CN216174666U

CN216174666U - Underwater cleaning robot and underwater cleaning system

Info

Publication number: CN216174666U
Application number: CN202122544891.5U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王云
Original assignee: Guangdong Xingyuan Robot Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Guangdong Xingyuan Robot Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-21
Filing date: 2021-10-21
Publication date: 2022-04-05
Anticipated expiration: 2031-10-21

Abstract

The utility model relates to the technical field of underwater cleaning, in particular to an underwater cleaning robot and an underwater cleaning system, wherein the underwater cleaning robot comprises a frame, the frame comprises a first side edge and a second side edge, and the frame moves in a gate slot; the guide assembly is connected with the first side edge and is in rolling contact with the surface of the gate slot when working; the first cleaning assembly is connected with the first side edge and used for cleaning the surface of the gate slot; and the second cleaning assembly is connected with the second side edge and is used for cleaning the lintel and the bottom of the gate. The underwater cleaning robot provided by the utility model can be used for cleaning the sealing area covering the whole gate, ensuring the sealing performance of the sealing area of the gate, and reducing the friction force of the frame moving in the gate slot and improving the smoothness of the frame moving in the gate slot by rolling contact of the guide assembly and the surface of the gate slot.

Description

Underwater cleaning robot and underwater cleaning system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of underwater cleaning, in particular to an underwater cleaning robot and an underwater cleaning system.

Background

A sluice gate is a gate used for underwater sealing and insulation. The gate sealing mainly comprises that sealing strips on the periphery of the downstream side of the gate close to the inflow of water flow are extruded by seawater pressure to form sealing, and the sealing area mainly comprises two side tracks close to the sealing strip sides of the gate, a lintel and the bottom of the gate. The sealing area of the water gate is underwater, so a large amount of aquatic organisms and impurities are attached to the surface, particularly the water gate used in seawater, for example, the water gate of a PX seawater pump station is used for a water inlet channel of a PX pump room of a circulating water filtration system and used for isolating the water inlet channel.

The sealing area of the sluice gate, the gate channel, the lintel and the bottom of the gate therefore need to be cleaned regularly. Existing cleaning methods include manual cleaning and robotic cleaning. Wherein manual cleaning time is long to there is the safety risk in clearance personnel underwater, and current robot clearance then has poor stability, blocks easily at the removal process.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the defects of the prior art, the first purpose of the utility model is to provide an underwater cleaning robot which has good running stability and can not be stuck in the moving process.

The scheme is as follows:

an underwater cleaning robot for cleaning a sealed area of a gate of a pump room, comprising:

the gate structure comprises a frame, a gate groove and a gate, wherein the frame comprises a first side edge and a second side edge, the first side edge is positioned in the gate groove when the frame moves in the gate groove, and the second side edge is parallel to a lintel or a bottom of the gate;

the guide assembly is connected with the first side edge and is in rolling contact with the surface of the gate slot when in work;

the first cleaning assembly is connected with the first side edge and is used for cleaning the surface of the gate slot;

a second cleaning assembly connected to the second side for cleaning a lintel and a bottom of a gate.

Further, the length of the first side edge is greater than the length of the second side edge.

Further, a hanging lug is arranged at the top of the frame.

Further, the direction subassembly includes a plurality of direction wheelset, direction wheelset evenly distributed in the first side of frame, the direction wheelset includes a plurality of leading wheel, the leading wheel contacts with the side about the gate groove, or/and, the leading wheel contacts with the front and back side in gate groove, the leading wheel is scalable leading wheel.

Further, when the gate slot is the U-shaped slot, a plurality of the guide wheels are respectively contacted with the front side and the rear side of the U-shaped slot, or/and the guide wheels are respectively contacted with the left side and the right side of the U-shaped slot.

Furthermore, when the gate slot is a T-shaped slot, a partition plate is arranged in the T-shaped slot, and the guide wheels are respectively contacted with the left side surface and the right side surface of the partition plate and the two side surfaces of the T-shaped slot.

Further, first clearance subassembly includes first pipeline, the power pump is connected to the initial section of first pipeline, the end section level laminating of first pipeline the frame, first shower nozzle and second shower nozzle are connected to the end section of first pipeline, first shower nozzle is towards the left surface or the right flank in gate groove, the second shower nozzle is towards the leading flank or the trailing flank in gate groove.

Furthermore, the second cleaning assembly is located at the bottom of the frame and comprises a second pipeline and a transmission assembly, the initial section of the second pipeline is connected with the power pump, the tail section of the second pipeline is connected with a third spray head and a fourth spray head, the third spray head faces the bottom of the gate, the fourth spray head faces the lintel of the gate, the third spray head and the fourth spray head extend out of the bottom surface of the frame, and the transmission assembly drives the third spray head and the fourth spray head to reciprocate at the bottom of the frame.

Further, transmission assembly includes support, motor, gear, rack, wheel and tow chain, the motor is located the support, the wheel is located the support both sides, the wheel in roll in the guide rail of frame bottom, the motor with the gear links to each other, the rack with frame fixed connection, the tooth's socket orientation of rack the gear, the gear with rack toothing, the tow chain with leg joint, the tow chain is used for accomodating of second pipeline and circuit, the tow chain is followed the concertina movement is done to the support.

The starting section of the third pipeline is connected with the power pump, the tail section of the third pipeline is connected with a fifth spray head, and the fifth spray head faces to the meshing position of the gear and the rack.

Further, the device comprises an illumination assembly and a camera assembly, wherein the illumination assembly and the camera assembly are distributed on the first cleaning assembly and the second cleaning assembly, and the camera assembly is used for acquiring a gate slot image, a gate lintel image or a gate bottom image.

