Hand lever structure for endoscopic meter reading

By designing the hand lever structure for endoscopic meter reading and utilizing an extension hand lever and a multi-stage telescopic rod system, the problems of inconsistent water meter installation positions and obstructions from underground obstacles were solved, enabling safe and convenient water meter reading and efficient meter reading.

CN223595602UActive Publication Date: 2025-11-25YANTAI PORT OPERATION GUARANTEE CO LTD
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Patent Information

Application Number
CN202520175836.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-26
Publication Date
2025-11-25
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-26

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Technical Problem

In existing technologies, inconsistent water meter installation locations and obstructed underground passages lead to a large workload for meter reading and pose safety risks. Flexible endoscopes cannot be directly extended to the water meter location, requiring staff to go down into the well to take readings.

Method used

An endoscopic meter reading hand lever structure was designed, including an extension hand lever, a multi-stage telescopic lever, an endoscopic lens locking ball, an obstacle avoidance support rod, and a positioning arc plate. The endoscopic lens is driven to extend to the water meter position through a duct system, and the locking ball and support rod are used to avoid obstacles in the well.

Benefits of technology

It enables safe and convenient reading of water meter values, avoids obstruction of the endoscopic lens movement, reduces the risk of workers going down into the well, and improves meter reading efficiency.

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Abstract

The utility model belongs to the technical field of water meter reading, and particularly relates to an endoscopic meter reading hand lever structure which comprises an extension hand lever, a multi-stage telescopic rod is hinged to one side of the extension hand lever, one end of the multi-stage telescopic rod is fixedly connected with an endoscope head clamping ball, an avoiding supporting rod is inserted into the bottom end of the extension hand lever, and the endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected with the avoiding supporting rod. A positioning arc plate is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the avoiding supporting rod, a reset spring is installed at the top end of the avoiding supporting rod, an adjusting air pipe is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the multi-stage telescopic rod, and a folding air pipe is installed on the adjusting air pipe. An endoscope camera can be extended to a water meter mounting position below the side of a wellhead from the position of the wellhead by virtue of the cooperation of an extension hand lever, a multi-stage telescopic rod, an adjusting air pipe and a folding air pipe, so that a worker can read a water meter number more safely and conveniently; by means of cooperation of an endoscope head clamping ball, an avoiding supporting rod and a positioning arc plate, the device can be positioned, and meanwhile an underground water pipe, a water pipe flange plate and a cable are avoided.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the water meter reading technical field, concretely relates to a hand rod structure of endoscopic meter reading. BACKGROUND

[0002] In many port areas and urban areas, such as Zhifu Bay Port Area and West Port Area, there are a large number of water meter wells, and staff need to read and record the water meter installed in the water meter well. At present, the camera of the industrial endoscope can read the water meter installed below the well mouth. However, the installation positions of different water meters are different, and a large number of water meters are installed below the side of the well mouth. In addition, there are water pipes and cables in the underground passage, which hinder the extension of the soft industrial endoscope connecting line to the water meter installed below the side of the well mouth. Therefore, the staff still need to read the water meter in the well mouth passage, which not only increases the workload of meter reading, but also increases the risk of staff in the limited space of the underground passage. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0003] The utility model provides a kind of hand rod structure of endoscopic meter reading, with the characteristics that staff can read water meter more safely and conveniently, and the device can be positioned while avoiding underground water pipe, water pipe flange and cable, to avoid the movement of endoscope camera being hindered.

[0004] The utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of hand rod structure of endoscopic meter reading, including extension hand rod, the extension hand rod side is hinged with multistage telescopic rod, the multistage telescopic rod one end is fixedly connected with endoscope head engaging ball, the extension hand rod bottom end is inserted with avoiding support rod, the avoiding support rod bottom end is fixedly connected with positioning arc plate, the avoiding support rod top end is installed with reset spring, the multistage telescopic rod inner wall is fixedly connected with adjusting air pipe, and folding air pipe is installed on the adjusting air pipe.

