CN113517657A - Foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance, and relates to the technical field of cable cleaning. The invention comprises a suspension driver which is slidably arranged on a cable, and a wire remover which is used for cleaning a wound rope is arranged at the moving front end of the suspension driver; two support rods are spirally arranged at the lower end of the suspension driver; the suspension driver comprises a rectangular frame, a row of first wire guide wheels with shafts and a driving wheel set, wherein the first wire guide wheels are arranged in the rectangular frame, and the driving wheel set is arranged on one side wall of the rectangular frame in a driving and sliding mode through two electric telescopic rods; the first wire guide wheel is hung on the upper side of the cable, and the driving wheel set is positioned on the lower side of the cable for driving; a power supply is arranged on the rectangular frame; two internal thread cylinders connected with the support rods are fixed at the lower end of the rectangular frame. According to the invention, through the combination of the suspension driver, the wire remover and the support rod, the suspension driver is hung on the cable on the ground, and the wire remover at the front end of the suspension driver scoops up or hooks up the wire wound on the cable and cuts off the wire in the moving process of the suspension driver, so that the cleaning efficiency is high.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of cable cleaning, and particularly relates to a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance.
Background
With the rapid development of the power grid and the continuous improvement of the requirement of the user on the power supply reliability, higher requirements are put forward on the safety and the reliability of the power grid operation. However, when the rope-like foreign matter such as kite is inevitably wound on the transmission line, the short-circuit tripping of the transmission line and the substation can be caused. The traditional method for treating the foreign matters on the conducting wire generally adopts blast burner combustion, rope hooking, operating lever picking and the like, but the methods have certain destructiveness and limitation, low working efficiency and long time consumption, for example, the blast burner combustion method has the defects of damage to the outer skin of a cable, high risk, low cleaning efficiency of the methods such as the rope hooking, the operating lever picking and the like and poor safety. Therefore, this application file provides a foreign matter cleaning device is used in power cable maintenance, shovels wound cotton rope and cuts the back and handle, simple structure, convenient operation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance, which is characterized in that a suspension driver is hung on a cable on the ground through the combination of the suspension driver, a wire remover and a support rod, the wire remover at the front end of the suspension driver scoops or hooks a wire wound on the cable and cuts the wire during the moving process of the suspension driver, the cleaning efficiency is high, and the existing problems are solved.
In order to solve the technical problems, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
the invention relates to a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance, which comprises a suspension driver arranged on a cable in a sliding way, wherein a wire removing device used for cleaning a winding rope wire is arranged at the motion front end of the suspension driver; two support rods are spirally arranged at the lower end of the suspension driver; the suspension driver comprises a rectangular frame, a row of first wire guide wheels with shafts and a driving wheel set, wherein the first wire guide wheels are arranged in the rectangular frame, and the driving wheel set is arranged on one side wall of the rectangular frame in a driving and sliding mode through two electric telescopic rods; the first wire guide wheel is hung on the upper side of the cable, and the driving wheel set is positioned on the lower side of the cable for driving; the rectangular frame is provided with a power supply; two internal thread cylinders connected with the supporting rods are fixed at the lower end of the rectangular frame; the lower half part of the other side wall of the rectangular frame is provided with a rectangular channel for the cable to pass in and out; and a row of waist-round long holes for guiding the driving wheel set are formed in the side wall of the rectangular frame.
Further, the drive wheel set comprises a rectangular plate; a row of main shafts are rotatably arranged on the rectangular plate, and two ends of each main shaft are arranged on two sides of the rectangular plate; a second wire guide wheel is arranged on the main shaft on one side of the rectangular plate; a first gear is arranged on the main shaft on the other side of the rectangular plate; the first gears on two adjacent main shafts are driven by a second gear; a driving motor in transmission connection with one of the main shafts is fixed on the surface of the rectangular plate, which is positioned on one side of the first gear; the spindle penetrates through the waist-round long hole from the outer side of the rectangular frame and is provided with an outer snap ring; and a single lug matched with the electric telescopic rod is fixed at the upper end of the rectangular plate.