Further, still include the sonar subassembly, the sonar subassembly includes workstation and sonar, the sonar is located on the workstation, the workstation with the second clearance subassembly links to each other, the workstation includes first pivot and second pivot, the second pivot with first pivot links to each other perpendicularly, the second pivot is followed first pivot rotates, the sonar with the second pivot links to each other, the sonar follows the second pivot rotates.

Further, the system also comprises an inertial navigation system, and the inertial navigation system is used for acquiring the posture of the frame.

Correspondingly, still provide a clearance system under water, including messenger device, bank base subassembly and foretell clearance robot under water, messenger device is used for with clearance robot under water puts in under water or retrieves to the bank base from under water, clearance robot clears up gate slot, lintel and bottom on the gate both sides under water, bank base subassembly is used for controlling clearance robot and messenger device under water, bank base subassembly with clearance robot under water carries out the communication.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial effects:

according to the underwater cleaning robot, the gate slot is cleaned through the first cleaning assembly, the gate lintel and the bottom of the gate are cleaned through the second cleaning assembly, the sealing area of the whole gate is covered, the sealing performance of the sealing area of the gate is ensured, the friction force of the frame moving in the gate slot can be reduced through the rolling contact of the guide assembly and the surface of the gate slot, the moving smoothness of the frame in the gate slot is improved, and the phenomenon of blocking caused by the fact that the underwater cleaning robot shakes under the action of water flow is avoided.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to the structures shown in the drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of an underwater cleaning robot in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an embodiment of the underwater cleaning robot of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is another perspective view of an underwater cleaning robot in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of an underwater cleaning robot in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a first guide wheel set according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a U-shaped groove guide wheel set according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic view of a second guide wheel set according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a guide wheel set in a T-shaped groove according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a guide wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a top view of a guide wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 14 is a side view of a guide wheel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a second cleaning assembly in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 16 is a side view of a second cleaning assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 17 is a schematic view of a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 18 is a cross-sectional view of a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 19 is an exploded view of a camera assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of an embodiment of a cleaning method according to the present invention.

Reference numerals:

10-a guide wheel; 11-a first guide wheel; 12-a second guide wheel; 20-a connecting part; 100-a frame; 101-a first side; 102-a second side; 103-hanging the lifting lug; 104-a rack; 105-a guide rail; 200-a guide assembly; 201-guide wheel group; 210-a support; 211-installation space; 212-a groove; 220-an elastic portion; 221-guide post; 222-a spring; 230-a rolling section; 231-a wheel body; 232-rotating shaft; 240-a mounting portion; 241-mounting steps; 300-a first cleaning assembly; 301-a first conduit; 302-a first spray head; 303-a second spray head; 400-a second cleaning assembly; 410-a stent; 411-a through hole; 420-a transmission assembly; 421-a power element; 422-gear; 423-wheels; 430-a cleaning assembly; 431-a second conduit; 432-a third spray head; 433-a fourth spray head; 440-an anti-seize assembly; 441-third pipeline; 442-fifth showerhead; 450-a tow chain; 460-sonar component; 461 — workbench; 461 a-first rotating shaft; 461 b-second rotating shaft; 462-sonar; 500-a lighting assembly; 600-a camera assembly; 610-a housing; 611-sealing gaskets; 620-camera assembly; 621-camera; 622-a base; 623-a rotating assembly; 623 a-power element; 623 b-a rotator; 624-a telescoping assembly; 625-a communication component; 626-a control component; 630-convex arc mask; 640-a filter assembly; 650-watertight plug cable; 1000-gate; 1001-gate slot; 1002-a door lintel; 1003-bottom surface; a-a first surface; b-a second surface.

Detailed Description

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.

It should be noted that all the directional indicators (such as up, down, left, right, front, and rear … …) in the embodiment of the present invention are only used to explain the relative position relationship between the components, the movement situation, etc. in a specific posture (as shown in the drawing), and if the specific posture is changed, the directional indicator is changed accordingly.

It will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present.

In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are 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" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In addition, technical solutions between various embodiments may be combined with each other, but must be realized by a person skilled in the art, and when the technical solutions are contradictory or cannot be realized, such a combination should not be considered to exist, and is not within the protection scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1-19 are schematic views of an embodiment of an underwater cleaning robot of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-19, an embodiment of an underwater cleaning robot for cleaning a sealed area of a pump room gate 1000, the sealed area of the gate including a gate slot 1001, a gate header 1002 and a bottom surface 1003, includes a frame 100, a guide assembly 200, a first cleaning assembly 300, and a second cleaning assembly 400. The length and the width of the frame 100 are matched with those of the gate 1000, the frame 100 is rectangular, the frame 100 comprises two parallel first sides 101 and two parallel second sides 102, when the frame 100 moves in the gate slot 1001, the first sides 101 are located in the gate slot 1001, and the second sides 102 are parallel to a lintel 1002 or a bottom 1003 of the gate 1000. Guide assembly 200 links to each other with first side 101, guide assembly 200 during operation and the surperficial rolling contact of gate groove 1001, and rolling contact can reduce the frictional force of frame motion in gate groove 1001, improves the smooth and easy degree of frame 100 motion in gate groove 1001, avoids the dead phenomenon of card that causes of cleaning machines people's rocking under the rivers effect under water. A first cleaning assembly 300 is attached to the first side 101, the first cleaning assembly 300 being used to clean the surface of the gate slot 1001. A second cleaning assembly 400 is associated with the second side 102, the second cleaning assembly 400 being used to clean the lintel 1002 and the bottom 1003 of the gate 1000. All closed areas of the gate 1000 are cleaned through the first cleaning assembly 300 and the second cleaning assembly 400, the sealing performance of the closed areas is ensured, and water leakage of the gate 1000 is avoided.

