A floating device for marine environment monitoring buoy

Abstract

The present invention belongs to the technical field of marine buoys, and provides a floating device for marine environment monitoring buoys. The present invention includes a buoy shell and an equipment platform, the equipment platform is located inside the buoy shell, the equipment platform is connected to the buoy shell by an inclined bracket, a ballast water tank is provided between the equipment platform and the buoy shell, and the equipment platform can move up and down relative to the buoy shell. Through the above arrangement, the volume ratio of seawater and gas in the ballast water tank can be adjusted, the center of gravity position and buoyancy of the marine environment monitoring buoy can be adjusted, and the marine environment monitoring buoy can be prevented from capsizing; it can also reduce the area of ​​the equipment platform exposed to the influence of wind and waves when the marine environment is harsh, reduce the possibility of damage to the monitoring equipment by the impact of wind and waves, and can also increase the height of the monitoring equipment when the marine environment is good, to obtain a better environmental monitoring field of view and a larger environmental monitoring range.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of ocean buoys and provides a floating device for an ocean environment monitoring buoy. Background Art

[0002] Buoys are a modern marine monitoring equipment, widely used in the collection of marine environmental data. They can automatically complete the collection, marking and transmission of marine environmental data, and play an important role in the construction of marine stereoscopic observation networks, marine management, marine development, and marine scientific research. At present, marine buoys are equipped with various high-precision sensors to monitor marine environmental data. However, buoys at sea are affected by waves and are prone to capsizing. Some monitoring equipment must be exposed to the outside of the buoy. In harsh environments, they are repeatedly washed by waves, which seriously affects the service life of the monitoring equipment and greatly increases the cost of using the buoy. Prior art JP1994088556B2 is a floating marine structure with a mooring adjustment function. On both sides of the floating marine structure, the mooring rope passes through the upper fixed block and is set on the mooring winch at the top of the column, and the running block is engaged with the middle of the mooring rope. The adjustment rope connected to the running block is received on the adjustment winch set on the top through the lower fixed block. In this structure, the winding length of the rope is adjusted by adjusting the winch to adjust the length of the rope between the slider and the lower fixed block, so that the position of the slider, that is, the height of the mooring point where the force is applied, can be arbitrarily changed between the upper block and the lower block to maintain an upright state. The prior art engages the running block through the middle of the mooring rope, pulls out the other adjustment rope of the upper and lower fixed blocks, suppresses the tilt of the buoy, and maintains an upright state. The inventor believes that there is a large room for improvement in the prior art. Summary of the invention

[0003] The purpose of the present invention is to be able to adjust the center of gravity of the marine environment monitoring buoy according to environmental requirements, maintain the stability of the marine environment monitoring buoy, and avoid the marine environment monitoring buoy from capsizing. Secondly, adjust the posture and position of the equipment carried by the marine environment monitoring buoy. When the marine environment is harsh, reduce the area impacted by seawater and reduce the possibility of damage caused by wind and wave impact; when the marine environment is stable, expand the environmental monitoring range and obtain more marine environment monitoring data. To this end, the present invention provides a floating device for a marine environment monitoring buoy, including a buoy shell and an equipment platform. The equipment platform is located inside the buoy shell. The equipment platform is connected to the buoy shell by an inclined bracket. A ballast water tank is provided between the equipment platform and the buoy shell. The equipment platform can move up and down relative to the buoy shell. A ballast water tank is provided between the equipment platform and the buoy shell, and the equipment platform can move up and down relative to the buoy shell. By adjusting the seawater storage in the ballast water tank, the center of gravity position and buoyancy of the marine environment monitoring buoy can be adjusted to avoid the marine environment monitoring buoy from capsizing. The equipment platform can move up and down relative to the buoy shell, and can also reduce the area of ​​the equipment platform exposed to the influence of wind and waves when the marine environment is harsh, thereby reducing the possibility of damage to the monitoring equipment by the impact of wind and waves. It can also increase the height of the monitoring equipment when the marine environment is good to obtain a better environmental monitoring field of view and a larger environmental monitoring range.

