CN220181044U

CN220181044U - Integrated towing device

Info

Publication number: CN220181044U
Application number: CN202322206103.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 张海兵; 陈稳骐; 陈虎; 申和平; 靳湧涛
Original assignee: Wuhan Puhui Ocean Photoelectric Technology Co ltd; Beijing Appsoft Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Wuhan Puhui Ocean Photoelectric Technology Co ltd; Beijing Appsoft Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2023-08-16
Filing date: 2023-08-16
Publication date: 2023-12-15
Anticipated expiration: 2033-08-16

Abstract

The utility model provides an integrated towing device, which relates to the technical field of underwater detection equipment and comprises the following components: the towing device comprises a towing cable, a towing body, a towing array and a cable recovery mechanism, wherein a towing sound source is arranged in the towing body, the towing body and the towing array are arranged on the towing cable at intervals, one end, away from the towing array, of the towing cable is connected to the cable recovery mechanism, and the cable recovery mechanism is used for recovering and releasing the towing cable. The towing body and the towing array are arranged on the same towing cable in a serial connection mode, compared with the split type double towing arrangement mode in the prior art, the risk of winding can not occur no matter severe environment or unexpected conditions are met due to the fact that only one towing cable is placed under water during detection.

Description

Integrated towing device

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of underwater detection equipment, in particular to an integrated towing device.

Background

The sonar is a technology for navigation and ranging through electroacoustic conversion and information processing by utilizing the propagation and reflection characteristics of sound waves in water, and also refers to electronic equipment for detecting (existence, position, property, movement direction and the like) and communicating an underwater target by utilizing the technology, and is the most widely and most important device applied in water acoustics, and has two types of active type and passive type.

In the prior art, an active towing sound source and a passive towing sonar used on a ship are generally split, and as shown in fig. 1 and 2, in the system, a first winch device 2 for receiving and releasing the towing sound source 1 and a second winch device 4 for receiving and releasing the towing sonar 3 are respectively arranged at two sides of the stern. The two winch devices are independent of each other and are operated separately for deployment during use.

However, because the towing sound source and the towing sonar are required to be simultaneously placed in the sea by means of different cables, in the detection process, when severe environments such as large wind waves and severe ocean turbulence are encountered, or unexpected situations such as emergency avoidance are required for the ship body, the cables respectively connected with the towing sound source and the towing sonar can be wound together, interference can be caused to monitoring, and equipment can be damaged in severe cases. Moreover, the space on the ship body is limited, two winch equipment are simultaneously arranged on the rear deck of the ship body, the occupied space is large, the weight of the winch equipment is large, and the winch equipment is not easy to move.

Disclosure of Invention

The utility model provides an integrated towing device which is used for solving the defect that cables respectively connected with a towing sound source and a towing sonar are possibly wound together when severe environments such as large wind waves and urgent ocean turbulence are encountered or unexpected situations such as emergency avoidance are needed for a ship body in the process of detecting overshoot in the prior art.

The utility model provides an integrated towing device, comprising: the cable towing device comprises a towing cable, a towing body, a towing array and a cable recovery mechanism, wherein a towing sound source is arranged in the towing body, the towing body and the towing array are arranged on the towing cable at intervals, one end, away from the towing array, of the towing cable is connected to the cable recovery mechanism, and the cable recovery mechanism is used for collecting and releasing the towing cable.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the cable recycling mechanism comprises an outer winch and an inner winch, wherein the outer winch comprises a supporting seat and a rotating base, the rotating base is rotatably connected to the top of the supporting seat around a rotating shaft extending in the vertical direction, the inner winch is fixedly arranged on the top of the rotating base, one end, far away from the towing array, of the towing cable is connected to the inner winch, and the inner winch is used for winding and unwinding the towing cable.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the cable recycling mechanism further comprises the towing body trolley, the towing body trolley is movably arranged at the top of the rotating base, and the towing body trolley is used for receiving the towing body.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the towing body trolley comprises the sliding bearing seat, the supporting rod and the rotating wheel, wherein the rotating wheel is rotatably arranged on the supporting rod around the rotating shaft extending in the horizontal direction, the supporting rod is fixedly arranged on the sliding bearing seat, and the rotating wheel is used for bearing the towing cable.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the cable recycling mechanism further comprises a sliding rail fixedly arranged at the top of the rotating base, and the sliding bearing seat is connected to the sliding rail in a sliding manner.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the sliding rail is arranged at the side part of the inner winch, and the rail direction of the sliding rail is perpendicular to the rotating shaft of the inner winch.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the outer winch further comprises a cable receiving barrel which is fixedly connected to the top of the rotating base and is circumferentially arranged on the periphery side of the inner winch.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the side part, opposite to the inner winch, of the cable receiving barrel is provided with a trailer outlet.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the outer winch further comprises a driving motor, the driving motor is arranged in the supporting seat, and the driving motor is connected to the rotating base and can drive the rotating base to rotate.