In this embodiment, the frame 100 is formed by combining a plurality of rods, so that the weight of the underwater cleaning robot can be reduced, the space between the rods can be used for liquid to flow through, and the running resistance of the underwater cleaning robot under water can be reduced. The length of the first side edge 101 of the frame 100 is greater than the length of the second side edge 102, and the design that the height is greater than the length can prevent the underwater cleaning robot from inclining in the gate slot 1001, prevent the underwater cleaning robot from being jammed in the gate slot 1001, and further avoid foreseeable major accidents. The top of the frame 100 is provided with two suspension lugs 103, the number of the suspension lugs 103 is two, the suspension lugs 103 are symmetrically distributed on the top of the frame 100 by taking the center of the frame 100 as an axis, and the suspension lugs 103 are used for connecting the underwater cleaning robot with the cable hoist device.

In this embodiment, the guide assembly 200 includes a plurality of guide wheel set 201, specifically, the quantity of guide wheel set 201 in this embodiment is six, and guide wheel set 201 evenly distributed is in the first side 101 of frame, and every first side 101 distributes has three groups of guide wheel set 201, and three groups of guide wheel set 201 distribute respectively in the top, the middle part and the afterbody of first side 101. The guide wheel set 201 includes a plurality of guide wheels 10, the guide wheels 10 contact with the side and bottom surfaces of the gate slot 1001, and the guide wheels 10 are retractable guide wheels, so that when the frame 100 rocks under the action of water flow, the guide wheels 10 can correspondingly displace to offset the acting force of the water flow, as described in detail below.

Fig. 8-9 are schematic views of a first guide wheel set, which is suitable for a U-shaped gate slot 1001. The guide wheel group 201 includes a plurality of guide wheels 10 and a connecting portion 20. The connecting part 20 is used for connecting a plurality of guide wheels 10, and the connecting part 20 can be specifically a frame of an underwater cleaning robot. The guide wheel 10 includes a first guide wheel 11 for guiding the first direction, the number of the first guide wheels 11 is at least two, and the wheel surface of the first guide wheel 11 is in contact with the first surface a of the gate slot when the first guide wheel 11 operates. The first surface can be the side or the bottom surface in gate groove, and first surface an in this embodiment is the side in gate groove, and first leading wheel 11 closely laminates with the side in gate groove, realizes installing the displacement restriction of the device or the equipment of first leading wheel 11 in the inherent side direction in gate groove to play the effect of direction, avoid device or the equipment in the gate groove to rock, and then avoid the emergence of the device or the equipment operation in-process card dead phenomenon in the gate groove.

The number of the first guide wheels 11 is two, the two first guide wheels 11 are arranged in parallel, and the wheel surfaces of the two first guide wheels 11 during working are respectively contacted with the two parallel first surfaces a. The two parallel first surfaces a are two side edges of the U-shaped gate slot, and the two first guide wheels 11 are installed on a frame of the underwater cleaning robot and used for displacement of the frame of the underwater cleaning robot in the direction of the inner side surface of the gate slot.

The guide wheel 10 further comprises a second guide wheel 12 for guiding in a second direction, the number of the second guide wheels 12 is at least one, and the wheel surface of the second guide wheel 12 in operation is in contact with a second surface b of the gate slot, which is perpendicular to the first surface a in the first embodiment. The gate slot in this embodiment is a U-shaped slot, wherein the first surface a is a side surface of the gate slot, and the second surface b is a bottom surface of the gate slot.

Specifically, the number of the first guide wheels 11 is two, the number of the second guide wheels 12 is one, the two first guide wheels 11 are arranged in parallel, the second guide wheels 12 are located between the two first guide wheels 11, and the second guide wheels 12 are perpendicular to the first guide wheels 11. The wheel surfaces of the two first guide wheels 11 are in contact with the two parallel first surfaces a respectively, and the wheel surfaces of the second guide wheels 12 are in contact with the second surfaces b respectively. The first guide wheel 11 and the second guide wheel 12 are installed on a frame of the underwater cleaning robot and used for displacement of the frame of the underwater cleaning robot in the directions of the inner side surface and the bottom surface of the gate slot.

If the type of the gate slot is replaced by a T-shaped slot 1001, as shown in fig. 10-11, the structure of the second guide wheel set is schematically illustrated, the number of the first guide wheels 11 is two, the number of the second guide wheels 12 is two, the two first guide wheels 11 are arranged in parallel, the two second guide wheels 12 are arranged in parallel, the first guide wheels 11 and the second guide wheels 12 are perpendicular to each other, and the first guide wheels 11 are located between the two second guide wheels 12. A partition board is arranged in the T-shaped groove, two first guide wheels 11 are respectively in contact with two side faces of the partition board, and two second guide wheels 12 are positioned on two sides of the partition board and are respectively in contact with the bottom face of the gate groove. The first guide wheel 11 and the second guide wheel 12 are installed on a frame of the underwater cleaning robot and used for displacement of the frame of the underwater cleaning robot in the directions of the inner side surface and the bottom surface of the gate slot.

Fig. 12-14 are schematic views of the structure of the guide wheel in this embodiment. The guide wheel 10 includes a support portion 210, an elastic portion 220, a rolling portion 230, and a mounting portion 240. Wherein, the supporting portion 210 is used for the support of elastic part 220 and rolling part 230, and elastic part 220 is located the side of rolling part 230, can reduce installation space for the leading wheel volume reduces, therefore the leading wheel can be applicable to the use in narrow and small space, is used for the direction of underwater cleaning robot in the gate slot for example. The elastic part 220 is connected to the rolling part 230, and the rolling part 230 can move in the supporting part 210 by a certain amount under the elastic force of the elastic part 220, thereby improving the flexibility of the guide wheel. The mounting part 240 is connected to the supporting part 210, and the mounting part 240 is used for connecting the guide wheel to the underwater cleaning robot.

