CN215395191U

CN215395191U - Telescopic rotating mechanism and pipeline maintenance robot

Info

Publication number: CN215395191U
Application number: CN202122152438.XU
Authority: CN
Inventors: 倪厚明; 周晓雷; 陈健; 石克兵; 肖刚; 邹华山
Original assignee: ASOE HOSE MANUFACTURING Inc
Current assignee: ASOE HOSE MANUFACTURING Inc
Priority date: 2021-09-07
Filing date: 2021-09-07
Publication date: 2022-01-04
Anticipated expiration: 2031-09-07

Abstract

The utility model discloses a telescopic rotating mechanism and a pipeline maintenance robot, wherein the telescopic rotating mechanism comprises a gear, a rack pair and a telescopic arm; the gear can be positively or reversely rotated under the driving of the motor; the gear and the rack are mutually meshed; the rack pairs are fixedly connected to the respective telescopic arms; when the gear is positively transmitted, the gear firstly drives the rack and the telescopic arm to extend, when the telescopic arm extends to contact with the pipe wall, the telescopic arm stops extending under the limitation of the pipe wall, and the gear starts to drive the rack and the smearing telescopic arm to rotate. The telescopic rotating mechanism can automatically convert the extension state into the rotating state after contacting the pipe wall, and the pipeline maintenance robot applying the telescopic rotating mechanism can be applied to monitoring, polishing and smearing operations.

Description

Telescopic rotating mechanism and pipeline maintenance robot

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of pipeline maintenance, in particular to a telescopic rotating mechanism and a pipeline maintenance robot.

Background

Both above ground and below ground pipelines require regular maintenance and repair. If each inspection, maintenance or repair of the pipeline requires excavation of the road or removal of the pipeline, this is undoubtedly inconvenient, uneconomical or even impossible in many cases. The technical personnel in the field can solve the problem how to carry out operations such as maintenance and the like on the pipeline under the conditions of not excavating a road surface and not disassembling the pipeline.

Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide a pipe maintenance robot that travels within a pipe and that includes at least one telescopically rotatable mechanism for performing a desired treatment on the pipe.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telescopic rotary mechanism, including a gear, a pair of racks and a telescopic arm; the gear can be positively or reversely rotated under the driving of the motor; the gear and the rack are mutually meshed; the rack pairs are fixedly connected to the respective telescopic arms; when the gear is positively transmitted, the gear firstly drives the rack and the telescopic arm to extend, when the telescopic arm extends to contact with the pipe wall, the telescopic arm stops extending under the limitation of the pipe wall, and the gear starts to drive the rack and the smearing telescopic arm to rotate.

Furthermore, the ratchet wheel device also comprises a one-way ratchet wheel disc which is coaxial with the gear but can independently rotate, wherein one side of the one-way ratchet wheel disc is provided with a chute which is in sliding connection with the telescopic arm, and the other side of the one-way ratchet wheel disc is provided with a one-way ratchet which is matched with a telescopic pawl fixed on an external machine frame; the one-way ratchet wheel disc is arranged in a manner that when the gear rotates in the forward direction and drives the telescopic arm to rotate, the one-way ratchet of the one-way ratchet wheel disc is in forward override relative to the telescopic pawl so as to rotate along with the telescopic arm under the action of the sliding groove, when the gear rotates in the reverse direction and drives the telescopic arm to retract, the one-way ratchet wheel is reversely jointed with the telescopic pawl, the one-way ratchet wheel disc keeps static under the blocking of the telescopic pawl, the telescopic arm is prevented from rotating through the sliding groove, and the telescopic arm can only retract.

Furthermore, a tension spring is arranged between the two arms of the telescopic arm or the two racks of the rack pair, and the tension of the tension spring enables the telescopic arm to have a tendency of unfolding.

Furthermore, the end of the telescopic arm is provided with a smearing head, a brush and a scraper.

Further, the end of the telescopic arm is provided with a grinding silk screen.

Furthermore, a supporting roller is arranged at the end part of the telescopic arm; the supporting roller is arranged on the roller adjusting bracket, and the extending length of the roller adjusting bracket can be adjusted through the roller adjusting knob.