[0004] Preferably, the monitoring equipment further comprises a fixed monitoring device, which is fixed to the top surface of the equipment platform. The fixed monitoring device is fixed to the equipment platform and can move with the equipment platform. When the marine environment is bad, the fixed monitoring device can enter the buoy shell with the equipment platform to reduce the area exposed to the influence of wind and waves, avoid the failure of the fixed monitoring device, and reduce the use cost of the marine environment monitoring buoy.

[0005] Preferably, the monitoring equipment also includes a movable monitoring device, and the tilt bracket also includes an equipment mounting plate, and the movable monitoring device is fixed to the tilt bracket using the equipment mounting plate. The movable monitoring device includes a photovoltaic panel. With the above arrangement, the movable monitoring device can follow the tilt bracket to adjust the angle with the equipment platform, and in a harsh marine environment, reduce the windward area of ​​the photovoltaic panel, reduce the impact on the photovoltaic panel, and avoid damage to the photovoltaic panel; in a good marine environment, adjust the angle of the photovoltaic panel to improve the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic panel, and ensure the energy reserve of the marine environment monitoring buoy.

[0006] Preferably, the tilt bracket includes a first rod, the first rod and the equipment platform have an angle, and one end of the first rod is hinged to the buoy shell. The angle is not greater than 90°. The first rod is hinged to the equipment platform and can adjust the angle between itself and the equipment platform, thereby changing the position and posture of the movable monitoring equipment carried on the tilt bracket to adapt to different marine environments, avoid damage to the movable monitoring equipment in harsh marine environments, and improve the working efficiency of the movable monitoring equipment in good marine environments.

[0007] Preferably, the tilt bracket further comprises a vertical second rod, the ballast water tank is provided with a floating body cover plate, the lower end of the second rod is connected to the floating body cover plate, the part of the second rod close to the floating body cover plate is fixed to the equipment platform, and the part of the second rod away from the floating body cover plate is connected to the first rod. The first rod and the second rod of the tilt bracket are associated, when the equipment platform and the floating body cover plate move downward, the second rod moves downward, driving the first rod to reduce the angle with the equipment platform, so as to achieve that under the influence of the harsh marine environment, the ballast water tank actively drains water to lower the center of gravity of the marine environment monitoring buoy, and avoids the overturning of the marine environment monitoring buoy due to excessive wind and waves; at the same time, the equipment platform moves downward, and part or all of the fixed monitoring equipment enters the buoy shell, reducing the area of ​​the fixed monitoring equipment exposed to the influence of wind and waves, and avoiding damage to the fixed monitoring equipment; and the first rod of the tilt bracket reduces the angle with the equipment platform, reduces the windward area of ​​the movable monitoring equipment, and avoids damage to the movable monitoring equipment. On the contrary, when the equipment platform and the floating cover plate move upward, the second rod moves upward, driving the first rod to increase the angle between it and the equipment platform, so as to achieve the goal that when the marine environment is good, the equipment platform moves upward and the fixed monitoring equipment is raised, which can increase the field of view of the fixed monitoring equipment, expand the monitoring range of the fixed monitoring equipment, and obtain more sufficient marine environment monitoring data.

[0008] Preferably, the equipment mounting plate is provided with a first slot and a first mounting hole, and the movable monitoring equipment is connected to the first rod by fasteners passing through the first slot and the first mounting hole respectively. Since the movable monitoring equipment needs to follow the tilt bracket for posture adjustment and reduce the volume of the marine environment monitoring buoy, to avoid interference between the tilt bracket and the fixed monitoring equipment, the distance from the connection end of the first rod and the equipment platform to the second rod is a fixed value, and the first rod is a retractable rod. Therefore, the fixing point of the movable monitoring equipment needs to follow the tilt bracket for adjustment, and the movable monitoring equipment is fixed by at least two fasteners, including a first fastener and a second fastener, the first fastener passes through the first slot, and the second fastener passes through the first mounting hole. Due to the existence of the first slot, the spacing between the first fastener and the second fastener is proportional to the length of the first rod. At the same time, since the first rod is shortened in a harsh marine environment, the spacing between the fasteners is also shortened, which can improve the reliability of the fixing method of the movable monitoring equipment and ensure that the fixing method can withstand abnormal impacts in a harsh marine environment.