In this embodiment, the supporting portion 210 includes a through installation space 211, the installation space 211 is a cylindrical structure with two ends penetrating through and being sealed around, the installation space 211 is used for installing the rolling portion 230, the rolling portion 230 rolls in the installation space 211, a groove 212 is arranged on a side surface of the installation space 211, the groove 212 is used for installing the elastic portion 220, and the structure of the supporting portion 210 is adapted to the structure of the elastic portion 220 located on the side surface of the rolling portion 230.

In this embodiment, the rolling part 230 includes a wheel body 231 and a rotating shaft 232. The wheel body 230 is a conventional circular wheel, the rotating shaft 232 passes through the center of the wheel body 231, the wheel body 231 rotates with the rotating shaft 232 as a rotating center, the wheel body 231 is located in the installation space 211, the rotating shaft 232 extends into the groove 212 of the supporting portion 210 and is further connected with the elastic portion 220 in the groove 212, and the rotating shaft 232 can generate a certain displacement in the groove 212 under the action of the elastic portion 220, so as to drive the wheel body 231 connected with the rotating shaft 232 to generate a corresponding displacement in the installation space 211. Moreover, the diameter of the wheel body 231 is larger than the width between the two end openings of the mounting space 211 to ensure that the outer diameter surface of the wheel body 231 always extends out of the two end openings of the mounting space 211, so that the wheel body 231 is always in contact with a working surface during the use and work of the guide wheel, and the working surface can be the surface of a gate slot.

In this embodiment, the elastic portion 220 includes a guiding post 221 and a spring 222, the guiding post 221 is fixed in the groove 212, the guiding post 221 penetrates through a rotating shaft 232 located in the groove 212, the rotating shaft 232 can reciprocate along the guiding post 221, the spring 222 is sleeved on the guiding post 221, one end of the spring 222 is fixedly connected with the rotating shaft 232, and the other end of the spring 222 is fixedly connected with the surface of the groove 212. In this embodiment, the number of the elastic portions 220 is two, and the two elastic portions are respectively located at two sides of the rolling portion 230 and symmetrically arranged, so that the rolling portion 230 is more uniformly stressed and is not easily damaged. When the wheel body 231 is acted by an external force, the rotating shaft 232 moves synchronously along with the wheel body 231, the rotating shaft 232 displaces along the guide post 221 so as to stretch or compress the spring 222 connected with the rotating shaft, and when the external force disappears, the wheel body 231 restores to the original position under the elastic action of the spring 222 so as to complete the guiding and limiting functions. Use the cleaning robot under water as an example, the cleaning robot is used for the clearance in gate groove under water, the leading wheel is installed on the cleaning robot under water, be used for the direction of cleaning robot when gate inslot motion under water, leading wheel and gate groove surface contact, the cleaning robot runs into the rivers effect when rocking in work under water, because the leading wheel has deformability and can follow the cleaning robot under water and rock, the power of shaking of balanced rivers effect, avoid the jam of cleaning robot motion in gate groove under water, ensure the smoothness nature of cleaning process. In other embodiments, the arrangement mode may be different, the spring 222 is sleeved on the guiding post 221, one end of the spring 222 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 232, the other end of the spring 222 is fixedly connected to the surface of the groove 212, one end of the guiding post 221 is fixedly connected to the rotating shaft 232 extending into the groove 212, the other end of the guiding post 221 is movably connected to the surface of the groove 212, and the guiding post 221 can pass through the surface of the groove 2212 to perform telescopic movement.

In this embodiment, the mounting portion 240 is located at a side of the mounting space 211 or at an opening side of the mounting space 211 to adapt to mounting at different angles. The mounting portion 240 includes a mounting step 241, and a screw hole is provided on the mounting step 241.

In this embodiment, the first cleaning assembly 300 includes a first pipeline 301, the power pump is connected to the initial section of the first pipeline 301, the last section of the first pipeline 301 is horizontally attached to the frame 100, the last section is located at the bottom of the first side 101, the last section of the first pipeline 301 is connected to the first nozzle 302 and the second nozzle 303, the first nozzle 302 faces the side surface of the gate slot, the second nozzle 303 faces the bottom surface of the gate slot, the spraying direction of the first nozzle 302 is the side surface of the gate slot, and the spraying direction of the second nozzle 303 is the bottom surface of the gate slot.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 15-16, a second cleaning assembly 400 is located at the bottom of the frame 100 for cleaning the lintel 1002 and the bottom 1003 of the gate 1000. The second cleaning assembly 400 includes a bracket 410, a drive assembly 420, a cleaning assembly 430, and an anti-seize assembly 440. Wherein, the bracket 410 is used for supporting and connecting the driving assembly 420, the cleaning assembly 430 and the anti-jamming assembly 440. The driving assembly 420 is used for driving the bracket 410 and related assemblies connected with the bracket 410 to reciprocate in the water. The cleaning assembly 430 cleans the bottom or the lintel of the gate, and under the driving of the transmission assembly 420, the cleaning assembly 430 moves along the bottom or the lintel of the gate, so that the bottom or the lintel of the gate is cleaned gradually and repeatedly. Anti-sticking subassembly 440 links to each other with support 410, and anti-sticking subassembly 440 follows support 410 and clearance subassembly 430 synchronous motion under drive assembly 420's effect, and anti-sticking subassembly 440 acts on drive assembly 420, clears up the debris that drive assembly 420 ran the in-process, avoids during debris card income drive assembly 420, avoids drive assembly 420 to stop because the work that debris caused, can ensure clearance subassembly 430's work efficiency.

