Heating device for preventing tipping bucket rain gauge from generating snow-melting rainfall

Abstract

The utility model discloses a heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from generating snow-melting rainfall. The heating device comprises a heating rainwater collecting assembly, a flow dividing assembly for dividing rainwater sent out by the heating rainwater collecting assembly, an induction assembly for detecting frozen rainwater and snow blocks, and a main control assembly for controlling the assemblies, according to the utility model, through the arranged heating rain collecting assembly, when the sensing assembly senses that the temperature in the rain collecting part is reduced to a certain degree or snow blocks start to be accumulated in the rain collecting part, the main control module controls the heating part to heat, so that borneol or snow blocks in the heating part are melted, and rainfall is guided to the tipping bucket rain gauge in time; and meanwhile, the charging device is matched with the folding supporting mechanism, so that electric energy can be provided for the whole device when it does not rain, and the durability of the whole device is ensured.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of meteorological instruments, in particular to a heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from generating snowmelt precipitation. Background Art

[0002] The tipping bucket rain gauge is a common meteorological instrument in modern meteorology. It collects rainwater through a funnel and detects rainfall through multiple tipping buckets and electronic components inside it. Due to its simple and reliable overall structure and its ability to record automatically, it is widely used in meteorology, railways, aviation and other fields that need to measure natural rainfall.

[0003] A funnel-shaped water inlet is set on the top of the tipping bucket rain gauge to receive precipitation. However, when encountering rainy and snowy weather, the ambient temperature is low, and some water droplets may condense into ice in the water inlet and cannot flow smoothly into the tipping bucket rain gauge from the water inlet. Some snow flakes may also accumulate in the tipping bucket rain gauge. When the ambient temperature rises, the accumulated snow blocks and ice flakes are prone to melt, which will lead to the occurrence of snowmelt precipitation, affecting the subsequent measurement accuracy of the tipping bucket rain gauge. Utility Model Content

[0004] In order to solve the above problems, the utility model provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from generating snowmelt precipitation, characterized in that it comprises:

[0006] A heating rain collection component comprises a rain collection part installed at the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge and capable of collecting rainwater, and a heating part arranged in the rain collection part, wherein the rain collection part can cover the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge and deliver rainwater into the tipping bucket rain gauge;

[0007] The diversion component is arranged at the water outlet of the rain collecting part and can divert the rainwater flowing out of the rain collecting part.

[0008] The main control component comprises a main control module which is arranged on the surface of the rain collecting part and can control the heating part and the diversion component, and a power storage part which can charge the main control module.

[0009] The sensing component comprises a sensing element capable of sensing the internal temperature of the rain collecting part and the ambient temperature and a material level sensing device capable of sensing the height of foreign matter inside the rain collecting part.

[0010] On the basis of the above technical solution, the present invention can also be improved as follows.

[0011] Furthermore, the rain collecting part includes a water collecting bucket arranged at the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge, and a fixing member arranged on the surface of the water collecting bucket and capable of fixing the water collecting bucket on the tipping bucket rain gauge.

[0012] Furthermore, a mounting groove adapted to the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge is provided on the surface of the fixing member.

[0013] Furthermore, the heating unit includes a heat-conducting member arranged in the water collecting bucket, and a plurality of heating members arranged inside the heat-conducting member. The heating members are connected to the power storage unit, and the heating members can be controlled by the main control module.

[0014] Furthermore, the heat conducting element is a funnel-shaped structure as a whole, and the heat conducting element can evenly cover the inside of the water collecting bucket, and a plurality of heating elements are evenly distributed inside the water collecting bucket.

[0015] Furthermore, the power storage unit includes a power storage element and a charging device capable of transmitting power to the power storage element.

[0016] Furthermore, a protective shell is provided outside the main control module and the power storage component, and the protective shell is installed inside the water collecting bucket through a supporting member.

[0017] Furthermore, the protective shell is an overall columnar structure, and the central axis of the protective shell coincides with the central axis of the water collecting bucket, and a gap is left between the support member and the protective shell for rainwater to pass through.

