Chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device
By installing cleaning components on drones used for chemical pipelines, and utilizing electric telescopic rods and stepper motors to achieve automatic camera cleaning, the problem of low inspection efficiency caused by camera contamination has been solved, thus improving the efficiency and effectiveness of chemical pipeline inspections.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202520198134.2
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2025-02-08
- Publication Date
- 2025-12-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2035-02-08
AI Technical Summary
The cameras of existing chemical pipeline inspection drones are prone to getting contaminated with impurities during flight, which reduces the accuracy of the images and requires them to return to base for cleaning, thus affecting inspection efficiency.
A cleaning component, including a cleaning adjustment chamber and an electric telescopic rod, is installed on the main body of the drone. The electric telescopic rod drives the cleaning block to contact the camera, achieving automatic cleaning. A stepper motor is used to precisely control the position of the cleaning block, and multiple sets of cleaning blocks are installed in a ring at intervals to extend the replacement cycle.
It enables automatic cleaning of cameras during drone inspections, avoiding the need for drones to return to base for cleaning, thus improving inspection efficiency and effectiveness and extending the cleaning cycle.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to the technical field of chemical pipeline inspection, in particular to a chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device. BACKGROUND
[0002] With the development of science and technology, unmanned aerial vehicle becomes the intelligent robot that can fly, and the unmanned aerial vehicle field is in the period of vigorous development, various technical innovations emerge in an endless stream around unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aerial vehicle also enters many fields of civil use, showing great potential, pipeline transportation as the fifth largest transportation mode, its safety and economy play an indispensable role in the chemical industry.
[0003] Publication number: CN221498485U, named "oil pipeline inspection unmanned aerial vehicle", including the bottom of the inspection unmanned aerial vehicle main body installs the adjusting mechanism, the adjusting mechanism is composed of the vertical plate, the rotating motor, the shaft and the camera combination, the bottom of the inspection unmanned aerial vehicle main body installs the vertical plate, the outer side wall of the vertical plate installs the rotating motor, so that the rotating motor can drive the output end of the shaft to rotate, since the other end of the shaft is installed with the camera, when the inspection unmanned aerial vehicle main body inspects the gasoline pipe, the shaft drives the camera to rotate, so that the camera shoots the gasoline pipe, so as to facilitate personnel use.
[0004] The above-mentioned existing pipeline inspection device, when in use, carries out shooting inspection operation on the pipeline through the camera, in the process of unmanned aerial vehicle flight, the camera is easy to be contaminated with impurities, which leads to the decrease of shooting accuracy, affects the pipeline inspection process, and the return cleaning method is easy to lead to the increase of pipeline inspection time; Therefore, it does not meet the existing demand, and a chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device is proposed. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS
[0005] The utility model aims at providing a chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device, to solve the problem that the existing pipeline inspection device in the prior art is used, shooting inspection operation is carried out on the pipeline through the camera, in the process of unmanned aerial vehicle flight, the camera is easy to be contaminated with impurities, which leads to the decrease of shooting accuracy, affects the pipeline inspection process, and the return cleaning method is easy to lead to the increase of pipeline inspection time.
[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a chemical industry pipeline unmanned plane inspection device, include: unmanned plane main part, the front end of unmanned plane main part is installed with shooting assembly, shooting assembly includes installation cavity, the inside installation of installation cavity has rotating stand, the outer wall of rotating stand is installed with camera, the rear end of installation cavity is installed with cleaning assembly, cleaning assembly includes cleaning adjusting cavity, the intercommunication hole of cleaning adjusting cavity and installation cavity is set up, the inside installation of cleaning adjusting cavity has the cleaning block of telescopic movement function.
[0007] Preferably, the inside of the cleaning adjusting cavity is also provided with a rotating table, four groups of electric telescopic rods are arranged in annular intervals on the outer wall of the rotating table, and the telescopic ends of the electric telescopic rods are combined with the cleaning block.
[0008] Preferably, the telescopic end of one of the electric telescopic rods is provided with a sealing block.
[0009] Preferably, one end of the rotating table is provided with a mounting seat, and a stepping motor for driving the rotating table to rotate is mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat.
[0010] Preferably, one side of the installation cavity is provided with a driving cavity, and a driving motor for driving the rotating stand to rotate is mounted in the driving cavity.
