JP3260277B2 - Catamaran cleaning boat - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a catamaran type cleaning boat for collecting suspended matter (garbage) floating on the water surface.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional catamaran type cleaning boat, a floating substance floating on the water surface is guided between the fuselage by cruising at a low speed.
They are captured by a container-type recovery net cage placed between the fuselage, or transported to a recovery container installed on the hull by a conveyor provided between the fuselage.

[0003]

The above-mentioned cleaning boat is suitable for a wide water area because the floating substance is recovered by sailing.

[0004] However, floating substances floating on the water surface are often blown downwind, for example, and are often gathered densely in a narrow place. The cleaning boat recovers floating substances by sailing. As such, it is not possible to sail in such a narrow water area, and it is not possible to collect suspended matters.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a catamaran type cleaning boat capable of solving the above-mentioned problems.

[0006]

Means for solving the problems in the present invention are as follows .
And a swivel support that is rotated about a vertical axis.
Is installed in the middle of the
Lifting device which is moved up and down by the
To support the suspended matter
A scraping device composed of a shifting member and
At the stern side of the raking device and between the fuselage of the catamaran type hull, there is provided an endless conveyor that can be tilted so that the bow side is submerged in the water surface and the stern side is disposed above the floating material loading body provided on the hull. A guide is provided between the stern side of the conveyor and the floating material loading body for guiding the floating material to the floating material loading body.

Further, the floating object receiving portion of the guide body is movable in the bow and stern direction, and the floating object loading body is configured to be movable by a predetermined distance in the bow and stern direction.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6. This is a catamaran type cleaning boat 2 for collecting floating substances 1 on the water surface, and a catamaran type hull 3.
At the bow of each of the torso 4, a scraping device 5 for recovering the floating material 1 forward between the torso 4 is provided.

As shown in the overall plan view of FIG. 2 and the enlarged view of FIG. 3, the scraping device 5 has a base end portion of the revolving column 7 via a bearing base 15 and a bearing 6 at each bow of the body 4. Is supported rotatably about a vertical axis, and the upper end of the pivoting support 7 is mounted on a support stand 8 erected on a deck via a torque actuator 9.
0 is fixed, an elevating plate 11 is slidably fitted in the middle of the turning column 7, an elevating cylinder device 12 is provided between the turning arm 10 and the elevating plate 11, and a scraping member 13 is provided at a lower portion. The middle of the lifting column 14 is slidably inserted into the swing arm 10, and the upper end of the lifting column 14 is connected to the lifting plate 11.
It is intended to be attached to.

Each of the raking members 13 is attached to a lifting column 14 via a diagonal member 14a, and has the same length and an arc-shaped arm portion 1 whose mounting position is shifted in the bow-stern direction.
6 and scraping teeth 21 planted at equal intervals on the bottom surface of the arm 16.

According to the structure of the raking device 5, the lifting cylinder device 12 is driven to lower the raising / lowering plate 11 to land the raking claws 21, and the torque actuator 9 is driven to rotate the turning column 7. By pivoting about the vertical axis and pivoting the lifting column 14 around the pivot column 7, the scraping claw 21 rotates in a horizontal plane with the water landing, and the floating substance 1 is scraped forward between the body 4. Can be approached.

During navigation, the lifting / lowering cylinder device 12 is driven to raise the lifting plate 11, the torque actuator 9 is driven, and the scraping member 13 is turned inward and stored. By storing in this manner, the resistance during navigation can be reduced.

The catamaran-type cleaning boat 2 according to the present embodiment.
Is the suspended matter 1 collected between the bodies 4 by the scraping device 5
25 (an example of a water flow generation device) for guiding water between the fuselage 4 and the floating substance 1 guided between the fuselage 4 by the water flow W generated by the driving of the water turbine 25 is installed at a predetermined location on the hull 3. An endless conveyor 27 (an example of a recovery device) that is long in the bow and stern direction and is conveyed to a net basket 26 for loading the suspended matter 1 described below is provided.

The conveyor 27 has a conveyor frame 31 supported on a pair of supports 28 (tumbler) mounted on the deck of the hull 3 through a swing shaft 30 so as to be swingable, and a conveyor frame 31. The conveyor 27 comprises a relatively fine endless net 34 wound around rollers 32 and 33 rotatably supported at the front and rear ends of the conveyor 31, and a transport motor 37 for driving the rear roller 33. Is rotatably supported around a swing shaft 30 by a rotating cylinder device or the like (not shown). During navigation, the conveyor 27 is rotated around the swing shaft 30 to be separated from the water surface in a horizontal posture. Let it be. Thereby, the resistance at the time of navigation can be reduced.

