Robot for cleaning inner wall of pipeline

By designing a highly adaptable pipe cleaning robot, utilizing moving, lifting, and cleaning components, the problem of difficult adjustment of the cleaning end caused by changes in pipe diameter in existing technologies has been solved, achieving efficient cleaning of pipes of different sizes.

CN223801132UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-16WUHAN DONGHU UNIV
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Application Number
CN202520157613.X
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-23
Publication Date
2026-01-16
Estimated Expiration
2035-01-23

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Technical Problem

Existing pipe cleaning equipment cannot adjust the size of the cleaning end according to changes in pipe diameter, thus failing to meet the cleaning needs of pipes of different sizes.

Method used

A robot for cleaning the inner wall of pipes was designed, which adopts a moving component, a lifting component and a cleaning component. The cleaning rod is adjusted by a motor-driven adapter shaft. The sliding and compression of the cleaning rod is realized by springs and guide cylinders to adapt to different pipe diameters.

Benefits of technology

It enables the cleaning end to automatically adjust according to changes in pipe diameter, ensuring close contact between the cleaning rod and the inner wall of the pipe, expanding the cleaning range, and meeting the cleaning needs of pipes of different sizes.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a robot for cleaning the inner wall of a pipeline, and relates to the technical field of pipeline cleaning equipment. The lifting assembly is arranged at one end of the moving assembly; the cleaning assembly is arranged at the upper end of the lifting assembly, the lifting assembly is arranged at the upper end of the moving assembly, and the cleaning assembly is arranged at the upper end of the lifting assembly. According to the device, the lifting assembly and the cleaning assembly can be driven to move through the moving assembly, the height of the cleaning assembly can be adjusted through the lifting assembly, meanwhile, the cleaning assembly can meet the requirement for cleaning the inner walls of pipelines with different diameters, and the device is simple in structure and suitable for popularization.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to pipeline cleaning equipment technical field especially relates to a robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning. BACKGROUND

[0002] Pipeline system, like the blood of the city, carries various important transmission tasks. In the Chinese invention patent description CN119146300A, a kind of vacuum pipeline robot, including a cleaning mechanism;At least one telescopic mechanism, adjacent two telescopic mechanisms are connected by connecting sleeve, telescopic mechanism includes front crawling section and rear crawling section, telescopic section for connecting front crawling section and rear crawling section, cleaning mechanism is connected to front crawling section. But most of this kind of equipment structure is more complex, and the same equipment cannot be well adjusted the size of cleaning work end according to the diameter size of the pipeline to be cleaned, cannot meet the needs of the pipeline to be cleaned with diameter variation. SUMMARY

[0003] Therefore, in order to solve the problem that the diameter of the pipeline to be cleaned changes at present and cannot meet the cleaning demand, the embodiment of the utility model provides a robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning, which can adjust the size of the cleaning end according to the size of the pipeline diameter, so that the cleaning end can meet the pipeline cleaning of different sizes.

[0004] The embodiment of the utility model provides a robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning, which comprises:

[0005] A moving assembly;

[0006] A lifting assembly provided on one end of the moving assembly;

[0007] And a cleaning assembly provided on the upper end of the lifting assembly, which comprises a motor, a transfer shaft and a plurality of cleaning rods, wherein one end of the transfer shaft is supported on the upper end of the lifting assembly through a bearing seat and the end is connected with the motor, the other end is provided with an auxiliary disc, a spring and a slidable guide cylinder are sleeved on the transfer shaft, one end of the spring is connected with the inner ring of the bearing of the bearing seat, the other end is connected with the guide cylinder, a guide groove is provided on the guide cylinder, and the length direction of the guide groove is consistent with the sliding direction of the guide cylinder, a convex body matched with the guide groove is provided on the transfer shaft, and the guide groove is slidably covered on the convex body, each cleaning rod is uniformly surrounded around the auxiliary disc, one end of each cleaning rod is slidably connected with the auxiliary disc and the sliding direction points to the center of the auxiliary disc, and the other end is hinged with the guide cylinder.

[0008] Further, a plurality of first sliding grooves are arranged around the auxiliary disc, and each of the first sliding grooves is directed to the center of the auxiliary disc, each of the cleaning rods corresponds to one of the first sliding grooves, one end of each of the cleaning rods is slidably and non-detachably arranged in the corresponding first sliding groove, and the other end of each of the cleaning rods is hingedly connected with a connecting rod and is hingedly connected with the outer wall of the guide cylinder through the connecting rod.

