed at the front part of the cargo hold of the ore storage relay station 103 through the relay station connecting base 1e, the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm 103a is separated from the butt joint male head 3, the butt joint male head 3 is connected with the ore pulp; the ore pulp can be conveyed to the cargo hold of the shuttle transport underwater vehicle 104 by the ore storage relay station 103;
the docking device has three docking states, and the operation process is as follows:
as shown in fig. 7, the state of the male docking head 3 being inserted into the female docking head 1 is as follows:
the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm 103a drives the butt joint male head 3 to axially extend out, and enters a locking mechanism mounting section 1b under the guidance of a bell mouth guide section 1c, at the moment, a conical inclined surface of a mushroom head circular tube section 3b of the butt joint male head 3 strikes a lock tongue 2b, the lock tongue 2b rotates around a lock tongue rotating shaft pin 2h, a corresponding piston rod 2d keeps a completely extending state, the lock tongue 2b drives a lock tongue sliding shaft pin 2g to slide in a sliding groove 2f of a kidney-shaped groove sliding block 2e, and drives a guide rod 2i and a guide tube 2j to relatively slide and compress a reset spring 2k, so that the reset force of the lock tongue 2b is provided;
after the butt joint male head 3 is inserted into the butt joint female head 1 to the bottom, the lock tongue 2b resets under the resilience force of the return spring 2k, so that the limit and the fixation of the mushroom head butt joint male head 3 and the butt joint female head 1 are realized, and the butt joint is realized;
as shown in fig. 8, the state of the butt male joint 3 and the butt female joint 1 is completed:
the sealing ring 3e is contacted with the pipeline sealing section 1a of the butt joint female head 1 to realize sealing, so that ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism, and axial limiting is realized between the boss limiting surface 3c of the mushroom head circular pipe section 3b and the plane of the lock tongue 2 b;
as shown in fig. 9, after the pulp transfer is completed:
the butt joint male joint 3 is connected with and separated from the pulp pipeline 5 of the relay station, the piston rod 2d of the locking and releasing mechanism 2 retracts to drive the bolt 2b to rotate outwards around the bolt rotating shaft pin 2h, and the butt joint male joint 3 is pulled out of the butt joint female joint 1 by the pulp conveying mechanical arm 103a to be withdrawn to complete separation.
The conical surface of the mushroom head circular tube section 3b mainly plays a role in impacting a lock tongue to guide, so that the lock tongue 2b is ensured to rotate and retract, and the limiting boss plane 3c is mainly in contact with the lock tongue plane to realize axial limiting. The flange of the flange circular pipe section 3d is connected with the pulp pipeline 5 of the relay station.
When the shuttling ore conveying device is seated at a position corresponding to the ore storage relay station, the mushroom head butt joint male head is inserted into the bell mouth butt joint female head by the ore conveying mechanical arm of the ore storage relay station, and the limit, the fixation and the sealing of the mushroom head butt joint male head and the bell mouth butt joint female head are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism, so that the butt joint and the sealing of the ore pulp pipeline can be completed, the problems of underwater butt joint, fixed limit, active separation, butt joint sealing and the like of the ore pulp pipeline are solved, and the ore pulp is conveyed by pipelines among different carriers in the deep sea mining process.
The above description is intended to be illustrative and not restrictive, and the scope of the invention is defined by the appended claims, which may be modified in any manner within the scope of the invention.