[0011] Preferably, the outer walls of the driving cavity and the cleaning adjusting cavity are both provided with a cover through bolts.
[0012] Preferably, wings are arranged on both sides of the unmanned plane main body, blades are mounted on the ends of the wings, and racks are symmetrically mounted on the lower bottom of the unmanned plane main body.
[0013] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the advantages that:
[0014] (1), in the utility model, the electric telescopic rod drives the cleaning block to stretch and displace, when cleaning, the electric telescopic rod stretches forward, drives the cleaning block to contact the camera, the camera is contacted and wiped frequently with the cleaning block through the reciprocating rotation mode, removes the impurities and dust at the camera, so that even if the camera is contaminated with impurities during the unmanned plane pipeline inspection process, it is not necessary to return to clean, and the inspection efficiency is improved.
[0015] (2), the utility model discloses, through the characteristic of stepper motor, can accurately rotate the cleaning block or sealing block to the communication hole and carry out cleaning, sealing operation, adopt the mode of annular interval installation and install multiple sets of cleaning block, can effectively prolong the replacement cycle of user, make unmanned plane inspection process, even if the cleaning effect of a place cleaning block drops, also can through the mode of replacing another cleaning block, carry out cleaning, thereby can effectively avoid the camera of unmanned plane inspection process to exist pollution, lead to pipeline inspection effect drop, need the embarrassing scene of unmanned plane homeward journey. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0016] Figure 1 It is the whole structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0017] Figure 2 It is the structure schematic diagram of the shooting assembly of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 3 It is the distribution schematic diagram of shooting assembly and cleaning assembly of the utility model;
[0019] Figure 4 It is the structure schematic diagram of cleaning assembly of the utility model;
[0020] In the drawing: 1, unmanned plane main body;101, wing;102, blade;103, frame;2, shooting assembly;201, installation cavity;202, drive motor;203, rotating stand;204, camera;205, drive cavity;3, communication hole;4, cleaning assembly;401, rotating table;402, electric telescopic rod;403, sealing block;404, cleaning block;405, stepper motor;406, mounting seat;407, cleaning adjusting cavity;5, cover. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0021] The technical scheme in the embodiments of the utility model will be described clearly and completely below in conjunction with the drawings in the embodiments of the utility model, and apparently, the described embodiments only are a part of the embodiments of the utility model, not all the embodiments.
[0022] Please refer to Figures 1-4The utility model provides an embodiment: a kind of chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device, comprising: unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, both sides of unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 are provided with wing 101, the end of wing 101 is installed with vane 102, the lower bottom of unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is installed with rack 103 left and right symmetrical;The front end of unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is installed with shooting assembly 2, shooting assembly 2 includes installation cavity 201, rotating stand 203 is installed in the inside of installation cavity 201, camera 204 is installed on the outer wall of rotating stand 203, one side of installation cavity 201 is provided with drive cavity 205, drive motor 202 for driving rotating stand 203 to rotate is installed in the inside of drive cavity 205;Rotating stand 203 and camera 204 are driven by drive motor 202 to carry out rotation, by rotating, one aspect can adjust the shooting angle of camera 204, improve the shooting range in the process of pipeline inspection, on the other hand, camera 204 can be reciprocatingly contacted with cleaning block 404 by rotating camera 204, so that the cleaning operation to the surface of camera 204 can be realized.
[0023] The rear end of installation cavity 201 is installed with cleaning assembly 4, cleaning assembly 4 includes cleaning adjustment cavity 407, communication hole 3 is opened between cleaning adjustment cavity 407 and installation cavity 201, and cleaning block 404 with telescopic movement function is installed in the inside of cleaning adjustment cavity 407;Rotating table 401 is also installed in the inside of cleaning adjustment cavity 407, four groups of electric telescopic rods 402 are arranged in annular interval on the outer wall of rotating table 401, and the telescopic end of electric telescopic rod 402 is combined with cleaning block 404;
[0024] Telescopic displacement of cleaning block 404 is driven by electric telescopic rod 402, when cleaning, electric telescopic rod 402 stretches forward, drives cleaning block 404 to contact camera 204, camera 204 is contacted and wiped frequently with cleaning block 404 by reciprocating rotation mode, removes impurities and dust at camera 204, so that even if camera 204 is contaminated with impurities during unmanned aerial vehicle pipeline inspection process, it is not necessary to return to clean, improve inspection efficiency.
