JPH09254875A - Catamaran ship for cleaning sea water surface - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To carry floating matters to the prescribed place and collect them by a conveyor provided on a stern side of a sweeping equipment by driving a motor for rotation to sweep and collect the floating matters by sweeping claw members. SOLUTION: A sweeping equipment 5 is provided with a horizontal shaft body 6 stretched between bow parts of bodies, and four floating matters sweeping bodies 7 provided on a circumferential surface of the horizontal shaft body at 90 deg. intervals, each floating matters sweeping body 7 comprises an arm body 8 erected on each end of the horizontal shaft body 6, a rod body which is stretched in an oscillating manner between the horizontal shaft bodies fitted to opposite surfaces of the arm bodies 8, and a sweeping claw member 11 which is fitted to an outer circumferential part of the rod body, and has rugged shape continuous in the ship breadth direction. A motor 12 which is fitted to one body 4 and rotates the horizontal shaft body 6 around its axis is provided, and an output shaft of the motor 12 is connected to the horizontal shaft body 6 through a transmission belt 13.

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.
It is designed to be captured by a container-type collection net cage placed between the fuselage or transported to a collection container installed on the hull by a conveyor provided between the fuselage.

[0003]

The above cleaning boat is suitable for a wide body of water because it collects suspended matter by traveling.

However, the floating substances floating on the water surface are often collected, for example, in the leeward direction, and are often collected in a narrow place, and the above-mentioned cleaning boat travels to collect the floating substances. Since it is not possible to run in such a narrow water area, it is not possible to collect suspended matter.

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] Means for solving the problems in the present invention are as follows:
A scraping device for collecting floating matter floating on the water surface between the fuselage is provided, and the scraping device is a plurality of scraping devices provided on the peripheral surface of the horizontal support shaft member passed between the bows of the fuselage bodies. And a rotation motor for rotating the horizontal support shaft member around its axis.
An arm body radially attached to the horizontal support member, a rod-like member attached to the arm body and arranged along the horizontal support member, and attached to the rod-like member to be continuous in the ship width direction. A conveyor is provided on the stern side of the scraping device for transporting the suspended matter scraped by the scraping device to a predetermined location, the scraping claw member having an uneven shape.

The scraping claw member is swingably provided around the axis of the rod-shaped member, and the horizontal support shaft member is provided with a spring for biasing the scraping claw member in the scraping circumferential direction of the horizontal support shaft member. It has been done.

Further, the horizontal support shaft member is provided so as to be movable up and down with respect to the catamaran type hull.

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
~ It demonstrates based on FIG. The catamaran type cleaning ship 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention is for recovering the suspended matter 1 on the water surface, and for recovering the suspended matter 1 on each bow 4 of the catamaran type hull 3. A scraping device 5 is provided.

As shown in the overall views of FIGS. 1 and 2, the scraping device 5 includes a horizontal shaft body 6 extending between the bow portions of both fuselage bodies and a plurality of horizontal shaft bodies arranged at 90 ° intervals on the circumferential surface thereof. The floating object scraping body 7 is provided.

As shown in the enlarged views of FIGS. 3 and 4, the floating object scraping members 7 are provided on the arm members 8 standing on both ends of the horizontal shaft member 6 and on the facing surfaces of the both arm members 8. It is composed of a rod 10 which is swingably passed between the attached horizontal support shaft members 9, and a scraping claw member 11 which is attached to the outer peripheral portion of the rod 10 and has a concavo-convex shape continuous in the ship width direction. .

Further, a rotation motor 12 attached to one body 4 for rotating the horizontal shaft body 6 around its axis K1 is provided, and an output shaft of this rotation motor 12 is provided with a transmission belt 13 therebetween. And is connected to the horizontal shaft body 6.

A spring 14 for urging the scraping claw member 11 in the scraping direction K2 is provided. One end of the spring 14 is attached to the arm body 8 and the other end is mounted to the rod body 10. The midway is wound around the horizontal support shaft member 9.

The horizontal shaft body 6 is mounted so as to be movable up and down in an elevating guide groove (not shown) formed in the bow of each body 4. In the scraping device 5 configured as described above, the horizontal shaft body 6 is moved upward to reduce the water resistance during traveling, and the scraping device 5 as a whole is avoided from the water surface.

