Safe lifting device for vertical ship lifting well

By adjusting the water flow speed, stabilizing components to prevent ship swaying, and implementing automatic limiters, the problem of ship swaying and friction against the shaft wall in vertical lift shafts has been solved, thereby improving the stability and safety of the ship lifting process.

CN121024031APending Publication Date: 2025-11-28NANJING HYDRAULIC RES INST
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Application Number
CN202511389382.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-09-26
Publication Date
2025-11-28

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Technical Problem

When transporting ships, existing vertical ship lifts rely on water injection for buoyancy during the upward movement. However, the high speed of the water flow causes the ships to sway and rub against the lift walls, resulting in damage and safety risks.

Method used

The system employs an adjustment component to control the water flow speed, a stabilizing component to prevent the ship from swaying, a linkage component to achieve automatic limit switching, a drive component to provide power, a linkage component to achieve adaptive limit switching, and a buoyancy plate to rise synchronously with the water level, ensuring the stability of the ship.

Benefits of technology

It significantly improves the stability of the ship during lifting and lowering, avoids collisions between the hull and the well wall, reduces maintenance costs and safety risks, and saves drive energy consumption.

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Abstract

The invention discloses a safe lifting device for a vertical ship lifting well, and relates to the technical field of shipping equipment. The well comprises a well body, the bottom of the well body is communicated with a descending channel pipe, and the top of the well body is communicated with an ascending channel pipe; an adjusting assembly is arranged on one side of the well body. Through cooperative work of the adjusting assembly and the stabilizing assembly, the stability of the ship in the lifting process is remarkably improved, the ascending control valve and the descending control valve in the adjusting assembly can accurately control the speed and flow of water flowing in and out of the well body, and therefore direct impact of the water flow on the ship body is relieved; the possibility that the ship shakes is reduced from the source, clamping plates and limiting plates in the stabilizing assemblies can flexibly clamp and limit the two sides of the ship actively when the ship floats to the designated height, transverse displacement of the ship in the vertical shaft is effectively limited, collision and friction between the ship body and the shaft wall are avoided, and the ship body is protected from being damaged. And the safety of the ship and the ship lifting well structure is ensured.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of shipping equipment, and particularly relates to a vertical ship lift safety lifting device. BACKGROUND

[0002] The vertical ship lift is an important component of the ship lift. It is a vertical shaft structure, usually built in water conservancy hubs and other projects. Its main function is to provide a vertical running channel for ships. During operation, horizontal tunnels or channels are excavated at the upper and lower parts of the shaft as a pilot channel and the upstream and downstream channels are connected, and the water sealing gate is arranged at the upper and lower parts of the shaft to realize the safe lifting function of the water level in the shaft. The design of the vertical ship lift needs to consider factors such as structural strength, stability, water tightness, etc., to ensure that it can safely and efficiently carry ships and complete lifting operations, which is of great significance to improve the navigation capacity in inland waterway transportation.

[0003] At present, some vertical ship lifts use the method of injecting water into the conveying shaft to help the ship move upward by the buoyancy of the water flow when transporting the ship. However, there are some problems in this process. When injecting water, the water flow is fast, which will cause strong impact on the ship, resulting in the ship shaking in the shaft. At the same time, the shaking ship is easy to rub and collide with the shaft wall. This not only may cause scratching damage to the surface of the ship, affecting the appearance and structural integrity of the ship, but also may cause a certain degree of damage to the shaft wall, reducing the service life of the vertical ship lift, increasing the maintenance cost and safety risk.

[0004] Therefore, we provide a vertical ship lift safety lifting device to solve the above problems. SUMMARY

[0005] The purpose of the present application is to provide a vertical ship lift safety lifting device, which solves the problem that the existing vertical ship lift needs to inject water into the conveying shaft to help the ship move upward by the buoyancy of the water flow when transporting the ship, but the water flow will impact the ship and the ship will rub with the shaft wall during the water injection process.

[0006] To solve the above technical problems, the present application is realized by the following technical scheme.

