Expressway tunnel inspection device

By setting up conductive copper sheets and carbon skateboards on the guide rails of the highway tunnel patrol, and using the cooperation of compression springs and ceramic sheets, the problem of low efficiency of inspections by the inspectors in a short period of time is solved, seamless power transmission and efficient patrols are achieved, and maintenance costs are reduced.

CN222619166UActive Publication Date: 2025-03-14SHANDONG RONGYUAN TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202421404581.0
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-06-19
Publication Date
2025-03-14
Estimated Expiration
2034-06-19

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Technical Problem

When the existing highway tunnel patrol device is powered by a battery, it is difficult to conduct multiple inspections of highway tunnels in a short period of time, which affects the inspection efficiency, and the attenuation and replacement of the battery increase maintenance costs.

Method used

By setting conductive copper sheets and carbon sliders on the guide rails, and using the cooperation of compression springs and ceramic sheets, the seamless transmission of electrical energy on the guide rails is achieved, avoiding the load-bearing and charging needs of the inspector.

Benefits of technology

The ability of highway tunnel inspection equipment to inspect multiple times in a short period of time has been realized, the inspection efficiency has been improved, maintenance costs have been reduced, and the service life of the equipment has been extended.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an expressway tunnel inspection device, which belongs to the technical field of expressway tunnel inspection and comprises a guide rail, two sliding grooves are arranged on the bottom surface of the guide rail, the inner top wall of each sliding groove is fixedly connected with a conductive copper sheet, and a connecting plate is arranged below the guide rail. The upper surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected with two compression springs, the top end of each compression spring is fixedly connected with a ceramic piece, and the upper surface of each ceramic piece makes contact with the bottom face of the guide rail. According to the expressway tunnel inspection device, a storage battery does not need to be used for supplying power to the inspection device, and then the expressway tunnel inspection device does not need to be charged, so that the load of the expressway tunnel inspection device is effectively reduced, and the expressway tunnel inspection device can inspect an expressway tunnel for many times in a short time; the defects of the expressway tunnel inspection device caused by storage battery power supply are avoided, and the inspection efficiency of the expressway tunnel inspection device is effectively guaranteed.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of highway tunnel inspection, and in particular, relates to a highway tunnel inspection device. Background Art

[0002] Compared with ordinary roads, expressways have the characteristics of fast driving speed, large traffic capacity and fully closed management and operation. The road infrastructure and road safety facilities are relatively complete. They bear a huge passenger and freight transportation volume and are the main artery of road transportation. Tunnels, as an important part of expressways, have the characteristics of complex structure, closed environment, poor ventilation and lighting conditions. In order to ensure the normal use of internal facilities of expressways, daily inspections are usually required inside expressway tunnels. However, manual inspections are inefficient and labor-intensive, and the inspection frequency is limited. Therefore, expressway tunnel inspectors are used in conjunction with cameras or radars to conduct fast and efficient inspections inside expressway tunnels.

[0003] The utility model with the existing authorization announcement number CN219013842U discloses a tunnel inspection robot, including a guide rail and a robot body installed on the guide rail; the robot body includes a shell, a walking unit, a pan-tilt unit and a power supply unit; the walking unit includes two driving wheels symmetrically arranged on both sides of the guide rail, the driving wheels are connected to a driving motor, and the driving wheels are attached to the guide rail and slide along the length direction of the guide rail.

[0004] By adopting the above technical scheme, a charging unit is set on the robot body, which realizes automatic charging of the robot body and long-term and long-distance operation of the robot body, thereby improving the inspection quality and efficiency. However, in the above technical scheme, the highway tunnel patroller is powered by a battery when in use. In the case of a long highway tunnel, a larger battery is required to ensure that the patroller can inspect the entire highway, which greatly increases the load of the highway tunnel patroller and thus increases the power consumption of the highway tunnel patroller, forming a vicious circle. In addition, a larger battery also requires a longer charging time, resulting in the highway tunnel patroller being unable to inspect the highway tunnel multiple times in a short period of time, affecting the inspection efficiency of the highway tunnel patroller. Moreover, the battery capacity will decay after long-term use, thereby further shortening the inspection time of the highway tunnel patroller. At the same time, replacing the battery also increases the subsequent maintenance cost of the highway tunnel patroller.