Specifically, the bracket 410 in this embodiment is rectangular, and the width of the bracket 410 is adapted to the width of the bottom of the cleaning robot. The bracket 410 is made of a corrosion-resistant material to adapt to work underwater, especially in a seawater environment. The bracket 410 has a plurality of through holes 411 on the surface for water to pass through, thereby reducing the resistance and reducing the self weight of the bracket 410, thereby reducing the carrying burden of the transmission assembly 420.

In this embodiment, the transmission assembly 420 includes a power element 421, a gear 422, and a wheel 423. The power element 421 is an underwater dc brushless motor, the bearing is a seawater corrosion resistant ceramic bearing, and the motor is designed to be waterproof, and can work normally in an environment with a water depth of 100 m. Compared with a hydraulic motor mode, the waterproof direct current motor can avoid the pollution of hydraulic oil leakage to a water environment and downstream heat exchangers and instruments; compared with a hydraulic control system, the motor control system is simple and reliable, does not need a relatively complex hydraulic pump oil pipeline system, various valve controls and the like, and has high working stability. The power element 421 is located above the support 410 and is fixedly connected to the support 410, a power output end of the power element 421 faces downward, and the power output end is connected to the gear 422 to drive the gear 422 to rotate. The gear 422 is positioned between the power element 421 and the support 410, the gear 422 is horizontally arranged, the end surface of the gear 422 is parallel to the horizontal plane, and the tooth grooves are vertical, so that sundries in water are not easy to accumulate in the tooth grooves. The gear 422 is engaged with the rack 104 arranged at the bottom of the cleaning robot, the power element 421 drives the gear 422 to rotate, the gear 422 moves along the rack, and then the bracket 410 and related components connected with the bracket 410 are driven to move at the bottom of the cleaning robot. In this embodiment, the number of the wheels 423 is four, the wheels 423 are distributed on two side edges of the support 410, in the transmission process of the gear 422 and the rack, the wheels 423 roll in the guide rail 105 at the bottom of the cleaning robot, the guide rail 105 is parallel to the rack, and the wheels 423 have the function of supporting the support 410 and the function of limiting the movement direction of the support 410 at the bottom of the cleaning robot.

In this embodiment, the cleaning assembly 430 includes a second pipeline 431, a third spray head 432 and a fourth spray head 433, the starting section of the second pipeline 431 is communicated with a power pump, the power pump is located on a shore base, specifically, a cavitation power pump is adopted, the tail section of the second pipeline 431 is communicated with the third spray head 432 and the fourth spray head 433, and the third spray head 432 and the fourth spray head 433 move synchronously along with the support 410.

Specifically, the last section of the second pipeline 431 is located below the bracket 410 and is arranged in parallel with the bracket 410, and the last section of the second pipeline 431 is composed of two sections of pipelines which are arranged in parallel. One of them section pipeline is connected with third shower nozzle 432, and the quantity of third shower nozzle 432 is two, distributes in the fore-and-aft direction of support, and third shower nozzle 432 is towards the gate bottom, and the injection direction is vertical direction for gate bottom clearance. The rest section of pipeline links to each other with fourth shower nozzle 433, and the quantity of fourth shower nozzle 433 is two, distributes in the fore-and-aft direction of support, and fourth shower nozzle 433 is towards the gate lintel, and the direction of spraying is the horizontal direction for the clearance of gate lintel. The number of the third spray heads 432 and the fourth spray heads 433 in this embodiment can be selected according to actual situations, and is not limited to two, and the number in this embodiment is only used for illustration.

In this embodiment, the end section of the second pipeline 431 is higher than the height of the frame 100 of the underwater cleaning robot, so as to avoid the frame interfering with the third spray head 432 and the fourth spray head 433 connected to the second pipeline 431.

In this embodiment, the anti-sticking assembly 440 includes a third pipeline 441 and a fifth nozzle 442, the starting section of the third pipeline 441 is communicated with a power pump, the power pump is located on the shore base, specifically, a cavitation power pump is used, the end section of the third pipeline 441 is communicated with the fifth nozzle 442, the fifth nozzle 442 moves synchronously with the support 110, and the fifth nozzle 442 specifically adopts a cavitation jet nozzle. The fifth spray nozzle 442 faces the transmission assembly 120 and is used for cleaning sundries in the transmission assembly 120, specifically, the fifth spray nozzle 442 faces the meshing position of the gear 122 and the rack 104, and the sundries at the meshing position of the gear 122 and the rack are washed away in water flow jet of the fifth spray nozzle 442, so that the phenomenon of jamming caused by the sundries when the gear 122 and the rack are meshed is avoided, and the smoothness and the efficiency of the cleaning process of the cleaning device are ensured.

The power pump in the above embodiment adopts a cavitation power pump, the first pipeline 301, the second pipeline 431 and the third pipeline 441 are cavitation hoses, and the first nozzle 302, the second nozzle 303, the third nozzle 432, the fourth nozzle 433 and the fifth nozzle 442 specifically adopt cavitation jet nozzles. In the field of cleaning underwater facilities mainly comprising marine facilities, the cavitation jet cleaning technology is more efficient and energy-saving than the high-pressure water cleaning technology, can effectively protect an anticorrosive coating on the surface of the facilities, and is a more reasonable choice for cleaning the marine underwater facilities. The cavitation jet flow underwater cleaning device is composed of a cavitation jet flow generating system (cavitation power pump station), a control system (mechanical control), an electrical control and a cavitation jet flow cleaning spray head. The cavitation power pump station is used for increasing water pressure or other liquid pressure and conveying water flow to an execution system. The cavitation jet head is a cavitation jet device consisting of a control valve, a spray rod, a nozzle assembly (comprising one or more rows of nozzles) and the like. The device is generally directly connected with a pressure regulating device at the output end of a cavitation power pump station through a cavitation hose assembly. The combined unloading type cavitation spray gun can be provided with gun barrels with different lengths according to requirements, is specially used for cleaning small-area curves, curved surfaces and cylindrical surfaces and holes which are difficult to clean, utilizes a rear-mounted spray head to offset recoil, and can adjust jet pressure between 0 MPa and 25MPa according to requirements.