[0007] The application is a vertical ship lift safety lifting device, comprising a shaft body, a descending channel pipe connected to the bottom of the shaft body, and an ascending channel pipe connected to the top of the shaft body; an adjusting assembly is arranged on one side of the shaft body, the adjusting assembly comprises a first support pipe connected to the bottom of the ascending channel pipe and a second support pipe connected to the bottom of the descending channel pipe, and the water flow is controlled through the adjusting assembly; a stabilizing assembly is arranged inside the shaft body, the stabilizing assembly comprises a fixed plate slidingly connected to the inside of the shaft body, adjusting plates installed on both sides of the fixed plate, a push plate arranged on one side of the adjusting plate, a clamping plate arranged on one side of the push plate, a rotating shaft movably connected to the inside of the adjusting plate, and a limiting plate installed on the surface of the rotating shaft, and the ship is prevented from swaying through the stabilizing assembly; a linkage assembly is arranged inside the push plate, the linkage assembly comprises a gear installed on the surface of the rotating shaft, a toothed plate engaged on one side of the gear, a support shaft installed on one side of the clamping plate, and a first spring sleeved on the surface of the support shaft, and the position of the limiting plate is adjusted through the linkage assembly.

[0008] The application is further provided that the inside of the fixed plate is provided with a driving assembly, the driving assembly comprises a double-shaft motor installed in the inside of the fixed plate, a driving shaft installed on the output end of both sides of the double-shaft motor, a winding wheel installed on the surface of the driving shaft, and a traction rope installed on the surface of the winding wheel.

[0009] The application is further provided that the inside of the fixed plate is provided with a driving assembly, the driving assembly comprises a double-shaft motor installed in the inside of the fixed plate, a driving shaft installed on the output end of both sides of the double-shaft motor, a winding wheel installed on the surface of the driving shaft, and a traction rope installed on the surface of the winding wheel.

[0010] The application is further provided that the surface of the traction rope is sleeved with an auxiliary wheel, and one side of the auxiliary wheel is movably connected with the inner wall of the adjusting plate through a bearing.

[0011] The application is further provided that one side of the toothed plate is fixedly connected with the clamping plate, and the other end of the support shaft penetrates through the push plate and is fixedly connected with a limiting block.

[0012] The application is further provided that one side of the fixed plate is slidingly connected with a guide rail plate, and one side of the guide rail plate is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the shaft body.

[0013] The application is further provided that the adjusting assembly further comprises an ascending control valve installed on the surface of the first support pipe and a descending control valve installed on the surface of the second support pipe.

[0014] The application is further provided that one side of the descending channel pipe is provided with a descending gate, and one side of the ascending channel pipe is provided with an ascending gate.

[0015] The application is further provided that the inside of the shaft body is fixedly connected with a bottom plate, and a water delivery hole is formed in the inside of the bottom plate.

[0016] The vertical guide rail plate is fixedly connected with the fixed plate and the adjusting plate.

[0017] The present application has the following advantages.

[0018] 1. The present application significantly improves the stability of the ship during lifting by setting the adjusting assembly and the stabilizing assembly, the uplink control valve and the downlink control valve in the adjusting assembly can accurately control the water flow speed and flow rate in and out of the shaft body, thereby reducing the direct impact of water flow on the ship body, reducing the possibility of ship sway from the source, the clamping plate and the limiting plate structure in the stabilizing assembly can actively clamp and limit the two sides of the ship when it floats to the specified height, effectively limiting the lateral displacement of the ship in the shaft, avoiding the collision and friction between the ship body and the shaft wall, and ensuring the safety of the ship and the ship shaft structure.

[0019] 2. The present application realizes the automation and self-adaptation of the limiting process through the ingenious design of the driving assembly and the linkage assembly, the double-shaft motor in the driving assembly drives the sliding block and the adjusting plate to move towards each other through the winding wheel and the traction rope, providing stable power for the clamping action, the linkage assembly converts the linear motion of the clamping plate into the rotary motion of the limiting plate through the gear and rack mechanism, so that it can adapt to ships of different widths and complete the wrapping limiting, the setting of the buoyancy plate makes the entire stabilizing platform float synchronously with the water level, not only saving driving energy consumption, but also ensuring that the ship always remains stable in the middle during the whole lifting process.

[0020] Of course, any product implementing the present application does not necessarily need to achieve all the advantages described above. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0021] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used for the embodiment description.

[0022] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device.

[0023] Figure 2 It is a sectional view of the shaft body in the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device.

[0024] Figure 3 It is a sectional view of the shaft body in the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device. Figure 1 It is a bottom view of the structure in the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device.

[0025] Figure 4 It is a connection schematic view of the fixed plate and the adjusting plate in the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device.

[0026] Figure 5 It is a connection schematic view of the fixed plate and the vertical guide rail plate in the vertical ship shaft safety lifting device.

[0027] Figure 6 It is the partial section view of fixed plate and adjusting plate in vertical ship lift safety lifting device.

[0028] Figure 7 It is the internal structure schematic view of adjusting plate in vertical ship lift safety lifting device.

