ES1070405U - Cleaning device for solar collectors (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

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ES1070405U
ES1070405U ES200930096U ES200930096U ES1070405U ES 1070405 U ES1070405 U ES 1070405U ES 200930096 U ES200930096 U ES 200930096U ES 200930096 U ES200930096 U ES 200930096U ES 1070405 U ES1070405 U ES 1070405U
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
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Abstract

Cleaning device for solar collectors, in particular for collectors based on photovoltaic panels, of the type of those with a telescopic arm linked articulately to a tractor vehicle with respect to which said arm is capable of tilting vertically, and whose extremity free by means of an intermediate support and with the possibility of tilting vertically, a second telescopic arm is joined, which ends in a bristle brush provided with rotation means on its own axis, characterized in that the second telescopic arm (4) it is hingedly connected to the chassis (7) of the roller (8), these elements being assisted by a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder (10), which in a situation of intermediate extension determines a perpendicular arrangement of the brush with respect to the telescopic arm, while in a situation of maximum retraction and maximum extension causes the cleaning roller to tilt 90º to the right and left rda, all in order that said brush (8) act on the surface of the solar collector (3) in vertical direction and/or in transverse direction. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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Dispositivo de limpieza para colectores solares.Cleaning device for collectors solar.

Objeto de la invenciónObject of the invention

La presente invención se refiere a un dispositivo de limpieza que ha sido especialmente concebido para colectores solares, concretamente del tipo de los constituidos mediante una pluralidad de placas fotovoltaicas o similares.The present invention relates to a cleaning device that has been specially designed to solar collectors, specifically of the type of constituted by a plurality of photovoltaic panels or the like.

El objeto de la invención es mejorar de forma sustancial el proceso de limpieza, tanto desde el punto de vista de los resultados obtenidos como desde el de manipulación del propio dispositivo asociado a un vehículo tractor apropiado como por ejemplo un tractor agrícola.The object of the invention is to improve so substantial the cleaning process, both from the point of view of the results obtained as from the manipulation of the own device associated with an appropriate tractor vehicle as per example an agricultural tractor.

Antecedentes de la invenciónBackground of the invention

El propio solicitante es titular del Modelo de Utilidad U 200801855, en el que se describe un "Dispositivo de limpieza para placas solares", acoplable a un vehículo tractor, dispositivo consistente en un rodillo de limpieza, a modo de cepillo cilíndrico con cerdas dispuestas radialmente, asistido por difusores de agua y jabón, así como sensores de aproximación, rodillo que mediante un soporte articulado y extensible se acopla al extremo distal de un brazo telescópico previsto en el propio vehículo, a la vez que éste último está dotado de un depósito de agua y uno de jabón que mediante mangueras de conexión alimentan los difusores respectivos.The applicant himself is the owner of the Model Utility U 200801855, in which a "Device of cleaning for solar panels ", attachable to a tractor vehicle, device consisting of a cleaning roller, by way of cylindrical brush with radially arranged bristles, assisted by water and soap diffusers, as well as approach sensors, roller that by means of an articulated and extensible support is coupled at the distal end of a telescopic arm provided in the vehicle, while the latter is equipped with a deposit of water and one of soap that through connection hoses feed the respective diffusers.

El citado soporte articulado que permite el acoplamiento del rodillo con el brazo telescópico, comprende una parte fija unida a éste último y una parte móvil unida a dicha parte fija mediante un pistón, contando la parte móvil con un tubo por el que discurre un brazo extensible mediante la actuación de otro pistón y a cuyo extremos se encuentra fijado el rodillo.The aforementioned articulated support that allows coupling of the roller with the telescopic arm, comprises a fixed part attached to the latter and a mobile part attached to said fixed part by means of a piston, counting the moving part with a tube through which an extendable arm runs through the performance of another piston and at whose ends the roller is fixed.

Este dispositivo está previsto para que el rodillo, en disposición avanzada, apoye transversalmente sobre las placas solares, gire sobre su propio eje y se desplace en sentido de la inclinación de las placas solares, efectuando un "barrido" de las mismas, con su consecuente limpieza.This device is intended for the roller, in advanced arrangement, rest transversely on the solar panels, rotate on its own axis and move in direction of the inclination of the solar panels, making a "sweeping" them, with their consequent cleaning.