[0005] Among them, the extension hand rod side wall is fixedly connected with bottom limiting plate, the bottom limiting plate top end is in contact with the multistage telescopic rod bottom end, and the extension hand rod is fixedly connected with outer expansion accommodating barrel.

[0006] Among them, the endoscope head engaging ball inner wall is fixedly connected with elastic rubber pad, and the positioning arc plate low end is fixedly connected with protective gasket.

[0007] Among them, the multistage telescopic rod one end is fixedly connected with rotary connecting block, the rotary connecting block is rotatably connected with rotary connecting seat, and the rotary connecting seat is fixedly connected on the extension hand rod side wall, and the multistage telescopic rod is hinged with the extension hand rod through the rotary connecting block and the rotary connecting seat.

[0008] The top end of the reset spring is fixedly connected with a supporting block, and the supporting block is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the extension hand rod.

[0009] The end of the adjusting air pipe is provided with a blowing and suction air pump, and the blowing and suction air pump is installed in the outwardly expanded accommodating cylinder.

[0010] The beneficial effects of the utility model are that: the endoscope camera head can be extended from the well mouth position to the water meter installation position below the well mouth side by the cooperation of the extension hand rod, the multi-stage telescopic rod, the adjusting air pipe and the folding air pipe, so that the staff can read the water meter more safely and conveniently, and the endoscope camera head is positioned while avoiding the underground water pipe, the water pipe flange plate and the cable line by the cooperation of the endoscope head clamping ball, the avoidance supporting rod and the positioning arc plate.

[0011] The parts not involved in the device are the same as or can be realized by the prior art. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0012] Figure 1 It is a structural schematic view of the utility model;

[0013] Figure 2 It is a side view of the utility model;

[0014] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 It is an enlarged view of A part;

[0015] Figure 4 It is Figure 1 It is an enlarged view of B part.

[0016] In the figure: 1, extension hand rod; 11, bottom limiting plate; 12, outwardly expanded accommodating cylinder; 2, multi-stage telescopic rod; 21, endoscope head clamping ball; 211, elastic rubber pad; 22, rotating connecting block; 23, rotating connecting seat; 3, avoidance supporting rod; 31, positioning arc plate; 311, protective gasket; 32, reset spring; 33, supporting block; 4, adjusting air pipe; 41, folding air pipe; 42, blowing and suction air pump. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0017] Please refer to Figures 1-4 The utility model provides the following technical scheme: a hand rod structure of endoscopic meter reading, including extension hand rod 1, extension hand rod 1 one side articulates with multi-stage telescopic rod 2, and multi-stage telescopic rod 2 one end fixedly connected with endoscope head clamping ball 21, and extension hand rod 1 bottom end inserts with avoidance supporting rod 3, and avoidance supporting rod 3 bottom end fixedly connected with positioning arc plate 31, and avoidance supporting rod 3 top end is installed with reset spring 32, and multi-stage telescopic rod 2 inner wall fixedly connected with adjusting air pipe 4, and adjusting air pipe 4 is installed with folding air pipe 41.