[0029] Figure 8 It is the internal structure schematic view of push plate in vertical ship lift safety lifting device.

[0030] Figure 9 It is the limiting schematic view of ship in vertical ship lift safety lifting device.

[0031] In the drawings: 1, shaft body; 2, downlink channel pipe; 3, uplink channel pipe; 4, adjusting assembly; 401, first support pipe; 402, second support pipe; 5, stabilizing assembly; 501, fixed plate; 502, adjusting plate; 503, push plate; 504, clamping plate; 505, rotating shaft; 506, limiting plate; 6, linkage assembly; 601, gear; 602, toothed plate; 603, support shaft; 604, first spring; 7, driving assembly; 701, double-shaft motor; 702, driving shaft; 703, winding wheel; 704, traction rope; 8, sliding rod; 9, sliding block; 10, second spring; 11, auxiliary wheel; 12, guide rail plate; 403, uplink control valve; 404, downlink control valve; 405, downlink gate; 406, uplink gate; 13, bottom plate; 14, limiting seat; 15, buoyancy plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0032] The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. The described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all.

[0033] Embodiment 1

[0034] Please refer to Figures 1-9The application is a vertical ship lift safety lifting device, which comprises a shaft body 1, a descending channel pipe 2 connected to the bottom of the shaft body 1, and an ascending channel pipe 3 connected to the top of the shaft body 1; an adjusting assembly 4 is arranged on one side of the shaft body 1, the adjusting assembly 4 comprises a first support pipe 401 connected to the bottom of the ascending channel pipe 3 and a second support pipe 402 connected to the bottom of the descending channel pipe 2, and the water flow is controlled through the adjusting assembly 4; a stabilizing assembly 5 is arranged in the shaft body 1, the stabilizing assembly 5 comprises a fixed plate 501 slidingly connected to the inside of the shaft body 1, adjusting plates 502 installed on both sides of the fixed plate 501, a push plate 503 arranged on one side of the adjusting plate 502, a clamping plate 504 arranged on one side of the push plate 503, a rotating shaft 505 movably connected to the inside of the adjusting plate 502, a limiting plate 506 installed on the surface of the rotating shaft 505, and the ship sway is prevented through the stabilizing assembly 5; a linkage assembly 6 is arranged in the push plate 503, the linkage assembly 6 comprises a gear 601 installed on the surface of the rotating shaft 505, a toothed plate 602 engaged on one side of the gear 601, a support shaft 603 installed on one side of the clamping plate 504, a first spring 604 sleeved on the surface of the support shaft 603, and the position of the limiting plate 506 is adjusted through the linkage assembly 6.

[0035] Specifically, the stabilizing assembly 5 is arranged in the shaft body 1 to effectively prevent the ship sway, the fixed plate 501 is slidingly connected to the inside of the shaft body 1 and serves as the base of the entire stabilizing system, the adjusting plates 502 are installed on both sides of the fixed plate 501 and can be relatively moved to adapt to ships of different widths, the push plate 503 is arranged on one side of the adjusting plate 502 and serves as a force transmission component, the clamping plate 504 is located on one side of the push plate 503 and directly contacts the ship body, a buffer material is arranged on the surface of the clamping plate 504 to reduce the pressure on the ship body, the rotating shaft 505 is movably connected to the inside of the adjusting plate 502, the limiting plate 506 is installed on the surface of the rotating shaft 505 and can be rotated to different angles to cover different parts of the ship body, one side of the guide rail plate 12 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the shaft body 1 and the other side is slidingly connected to the fixed plate 501, the guide rail plate 12 provides a guide for the vertical movement of the entire stabilizing assembly 5, and the limiting seat 14 is fixed to the bottom of the guide rail plate 12 and serves as a limiting and supporting component.

[0036] Example 2

[0037] Please refer to Figures 1-9On the basis of embodiment 1, the inside of the fixed plate 501 is provided with a driving assembly 7, the driving assembly 7 comprises a double-shaft motor 701 mounted in the inside of the fixed plate 501, a driving shaft 702 mounted at the output ends of the double-shaft motor 701, a winding wheel 703 mounted on the surface of the driving shaft 702, a traction rope 704 mounted on the surface of the winding wheel 703, the inside of the adjusting plate 502 is fixedly connected with a sliding rod 8, the surface of the sliding rod 8 is slidingly connected with a sliding block 9, the surface of the sliding rod 8 is sleeved with a second spring 10, one side of the sliding block 9 is fixedly connected with a push plate 503, the other end of the traction rope 704 is fixedly connected with the sliding block 9, the surface of the traction rope 704 is sleeved with an auxiliary wheel 11, one side of the auxiliary wheel 11 is movably connected with the inner wall of the adjusting plate 502 through a bearing, one side of the toothed plate 602 is fixedly connected with the clamping plate 504, the other end of the supporting shaft 603 penetrates through the push plate 503 and is fixedly connected with a limiting block.