In this embodiment, the towing chain 450 is further included, the towing chain 450 is connected with the bracket 410, the towing chain 450 is used for accommodating the second pipeline 431, the third pipeline 441 and the line, and the towing chain 450 makes telescopic movement along with the bracket 410. The tow chain 450 serves to house and protect the line pipes.

In this embodiment, still include sonar subassembly 460, sonar subassembly 460 can be to bottom track real-time supervision to end distance, protection cleaning device and cleaning machines people, avoid bumping with bottom track, cause the damage. Sonar assembly 460 is positioned above power element 421 and is attached to cradle 410. Specifically, sonar subassembly 460 includes workstation 461 and sonar 462, and sonar 462 is located workstation 461, and workstation 461 and support 410 fixed connection, workstation 461 can carry out the rotation in the wide-angle range, and then realize the diversified detection of sonar 462. The workbench 461 includes a first rotating shaft 461a and a second rotating shaft 461b, the second rotating shaft 461b is vertically connected with the first rotating shaft 461a, the second rotating shaft 461b rotates along with the first rotating shaft 461a, the first rotating shaft 461a realizes 360-degree rotation in the horizontal direction, the sonar 462 is connected with the second rotating shaft 461b, the sonar 462 rotates along with the second rotating shaft 461b, and the second rotating shaft 461b realizes large-angle rotation in the vertical direction.

In this embodiment, a proximity switch (not shown) and a pull-string encoder (not shown) are also included, and the proximity switch and the pull-string encoder are connected to the support 410. Proximity switch is used for the frame of clearance robot to detect the edge, avoids cleaning device to strike the frame of both sides when the operation of clearance robot frame bottom, causes the damage to cleaning device, and stay-supported encoder is used for acquireing cleaning device's the displacement size of marcing, realizes the location to cleaning device.

In this embodiment, the illumination assembly 500 and the camera assembly 600 are further included, the illumination assembly 500 and the camera assembly 600 are distributed on the first cleaning assembly 300 and the second cleaning assembly 400, and the camera assembly 600 is used for acquiring an image of a gate slot, an image of a gate lintel or an image of a gate bottom. The number of the camera assemblies 600 is six, two of the camera assemblies are respectively arranged at the front end and the rear end of the support 410 and fixedly connected with the support 410, and are used for acquiring images of a gate lintel or the bottom of the gate lintel, so as to judge the cleaning condition and the operation state of the cleaning device, and the rest four camera assemblies are distributed on the first side 101 of the frame 100 and are located in the adjacent area with the first cleaning assembly 300 and are used for acquiring images of a gate slot. Correspondingly, the number of the illumination assemblies 500 is six, and the illumination assemblies are arranged corresponding to the camera assembly 600 and used for illuminating and providing illumination for the camera assembly 600 to obtain a clear image.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 17-19, camera assembly 600 includes a housing 610, a camera assembly 620, and a convex arc mask 630. The shell 610 and the convex arc mask 630 form a closed space, the camera module 620 is located in the closed space, the convex arc mask 630 is a light-transmitting body, and the camera module 620 obtains an underwater image through the convex arc mask 630. The convex arc mask 630 is embodied as a semicircular glass cover. Subassembly 620 of making a video recording installs on cleaning machines people under water, when following cleaning machines people's motion under water, and its peripheral debris can be arranged to convex arc face guard 630 in the motion process, avoids debris under water to pile up in the front of subassembly 620 of making a video recording, influences the formation of image effect.

The camera assembly 620 includes a camera 621, a base 622, a rotation assembly 623, a control assembly 626, a telescoping assembly 624, and a communication assembly 625. The camera 621 and the convex arc mask 630 are arranged oppositely, and the camera 621 can extend into a space surrounded by the convex arc mask 630, so that the visual field range of the camera 621 can be enlarged. The rotating assembly 623 is fixedly connected with the bottom of the housing 610, the rotating assembly 623 is connected with the base 622, the rotating assembly 623 drives the base 622 to rotate, the base 622 is connected with the telescopic assembly 624, and the telescopic assembly 624 is connected with the camera 621. The rotating component 623 drives the base 622 to rotate, and then drives the camera 621 on the base 622 to rotate, so as to realize pitching adjustment of the camera 621, and the adjustment angle range is 90 °. The telescopic assembly 624 drives the camera 621 to perform telescopic motion to realize zooming, and can remotely control 5 times of optical zooming, wherein the telescopic assembly 624 is specifically a two-phase four-wire stepping micro motor in this embodiment. A control assembly 626 is provided on the base 622, the control assembly 626 is connected to the camera 621, the rotating assembly 623 and the telescoping assembly 624 respectively, and the control assembly 626 is used for controlling and processing data of each assembly. A communication module 625 is disposed on the base 622, and the communication module 625 is connected to the control module 626 for communication with the camera device.

Specifically, the rotating assembly 623 in this embodiment includes a power element 623a and a rotating element 623b, wherein the power element 623a is fixedly connected to the bottom of the housing 610, the power element 623a is connected to the rotating element 623b, the power element 623a drives the rotating element 623b to rotate, and the rotating element 623b is connected to the base 622. In this embodiment, the power member 623a specifically includes a metal miniature speed reducer and a non-contact magnetic-inductive position sensor, and has the advantages of high precision and small size.

