A drone for cleaning the surface of photovoltaic panels
By designing a drone for surface cleaning of photovoltaic panels, using the mechanical structure of gears and racks to drive the push rod and clamping blocks, the problem of dangerous dust accumulation and manual cleaning of photovoltaic panels is solved, and a stable and efficient cleaning effect is achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202421369780.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-06-17
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-01
- Estimated Expiration
- 2034-06-17
AI Technical Summary
Due to the long-term exposure of photovoltaic panels, dust is prone to accumulation, and manual cleaning is dangerous, and remote remote control cleaning is not stable enough.
A drone for surface cleaning of photovoltaic panels is designed, including the drone body, connecting frame and connecting plate. The cleaning part consists of a chassis, control panel, motor, shaft, gear, rack, spring and push rod. Through the cooperation of gears and racks, the push rod and clamping block work is driven to ensure that the brush is stable and effective during cleaning.
The stability and cleaning effect of the drone when cleaning the photovoltaic panel surface is achieved, avoiding the danger of manual cleaning, and ensuring the cleanliness and efficiency of the photovoltaic panel.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of unmanned aerial vehicles, in particular to a unmanned aerial vehicle for cleaning the surface of a photovoltaic panel. Background Art
[0002] A cleaning drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle used for cleaning, disinfection, vacuuming and other tasks. It is usually powered by a battery and can fly freely to clean objects on the ground. Using a drone to clean objects on the ground has the advantages of high efficiency, easy operation and good cleaning effect. It is suitable for cleaning operations in complex environments. Different types of cleaning drones are suitable for different scenarios, such as cleaning public places such as city streets, parks, and hospitals, or cleaning industrial environments such as industrial equipment and construction sites.
[0003] In the field of photovoltaic panels, since photovoltaic panels need to face the sun directly, a lot of dust will accumulate on the surface of the panels after long-term use. For some photovoltaic panels installed higher, manual cleaning is dangerous, and remote control cleaning is not stable enough. Summary of the invention
[0004] The purpose of the utility model is to provide a drone for cleaning the surface of a photovoltaic panel to solve the problems raised in the above-mentioned background technology.
[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical solutions: a drone for cleaning the surface of a photovoltaic panel, comprising a drone body, a connecting frame and a connecting plate, wherein the top surface of the connecting frame is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body, the bottom surface of the connecting frame is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate, and a cleaning part is provided on the inner side of the connecting plate, and the cleaning part comprises:
[0006] A chassis, wherein the top surface of the chassis is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body, the bottom surface of the chassis is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate, the bottom surface of the connecting plate is fixedly connected to a control panel, the inner wall of the chassis is fixedly connected to a motor, a rotating shaft penetrates through the inner side of the connecting plate and is rotatably connected, and the output shaft of the motor is fixedly connected to the top end of the rotating shaft;
[0007] The gear is penetrated by the rotating shaft and fixedly connected. When the motor is started, the output shaft of the motor will drive the rotating shaft to rotate. When the rotating shaft rotates, the gear will be driven to rotate. The inner wall of the connecting plate is slidably connected with a rack, and the rack is meshed with the gear. A spring is fixedly connected between the rack and the inner wall of the connecting plate, and a push rod is fixedly connected to the side of the rack away from the gear.
[0008] Preferably, the inner side of the rack is slidably connected with sliding teeth, and the rotating gear will resist the meshing sliding teeth, thereby forcing the rack to always drive the push rod to resist the vertical rod, so that the clamping block can always clamp the photovoltaic panel, and the side of the sliding tooth is fixedly connected with a positioning rod.
[0009] Preferably, the positioning rod passes through the rack and is slidably connected, and a second spring is fixedly connected between the sliding tooth and the inner side of the rack. When the gear rotates to a certain extent, it will interfere with the meshing sliding tooth, and the positioning rod and the second spring will cause the sliding tooth to slide on the inner side of the rack.
[0010] Preferably, the inner wall of the control disk is rotatably connected to a rotating plate, the gear will drive the meshing rack to slide, the rack will compress the spring one, and the rack will drive the push rod to push the vertical rod. The inner wall of the control disk is fixedly connected to a fixed plate, the bottom surface of the fixed plate is fixedly connected to a fixed block, both sides of the fixed block are fixedly connected to fixed rods, one end of the fixed rod away from the fixed block passes through and is slidably connected to a clamping block, when the rotating plate rotates, the arc-shaped linkage groove will contact the sliding rod, forcing the sliding rod to drive the sliding block to slide along the sliding groove, and a spring three is fixedly connected between the clamping block and the fixed block.