According to the integrated towing device provided by the utility model, the inner winch comprises the mounting seat, the winding drum and the driving motor, the mounting seat is fixedly arranged on the rotary base, the winding drum is rotatably arranged on the mounting seat, the driving motor is connected to the winding drum and can drive the winding drum to rotate, and one end of the towing cable is fixed on the winding drum.

The integrated towing device provided by the utility model comprises the towing cables, the towing bodies, the towing arrays and the cable recovery mechanism, wherein the towing bodies and the towing arrays are arranged on the same towing cable in a serial connection mode.

Moreover, the towing cable can be recovered only by means of the cable recovery mechanism, compared with the split type setting mode of the towing winch and the towing winch in the prior art, the towing cable can be released and recovered by means of one towing cable on the towing body and the towing array, the operation is simple, the use space on the ship body can be reduced, the weight is reduced, and the structural layout is more reasonable.

In addition, the integrated dragging device adopts a single linear recovery mode, has high matching degree for unmanned automatic operation, and is favorable for realizing unmanned automatic control.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the utility model or the technical solutions of the prior art, the following description will briefly explain the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the utility model, and other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a split towed acoustic source and towed sonar in the prior art during use;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the split towed acoustic source and towed sonar of FIG. 1 from another perspective during use;

FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the integrated towing apparatus in use, according to one embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of the integrated towing device shown in FIG. 3;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural view of the integrated towing device shown in fig. 4 from yet another perspective.

Reference numerals:

1. dragging a sound source; 2. dragging sonar; 3. a first winch device; 4. a second winch arrangement; 11. towing the cable; 12. a towed body; 13. a drag array; 14. a cable recovery mechanism; 15. an inner winch; 16. a support base; 17. a swivel base; 18. a towed body trolley; 19. a sliding rail; 20. a cable receiving canister.

Detailed Description

For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present utility model, not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the utility model without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.

In one embodiment of the utility model, an integrated towing device is provided, wherein a towing body and a towing array in the integrated towing device are arranged on the same towing cable, and when underwater detection is performed, the towing body and the towing array adopt a serial arrangement mode, so that the possible winding risk of double towing in a conventional arrangement mode can be avoided. The integrated towing device in this embodiment is further described below in connection with the illustrations of fig. 3-5.

Specifically, as shown in fig. 3, the integrated towing apparatus in the present embodiment includes: a towing cable 11, a towing body 12, a towing array 13 and a cable recovery mechanism 14.

Wherein, the towed body 12 is internally provided with a towed sound source, the towed body 12 and the towed array 13 are arranged on the towed cable 11 at intervals, one end of the towed cable 11 far away from the towed array 13 is connected to a cable recovery mechanism 14, and the cable recovery mechanism 14 is used for winding and unwinding the towed cable 11.

It will be appreciated that the towing sound source may emit acoustic signals underwater, the towing sound source being arranged in a towing body 12, the towing body 12 being connected to a towing cable 11, the towing cable 11 being provided with cables for transmitting signals and electrical energy, the towing sound source in the towing body 12 and other sensors and functional components being loaded being connectable to an external towing platform via the towing cable 11.

The towing array 13, i.e. the underwater towing detection array, is mainly used for underwater detection, which is capable of receiving underwater propagated sound signals or the like.