The water wheel 25 is rotatably supported on the conveyor frame 31 via a bracket 47.
Is connected via a transmission belt 38 to an output shaft of a rotation motor 40 installed on the support base 28.

Below the conveyor 27, a water passage W is formed by driving the water wheel 25, and a water passage forming tray 46 for efficiently generating the water W is formed.
The tray 46 is mounted on the conveyor frame 31. The tray 46 is open at the top and front and rear, and has a recess 47 at the bow side into which the front of the conveyor 27 enters.

When the suspended matter 1 is collected, the conveyor 2
7 is rotated about a swinging shaft 30 so that the tip and the water wheel 25 are rotated.
Is driven, the transport motor 37 is driven to rotate the endless net 34, and the rotation motor 40 is driven to rotate the water wheel 25 to generate a water flow W.

By doing so, the scraping device 5
Floating material 1 raked between the bodies 4 by the water stream W
7 and is conveyed to the stern side. In the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 according to the present embodiment, the container-type net basket 26 (rectangular shape in an upper open side) for loading the floating material 1 conveyed by the conveyor 27 is provided on the stern side between the body 4. The net basket 26 is composed of two front and rear net baskets 26A and 26B connected to each other, and a guide device 51 for moving the net basket 26 in the bow direction is provided. Have been.

As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG.
A pair of guide rails 53 installed in parallel on the stern side of each fuselage 4 via legs 52, are movably mounted on these guide rails 53 via wheels 54, and have a net basket 26 in the center. Frame-shaped trolley 55 having an opening for inserting
And a reciprocating device 56 for reciprocating the carriage 55 on the guide rail 53.

The reciprocating device 56 is disposed on the bow side of the bogie 55 in the direction of the width of the boat, is rotatably provided around a horizontal axis through a bracket 59, and is connected to an output shaft of a drive motor (not shown). A shaft 58, a pair of winch devices (drum winches) 62 installed on the drive shaft 58 at a distance in the ship width direction, and two pairs provided on the stern side of the bogie 55 so as to be rotatable around a horizontal axis. And one pair of which one end is connected to the bow side of the bogie 55 and the other end is connected to the stern side of the bogie 55, and the middle is wound around each winch device 62 and each of the guide pulleys 60, 61. And a wire rope 64.

An engagement frame 65 for engaging the bogie 55 from above is attached to the side of the mesh basket 26, and the upper part of the mesh basket 26A on the bow side is an inclined surface along the conveyor 27. .

A guide (hereinafter referred to as a "chute") 35 for guiding the suspended matter 1 to the net basket 26 is provided between the conveyor 27 and the net basket 26.
A gate-shaped support base 36 for supporting the body 5 on the catamaran hull 3 is provided so as to straddle the guide rail 53, and the chute 35 includes a fixing portion 39 fixed to the support base 36,
Incline in the bow and stern direction with respect to the fixed portion 39 (the conveyor 2).
7) and a slidable sliding portion 41
(Floating material receiving unit).

In the guide device 51 configured as described above, when collecting the suspended matter 1, the mesh basket 26 is installed from above the carriage 55 so that the engagement frame 65 is engaged with the upper surface of the carriage 55. The drive shaft 58 is driven to rotate the winch device 62 to move the bogie 55 to the bow side.

When the bogie 55 is moved to the bow side in this way, the sliding portion 41 of the chute 35 is retracted to the stern side. Then, the floating material 1 is moved to the net cage 26 on the bow side.
A is dropped to the rear of A and loaded. When the loading is completed at the rear part of the net basket 26A in this way, the drive motor is driven to move the net basket 26 to the stern side, and the suspended matter 1 is dropped from the conveyor 27, so that the front part of the net basket 26A is Can be loaded with suspended matter 1. Further, by driving the drive motor to move the net basket 26 further to the bow side, the suspended matter 1 transported by the conveyor 27 is loaded on the front part of the net basket body 26B on the stern side.

The catamaran type cleaning boat 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the conveyor 27, so that
6 cannot be moved to the bow side from the predetermined position.
Therefore, when the suspended matter 1 is loaded on the rear part of the net basket 26B on the stern side, the sliding part 41 of the chute 35 is slid toward the bow side, and the sliding part 41 is positioned below the conveyor 27.
Then, the floating matter 1 that has fallen from the conveyor 27 is first guided by the sliding part 41 to the fixing part 39, and
9 and fall to the rear of the net cage body 26B on the stern side and are loaded.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the floating basket 1 is fully loaded on the basket 26, the drive motor is driven to move the basket 26 to the stern side, and the catamaran-type cleaning boat 2 sails to berth. Let
Lift the net basket 26 with a crane installed on the quay,
The suspended matter 1 is collected.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention,
After sailing the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 to the narrow water area and stopping,
The scraping device 5 scrapes the suspended matter 1 on the water surface forward between the bodies 4, drives the conveyor 27, and rotates the water wheel 25 to generate a water stream W in the stern direction. Since the cleaning work is performed by loading the flowed floating material 1 on the net basket 26 by the conveyor 27, the floating material 1 is collected even in a narrow water area where it is impossible to sail as in the related art. be able to.