By the way, when the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 is sailed to a predetermined place (for example, a narrow water area), when the suspended matter 1 is collected behind the fuselage 4, the horizontal shaft 6 is moved downward. Let
The rotation motor 12 is driven. Then, each floating matter attracting body 7 rotates about the axis K1 of the horizontal shaft body 6 and the spring 1
4, the scraping claw member 11 biased in the scraping direction K2 falls in the anti-scraping direction due to water resistance and scratches the water surface, and scrapes the floating substance 1 toward the stern side.

A conveyor 27 is provided on the stern side of the scraping device 5 for transporting the suspended matter 1 scraped by the scraping device 5 to a predetermined location. This conveyor 27
Is a conveyor supported by a pair of support bases 28 (tumblers) mounted on the deck of the hull 3 so that the middle of the hull can swing freely (the bow side can be raised and lowered with respect to the catamaran type hull). A frame 31, an endless net 34 having a relatively fine mesh wound around rollers 32 and 33 rotatably supported at the front and rear ends of the conveyor frame 31, and each roller 3
Placed at the end of 2, 33 and endless net 3
4, a chain drive sprocket 35 meshing with a drive chain 36 provided on both sides of the No. 4 and a conveyance motor 37 for driving the rear roller 33.

Then, a column 38 which is erected on the deck of the bow side.
The conveyor frame 31 is swung about the swing shaft 30 by a pair of swing cylinder devices 40 in which a cylinder 40a is rotatably mounted on the shaft and a rod 40b is rotatably mounted in front of the conveyor frame 31. It is configured to move.

In the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the suspended matter 1 collected between the bodies 4 by the scraping device 5 is used.
Is provided with a water wheel 25 for guiding the conveyor to the side of the conveyor 27 (stern side). The water wheel 25 is rotatably supported around a horizontal axis 41 that is perpendicular to the bow-stern direction and is radially arranged around the horizontal axis 41. And a plurality of blades 42 having a width substantially the same as that of the endless net 34, and a gear wheel 44 having tooth portions 43 which are attached to both sides of the blades 42 and which engage with the drive chain 36 around the blades.

In the water turbine 25 constructed in this manner, the conveyor frame 3 is supported by the V-shaped support legs 45 for supporting both ends of the horizontal shaft 41 in the middle of the conveyor frame 31.
1 supported.

Below the water turbine 25, a water channel forming tray 46 for forming a water channel for the water stream W generated by the driving of the water turbine 25 and for efficiently generating the water stream W is provided.
The tray 46 is open at the top and the front and back, and the front of the conveyor 27 is recessed into the bow 47.
The tray 46 is attached to the conveyor frame 31 via the attachment pillar members 47a.

In the conveyor 27 thus constructed, in order to reduce water resistance during traveling, each swing cylinder device 40 is driven to move the conveyor 2 around the swing shaft 30.
7 is moved up and kept away from the water surface.

In order to collect the suspended matter 1 scraped by the scraping device 5, first, the conveyor 2 is rotated around the swing shaft 30.
From the state where 7 is moved up, the tip is moved down to land the water. Then, the water wheel 25 and the tray 46 come into contact with the conveyor 27. When the transport motor 37 is driven, the drive chain 36 and the endless net 3
4 rotates, and as the drive chain 36 rotates, the water turbine 25
Rotates, and a water flow W that moves to the stern side is generated on the water surface,
The floating material 1 scraped between the bodies 4 by the scraping device 5
It moves to the stern side through the space, reaches the tip of the conveyor 27, and is transferred onto the endless net 34 of the conveyor 27.

Further, the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 in the present embodiment
Is a container-type net basket 26 (rectangular in plan view with the upper side open) for loading the suspended matter 1 conveyed by the conveyor 27 is arranged on the stern side between the bodies 4, and the net basket 26 is placed, for example, on the quay side. A guide device 51 for moving to the stern side is provided to a position where it can be suspended by the suspension rope 50 of the installed crane device.

The guide device 51 includes a pair of left and right guide rails 5 arranged between the bodies 4 and inclined downward toward the bow side.
3, a frame-shaped carriage 55 which is movably mounted on these guide rails 53 via wheels 54 and has an opening for inserting the net basket 26 in the center, and the carriage 55 is placed on the guide rails 53. Reciprocating device 5 for reciprocating movement
6 is comprised.

The reciprocating device 56 includes a fuselage 4 on the stern side.
A shaft 58 rotatably supported via a bearing 57 on a mounting table 59 supported therebetween;
, A carriage moving motor 62 for driving a chain 61 wound around the sprocket 60, a pair of pulleys 63 fitted on both sides of a shaft 58, and the pulley 63 and the carriage 55, and a wire rope 64 stretched at the end.