[0009] Preferably, the distance between the first mounting hole and the first slot is L 1 The distance from the connection end of the first rod and the buoy shell to the second rod is L 2 , L 1 The length is not greater than L 2 The above arrangement can avoid interference between the movable monitoring equipment carried by the first rod and the fixed monitoring equipment on the equipment platform when the first rod rotates, thereby achieving the technical effect of adjusting the posture of the movable monitoring equipment by rotating the first rod, and further reducing the water surface height of the ocean monitoring buoy and the exposed surface area of ​​the monitoring equipment under severe sea conditions, thereby reducing the possibility of capsizing of the ocean monitoring buoy and the area of ​​the monitoring equipment washed by ocean waves, and extending the service life of the monitoring equipment.

[0010] Preferably, an elastic body is provided between the floating body cover plate and the equipment platform, the elastic body surrounds the second rod, and a drain and a water inlet are provided at the bottom of the ballast water tank, and the water inlet is located above the drain. Since the monitoring equipment is carried above the equipment platform and the ballast water tank is below the floating body cover plate, the seawater in the ballast water tank will impact the floating body cover plate due to its own inertia and the shaking of the ocean monitoring buoy. The provision of the elastic body is conducive to absorbing the impact of the seawater and providing a stable monitoring environment for the monitoring equipment; and the inclined bracket is fixed by the first rod and the second rod, and the elastic member is conducive to absorbing the impact transmitted from the inclined bracket to the second rod, so as to avoid affecting the pressure and buoyancy stability in the ballast water tank.

[0011] The present invention provides a floating device for a marine environment monitoring buoy, which can adjust the center of gravity of the marine environment monitoring buoy according to environmental requirements, keep the marine environment monitoring buoy stable, and avoid the marine environment monitoring buoy from capsizing, and has the following beneficial effects: adjusting the posture and position of the equipment carried by the marine environment monitoring buoy, when the marine environment is harsh, reducing the area impacted by seawater and reducing the possibility of damage caused by wind and wave impact; when the marine environment is stable, expanding the environmental monitoring range of the monitoring equipment and obtaining more marine environment monitoring data; being able to improve the reliability of the fixing method of the movable monitoring equipment and ensure that the fixing method can bear abnormal impacts in harsh marine environments; absorbing the impact of the counterweight seawater inside the marine environment monitoring buoy on the equipment platform, and providing a stable monitoring environment for the monitoring equipment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0012] In order to more clearly illustrate the implementation methods of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the following briefly introduces the drawings required for the implementation methods or the description of the prior art. Obviously, the drawings described below are only exemplary, and for ordinary technicians in this field, other implementation drawings can be derived from the provided drawings without creative work.

[0013] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0014] Figure 2 It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram of the present invention;

[0015] Figure 3 It is a structural schematic diagram of the tilt bracket of the present invention;

[0016] Figure 4 It is a front view of the device mounting plate of the present invention;

[0017] Figure 5 For the present invention Figure 2 A partial enlarged view of the M in the middle;

[0018] Figure 6 For the present invention Figure 2 A local enlarged view of point N in the middle.

[0019] Explanation of the reference numerals: 1 buoy shell; 2 equipment platform; 3 equipment mounting plate; 301 first tank; 302 first mounting hole; 4 tilt bracket; 401 first rod; 402 second rod; 5 fixed monitoring equipment; 6 ballast water tank; 7 floating body cover plate; 8 water inlet; 9 outlet; 10 water pump; 11 movable monitoring equipment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments.

