An underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables

By designing a special underwater unmanned platform for cable detection and repair of submarine pipelines, combined with the combined movement of cleaning, detection and repair rings, the problem of impurities in submarine cable detection and repair is solved, and efficient cleaning and stable repair of the cable periphery is achieved.

CN119134111BActive Publication Date: 2025-07-04ZHONGKE TANHAI (SHENZHEN) MARINE TECH CO LTD

Patent Information

Application Number
CN202411279471.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-09-12
Publication Date
2025-07-04
Estimated Expiration
2044-09-12

AI Technical Summary

Technical Problem

In the prior art, during the detection and repair process of submarine cables, impurities adhered to the peripheral surface affect the detection accuracy and repair stability, and the uneven heating of the heat shrink tube body leads to unstable connections and easy to fall off.

Method used

A special underwater unmanned platform for undersea pipeline cable detection and repair was designed, including underwater drone, cleaning seat, support ring and repair ring. Through the combined movement of cleaning ring, detection ring and repair rack, the cleaning, detection and repair of submarine cables can be achieved. The cleaning ring is cleaned by the rotating shaft and the friction wheel, the detection ring is detected by the detection roller and the PLC controller, and the repair rack is heated and repaired by the hot air fan.

Benefits of technology

It realizes efficient cleaning of the outer periphery of the submarine cable, improves the accuracy of detection and stability of repair, ensures uniform heating and stable connection between the heat shrink tube body and the outer periphery of the cable, and improves the repair effect.

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Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of cable detection and repair, and particularly to an underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables, which includes an underwater drone, a bottom plate, a cleaning seat, a support ring, and a repair ring. The four sides of the top of the underwater drone are fixedly installed with inclined base rods through bolts. The center of one end of the top of the bottom plate is fixedly installed with a detection ring through bolts. One side of the top of the bottom plate is fixedly installed with a cleaning seat through bolts. The center of one side of the cleaning seat on the top of the bottom plate is fixedly installed with a fixing ring through bolts. In the present invention, the driving gear on the repair frame is movably engaged with the rotating tooth block on the repair ring, so that the repair frame rotates stably on the outer periphery of the repair ring through the T-shaped positioning plate and the positioning roller, driving the hot air blower on the repair frame to rotate and heat the heat shrinkable tube body. The heating is uniform and stable, enabling the heat shrinkable tube body to be completely, uniformly, and stably attached to the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of cable detection and repair, and particularly to an underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables. Background Art

[0002] Submarine cables are cables wrapped with insulating materials and laid on the seabed for telecommunication transmission. Submarine cables are divided into submarine communication cables and submarine power cables; submarine communication cables are mainly used for communication services, which are expensive but have a high degree of confidentiality; submarine power cables are mainly used for underwater transmission of high-power electric energy, which is equivalent to the function of underground power cables, except for the application scenarios and laying methods.

[0003] After the submarine cable is put into use in the submarine pipeline erection, since the outer peripheral insulating layer is completely exposed, the rubber insulating layer is prone to damage by rats during the ebb period of the submarine pipeline and corrosion and aging damage by seawater, resulting in the exposure of the internal core and causing cable failures. When detecting and repairing the cable in the submarine pipeline, the outer periphery of the cable is not cleaned, resulting in impurities adhering to the outer periphery of the cable greatly affecting the detection and subsequent repair, causing errors in detection and unstable repair. The adhering impurities affect the fitting. In addition, when using a heat shrinkable tube to repair the outer periphery of the cable, only one side can be heated, and the heat shrinkable tube cannot be heated evenly, resulting in an unstable connection between the repaired heat shrinkable tube and the outer periphery of the cable, and it is still extremely easy to fall off. Summary of the Invention

[0004] In order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, the present invention provides an underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables.