The utility model also provides a pipeline maintenance robot, which comprises the telescopic rotating mechanism, a motor, a traveling wheel, a camera and a lifting bracket, wherein the motor is arranged on the telescopic rotating mechanism; the telescopic rotating mechanism is integrally provided above the lifting bracket.

Furthermore, the telescopic arm is further provided with a rotary joint and a mixing pipe which are coaxial with the gear, the repairing material conveying pipe is connected to the mixing pipe through the rotary joint, and an outlet of the mixing pipe is connected to the smearing head.

Alternatively, the telescopic arm is also provided with a rotary joint coaxial with the gear and a blowing port arranged at the end part of the telescopic arm, and the compressed gas conveying pipe is connected to the blowing port through the rotary joint.

Furthermore, a sliding block and sliding rail structure is arranged on the body of the pipeline maintenance robot and used for being connected with an external traction cable.

The telescopic rotating mechanism can automatically convert the extension state into the rotating state after contacting the pipe wall, and the pipeline maintenance robot applying the telescopic rotating mechanism can be applied to monitoring, polishing and smearing operations.

The conception, the specific structure and the technical effects of the present invention will be further described with reference to the accompanying drawings to fully understand the objects, the features and the effects of the present invention.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of the operation of a pipe maintenance robotic system in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the connection of the painting robot and the loading cart in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the applicator mechanism and the lifting bracket in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the application mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a front view of the application mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 6 is a partial view of the application mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of an application mechanism in a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of the assembly of the one-way ratchet plate and the retractable pawl in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a ratchet-disc runner in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a partial schematic view of the end of the applicator arm in a preferred embodiment of the utility model;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of the attachment of the loader vehicle to the grinding robot in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a grinding robot in a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a partial schematic view of an end of a grinding arm in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 14 is a partially exploded view of the drive assembly for the travel wheels and lifting bracket of the painting or grinding robot in a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Wherein:

100. a pipeline; 200. a traction cable; 300. a painting robot; 400. a loading vehicle; 500. a polishing robot; 600. a first connecting shaft; 700. a second connecting shaft;

310. a smearing mechanism; 320. a first lifting support; 321. a first camera; 322. a first pan/tilt head; 323. a lifting motor; 324. a worm gear; 330. a peristaltic pump; 351. a first running wheel; 352. a first expanding wheel; 340. pumping out the tube by the smearing liquid; 301. a first motor; 302. a first belt; 303. a first pulley; 304. a first one-way ratchet plate; 305. smearing a telescopic arm; 306. a first pair of racks; 307. a first gear; 308. a ratchet plate chute; 309. a smearing liquid introducing pipe; 311. a first swivel joint; 312. a first retractable pawl; 313. a first pawl spring; 314. a first pawl seat; 315. a first one-way ratchet; 316. a first tension spring; 317. a brush; 318. a squeegee; 319. gluing heads; 331. smearing a support roller; 332. coating a roller adjusting knob; 333. coating a roller adjusting bracket; 334. a rubber mixing tube; 353. a traveling motor; 354. a bevel gear; 355. a synchronous belt;

401. a first glue solution tank; 402. a second glue solution tank; 403. a compressed gas tank; 404. a compressed gas output pipe; 405. detecting a meter; 406. the smearing liquid is pumped into the tube;

501. a second lifting support; 502. a slider rail structure; 503. a compressed gas purge tube; 504. a second swivel joint; 505. polishing the telescopic arm; 506. a second rack pair; 507. a second gear; 508. polishing the silk screen; 509. an air blowing port; 510. polishing the supporting roller;

Detailed Description

The technical contents of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be more clearly and easily understood by referring to the drawings attached to the specification. The present invention may be embodied in many different forms of embodiments and the scope of the utility model is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

As shown in fig. 1, in a preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the pipe inner wall maintenance robot system includes a painting robot 300, a loading cart 400, and a grinding robot 500. Wherein the painting robot 300 and the loading vehicle 400 are connected by a first connecting shaft 600, the loading vehicle 400 and the grinding robot 500 are connected by a second connecting shaft 700, and the grinding robot 500 is connected with the traction cable 200. In use, the pipe inner wall maintenance robot system enters the pipe 100 to perform maintenance on the pipe inner wall 101.