[0038] Specifically: the bottom plate 13 is fixed in the inside of the well body 1, the water conveying holes opened in the inside of the bottom plate 13 allow water flow to pass through, and at the same time, the bottom plate 13 provides bottom support for the whole device, the buoyancy plate 15 is fixed at the bottom of the fixed plate 501 and the adjusting plate 502, and can generate buoyancy with the rising of water level to drive the whole stable platform to float up, thereby saving driving energy consumption, the linkage assembly 6 is arranged in the inside of the push plate 503 to realize automatic conversion of the limiting action, the gear 601 is mounted on the surface of the rotating shaft 505 to convert linear motion into rotary motion, one side of the toothed plate 602 is fixedly connected with the clamping plate 504, and the other side is engaged with the gear 601, so that linear motion of the clamping plate 504 is transmitted to the gear 601, the supporting shaft 603 is mounted on one side of the clamping plate 504 to provide support and guidance for the clamping plate 504, the first spring 604 is sleeved on the surface of the supporting shaft 603 to provide buffering and reset force for the clamping plate 504, so that the clamping force is moderate and the ship body is not damaged.

[0039] Embodiment 3

[0040] Please refer to Figures 1-9 On the basis of embodiment 1 and embodiment 2, one side of the fixed plate 501 is slidingly connected with a guide rail plate 12, one side of the guide rail plate 12 is fixedly connected with the inner wall of the well body 1, the adjusting assembly 4 further comprises an upward control valve 403 mounted on the surface of the first supporting pipe 401, a downward control valve 404 mounted on the surface of the second supporting pipe 402, a downward sluice gate 405 mounted on one side of the downward channel pipe 2, an upward sluice gate 406 mounted on one side of the upward channel pipe 3, a bottom plate 13 fixedly connected in the inside of the well body 1, water conveying holes opened in the inside of the bottom plate 13, a limiting seat 14 fixedly connected at the bottom of the guide rail plate 12, and buoyancy plates 15 fixedly connected at the bottom of the fixed plate 501 and the adjusting plate 502.

[0041] Specifically: the driving assembly 7 is arranged in the fixed plate 501, and provides power for the stabilizing assembly 5; a double-shaft motor 701 is used as a power source, drive shafts 702 are arranged at the two sides of the double-shaft motor 701, the double-shaft motor 701 can drive the two sides of the mechanism at the same time, winding wheels 703 are arranged on the surfaces of the drive shafts 702, the movement of the adjusting plate 502 is controlled by winding and unwinding a traction rope 704, one end of the traction rope 704 is connected to the winding wheel 703, and the other end of the traction rope 704 is connected to a sliding block 9; the rotating movement of the double-shaft motor 701 is converted into the linear movement of the sliding block 9; auxiliary wheels 11 are sleeved on the surfaces of the traction rope 704 and movably connected to the inner walls of the adjusting plate 502 through bearings, so that the frictional resistance of the traction rope 704 during movement is reduced; a sliding rod 8 is fixed in the adjusting plate 502 and provides a movement track for the sliding block 9; the sliding block 9 is slidably connected to the surface of the sliding rod 8 and can stably move along the sliding rod 8; a second spring 10 is sleeved on the surface of the sliding rod 8 and provides a reset elastic force for the sliding block 9 and plays a buffering role in the clamping process; and the design ensures the flexibility and adjustability of the clamping force and can adapt to ships of different sizes and weights.

[0042] The working principle of the application is as follows: a worker guides a ship and opens the downlink gate 405, enters the well body 1 through the downward channel pipe, then closes the downlink gate 405, opens the uplink control valve 403, and water flows into the well body 1 through the first support pipe 401; the ship is driven to move upwards by the buoyancy of the water flow; when the upfloating height of the ship is aligned with the clamping plate 504, the uplink control valve 403 can be paused to stop water flow.

[0043] Then the double-shaft motor 701 is started, the double-shaft motor 701 drives the two groups of winding wheels 703 to rotate through the drive shafts 702, the winding wheels 703 wind the traction rope 704, the sliding block 9 and the adjusting plate 502 are moved by the traction rope 704, the two adjusting plates 502 are relatively moved to drive the clamping plate 504 to move synchronously, when the clamping plate 504 is in contact with the ship body, the rotation of the winding wheel 703 can be continuously controlled to continuously wind the traction rope 704, and the position of the clamping plate 504 remains unchanged.

