TWI689249B - Floating device - Google Patents

Abstract

A floating device includes a plurality of floating tube groups, and the floating tube group includes a floating tube body with an enclosed space inside, a middle section of the floating tube body is provided with a perforation communicating with the closed space and lower than the central axis, and the two tubes are respectively connected to the floating tubes The axial ends of the body and the area where the closed space is higher than the central axis. The body of the plurality of floating tubes is arranged at intervals, and the pipes connecting the two ends of the body of the floating tube are connected in parallel. The internal space of the body relative to the central axis performs a balance mechanism of injecting or extracting air at the same time, controlling the center of gravity of the float body to be maintained in the middle area of the float body, avoiding the deviation of the center of gravity, allowing the float body to be quickly and It floats or settles smoothly on the water surface and is not easily inclined.

Description

Floating device

The invention relates to a floating device which can be applied to the bottom of the bearing platform of aquaculture, so that the bearing platform can float on the water surface or sink under the water surface.

In the aquaculture industry such as oyster breeding, in order to place the oyster seedlings in the sea for breeding, most of the current farmers use the bearing platform equipped with the floating tube group, and the floating tube group supports the bearing platform to float on the sea at a fixed point, and Hang the octopus string with oyster seedlings on the carrying platform, and let the octopus string sink in the sea at a predetermined water level depth area for breeding.

In the foregoing, the buoy group used to support the carrying platform floats on the sea using the buoy body with air inside to support the carrying platform to float on the sea. Because the amplitude of waves on the sea surface affects the stability of the bearing platform, it is not conducive to the growth of oyster seedlings. Therefore, most of the existing floating tube groups use means such as air injection or water injection inside the floating tube body to control the sinking and floating of the floating tube body in the sea. For example: when the wave amplitude of the seawater wave is large, the farmer uses the internal injection of the floating tube body to inject water Increasing the weight causes the body of the floating tube to sink to the surface of the sea, and reduces the influence of wave fluctuations on the bearing platform and the bottom floating tube group. When the wave amplitude of the sea water is small, the farmer uses the internal inflation of the float pipe body to reduce the weight, so that the float pipe body floats to the surface of the sea. In addition, in order to cope with the growth of oysters, farmers also control the buoyancy of the buoys by placing the octopus string in a suitable depth zone in the sea.

However, although the aforementioned floating tube group can use the technical means of water injection or aeration inside the floating tube body to sink the floating tube body under the sea surface or float to the sea surface, the foregoing floating tube group makes the single floating tube body single An air supply hole is provided on the side, and an inlet/drain hole is provided at the bottom of the body of the floating pipe. The air supply hole on one side of the body inflates or evacuates the inside of the float pipe body. During the process of discharging the water inside the float pipe body through the inlet/drain hole, the center of gravity of the float pipe body is easily deviated to one side, which not only affects The stability of the buoy body on the sea will cause sway, and it will also cause the buoyancy of the buoy body to be uneven in the sea, which may cause the buoy body to tilt.

In addition, during the pumping process performed by the air pump through the air hole on the single side of the buoy body, two types of inclination may occur in the buoy body, where the end of the buoy body presenting the air hole is above it In the inclined type, the air inside the float pipe body must be exhausted, and the float pipe body can sink slowly before returning to the horizontal position. When the body of the floating tube assumes a sloping pattern with one end with a gas delivery hole at the bottom, the air inside the floating tube body cannot be drawn out due to the air remaining at the upper end of the floating tube body, and the inclined floating tube body cannot It is completely submerged under the sea surface. Therefore, the existing floating tube group has a problem that it is difficult to control the whole tube of the floating tube body to sink under the sea surface.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a floating device, which solves the problem that it is difficult to maintain the stability of the floating tube assembly of the existing floating device during the pumping and pumping process.

In order to achieve the foregoing objective, the floating device proposed by the present invention includes a plurality of floating tube groups, the floating tube group includes: a floating tube body with an enclosed space inside, and defining a central axis extending laterally, the The middle section of the floating pipe body is provided with at least one perforation communicating with the area of the enclosed space lower than the central axis; and two conduits respectively connecting the axial ends of the floating pipe body and communicating the enclosed space above the central axis Area; the plurality of floating tube bodies of the floating tube group are arranged at intervals, and the pipes connecting the two ends of the floating tube body are connected in parallel.