[0005] To solve the above technical problems, the present invention provides the following technical solutions: It includes an underwater drone, a bottom plate arranged at the center of the top of the underwater drone, a cleaning seat, a support ring installed at one end of the bottom plate, and a repair ring arranged on the top of the other end of the bottom plate. The four sides of the top of the underwater drone are fixedly installed with inclined base rods through bolts, and the top ends of the base rods are fixedly installed with the bottom plate through bolts. A detection ring is fixedly installed at the center of one end of the top of the bottom plate through bolts. A cleaning seat is fixedly installed on one side of the top of the bottom plate through bolts. A fixing ring is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the cleaning seat on the top of the bottom plate through bolts. A cleaning component is arranged between the fixing ring and the cleaning seat, and the cleaning component includes:

[0006] A cleaning ring for cleaning the outer periphery of a submarine pipeline cable body. On the bottom plate, at the center of one side of the cleaning seat, the cleaning ring with a cleaning brush on the inner side is connected through an annular limiting base. At the center of the bottom of the fixing ring, a fixing groove is opened. On the fixing ring, friction wheels are movably arranged at both ends in the fixing groove. On the fixing ring, at the center of the fixing groove, a fixing frame connected to the cleaning seat is arranged;

[0007] A rotating shaft for driving the cleaning ring to rotate. Between the friction wheels, a friction rotating shaft is arranged in the fixing frame. At the outer periphery of the center of the friction rotating shaft, a first belt pulley is fixedly installed through a bolt. At one end of the bottom of the fixing frame, a fixing rod is connected through a bearing. At the center of the outer periphery of the fixing rod, a second belt pulley is fixedly installed through a bolt. On the fixing rod, a second bevel gear at one end of the rotating shaft is meshed and connected through a first bevel gear, and the other end of the rotating shaft penetrates and extends to the bottom of the other side of the cleaning ring;

[0008] A plurality of detection holes are evenly opened around the inner side of the detection ring. At both ends of the bottom of the detection holes on the detection ring, a detection frame with a detection roller is connected through a detection return spring. At the center of the top of the detection frame, a T-shaped movable rod movably connected to the detection bottom ring is arranged. At the center of one side of the outside of the detection ring, a PLC controller electrically connected to the support ring is fixedly installed through a bolt;

[0009] On the top of the bottom plate, between the detection ring and the repair ring, a plurality of the support rings are evenly installed through bolts. At both ends of the inner side of the support ring, a limiting ring for limiting a conical heat shrinkable tube body is movably arranged. Between the two ends of the inner side of the support ring, the heat shrinkable tube body is movably pressed and connected through the limiting rings. The outer periphery of the repair ring is movably meshed and connected with a repair frame through a rotating tooth block.

[0010] As a preferred technical solution of the present invention, on both sides of the front end of the underwater drone, there are armrests in the shape of fish fins. On both sides of the rear end of the underwater drone, drainage holes are clamped. On the underwater drone, on one side of the drainage holes, there is a propeller.

[0011] On one side of the annular limiting base, an annular limiting groove is opened. On the annular limiting base, an annular limiting block is slidably connected in the annular limiting groove. The annular limiting block is fixedly installed with the cleaning ring through a bolt. On the cleaning seat, on one side of the bottom of the cleaning ring, a driving gear meshed with the outer periphery of the cleaning ring is movably arranged, and one end of the rotating shaft penetrates and extends to the center of one side of the driving gear. A driving belt moving in the fixing frame is meshed and connected between the first belt pulley and the second belt pulley, and the rotating shaft is movably penetrated and connected in the fixing frame through a bearing.

[0012] As a preferred technical solution of the present invention, a plurality of limiting holes for limiting the movement of the submarine pipeline cable body are uniformly formed inside the fixing ring. Limiting springs are fixedly installed at both ends of the bottom of the limiting holes on the fixing ring through bolts. The limiting springs are fixedly installed with limiting frames that move in the limiting holes through bolts. And limiting rollers are fixedly installed at the centers of both ends of the bottom of the limiting frames through bolts. The limiting rollers are movably abutted against the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body.

[0013] As a preferred technical solution of the present invention, support holes are formed at the centers of both ends of one side of the top of the support ring. Electric telescopic rods are fixedly installed at the centers of the bottoms of the support holes on the support ring through bolts. The tops of the electric telescopic rods are fixedly installed with support plates through bolts. One side of the bottom of the support plate is fixedly installed with a support rod through bolts. The other end of the support rod is fixedly installed at the center of the top of one side of the limiting ring through bolts. A plurality of push plates are uniformly arranged on one side of the heat shrinkable tube body at both inner sides of the support ring. And the limiting ring moves between the outer sides of the push plates.