[0005] To this end, we propose a highway tunnel patrol device to solve the above problems. Utility Model Content

[0006] The purpose of this application is to solve the problem in the prior art that the highway tunnel patrol device is unable to conduct multiple inspections of the highway tunnel in a short period of time due to the use of battery power supply, thereby affecting the inspection efficiency of the highway tunnel patrol device, and to propose a highway tunnel patrol device.

[0007] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model adopts the following technical solutions:

[0008] A highway tunnel inspector comprises a guide rail, wherein two sliding grooves are provided on the bottom surface of the guide rail, and the inner top wall of each sliding groove is fixedly connected to a conductive copper sheet, a connecting plate is arranged below the guide rail, and the upper surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected to two compression springs, the top end of each compression spring is fixedly connected to a ceramic sheet, the upper surface of each ceramic sheet is in contact with the bottom surface of the guide rail, the upper surface of each ceramic sheet is fixedly connected to a carbon slide plate, each carbon slide plate is slidably connected to the inside of the sliding groove, and the upper surface of each carbon slide plate is in contact with the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet, the left and right side surfaces of each ceramic sheet are fixedly connected to an insulating plate, the upper surface of each insulating plate is fixedly connected to a sponge block, each sponge block is slidably connected to the inside of the sliding groove, and the upper surface of each sponge block is in contact with the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet, the left side surface of each carbon slide plate is fixedly connected to a wire, and the bottom end of each wire passes through the ceramic sheet and extends to the bottom of the ceramic sheet.

[0009] Preferably, a splicing groove is provided on the left side of the guide rail, a splicing block is fixedly connected to the right side of the guide rail, and a splicing hole is provided on the upper surface of the splicing block.

[0010] Preferably, the internal thread of the guide rail is connected with a splicing bolt, and the top end of the splicing bolt passes through the guide rail and the splicing groove in sequence and extends to the top of the guide rail.

[0011] Preferably, a docking groove is provided on the left side of each of the conductive copper sheets, a docking block is fixedly connected to the right side of each of the conductive copper sheets, a docking bolt is threadedly connected to the interior of each of the conductive copper sheets, the top end of each of the docking bolts passes through the conductive copper sheet and the docking groove in sequence and extends to the interior of the guide rail, and each of the docking bolts is threadedly connected to the guide rail.

[0012] Preferably, a telescopic rod is provided inside each of the compression springs, the bottom end of each of the telescopic rods is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate, and the telescopic end of each of the telescopic rods is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the ceramic sheet.

[0013] Preferably, auxiliary grooves are provided on the front and back sides of the guide rail, and two support plates are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate. A sliding wheel is rotatably connected to the interior of each support plate, and each sliding wheel is slidably connected to the interior of the auxiliary groove. A servo motor is fixedly connected to the side surfaces of the two support plates that are away from each other, and the output ends of the power of the two servo motors pass through the support plates and are respectively fixedly connected to the ends of the two sliding wheels that are close to each other.

[0014] Preferably, the left and right side surfaces of each support plate are fixedly connected to a limit plate, the interior of each limit plate is rotatably connected to an auxiliary wheel, and each auxiliary wheel is slidably connected to the interior of the auxiliary groove.

[0015] Preferably, four cameras are fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate, a radar is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate, and a signal transceiver module is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate, and each of the cameras, radars and signal transceiver modules is electrically connected to the conductive copper sheet through a wire.

[0016] In summary, the technical effects and advantages of this application are:

[0017] 1. By providing a conductive copper sheet with a guide rail, the two conductive copper sheets can be connected to the live wire and the neutral wire of the power supply, and then the conductivity of the carbon slide board can provide power for the highway tunnel patrol device at all times. There is no need to use a battery to power the highway tunnel patrol device, and there is no need to charge the highway tunnel patrol device, which effectively reduces the weight of the highway tunnel patrol device, allowing the highway tunnel patrol device to conduct multiple inspections of the highway tunnel in a short time, avoiding many disadvantages of battery power supply to the highway tunnel patrol device, and effectively ensuring the inspection efficiency of the highway tunnel patrol device;