[0011] Preferably, a cross bar is fixedly connected to the side surface of the rotating plate, a vertical bar is fixedly connected to the top surface of the cross bar, and the cross bar passes through the control panel and is slidably connected.
[0012] Preferably, a connecting rod is fixedly connected to the surface of the bottom end of the rotating shaft, a brush is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting rod, a linkage groove is provided on the surface of the rotating plate, and a sliding groove is provided on the surface of the fixed plate.
[0013] Preferably, a sliding block is fixedly connected to the top surface of the clamping block, and the sliding block passes through the sliding groove. A sliding rod is fixedly connected to the top surface of the sliding block, and the sliding rod passes through the linkage groove and is slidably connected.
[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a drone for cleaning the surface of photovoltaic panels, which has the following beneficial effects:
[0015] 1. The drone for cleaning the surface of the photovoltaic panel starts the motor, and the output shaft of the motor will drive the rotating shaft to rotate. When the rotating shaft rotates, it will drive the gear to rotate, and the gear will drive the meshing rack to slide. The rack will compress the spring, and at the same time, the rack will drive the push rod to push the vertical rod, forcing the vertical rod to drive the horizontal rod to rotate the rotating plate, and when the rotating plate rotates, the arc-shaped linkage groove will contact the sliding rod, forcing the sliding rod to drive the slider to slide along the sliding groove, thereby forcing the slider to drive the clamping block to clamp the outer edge of the photovoltaic panel to prevent the entire device from shaking when the rotating shaft drives the brush to clean, resulting in insufficient cleaning. The symmetrical clamping blocks can make the brush more stable when cleaning the photovoltaic panel.
[0016] 2. The drone used for cleaning the surface of the photovoltaic panel will conflict with the meshing sliding teeth when the gear rotates to a certain extent, and the sliding teeth will slide on the inner side of the rack through the positioning rod and the second spring. However, after the gear rotates a certain distance, the second spring will retract the sliding teeth, and the rotating gear will conflict with the meshing sliding teeth, thereby forcing the rack to always drive the push rod to conflict with the vertical rod, so that the clamping block can always clamp the photovoltaic panel, and through the spring three and the fixed rod and the penetrating clamping block, the clamping block can adapt to photovoltaic panels of different sizes for cleaning. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the front view structure of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the connecting plate of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 3 This is a schematic diagram of the cross-sectional structure of the control panel of the utility model;
[0020] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the cleaning part of the utility model;
[0021] Figure 5 This is a schematic diagram of the rack structure of the utility model.
[0022] In the figure: 1. drone body; 2. cleaning part; 21. chassis; 22. control panel; 23. motor; 24. rotating shaft; 25. gear; 26. rack; 27. spring one; 28. push rod; 29. sliding tooth; 210. positioning rod; 211. rotating plate; 212. fixing plate; 213. cross bar; 214. vertical bar; 215. fixing block; 216. fixing rod; 217. spring three; 218. clamping block; 219. connecting rod; 220. brush; 221. slider; 222. slide rod; 223. slide groove; 224. linkage groove; 225. spring two; 3. connecting frame; 4. connecting plate. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0023] like Figure 1-Figure 5As shown, the utility model provides a technical solution: a drone for cleaning the surface of a photovoltaic panel, comprising a drone body 1, a connecting frame 3 and a connecting plate 4, the top surface of the connecting frame 3 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body 1, the bottom surface of the connecting frame 3 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate 4, and a cleaning part 2 is arranged on the inner side of the connecting plate 4, and the cleaning part 2 comprises: a chassis 21, a control panel 22, a motor 23, a rotating shaft 24, a gear 25, a rack 26, a spring 1 27, a push rod 28, a sliding tooth 29, a positioning rod 210, a rotating plate 211, a fixing plate 212, a cross bar 213, a vertical bar 214, a fixing block 215, a fixing rod 216, a spring 3 217, a clamping block 218, a connecting rod 219, a brush 220, a slider 221, a sliding rod 222, a sliding groove 223, a linkage groove 224, and a spring 225.
