CN210263059U - Underwater soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus - Google Patents

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CN210263059U
CN210263059U CN201920954097.8U CN201920954097U CN210263059U CN 210263059 U CN210263059 U CN 210263059U CN 201920954097 U CN201920954097 U CN 201920954097U CN 210263059 U CN210263059 U CN 210263059U
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The utility model discloses a bag throwing device for protecting underwater soil, which comprises a floating body, wherein the middle part of the floating body is provided with a through moon pool; the sandbag guide mechanism comprises a plurality of sandbag guide parts which are independently arranged side by side, the lower ends of the sandbag guide parts extend out of the moon pool, the sandbag guide parts comprise a plurality of sandbag guide frames which are connected in series up and down, the sandbag guide frames are provided with opening doors, and the opening doors are detachably connected with the sandbag guide frames; the guide frame lifting mechanism is arranged on a deck of the floating body, is positioned at two ends of the sandbag guide frame and is used for driving the sandbag guide frame to move up and down in the moon pool; and the control system is electrically connected with the guide frame lifting mechanism. The utility model discloses because the constraint action of sand bag leading truck makes the sand bag can not appear free drift phenomenon after throwing into the aquatic, especially under deep water, torrent condition, the effect can be more obvious, can realize artificial control sand bag placement, can be more accurate through removing the body accomplish the quick sand bag of large tracts of land of submarine mud face and throw.

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Underwater soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of submarine soil layer protection construction equipment, especially, relate to a submarine soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus.
Background
At present, the underwater soil layer protection bag throwing engineering of water areas such as rivers, lakes, seas and the like is generally carried out in a free throwing mode, after sand bags are thrown into water, the drift direction is influenced by the resistance of water, so that the drift distance of the sand bags thrown to the water bottom is too large, the sand bags are difficult to control to be uniformly distributed, if the construction method of free throwing in a shallow water area can be used reluctantly, but the method is difficult to meet the process requirements in deep water and torrential water areas, a large amount of throwing operations are caused, namely, material and labor waste is caused, and the construction period is seriously influenced.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
In order to solve the technical problem, the utility model provides a submarine soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus can establish ties through the leading truck or leading truck elevating system control sand bag descends on the position of technological requirement according to the depth of water of difference, and the bag construction of throwing of specially adapted deep water, torrential water flowing area.
The utility model provides a submarine soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus, includes:
the middle part of the floating body is provided with a through moon pool;
the sand bag guide mechanism comprises a plurality of sand bag guide parts which are independently arranged side by side, the lower ends of the sand bag guide parts extend out of the moon pool, the sand bag guide parts comprise a plurality of sand bag guide frames which are connected in series up and down, the upper ends and the lower ends of the sand bag guide frames are open, a door is arranged on the side surface of each sand bag guide frame, and the door is detachably connected with the sand bag guide frames;
the guide frame lifting mechanism is arranged on a deck of the floating body, is positioned at two ends of the sandbag guide frame and is used for driving the sandbag guide frame to move up and down in the moon pool;
and the control system is electrically connected with the guide frame lifting mechanism.
Above technical scheme is preferred, the sand bag leading truck is cage structure, including fixed welding body, welding the hookup flange at both ends about the fixed welding body and welding a plurality of lugs on the fixed welding body.
Above technical scheme is preferred, one of them is the working face in the front and back both sides face of sand bag leading truck, and one is the non-working face, be equipped with on the working face open the door, open the door and include many intubate, the intubate with fixed welding body selectivity is pegged graft.
Preferably, the upper part of the fixed welding body is provided with a sleeve, the lower part of the fixed welding body is correspondingly provided with a tube seat, and the insertion tube is limited by the sleeve and the tube seat.
Above technical scheme is preferred, leading truck elevating system includes the double speed winch, connects rope, switching-over fixed pulley group, lifting hook coaster and lifting short rope, be equipped with leading truck vertical lifting support on the deck, the double speed winch is located on the leading truck vertical lifting support, the double speed winch with control system electricity is connected, the one end of connecting the rope with the double speed winch is connected, the other end of connecting the rope is walked around the switching-over fixed pulley group with lifting hook coaster is connected, the switching-over fixed pulley group is located the top of leading truck vertical lifting support, the upper end of lifting short rope with lifting hook coaster is connected, the lower extreme of lifting short rope with the lug is connected.
Above technical scheme is preferred, the both sides that lie in on the deck moon pool are equipped with leading truck deck fixing device, leading truck deck fixing device with the lug can be dismantled and be connected.
Preferably, the control system comprises a control panel and a power distribution unit, and is used for controlling high-low speed operation, single action and linkage of the double-speed winch; and the control panel is provided with an operation control button and an emergency stop button of the double-speed winch.
According to the preferable technical scheme, the periphery of the moon pool is provided with the semicircular fender.
