CN113264175A - Nose tower structure of anchoring facility for captive balloon - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of aerostatics, and provides a tethered balloon anchoring facility nose tower structure, which comprises: the base is used for being arranged on the anchoring facility; the inner side of the first end of the first main body is rotatably connected with the top end of the base; the first driving device is hinged with the anchoring facility, and the driving end of the first driving device is hinged with the outer side of the first end of the first main body and used for driving the first main body to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded upright state; a second body, a first end of the second body being telescopically coupled to a second end of the first body; a nose tower end disposed at the second end of the second body. The invention can be used for telescopic and folding operation, is convenient for anchoring and transportation, meets the requirements of spherical captive balloons with different sizes, and has wide applicability.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of aerostats, in particular to a tethered balloon anchoring facility nose tower structure.
Background
The captive balloon is a lighter-than-air, unpowered aerostat having an envelope filled with lighter-than-air gas and thereby creating an upward buoyancy.
The captive balloon system comprises a captive balloon, a mooring cable assembly, anchoring facilities, ground comprehensive guarantee facilities and the like. The captive balloon is suspended in the air by virtue of buoyancy, is connected with ground anchoring facilities through a mooring line assembly, and is adjusted in height by adjusting the length of the mooring line, so that a quasi-static air platform is provided for other equipment. Wherein, the mooring line assembly comprises a main line, a nose mooring line, a side mooring line and the like. When the captive balloon is in the air, the length of the main cable is adjusted to adjust the height of the captive balloon in the air, and the main cable supplies power or transmits signals to the tethered balloon-mounted equipment; when the captive balloon is moored to the ground, the captive balloon is secured to the mooring facility by the nose and side bridles.
Be equipped with nose tower structure on the mooring facility, nose tower structure mainly includes nose tower main part and nose tower tip, when mooring balloon mooring, need link to each other nose bridle and nose tower tip, then tighten up gradually on the nose capstan winch, usually the nose capstan winch can be placed at mooring facility bottom, makes things convenient for personnel to operate. The nose tower main body plays a supporting role for the end part of the nose tower. At present, due to the fact that the nose tower structure is high, mooring facilities cannot be normally transported; and each type of captive balloon needs to correspond to a nose tower structure with a certain height, namely, the same nose tower structure can only aim at the same ball type, and the height cannot be adjusted, so that the captive balloon does not have wide applicability.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention provides a nose tower structure of a mooring balloon anchoring facility, which can be stretched and folded, is convenient for anchoring and transportation, meets the requirements of spherical mooring balloons with different sizes, and has wide applicability.
The invention provides a tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure, comprising: the base is used for being arranged on the anchoring facility; the inner side of the first end of the first main body is rotatably connected with the top end of the base; the first driving device is hinged with the anchoring facility, and the driving end of the first driving device is hinged with the outer side of the first end of the first main body and used for driving the first main body to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded upright state; a second body, a first end of the second body being telescopically coupled to a second end of the first body; a nose tower end disposed at the second end of the second body.
According to the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, the base, the first body and the second body are truss structures.
According to the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, part of the first main body is inclined inwards to form a first section and a second section, the first section is of a gradually-reduced cross-section structure from a first end to a second end, and the second section is telescopically connected with the second main body.
According to the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, in the folded state, the outer side surface of the first section along the length direction is horizontally arranged, and the inner side surface of the first section along the length direction is obliquely arranged from the first end to the second end to be close to the outer side surface.
According to the captive balloon mooring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, in the deployed upright state, the first section is arranged obliquely outwards.
According to the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, the length of the first section is greater than the length of the second section.
According to the mooring balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, the end part of the nose-tower is provided with the clamping ring.
According to the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the invention, the first body is connected with the base through a rotating shaft.
According to the nose-tower structure of the captive balloon anchoring facility, the first end of the second main body is sleeved in the second end of the first main body, the second end of the first main body is internally provided with a second driving device, and the driving end of the second driving device is connected with the first end of the second main body.
According to the nose-tower structure of the mooring balloon anchoring facility, the first driving device and the second driving device are electric push rods.
