Driving mechanism for rail hanging robot

By designing an adjustment device to adjust the auxiliary wheel spacing, the problem of unstable driving of existing rail-mounted robots on different tracks is solved, and stability and firmness on different tracks are achieved.

CN223442265UActive Publication Date: 2025-10-17JIE XUN TECH (GUANGZHOU) CO LTD +1
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202422546855.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2024-10-22
Publication Date
2025-10-17
Estimated Expiration
2034-10-22

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Technical Problem

The driving mechanism of the existing track-mounted robot can only adjust the distance between the driving wheels, but cannot adjust the distance between the auxiliary wheels according to different track types, resulting in the robot being unstable and unsteady during driving.

Method used

An adjustment device is designed, including a support frame, a threaded rod, a nut, a movable plate and an auxiliary wheel. The spacing between the auxiliary wheels is adjusted through threaded connection. It is driven by a drive motor to adapt to the surface of different types of tracks and improve stability.

Benefits of technology

The flexible adjustment of the auxiliary wheel spacing is achieved, which improves the stability and firmness of the rail-mounted robot on different tracks and ensures the stability of driving.

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Abstract

The utility model relates to a driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot, which belongs to the technical field of inspection robots and comprises a rail-mounted robot body, two driving motors are fixedly mounted in the upper side of the rail-mounted robot body, the output ends of the driving motors are fixedly connected with rotating shafts, the upper sides of the rotating shafts are sleeved with driving wheels, and the driving wheels are fixedly connected with the driving motors. An adjusting device is arranged on the upper side of the rail hanging robot body; the adjusting device comprises two supporting frames rotationally arranged on the upper side of the rail hanging robot body in a sleeving mode and second threaded rods rotationally arranged on the upper sides of the supporting frames in a sleeving mode. According to the driving mechanism for the rail-mounted robot, the two mounting plates on the outer side are driven by the first threaded rods in a threaded mode to move oppositely or oppositely, the distance between the auxiliary wheels is adjusted, the surfaces of different types of hanging rails can abut against each other conveniently, and the overall stability can be improved when the driving wheels drive the rail-mounted robot body.
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Description

Technical Field

[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of inspection robots, in particular to a driving mechanism for a rail-hanging robot. Background Art

[0002] Currently, maintenance personnel face significant inconvenience when entering areas like machine rooms, substations, garages, and tunnels for inspections due to limited space and unique environments. Furthermore, conventional wheeled or tracked inspection robots are also impractical due to space constraints, leading to the emergence of rail-mounted robots that are suspended from the ceiling of the work area. Due to the diverse range of rail types, these robots often alternate between straight and curved rails and require both climbing and descending slopes.

[0003] The driving mechanism of the existing rail-mounted robot can only adjust the distance between the driving wheels to achieve stability. At the same time, different types of rails cannot adjust the distance between the auxiliary wheels, which causes the rail-mounted robot to be unstable and unstable during driving. Therefore, a driving mechanism for the rail-mounted robot is proposed to solve the above problems. Utility Model Content

[0004] In response to the shortcomings of the existing technology, the utility model provides a driving mechanism for a rail-hanging robot, which has the advantages of adjusting the spacing between the mounting plates according to different signals of the hanging rails to improve the stability of the rail-hanging robot body. It solves the problem that the driving mechanism of the rail robot can only adjust the spacing between the driving wheels to achieve stability, and at the same time, different types of hanging rails cannot adjust the spacing of the auxiliary wheels, resulting in the problem that the rail-hanging robot will be unstable and unstable during driving.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides the following technical solution: a driving mechanism for a rail-hanging robot, comprising a rail-hanging robot body, two driving motors fixedly installed inside the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body, the output ends of the driving motors fixedly connected to a rotating shaft, the upper side of the rotating shaft being sleeved with a driving wheel, and an adjusting device being provided on the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body;

[0006] The adjusting device includes two support frames rotatably sleeved on the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body, a second threaded rod rotatably sleeved on the upper side of the support frame, two sets of nuts threadedly connected to the outside of the second threaded rod, two movable plates threadedly connected to the outside of the second threaded rod, a first threaded rod rotatably sleeved on one side of the movable plate, two threaded sleeves threadedly connected to the outside of the first threaded rod, a mounting plate fixedly connected to one side of the threaded sleeve, and an auxiliary wheel rotatably sleeved on the inner side of the mounting plate.