[0014] Detection rods are fixedly installed in the detection holes on the detection ring through bolts. The detection bottom ring is installed at the center of the detection hole on the detection rod. The top of the T-shaped movable rod movably penetrates through the detection bottom ring. The detection bottom ring and the electric telescopic rod are both connected to the PLC controller through wires. The detection roller fixedly installed at the center of the bottom of the detection frame is movably abutted against the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body.

[0015] As a preferred technical solution of the present invention, L-shaped connecting rods are fixedly installed at both ends of the inner wall of the repair ring through bolts. The other ends of the L-shaped connecting rods are fixedly installed on one side of the support ring through bolts. The outer periphery of the repair ring is fixedly installed with the rotating tooth blocks. The repair frame is movably connected to the repair ring through the rotating tooth blocks. A repair plate is fixedly installed at the bottom of one side of the repair frame through bolts. A hot air blower for heating the heat shrinkable tube body is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the bottom of the repair plate.

[0016] A driving motor is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the top of the repair frame through bolts. The output end of the driving motor is connected with a driving gear located in the repair frame. And the driving gear is meshed with the rotating tooth block. There are three groups of support rings. And the centers of the cleaning ring, the fixing ring, the support ring, the detection ring and the repair ring are all on the same axis. T-shaped positioning plates are fixedly installed at the centers of both sides of the repair ring. Positioning rollers that fit the two sides of the T-shaped positioning plate are fixedly installed on both inner sides of the repair frame through bolts.

[0017] Compared with the prior art, the present invention can achieve the following beneficial effects:

[0018] 1. The submarine pipeline cable body in the fixed ring uses its own gravity and the elastic force of the limit spring and the limit roller toward the bottom to make the friction wheel in the fixed groove rotate stably during the forward movement. The transmission drives the cleaning ring to clean the cable body, improving the accuracy of subsequent detection and the stability of repair.

[0019] 2. The rotating shaft drives the active gear at the top to mesh and drive the cleaning ring on the annular limit base to rotate, so that the cleaning brush inside the cleaning ring rotates and cleans the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body to remove impurities.

[0020] 3. The detection roller under the detection frame is moved down in the depression of the submarine pipeline cable body by the detection reset spring with accumulated force, and the T-shaped movable rod penetrates and moves down in the detection bottom ring, and the force on the detection bottom ring sends a pulse signal to the PLC controller, thereby realizing stable detection of the depression on the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body, and the detection effect is stable.

[0021] 4. The limit rings at both ends of the inner side are driven to move by the support rod and the support plate, and the heat shrink tube compressed between the limit rings is removed by the push plate, so that the heat shrink tube is sleeved on the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body to cover the concave part of the submarine pipeline cable body. The structure is simple and stable, and the effect of multiple detection and repair of the submarine pipeline cable body can be achieved.

[0022] 5. The driving gear on the repair frame movably engages with the rotating gear block on the repair ring, so that the repair frame can perform stable rotational motion on the outer periphery of the repair ring through the T-shaped positioning plate and the positioning roller, driving the hot air blower on the repair frame to rotate and heat the heat shrinkable tube body. The heating is uniform and stable, so that the heat shrinkable tube body can be thoroughly, evenly and stably fitted on the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 The overall structure of the present invention is shown in FIG. Figure 1 ;

[0024] Figure 2 The overall structure of the present invention is shown in FIG. Figure 2 ;

[0025] Figure 3 For the present invention Figure 1 Schematic diagram of the top connection structure of the midsole plate;

[0026] Figure 4 For the present invention Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the connection structure between the middle cleaning ring and the fixed ring;

[0027] Figure 5 For the present invention Figure 4 Internal structure schematic diagram of the fixing frame in the present invention;

[0028] Figure 6 For the present invention Figure 5 Schematic enlarged view of the structure at position A in the present invention;

[0029] Figure 7 For the present invention Figure 4 Internal structure schematic diagram of the fixing ring in the present invention;

[0030] Figure 8 For the present invention Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the connection structure of the cleaning seat in the present invention;

[0031] Figure 9 For the present invention Figure 3 Internal connection structure schematic diagram of the detection ring in the present invention;

[0032] Figure 10 For the present invention Figure 3 Internal connection structure schematic diagram of the support ring in the present invention;

[0033] Figure 11 For the present invention Figure 3 Schematic diagram of the connection structure of the repair ring in the present invention;

[0034] Figure 12 For the present invention Figure 9 Schematic enlarged view of the structure at position B in the present invention.