[0021] Embodiment 1

[0022] Combination Figure 1 and Figure 2 As shown, a floating device for a marine environment monitoring buoy includes a buoy shell 1 and an equipment platform 2. The equipment platform 2 is located inside the buoy shell 1. The equipment platform 2 is connected to the buoy shell 1 by an inclined bracket 4. A ballast water tank 6 is provided between the equipment platform 2 and the buoy shell 1, and the equipment platform 2 can move up and down relative to the buoy shell 1. A ballast water tank 6 is provided between the equipment platform 2 and the buoy shell 1, and the equipment platform 2 can move up and down relative to the buoy shell 1. The center of gravity and buoyancy of the marine environment monitoring buoy can be adjusted by adjusting the seawater storage in the ballast water tank 6 to avoid the marine environment monitoring buoy from capsizing; the equipment platform 2 can move up and down relative to the buoy shell 1, and can also reduce the area of ​​the equipment platform 2 exposed to the influence of wind and waves when the marine environment is bad, reduce the possibility of damage to the monitoring equipment by the impact of wind and waves, and can also increase the height of the monitoring equipment when the marine environment is good, to obtain a better environmental monitoring field of view and a larger environmental monitoring range.

[0023] The monitoring equipment also includes a fixed monitoring device 5, which is fixed to the top surface of the equipment platform 2. The fixed monitoring device 5 is fixed to the equipment platform 2, and can move with the equipment platform 2. When the marine environment is harsh, the fixed monitoring device 5 can enter the buoy shell 1 with the equipment platform 2, thereby reducing the area exposed to the influence of wind and waves, avoiding failure of the fixed monitoring device 5, and reducing the use cost of the marine environment monitoring buoy.

[0024] The monitoring equipment also includes a movable monitoring device 11, and the tilt bracket 4 also includes a device mounting plate 3. The movable monitoring device 11 is fixed to the tilt bracket 4 using the device mounting plate 3. The movable monitoring device 11 includes a photovoltaic panel. With the above arrangement, the movable monitoring device 11 can follow the tilt bracket 4 to adjust the angle with the device platform 2. In a harsh marine environment, the windward area of ​​the photovoltaic panel is reduced, the impact on the photovoltaic panel is reduced, and damage to the photovoltaic panel is avoided; in a good marine environment, the angle of the photovoltaic panel is adjusted to improve the power generation efficiency of the photovoltaic panel and ensure the energy reserve of the marine environment monitoring buoy.

[0025] like Figure 3As shown, the tilt bracket 4 includes a first rod 401, the first rod 401 and the equipment platform 2 have an angle, and one end of the first rod 401 is hinged to the equipment platform 2. The angle is not greater than 90°. The tilt bracket 4 also includes a vertical second rod 402, the ballast water tank 6 is provided with a floating body sealing plate 7, the lower end of the second rod 402 is connected to the floating body sealing plate 7, the part of the second rod 402 close to the floating body sealing plate 7 is fixed to the equipment platform 2, and the part of the second rod 402 away from the floating body sealing plate 7 is connected to the first rod 401. In this embodiment, the tilt bracket 4 also includes a retractable third rod, and the third rod connects the first rod 401 and the second rod 402.