Further, the wire remover comprises a semi-cone; a semicircular through groove matched with the cable is formed in the axis of the semicircular cone; the tip end of the semi-cone is uniformly provided with a plurality of rectangular notches along the axis; the opposite side surfaces of the rectangular notch are provided with guide grooves, and elastic scribers are arranged in the guide grooves in a sliding mode; the tip of the semi-cone is an arc surface, and a plurality of right-angle triangular plates are uniformly distributed and fixed along the shaft; the inclined plane of the right-angle triangular plate is fixedly provided with a triangular pointed cone for cutting a line.
Further, the elastic scriber comprises a cylindrical rod; two sliding blocks are in sliding fit with the cylindrical rod, and the sliding blocks are in sliding fit with the guide grooves; a limiting disc is fixed at one end of the cylindrical rod and is fixed with the ground of the rectangular notch; a first spring is sleeved on the cylindrical rod between the limiting disc and the adjacent sliding block; a second spring is sleeved on the cylindrical rod between the two sliding blocks; and a cutting hook for cutting off the thread rope is fixed below each of the two sliding blocks.
Furthermore, one end of the guide slot, which is positioned at the inner side of the rectangular slot, is inclined downwards.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. according to the invention, through the combination of the suspension driver, the wire remover and the support rod, the suspension driver is hung on the cable on the ground, and the wire remover at the front end of the suspension driver scoops up or hooks up the wire wound on the cable and cuts off the wire in the moving process of the suspension driver, so that the cleaning efficiency is high.
2. The invention can be placed on the high-altitude cable on the ground to clean the wound cord, the cleaning operation is quick and convenient, and the labor amount is reduced.
3. The invention has the advantages of reasonable and simple integral structure, low manufacturing cost and low maintenance cost, and is suitable for mass production.
Of course, it is not necessary for any product in which the invention is practiced to achieve all of the above-described advantages at the same time.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without creative efforts.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance according to the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a partially enlarged view of a portion a in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a front view of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a right side view of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a suspension driver and a wire remover with a driving wheel group removed.
Fig. 6 is a partially enlarged view of fig. 5 at B.
Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a driving wheel set.
Fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an elastic scriber.
In the drawings, the components represented by the respective reference numerals are listed below:
1-suspension driver, 2-wire removing device, 3-supporting rod, 11-rectangular frame, 12-first wire guide wheel, 13-electric telescopic rod, 14-driving wheel set, 15-power supply, 16-internal thread cylinder, 21-semi-cone, 22-semi-circular through groove, 23-rectangular notch, 24-guide groove, 25-elastic scriber, 26-right-angle triangular plate, 27-triangular pointed cone, 111-rectangular channel, 112-waist circular long hole, 141-rectangular plate, 142-main shaft, 143-second wire guide wheel, 144-first gear, 145-second gear, 146-driving motor, 147-outer snap ring, 148-single lug, 251-cylindrical rod, 252-sliding block, 253-limiting disc and 254-first spring, 255-second spring, 256-cutting hook.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-8, the invention is a foreign matter cleaning device for power cable maintenance, comprising a suspension driver 1 slidably mounted on a cable, and a wire remover 2 for cleaning a wound rope is mounted at the moving front end of the suspension driver 1; two support rods 3 are spirally arranged at the lower end of the suspension driver 1; the suspension driver 1 comprises a rectangular frame 11, a row of first wire guide wheels 12 with shafts and a driving wheel set 14, wherein the first wire guide wheels 12 are arranged inside the rectangular frame 11, and the driving wheel set 14 is arranged on one side wall of the rectangular frame 11 in a driving and sliding mode through two electric telescopic rods 13; the first wire guide wheel 12 is hung on the upper side of the cable, and the driving wheel set 14 is positioned on the lower side of the cable for driving; the rectangular frame 11 is provided with a power supply 15; two internal thread cylinders 16 connected with the support rod 3 are fixed at the lower end of the rectangular frame 11; a rectangular channel 111 for the cable to enter and exit is formed in the lower half part of the other side wall of the rectangular frame 11; the side wall of the rectangular frame 11 is provided with a row of long holes 112 with waist circles for guiding the driving wheel set 14. The power supply 15 and the driving wheel set 14 are connected and controlled through a wire and a switch, and the switch is lowered to the height which can be used on the ground. In short, the suspension driver 1 is lifted by lifting the two support rods 3 by hands, a cable is put into the suspension driver 1 from the side edge of the suspension driver 1 to be clamped, the suspension driver 1 is controlled by a switch to move on the cable, the wire removing device 2 at the front end of the movement shovel and cuts off a wire rope wound on the cable in the moving process, the suspension driver 1 loosens the clamping of the cable after the cleaning of the rear partial section is completed, and the suspension driver 1 is taken down from the cable by lifting the two support rods 3 by hands to be ready for next use.