Above technical scheme is preferred, one side of body is equipped with leading truck topside strorage device.
The utility model has the advantages and positive effects that:
(1) due to the constraint action of the sandbag guide frame, the sandbag cannot freely drift after being thrown into water, the effect is more obvious particularly under the conditions of deep water and torrent, the falling point of the sandbag can be artificially controlled, and the large-area rapid sandbag throwing on a mud surface at the bottom of water can be accurately finished by moving the floating body;
(2) the sandbag guide frame is made into a cage structure, so that the impact force of water flow is reduced to the maximum extent on the basis of ensuring the strength; the fixed-point and directional bag throwing in the torrent area becomes possible;
(3) the sandbag guide frame can be combined in series by multiple units with different lengths and can move up and down in the floating body moon pool; the sand bag guide frame is provided with the opening for throwing the sand bag into the sand bag guide frame, so that the device can meet the requirement of bag throwing construction at different water depths and realize modular assembly and disassembly; the construction preparation period is short and rapid, and the construction is flexible and convenient.
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Fig. 1 is a front view of a bag throwing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a side view of a bag throwing device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a front view of a guide frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 4 is a side view of a guide frame according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a guide frame lifting mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Wherein: 1. a sandbag guide frame; 2. a float; 3. the guide frame vertically lifts the support; 4. a guide frame lifting mechanism; 5. a control system; 6. a guide frame deck fixing device; 7. a leading truck broadside storage device; 11. a sleeve; 12. inserting a tube; 13. protecting the tube by the tube seat; 14. a tube holder; 15. lifting lugs; 16. fixedly welding the body; 17. a coupling flange; 41. a double-speed winch; 42. connecting ropes; 43. a reversing fixed pulley block; 44. a lifting hook block; 45. and hoisting the short cable.
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It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", and the like, indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used merely for convenience of description and for simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first," "second," etc. may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of that feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be connected directly or indirectly through intervening media, or they may be interconnected between two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art through specific situations.
The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings in conjunction with embodiments.
A bag throwing device for underwater soil protection is shown in figures 1 and 2 and comprises a floating body 2, a sandbag guide mechanism, a guide frame lifting mechanism 4 and a control system 5. The middle part of the floating body 2 is provided with a through moon pool; the moon pool is a sea-through hole formed in the center of the floating body 2 and used for underwater operation, and is called as a moon pool because the moon can be seen in seawater in the hole; the floating body 2 may be a ship body or a floating platform, etc. The sandbag guide mechanism comprises a plurality of sandbag guide parts which are independently arranged side by side, the lower ends of the sandbag guide parts extend out of the moon pool, the sandbag guide parts comprise a plurality of sandbag guide frames 1 which are connected in series up and down, the upper ends and the lower ends of the sandbag guide frames are both opened, the side surfaces of the sandbag guide frames are provided with opening doors, and the opening doors are detachably connected with the sandbag guide frames 1; the guide frame lifting mechanism 4 is arranged on a deck of the floating body 2, is positioned at two ends of the sandbag guide frame 1 and is used for driving the sandbag guide frame 1 to move up and down in the moon pool; the control system 5 is electrically connected with the guide frame lifting mechanism 4.
The sandbag guide frame 1 is controlled to move up and down in the moon pool of the floating body 2 through the guide frame lifting mechanism 4, so that the requirement of throwing bags at different water depths is met, and the control system 5 is used for controlling the lifting movement of the guide frame lifting mechanism 4; the sandbag is placed in the sandbag guide frame 1 in the embodiment, the sandbag guide frame 1 is lifted to the required position by the guide frame lifting mechanism 4 to place a bag, the uncontrollable phenomenon of the conventional broadside free bag throwing and falling process can be overcome, the accuracy and the uniformity of the landing position of the sandbag can be effectively controlled, and the sandbag lifting device is particularly suitable for deepwater and torrent underwater bag throwing construction. If the bagging machine and the transportation system are installed on the deck, semi-mechanized sand bag throwing work can be achieved, and construction efficiency and material utilization rate are greatly improved.
The sandbag guide frame 1 is of a cage type structure, the cage type structure is formed by steel pipes, angle irons and the like, the weight is reduced to the maximum extent on the basis of ensuring the strength, and the impact force of water flow is reduced. A plurality of sandbag guide frames 1 can be connected in series for use, and the requirement of throwing the sandbags at different water depths is met. In the embodiment, a plurality of sandbag guide frames 1 are assembled in series to form a sandbag guide part which is arranged in a moon pool of a floating body 2. The specific structure of the sandbag guide frame 1 is shown in fig. 3 and 4, and comprises a fixed welding body 16, connecting flanges 17 welded at the upper end and the lower end of the fixed welding body 16, and a plurality of lifting lugs 15 welded on the fixed welding body 16. Part of the lifting lug 15 at the upper end is used for connecting with the guide frame lifting mechanism 4, and part of the lifting lug 15 is used for connecting with the floating body 2.