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1. The utility model provides a deep sea mining is with underwater pulp pipeline interfacing apparatus which characterized in that: the device comprises a butt joint female head (1), a locking and releasing mechanism (2) is connected to the outside of the butt joint female head (1), a mushroom head-shaped butt joint male head (3) is inserted into the rear end of the butt joint female head (1), the limit and fixation of the butt joint male head (3) and the butt joint female head (1) are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism (2), a connecting section used for being connected with a relay station ore pulp pipeline (5) is arranged at the rear end of the butt joint male head (3), and a connecting section used for being connected with a cargo compartment ore pulp pipeline (4) is arranged at the front end of the butt joint female head (1);
the butt joint female joint (1) is a hollow rotary body and comprises a connecting flange (1g), a pipeline sealing section (1a), a locking mechanism mounting section (1b) and a horn mouth guide section (1c) which are sequentially arranged, a locking mechanism mounting base (1f) and a relay station connecting base (1e) are connected to the outside of the locking mechanism mounting section (1b), and a through rectangular groove hole (1d) is formed in the locking mechanism mounting base (1 f);
locking release mechanism (2) are equipped with at least two, and the symmetrical arrangement is in locking mechanism installation section (1b), and every locking release mechanism (2) structure is: the locking mechanism comprises a locking mechanism base (2a) which is connected with a locking mechanism mounting base (1f) through a fastener, the top end of the locking mechanism base (2a) is hinged with the bottom end of an oil cylinder body (2c), the end part of a piston rod (2d) in the oil cylinder body (2c) is connected with a kidney-shaped groove slide block (2e), a chute (2f) is formed in the kidney-shaped groove slide block, and a lock tongue slide shaft pin (2g) is connected in the kidney-shaped groove slide block in a sliding mode; the bottom end of a locking mechanism base (2a) is hinged with one end of a lock tongue (2b) through a lock tongue rotating shaft pin (2h), and the other end of the lock tongue (2b) is connected with a lock tongue sliding shaft pin (2 g); the middle part of the lock tongue (2b) is connected with the middle part of the locking mechanism base (2a) through a return spring (2k), and the head part of the lock tongue (2b) is provided with a tip structure which extends into the rectangular slotted hole (1d) to be matched with the rectangular slotted hole;
butt joint public head (3) is the cavity solid of revolution, including sealing washer installation pipe section (3a), the middle part of sealing washer installation pipe section (3a) is equipped with spacing mushroom head pipe section (3b) with diameter increase, be conical structure, and the afterbody is equipped with flange pipe section (3d), and butt joint public head (3) insert and connect female head (1) inside in-process, and mushroom head pipe section (3b) striking is stretched into rectangular slotted hole (1d) in the most advanced structure of spring bolt (2b) makes its withdrawal, after butt joint public head (3) inserted butt joint female head (1) to the end, sealing washer installation pipe section (3a) and pipeline seal section (1a) butt joint, and spring bolt (2b) reset under reset spring (2k) effect simultaneously.
2. The underwater pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for the deep sea mining according to claim 1, characterized in that: the locking mechanism base (2a) is in a right-angled triangle shape, the oil cylinder body (2c) and the lock tongue (2b) are respectively located at two vertex positions where the hypotenuse of the triangle is located, two ends of the reset spring (2k) are respectively connected with one end of the guide rod (2i) and one end of the guide pipe (2j), and the other ends of the guide rod (2i) and the guide pipe (2j) are respectively connected with the hypotenuse of the triangle and the middle part of the lock tongue (2b) through a guide rod shaft pin (2n) and a guide pipe shaft pin (2 m); the middle part of spring bolt (2b) is long rod-shaped structure, its one end with spring bolt slip pivot (2g) are articulated, and the other end is connected with the middle part of a triangle-shaped board, most advanced structure is located the summit position of triangle-shaped board.
3. The underwater pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for the deep sea mining according to claim 1, characterized in that: the large-diameter end of the mushroom head circular pipe section (3b) is positioned at one end close to the flange circular pipe section (3d), and axial limiting is realized between the boss limiting surface (3c) at the large-diameter end of the mushroom head circular pipe section (3b) and the plane of the lock tongue (2 b).