[0018] 2. The elastic force provided by the compression spring and the ceramic sheet can be used to push the carbon slide plate to move upward and always maintain contact with the conductive copper sheet to ensure the smooth transmission of electrical energy. The upward thrust of the compression spring can compensate for the wear of the carbon slide plate and the conductive copper sheet to a certain extent, so that it is not easy for an arc to appear between the carbon slide plate and the conductive copper sheet due to the gap, and the ceramic sheet can further extinguish the arc. Through the contact between the insulating plate and the sponge block and the conductive copper sheet, the dust on the surface of the conductive copper sheet can be cleaned as the highway tunnel patrol device moves during inspection, thereby increasing the service life of the highway tunnel patrol device, ensuring the long-term normal operation of the highway tunnel patrol device, and reducing the later maintenance cost of the highway tunnel patrol device. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the guide rail of the utility model;

[0020] Figure 2This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the guide rail of the utility model in a cutaway three-dimensional view;

[0021] Figure 3 This is a three-dimensional structural diagram of the conductive copper sheet of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 4 It is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the connection plate of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 5 The utility model is a schematic diagram of the structure of a ceramic sheet in a three-dimensional cross-section.

[0024] In the figure: 1. guide rail; 2. sliding groove; 3. conductive copper sheet; 4. connecting plate; 5. compression spring; 6. ceramic sheet; 7. carbon slide plate; 8. insulating plate; 9. sponge block; 10. wire; 11. splicing groove; 12. splicing block; 13. splicing hole; 14. splicing bolt; 15. docking groove; 16. docking block; 17. docking bolt; 18. telescopic rod; 19. auxiliary groove; 20. support plate; 21. sliding wheel; 22. servo motor; 23. limit plate; 24. auxiliary wheel; 25. radar; 26. camera; 27. signal transceiver module. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0025] 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 of the embodiments.

[0026] Reference Figure 1-5 A highway tunnel inspection device includes a guide rail 1, the bottom surface of the guide rail 1 is provided with two sliding grooves 2, the inner top wall of each sliding groove 2 is fixedly connected with a conductive copper sheet 3, the left side of the guide rail 1 is provided with a splicing groove 11, the right side of the guide rail 1 is fixedly connected with a splicing block 12, the upper surface of the splicing block 12 is provided with a splicing hole 13, the splicing block 12 cooperates with the splicing groove 11 and the splicing hole 13, and the two guide rails 1 can be spliced ​​together, ensuring the convenience of assembly and use of the guide rail 1.

[0027] A connecting plate 4 is provided below the guide rail 1, and two compression springs 5 ​​are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate 4. A ceramic sheet 6 is fixedly connected to the top of each compression spring 5. A splicing bolt 14 is connected to the internal thread of the guide rail 1. The top of the splicing bolt 14 passes through the guide rail 1 and the splicing groove 11 in sequence and extends to the top of the guide rail 1. The splicing bolt 14 can not only increase the splicing firmness between the guide rails 1, but also fix the guide rail 1 inside the highway tunnel, ensuring that the guide rail 1 can be smoothly installed in place.

[0028] The upper surface of each ceramic sheet 6 is in contact with the bottom surface of the guide rail 1, and the upper surface of each ceramic sheet 6 is fixedly connected with a carbon slide plate 7, and each carbon slide plate 7 is slidably connected to the inside of the sliding groove 2. The upper surface of each carbon slide plate 7 is in contact with the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet 3, and a docking groove 15 is provided on the left side of each conductive copper sheet 3, and a docking block 16 is fixedly connected to the right side of each conductive copper sheet 3. The inside of each conductive copper sheet 3 is threadedly connected with a docking bolt 17, and the top end of each docking bolt 17 passes through the conductive copper sheet 3 and the docking groove 15 in turn and extends to the inside of the guide rail 1. Each docking bolt 17 is threadedly connected to the guide rail 1, and the two conductive copper sheets 3 can be docked together by the docking block 16, the docking bolt 17 and the docking groove 15 to ensure that the current can flow.

[0029] The left and right sides of each ceramic sheet 6 are fixedly connected with an insulating plate 8, and a telescopic rod 18 is arranged inside each compression spring 5. The bottom end of each telescopic rod 18 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate 4, and the telescopic end of each telescopic rod 18 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the ceramic sheet 6. The telescopic rod 18 can limit the telescopic direction of the compression spring 5, so that the compression spring 5 is not prone to excessive deviation.