The cable recovery mechanism 14 may be fixedly disposed at the tail of the hull, where the cable recovery mechanism 14 may be capable of winding and unwinding the towing cable 11, for example, the cable recovery mechanism 14 may include a winch and other structures, and the winch may be driven by an external motor to rotate in different directions to realize winding and unwinding of the towing cable 11.

Further, in the present embodiment, the towing body 12 and the towing array 13 are disposed on the same towing cable 11 at intervals in series, and the towing array 13 is located at an end far from the cable recovery mechanism 14 than the towing body 12.

In actual use, as shown in fig. 3, the cable recovery mechanism 14 in the integrated towing device may be fixedly disposed at the tail of the hull. When it is desired to put the towing sound source and the towing array 13 into the water for detection, the cable recovery mechanism 14 may pay out the towing cable 11, in which process the towing array 13 and the towing body 12 provided with the towing sound source can be put into the water in sequence until the desired detection position is reached. When the towing sound source and the towing array 13 need to be recovered from the water to the hull, the cable recovery mechanism 14 can recover the towing cable 11, in which process the towing body 12 and the towing array 13 provided with the towing sound source can be towed from the water to the hull in sequence.

In this embodiment, drag body 12 and drag battle array 13 establish ties jointly and set up on same drag cable 11, in the testing process, only placed one under water and drag cable 11, no matter meet the serious environment such as the unrestrained great, ocean turbulence is urgent, or the unexpected circumstances such as hull needs urgent dodging, also can not appear winding risk, moreover, drag body 12 and drag battle array 13 can release to aquatic or retrieve to the hull with the help of same drag cable 11, and the operation is simpler.

Further, since the towing body 12 and the towing array 13 are disposed in series on the same towing cable 11, for facilitating the recovery of the towing cable 11, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the cable recovery mechanism 14 includes an outer winch including a support base 16 and a swivel base 17, the swivel base 17 being rotatably connected to the top of the support base 16 about a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction, and an inner winch 15 fixedly disposed on the top of the swivel base 17, an end of the towing cable 11 remote from the towing array 13 being connected to the inner winch 15, the inner winch 15 being used for winding and unwinding the towing cable 11.

Illustratively, a support base 16 in the outer winch may be fixedly mounted to the tail of the hull, a swivel base 17 is connected to the support base 16 and rotatable in a horizontal plane about a rotation axis extending in a vertical direction, and the inner winch 15 is fixedly provided on the swivel base 17.

In one embodiment, the inner winch 15 may include a mounting seat, which may be fixedly mounted on the rotating base 17 by means of a bolt or the like, a drum rotatably provided on the mounting seat, and a driving motor connected to the drum and capable of driving the drum to rotate, and one end of the towing cable 11 is fixed on the drum. Thereby, the retraction of the trailing cable 11 can be realized in the process of driving the reel to rotate by the driving motor.

In actual use, under normal recovery conditions, the towing cables 11 are partially reeled up on the inner winch 15, while the towed body 12 is placed on the swivel base 17, and the remaining towing cables 11 and towing arrays 13 are reeled up on the outer circumference of the swivel base 17.

When the towed body 12 and the towed array 13 need to be put into water, the rotating base 17 can be rotated relative to the supporting base 16, and the towed cable 11 and the towed array 13 which are arranged around the periphery of the rotating base 17 can be gradually put into water, and in the process, the inner winch 15 and the towed body 12 can synchronously rotate along with the rotating base 17. When the towing boom 13 is fully released, the swivel base 17 may be secured and the towing cable 11 on the inner winch 15 released, allowing the towed body 12 to follow the towing boom 13 into the water until the towed body 12 reaches the target depth in the water.

When the towed body 12 and the towed array 13 need to be recovered from the water, the inner winch 15 can be driven to recover the towed cable 11, so that the towed body 12 is separated from the water until the towed body 12 is recovered to the rotating base 17, and then the towed body 12 and the inner winch 15 are kept still, so that the rotating base 17 rotates in the horizontal plane to recover the towed array 13 until the towed array 13 is completely separated from the water and surrounds the periphery of the rotating base 17. Thereby, the recovery of the towed body 12 and the towed array 13 is finally achieved.