In this embodiment, an auxiliary lighting assembly (not shown) is further included, the auxiliary lighting assembly (not shown) is located in the housing 610, and light emitted by the auxiliary lighting assembly is irradiated to the convex arc mask 630. The LED lamp beads with the color temperature of 300K-5000K are used as the lighting light source of the auxiliary lighting assembly, the color restoration effect on the underwater image is best, and the resolution ratio on the background details of the underwater image is highest. The single illumination intensity was 5000 lumens, and the lamp light intensity was controlled by PWM using constant current drive. Each illumination lamp is individually controlled by a control system. According to the water quality condition and the video image quality effect under the actual working environment, the light intensity can be linearly adjusted from 0-100%, the reflected light intensity of suspended matters is reduced, and the underwater imaging quality is improved.

In this embodiment, the apparatus further includes a filter assembly 640, and the filter assembly 640 processes the optical signal acquired by the camera 621. An optical filter with high green light frequency band transmittance is adopted as photosensitive automatic switching, so that the image definition in an underwater environment is improved. The visual distance of the camera device tested in the clean water environment of the indoor swimming pool exceeds 3 m. The image processing chip is a domestic Hua Hai Si processor, realizes the real-time transmission of 1080P color high-definition images, and has the transmission bandwidth of 100 Mbit/s.

In this embodiment, a watertight plug cable 650 is further included, and the data transmission line of the camera module 620 is connected out of the casing 610 through the watertight plug cable 650, so as to ensure the sealing of the space in the casing 610. The bottom of the shell 610 is provided with a bottom cover, a sealing gasket 611 is arranged at the joint of the bottom cover and the shell 610, the sealing gasket 611 is arranged at the joint of the shell 610 and the convex arc mask 630, and the sealing effect is improved through the sealing gasket 611.

In this embodiment, the system further includes an inertial navigation system (not shown), where the inertial navigation system is used to obtain the posture of the frame 100, and when the posture of the frame 100 is abnormal, the inertial navigation system is adjusted in time through the cable suspension device to prevent an accident.

In summary, according to the embodiment of the underwater cleaning robot provided by the utility model, the first cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the gate slot, the second cleaning assembly is used for cleaning the gate lintel and the bottom of the gate, the cleaning of the sealing area of the whole gate is further covered, the sealing performance of the sealing area of the gate is ensured, the guide assembly is in rolling contact with the surface of the gate slot, the friction force of the frame moving in the gate slot can be reduced, the smoothness of the frame moving in the gate slot is improved, and the phenomenon of blocking caused by the shaking of the underwater cleaning robot under the action of water flow is avoided.

The utility model also provides an embodiment of the underwater cleaning system, which comprises a cable hanging device, a shore-based component and the underwater cleaning robot in the embodiment, wherein the cable hanging device is used for throwing the underwater cleaning robot into water or recovering the underwater cleaning robot from the water to a shore base, the underwater cleaning robot cleans gate slots, a gate head and bottoms on two sides of a gate, the shore-based component is used for controlling the underwater cleaning robot and the cable hanging device, and the shore-based component is communicated with the underwater cleaning robot.

Fig. 20 is a flow chart of the operation of the underwater cleaning robot of the present invention.

Please refer to fig. 20, which includes the following steps:

s100, a first cleaning step

In the process of descending or ascending of the underwater cleaning robot, the first cleaning assembly cleans gate slots on two sides of the gate.

S200, a second cleaning step

The second cleaning component cleans a door lintel of the gate.

S300, a third cleaning step

The second clearance subassembly clears up the bottom of gate.

S400, posture adjustment step

The attitude of the underwater cleaning robot is adjusted by combining the inertial navigation system with the cable hanging device.

Specifically, in the first cleaning step S100, the underwater cleaning robot is transported underwater by the cable hoist device, and after the underwater cleaning robot is aligned with the gate slot, the underwater cleaning robot moves downward along the gate slot, and the first cleaning assembly starts to work to clean the gate slot.

In this embodiment, the second cleaning step S200 further includes a first determining step S101, where the first determining step S101 specifically includes: whether a second cleaning assembly of the underwater cleaning robot reaches a first preset position or not is judged through the sonar assembly, the camera assembly and the depth detector, if the second cleaning assembly reaches the first preset position, the first cleaning step S100 is suspended, and the second cleaning step S200 is executed. The first preset position in the embodiment is a door lintel of the gate, and if the underwater cleaning robot is judged to descend to the position of the door lintel through the sonar component, the camera component and the depth detector, the cleaning robot is stopped to descend, the first cleaning component is stopped to work, the second cleaning component is started, and the door lintel is cleaned.

Further, the second cleaning step S200 further includes a fourth determining step S201, and the fourth determining step S201 includes: judging whether a door head of the gate is cleaned up or not through the camera shooting assembly, if not, repeatedly executing the second cleaning step S200 until the door head is cleaned up, if so, stopping the second cleaning step S200, executing the first cleaning step S100, enabling the cleaning robot to continue to move downwards, and enabling the first cleaning assembly to work again to clean a gate slot.

In this embodiment, the third cleaning step S300 further includes a second determining step S202 before the third cleaning step S202, and the second determining step S202 includes: whether a second cleaning assembly of the underwater cleaning robot reaches a second preset position or not is judged through the sonar assembly, the camera assembly and the depth detector, if the second cleaning assembly reaches the second preset position, the first cleaning step S100 is suspended, and a third cleaning step S300 is executed. Second preset position in the embodiment is the bottom of gate, if judge through sonar subassembly, subassembly and the depth detector of making a video recording that clearance robot under water is down to being close the bottom position, then stop that clearance robot is down to the work of stopping first clearance subassembly starts second clearance subassembly, begins the clearance to the bottom.