An engaging frame 65 is attached to the side of the net basket 26 so as to engage with the carriage 55 from above. In the guide device 51 configured as described above, when the net basket 26 is installed on the hull 3, the bogie moving motor 62 is first driven to wind up the wire rope 64 and the bogie 55.
Is moved upward, the mesh basket 26 is hung by the hanging rope 50 of the crane device, and the mesh basket 26 is lowered until the engagement frame 65 is engaged with the upper surface of the bogie 55.

In order to reduce water resistance during traveling, the bogie 55 is positioned above the hull 3,
When the vehicle arrives at a predetermined place, the cart moving motor 62 is driven to pull out the wire rope 64 from the pulley 63.
By moving the weight 5 forward along the guide rail 53, the net basket 26 is positioned below the rear part of the conveyor 27.

When the suspended matter 1 conveyed by the conveyor 27 and dropped is accumulated in the net basket 26 (when the cleaning work is completed), the carriage moving motor 62 is driven to wind up the wire rope 64, When the carriage 55 is moved upward to reduce the water resistance and reaches the quay, the nets 26 are hung by the hanging ropes 50 of the crane device, and the nets 26 are lifted to the quay to collect the suspended matter 1.

It should be noted that each swing cylinder device 40 mounted on the conveyor frame 31, each rotation cylinder device 16 of the scraping device 5, each rotation cylinder device 15, the conveyor motor 37 of the conveyor 27, and the carriage movement of the guide device 51. The drive motor 62 is driven by operating a control device (not shown) installed in a steering room 66 arranged on the deck of the hull 3.

In the catamaran type cleaning boat 2 as described above,
After sailing to a narrow water region and stopping, the floating device 1 on the water surface is scraped between the bodies 4 by the scraping device 5, the conveyor 27 is driven to rotate the water wheel 25, and the water flow W is generated in the stern direction,
Since the floating material 1 flowing between the bodies 4 by the water flow W is loaded on the net basket 26 by the conveyor 27 for cleaning work, it is a narrow water area that cannot be sailed as in the conventional case. Can also collect the suspended matter 1.

[0031]

As is apparent from the above description, the present invention provides a plurality of fuselage-type hulls on the peripheral surface of the horizontal support shaft member between the two body bows. A scraping device including a floating matter scraping body and a rotation motor for rotating the horizontal support shaft member around its axis is provided, and the floating matter scraping body is attached to the horizontal support shaft member in a radial direction. Since it is composed of a rod-shaped member attached to the arm body and arranged along the horizontal support shaft member, and a raking claw member attached to the rod-shaped member and having a concavo-convex shape continuous in the ship width direction, Even in a narrow water area where the ship cannot run, by driving the rotation motor, the scraping claw member scrapes up and collects the suspended matter, and a conveyor provided on the stern side of the scraping device. The floating material can be transported to a predetermined place and collected. That.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a side view showing an overall configuration of a catamaran type cleaning boat showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the same overall configuration.

FIG. 3 is also an enlarged side view of the scraping device.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the scraping device.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged side view of a conveyor and a water turbine.

FIG. 6 is also an enlarged side view of the water turbine.

FIG. 7 is likewise an enlarged perspective view of the guide device.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a net cage installed on the hull using the guide device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Floating matter 2 Catamaran type cleaning boat 3 Catamaran type hull 4 Body 5 Scraping device 6 Horizontal shaft body 7 Floating matter scraping body 8 Arm body 9 Horizontal support shaft member 10 Rod 11 Crawling claw member 12 Rotation motor 13 Transmission belt

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A raking device for collecting floating matter floating on the water surface between the fuselage bows of the catamaran type hull, and the raking device is provided between the bows of both fuselage bodies. And a plurality of floating object scraping bodies provided on the peripheral surface of the horizontal support shaft member, and a rotation motor for rotating the horizontal support shaft member around its axis. The body includes an arm body radially attached to a horizontal support member, a rod-like member attached to the arm body and arranged along the horizontal support member, and a rod-like member attached to the rod-like member in the ship width direction. And a conveyor for transporting the suspended matter scraped by the scraping device to a predetermined location on the stern side of the scraping device. A catamaran type cleaning ship. 2. A scraping claw member is swingably provided around an axis of a rod-shaped member, and a spring for biasing the scraping claw member in the scraping circumferential direction of the horizontal support shaft member is provided on the horizontal support shaft member. The catamaran type cleaning boat according to claim 1, further comprising: 3. The catamaran type cleaning ship according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal support shaft member is provided so as to be movable up and down with respect to the catamaran type hull.