[0018] Furthermore, the diversion component includes a diversion pipe fitting arranged at the water outlet of the water collecting bucket, the diversion pipe fitting has a water inlet and two water outlets, the two water outlets are respectively connected to the inside and the outside of the tipping bucket rain gauge, and the surface of the diversion pipe fitting is provided with a control valve that can control the on-off of the two water outlets and the water inlet, and at least one of the two water outlets of the diversion pipe fitting is connected to a hose.

[0019] Furthermore, the charging device is a photovoltaic panel, and a folding support mechanism is provided between the charging device and the fixing member, and the folding support mechanism can prop up and unfold the charging device on the surface of the tipping bucket rain gauge.

[0020] Beneficial Effects

[0021] Compared with the prior art, the utility model, through the heating rain-collecting component, can control the heating part to heat up when the sensing component senses that the temperature inside the rain-collecting part drops to a certain level or snow blocks begin to accumulate inside it, thereby melting the ice flakes or snow blocks in the heating part and timely directing the precipitation to the tipping bucket rain gauge, effectively avoiding the subsequent generation of melting snow precipitation affecting the measurement accuracy. At the same time, the charging device is equipped with a folding support mechanism to provide power to the entire device when it is not raining, thereby ensuring the durability of the entire device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the utility model, the drawings required for describing the embodiments are briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the utility model. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative work.

[0023] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the front section structure of the utility model installed on the tipping bucket rain gauge;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the front section structure of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of the top view structure of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 4 It is a schematic diagram of the three-dimensional structure of the rainwater collection unit;

[0027] Figure 5 for Figure 2 The enlarged structural diagram at A in the middle;

[0028] Figure 6 for Figure 2 The enlarged structural diagram at B in the middle;

[0029] In the accompanying drawings, the components represented by the reference numerals are listed as follows:

[0030] 1. Heating rainwater collecting assembly; 11. Rainwater collecting part; 111. Water collecting bucket; 112. Fixing part; 12. Heating part; 121. Heat conducting part; 122. Heating part; 2. Diverter assembly; 21. Diverter pipe; 22. Control valve; 3. Main control assembly; 31. Main control module; 32. Power storage part; 321. Power storage part; 322. Charging device; 33. Protective shell; 34. Support part; 35. Folding support mechanism; 4. Sensing assembly; 41. Sensing part; 42. Material level sensing device. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0031] In order to facilitate the understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described more fully below with reference to the relevant drawings. Several embodiments of the present invention are given in the drawings. However, the present invention can be implemented in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments described herein. On the contrary, the purpose of providing these embodiments is to make the disclosure of the present invention more thorough and comprehensive.

[0032] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed to" another element, it may be directly on the other element or there may be a central element. When an element is considered to be "connected to" another element, it may be directly connected to the other element or there may be a central element at the same time. The terms "vertical", "horizontal", "left", "right" and similar expressions used herein are for illustrative purposes only.

[0033] Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as those commonly understood by those skilled in the art in the technical field of the present invention. The terms used herein in the specification of the present invention are only for the purpose of describing specific embodiments and are not intended to limit the present invention. The term "and / or" used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more related listed items.

[0034] It should be noted that similar reference numerals and letters denote similar items in the following drawings, and therefore, once an item is defined in one drawing, further definition and explanation thereof is not required in subsequent drawings.

[0035] It should be noted that the terms "center", "up", "down", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", etc. indicate directions or positional relationships based on the directions or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, or are directions or positional relationships in which the technical products are usually placed when in use. They are only for the convenience of describing the present technology and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific direction, be constructed and operated in a specific direction, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present technology.

[0036] In addition, the terms "horizontal", "vertical", "overhanging" and the like do not mean that the components are required to be absolutely horizontal or overhanging, but can be slightly tilted. For example, "horizontal" only means that its direction is more horizontal than "vertical", and does not mean that the structure must be completely horizontal, but can be slightly tilted.

[0037] See also Figure 1-6 The utility model discloses a heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from generating snowmelt precipitation, comprising a heating rain collecting component 1, a diversion component 2 for diverting rainwater sent out by the heating rain collecting component 1, a sensing component 4 for detecting frozen rainwater and snow blocks, and a main control component 3 for controlling the above components.