Este movimiento de traslación del cepillo se produce mediante aproximación/distanciamiento del vehículo tractor con respecto al colector solar en su conjunto.This brush translation movement is produces by approach / distancing of the tractor vehicle with respect to the solar collector as a whole.

Esta solución, básicamente aceptable, presenta sin embargo en la práctica una problemática que se centra fundamentalmente en dos aspectos:This basically acceptable solution presents however in practice a problem that focuses fundamentally in two aspects:

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Una relativa lentitud de maniobra, ya que el desplazamiento se debe efectuar con el vehículo tractor, y la necesidad de un espacio disponible amplio para movilidad de dicho tractor.A relative slowness of maneuver, since the movement must be done with the vehicle tractor, and the need for ample available space for mobility of said tractor.

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Un nivel de limpieza que sería deseable optimizar puesto que el desplazamiento del cepillo en un solo sentido es insuficiente para una limpieza integral, aunque suponga un nivel de limpieza básicamente aceptable.A level of cleanliness that would be desirable to optimize since the brush offset in a One way is insufficient for comprehensive cleaning, although Assume a basically acceptable level of cleanliness.
Descripción de la invenciónDescription of the invention

El dispositivo de limpieza que la invención propone, basándose en el del citado Modelo de Utilidad U 200801855, incorpora con respecto a éste último una serie de modificaciones estructurales que resuelven de forma plenamente satisfactoria la problemática anteriormente expuesta en los dos aspectos comentados, es decir tanto desde el punto de vista de maniobrabilidad, como desde el punto de vista de eficacia en la limpieza.The cleaning device that the invention proposes, based on the aforementioned Utility Model U 200801855, incorporates with respect to the latter a series of modifications structural issues that fully satisfy the problematic previously exposed in the two aspects commented, that is to say, both from the point of view of maneuverability, and from the point of view of cleaning efficiency.

De forma mas concreta, el dispositivo que la invención propone mantiene el cepillo del Modelo de Utilidad anterior, con los mismos medios motrices para girar sobre su propio eje en situación operativa, mantiene también un brazo acoplado al vehículo tractor y mantiene un soporte a base de dos piezas articuladas, una de las cuales se fija al citado brazo mientras que la otra se relaciona con el cepillo con la colaboración de un segundo brazo telescópico que permite regular a voluntad el distanciamiento del cepillo con respecto al vehículo tractor.More specifically, the device that the invention proposes keeps the utility model brush previous, with the same driving means to turn on its own axis in operative situation, also maintains an arm coupled to the tractor vehicle and maintains a two-piece support articulated, one of which is fixed to said arm while the other relates to the brush with the collaboration of a second telescopic arm that allows to regulate at will the distancing the brush from the tractor vehicle.

A partir de esta estructuración básica y de acuerdo con la característica fundamental de la invención, el chasis soporte del cepillo se une articuladamente a la extremidad del segundo brazo telescópico, de manera que con la colaboración de un cilindro hidráulico dicho brazo es susceptible de bascular 90º a derecha e izquierda, en orden a adoptar una disposición horizontal o una disposición vertical, de manera que la limpieza del colector solar puede realizarse bien mediante desplazamiento del cepillo en el sentido de la pendiente de dicho colector, o bien en sentido transversal o longitudinal, recorriendo el colector de uno a otro extremo del mismo, horizontalmente. Evidentemente, una pasada del cepillo sobre el colector solar en las dos direcciones citadas, primero en situación vertical y luego en situación horizontal, aseguran una perfecta limpieza de dicho colector.From this basic structuring and of according to the fundamental characteristic of the invention, the Brush support chassis joins articulately to the limb of the second telescopic arm, so that with the collaboration of a hydraulic cylinder said arm is capable of tilting 90º to right and left, in order to adopt a horizontal layout or a vertical arrangement, so that the cleaning of the collector solar can be done well by scrolling the brush in the direction of the slope of said collector, or in the sense transverse or longitudinal, running the collector from one to another end of it, horizontally. Obviously, one pass from brush on the solar collector in the two directions mentioned, first in a vertical situation and then in a horizontal situation, ensure a perfect cleaning of said collector.