[0030] A sponge block 9 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of each insulating plate 8, and each sponge block 9 is slidably connected to the inside of the sliding groove 2. The upper surface of each sponge block 9 contacts the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet 3. Auxiliary grooves 19 are provided on the front and back of the guide rail 1. Two support plates 20 are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate 4. A sliding wheel 21 is rotatably connected to the inside of each support plate 20, and each sliding wheel 21 is slidably connected to the inside of the auxiliary groove 19. A servo motor 22 is fixedly connected to the side of the two support plates 20 that are away from each other. The output ends of the power of the two servo motors 22 pass through the support plate 20 and are fixedly connected to the ends of the two sliding wheels 21 that are close to each other. The power provided by the servo motor 22 cooperates with the support plate 20 to drive the sliding wheel 21 to slide inside the auxiliary groove 19, thereby ensuring that the highway tunnel inspection device can move back and forth smoothly on the guide rail 1.

[0031] The left side of each carbon slide plate 7 is fixedly connected with a wire 10, and the bottom end of each wire 10 passes through the ceramic sheet 6 and extends to the bottom of the ceramic sheet 6. The left and right sides of each support plate 20 are fixedly connected with a limiting plate 23. The interior of each limiting plate 23 is rotatably connected with an auxiliary wheel 24, and each auxiliary wheel 24 is slidably connected to the interior of an auxiliary groove 19. The limiting plate 23 cooperates with the auxiliary wheel 24 to slide inside the auxiliary groove 19, which can increase the stability of the highway tunnel patrol device when moving.

[0032] Four cameras 26 are fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate 4, a radar 25 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate 4, and a signal transceiver module 27 is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate 4. Each camera 26, radar 25 and signal transceiver module 27 are electrically connected to the conductive copper sheet 3 through a wire 10. The camera 26 cooperates with the radar 25 to ensure the normal inspection work of the highway tunnel patrol device. The signal transceiver module 27 can transmit the data collected by the camera 26 and the radar 25 to the remote control room by wireless means, thereby ensuring the normal signal receiving and sending work of the highway tunnel patrol device.

[0033] The working principle of the utility model is as follows: when in use, the two guide rails 1 are first spliced ​​together by using the splicing groove 11 in conjunction with the splicing block 12 and the splicing hole 13, and the spliced ​​guide rails 1 are fixed inside the highway tunnel by the splicing bolts 14, and then the conductive copper sheets 3 on the two different guide rails 1 are butted and fixed together by the butt groove 15 in conjunction with the butt block 16 and the butt bolts 17. At this time, the two conductive copper sheets 3 can be connected to the live wire and the neutral wire of the power supply by the conductive copper sheet 3 in conjunction with the guide rail 1, and then the conductivity of the carbon slide plate 7 can provide power for the highway tunnel patrol device at all times. There is no need to use batteries to power the highway tunnel patrol device, and there is no need to charge the highway tunnel patrol device, which effectively reduces the weight of the highway tunnel patrol device, allowing the highway tunnel patrol device to conduct multiple inspections of the highway tunnel in a short time, avoiding many disadvantages of battery power supply to the highway tunnel patrol device, and effectively ensuring the inspection efficiency of the highway tunnel patrol device. In addition, the elastic force provided by the compression spring 5 and the ceramic sheet 6 can push the carbon slide plate 7 to move upward and always maintain contact with the conductive copper sheet 3 to ensure the smooth transmission of electrical energy. And the upward thrust of the compression spring 5 can compensate the wear of the carbon slide plate 7 and the conductive copper sheet 3 to a certain extent, so that the arc is not easy to appear between the carbon slide plate 7 and the conductive copper sheet 3 due to the gap, and the ceramic sheet 6 can further extinguish the arc. Through the contact between the insulating plate 8 and the sponge block 9 and the conductive copper sheet 3, the dust on the surface of the conductive copper sheet 3 can be cleaned as the highway tunnel patrol device moves, thereby increasing the service life of the highway tunnel patrol device, ensuring that the highway tunnel patrol device can work normally for a long time, and also reducing the later maintenance cost of the highway tunnel patrol device. Finally, the power provided by the servo motor 22 cooperates with the support plate 20 to drive the sliding wheel 21 to slide inside the auxiliary groove 19, and cooperates with the sliding of the limit plate 23 and the auxiliary wheel 24 inside the auxiliary groove 19 to ensure that the highway tunnel patrol device can move back and forth smoothly on the guide rail 1. The camera 26 cooperates with the radar 25 to ensure the normal inspection of the highway tunnel patrol device. The signal transceiver module 27 can transmit the data collected by the camera 26 and the radar 25 to the remote control room by wireless mode, so that the highway tunnel patrol device can perform the inspection work normally.