[0035] Wherein: 10, underwater drone; 11, bottom plate; 12, base rod; 13, arm; 14, drainage hole; 15, propeller; 20, cleaning seat; 21, cleaning ring; 22, annular limit base; 23, cleaning brush; 24, annular limit groove; 25, annular limit block; 26, driving gear; 30, support ring; 31, heat shrinkable tube body; 32, limit ring; 33, support hole; 34, electric telescopic rod; 35, support plate; 36, support rod; 37, push plate; 40, repair ring; 41, rotating tooth block; 42, repair frame; 43, L-shaped connecting rod; 44, repair plate; 45, hot air blower; 46, driving motor; 47, driving gear; 48, T-shaped positioning plate; 49, positioning roller; 50, detection ring; 51, detection hole; 52, detection return spring; 53, detection frame; 54, detection roller; 55, detection bottom ring; 56, T-shaped movable rod; 57, PLC controller; 58, detection rod; 60, fixing ring; 61, fixing groove; 62, friction wheel; 63, limit hole; 64, limit spring; 65, limit frame; 66, limit roller; 70, fixing frame; 71, rotating shaft; 72, friction rotating shaft; 73, first pulley; 74, fixing rod; 75, second pulley; 76, first bevel gear; 77, second bevel gear; 78, transmission belt; 90, submarine pipeline cable body. Detailed implementation manners

[0036] In order to make the technical means, creative features, achieved purposes and functions of the present invention easy to understand, the present invention will be further described below in conjunction with specific embodiments. However, the following embodiments are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, not all of them. Based on the embodiments in the implementation manners, other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative efforts all fall within the protection scope of the present invention. The experimental methods in the following embodiments are all conventional methods unless otherwise specified. The materials, reagents, etc. used in the following embodiments can all be obtained from commercial channels unless otherwise specified.

[0037] Example: As Figure 1 、 Figure 5 、 Figure 5 、 Figure 9 、 Figure 10 、 Figure 11 and Figure 12 shown, it includes an underwater drone 10, a bottom plate 11 arranged at the center of the top of the underwater drone 10, a cleaning seat 20 installed at one end of the bottom plate 11, a support ring 30, and a repair ring 40 arranged on the top of the other end of the bottom plate 11. The four sides of the top of the underwater drone 10 are fixedly installed with inclined base rods 12 through bolts. The top ends of the base rods 12 are fixedly installed with a bottom plate 11 through bolts. A detection ring 50 is fixedly installed at the center of one end of the top of the bottom plate 11 through bolts. A cleaning seat 20 is fixedly installed on one side of the top of the bottom plate 11 through bolts. A fixing ring 60 is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the cleaning seat 20 on the top of the bottom plate 11. A cleaning component is arranged between the fixing ring 60 and the cleaning seat 20, and the cleaning component includes:

[0038] A cleaning ring 21 for cleaning the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90. The outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 before detection and repair is cleaned by the cleaning ring 21, and the adhered impurities are swept away. The cleaning ring 21 with a cleaning brush 23 inside is connected to the center of one side of the cleaning seat 20 on the bottom plate 11 through an annular limiting base 22, so that the cleaning ring 21 makes a rotational movement. A fixing groove 61 is opened at the center of the bottom of the fixing ring 60. Friction wheels 62 are movably arranged at both ends in the fixing groove 61 on the fixing ring 60. The friction wheels 62 are frictionally rotated by the gravity of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 and the limiting rollers 66. A fixing frame 70 connected to the cleaning seat 20 is arranged at the center of the fixing groove 61 on the fixing ring 60;

[0039] The rotating shaft 71 that drives the cleaning ring 21 to rotate. A friction rotating shaft 72 is arranged between the friction wheels 62 in the fixing frame 70. A first pulley 73 is fixedly installed on the outer periphery of the center of the friction rotating shaft 72 through bolts. One end of the bottom of the fixing frame 70 is connected by a bearing to a fixing rod 74. A second pulley 75 is fixedly installed on the outer center of the fixing rod 74 through bolts. The first pulley 73 and the second pulley 75 drive the rotating shaft 71 to perform a rotating motion. The fixing rod 74 is meshed and connected by a first bevel gear 76 to a second bevel gear 77 at one end of the rotating shaft 71. And the other end of the rotating shaft 71 penetrates and extends to the bottom on the other side of the cleaning ring 21, realizing the automatic rotating cleaning effect of the cleaning ring 21, with thorough cleaning;