According to the nose-tower structure of the mooring balloon anchoring facility, the first main body is driven to rotate through the first driving device, folding, unfolding and erecting are achieved, the requirements of transportation and anchoring states are met, the second main body is in telescopic connection with the first main body, the overall length of the nose-tower can be adjusted, the nose-tower structure is suitable for mooring balloons of different sizes and models, and the nose-tower structure has wide applicability.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present invention or the related art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the related art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art to obtain other drawings based on these drawings without creative efforts.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the nose-tower structure of a captive balloon mooring facility according to the present invention in a collapsed configuration;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the nose-tower structure of a captive balloon mooring facility according to the present invention in an expanded, upright position;
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1: a base; 2: a first body; 21: a first segment; 22: a second segment;
23: a lateral side strut; 24: an inner side surface strut; 25: a reinforcing strut;
3: a first driving device; 4: a second body; 5: a nose tower end; 6: a rotating shaft;
7: and a collar.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on those shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of describing the embodiments of the present invention and simplifying the description, but do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be configured in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly stated or limited otherwise, the terms "connected" and "connected" are to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present invention can be understood in specific cases by those of ordinary skill in the art.
In embodiments of the invention, unless expressly stated or limited otherwise, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through intervening media. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.
In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of an embodiment of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above are not necessarily intended to refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Furthermore, various embodiments or examples and features of different embodiments or examples described in this specification can be combined and combined by one skilled in the art without contradiction.
The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of the present invention is described below in conjunction with figures 1-2.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 and 2, the tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure provided by the present invention mainly comprises: a base 1, a first body 2, a first drive means 3, a second body 4 and a nose tower end 5. When the nose tower structure is installed, the base 1 is fixed on a rotary platform of an anchoring facility; the inner side of the first end (left end in figure 1) of the first main body 2 is rotatably connected with the top end of the base 1; the first driving device 3 is installed on a rotary platform of the anchoring facility and hinged with the rotary platform, and a driving end of the first driving device 3 is hinged with the outer side of the first end of the first main body 2 and used for driving the first main body 2 to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded upright state; a first end (lower end in fig. 2) of the second body 4 is telescopically connected with a second end (right end in fig. 1) of the first body 2; a nose-tower end 5 is provided at a second end (upper end in fig. 2) of the second body 4 for intimate contact with the captive balloon, secured by a nasal lanyard connection. It will be appreciated that the side remote from the captive balloon is the outside and the side adjacent to the captive balloon is the inside, with the outside being the upper side and the inside being the lower side in figure 1.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the first main body 2 is driven to rotate on the base 1 through the first driving device 3, so that the purposes of folding, unfolding and erecting are realized, and the requirements of transportation and anchoring states are met; and through second main part 4 and 2 telescopic connection of first main part, adjust the whole length of nose tower structure, can adapt to the captive balloon of different size models, have extensive suitability.
According to the embodiment of the invention, the base 1, the first body 2 and the second body 4 adopt the truss structure, and the whole body adopts the metal welding structure, so that the weight is light while the strength is satisfied, and the truss structure can be used as a support carrier for installing other accessories.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, the truss structure includes a frame defined by outer side struts 23, inner side struts 24, and side struts, and a plurality of reinforcing struts 25 disposed within the frame for increasing the strength of the overall structure.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a portion of the first body 2 is disposed obliquely inward to form a first segment 21 and a second segment 22, the first segment 21 has a gradually-decreasing cross-sectional structure from a first end to a second end, and the second segment 22 is telescopically coupled to the second body 4. Specifically, the inner side of the first end (left end in fig. 1) of the first segment 21 is rotatably connected with the top end of the base 1, and the outer side of the first end of the first segment 21 is hinged with the driving end of the first driving device 3; a first end of the second body 4 is telescopically connected with a second end (right end in fig. 1) of the second section 22. According to the invention, the strength of each part is ensured, the structure weight is reduced, the structure is optimized, the installation space of the captive balloon during anchoring is enlarged, and meanwhile, the second section 22 is arranged in an inward inclined manner, so that the end part 5 of the nose tower can be in close contact with the captive balloon, and the stability of the captive balloon is improved.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, when the nose tower structure of the present invention is folded, the outer side struts 23 of the first segment 21 along the length direction are horizontally disposed, so that the height of the first segment does not cause the structure to be overhigh, and the transportation is convenient; and the inner side surface strut 24 of the first section 21 along the length direction is obliquely arranged from the first end to the second end to the position close to the outer side surface strut 23, so that more space can be reserved for other structures on the lower side, and meanwhile, the installation space of the captive balloon during anchoring is enlarged.