[0044] The adjusting plate 502 continues to move, the adjusting plate 502 can drive the rotating shaft 505 and the gear 601 to move when the adjusting plate 502 continues to move, the position of the toothed plate 602 remains unchanged, the two groups of gear 601 are relatively rotated by being pushed by the two groups of toothed plate 602, the gear 601 drives the limiting plate 506 to rotate through the rotating shaft 505, the two sides of the ship are limited by the two groups of relatively rotating limiting plates 506, then the uplink control valve 403 is started again to continue to transport water, when the water flow is in contact with the buoyant plate 15, the fixed plate 501 and the adjusting plate 502 can be synchronously pushed to move, the fixed plate 501 moves vertically upwards along the guide rail plate 12, and the ship can always remain in a centered state in the process of rising, so that friction between the ship and the well wall is avoided, and the safety during lifting is improved.

[0045] The foregoing merely illustrates some exemplary embodiments of the application, and no doubt numerous modifications and alterations thereto will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the above description is intended for purposes of illustration only and should not be construed as limiting the scope of the application.

Claims

1. A safety lifting device for a vertical ship lift, comprising a lift body (1), characterized in that: The bottom of the well body (1) is connected to a downflow channel pipe (2), and the top of the well body (1) is connected to an upflow channel pipe (3); An adjustment component (4) is provided on one side of the well body (1). The adjustment component (4) includes a first support pipe (401) connected to the bottom of the upstream channel pipe (3) and a second support pipe (402) connected to the bottom of the downstream channel pipe (2). The water flow is controlled by the adjustment component (4). The well body (1) is equipped with a stabilizing component (5). The stabilizing component (5) includes a fixed plate (501) slidably connected to the inside of the well body (1), an adjusting plate (502) installed on both sides of the fixed plate (501), a push plate (503) set on one side of the adjusting plate (502), a clamping plate (504) set on one side of the push plate (503), a rotating shaft (505) movably connected to the inside of the adjusting plate (502), and a limiting plate (506) installed on the surface of the rotating shaft (505). The stabilizing component (5) prevents the ship from swaying. The push plate (503) is equipped with a linkage component (6), which includes a gear (601) mounted on the surface of the rotating shaft (505), a toothed plate (602) meshing with one side of the gear (601), a support shaft (603) mounted on one side of the clamping plate (504), and a first spring (604) sleeved on the surface of the support shaft (603). The position of the limiting plate (506) is adjusted by the linkage component (6).

2. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fixed plate (501) is provided with a drive assembly (7), which includes a dual-axis motor (701) installed inside the fixed plate (501), a drive shaft (702) installed on both output ends of the dual-axis motor (701), a winding wheel (703) installed on the surface of the drive shaft (702), and a traction rope (704) installed on the surface of the winding wheel (703).

3. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The adjusting plate (502) is fixedly connected to a slide rod (8), and a slider (9) is slidably connected to the surface of the slide rod (8). A second spring (10) is sleeved on the surface of the slide rod (8). One side of the slider (9) is fixedly connected to the push plate (503), and the other end of the traction rope (704) is fixedly connected to the slider (9).

4. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 2, characterized in that: An auxiliary wheel (11) is fitted on the surface of the traction rope (704), and one side of the auxiliary wheel (11) is movably connected to the inner wall of the adjusting plate (502) through a bearing.

5. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: One side of the toothed plate (602) is fixedly connected to the clamping plate (504), and the other end of the support shaft (603) passes through the push plate (503) and is fixedly connected to the limit block.

6. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A guide rail plate (12) is slidably connected to one side of the fixed plate (501), and one side of the guide rail plate (12) is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the well body (1).

7. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The regulating assembly (4) further includes an upward control valve (403) mounted on the surface of the first support tube (401) and a downward control valve (404) mounted on the surface of the second support tube (402).

8. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A downflow gate (405) is installed on one side of the downflow channel pipe (2), and an upflow gate (406) is installed on one side of the upflow channel pipe (3).

9. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The well body (1) is fixedly connected to a bottom plate (13), and the bottom plate (13) has a water conveying hole inside.

10. The vertical ship lift safety lifting device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The bottom of the guide rail plate (12) is fixedly connected to a limiting seat (14), and the bottom of the fixing plate (501) and the adjusting plate (502) are both fixedly connected to a buoyancy plate (15).