[0007] Furthermore, a connecting plate is fixedly connected to one side of the movable plate, and a side of the connecting plate away from the movable plate is sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft.

[0008] Further, the middle part of the upper side of the support frame is fixedly connected with a support arc plate, and the inner wall of the support arc plate is sleeved on the outer side of the second threaded rod.

[0009] Further, the side of the mounting plate away from the first threaded rod is sleeved with a limiting rod, and the limiting rod is fixedly connected to one side of the moving plate.

[0010] Further, the inside of the upper side of the hanging rail robot body is inlaid with two bearings, and the lower side of the support frame is connected by inserting the bearings.

[0011] Further, each group of the nuts are two groups, and the two nuts are respectively abutted on the opposite sides of the lower side of the moving plate.

[0012] Further, the first threaded rod and the second threaded rod are bidirectional threaded rods.

[0013] Compared with the prior art, the utility model provides a drive mechanism for hanging rail robot has the following beneficial effects:

[0014] 1、 this drive mechanism for hanging rail robot, through the first threaded rod threaded drive outside two mounting plate opposite or back to move, realize the adjustment of the distance between the auxiliary wheel, it is convenient for different model hanging rail surface abutted, drive wheel drive hanging rail robot body can improve the stability of the whole when.

[0015] 2、 this drive mechanism for hanging rail robot, through the moving plate in the second threaded rod outside moves, and utilizes the connecting plate to be able to synchronous to drive wheel moves, changes the distance between the two drive wheels, moves on different model hanging rail, solved the drive mechanism of rail robot only to the distance between the drive wheel realizes the adjustment to reach the stability purpose, simultaneously the different kinds of hanging rail cannot adjust the distance of the auxiliary wheel, leading to the problem that the hanging rail robot is not firm and unstable when driving. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0016] Fig. 1 It is the structure of the utility model view;

[0017] Fig. 2 It is the structure of the support frame view;

[0018] Fig. 3 It is the structure of the drive motor and drive wheel solid drawing.

[0019] In the drawing: 1 hanging rail robot body, 2 drive wheel, 3 connecting plate, 4 moving plate, 5 first threaded rod, 6 limiting rod, 7 mounting plate, 8 auxiliary wheel, 9 second threaded rod, 10 nut, 11 support frame, 12 bearing, 13 threaded sleeve, 14 support arc plate, 15 drive motor, 16 rotating shaft. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] The following will be combined with the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention to clearly and completely describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the embodiments described are only part of the embodiments of the present invention, not all of the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by ordinary technicians in this field without making creative efforts are within the scope of protection of the present invention.

[0021] See also Figs. 1 to 3 In this embodiment, a driving mechanism for a rail-hanging robot includes a rail-hanging robot body 1, two drive motors 15 fixedly mounted inside the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body 1, a rotating shaft 16 fixedly connected to the output end of the drive motor 15, a drive wheel 2 sleeved on the upper side of the rotating shaft 16, and an adjustment device provided on the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body 1. The adjustment device includes two support frames 11 rotatably mounted on the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body 1, a second threaded rod 9 rotatably mounted on the upper side of the support frame 11, two sets of nuts 10 threadedly connected to the outer side of the second threaded rod 9, two movable plates 4 threadedly connected to the outer side of the second threaded rod 9, a first threaded rod 5 rotatably mounted on one side of the movable plate 4, two threaded sleeves 13 threadedly connected to the outer side of the first threaded rod 5, a mounting plate 7 fixedly connected to one side of the threaded sleeve 13, and an auxiliary wheel 8 rotatably mounted on the inner side of the mounting plate 7.

[0022] Among them, one side of the movable plate 4 is fixedly connected with a connecting plate 3, and the side of the connecting plate 3 away from the movable plate 4 is sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft 16, and the middle part of the upper side of the support frame 11 is fixedly connected with a supporting arc plate 14, and the inner wall of the supporting arc plate 14 is sleeved on the outside of the second threaded rod 9. The side of the mounting plate 7 away from the first threaded rod 5 is sleeved with a limiting rod 6, and one side of the limiting rod 6 is fixedly connected to one side of the movable plate 4. Two bearings 12 are inlaid inside the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body 1, and the bearings 12 are plugged into the lower side of the support frame 11 for internal connection. Each group of nuts 10 is in groups of two, and the two nuts 10 respectively abut against the opposite surfaces of the lower side of the movable plate 4. The first threaded rod 5 and the second threaded rod 9 are bidirectional threaded rods.