Through the aforementioned invention of a floating device including a plurality of floating tube groups, it is applied to the field of aquaculture bearing platforms and the like, so that it has at least the following effects during use:

1. Improve the stability of the floating tube group when it rises and sinks: The present invention uses the two pipes of the floating tube group to perform a balanced mechanism of injecting air or extracting air in a bidirectional manner with respect to the central axis of the closed space of the floating tube body, so that The utility model can effectively control the center of gravity of the floating pipe body to be maintained in the middle area of the floating pipe body, avoid the deviation of the center of gravity, and allow the floating pipe body to smoothly rise or sink on the water surface without being inclined.

2. Increase the speed of floating and settling of the floating tube group: As mentioned above, the present invention utilizes the two pipes of the floating tube group to simultaneously perform the action of injecting air or extracting air to the enclosed space of the body of the floating tube with the central axis in both directions , Effectively improve the working efficiency of pumping and pumping, and increase the speed of the floating body of the floating tube group.

According to the present invention, two conduits can be connected to float, and the two through holes can respectively communicate with the top area of the enclosed space, and the perforation can communicate with the bottom area of the middle section of the enclosed space, thereby, in addition to enabling the float pipe body to be stable on the water surface In addition to uplifting or subsidence, the air inside the body of the floating body can be completely evacuated through the pipe, so that the water is completely injected into the inside of the body of the floating body through the perforation at the bottom of the body of the floating body, and the whole pipe can be submerged in water; The inside of the floating body is fully inflated through the duct, and the water is completely discharged through the perforation at the bottom of the floating body, so that the floating body can float on the whole pipe.

According to the present invention, the floating pipe group further includes a catheter sheath and a three-way joint, two connecting ends of the three-way joint are respectively connected to the ends of two flexible catheters, and the catheter sheath is sleeved on the two flexible ducts and the three On the outside of the union, the gas input and output ends of the three-way joint extend out of the catheter sheath, and are used to connect the external pumping equipment or gas supply equipment. The two soft ducts are protected by the duct sheath to avoid the soft duct It is pulled by external force, and the fixed type of modularization of the floating tube group is facilitated, so that the user can assemble according to the actual use requirements.

10: Floating tube group

11: Floating tube body

110: central axis

111: confined space

112: Zhou Bi

113: end wall

114: through hole

115: Piercing

12, 13: Catheter

121, 131: connector

122, 132: end

14: Tee connector

141: gas input and output

15: Multi-way connector

16: The first multi-way connector

17: Second multi-way connector

18: catheter sheath

20: Carrying platform

FIG. 1 is a schematic plan view of the first preferred embodiment of the floating tube group in the floating device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a second preferred embodiment of the floating tube group in the floating device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic plan view of a third preferred embodiment of the floating tube group in the floating device of the present invention.

4 is a schematic plan view of the first preferred embodiment of the floating device of the present invention.

5 is a schematic plan view of a second preferred embodiment of the floating device of the present invention.

6 is a schematic plan view of a third preferred embodiment of the floating device of the present invention.

7 is a reference diagram of an implementation state in which the floating tube in the floating device of the present invention is assembled at the bottom of the bearing platform and placed at sea.

FIG. 8 is a reference diagram of an implementation state in which the floating tube body of the floating tube group shown in FIG. 7 is evacuated and floated down.

FIG. 9 is a reference diagram of an implementation state in which the floating tube body of the floating tube group shown in FIG. 7 is inflated and floated.

The floating device of the present invention includes a plurality of floating tube groups, and the following describes specific preferred embodiments of the floating device.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, several preferred embodiments of the floating tube group 10 in the floating device of the present invention are respectively disclosed. As can be seen from these drawings, each floating tube group 10 includes a float Tube body 11 and two conduits 12,13.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the buoy body 11 is a hollow body with an enclosed space 111 therein, the buoy body 11 defines a central axis 110 extending along a lateral axis, and the buoy body 11 The end-view shape (or cross-sectional shape) is preferably symmetrical with respect to the longitudinal direction of a center line perpendicular to the center axis 110, for example, a geometric shape such as a circle, an ellipse, or a regular polygon.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the float body 11 includes a peripheral wall 112 surrounding the central axis 110, and two end walls 113 located at both ends of the peripheral wall 112 relative to the central axis 110, and by The peripheral wall 112 and the two end walls 113 define the enclosed space 111. Each of the two end walls 113 of the floating body 11 is provided with a through hole 114. The two through holes 114 respectively communicate with a region of the enclosed space 111 higher than the central axis 110. The peripheral wall 112 of the floating body 11 is provided in the middle There is one or more perforations 115, the perforations 115 communicate with the area of the enclosed space 111 below the central axis 110, the perforations 115 are located between the two through holes 114, and the positions of the perforations 115 are lower than The position of the through hole 114 is described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the two through holes 114 respectively communicate with the top area of the enclosed space 111, and the perforation 115 communicates with the bottom area of the middle section of the enclosed space 111 as good.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the two ends of the pipes 12 and 13 are respectively a connecting end 121 and 131 and an end 122 and 132. The connecting ends 121 and 131 of the two pipes 12 and 13 are respectively connected to the float The two through holes 114 of the tube body 11 allow the two tubes 12 and 13 to communicate with the enclosed space 111 inside the floating tube body 11, and the ends of each tube 12 and 13 can be connected to both pump and pump The functioning working unit uses the working mechanism to inflate or evacuate the inside of the floating pipe body 11 through the two pipes 12 and 13. The floating pipe body 11 can perform water inflow or drainage through the perforation 115.