In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2, the first section 21 of the present invention is inclined outwardly when the turret structure is in the extended upright position, which allows the turret structure to occupy a smaller space when folded, and to expand the space for installing the captive balloon when it is moored, and allows the distance between the turret end 5 and the main cable guide to be greater when the turret structure is in the extended upright position, thereby allowing the mooring facility to be compatible with larger size captive balloons. It should be noted that the pylon structure and the main cable guide device of the present invention are respectively disposed at two sides of the anchoring facility, and the main cable guide device is conventional in the art and will not be described herein.
Also, the length of the first segment 21 is greater than the length of the second segment 22 to further enlarge the installation space when the captive balloon is moored.
In addition, the nose tower end part 5 is provided with a clamping ring 7 which is used for being in close contact with a ball nose cone of the captive balloon, and then the captive balloon can be locked by being tied to the nose tower end part through a nose lanyard.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the first body 2 is rotatably connected to the base 1 by a shaft 6.
Fig. 1 shows a contracted state of the second body, and fig. 2 shows an extended state of the second body, according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in fig. 1 and 2, the first end of the second body 4 is sleeved in the second end of the first body 2, a second driving device (not shown in the figure) is arranged in the second end of the first body 2, the driving end of the second driving device is connected with the first end of the second body 4, the second body 4 is driven by the second driving device to extend and retract in the first body 2, the length of the whole nose tower structure can be adjusted in different positions, and therefore the captive balloons with different sizes can be compatible.
In a specific example, as shown in fig. 2, a first end of the second body 4 is sleeved in a second end of the second section 22, a second driving device is disposed in the second end of the second section 22, a driving end of the second driving device is connected to the first end of the second body 4, and the second body 4 is driven by the second driving device to extend and retract in the second section 22.
The specific type of the first driving device and the second driving device of the present invention is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, an electric push rod, an air cylinder, a hydraulic cylinder, or the like, and in this example, the first driving device and the second driving device are electric push rods.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.
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1. A tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure, comprising:
the base is used for being arranged on the anchoring facility;
the inner side of the first end of the first main body is rotatably connected with the top end of the base;
the first driving device is hinged with the anchoring facility, and the driving end of the first driving device is hinged with the outer side of the first end of the first main body and used for driving the first main body to be switched between a folded state and an unfolded upright state;
a second body, a first end of the second body being telescopically coupled to a second end of the first body;
a nose tower end disposed at the second end of the second body.
2. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 1, wherein the base, first body, and second body are truss structures.
3. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 1, wherein a portion of the first body is angled inwardly to form a first segment having a tapered cross-sectional configuration from a first end to a second end and a second segment telescopically coupled to the second body.
4. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 3, wherein in the collapsed state, the lengthwise outer side surface of the first segment is disposed horizontally and the lengthwise inner side surface of the first segment is disposed obliquely from the first end to the second end adjacent the outer side surface.
5. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 3, wherein in the deployed, upright position, the first segment is disposed at an outward inclination.
6. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 3, wherein the length of the first segment is greater than the length of the second segment.
7. The tethered balloon anchoring facility pylon of claim 1, wherein the pylon end is provided with a collar.
8. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 1, wherein the first body is connected to the base by a swivel.
9. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 1, wherein the first end of the second body is nested within the second end of the first body, and wherein a second drive device is disposed within the second end of the first body, the drive end of the second drive device being coupled to the first end of the second body.
10. The tethered balloon anchoring facility nose-tower structure of claim 9, wherein the first and second drive means are electric pushrods.
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