The third cleaning step S300 performs a fourth cleaning step S301 while cleaning, and the fourth cleaning step S301 cleans the transmission assembly in the second cleaning assembly. Drive assembly in the second clearance subassembly is cleared up through anti-sticking subassembly, avoids drive assembly because aquatic debris cause the bite, influences cleaning efficiency. In particular to a method for cleaning the meshing part of a gear and a rack in a transmission component through an anti-blocking component.

Further, a fifth judging step S302 is further included in the third cleaning step S300, and the fifth judging step S302 includes: and judging whether the bottom of the gate is cleaned up or not through the camera shooting assembly, if not, repeatedly executing the third cleaning step S300 until the gate is cleaned up, and if so, stopping the third cleaning step S300.

In this embodiment, a third determining step S102 is further included, where the third determining step S102 includes: whether the gate slots on the two sides of the gate are cleaned up or not is judged through the camera shooting assembly, if not, the underwater cleaning robot moves upwards for a certain distance, and the first cleaning step S100 is repeatedly executed until the gate slots are cleaned up.

In this embodiment, still including input step and recovery step, input step through the hoist cable with the clearance robot under water and input to under water to control clearance robot under water along the motion of gate slot, retrieve the step and retrieve to on water to clearance robot under water after clearance robot under water clears up.

In this embodiment, the posture adjusting step S400 includes: and judging whether the deviation of the posture of the underwater cleaning robot in the gate slot and the preset posture meets a preset value or not, and if not, adjusting the posture of the underwater cleaning robot. The attitude parameters specifically comprise the inclination angle and other parameters of the underwater cleaning robot, and the attitude of the underwater cleaning robot is timely adjusted through the cable hanging device, so that the underwater cleaning robot is prevented from being jammed underwater and accidents are avoided.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all modifications and equivalents of the technical solutions of the present invention, which are made by using the contents of the present specification and the accompanying drawings, or directly/indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An underwater cleaning robot for cleaning a sealed area of a gate of a pump room, comprising:

2. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the length of the first side is greater than the length of the second side.

3. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the frame is provided with a suspension lug at the top.

4. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the guide assembly includes a plurality of guide wheel sets, the guide wheel sets are uniformly distributed on the first side of the frame, the guide wheel sets include a plurality of guide wheels, the guide wheels are in contact with the left and right sides of the gate slot, or/and the guide wheels are in contact with the front and rear sides of the gate slot, and the guide wheels are retractable guide wheels.

5. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the gate slot is a U-shaped slot, a plurality of the guide wheels are respectively in contact with the front and rear side surfaces of the U-shaped slot, or/and the guide wheels are respectively in contact with the left and right side surfaces of the U-shaped slot.

6. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 4, wherein when the gate slot is a T-shaped slot, a partition is provided in the T-shaped slot, and a plurality of the guide wheels are in contact with left and right side surfaces of the partition and both side surfaces of the T-shaped slot, respectively.

7. The underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cleaning assembly includes a first pipeline, a starting section of the first pipeline is connected with the power pump, a tail section of the first pipeline is horizontally attached to the frame, a tail section of the first pipeline is connected with a first nozzle and a second nozzle, the first nozzle faces to the left side face or the right side face of the gate slot, and the second nozzle faces to the front side face or the rear side face of the gate slot.

8. The underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second cleaning assembly is located at the bottom of the frame, the second cleaning assembly includes a second pipeline and a transmission assembly, a starting section of the second pipeline is connected with the power pump, a last section of the second pipeline is connected with a third spray head and a fourth spray head, the third spray head faces the bottom of the gate, the fourth spray head faces the lintel of the gate, the third spray head and the fourth spray head extend out of the bottom surface of the frame, and the transmission assembly drives the third spray head and the fourth spray head to reciprocate at the bottom of the frame.

9. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 8, wherein the transmission assembly comprises a support, a motor, a gear, a rack, wheels and a drag chain, the motor is arranged on the support, the wheels are arranged on two sides of the support, the wheels roll in a guide rail at the bottom of the frame, the motor is connected with the gear, the rack is fixedly connected with the frame, tooth grooves of the rack face the gear, the gear is meshed with the rack, the drag chain is connected with the support, the drag chain is used for accommodating a second pipeline and a line, and the drag chain follows the support to move telescopically.

10. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a third pipeline, wherein the initial section of the third pipeline is connected with the power pump, the final section of the third pipeline is connected with a fifth spray head, and the fifth spray head faces the meshing position of the gear and the rack.

11. An underwater cleaning robot as recited in claim 1, further comprising an illumination assembly and a camera assembly distributed over the first and second cleaning assemblies, the camera assembly being configured to capture either a gate slot image, a gate lintel image, or a gate bottom image.

12. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sonar component, wherein the sonar component comprises a workbench and a sonar, the sonar is located on the workbench, the workbench is connected with the second cleaning component, the workbench comprises a first rotating shaft and a second rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft is vertically connected with the first rotating shaft, the second rotating shaft rotates along with the first rotating shaft, the sonar is connected with the second rotating shaft, and the sonar rotates along with the second rotating shaft.

13. An underwater cleaning robot as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an inertial navigation system for acquiring the attitude of the frame.

14. An underwater cleaning system comprising a cable hoist for launching the underwater cleaning robot into the water or retrieving it from the water to the shore base, a shore based assembly for controlling the underwater cleaning robot and the cable hoist, and the underwater cleaning robot of any one of claims 1 to 13, the shore based assembly being in communication with the underwater cleaning robot.