CN215258536U - Swing protection cover mechanism of in-pipe operation robot monitoring probe - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of mechanical parts and automation, specifically say that an install external monitoring probe protection machanism on pipeline robot, seted up the mounting hole on pipeline robot's the organism, monitoring probe installs in the hole, monitoring probe all or part exposes outside the organism, safety cover mechanism includes swing motor, axis of rotation, safety cover part, brush, controller, drive swing motor can drive the safety cover follow-up through the axis of rotation, when pipeline robot operation, the safety cover swings to the position that can cover probe hole and probe, carry out omnidirectional protection to the probe; when the operation is stopped, the swing motor drives the protective cover to move away, the monitoring probe is exposed, and various environments are detected; in the process of swinging the protective cover, the brush attached to the protective cover can also clean foreign matters at the probe hole part; the utility model discloses can protect monitor, simple structure, simple to operate, the handling ease can not hinder the operation instrument action of pipeline robot moreover.

Description

Swing protection cover mechanism of in-pipe operation robot monitoring probe

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a machine parts and automatic technical field, specifically say and install external monitor protection machanism on pipeline robot.

Background

The appearance of pipeline robot makes the machine replace artifical operation in getting into the pipeline that has water to flow possible, the most typical is the continuous flow operation in the municipal sewer, the operation instrument motion that carries at pipeline robot, under the circumstances such as rivers disturbance, can make the foreign matter in some pipelines obtain kinetic energy, lead to the fact the damage to the sensor that exposes outside the organism work, and during monitoring probe perception ambient environment on the robot, the probe exposes must, therefore the probe protects it when having the bad danger of damage, remove the protection when having the monitoring needs and let the probe expose in being surveyed the environment, just so can guarantee safety and efficiency simultaneously.

Therefore, aiming at the existing difficult problems, it is very important to design a protection mechanism which can protect the external monitoring probe of the pipeline robot in real time and does not influence the work of the monitoring probe.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses broken through current difficult problem, designed an intraductal work robot monitor's swing safety cover mechanism, aim at protection exposes not receive the harm at the external monitor of intraductal robot, and can not influence monitor work.

In order to achieve the above object, the utility model discloses an in-pipe work robot monitor's swing safety cover mechanism is suitable for to install on the pipeline robot organism of operation usefulness, has seted up the mounting hole on pipeline robot's the organism, and monitor installs in this mounting hole, monitor is whole or the part exposes outside the organism, its characterized in that, safety cover mechanism includes swing motor, axis of rotation, protection cover part, brush, controller.

The swing motor is fixedly connected to the pipeline robot body and provided with a power output shaft;

one end of the rotating shaft is connected with a power output shaft of the swing motor, and the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the protective cover component;

the protective cover component is fixed on the rotating shaft and follows the rotating shaft;

the brush is fixed on the edge of the surface of the protective cover component close to the monitoring probe, so that the protective cover component covers the monitoring probe, the brush can touch the outer surface of the monitoring probe, and when the protective cover component swings, the brush can clean the monitoring probe, the mounting hole and peripheral foreign matters of the monitoring probe, so that the monitoring probe is kept clean.

The controller is connected with the swing motor and used for controlling the swing motor to rotate forwards and/or backwards to drive the rotating shaft to move so as to drive the protective cover component to follow up, so that the monitoring probe and the mounting hole thereof can be covered/opened by the protective cover, the protective cover is removed when monitoring is needed, and the monitoring probe and the mounting hole thereof are covered when monitoring is not needed.

Preferably, the protective cover member is made of a high-strength material and is shaped and dimensioned to completely cover the monitoring probe and its mounting hole.

Correspondingly, the side surface of the protective cover component is provided with holes, and the hole opening rate is more than 30%.

Correspondingly, a rotating shaft connecting hole is formed in the edge position, close to the central axis, of the protective cover component, and the protective cover component is connected with the rotating shaft.

Correspondingly, the swing motor can adopt any one of compressed air, hydraulic pressure or electric drive, and the swing angle is 0-180 degrees.

Correspondingly, the rotating shaft can be a part of a power output shaft of the swing motor, and can also be an elongated part of the power output shaft of the swing motor.

Correspondingly, the monitoring probe mounting hole is the same with monitoring probe's quantity, can be one, also can be a set of, and monitoring probe can adopt including sonar, infrared camera etc. need expose the sensor that uses outside the organism in the implementation.

The utility model has the advantages that:

when the operation tool of the pipeline robot is started, the protective cover swings to the position capable of covering the mounting hole and the monitoring probe, and the monitoring probe exposed outside the machine body is protected in all directions; when the pipeline robot stops acting, the controller controls the swing motor to drive the protective cover component to move away, and the monitoring probe is exposed to detect the surrounding environment; in the process of swinging the protective cover, the hairbrush attached to the protective cover can also remove foreign matters around the mounting hole of the monitoring probe; the safety cover can not hinder the operation instrument action of pipeline robot, nevertheless flies to the foreign matter of probe when acting the operation instrument and blocks, prevents that they from causing the damage to the probe, the utility model has the advantages of simple structure, control convenient and reliable, be suitable for installation, use and maintenance.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a swing protection cover mechanism of an in-pipe operation robot monitoring probe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view of a swing protection cover mechanism of an in-pipe operation robot monitoring probe according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the utility model discloses an in-pipe operation robot monitor probe's swing safety cover mechanism covers monitor probe.

Fig. 4 is a side view of an embodiment of the utility model discloses an in-pipe operation robot monitor probe's swing safety cover mechanism when covering monitor probe.