[0018] In the embodiment: the staff installs the endoscope camera in the endoscope head engaging ball 21, when installing, the endoscope head engaging ball 21 is opened and the endoscope camera is engaged in the endoscope head engaging ball 21, the endoscope camera is positioned by the elastic force of the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the friction force between the elastic rubber pad 211 and the endoscope camera, then the extension hand rod 1 and the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 are lowered into the well at the wellhead position, the positioning arc plate 31 is attached to the top arc surface of the pipeline, the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 is directed to the underground horizontal channel, then the external gas is transported into the adjusting air pipe 4 by the controller controlling the blowing and sucking air pump 42, the folded air pipe 41 is gradually expanded to push out the multi-stage inner rod of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2, until the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the endoscope camera move above the water meter, the staff reads the reading of the water meter through the device host connected by the endoscope camera, the extension hand rod 1 can be manually pressed down when reading to reduce the distance between the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the endoscope camera, so as to observe the reading of the water meter more clearly, then the blowing and sucking air pump 42 reversely extracts the gas in the adjusting air pipe 4 and the folded air pipe 41 to drive the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 to contract, then the staff takes out the device from the wellhead, in the process of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 gradually stretching and contracting, the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 can move above the water pipe with the help of the positioning of the extension hand rod 1 by the avoiding support rod 3 and the positioning arc plate 31, the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 can move above the water pipe to avoid the position deviation of the endoscope head engaging ball 21, and the avoiding support rod 3 and the positioning arc plate 31 lift the device above the pipeline and the pipeline flange plate, the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 and the endoscope head engaging ball 21 will not touch the pipeline and the pipeline flange plate when moving, the spherical shape of the endoscope head engaging ball 21 can extrude the falling cable to both sides, the falling cable will not hinder the movement of the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the endoscope camera, so that the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the endoscope camera can smoothly move laterally under the drive of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2, with the help of the device, the staff can read the water meter reading more safely and conveniently, without reading the water meter reading in the well, the extension hand rod 1 is hinged with the multi-stage telescopic rod 2, which can facilitate the staff to store and carry the device, the adjusting air pipe 4 corresponding to the hinge position of the extension hand rod 1 and the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 has a bending allowance to avoid affecting the hinge of the extension hand rod 1 and the multi-stage telescopic rod 2.

[0019] The bottom limiting plate 11 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the extension hand rod 1, the top end of the bottom limiting plate 11 is in contact with the bottom end of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2, and the outer expansion accommodating cylinder 12 is fixedly connected to the extension hand rod 1; the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 can be supported by the bottom limiting plate 11 to be horizontally expanded, so that the endoscope head engaging ball 21 and the endoscope camera can move horizontally under the drive of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2, and the blowing and sucking air pump 42 can be accommodated by the outer expansion accommodating cylinder 12.

[0020] The inner wall of the endoscope head clamping ball 21 is fixedly connected with an elastic rubber pad 211, and the low end of the positioning arc plate 31 is fixedly connected with a protective pad 311; the elastic rubber pad 211 can increase the friction between the endoscope head clamping ball 21 and the endoscope camera, improve the stability between the endoscope head clamping ball 21 and the endoscope camera, and the protective pad 311 can increase the friction between the positioning arc plate 31 and the water pipe, so that the positioning arc plate 31 is prevented from sliding laterally to the water pipe.

[0021] One end of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 is fixedly connected with a rotating connecting block 22, the rotating connecting block 22 is rotatably connected with a rotating connecting seat 23, the rotating connecting seat 23 is fixedly connected to the side wall of the extension hand rod 1, and the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 is hinged to the extension hand rod 1 through the rotating connecting block 22 and the rotating connecting seat 23.

[0022] The top end of the reset spring 32 is fixedly connected with a supporting block 33, and the supporting block 33 is fixedly connected to the inner wall of the extension hand rod 1; the supporting block 33 can position one end of the reset spring 32, so that, when the avoiding supporting rod 3 is retracted into the extension hand rod 1, the reset spring 32 is in a compressed state, and the avoiding supporting rod 3 is ejected outward after losing pressure.

[0023] One end of the adjusting air pipe 4 is provided with a blowing and sucking air pump 42, and the blowing and sucking air pump 42 is installed in the outer expansion accommodating cylinder 12; the blowing and sucking air pump 42 can realize blowing and sucking of the gas in the adjusting air pipe 4 and the folding air pipe 41.