The conduits 12 and 13 can be flexible pipe fittings, wherein, as shown in the first preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the ends of the two conduits 12 and 13 can be individually connected for both pumping and pumping Functional working unit. Or, as shown in the second preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the ends of the two ducts 12 and 13 are connected to a three-way joint 14 first, and then the three-way joint 14 is connected to work with both pumping and pumping functions. unit.

As shown in the third preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the conduits 12 and 13 may be flexible pipe fittings with flexibility. The floating tube assembly 10 further includes a conduit sheath 18 and a three-way joint 14, the The two connecting ends 121 and 131 of the three-way joint 14 are respectively connected to the ends of the two ducts 12 and 13. The duct sheath 18 is sleeved on the outside of the two ducts 12 and 13 and the three-way joint 14. The gas of the three-way joint 14 The input and output ends extend out of the catheter sheath 18, and the working unit with the function of pumping and pumping is connected by the three-way joint 14, and the The catheter sheath 18 protects the two flexible catheters 12, 13 and prevents the flexible catheters 12, 13 from being pulled by external forces. The catheter sheath 18 may be formed on the top of the peripheral wall 112 of the floating tube body 11, or the catheter sheath 18 may be fixed on the top of the peripheral wall 112 of the floating tube body 11 by means such as bonding.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, a plurality of preferred embodiments of the floating device of the present invention are disclosed. As can be seen from these drawings, the floating device includes a plurality of floating tube groups 10, and the plurality of floating tube groups 10 The floating tube bodies 11 are arranged at intervals, and a plurality of tubes 12 and 13 at both ends of the floating tube body 11 of the floating tube group 10 are connected in parallel. The manner in which the floating tube bodies 11 of the plurality of floating tube groups 10 are arranged at intervals is determined according to the actual product use. The composition structure of the floating tube group 10 is the same as the above-mentioned preferred embodiments of the floating tube group 10, and the same technical content part will not be repeated here.

In the preferred embodiment of the floating device shown in FIG. 4, the ends 122, 132 of the tubes 12, 13 of the floating tube body 11 of the plurality of floating tube groups 10 are connected to a multi-way joint 15 together, so that the plurality of floating tubes The group 10 is used to connect the working unit with the functions of pumping and pumping through the multi-way connector 15.

In the preferred embodiment of the floating device shown in FIG. 5, the end 122 of one of the tubes 12 in the plurality of floating tube groups 10 is connected to a first multi-way joint 16 in common, and one of the plurality of floating tube groups 10 The end 132 of the remaining duct 13 is connected to a second multi-way joint 17 in common, and the plurality of floating tube groups 10 are connected by the first multi-way joint 16 and the second multi-way joint 17 for both air pumping and Working unit with pumping function.

In the preferred embodiment of the floating device shown in FIG. 6, the ends 122, 132 of the two pipes 12, 13 of each floating pipe group 10 are connected to a three-way joint 14, and the two pipes 12, 13 and the three A conduit sheath 18 is provided on the outer side of the through joint 14. The three-way joint 14 has a gas outlet 141 extending out of the conduit sheath 18. A plurality of the floating pipe components 10 are directly or indirectly connected to the working unit with the functions of pumping and pumping through each three-way joint 14.