[0038] Among them, the heating rain collecting component 1 includes a rain collecting part 11 installed at the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge and capable of collecting rainwater, and a heating part 12 arranged in the rain collecting part 11. The rain collecting part 11 can cover the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge and send rainwater into the inside of the tipping bucket rain gauge. The main control component 3 includes a main control module 31 arranged on the surface of the rain collecting part 11 and capable of controlling the heating part 12 and the diversion component 2, and a storage part 32 capable of charging the main control module 31. Among them, the main control module 31 is an existing common main control electronic device, and the sensing component 4 includes a sensing part 41 that can sense the internal temperature of the rain collecting part 11 and a material level sensing device 42 that can sense the height of foreign objects in the rain collecting part 11. The sensing part 41 is a temperature sensor, and the material level sensing device 42 can also be one of the existing common material level meters, which is intended to cooperate with the temperature sensor to more accurately control the start-up time of the heating part 12 to avoid wasting electric energy.

[0039] Specifically, the rain collecting part 11 includes a water collecting bucket 111 arranged at the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge, and a fixing part 112 arranged on the surface of the water collecting bucket 111 and capable of fixing the water collecting bucket 111 on the tipping bucket rain gauge. The water collecting bucket 111 is a funnel-shaped structure, and the surface of the fixing part 112 is provided with an installation groove adapted to the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge, so that the water collecting part can be stably docked with the tipping bucket rain gauge, thereby avoiding the generation of snowmelt precipitation while avoiding affecting the measurement accuracy of the rain gauge.

[0040] In order to melt the accumulated snow in the water collecting bucket 111, the heating unit 12 includes a heat conductive member 121 arranged in the water collecting bucket 111, and a plurality of heating members 122 arranged inside the heat conductive member 121, wherein the heat conductive member 121 can be made of metal, and the heat conductive member 121 has a funnel-shaped structure as a whole, and the heat conductive member 121 can evenly cover the inside of the water collecting bucket 111, and a plurality of heating members 122 are evenly distributed inside the water collecting bucket 111, and the heating member 122 can be a common electric heating rod, and the heating member 122 is connected to the power storage unit 32, and the heating member 122 can be controlled by the main control module 31 to generate heat when needed.

[0041] In some embodiments, as shown in the figure, the power storage unit 32 includes a power storage element 321 and a charging device 322 capable of supplying power to the power storage element 321. The power storage element 321 can be a battery. A protective shell 33 is provided on the outside of the main control module 31 and the power storage element 321. The protective shell 33 is installed inside the water collecting bucket 111 through a support member 34. The protective shell 33 is a columnar structure as a whole, and the central axis of the protective shell 33 coincides with the central axis of the water collecting bucket 111. A gap is left between the support member 34 and the protective shell 33 for rainwater to pass through. The charging device 322 is a photovoltaic panel, which can independently provide power to the power storage element 321, avoid external power supply, and make operation more convenient. A folding support mechanism 35 is provided between the charging device 322 and the fixing member 112. The folding support mechanism 35 can prop up and unfold the charging device 322 on the surface of the tipping bucket rain gauge, and can also facilitate the transfer of the entire device when the device is not placed in the rain gauge.

[0042] In other embodiments, taking into account the limited energy storage capacity of the battery, when cloudy weather occurs for a long time and electric energy cannot be replenished in time, rainy and snowy weather occurs, and ice and snow will inevitably remain inside the water collecting bucket 111. When the environment around the solar device warms up again, the sensing component 4 re-senses the weather state after the rainy and snowy weather. The main control component 3 can control the diversion component 2 to divert the water generated after the snowmelt. Specifically, the diversion component 2 is arranged at the water outlet of the rain collecting part 11, and can divert rainwater flowing out of the rain collecting part 11.