As shown in fig. 2, the application robot 300 includes four first traveling wheels 351, a first camera 321, a peristaltic pump 330, and an application mechanism 310. Four first expanding wheels 352 can be installed outside the first traveling wheels 351 to adapt to pipe diameters of different specifications. The two first cameras 321 are respectively disposed above the two-degree-of-freedom first pan/tilt 322 to detect the inner wall condition of the pipeline in real time. The coating mechanism 301 is disposed on the first elevating bracket 320, and when coating pipes 100 with different diameters, the height of the first elevating bracket 320 can be adjusted so that the rotation axis of the coating mechanism 301 is concentric with the pipe 100.

The loading vehicle 400 is loaded with a first glue solution tank 401, a second glue solution tank 402 and a compressed gas tank 403, which are respectively provided with a detection instrument 405 for detecting the glue solution allowance or pressure in the tank. The smearing liquid pumping pipe 406 is connected with the first glue solution tank 401, the second glue solution tank 402 and the peristaltic pump 330. The peristaltic pump 330 pumps the two-component glue solution through the applicator pump outlet tube 340 to the applicator mechanism 301.

As shown in fig. 3 to 10, the applying unit 310 is integrally provided on the first elevating bracket 320 and can be elevated as the first elevating bracket 320 is elevated. The application mechanism 310 includes a first motor 301, a first belt 302, a first pulley 303, a first one-way ratchet plate 304, and a pair of application telescopic arms 305. The painting telescopic arm 305 is provided with a first pair of racks 306. The first motor 301 drives the first pulley 303 to rotate through the first belt 302, and a first gear 307 fixedly connected with or integrated with the first pulley 303 is arranged on a rotating shaft of the first pulley 303. The first gear 307 is engaged with the first pair of racks 306, so that the forward rotation and the reverse rotation of the first gear 307 can drive the smearing telescopic arm 305 to be telescopic by the first pair of racks 306. The first one-way ratchet plate 304 is rotatably provided on the rotational shaft of the first pulley 303. One face of the first one-way ratchet plate 304 is provided with a ratchet plate runner 308. The first one-way ratchet plate 304 is slidably connected to the applicator telescoping arm 305 through a ratchet plate chute 308. The other side of the first one-way ratchet plate 304 is provided with a first one-way ratchet 315 engaged with the first telescopic pawl 312. The first telescopic pawl 312 and the first pawl spring 313 are disposed in the first pawl seat 314. When the first motor 301 starts to rotate in the forward direction, the first gear 307 drives the first rack pair 306, so that the smearing telescopic arm 305 is extended toward the pipe 100. At this point, the first one-way ratchet plate 304 remains stationary and the applicator telescoping arm 305 is slidably extended in the ratchet plate chute 308. When the painting telescopic arm 305 is extended to the pipe wall 101, the painting telescopic arm 305 can no longer be extended. At this point, the first gear 307 and the first pair of racks 306 start to remain relatively stationary, and the first gear 307 in turn starts to rotate the first pair of racks 306 and the applicator arm 305. At this time, the smearing telescopic arm 305 also rotates the first one-way ratchet plate 304 through the ratchet plate sliding slot 308, and the first one-way ratchet teeth 315 of the first one-way ratchet plate 304 form a positive override by compressing the first telescopic pawl 312. When the first motor 301 rotates in reverse, the first gear 307 drives the first rack pair 306 in reverse, so that the application telescopic arm 305 retracts. At this time, since the first ratchet teeth 315 on the first ratchet plate 304 are reversely engaged with the first telescopic pawl 312, the first telescopic pawl 312 cannot be compressed, so that the first ratchet plate 304 is kept still by the first telescopic pawl 312, and the smearing telescopic arm 305 is restricted by the ratchet plate sliding slot 308 of the first ratchet plate 304 and cannot rotate any more. At this time, relative rotation occurs again between the first gear 307 and the first pair of racks 306, and the first pair of racks 306 and the application telescopic arm 305 are driven to retract. In a further embodiment, a first tension spring 306 may also be provided between the two arms of the smear telescopic arm 305 or the two racks of the first rack pair 306. The first tension spring 306 causes the smearing telescopic arm 305 to have a tendency to extend outward, so that when the first motor 301 starts to rotate in the forward direction, the smearing telescopic arm 305 is first unfolded.