[0009] Further, each of the cleaning rods has a shape of a broken line, and each of the cleaning rods has an inner folding angle directed to the center of the auxiliary disc, and one end of each of the cleaning rods is fixedly provided with a cleaning disc.

[0010] Further, the upper end of the lifting assembly is fixedly provided with a bearing plate, and the motor and the bearing seat are fixedly arranged on the bearing plate.

[0011] Further, the lifting assembly comprises a bottom plate, a top plate, and two support members, the two support members are symmetrically arranged, the upper ends of the two support members are connected with the top plate, and the lower ends of the two support members are connected with the bottom plate, the lower end of the bottom plate is fixedly arranged on the upper end of the moving assembly, and the upper end of the top plate is fixedly connected with the lower end of the bearing plate.

[0012] Further, each of the support members comprises a first support rod and a second support rod, the first support rod and the second support rod are hingedly connected with each other in an X shape, the lower end of the first support rod is hingedly connected with the bottom plate, and the upper end of the first support rod is slidably hingedly connected with the top plate, the lower end of the second support rod is slidably hingedly connected with the bottom plate, and the upper end of the second support rod is hingedly connected with the top plate, and the sliding directions of the corresponding ends of the first support rod and the second support rod are consistent.

[0013] Further, the lifting assembly further comprises an electric push rod, the electric push rod is fixedly arranged on the upper end of the moving assembly, and the extension end of the electric push rod is connected with the lower end of any one of the second support rods to drive the sliding.

[0014] Further, each of the first support rods is located outside the corresponding second support rod, each of the second sliding grooves is arranged on the side of the bottom plate, the lower ends of the two second support rods are slidably arranged in the two second sliding grooves, each of the third sliding grooves is arranged on the side of the top plate, the upper ends of the two first support rods are slidably arranged in the two third sliding grooves, the length direction of each of the second sliding grooves is consistent with the length direction of each of the third sliding grooves, and the length directions of the second sliding grooves and the third sliding grooves are consistent with the advancing direction of the moving assembly.

[0015] Further, the moving assembly is a tracked tank moving vehicle.

[0016] Further, the moving assembly is provided with a guardrail.

[0017] The embodiment of the utility model discloses the technical scheme brings beneficial effect: a kind of robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning of the utility model, when the size of the pipe to be cleaned changes, such as when it is small, the cleaning disc on each cleaning rod can be limited by the inner wall of the pipe to be cleaned, so that each cleaning rod is forced to slide in the corresponding first chute to the center of auxiliary disc, at the same time, the spring is compressed under the driving of connecting rod, so that the cleaning disc on each cleaning rod can be re-contacted with the inner wall of the pipe to be cleaned with smaller size, and the rotation of motor can realize the cleaning of the inner wall of the pipe;And the device can also adjust the height of cleaning assembly through lifting assembly, and the position of cleaning assembly is driven through moving assembly to expand the cleaning range. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0018] Figure 1 It is the overall structure schematic diagram of the robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning of the utility model;

[0019] Figure 2 It is Figure 1 the lifting assembly and cleaning assembly connection schematic diagram in

[0020] Figure 3 It is Figure 1 the lifting assembly structure schematic diagram in

[0021] Figure 4 It is Figure 1 the cleaning assembly structure schematic diagram in

[0022] Figure 5 It is Figure 1 the Figure 4 another angle schematic diagram.

[0023] In the drawing: 1-moving assembly, 2-lifting assembly, 3-cleaning assembly, 4-guardrail, 5-electric push rod, 6-bottom plate, 7-top plate, 8-first support rod, 9-second support rod, 10-second chute, 11-third chute, 12-bearing plate, 13-motor, 14-bearing seat, 15-adapting shaft, 16-guide cylinder, 17-spring, 18-auxiliary disc, 19-first chute, 20-cleaning rod, 21-cleaning disc, 22-connecting rod, 23-guide slot, 24-convex body. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0024] The technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the embodiment of the utility model, obviously, the described embodiment is only a part of the embodiment of the utility model, not all the embodiment of the utility model.Based on the embodiment in the utility model, all other embodiments obtained by the person skilled in the art without making creative labor are within the scope of protection of the utility model.

[0025] Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 The embodiment of the utility model provides a kind of robot for pipeline inner wall cleaning, it includes moving component 1, lifting assembly 2 and cleaning component 3.

[0026] In the embodiment, lifting assembly 2 is arranged at the upper end of moving component 1, and cleaning component 3 is arranged at the upper end of lifting assembly 2, so that the movement of lifting assembly 2 and cleaning component 3 can be driven by moving component 1, and at the same time, the height of cleaning component 3 can be adjusted by lifting assembly 2, so that the whole device meets the cleaning needs of different sizes of pipelines to be cleaned.