Wherein the driving wheel set 14 includes a rectangular plate 141; a row of main shafts 142 are rotatably mounted on the rectangular plate 141, and two ends of each main shaft 142 are arranged on two sides of the rectangular plate 141; a second guide wheel 143 is mounted on the main shaft 142 on one side of the rectangular plate 141; a first gear 144 is arranged on the main shaft 142 at the other side of the rectangular plate 141; the first gear 144 on two adjacent main shafts 142 is driven by the second gear 145; a driving motor 146 in transmission connection with one spindle 142 is fixed on the surface of the rectangular plate 141 on one side of the first gear 144; the main shaft 142 is provided with an outer snap ring 147 after passing through the waist-round long hole 112 from the outer side of the rectangular frame 11; the upper end of the rectangular plate 141 is fixed with a single lug 148 matched with the electric telescopic rod 13. In short, the driving wheel set 14 is used to drive the whole device to move on the cable.
Wherein, the wire remover 2 comprises a semi-cone 21; a semicircular through groove 22 matched with the cable is formed in the axis of the semicircular cone 21; the tip end of the semi-cone 21 is uniformly provided with a plurality of rectangular notches 23 along the axis; the opposite side of the rectangular notch 23 is provided with a guide groove 24, and an elastic scriber 25 is arranged in the guide groove 24 in a sliding way; the tip of the semi-cone 21 is a cambered surface, and a plurality of right-angle triangular plates 26 are uniformly distributed and fixed along the shaft; the inclined surface of the right-angle triangular plate 26 is fixed with a triangular pointed cone 27 for tangent. In short, the wire stripper 2 scoops up the cable on the cable, the scooped cable slides upwards from the right-angle triangular plate 26, the triangular pointed cone 27 cuts the cable, and the cut cable is separated from the cable.
Wherein the elastic scriber 25 includes a cylindrical rod 251; two sliding blocks 252 are matched on the cylindrical rod 251 in a sliding manner, grooves are formed in the sliding stroke ranges of the two sliding blocks 252 on the inner wall of the semicircular through groove 22, and the sliding blocks 252 are matched with the guide grooves 24 in a sliding manner; a limiting disc 253 is fixed at one end of the cylindrical rod 251, and the limiting disc 253 is fixed with the ground of the rectangular notch 23; a first spring 254 is sleeved on the cylindrical rod 251 between the limiting disc 253 and the adjacent sliding block 252; a second spring 255 is sleeved on the cylindrical rod 251 between the two sliding blocks 252; a cutting hook 256 for cutting off the cords is fixed below each of the two sliders 252. In short, the elastic scriber 25 has two cutting hooks 256 capable of performing hook cutting of the string adhered to the cable.
Wherein, the guide groove 24 is located the inboard one end downward sloping of rectangle notch 23, and when the slider 252 slided to the lower sloping position of guide groove 24, cutting hook 256 takes the cotton rope slope to increase the cutting plane upwards, convenient quick with the rope line partition.
In the description herein, references to the description of "one embodiment," "an example," "a specific example" or the like are intended to 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 the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily 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.