The coating liquid pumping pipe 340 feeds the two-component glue solution to the coating liquid inlet pipe 309 of the coating mechanism 310. The smearing liquid introducing pipe 309 passes through the axial center through hole of the first belt wheel 303, the first one-way ratchet wheel disc 304 and the first gear 307, and the two-component glue liquid is conveyed to the glue mixing pipe 334 through the first rotary joint 311. The mixed glue solution in the glue mixing pipe 334 is extruded out through a glue coating head 319 arranged at the end of the coating telescopic arm 305, is adhered to the inner side of the pipe wall in a sheet shape, and then is coated on the pipe wall 101 through a brush 317 and a scraper 318.

In a further embodiment, a smearing support roller 331 is further provided at the end of the smearing telescopic arm 305. The smearing support roller 331 is mounted on the smearing roller adjustment bracket 333, and the extension length of the smearing roller adjustment bracket 333 can be adjusted by the smearing roller adjustment knob 332. When the smearing operation is performed, the smearing support roller 331 firstly contacts the pipe wall and then the brush 317 contacts the pipe wall in the process of extending the smearing telescopic arm 305. By adjusting the applicator roller adjustment knob 332, the distance between the brush 317 and the scraper 318 and the tube wall can be controlled, and thus the thickness of the application material can be controlled.

As shown in fig. 11 to 13, the grinding robot 500 is similar to the painting robot 300, and has four second traveling wheels and second expanding wheels, and a second camera, a second pan/tilt head, and a second lifting bracket 501. The polishing telescopic mechanism is also integrally installed on the second lifting bracket 501 and can be lifted along with the lifting of the second lifting bracket 501. The telescopic principle of the polishing telescopic mechanism is the same as that of the coating telescopic mechanism, and the polishing telescopic mechanism also comprises a polishing telescopic arm 505, a second rack pair 506, a second gear 507 and the like. The compressed gas from the loader 400 is supplied to the compressed gas purge pipe 503 of the polishing robot 500 through the compressed gas output pipe 404, and is sent to the tip blow port 509 of the polishing telescopic arm 505 through the second rotary joint 504. The end of the sanding telescopic arm 505 is provided with a sanding screen 508. When the polishing telescopic arm 505 performs rotary polishing on the pipe wall 101, the compressed air blown out from the air blowing port 509 can blow away floating dust on the surface of the pipe wall, so that the subsequent coating robot 300 can perform coating, bonding and other operations conveniently. The end part of the polishing telescopic arm 505 is also provided with a polishing support roller 510 with adjustable height, and the polishing force is controlled by controlling the gap between the polishing telescopic arm 505 and the pipe wall.

The traction cable 200 is connected to a slider rail structure 502 provided on the body of the grinding robot 500 through a through hole at the shaft center of the second swivel joint 504. When the second lifting support 501 is lifted, the driving center of the traction cable 200 and the driving center of the polishing telescopic mechanism can be coincided through the slide block and slide rail structure 502, so that the traction cable cannot be driven by the rotating mechanism to be wound.

When the pipe inner wall maintenance robot system according to the embodiment of the present invention performs a work, the smearing robot 300 in the pipe inner wall maintenance robot system generally starts to advance toward the inside of the pipe 100 to be maintained first, and pulls the following loading vehicle 400 and the grinding robot 500 to advance in the pipe simultaneously through the connecting shaft. The camera can real-time detection pipeline inner wall condition. When the painting robot 300 travels to a position to be worked of a pipe segment such as a broken pipe, the painting robot 300 may continue to travel until the following grinding robot 500 reaches the working position, and then the entire system starts traveling backward. In the reverse process, the pipeline wall is firstly pretreated and polished by the polishing robot 500 to remove floating dust and raised obstacles on the surface, and then the painting maintenance work is started by the painting robot 300. Repair materials such as glue and air required for the polishing and painting robot are placed on the loading cart 400 connected between the painting robot 300 and the polishing robot 500. The pipeline inner wall maintenance robot system supplies power to the system and transmits the running state and monitoring and control signals of the robot to an external operation terminal through a traction cable connected to a built-in power supply and signal control circuit at the tail end of the polishing robot 500.