One of the front side surface and the rear side surface of the sandbag guide frame 1 is a working surface, the other side surface is a non-working surface, and a door is arranged on the working surface. The door opening is an insertion tube type door opening, the door opening comprises a plurality of insertion tubes 22, and the insertion tubes 22 are selectively inserted into the fixed welding body 16. The upper part of the fixed welding body 16 is provided with a sleeve 11, the lower part is correspondingly provided with a tube seat 14, and the insertion tube 22 is limited by the sleeve 11 and the tube seat 14. After the sandbag guide frame is lowered to a specified throwing and filling height and fixed, the inserting pipe 22 at the position where the sandbag guide frame is flush with the deck is manually detached to form a sandbag throwing and filling channel, so that sandbags are thrown into the sandbag guide portion from the door opening position, the lower end of the sandbag guide frame at the lowermost end of the sandbag guide portion is opened, and the sandbags fall into a fixed position under the limitation of the sandbag guide frames of the sandbag guide portion. The working surface of the sandbag guide 1 is closed in the non-sack-like condition with a spigot-type opening.
In order to ensure that the bag hanging phenomenon does not occur when the inserting tube door opens the bag throwing, the door can also comprise a tube seat protection tube 13. When the opening of the bag is opened, the tube seat protective tube 13 is used for covering the tube seat 14, so that the bag hanging phenomenon is prevented. The sandbag guide part is a cage structure assembled by a plurality of sandbag guide frames 1 in sections, and intubation type door openings are arranged at different heights;
as shown in fig. 5, the guide frame lifting mechanism 4 includes a two-speed winch 41, a connecting rope 42, a reversing fixed pulley block 43, a lifting hook tackle 44 and a lifting short cable 45, the guide frame vertical lifting support 3 is arranged on the deck, the two-speed winch 41 is arranged on the guide frame vertical lifting support 3 and is electrically connected with the control system, one end of the connecting rope 42 is connected with the two-speed winch 41, the other end of the connecting rope 42 bypasses the reversing fixed pulley block 43 and is connected with the lifting hook tackle 44, the reversing fixed pulley block 43 is arranged at the top end of the guide frame vertical lifting support 3, the upper end of the lifting short cable 45 is connected with the lifting hook tackle 44, and the lower end of the lifting short cable 45 is connected with the lifting lug 15. A connecting rope 42 is wound on a rope hub of the specific double-speed winch 41, the connecting rope 42 is connected with a lifting hook tackle 44 at the lower part after being reversed by a reversing fixed pulley block 43 arranged at the upper part of the guide frame vertical lifting support 3, a lifting short rope 45 is connected with a lifting hook at the lower part of the lifting hook tackle 44, and the lifting short rope 45 is connected with a lifting lug 15 on the sandbag guide frame 1; the actions of up-and-down movement, leveling, position fine adjustment and the like of the whole sandbag guide part are realized through two sets of guide frame lifting mechanisms 4 at two ends of the sandbag guide frame 1. The double-speed winch 41 rotates to pull the connecting rope 42 wound on the roller to be wound and unwound, and the connecting rope 42 drives the lifting hook pulley 44 at the lower part to move up and down after being reversed by the reversing fixed pulley block 43 at the top end of the lifting support; the hoisting short cable 45 on the hook head of the hoisting hook tackle 44 drives the sandbag guide frame 1 to move up and down in the moon pool of the floating body 2, thereby realizing the requirement of bag throwing at different water depths. The guide frame lifting mechanism 4 can also be a screw nut transmission mechanism, a gear rack transmission mechanism and the like.
And guide frame deck fixing devices 6 are arranged on the two sides of the moon pool on the deck, and the guide frame deck fixing devices 6 are detachably connected with the lifting lugs 15. The guide frame deck fixing device 6 is a bracket component arranged on two sides of the moon pool and is connected with lifting lugs 15 arranged on the sandbag guide frame 1 at different heights through chains and shackles; and the damage caused by long-term stress of the double-speed winch 41 during normal construction is avoided.
Because the floating body 2 is independently provided with a plurality of groups of sandbag guide parts side by side, the control system 5 consists of a group of control boxes, and each control box comprises a control panel and a power distribution unit and is used for controlling the high-low speed operation, the single action and the linkage of the double-speed winch 41; the control panel is provided with an operation control button and an emergency stop button of the double-speed winch 41. The control system 5 can control the high-speed and low-speed up-and-down movement of each group of the sandbag guide frames 1; meanwhile, the hoisting winches for lifting and descending at two ends of the group of sandbag guide frames 1 can realize single action and linkage; the leveling and stable lifting of the sandbag guide frame 1 are met.