De acuerdo con otra de las características de la invención, el primer brazo telescópico, el asociado al vehículo tractor, se une a éste último a través de otra articulación, de eje vertical, que permite la basculación de dicho brazo en un ángulo próximo a los 90º tanto a derecha como a izquierda, de manera que ya no es necesario que el tractor se sitúe enfrentado al colector solar durante el trabajo, sino que puede hacerlo también en disposición paralela, con lo que la ocupación de espacio por parte de dicho vehículo se ve sustancialmente disminuida, con la consecuente ventaja que ello supone cuando la disponibilidad de espacio es escasa.According to another of the characteristics of the invention, the first telescopic arm, the one associated with the vehicle tractor, joins the latter through another axle joint vertical, which allows the tilting of said arm at an angle close to 90º both right and left, so that it is no longer necessary for the tractor to face the collector solar during work, but you can also do it in parallel arrangement, so that the occupation of space by of said vehicle is substantially diminished, with the consequent advantage that this implies when the availability of Space is scarce.

Finalmente y de acuerdo con otra de las características de la invención, el primer brazo, el que acaba de citarse, es también de estructura telescópica para poder distanciar aún mas el rodillo de limpieza del vehículo tractor.Finally and according to another of the characteristics of the invention, the first arm, which has just to cite, it is also of telescopic structure to be able to distance even more the cleaning roller of the tractor vehicle.

Descripción de los dibujosDescription of the drawings

Para complementar la descripción que se está realizando y con objeto de ayudar a una mejor comprensión de las características del invento, de acuerdo con un ejemplo preferente de realización práctica del mismo, se acompaña como parte integrante de dicha descripción, un juego de dibujos en donde con carácter ilustrativo y no limitativo, se ha representado lo siguiente:To complement the description that is being performing and in order to help a better understanding of the characteristics of the invention, according to a preferred example of practical realization of it, is accompanied as part member of that description, a set of drawings where with illustrative and non-limiting nature, what has been represented next:

La figura 1.- Muestra un detalle parcial en perspectiva de un dispositivo de limpieza para colectores solares, realizado de acuerdo con el objeto de la presente invención, concretamente de la parte discal del mismo, es decir la mas alejada del vehículo tractor.Figure 1.- Shows a partial detail in perspective of a cleaning device for solar collectors, performed in accordance with the object of the present invention, specifically the disc part of it, that is, the furthest of the tractor vehicle.

La figura 2.- Muestra otra vista en perspectiva del mismo dispositivo, ahora completo y en la que se ha representado además parcialmente tanto el colector solar como el vehículo tractor.Figure 2.- Shows another perspective view of the same device, now complete and in which it has been also partially represented both the solar collector and the tractor vehicle

La figura 3.- Muestra, finalmente, una perspectiva del conjunto representado en la figura anterior, pero en distinta posición de trabajo para el vehículo tractor, así como en diferentes posiciones de trabajo para el rodillo limpiador.Figure 3.- Shows, finally, a perspective of the set represented in the previous figure, but in different working position for the tractor vehicle, as well as in different working positions for the cleaning roller.

Realización preferente de la invenciónPreferred Embodiment of the Invention

A la vista de las figuras reseñadas puede observarse como el dispositivo de limpieza que la invención propone está constituido a partir de un primer brazo o mástil (1) telescópico, que por uno de sus extremos se une con posibilidad de basculación y giro al vehículo tractor (2) de manera que dicho brazo (1) es susceptible de adoptar diferentes inclinaciones, en función de las exigencias posicionales del colector solar (3), y a su vez es susceptible de constituir una prolongación frontal del vehículo tractor (2), como en el ejemplo de realización práctica de la figura 2, o bien definir cualquier ángulo con dicho eje, a derechas y a izquierdas, comprendido entre 0º y 90º.In view of the figures outlined you can be observed as the cleaning device proposed by the invention it is constituted from a first arm or mast (1) telescopic, which at one of its ends joins with the possibility of tilting and turning to the tractor vehicle (2) so that said arm (1) is capable of adopting different inclinations, in function of the positional requirements of the solar collector (3), and to in turn it is likely to constitute a frontal extension of the tractor vehicle (2), as in the practical embodiment example of Figure 2, or define any angle with said axis, to right and left, between 0º and 90º.