[0024] The top surface of the chassis 21 is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body 1, the bottom surface of the chassis 21 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate 4, the bottom surface of the connecting plate 4 is fixedly connected with a control panel 22, the inner wall of the chassis 21 is fixedly connected with a motor 23, the inner side of the connecting plate 4 is penetrated and rotatably connected with a rotating shaft 24, the output shaft of the motor 23 is fixedly connected to the top of the rotating shaft 24, the gear 25 is penetrated and fixedly connected by the rotating shaft 24, when the surface of the photovoltaic panel is too dusty and affects the use, the drone body 1 can be started to fly above the photovoltaic panel, the brush 220 is aligned with the photovoltaic panel, the motor 23 is started, the output shaft of the motor 23 will drive the rotating shaft 24 to rotate, and the rotating shaft 24 will drive the gear 25 to rotate when rotating, the inner wall of the connecting plate 4 is slidably connected with a rack 26, the rack 26 is meshed with the gear 25, a spring 27 is fixedly connected between the rack 26 and the inner wall of the connecting plate 4, and a push rod 28 is fixedly connected to the side of the rack 26 away from the gear 25. The inner side of the rack 26 is slidably connected with a sliding tooth 29, and the rotating gear 25 will conflict with the meshing sliding tooth 29, so that the rack 26 can always keep driving the push rod 28 to conflict with the vertical rod 214, so that the clamping block 218 can always clamp the photovoltaic panel, and through the spring three 217 and the fixed rod 216 and the penetrating clamping block 218, the clamping block 218 can adapt to photovoltaic panels of different sizes for cleaning, and the side of the sliding tooth 29 is fixedly connected with a positioning rod 210. The positioning rod 210 penetrates the rack 26 and is slidably connected, and the sliding tooth 29 is fixedly connected with the inner side of the rack 26 with a spring two 225. When the gear 25 rotates to a certain extent, it will conflict with the meshing sliding tooth 29, and the positioning rod 210 and the spring two 225 make the sliding tooth 29 slide on the inner side of the rack 26, but the spring two 225 will retract the sliding tooth 29 after the gear 25 rotates a certain distance. The inner wall of the control disk 22 is rotatably connected with a rotating plate 211, and the gear 25 drives the meshing rack 26 to slide, and the rack 26 compresses the spring 1 27. At the same time, the rack 26 drives the push rod 28 to push the vertical rod 214, forcing the vertical rod 214 to drive the cross bar 213 to rotate the rotating plate 211. The inner wall of the control disk 22 is fixedly connected with a fixed plate 212, and the bottom surface of the fixed plate 212 is fixedly connected with a fixed block 215. Both sides of the fixed block 215 are fixedly connected with fixed rods 216, and one end of the fixed rod 216 away from the fixed block 215 passes through and is slidably connected with a clamping block 218. When the rotating plate 211 rotates, the arc-shaped linkage groove 224 will contact the sliding rod 222, forcing the sliding rod 222 to drive the slider 221 to slide along the sliding groove 223, thereby forcing the slider 221 to drive the clamping block 218 to clamp the outer edge of the photovoltaic panel, and a spring 3 217 is fixedly connected between the clamping block 218 and the fixed block 215. A cross bar 213 is fixedly connected to the side of the rotating plate 211 , a vertical bar 214 is fixedly connected to the top surface of the cross bar 213 , and the cross bar 213 penetrates the control panel 22 and is slidably connected.The surface of the bottom end of the rotating shaft 24 is fixedly connected with a connecting rod 219, the bottom surface of the connecting rod 219 is fixedly connected with a brush 220, the surface of the rotating plate 211 is provided with a linkage groove 224, and the surface of the fixed plate 212 is provided with a slide groove 223. The top surface of the clamping block 218 is fixedly connected with a slider 221, the slider 221 penetrates the slide groove 223, the top surface of the slider 221 is fixedly connected with a slide rod 222, the slide rod 222 penetrates the linkage groove 224 and is slidably connected.
[0025] Based on the above embodiment, when the surface of the photovoltaic panel is too dusty and affects its use, the drone body 1 can be started to fly above the photovoltaic panel, the brush 220 is aligned with the photovoltaic panel, and the motor 23 is started. The output shaft of the motor 23 drives the shaft 24 to rotate. When the shaft 24 rotates, it drives the gear 25 to rotate, and the gear 25 drives the meshing rack 26 to slide. The rack 26 compresses the spring 27, and at the same time, the rack 26 drives the push rod 28 to push the vertical rod 214, forcing the vertical rod 21 The cross bar 213 is driven to rotate the rotating plate 211, and when the rotating plate 211 rotates, the arc-shaped linkage groove 224 is caused to abut against the sliding rod 222, forcing the sliding rod 222 to drive the sliding block 221 to slide along the sliding groove 223, thereby forcing the sliding block 221 to drive the clamping block 218 to clamp the outer edge of the photovoltaic panel, so as to prevent the entire device from shaking when the rotating shaft 24 drives the brush 220 to clean, resulting in insufficient cleaning. The symmetrical clamping block 218 can make the brush 220 more stable when cleaning the photovoltaic panel.