In practical use, in addition to providing a towing sound source, other functional elements are usually provided in the towed body 12, and the entire towed body 12 is relatively large and heavy, so as to facilitate moving the towed body 12, in this embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the cable recovery mechanism 14 further includes a towed body trolley 18, where the towed body trolley 18 is movably disposed on top of the rotating base 17, and the towed body trolley 18 is used for receiving the towed body 12.

It will be appreciated that the towed body 12 may be moved over the hull by the towed body trolley 18, and that the towed body trolley 18 and towed body 12 may be simultaneously placed on the swivel base 17. When the towed body 12 needs to be put into water, the towed body trolley 18 can be pushed on the rotating base 17 to send the towed body 12 out of the rotating base 17, and when the towed body 12 needs to be recovered, the towed body 12 can be placed on the towed body trolley 18 after being separated from the water, and the towed body 12 can be sent back to the rotating base 17 by pushing the towed body trolley 18.

In a specific embodiment, the towing trolley 18 includes a slide bearing seat, a support bar, and a rotating wheel rotatably provided on the support bar about a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, the support bar being fixedly provided on the slide bearing seat, the rotating wheel for receiving the towing cable 11.

The bottom of the sliding bearing seat can be provided with pulleys or sliding rails, the towing body trolley 18 can be directly placed at the top of the sliding bearing seat, the supporting rod is used for fixing rotating wheels, and the rotating wheels can support the towing cable 11. Thereby, the position of the towing cable 11 can be defined by means of the rotating wheel when the towing trolley 18 is moved.

Further, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the cable recovery mechanism further includes a slide rail 19, the slide rail 19 is fixedly provided on the top of the swivel base 17, and the slide receiving base is slidably connected to the slide rail 19.

In a practical scenario, the hull is constantly in sway while sailing on water, and the towed vehicle 18 is required to move the towed body 12 over the hull. In this regard, in the present embodiment, by providing the sliding rail 19 on the top of the rotating base 17 and connecting the sliding bearing seat to the sliding rail 19, the movement of the towed vehicle 18 can be effectively limited, so that the towed vehicle 18 is prevented from sliding into the water, and the operation of the worker is facilitated.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 5, the slide rail 19 is provided at a side of the inner winch 15, and the rail direction of the slide rail 19 is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the inner winch 15.

Thus, during the process of retrieving or releasing the trailing cable 11 by the inner winch 15, the trailing body trolley 18 can be moved in a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis of the inner winch 15, allowing the trailing cable 11 to be more conveniently rewound onto the spool of the inner winch 15.

In the present embodiment, as shown in fig. 4 and 5, the outer winch further includes a cable receiving drum 20, and the cable receiving drum 20 is fixedly connected to the top of the swivel base 17 and circumferentially disposed on the circumferential side of the inner winch 15.

In actual use, the trailing cable 11 and trailing array 13 may be wound around the outer circumference of the cable receiving drum 20 during rotation of the swivel base 17 to release or retrieve the trailing cable 11, thereby facilitating storage of the trailing cable 11 and trailing array 13.

Optionally, a trailer outlet is provided on the cable receiving canister 20 on the side opposite the inner winch 15. By providing a trailer outlet, the towed body trolley 18 and towed body 12 can be retrieved or otherwise moved away from the swivel base 17.

Further, in order to be able to drive the swivel base 17 in rotation, in the present embodiment, the outer winch further comprises a drive motor, which is provided in the support base 16, is connected to the swivel base 17 and is able to drive the swivel base 17 in rotation.

The rotating base 17 can rotate relative to the supporting seat 16 under the drive of the driving motor, so that the towing cable 11 and the towing array 13 can be released and recovered.