A la extremidad distal del mástil o barra telescópica (1) se une una estructura (4) articulada, similar a la del Modelo de Utilidad anteriormente citado, y en la que participa el segundo brazo telescópico (5), a cuya extremidad libre (6) se une articuladamente el chasis (7) del cepillo (8), en orden a permitir que dicho cepillo (8) pueda bascular también a derechas e izquierdas.To the distal end of the mast or bar telescopic (1) joins an articulated structure (4), similar to the of the Utility Model mentioned above, and in which it participates the second telescopic arm (5), whose free end (6) is joins the chassis (7) of the brush (8), in order to allow said brush (8) to also tilt to the right and left

Para dicha basculación del citado extremo (6), del brazo telescópico (4) emerge un brazo soporte (9), a cuya extremidad libre se une articuladamente un cilindro hidráulico (10) que en posición de extensión intermedia hace que el cepillo limpiador (8) sea perpendicular al brazo telescópico (4), mientras que en situación de acortamiento con extensión total hace a su vez que dicho cepillo (8) resulte paralelo, o sensiblemente paralelo, al brazo telescópico (4).For said tilting of said end (6), from the telescopic arm (4) emerges a support arm (9), whose free end joins a hydraulic cylinder (10) which in intermediate extension position makes the brush cleaner (8) is perpendicular to the telescopic arm (4), while which in a shortening situation with full extension does in turn that said brush (8) is parallel, or substantially parallel, to the telescopic arm (4).

De esta manera y como anteriormente se ha dicho, el cepillo (8) es susceptible de trabajar con respecto al colector solar en dos posiciones, en la posición horizontal mostrada en la figura 2 o en la posición vertical mostrada en la figura 3, así como cualquier otra posición de inclinación intermedia.In this way and as previously stated, the brush (8) is capable of working with respect to the collector solar in two positions, in the horizontal position shown in the figure 2 or in the vertical position shown in figure 3 as well Like any other intermediate tilt position.

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1. Dispositivo de limpieza para colectores solares, en particular para colectores a base de placas fotovoltaicas, del tipo de los que cuentan con un brazo telescópico unido articuladamente a un vehículo tractor con respecto al que dicho brazo es susceptible de bascular verticalmente, y a cuya extremidad libre a través de un soporte intermedio y con posibilidad también de basculación en sentido vertical, se une un segundo brazo telescópico que se remata en un cepillo de cerdas dotado de medios de giro sobre su propio eje, caracterizado porque el segundo brazo telescópico (4) está unido articuladamente al chasis (7) del rodillo (8), estando estos elementos asistidos por un cilindro (10) hidráulico o neumático, que en situación de extensión intermedia determina una disposición perpendicular del cepillo con respecto al brazo telescópico, mientras que en situación de máximo retraimiento y máxima extensión hace que el rodillo de limpieza bascule 90º a derecha e izquierda, todo ello en orden a que dicho cepillo (8) actúe sobre la superficie del colector solar (3) en sentido vertical y/o en sentido transversal.1. Cleaning device for solar collectors, in particular for collectors based on photovoltaic panels, of the type that have a telescopic arm articulated jointly to a tractor vehicle with respect to which said arm is capable of tilting vertically, and at whose tip free through an intermediate support and with the possibility of tilting in the vertical direction, a second telescopic arm is attached that ends in a bristle brush equipped with turning means on its own axis, characterized in that the second telescopic arm (4) it is articulated jointly to the chassis (7) of the roller (8), these elements being assisted by a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder (10), which in an intermediate extension situation determines a perpendicular arrangement of the brush with respect to the telescopic arm, while in situation maximum retraction and maximum extension makes the cleaning roller tilt 90º to the right and left, t all in order that said brush (8) acts on the surface of the solar collector (3) vertically and / or transversely. 2. Dispositivo de limpieza para colectores solares, según reivindicación 1, caracterizado porque el mástil o brazo telescópico (1) está unido articuladamente al vehículo tractor (2) sobre un eje vertical que permite que dicho brazo telescópico (1) adopte una posición en prolongación frontal del eje del vehículo, o forme con dicho eje del vehículo un ángulo a derecha o a izquierda próximo a los 90º.2. Cleaning device for solar collectors, according to claim 1, characterized in that the mast or telescopic arm (1) is articulated jointly to the tractor vehicle (2) on a vertical axis that allows said telescopic arm (1) to adopt an extended position front of the vehicle axle, or form with said vehicle axle a right or left angle close to 90º.
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