[0023] The working principle of the above embodiment is:

[0024] According to the hanging rail track thickness adjustment driving wheel 2 spacing, by loosening the nut 10 can be moved plate 4 in the second threaded rod 9 outside lateral adjustment, connecting plate 3 through the sleeve joint shaft 16 connected driving wheel 2 will be synchronized movement, adjust the distance between the two driving wheel 2 position, adjust the appropriate position only need to tighten the nut 10 clamping in the lower side of the moving plate 4 two ends can be limited, when using only need to start the drive motor 15 through the shaft 16 driving wheel 2 rotation in the hanging rail to realize the movement of the overall device, and the support frame 11 through the bearing 12 cooperation rotating itself, can be directly in the arc position of the hanging rail self adjusting angle, better with the hanging rail surface, in order to improve the hanging rail robot body 1 and the firmness between the hanging rail, rotating the first threaded rod 5 threaded drive outside two mounting plate 7 close to each other or away from each other, facilitate better in the different positions of the hanging rail wall, thereby improving the tightness between the hanging rail robot body 1 and the hanging rail, when moving also can improve the overall firmness.

[0025] The mounting method, connection method or setting method disclosed in the embodiment are all common mechanical connection methods, as long as the beneficial effects can be achieved, and the electrical elements in the embodiment are electrically connected with the master controller and the power supply, the master controller can be a conventional known device such as a computer, and the control of the electrical elements can be realized by simple programming by those skilled in the art, and the existing disclosed power connection technology also belongs to the common knowledge in the art, so the specific structure and working principle of the embodiment will not be described in detail.

[0026] It should be noted that, in this document, the terms such as first and second are used only to distinguish one entity or operation from another entity or operation, and do not necessarily require or imply any such actual relationship or order between the entities or operations. Moreover, the terms "include", "contain" or any other variants thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusion, so that the process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such process, method, article or device. Without more limitations, the element defined by the statement "including a" does not exclude the presence of another identical element in the process, method, article or device including the element.

[0027] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and variations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the present application, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. A driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot, characterized in that: The invention comprises a rail-hanging robot body (1), wherein two driving motors (15) are fixedly installed inside the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body (1), the output end of the driving motor (15) is fixedly connected to a rotating shaft (16), the upper side of the rotating shaft (16) is sleeved with a driving wheel (2), and the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body (1) is provided with an adjusting device; The adjusting device comprises two support frames (11) rotatably mounted on the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body (1), a second threaded rod (9) rotatably mounted on the upper side of the support frame (11), two sets of nuts (10) threadedly connected to the outer side of the second threaded rod (9), two moving plates (4) threadedly connected to the outer side of the second threaded rod (9), a first threaded rod (5) rotatably mounted on one side of the moving plate (4), two threaded sleeves (13) threadedly connected to the outer side of the first threaded rod (5), a mounting plate (7) fixedly connected to one side of the threaded sleeve (13), and an auxiliary wheel (8) rotatably mounted on the inner side of the mounting plate (7).

2. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A connecting plate (3) is fixedly connected to one side of the movable plate (4), and a side of the connecting plate (3) away from the movable plate (4) is sleeved on the outside of the rotating shaft (16).

3. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A support arc plate (14) is fixedly connected to the middle portion of the upper side of the support frame (11), and the inner wall of the support arc plate (14) is sleeved on the outer side of the second threaded rod (9).

4. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: A limiting rod (6) is sleeved on the side of the mounting plate (7) away from the first threaded rod (5), and one side of the limiting rod (6) is fixedly connected to one side of the movable plate (4).

5. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two bearings (12) are embedded in the interior of the upper side of the rail-hanging robot body (1), and the lower side of the support frame (11) is plugged into the interior of the bearings (12) for connection.

6. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: Each group of nuts (10) consists of two nuts, and the two nuts (10) respectively contact the opposite surfaces of the lower side of the movable plate (4).

7. The driving mechanism for a rail-mounted robot according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first threaded rod (5) and the second threaded rod (9) are bidirectional threaded rods.