Wherein, 1 is the mounting hole, 2 is the monitoring probe, 3 is swing motor, 4 is the axis of rotation, 5 is the safety cover part, 6 is the brush, 7 is the controller.

Detailed Description

The present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are not intended as limitations of the present invention. It should be noted that the following detailed description is exemplary and is intended to provide further explanation of the invention. Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs.

It is noted that the terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments in accordance with the invention.

In the present invention, the terms such as "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "side", "bottom", "top" and the like indicate the position or positional relationship based on the position or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and the terms are only the terms determined for convenience of describing the structural relationship of each component or element of the present invention, and are not specific to any component or element of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the present invention, terms such as "fixedly connected", "connected", and the like are to be understood in a broad sense, and may be fixedly connected, or may be integrally connected or detachably connected; may be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate. The meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be determined according to specific situations by persons skilled in the art, and should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

As shown in fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, the swingable guard cover mechanism includes a swing motor 3, a rotating shaft 4, a guard cover member 5, a brush 6, and a controller 7;

the utility model discloses a safety cover part is fixed on pipeline robot one's body, and of course, this part also can set up on other equipment according to specific needs, and in order to simplify the explanation, this embodiment only uses pipeline robot to carry out the illustration as the installation carrier of swing safety cover mechanism.

In this embodiment, the front shape of the protection cover member 5 is designed into a gourd shape, however, in other embodiments, the protection cover member may be designed into other shapes as long as the small end of the protection cover member can be provided with a rotating shaft fixing hole to be connected with the rotating shaft, and the large end of the protection cover member can completely shield the monitoring probe and the mounting hole thereof; two sides of the protective cover component 5 are provided with strip-shaped holes, and the hairbrush 6 is arranged in the strip-shaped holes, so that the hairbrush 6 can clean the monitoring probe and foreign matters around the monitoring probe when the protective cover component 5 swings.

In this embodiment, the swing motor 3 and the rotating shaft 4 respectively use a swing cylinder type motor 3 and an inherent rotating shaft thereof, a mounting flange of the swing motor 3 is directly fixed on a pipeline robot body, and the movement range of the swing motor 3 is set to be 0-90 degrees;

the controller 7 controls the clockwise rotation and the anticlockwise rotation of the swing motor 3, referring to fig. 1-2, when the robot works in the pipe, the motor 3 is controlled to rotate anticlockwise, so that the shield part 5 completely shields the monitoring probe and the mounting hole, and a better protection effect is realized; referring to fig. 3 to 4, when the operation is stopped, the motor 3 is controlled to rotate clockwise, so that the protective cover component 5 is moved away from the upper positions of the monitoring probe and the mounting hole, and the monitoring probe is exposed in the environment to detect the environment.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that, for those skilled in the art, a plurality of improvements and additions can be made without departing from the method of the present invention, and these improvements and additions should also be regarded as the protection scope of the present invention. .

Claims (7)

1. A swing protection cover mechanism of a monitoring probe of an in-pipe operation robot is suitable for being installed on a pipeline robot body for operation, a mounting hole (1) is formed in the pipeline robot body, the monitoring probe (2) is installed in the mounting hole (1), and the monitoring probe (2) is completely or partially exposed outside the pipeline robot body and is characterized by comprising a swing motor (3), a rotating shaft (4), a protection cover part (5), a hairbrush (6) and a controller (7);

the swing motor (3) is fixedly connected to the pipeline robot body, and a power output shaft is arranged on the swing motor (3); one end of the rotating shaft (4) is connected with a power output shaft of the swing motor (3), and the other end of the rotating shaft is connected with the protective cover component (5);

the protective cover component (5) is fixed on the rotating shaft (4) and follows the rotating shaft (4);

the brush (6) is fixed on the edge of the surface, close to the monitoring probe (2), of the protective cover component (5), so that the brush (6) can touch the outer surface of the monitoring probe (2) when the protective cover component (5) covers the monitoring probe (2);

the controller (7) is connected with the swing motor (3) and is used for controlling the swing motor (3) to rotate forwards and/or reversely so as to drive the swing motor (3) to drive the protective cover to follow up through the rotating shaft (4), and the monitoring probe (2) and the mounting hole (1) thereof can be covered/opened by the protective cover.

2. The oscillating protective cover mechanism of a monitoring probe for an in-tube work robot according to claim 1, characterized in that the protective cover member (5) is made of a high strength material and is shaped and dimensioned to completely cover the monitoring probe (2).

3. The oscillating guard mechanism of an in-tube work robot monitor probe according to claim 1, characterized in that the side of the guard cover part (5) is perforated with an aperture ratio of more than 30%.

4. The oscillating guard mechanism of a robot monitor probe for in-tube operations according to claim 3, wherein the guard cover member (5) is provided with a rotation axis attachment hole at a position near the edge of the central axis thereof for attaching the guard cover member (5) to the rotation axis (4).

5. The swinging protection cover mechanism of the monitoring probe of the robot in the pipe as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the swinging motor (3) is driven by any one of compressed air, hydraulic pressure or electric power, and the swinging angle is 0-180 °.

6. The oscillating guard mechanism of an in-pipe work robot monitor probe according to claim 1, characterized in that the rotating shaft (4) can be a part of the rotating shaft of the oscillating motor (3) or an extension of the rotating shaft of the oscillating motor (3).

7. The swinging protection cover mechanism of the monitoring probe of the in-pipe operation robot is characterized in that the number of the mounting holes (1) and the number of the monitoring probes (2) are the same.

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