[0026] Through the above-mentioned arrangement, the first rod 401 is hingedly connected to the equipment platform 2, and can adjust the angle between itself and the equipment platform 2, thereby changing the position and posture of the movable monitoring device 11 carried on the inclined bracket 4, so as to adapt to different marine environments, avoid damage to the movable monitoring device 11 in harsh marine environments, and improve the working efficiency of the movable monitoring device 11 in good marine environments. The first rod 401 and the second rod 402 of the inclined bracket 4 are associated with each other. When the equipment platform 2 and the floating cover plate 7 move downward, the second rod 402 moves downward, driving the first rod 401 to reduce the angle with the equipment platform 2, so as to achieve the effect that under the influence of harsh marine environment, the ballast water tank 6 actively discharges water to lower the center of gravity of the marine environment monitoring buoy, thereby avoiding excessive wind and waves and the capsizing of the marine environment monitoring buoy; at the same time, the equipment platform 2 moves downward, and part or all of the fixed monitoring equipment 5 enters the buoy shell 1, reducing the area of ​​the fixed monitoring equipment 5 exposed to the influence of wind and waves, thereby avoiding damage to the fixed monitoring equipment 5; and the first rod 401 of the inclined bracket 4 reduces the angle with the equipment platform 2, thereby reducing the windward area of ​​the movable monitoring equipment 11 and avoiding damage to the movable monitoring equipment 11. On the contrary, when the equipment platform 2 and the floating cover plate 7 move upward, the second rod 402 moves upward, driving the first rod 401 to increase the angle with the equipment platform 2, so as to achieve the goal that when the marine environment is good, the equipment platform 2 moves upward and the fixed monitoring equipment 5 is raised, which can increase the field of view of the fixed monitoring equipment 5, expand the monitoring range of the fixed monitoring equipment 5, and obtain more sufficient marine environment monitoring data; the third rod can improve the structural strength of the inclined bracket, improve the ability of the first rod to withstand tangential loads, and improve the ability of the first rod and the movable monitoring equipment to withstand wave impact.

[0027] Combination Figure 3 and 4As shown, the distance between the first mounting hole 302 and the first slot 301 is L1, and the distance from the connection end of the first rod 401 and the equipment platform 2 to the second rod 402 is L2, and the length of L1 is not greater than the length of L2. With the above arrangement, when the first rod 401 rotates, the movable monitoring device 11 carried thereon can be prevented from interfering with the fixed monitoring device 5 on the equipment platform 2, thereby achieving the technical effect of adjusting the posture of the movable monitoring device 11 by rotating the first rod 401.

[0028] like Figure 4 As shown, the equipment mounting plate 3 is provided with a first slot 301 and a first mounting hole 302, and the movable monitoring device 11 is connected to the first rod 401 by fasteners passing through the first slot 301 and the first mounting hole 302 respectively. Since the movable monitoring device 11 needs to follow the tilt bracket 4 for attitude adjustment, and reduce the volume of the marine environment monitoring buoy, avoid interference between the tilt bracket 4 and the fixed monitoring device 5, and make the distance from the connection end of the first rod 401 and the equipment platform 2 to the second rod 402 a fixed value, the first rod 401 is a retractable rod. Therefore, the fixing point of the movable monitoring device 11 needs to follow the tilt bracket 4 for adjustment, and the movable monitoring device 11 is fixed by at least two fasteners, including a first fastener and a second fastener, the first fastener passes through the first slot 301, and the second fastener passes through the first mounting hole 302. Due to the existence of the first slot 301, the distance between the first fastener and the second fastener is proportional to the length of the first rod 401. At the same time, since the first rod 401 is shortened in a harsh marine environment, the spacing between the fasteners is also shortened, which can improve the reliability of the fixing method of the movable monitoring device 11 and ensure that the fixing method can withstand abnormal impacts in a harsh marine environment.

[0029] Combination Figure 5 and Figure 6As shown, an elastomer is provided between the floating cover plate 7 and the equipment platform 2, and the elastomer surrounds the second rod 402. A drain 9 and a water inlet 8 are provided at the bottom of the ballast water tank 6. The water inlet 8 is located above the drain 9. A water pump 10 is provided at the drain 9. A buffer structure is provided on the side of the water pump 10 away from the drain 9, and the buffer structure is S-shaped. Since the monitoring equipment is carried on the top of the equipment platform 2 and the ballast water tank 6 is below the floating cover plate 7, the seawater in the ballast water tank 6 will impact the floating cover plate 7 due to its own inertia and the shaking of the ocean monitoring buoy. The provision of an elastomer is conducive to absorbing the impact of seawater and providing a stable monitoring environment for the monitoring equipment; and the inclined bracket 4 is fixed with a first rod 401 and a second rod 402. The elastic member is conducive to absorbing the impact transmitted from the inclined bracket 4 to the second rod 402, avoiding affecting the pressure and buoyancy stability in the ballast water tank 6; the buffer structure can slow down the water flow rate when the water pump 10 is filled with water, reduce the impact on the ballast water tank and the water pressure in the ballast water tank that causes damage to the water pump 10, and avoid the marine environment monitoring buoy from moving significantly due to the operation of the water pump 10.