[0024] The working principle and use process of the utility model are as follows: the staff breaks the endoscope head clamping ball 21, and then the endoscope camera is clamped in the endoscope head clamping ball 21, then the extension hand rod 1 and the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 are lowered into the well at the well mouth position, the positioning arc plate 31 is attached to the top arc surface of the pipeline, the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 faces the underground horizontal channel, then external gas is extracted by the blowing and sucking air pump 42 and is transported into the adjusting air pipe 4, the folding air pipe 41 is gradually expanded, the multi-stage inner rod of the multi-stage telescopic rod 2 is ejected, and finally the endoscope head clamping ball 21 and the endoscope camera move to the top of the water meter, the staff reads the reading of the water meter through the device host connected with the endoscope camera, and the extension hand rod 1 can be manually pressed down during reading, so that the distance between the endoscope head clamping ball 21 and the endoscope camera is reduced, and the reading of the water meter can be observed more clearly.

Claims

1. A pole structure for endoscopic meter reading, characterized by: The utility model relates to an endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected to the one end of multistage telescopic pole (2), multistage telescopic pole (2) one side articulated extension hand pole (1) is fixedly connected with, extension hand pole (1) bottom end inserts the avoidance support pole (3) that avoids, avoidance support pole (3) bottom end fixedly connected with the positioning arc plate (31), avoidance support pole (3) top end is installed reset spring (32), multistage telescopic pole (2) inner wall fixedly connected with the regulating air pipe (4), regulating air pipe (4) installs the folding air pipe (41) on.

2. A hand pole structure for an inside meter reading according to claim 1, characterized in that: Extension hand pole (1) side wall fixedly connected with bottom limiting plate (11), bottom limiting plate (11) top end with multistage telescopic pole (2) bottom end contact, extension hand pole (1) on fixedly connected with the outer expansion accommodating cylinder (12).

3. The hand pole structure for an inside meter reading according to claim 1, wherein: The utility model relates to an endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected to the one end of multistage telescopic pole (2), multistage telescopic pole (2) one side articulated extension hand pole (1) is fixedly connected with, extension hand pole (1) bottom end inserts the avoidance support pole (3) that avoids, avoidance support pole (3) bottom end fixedly connected with the positioning arc plate (31), avoidance support pole (3) top end is installed reset spring (32), multistage telescopic pole (2) inner wall fixedly connected with the regulating air pipe (4), regulating air pipe (4) installs the folding air pipe (41) on.

4. The hand pole structure for an inside meter reading according to claim 1, wherein: The utility model relates to an endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected to the one end of multistage telescopic pole (2), multistage telescopic pole (2) one side articulated extension hand pole (1) is fixedly connected with, extension hand pole (1) bottom end inserts the avoidance support pole (3) that avoids, avoidance support pole (3) bottom end fixedly connected with the positioning arc plate (31), avoidance support pole (3) top end is installed reset spring (32), multistage telescopic pole (2) inner wall fixedly connected with the regulating air pipe (4), regulating air pipe (4) installs the folding air pipe (41) on.

5. The hand pole structure for an inside meter reading according to claim 1, wherein: The utility model relates to an endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected to the one end of multistage telescopic pole (2), multistage telescopic pole (2) one side articulated extension hand pole (1) is fixedly connected with, extension hand pole (1) bottom end inserts the avoidance support pole (3) that avoids, avoidance support pole (3) bottom end fixedly connected with the positioning arc plate (31), avoidance support pole (3) top end is installed reset spring (32), multistage telescopic pole (2) inner wall fixedly connected with the regulating air pipe (4), regulating air pipe (4) installs the folding air pipe (41) on.

6. The hand pole structure for an inside meter reading according to claim 2, wherein: The utility model relates to an endoscope head clamping ball is fixedly connected to the one end of multistage telescopic pole (2), multistage telescopic pole (2) one side articulated extension hand pole (1) is fixedly connected with, extension hand pole (1) bottom end inserts the avoidance support pole (3) that avoids, avoidance support pole (3) bottom end fixedly connected with the positioning arc plate (31), avoidance support pole (3) top end is installed reset spring (32), multistage telescopic pole (2) inner wall fixedly connected with the regulating air pipe (4), regulating air pipe (4) installs the folding air pipe (41) on.