[0040] A number of detection holes 51 are evenly arranged around the inner side of the detection ring 50. On both ends of the bottom of the detection holes 51 on the detection ring 50, a detection frame 53 with a detection roller 54 is connected by a detection return spring 52. At the center of the top of the detection frame 53, a T-shaped movable rod 56 that is movably connected to the detection bottom ring 55 is provided. When the detection frame 53 encounters a depression of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, it descends, causing the T-shaped movable rod 56 to work on the detection bottom ring 55. A PLC controller 57 that is electrically connected to the support ring 30 is fixedly installed at the center of one side outside the detection ring 50. The PLC controller 57 is used to receive the working pulse of the detection bottom ring 55 to extend the electric telescopic rod 34 and the drive motor 46;

[0041] On the top of the bottom plate 11, a number of support rings 30 are evenly installed by bolts between the detection ring 50 and the repair ring 40. The support rings 30 carry a plurality of heat shrinkable tube bodies 31. Limiting rings 32 for limiting the conical heat shrinkable tube bodies 31 are movably arranged at both ends of the inner side of the support rings 30. The heat shrinkable tube bodies 31 are movably clamped and connected between the two ends of the inner side of the support rings 30 through the limiting rings 32 for storing the heat shrinkable tube bodies 31. The outer periphery of the repair ring 40 is movably meshed and connected by a rotating tooth block 41 to a repair frame 42, realizing the rotation heating of the repair frame 42 on the outer periphery of the heat shrinkable tube body 31.

[0042] Refer to Figure 2 、 Figure 3 、 Figure 4 and Figure 8 As shown in

[0043] An annular limiting groove 24 is provided on one side of the annular limiting base 22, and an annular limiting block 25 is slidably connected in the annular limiting groove 24 on the annular limiting base 22. The annular limiting block 25 is fixedly installed with a cleaning ring 21 by bolts, so that the cleaning ring 21 rotates stably. A driving gear 26 meshing with the outer periphery of the cleaning ring 21 is movably provided on the cleaning seat 20 at one side of the bottom of the cleaning ring 21, and one end of the rotating shaft 71 extends through and extends to the center of one side of the driving gear 26. A transmission belt 78 that is movable in the fixed frame 70 is meshed and connected between the first pulley 73 and the second pulley 75, and the rotating shaft 71 is movably connected to the fixed frame 70 through a bearing. The rotating movement of the friction wheel 62 is used to drive the cleaning ring 21 to rotate synchronously, and the impurities on the periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 are rotated and cleaned by the cleaning brush 23 in the cleaning ring 21.

[0044] See also Figure 2 , Figure 4 and Figure 6 A plurality of limiting holes 63 for limiting the submarine pipeline cable body 90 are evenly opened inside the fixing ring 60. Limiting springs 64 are fixedly installed at both ends of the bottom of the limiting holes 63 on the fixing ring 60 by bolts. The limiting springs 64 are fixedly installed with limiting frames 65 movable in the limiting holes 63 by bolts, and limiting rollers 66 are fixedly installed at the centers of both ends of the bottom of the limiting frames 65 by bolts. The limiting rollers 66 are offset against the peripheral activities of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, so that the submarine pipeline cable body 90 is straightened during the detection and repair process, which is convenient for inspection and repair, and at the same time, the friction wheel 62 is stably rotated.

[0045] See also Figure 3 , Figure 9 , Figure 10 and Figure 12 , support holes 33 are provided at the centers of both ends of one side of the top of the support ring 30, and an electric telescopic rod 34 is fixedly installed on the support ring 30 at the bottom center of the support hole 33 by bolts, and a support plate 35 is fixedly installed on the top of the electric telescopic rod 34 by bolts, and a support rod 36 is fixedly installed on one side of the bottom of the support plate 35 by bolts, and the other end of the support rod 36 is fixedly installed at the top center of one side of the limit ring 32 by bolts, and a plurality of push plates 37 are evenly arranged on the inner side of both ends of the support ring 30 on one side of the heat shrinkable tube 31, and the limit ring 32 moves between the outer sides of the push plates 37, and the electric telescopic rod 34 moves outward to drive the heat shrinkable tube 31 between the limit rings 32 to expand and sleeve onto the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, and the push plate 37 is used to push the heat shrinkable tube 31 during the movement so that the heat shrinkable tube 31 falls off onto the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90.