The preferred embodiments of the invention disclosed above are intended to be illustrative only. The preferred embodiments are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise embodiments disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching. The embodiments were chosen and described in order to best explain the principles of the invention and the practical application, to thereby enable others skilled in the art to best utilize the invention. The invention is limited only by the claims and their full scope and equivalents.
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1. The utility model provides a foreign matter cleaning device is used in power cable maintenance which characterized in that:
the device comprises a suspension driver (1) which is slidably mounted on a cable, and a wire remover (2) for cleaning a wound rope is mounted at the moving front end of the suspension driver (1);
two support rods (3) are spirally arranged at the lower end of the suspension driver (1);
the suspension driver (1) comprises a rectangular frame (11), a row of first wire guide wheels (12) with shafts and arranged in the rectangular frame (11), and a driving wheel set (14) which is arranged on one side wall of the rectangular frame (11) in a driving and sliding mode through two electric telescopic rods (13); the first wire guide wheel (12) is hung on the upper side of the cable, and the driving wheel set (14) is positioned on the lower side of the cable for driving; a power supply (15) is arranged on the rectangular frame (11); two internal thread cylinders (16) connected with the support rod (3) are fixed at the lower end of the rectangular frame (11);
a rectangular channel (111) for the entry and exit of cables is formed in the lower half part of the other side wall of the rectangular frame (11); the side wall of the rectangular frame (11) is provided with a row of waist-round long holes (112) for guiding the driving wheel set (14).
2. A foreign matter cleaning apparatus for power cable maintenance according to claim 1, wherein said driving wheel set (14) comprises a rectangular plate (141); a row of main shafts (142) are rotatably arranged on the rectangular plate (141), and two ends of each main shaft (142) are arranged at two sides of the rectangular plate (141); a second guide wheel (143) is arranged on the main shaft (142) on one side of the rectangular plate (141); a first gear (144) is arranged on the main shaft (142) on the other side of the rectangular plate (141); the first gear (144) on two adjacent main shafts (142) is driven by the second gear (145); a driving motor (146) in transmission connection with one of the main shafts (142) is fixed on the surface of the rectangular plate (141) on one side of the first gear (144); the main shaft (142) penetrates through the waist-round long hole (112) from the outer side of the rectangular frame (11) and is provided with an outer snap ring (147); and a single lug (148) matched with the electric telescopic rod (13) is fixed at the upper end of the rectangular plate (141).
3. A foreign matter cleaning apparatus for power cable maintenance according to claim 1, characterized in that the wire remover (2) comprises a semi-cone (21); a semicircular through groove (22) matched with the cable is formed in the axis of the semicircular cone (21); the tip end of the semi-cone (21) is uniformly provided with a plurality of rectangular notches (23) along the axis; the opposite side surfaces of the rectangular notches (23) are provided with guide grooves (24), and elastic scribers (25) are arranged in the guide grooves (24) in a sliding mode; the tip of the semi-cone (21) is a cambered surface, and a plurality of right-angle triangular plates (26) are uniformly distributed and fixed along the shaft; the inclined plane of the right-angle triangular plate (26) is fixed with a triangular pointed cone (27) for cutting a line.
4. A foreign matter cleaning apparatus for electric power cable maintenance according to claim 3, wherein said elastic scriber (25) comprises a cylindrical rod (251); two sliding blocks (252) are slidably matched on the cylindrical rod (251), and the sliding blocks (252) are slidably matched with the guide grooves (24); a limiting disc (253) is fixed at one end of the cylindrical rod (251), and the limiting disc (253) is fixed with the ground of the rectangular notch (23); a first spring (254) is sleeved on the cylindrical rod (251) between the limiting disc (253) and the adjacent sliding block (252); a second spring (255) is sleeved on the cylindrical rod (251) between the two sliding blocks (252); a cutting hook (256) for cutting off the thread rope is fixed below the two sliding blocks (252).
5. A foreign matter removing device for electric power cable maintenance according to claim 3 or 4, wherein said guide groove (24) is formed inside the rectangular notch (23) with one end thereof inclined downward.
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