As shown in fig. 14, in one embodiment of the painting robot, the traveling wheels 351 on the left and right sides are driven by two traveling motors 353 through bevel gears 353, respectively, and the front and rear traveling wheels 351 are connected by a synchronous belt 355. The road wheels 351 can turn differentially. The first lifting bracket 320 is lifted and lowered by a lifting motor 323 through a worm gear 324. The walking and support lifting principles of the polishing robot are the same as those of the smearing robot.

The foregoing detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the utility model has been presented. It should be understood that numerous modifications and variations could be devised by those skilled in the art in light of the present teachings without departing from the inventive concepts. Therefore, the technical solutions available to those skilled in the art through logic analysis, reasoning and limited experiments based on the prior art according to the concept of the present invention should be within the scope of protection defined by the claims.

Claims

1. A telescopic rotating mechanism is characterized by comprising a gear, a rack pair and a telescopic arm; the gear can be positively or reversely rotated under the driving of the motor; the gear and the rack are mutually meshed; the rack pairs are fixedly connected to the respective telescopic arms; when the gear positively transmits, the gear firstly drives the rack and the telescopic arm to extend, when the telescopic arm extends to contact with the pipe wall, the telescopic arm stops extending under the limitation of the pipe wall, and the gear starts to drive the rack and the telescopic arm to rotate.

2. A telescopic rotary mechanism according to claim 1, further comprising a unidirectional ratchet wheel disc coaxial with the gear but capable of rotating independently, one side of which is provided with a slide groove slidably connected with the telescopic arm, and the other side of which is provided with a unidirectional ratchet matched with a telescopic pawl fixed on the external frame; the one-way ratchet wheel disc is arranged in a manner that when the gear rotates in the forward direction and drives the telescopic arm to rotate, the one-way ratchet of the one-way ratchet wheel disc is in forward override relative to the telescopic pawl so as to rotate along with the telescopic arm under the action of the sliding groove, when the gear rotates in the reverse direction and drives the telescopic arm to retract, the one-way ratchet wheel is reversely jointed with the telescopic pawl, the one-way ratchet wheel disc keeps static under the blocking of the telescopic pawl, the telescopic arm is prevented from rotating through the sliding groove, and the telescopic arm can only retract.

3. A telescoping and rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 2, wherein a tension spring is provided between the two arms of the telescoping arm or the two racks of the rack pair, the tension of the tension spring tending to unfold the telescoping arm.

4. A telescoping and rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end of the telescoping arm is provided with an applicator head, a brush and a scraper.

5. A telescopic rotary mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein the ends of the telescopic arms are provided with a sharpening wire mesh.

6. A telescopic rotary mechanism as claimed in claim 1 wherein support rollers are provided at the ends of the telescopic arms; the supporting roller is arranged on the roller adjusting bracket, and the extending length of the roller adjusting bracket can be adjusted through the roller adjusting knob.

7. A pipeline maintenance robot, comprising a telescopic rotating mechanism as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, and a motor, a traveling wheel, a camera, a lifting bracket; the telescopic rotating mechanism is integrally provided above the lifting bracket.

8. The pipe maintenance robot according to claim 7, wherein when it comprises the telescopic rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 4, the telescopic arm is further provided with a swivel joint coaxial with the gear and a mixing pipe, the repair material delivery pipe is connected to the mixing pipe through the swivel joint, and an outlet of the mixing pipe is connected to the applicator head.

9. The pipe maintenance robot according to claim 7, wherein, when it comprises the telescopic rotating mechanism as claimed in claim 5, the telescopic arm is further provided with a swivel joint coaxial with the gear and a blow port provided at an end of the telescopic arm, and the compressed gas delivery pipe is connected to the blow port through the swivel joint.

10. The pipe maintenance robot of claim 7, wherein a slider rail structure is provided on a body of the pipe maintenance robot for connecting an external traction cable.