[0034] In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0035] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Therefore, the features defined as "first" and "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0036] 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 highway tunnel inspection device, comprising a guide rail (1), characterized in that: The bottom surface of the guide rail (1) is provided with two sliding grooves (2), and the inner top wall of each sliding groove (2) is fixedly connected to a conductive copper sheet (3). A connecting plate (4) is provided below the guide rail (1), and the upper surface of the connecting plate (4) is fixedly connected to two compression springs (5). The top of each compression spring (5) is fixedly connected to a ceramic sheet (6), and the upper surface of each ceramic sheet (6) is in contact with the bottom surface of the guide rail (1). The upper surface of each ceramic sheet (6) is fixedly connected to a carbon slide plate (7), and each carbon slide plate (7) is slidably connected to the inside of the sliding groove (2). The upper surface of each carbon slide plate (7) is in contact with the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet (3); the left and right side surfaces of each ceramic sheet (6) are fixedly connected with an insulating plate (8); the upper surface of each insulating plate (8) is fixedly connected with a sponge block (9); each sponge block (9) is slidably connected inside the sliding groove (2); the upper surface of each sponge block (9) is in contact with the bottom surface of the conductive copper sheet (3); the left side surface of each carbon slide plate (7) is fixedly connected with a wire (10); the bottom end of each wire (10) passes through the ceramic sheet (6) and extends to the bottom of the ceramic sheet (6).

2. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The left side of the guide rail (1) is provided with a splicing groove (11), the right side of the guide rail (1) is fixedly connected with a splicing block (12), and the upper surface of the splicing block (12) is provided with a splicing hole (13).

3. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The internal thread of the guide rail (1) is connected with a splicing bolt (14), and the top end of the splicing bolt (14) passes through the guide rail (1) and the splicing groove (11) in sequence and extends to the top of the guide rail (1).

4. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A docking groove (15) is provided on the left side of each conductive copper sheet (3), a docking block (16) is fixedly connected to the right side of each conductive copper sheet (3), a docking bolt (17) is threadedly connected inside each conductive copper sheet (3), a top end of each docking bolt (17) passes through the conductive copper sheet (3) and the docking groove (15) in sequence and extends to the inside of the guide rail (1), and each docking bolt (17) is threadedly connected to the guide rail (1).

5. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A telescopic rod (18) is arranged inside each compression spring (5), the bottom end of each telescopic rod (18) is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate (4), and the telescopic end of each telescopic rod (18) is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the ceramic plate (6).

6. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Auxiliary grooves (19) are provided on the front and back sides of the guide rail (1); two support plates (20) are fixedly connected to the upper surface of the connecting plate (4); a sliding wheel (21) is rotatably connected inside each of the support plates (20); each of the sliding wheels (21) is slidably connected inside the auxiliary groove (19); a servo motor (22) is fixedly connected to the side faces of the two support plates (20) that are away from each other; the power output ends of the two servo motors (22) penetrate the support plates (20) and are respectively fixedly connected to the ends of the two sliding wheels (21) that are close to each other.

7. A highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The left and right sides of each support plate (20) are fixedly connected to a limiting plate (23), the interior of each limiting plate (23) is rotatably connected to an auxiliary wheel (24), and each auxiliary wheel (24) is slidably connected to the interior of the auxiliary groove (19).

8. The highway tunnel inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Four cameras (26) are fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate (4), a radar (25) is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting plate (4), and a signal transceiver module (27) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate (4), and each of the cameras (26), radar (25) and signal transceiver module (27) is electrically connected to the conductive copper sheet (3) via a wire (10).

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    CN219013842U