Regarding the use situation of the floating tube group and the floating device of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 7, a single floating tube group 10 or a floating device including a plurality of floating tube groups 10 can be installed on a carrier such as a scaffold for aquaculture At the bottom of 20, by the floating tube group 10 or the floating tube group 10 of the floating device, the carrying platform 20 can float on the water surface and sink under the water surface. Taking the bearing platform 20 applied to oysters in the sea as an example, the floating tube body 11 of the floating tube group 10 is respectively fixed to the bottom of the supporting platform 20 with a fixing element such as a tightening strap and a rope, so that the floating tube group is provided The carrying platform of 10 is moved into the sea, and the perforation 115 at the bottom of each buoy body 11 is located under the sea surface. When there is air in the enclosed space of the buoy body 11 of each buoy group 10, the buoy body 11 Due to the buoyancy of seawater, the part of the buoy body 11 at the bottom sinks under the sea surface, and the part of the buoy body 11 at the upper side is located on the sea surface, thereby propping up the support platform 20 to float on the sea surface, the support platform 20 is It can be used to hang multiple octopus strings, and the octopus strings can be placed in the sea for breeding.

As shown in FIG. 8, in order to maintain the stability of the carrying platform 20, when the wave amplitude of the seawater wave is large, the user uses a working unit with both air pumping and pumping functions to pass through the two ducts 12 of each buoy group 10 , 13 At the same time, the enclosed space 111 is evacuated from both ends of the central axis 110 of the float body 11. By depressurizing the area where the air exists in the enclosed space 111, seawater enters the enclosed space 111 through the bottom of the middle section of the float body 11 and increases The weight makes the buoy body 11 sink gradually to the surface of the sea, which reduces the influence of wave fluctuations on the load platform 20 and the bottom buoy group 10, so that the load platform 20 and the buoy group 10 at the bottom can float more smoothly maritime.

As shown in FIG. 9, when the fluctuation amplitude of the sea water wave is small, the user uses a working unit with both pumping and pumping functions to pass through the two tubes 12 and 13 of each floating tube group 10 from the floating tube body 11 at the same time. Both ends of the central axis 110 perform a pumping action on the enclosed space 111. By increasing the gas pressure in the enclosed space 111, the seawater originally located in the enclosed space 111 is discharged into the sea through the bottom of the middle section of the floating pipe body 11 to reduce the weight, so that the floating pipe body 11 It gradually rises to the surface of the sea, so that the bearing platform 20 and the floating tube group 10 at the bottom of the carrier float smoothly on the sea.

The floating tube group and the floating device of the present invention are installed at the bottom of the bearing platform 20 for aquaculture. In addition to controlling the floating tube group 10 to float or sink according to the amplitude of wave fluctuations as described above, it can also respond to the bearing platform 20. The growth situation of the hanging oyster string, and control the carrying platform 20 to float on the sea surface in the foregoing operation mode. The level of the draught is such that the string of oysters hung on the carrying platform 20 can sink to a depth suitable for growth in the sea to facilitate the growth of the oysters.

In the foregoing, when the working unit with both the pumping and pumping functions performs the pumping or pumping action on the floating pipe body 11 through the two ducts 12 and 13 of each floating pipe group 10, it is sealed from the floating pipe body 11 The space simultaneously performs air injection or air extraction in both directions of the central axis 110, so that the center of gravity of the floating tube group 10 can be effectively maintained in the middle region of the floating tube body 11, so that the horizontal floating tube body 11 can float smoothly and quickly on the sea And settling without tilting, so that the string of worms hung on the carrier 20 can rise and fall smoothly to maintain a stable growth environment.

10: Floating tube group

11: Floating tube body

110: central axis

111: confined space

112: Zhou Bi

113: end wall

114: through hole

115: Piercing

12, 13: Catheter

121, 131: connector

Claims (5)

A floating device includes a plurality of floating tube groups. The floating tube group includes: a floating tube body with an enclosed space inside and a laterally extending central axis defined, and a middle section of the floating tube body is provided with communication At least one perforation in the area where the enclosed space is lower than the central axis; and two conduits respectively connecting the axial ends of the floating pipe body and communicating the enclosed space above the central axis; plural of the floating pipe groups The floating pipe bodies are arranged at intervals, and the pipes connecting the two ends of the floating pipe body are connected in parallel. The floating device according to claim 1, wherein the two ducts respectively communicate with the top area of the enclosed space, and the perforation communicates with the bottom area of the middle section of the enclosed space. The floating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conduit is a flexible pipe member, and the conduits of the plurality of floating pipe groups are connected to a multi-way joint in common. The floating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conduit is a flexible pipe member, and the plurality of floating pipe groups are connected by one of the conduits to a first multi-way joint and the other of the conduits to be connected together A second multi-way connector. The floatation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the conduit is a flexible pipe member, and the two conduits of the plurality of floating pipe groups are connected to a tee joint together, and the two conduits are connected to the outer side of the tee joint A catheter sheath is provided, and the three-way joint has a gas output end extending out of the catheter sheath.

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