[0046] On the detection ring 50, detection rods 58 are fixedly installed in the detection holes 51 by bolts. At the center of the detection holes 51 on the detection rods 58, a detection bottom ring 55 is installed. The top of the T-shaped movable rod 56 movably penetrates through the detection bottom ring 55. Both the detection bottom ring 55 and the electric telescopic rod 34 are connected to the PLC controller 57 through wires. The detection roller 54 fixedly installed at the center of the bottom of the detection frame 53 is movably abutted against the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90. The detection roller 54 is used to detect the concave part of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 under the action of the detection return spring 52.

[0047] Refer to Figure 3 and Figure 11 At both ends of the inner wall of the repair ring 40, L-shaped connecting rods 43 are fixedly installed by bolts. The other end of the L-shaped connecting rod 43 is fixedly installed on one side of the support ring 30 by bolts to support the repair ring 40. A rotating tooth block 41 is fixedly installed on the outer periphery of the repair ring 40. The repair frame 42 is movably connected to the repair ring 40 through the rotating tooth block 41. At the bottom of one side of the repair frame 42, a repair plate 44 is fixedly installed by bolts. At the center of the bottom of one side of the repair plate 44, a hot air blower 45 for heating the heat shrinkable tube body 31 is fixedly installed to rotate and heat the outer periphery of the heat shrinkable tube body 31, so that the heat shrinkable tube body 31 completely and evenly fits with the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, achieving a stable repair effect.

[0048] At the center of one side of the top of the repair frame 42, a driving motor 46 is fixedly installed by bolts. The output end of the driving motor 46 is connected to a driving gear 47 located in the repair frame 42, and the driving gear 47 is meshed with the rotating tooth block 41. There are three groups of support rings 30, and the centers of the cleaning ring 21, the fixing ring 60, the support ring 30, the detection ring 50, and the repair ring 40 are all on the same axis. T-shaped positioning plates 48 are fixedly installed at the centers of both sides of the repair ring 40. Positioning rollers 49 that fit with both sides of the T-shaped positioning plates 48 are fixedly installed on both sides of the inside of the repair frame 42. Through connection, the cleaning, detection, and repair of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 are realized.

[0049] Working principle: The submarine pipeline cable body 90 is passed through the center of the cleaning ring 21, the fixing ring 60, the support ring 30, the detection ring 50 and the repair ring 40 on the periphery of the submarine pipeline. The submarine pipeline cable body 90 is lifted out of the water surface of the submarine pipeline by the underwater drone 10. When the submarine pipeline cable body 90 is in the fixing ring 60, the gravity of the cable body itself and the elastic force of the limit spring 64 and the limit roller 66 toward the bottom make the friction wheel 62 in the fixing groove 61 rotate stably during the forward movement. The friction shaft 72 in 2 rotates the second pulley 75 on the fixed rod 74 synchronously through the first pulley 73 and the transmission belt 78. During the rotation process, the fixed rod 74 drives the second bevel gear 77 on the rotating shaft 71 to rotate through the meshing of the first bevel gear 76. During the rotation process, the rotating shaft 71 drives the top driving gear 26 to mesh and drive the cleaning ring 21 on the annular limiting base 22 to rotate, so that the cleaning brush 23 inside the cleaning ring 21 rotates and cleans the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 to clean impurities.

[0050] After the impurities on the periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 are cleaned, the submarine pipeline cable body 90 enters the detection roller 54 in the detection ring 50. Once it encounters a concave portion on the periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, the detection roller 54 under the detection frame 53 descends under the action of the detection reset spring 52. At this time, the T-shaped movable rod 56 on the detection frame 53 penetrates and descends in the detection bottom ring 55, and the detection bottom ring 55 is subjected to force to send a pulse signal to the PLC controller 57. At this time, the PLC controller 57 sends an extension work instruction to the electric telescopic rod 34 and the drive motor 46. When the detection roller 54 leaves the concave portion of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, the pulse signal is reset to wait for the next detection;