The integrated towing device in this embodiment may operate as follows:

when the towing matrix 13 and the towed body 12 need to be discharged, the driving motor can drive the rotating base 17 to rotate relative to the supporting seat 16, the towing matrix 13 wound on the periphery of the cable receiving cylinder 20 can be released into water, after the towing matrix 13 is completely put into the water, the driving motor stops rotating, the rotating base 17 keeps still, the inner winch 15 releases the towing cable 11 and pushes the towed body trolley 18 so as to facilitate the towed body 12 to be sent out of the rotating base 17, and when the towed body trolley 18 moves on the sliding rail 19 to reach the maximum travel, the inner winch 15 continues to drop the cable, so that the towed body 12 slides into the water from the towed body trolley 18 until the towed body 12 reaches the target depth;

when the towing boom 13 and the towed body 12 need to be recovered, the inner winch 15 can recover and pull the towing cable 11, the towed body 12 floats out of the water, then the towed body 12 is pulled into the towed body trolley 18, the towed body trolley 18 is pushed so as to send the towed body 12 back onto the rotating base 17, the inner winch 15 stops rotating, the towed body trolley 18 is kept still, then the driving motor can drive the rotating base 17 to rotate relative to the supporting base 16, and the towing cable 11 and the towing boom 13 are recovered from the water and wound around the periphery of the cable receiving cylinder 20 until the towing boom 13 is completely recovered.

It can be seen that the integrated towing device in this embodiment has the following advantages:

the integrated towing device in the embodiment comprises a towing cable, a towing body, a towing array and a cable recovery mechanism, wherein the towing body and the towing array are arranged on the same towing cable in a series connection mode, compared with the split type double towing arrangement mode in the prior art, the towing cable is only placed under water during detection, and no matter the towing cable encounters a severe environment or an unexpected situation, the risk of winding cannot occur.

The apparatus embodiments described above are merely illustrative, wherein the elements illustrated as separate elements may or may not be physically separate, and the elements shown as elements may or may not be physical elements, may be located in one place, or may be distributed over a plurality of network elements. Some or all of the modules may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of this embodiment. Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand and implement the present utility model without undue burden.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only for illustrating the technical solution of the present utility model, and are not limiting; although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical scheme described in the foregoing embodiments can be modified or some technical features thereof can be replaced by equivalents; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model.

Claims

1. An integrated towing apparatus, comprising: the cable towing device comprises a towing cable, a towing body, a towing array and a cable recovery mechanism, wherein a towing sound source is arranged in the towing body, the towing body and the towing array are arranged on the towing cable at intervals, one end, away from the towing array, of the towing cable is connected to the cable recovery mechanism, and the cable recovery mechanism is used for collecting and releasing the towing cable.

2. The integrated towing attachment in accordance with claim 1, wherein the cable recovery mechanism includes an outer winch including a support base and a swivel base rotatably connected to a top of the support base about a rotation axis extending in a vertical direction, and an inner winch fixedly provided at a top of the swivel base, an end of the towing cable remote from the towing array being connected to the inner winch, the inner winch being for winding and unwinding the towing cable.

3. The integrated hauling device of claim 2, wherein the cable recovery mechanism further includes a hauling trolley movably disposed on top of the swivel base, the hauling trolley for receiving the hauling.

4. The integrated towing attachment in accordance with claim 3 wherein the towing trolley includes a slide socket, a support bar and a rotating wheel rotatably disposed on the support bar about a rotation axis extending in a horizontal direction, the support bar being fixedly disposed on the slide socket, the rotating wheel for receiving the towing cable.

5. The integrated trailing device of claim 4, wherein the cable recovery mechanism further comprises a sliding rail fixedly disposed on top of the swivel base, the sliding receptacle being slidably connected to the sliding rail.

6. The integrated towing attachment in accordance with claim 5 wherein the slide rail is provided on a side of the inner winch and a rail direction of the slide rail is perpendicular to a rotational axis of the inner winch.

7. The integrated haulage device of claim 2, wherein the outer winch further includes a cable receiving drum fixedly connected to the top of the swivel base and circumferentially disposed about the inner winch.

8. The integrated towing attachment in accordance with claim 7 wherein a trailer outlet is provided on the cable receiving canister opposite the side of the inner winch.

9. The integrated towing attachment in accordance with claim 2 wherein the outer winch further comprises a drive motor disposed in the support base, the drive motor being connected to the swivel base and capable of driving the swivel base in rotation.

10. The integrated hauling device of claim 2, wherein the inner winch includes a mount fixedly mounted on the swivel base, a spool rotatably disposed on the mount, and a drive motor connected to the spool and capable of driving the spool to rotate, one end of the hauling cable being secured to the spool.