4. The underwater pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for the deep sea mining according to claim 1, characterized in that: the outer circular surface of the sealing ring installation circular pipe section (3a) is provided with two sealing ring grooves, two sealing rings (3e) are installed in the sealing ring grooves, when the butt joint male joint (3) is inserted into the butt joint female joint (1) to the bottom, the sealing rings (3e) are contacted with the pipeline sealing section (1a) to realize sealing, and ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism.
5. The operation method of the underwater pulp conveying pipeline butt joint device for the deep sea mining according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the butt joint device is applied to a deep sea mining system for lifting minerals based on a shuttle transport submersible, the system is composed of a mother ship (101) on the water surface, a mining submersible (102), an ore storage relay station (103) and a shuttle transport submersible (104), a pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a) is arranged on the ore storage relay station (103), a head end pipeline of the pulp conveying mechanical arm is connected with a butt joint male head (3), and the axial extension and retraction of the butt joint male head (3) are realized through the pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a), and the operation method is characterized in that:
the butt joint female joint (1) and the locking and releasing mechanism (2) are arranged at the front end of a cargo hold of the shuttle mine-transporting submersible vehicle (104), when the shuttle mine-transporting submersible (104) is seated at the corresponding position of the mine storage relay station (103), one end of the butt joint male joint (3) is inserted into the butt joint female joint (1) by the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a), the limit and the fixation of the butt joint male joint (3) and the butt joint female joint (1) are realized through the locking and releasing mechanism (2), the butt joint and the sealing of the ore pulp pipeline are completed, after the butt joint female head (1) and the locking and releasing mechanism (2) are assembled, the whole body is fixed at the front part of a cargo hold of an ore storage relay station (103) through a relay station connecting base (1e), an ore pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a) is separated from the butt joint male head (3), the butt joint male joint (3) is connected with a relay station ore pulp pipeline (5) through a flange circular pipe section (3d), and the connecting flange (1g) is connected with a cargo compartment ore pulp pipeline (4); the ore pulp can be transported to the cargo hold of the shuttle ore-transporting submersible (104) by the ore storage relay station (103);
the docking device has three docking states, and the operation process is as follows:
the butt joint male head (3) is inserted into the butt joint female head (1):
the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a) drives the butt joint male head (3) to axially extend out, the butt joint male head enters a locking mechanism mounting section (1b) under the guidance of a horn mouth guide section (1c), a conical inclined surface of a mushroom head circular pipe section (3b) of the butt joint male head (3) impacts a lock tongue (2b), the lock tongue (2b) rotates around a lock tongue rotating shaft pin (2h), a corresponding piston rod (2d) keeps a completely extending state, the lock tongue (2b) drives a lock tongue sliding shaft pin (2g) to slide in a sliding groove (2f) of a kidney-shaped groove sliding block (2e), and drives a guide rod (2i) and a guide pipe (2j) to relatively slide to compress a reset spring (2k), so that the reset force of the lock tongue (2b) is provided;
after the butt joint male head (3) is inserted into the butt joint female head (1) to the bottom, the lock tongue (2b) resets under the resilience force of the reset spring (2k), so that the mushroom head is limited and fixed to the butt joint male head (3) and the butt joint female head (1), and butt joint is realized;
the butt joint male head (3) and the butt joint female head (1) are in a butt joint completion state:
the sealing ring (3e) is in contact with the pipeline sealing section (1a) of the butt joint female joint (1) to realize sealing, so that ore pulp is prevented from overflowing from the butt joint mechanism, and axial limiting is realized between the boss limiting surface (3c) of the mushroom head circular pipe section (3b) and the plane of the lock tongue (2 b);
after the ore pulp is conveyed:
the butt joint male head (3) is connected with and separated from the ore pulp pipeline (5) of the relay station, a piston rod (2d) of the locking and releasing mechanism (2) retracts to drive the lock tongue (2b) to rotate outwards around the lock tongue rotating shaft pin (2h), the butt joint male head (3) is pulled out of the butt joint female head (1) by the ore pulp conveying mechanical arm (103a) to be retracted, and separation is completed.
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