[0026] When the gear 25 rotates to a certain extent, it will conflict with the meshing sliding tooth 29, and the sliding tooth 29 will slide on the inner side of the rack 26 through the positioning rod 210 and the spring 225. However, after the gear 25 rotates a certain distance, the spring 225 will retract the sliding tooth 29, and the rotating gear 25 will conflict with the meshing sliding tooth 29, thereby forcing the rack 26 to always be able to keep driving the push rod 28 to conflict with the vertical rod 214, so that the clamping block 218 can always clamp the photovoltaic panel, and through the spring 3 217 and the fixing rod 216 and the penetrating clamping block 218, the clamping block 218 can adapt to photovoltaic panels of different sizes for cleaning.
[0027] The above generally describes the present invention in detail, but it is obvious to a person skilled in the art that some modifications or improvements can be made to the present invention. Therefore, modifications or improvements that do not deviate from the spirit of the present invention are within the scope of protection of the present invention.
Claims
1. A drone for cleaning the surface of a photovoltaic panel, comprising a drone body (1), a connecting frame (3) and a connecting plate (4), characterized in that: The top surface of the connecting frame (3) is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body (1), and the bottom surface of the connecting frame (3) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate (4). A cleaning portion (2) is provided on the inner side of the connecting plate (4), and the cleaning portion (2) comprises: A chassis (21), wherein the top surface of the chassis (21) is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the drone body (1), the bottom surface of the chassis (21) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the connecting plate (4), the bottom surface of the connecting plate (4) is fixedly connected to a control panel (22), the inner wall of the chassis (21) is fixedly connected to a motor (23), a rotating shaft (24) passes through the inner side of the connecting plate (4) and is rotatably connected thereto, and the output shaft of the motor (23) is fixedly connected to the top end of the rotating shaft (24); A gear (25), the gear (25) is penetrated by the rotating shaft (24) and fixedly connected, the inner wall of the connecting plate (4) is slidably connected with a rack (26), the rack (26) is meshed with the gear (25), a spring (27) is fixedly connected between the rack (26) and the inner wall of the connecting plate (4), and a push rod (28) is fixedly connected to the side of the rack (26) away from the gear (25).
2. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner side of the rack (26) is slidably connected to a sliding tooth (29), and the side of the sliding tooth (29) is fixedly connected to a positioning rod (210).
3. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 2, characterized in that: The positioning rod (210) passes through the rack (26) and is slidably connected thereto, and a second spring (225) is fixedly connected between the sliding tooth (29) and the inner side of the rack (26).
4. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner wall of the control disk (22) is rotatably connected to a rotating plate (211), the inner wall of the control disk (22) is fixedly connected to a fixing plate (212), the bottom surface of the fixing plate (212) is fixedly connected to a fixing block (215), both sides of the fixing block (215) are fixedly connected to fixing rods (216), one end of the fixing rod (216) away from the fixing block (215) passes through and is slidably connected to a clamping block (218), and a spring three (217) is fixedly connected between the clamping block (218) and the fixing block (215).
5. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 4, characterized in that: A cross bar (213) is fixedly connected to the side surface of the rotating plate (211), a vertical bar (214) is fixedly connected to the top surface of the cross bar (213), and the cross bar (213) penetrates the control panel (22) and is slidably connected.
6. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 5, characterized in that: A connecting rod (219) is fixedly connected to the surface of the bottom end of the rotating shaft (24), a brush (220) is fixedly connected to the bottom surface of the connecting rod (219), a linkage groove (224) is provided on the surface of the rotating plate (211), and a sliding groove (223) is provided on the surface of the fixed plate (212).
7. The photovoltaic panel surface cleaning drone according to claim 6, characterized in that: The top surface of the clamping block (218) is fixedly connected to a slider (221), the slider (221) passes through a slide groove (223), the top surface of the slider (221) is fixedly connected to a slide rod (222), the slide rod (222) passes through a linkage groove (224) and is slidably connected.