[0051] During repair, the electric telescopic rods 34 at both ends of the top of the support ring 30 perform telescopic movement, and during the extension, the limit rings 32 at both ends of the inner side are driven to move toward both ends through the support rods 36 and the support plates 35. After the limit rings 32 move to one side of the push plate 37, the push plate 37 is used to remove the compressed heat shrink tube 31 between the limit rings 32, so that the heat shrink tube 31 is sleeved on the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90, covering the concave part of the submarine pipeline cable body 90. The structure is simple and stable, and the effect of multiple detection and repair of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 can be achieved;

[0052] When the heat-shrinkable tube body 31 covers the depression of the submarine pipeline cable body 90 and enters the repair ring 40, the drive motor 46 on the repair ring 40 starts to drive the repair frame 42 to rotate on the outer periphery of the repair ring 40. The drive gear 47 on the repair frame 42 meshes with the rotating tooth block 41 on the repair ring 40, so that the repair frame 42 rotates stably on the outer periphery of the repair ring 40 through the T-shaped positioning plate 48 and the positioning roller 49, driving the hot air blower 45 on the repair frame 42 to rotate and heat the heat-shrinkable tube body 31. The heating is uniform and stable, so that the heat-shrinkable tube body 31 is completely, uniformly and stably attached to the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body 90.

[0053] The embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes can be made within the scope of knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the purpose of the present invention.

Claims

1. An underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables, comprising an underwater drone (10), a bottom plate (11) arranged at the center of the top of the underwater drone (10), a cleaning seat (20), a support ring (30) installed at one end of the bottom plate (11), and a repair ring (40) arranged on the top of the other end of the bottom plate (11), characterized in that, Around the top of the underwater drone (10), a base rod (12) with an inclined structure is fixedly installed by bolts. Between the tops of the base rods (12), the bottom plate (11) is fixedly installed by bolts. At the center of one end of the top of the bottom plate (11), a detection ring (50) is fixedly installed by bolts. On one side of the top of the bottom plate (11), a cleaning seat (20) is fixedly installed by bolts. At the center of one side of the cleaning seat (20) on the top of the bottom plate (11), a fixing ring (60) is fixedly installed by bolts. A cleaning component is arranged between the fixing ring (60) and the cleaning seat (20), and the cleaning component includes: A cleaning ring (21) for cleaning the outer circumference of the submarine pipeline cable body (90). On the bottom plate (11), at the center of one side of the cleaning seat (20), the cleaning ring (21) with a cleaning brush (23) inside is connected by an annular limiting base (22). At the center of the bottom of the fixing ring (60), a fixing groove (61) is opened. At both ends of the fixing groove (61) on the fixing ring (60), friction wheels (62) are movably arranged. At the center of the fixing groove (61) on the fixing ring (60), a fixing frame (70) connected to the cleaning seat (20) is arranged; A rotating shaft (71) for driving the cleaning ring (21) to rotate. Between the friction wheels (62), a friction rotating shaft (72) is arranged in the fixing frame (70). At the outer circumference of the center of the friction rotating shaft (72), a first belt pulley (73) is fixedly installed by bolts. At one end of the bottom of the fixing frame (70), a fixing rod (74) is connected by a bearing. At the outer circumference of the center of the fixing rod (74), a second belt pulley (75) is fixedly installed by bolts. On the fixing rod (74), a first bevel gear (76) is meshed with a second bevel gear (77) at one end of the rotating shaft (71), and the other end of the rotating shaft (71) penetrates and extends to the bottom of the other side of the cleaning ring (21); A plurality of detection holes (51) are evenly opened around the inner side of the detection ring (50). At both ends of the bottom of the detection holes (51) on the detection ring (50), a detection frame (53) with a detection roller (54) is connected by a detection return spring (52). At the center of the top of the detection frame (53), a T-shaped movable rod (56) movably connected to the detection bottom ring (55) is arranged. At the center of one side of the outside of the detection ring (50), a PLC controller (57) electrically connected to the support ring (30) is fixedly installed by bolts; On the top of the bottom plate (11), several support rings (30) are evenly installed by bolts between the detection ring (50) and the repair ring (40). At both inner ends of the support ring (30), limit rings (32) for limiting the tapered heat shrinkable tube body (31) are movably arranged. The heat shrinkable tube body (31) is movably clamped and connected between both inner ends of the support ring (30) through the limit rings (32). The outer circumference of the repair ring (40) is movably meshed and connected with a repair frame (42) through a rotating tooth block (41).