[0025] Among them, the telescopic end of one group of electric telescopic rods 402 is installed with sealing block 403;When not cleaning, sealing block 403 can be inserted into communication hole 3 by electric telescopic rod 402, to play the effect of sealing the hole, avoid that impurities enter into cleaning adjustment cavity 407 from communication hole 3 during unmanned aerial vehicle flight inspection process, cause cleaning block 404 to be contaminated and damaged.
[0026] The one end of the rotating table 401 is provided with a mounting seat 406, and a stepping motor 405 for driving the rotating table 401 to rotate is mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat 406; the stepping motor 405 is an electric motor that converts an electric pulse signal into corresponding angular displacement or linear displacement. Every input pulse signal, the rotor rotates an angle or moves forward one step, through the characteristics of the stepping motor 405, the cleaning block 404 or the sealing block 403 can be accurately rotated to the communication hole 3 to perform cleaning and sealing operation, a plurality of cleaning blocks 404 are installed in a ring-shaped interval, which can effectively prolong the replacement cycle of the user, so that even if the cleaning effect of one cleaning block 404 is reduced during the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection process, another cleaning block 404 can be replaced to clean, thereby effectively avoiding the pollution of the camera 204 during the unmanned aerial vehicle inspection process, which leads to the decline of the pipeline inspection effect and the embarrassing scene of the unmanned aerial vehicle returning.
[0027] Further, the outer wall of the driving cavity 205 and the cleaning adjusting cavity 407 is provided with a cover 5 through a bolt, and the opening of the driving cavity 205 and the cleaning adjusting cavity 407 is closed by the cover 5, which protects the internal parts.
[0028] It is obvious for those skilled in the art that the present application is not limited to the details of the above exemplary embodiments, and can be implemented in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics of the present application. Therefore, from any point of view, the embodiments should be regarded as exemplary and non-limiting, and the scope of the present application is defined by the appended claims rather than the above description, and therefore all changes falling within the meaning and scope of the equivalent elements of the claims are intended to be included in the present application. Any reference signs in the claims should not be regarded as limiting the claims.
Claims
1. A chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device, comprising an unmanned aerial vehicle main body (1); characterized in that: The front end of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1) is provided with a shooting assembly (2), the shooting assembly (2) comprises a mounting cavity (201), a rotating frame (203) is mounted in the mounting cavity (201), a camera (204) is mounted on the outer wall of the rotating frame (203), a cleaning assembly (4) is mounted at the rear end of the mounting cavity (201), the cleaning assembly (4) comprises a cleaning adjusting cavity (407), a communication hole (3) is formed between the cleaning adjusting cavity (407) and the mounting cavity (201), and a cleaning block (404) with telescopic movement function is mounted in the cleaning adjusting cavity (407). 2.The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The rotating table (401) is further mounted in the cleaning adjusting cavity (407), four groups of electric telescopic rods (402) are arranged in a ring shape and at intervals on the outer wall of the rotating table (401), and the telescopic ends of the electric telescopic rods (402) are combined with the cleaning block (404). 3.The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 2, characterized in that: The telescopic end of one group of the electric telescopic rods (402) is provided with a sealing block (403).
4. The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 3, characterized in that: One end of the rotating table (401) is provided with a mounting seat (406), and a stepping motor (405) for driving the rotating table (401) to rotate is mounted on the outer wall of the mounting seat (406).
5. The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: One side of the mounting cavity (201) is provided with a driving cavity (205), and a driving motor (202) for driving the rotating frame (203) to rotate is mounted in the driving cavity (205). 6.The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 5, characterized in that: The outer walls of the driving cavity (205) and the cleaning adjusting cavity (407) are both provided with a cover (5) mounted through bolts. 7.The chemical pipeline unmanned aerial vehicle inspection device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Both sides of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1) are provided with wings (101), the end of the wing (101) is provided with a blade (102), and the lower bottom of the unmanned aerial vehicle body (1) is provided with a rack (103) symmetrically.
Citation Information
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Oil pipeline inspection unmanned aerial vehicle
CN221498485U