The mesh basket 26 is provided movably in the bow-stern direction with respect to the catamaran hull 3, and a fixing portion 39 and the fixing portion 39 are provided.
Since the chute 35 composed of the sliding portion 41 slidable with respect to the chute 35 is disposed between the conveyor 27 and the net basket 26, the net basket 26 is moved in the bow direction and the chute 3 is moved.
By appropriately sliding the sliding portion 41 of No. 5 to guide the floating object 1 to the stern side, the floating object 1 can be loaded on the net basket 26 without any inclination.

In the above embodiment, the floating material 1 is distributed on the net basket 26 by sliding the sliding portion 41 in the fore-and-aft direction, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is also possible to arrange so that the suspended matter 1 is distributed on the net basket 26 by moving the 36 horizontally in the bow direction.

[0030]

As is clear from the above description , the present invention
The catamaran-type cleaning boat according to claim 1, wherein the bow is actuated.
A turning column rotated around a vertical axis by an eta,
It is provided in the middle of this turning column and rotates with the turning column
The lifting plate that is raised and lowered by the lifting cylinder device
It is attached to the lower part of the lifting plate via a column,
And a scraping member for
Raked by a lifting cylinder device
Lower the member to make it water, and then
Narrow water by rotating in the horizontal plane with an eater
Suspended on the surface of the water that cannot sail in the area
The cleaning work can be performed by squeezing in front of the camera. Also book
The catamaran-type cleaning boat according to claims 2 and 3 of the present invention
Item 1. In the catamaran type cleaning boat according to Item 1, the floating object receiving portion of the guide is movable in the bow direction, so that the floating material of the guide is movable even if the floating material stack can move only within a predetermined range. By appropriately moving the receiving section in the bow-stern direction, the floating material can be distributed to the floating material stack.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration side view of a twin-body cleaning boat showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the entire configuration.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the scraping device portion.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the guide device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged perspective view showing a state in which a net basket is installed.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged sectional view of the guide device.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing a state in which suspended matters are loaded.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Floating substance 2 Catamaran type cleaning boat 3 Catamaran type hull 4 Fuselage 5 Ragging device 7 Revolving prop 9 Torque actuator 11 Lifting plate 12 Lifting cylinder device 13 Ragging member 14 Lifting prop 21 Rattle claw 25 Waterwheel 26 Net basket 26A Mesh basket 26B Mesh basket 27 Conveyor 35 Chute 39 Fixed part 41 Sliding part 51 Guide device 53 Guide rail 55 Bogie 56 Reciprocating device 58 Drive shaft 62 Winch device 64 Wire rope 65 Engagement frame W Water flow

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Masami Hikino 5-28 Nishikujo, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Inside Hitachi Zosen Corporation (72) Inventor Yasuo Nakai 5-chome, Nishikujo, Konohana-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka No. 3, 28, Hitachi Zosen Corporation (56) References JP-A-2-95999 (JP, A) JP-A-4-339909 (JP, A) JP-A-54-70587 (JP, A) 54-172494 (JP, U) JP-A-61-102626 (JP, U) JP-A-5-28799 (JP, U) US Pat. No. 4,948,481 (US, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷⁾ , DB name) B63B 35/32 B63B 1/12

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A catamaran type cleaning boat for recovering suspended matters floating on the water surface, wherein the bow is rotated around a vertical axis by an actuator.
To be pivoted and a pivot provided in the middle of the pivot
Revolves with the support column and moves up and down by the lifting cylinder device
Mounting plate, and attached to the lower part of this lifting plate via a support
And a raking member for raking suspended matter
Rake device is provided, at the stern side of this rake device and between the fuselage of the catamaran hull,
An endless conveyor that can be tilted so that the bow side is submerged in the water surface and the stern side is disposed above the floating material loading body provided on the hull, and between the stern side of this conveyor and the floating material loading body, A catamaran type cleaning boat, wherein a guide body for guiding a suspended matter to a suspended matter loading body is arranged. 2. The catamaran type cleaning boat according to claim 1, wherein the floating object receiving portion of the guide body is movable in the bow and stern direction. 3. The catamaran type cleaning boat according to claim 1, wherein the floating object loading body is configured to be movable by a predetermined distance in the bow and stern direction.