2. The underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, characterized in that, On both sides of the front end of the underwater drone (10), armrests (13) in the shape of fish fins are provided. On both sides of the rear end of the underwater drone (10), drain holes (14) are clamped. On the underwater drone (10), a propeller (15) is provided on one side of the drain holes (14).

3. The underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 2, wherein, On one side of the annular limit base (22), an annular limit groove (24) is formed. In the annular limit groove (24) of the annular limit base (22), an annular limit block (25) is slidably connected. The cleaning ring (21) is fixedly installed on the annular limit block (25) by bolts. On the cleaning base (20), a driving gear (26) meshing with the outer circumference of the cleaning ring (21) is movably arranged on one side of the bottom of the cleaning ring (21). One end of the rotating shaft (71) penetrates and extends to the center of one side of the driving gear (26). A driving belt (78) is meshed between the first pulley (73) and the second pulley (75) and is movably arranged in the fixing frame (70). The rotating shaft (71) is movably penetrated and connected in the fixing frame (70) through a bearing.

4. The underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, wherein, Inside the fixing ring (60), several limit holes (63) for limiting and moving the submarine pipeline cable body (90) are evenly formed. At both bottom ends of the limit holes (63) on the fixing ring (60), limit springs (64) are fixedly installed by bolts. The limit springs (64) are fixedly installed with limit frames (65) movably arranged in the limit holes (63). At the centers of both bottom ends of the limit frames (65), limit rollers (66) are fixedly installed by bolts. The limit rollers (66) are movably abutted against the outer circumference of the submarine pipeline cable body (90).

5. The underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, wherein, At both ends of the top side of the support ring (30), support holes (33) are provided at the centers. An electric telescopic rod (34) is fixedly installed at the center of the bottom of the support hole (33) on the support ring (30) by bolts. The top ends of the electric telescopic rods (34) are fixedly installed with support plates (35) by bolts. A support rod (36) is fixedly installed at one side of the bottom of the support plate (35) by bolts. The other end of the support rod (36) is fixedly installed at the center of the top side of one side of the limit ring (32) by bolts. A plurality of push plates (37) are uniformly arranged on one side of the heat shrinkable tube body (31) at the inner sides of both ends of the support ring (30), and the limit ring (32) is movably arranged between the outer sides of the push plates (37).

6. The underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, characterized in that, Detection rods (58) are fixedly installed in the detection holes (51) on the detection ring (50) by bolts. A detection bottom ring (55) is installed at the center of the detection hole (51) on the detection rod (58). The top of the T-shaped movable rod (56) movably penetrates through the detection bottom ring (55). The detection bottom ring (55) and the electric telescopic rod (34) are both connected to the PLC controller (57) by wires. A detection roller (54) fixedly installed at the center of the bottom of the detection frame (53) is movably abutted against the outer periphery of the submarine pipeline cable body (90).

7. An underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, characterized in that, L-shaped connecting rods (43) are fixedly installed at both ends of the inner wall of the repair ring (40) by bolts. The other ends of the L-shaped connecting rods (43) are fixedly installed on one side of the support ring (30) by bolts. A rotating tooth block (41) is fixedly installed on the outer periphery of the repair ring (40) by bolts. A repair frame (42) is movably connected to the repair ring (40) through the rotating tooth block (41). A repair plate (44) is fixedly installed at the bottom of one side of the repair frame (42) by bolts. A hot air blower (45) for heating the heat shrinkable tube body (31) is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the bottom of the repair plate (44) by bolts.

8. An underwater unmanned platform dedicated to the detection and repair of submarine pipeline cables according to claim 1, characterized in that, A driving motor (46) is fixedly installed at the center of one side of the top of the repair frame (42) by bolts. The output end of the driving motor (46) is connected to a driving gear (47) located in the repair frame (42), and the driving gear (47) is meshed with the rotating tooth block (41). There are three groups of support rings (30), and the centers of the cleaning ring (21), the fixing ring (60), the support ring (30), the detection ring (50) and the repair ring (40) are all on the same axis. T-shaped positioning plates (48) are fixedly installed at the centers of both sides of the repair ring (40). Positioning rollers (49) that fit the two sides of the T-shaped positioning plate (48) are fixedly installed on both sides inside the repair frame (42) by bolts.

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