[0043] The diversion assembly 2 includes a diversion pipe fitting 21 arranged at the water outlet of the water collecting bucket 111, and the diversion pipe fitting 21 has a water inlet and two water outlets, and the two water outlets are respectively connected to the inside and the outside of the tipping bucket rain gauge. A control valve 22 that can control the on-off of the two water outlets and the water inlet is provided on the surface of the diversion pipe fitting 21. Among the two water outlets of the diversion pipe fitting 21, at least one water outlet is connected to a hose, so as to facilitate the disassembly and separation between the entire device and the tipping bucket rain gauge.

[0044] In the description of this technology, it is also necessary to explain that, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "set", "install", "connect", and "connect" should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this technology can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0045] The above description is only a preferred specific implementation manner of the present invention, but the protection scope of the present invention is not limited thereto. Any technician familiar with the technical field can make equivalent replacements or changes within the technical scope disclosed by the present invention according to the technical scheme and the utility model concept of the present invention, which should be covered by the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation, characterized in that: include: A heated rain collection assembly (1) comprises a rain collection portion (11) installed at a water inlet of a tipping bucket rain gauge and capable of collecting rainwater, and a heating portion (12) arranged in the rain collection portion (11), wherein the rain collection portion (11) can cover the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge and deliver rainwater into the tipping bucket rain gauge; A diversion assembly (2) is arranged at the water outlet of the rain collecting section (11) and is capable of diverting rainwater flowing out of the rain collecting section (11); A main control component (3) comprising a main control module (31) disposed on the surface of the rain collecting part (11) and capable of controlling the heating part (12) and the diversion component (2), and a power storage part (32) capable of charging the main control module (31); The sensing assembly (4) comprises a sensing element (41) capable of sensing the internal temperature of the rain collecting part (11) and the ambient temperature, and a material level sensing device (42) capable of sensing the height of foreign matter inside the rain collecting part (11).

2. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rain collecting part (11) comprises a water collecting bucket (111) arranged at the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge, and a fixing member (112) arranged on the surface of the water collecting bucket (111) and capable of fixing the water collecting bucket (111) on the tipping bucket rain gauge.

3. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 2, characterized in that: The surface of the fixing member (112) is provided with a mounting groove adapted to the water inlet of the tipping bucket rain gauge.

4. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 3, characterized in that: The heating unit (12) comprises a heat conducting member (121) arranged in the water collecting bucket (111), and a plurality of heating members (122) arranged inside the heat conducting member (121); the heating members (122) are connected to the power storage unit (32); and the heating members (122) can be controlled by the main control module (31).

5. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 4, characterized in that: The heat conducting element (121) is in a funnel-shaped structure as a whole, and the heat conducting element (121) can evenly cover the inside of the water collecting bucket (111), and a plurality of heating elements (122) are evenly distributed inside the water collecting bucket (111).

6. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 5, characterized in that: The power storage unit (32) includes a power storage element (321) and a charging device (322) capable of transmitting power to the power storage element (321).

7. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 6, characterized in that: A protective shell (33) is provided outside the main control module (31) and the power storage component (321), and the protective shell (33) is installed inside the water collecting bucket (111) through a support component (34).

8. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 7, characterized in that: The protective shell (33) is an overall columnar structure, and the central axis of the protective shell (33) coincides with the central axis of the water collecting bucket (111), and a gap is left between the support member (34) and the protective shell (33) for rainwater to pass through.

9. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 8, characterized in that: The diversion assembly (2) comprises a diversion pipe (21) arranged at the water outlet of the water collecting bucket (111), the diversion pipe (21) having a water inlet and two water outlets, the two water outlets being respectively connected to the inside of the tipping bucket rain gauge and the outside of the tipping bucket rain gauge, a control valve (22) capable of controlling the on-off of the two water outlets and the water inlet is provided on the surface of the diversion pipe (21), and at least one of the two water outlets of the diversion pipe (21) is connected to a hose.

10. A heating device for preventing a tipping bucket rain gauge from producing snowmelt precipitation according to claim 9, characterized in that: The charging device (322) is a photovoltaic panel, and a folding support mechanism (35) is provided between the charging device (322) and the fixing member (112), and the folding support mechanism (35) can prop up and unfold the charging device (322) on the surface of the tipping bucket rain gauge.

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