Semicircular fenders are arranged on the periphery of the moon pool to ensure that the sandbag guide frame 1 is not in direct contact with the floating body 2; the fender can also be oval or wavy. One side of the floating body 2 is provided with a guide frame side storage device 7 for storing the sandbag guide frame 1. The guide frame side storage device is a through groove arranged on one side of the floating body, the sandbag guide frame extends into the through groove, and a lifting lug at the upper end of the sandbag guide frame can be connected with a support at the upper end of the through groove through a bolt.
This embodiment is through widening the transformation to current barge, increases newly-made the utility model discloses throw behind the bagging apparatus and be used for behind the paldema river bottom soil layer protection the sand bag and throw and fill out work.
The design conditions and design parameters of the bag throwing device and the equipment thereof are as follows:
ambient temperature: 10-50 ℃;
transversely inclining the ship: 5 degrees;
ship pitching: 2 degrees;
maximum working water depth: 25 m;
weight of the throwing and filling sandbag: 250kg, 800 kg;
maximum transverse water flow during operation: 1 m/s;
maximum longitudinal water flow during operation: 2 m/s;
in the embodiment, three 125kg bag throwing ships and two 800kg bag throwing ships are modified; each ship is provided with three groups of sand bag guide parts to be put into operation, and the 125kg bag throwing ship adopts manual throwing and filling operation, and the working water depth is 25 m; the 800kg bag throwing boat adopts mechanical bagging and throwing filling operation, and the working water depth is 20 m.
In the embodiment, the power of all the equipment is provided by the generator set arranged on the original barge, the electricity is three-phase and three-wire, according to the requirement, the design scheme can be that a mechanical contact type bag passing display device can be arranged at the outlet of the sandbag guide frame optionally, and each dropped sandbag can be displayed through sound and light and is dropped on the ground through the guide frame, so that the phenomenon that the guide frame blocks the sandbags is prevented.
While one embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail, the description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be considered as limiting the scope of the present invention. All the equivalent changes and improvements made according to the application scope of the present invention should still fall within the patent coverage of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a submarine soil layer protection is with throwing bagging apparatus which characterized in that includes:
the middle part of the floating body is provided with a through moon pool;
the sand bag guide mechanism comprises a plurality of sand bag guide parts which are independently arranged side by side, the lower ends of the sand bag guide parts extend out of the moon pool, the sand bag guide parts comprise a plurality of sand bag guide frames which are connected in series up and down, the upper ends and the lower ends of the sand bag guide frames are open, a door is arranged on the side surface of each sand bag guide frame, and the door is detachably connected with the sand bag guide frames;
the guide frame lifting mechanism is arranged on a deck of the floating body, is positioned at two ends of the sandbag guide frame and is used for driving the sandbag guide frame to move up and down in the moon pool;
and the control system is electrically connected with the guide frame lifting mechanism.
2. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 1, wherein: the sandbag guide frame is of a cage structure and comprises a fixed welding body, connecting flanges welded at the upper end and the lower end of the fixed welding body and a plurality of lifting lugs welded on the fixed welding body.
3. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 2, wherein: one of the front side face and the rear side face of the sandbag guide frame is a working face, the other side face is a non-working face, the door is arranged on the working face and comprises a plurality of insertion pipes, and the insertion pipes are selectively inserted into the fixed welding body.
4. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 3, wherein: the upper part of the fixed welding body is provided with a sleeve, the lower part of the fixed welding body is correspondingly provided with a tube seat, and the insertion tube is limited by the sleeve and the tube seat.
5. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 2, wherein: the guide frame lifting mechanism comprises a double-speed winch, a connecting rope, a reversing fixed pulley block, a lifting hook tackle and a lifting short rope, a guide frame vertical lifting support is arranged on the deck, the double-speed winch is arranged on the guide frame vertical lifting support, the double-speed winch is electrically connected with the control system, one end of the connecting rope is connected with the double-speed winch, the other end of the connecting rope bypasses the reversing fixed pulley block and is connected with the lifting hook tackle, the reversing fixed pulley block is arranged at the top end of the guide frame vertical lifting support, the upper end of the lifting short rope is connected with the lifting hook tackle, and the lower end of the lifting short rope is connected with the lifting lug.
6. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 2, wherein: and guide frame deck fixing devices are arranged on the two sides of the moon pool on the deck and detachably connected with the lifting lugs.
7. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 5, wherein: the control system comprises a control panel and a power distribution unit and is used for controlling high-low speed operation, single action and linkage of the double-speed winch; and the control panel is provided with an operation control button and an emergency stop button of the double-speed winch.
8. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 1, wherein: and semicircular fender are arranged around the moon pool.
9. The underwater soil layer protection bag throwing device as recited in claim 1, wherein: one side of the floating body is provided with a guide frame side storage device.
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