[0030] The present invention provides a floating device for a marine environment monitoring buoy, which can adjust the center of gravity of the marine environment monitoring buoy according to environmental requirements, maintain the stability of the marine environment monitoring buoy, and avoid the overturning of the marine environment monitoring buoy, and has the following beneficial effects: adjusting the posture and position of the equipment carried by the marine environment monitoring buoy, when the marine environment is harsh, reducing the area impacted by seawater and reducing the possibility of damage caused by wind and wave impact; when the marine environment is stable, expanding the environmental monitoring range of the monitoring equipment and obtaining more marine environment monitoring data; being able to improve the reliability of the fixing method of the movable monitoring equipment 11, ensuring that the fixing method can withstand abnormal impacts in harsh marine environments; absorbing the impact of the counterweight seawater inside the marine environment monitoring buoy on the equipment platform 2, and providing a stable monitoring environment for the monitoring equipment.

[0031] The above embodiments and / or implementation methods are only used to illustrate the preferred embodiments and / or implementation methods for realizing the technology of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the implementation methods of the technology of the present invention in any form. Any technical personnel in this field may make slight changes to other equivalent embodiments without departing from the scope of the technical means disclosed in the content of the present invention, but they should still be regarded as technologies or embodiments that are essentially the same as the present invention.

Claims

1. A floating device for a marine environment monitoring buoy, comprising a buoy housing (1) and an equipment platform (2), characterized in that: The equipment platform (2) is located inside the buoy shell (1), the equipment platform (2) is connected to the buoy shell (1) by means of an inclined bracket (4), a ballast water tank (6) is provided between the equipment platform (2) and the buoy shell (1), a monitoring device is provided above the equipment platform (2), the equipment platform (2) can move up and down relative to the buoy shell (1), and the buoy shell (1) is provided with a high-pressure gas chamber; The monitoring device further comprises a movable monitoring device (11), the tilting bracket (4) further comprises a device mounting plate (3), and the movable monitoring device (11) is fixed to the tilting bracket (4) by means of the device mounting plate (3); The inclined bracket (4) comprises a first rod (401), the first rod (401) and the equipment platform (2) have an included angle, and one end of the first rod (401) is hingedly connected to the buoy housing (1); The inclined bracket (4) further comprises a vertical second rod (402), the ballast water tank (6) is provided with a floating body cover (7), the lower end of the second rod (402) is connected to the floating body cover (7), the portion of the second rod (402) close to the floating body cover (7) is fixed to the equipment platform (2), and the portion of the second rod (402) away from the floating body cover (7) is connected to the first rod (401); The equipment mounting plate (3) is provided with a first slot (301) and a first mounting hole (302); the movable monitoring equipment (11) is connected to the first rod (401) by fasteners passing through the first slot (301) and the first mounting hole (302) respectively; The distance between the first mounting hole (302) and the first slot (301) is L1, the distance between the connection end of the first rod (401) and the buoy housing (1) and the second rod (402) is L2, and the length of L1 is not greater than the length of L2.

2. A floating device for marine environment monitoring buoy according to claim 1, characterized in that: The monitoring device further comprises a fixed monitoring device (5), wherein the fixed monitoring device (5) is fixed to the top surface of the device platform (2).

3. A floating device for marine environment monitoring buoy according to claim 1, characterized in that: An elastic body is provided between the floating body cover plate (7) and the equipment platform (2), the elastic body surrounding the second rod (402), and a drain port (9) and a water inlet (8) are provided at the bottom of the ballast water tank (6), the water inlet (8) being located above the drain port (9).

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