[0027] In the embodiment, moving component 1 is a tracked tank moving vehicle, which can meet the needs of different moving paths when the whole device works in the pipeline to be cleaned; and guardrails 4 are also provided on moving component 1, which mainly protect the whole device to a certain extent, and it is noted here that the setting of guardrails 4 only needs to meet the needs of actual working conditions and is not limited by the embodiment.

[0028] In the embodiment, lifting assembly 2 is arranged at the advancing end of moving component 1, and lifting assembly 2 includes a bottom plate 6, a top plate 7 and two support pieces, wherein the two support pieces are symmetrically arranged, the bottom plate 6 is located at the lower end of the two support pieces, and the upper end surface of the bottom plate 6 is connected with the lower end of the two support pieces, the lower end surface of the bottom plate 6 is fixedly connected with the upper end of moving component 1, the top plate 7 is located at the upper end of the two support pieces, and the lower end surface of the top plate 7 is connected with the upper end of the two support pieces, and the upper end surface of the top plate 7 is provided with cleaning component 3.

[0029] Further, each support piece includes a first support rod 8 and a second support rod 9, each first support rod 8 and the corresponding second support rod 9 are crossly hinged to form an X shape, and each first support rod 8 is outside the corresponding second support rod 9, the lower end of each first support rod 8 is hinged with the bottom plate 6, and the upper end is slidably hinged with the top plate 7, the lower end of each second support rod 9 is slidably hinged with the bottom plate 6, and the upper end is hinged with the top plate 7.

[0030] Further, the two sides of the bottom plate 6 are respectively provided with second sliding grooves 10, and the two second sliding grooves 10 correspond to the lower ends of the two second support rods 9, the lower end of each second support rod 9 is slidably accommodated in the corresponding second sliding groove 10, and the lower end of each second support rod 9 is slidably accommodated in the corresponding second sliding groove 10 by hinged manner, so that the lower end of each second sliding groove 10 can be slid and rotated when needed.

[0031] It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the sliding direction of the lower end of each second support rod 9 is consistent with the moving direction of the moving assembly 1.

[0032] The top plate 7 is provided with two third sliding grooves 11 on both sides, and each upper end of the two first support rods 8 is slidably accommodated in a corresponding third sliding groove 11, and each upper end of the first support rod 8 is slidably accommodated in the corresponding third sliding groove 11 by means of a hinged manner, so as to ensure that the upper end of each first support rod 8 can slide and rotate when needed.

[0033] It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the sliding direction of the lower end of each second support rod 9 is consistent with the moving direction of the moving assembly 1.

[0034] In the present embodiment, the lifting assembly further comprises an electric push rod 5, which is fixedly arranged at the upper end of the moving assembly 1, and the telescopic end of the electric push rod 5 is drivingly connected with the lower end of any second support rod 9, so that the lower end of the corresponding second support rod 9 can be slid in the corresponding second sliding groove 10 by the electric push rod 5 when needed, thereby driving the upper end of the two first support rods to slide, thereby realizing lifting.

[0035] The cleaning assembly 3 comprises a bearing plate 12, a motor 13, and an adapter shaft 15, wherein the bearing plate 12 is fixedly arranged on the upper end surface of the top plate 7, one end of the adapter shaft 15 is sleeved with a bearing seat 14, the other end is provided with an auxiliary disc 18, the end of the adapter shaft 15 provided with the bearing seat 14 penetrates through the bearing seat 14 and is drivingly connected with the motor 13, and the motor 13 and the bearing seat 14 are both fixedly arranged on the upper end surface of the bearing plate 12, so that the rotation of the adapter shaft 15 can be driven by the motor 13 to further drive the rotation of the auxiliary disc 18.

[0036] The cleaning assembly 3 further comprises a guide cylinder 16 and a spring 17, wherein the guide cylinder 16 is slidably sleeved on the adapter shaft 15, the spring 17 is located between the bearing seat 14 and the guide cylinder 16, one end of the spring 17 is fixedly connected with the inner ring of the bearing in the bearing seat 14, and the other end is fixedly connected with the guide cylinder 16; further, a guide groove 23 is arranged on the inside of the guide cylinder 16, the length direction of the guide groove 23 is consistent with the axis direction of the adapter shaft 15, a convex body 24 is arranged on the outer wall of the adapter shaft 15 and matched with the guide groove 23, and the length direction of the convex body 24 is consistent with the length direction of the adapter shaft 15, and the guide groove 23 is slidably arranged on the convex body 24, so that the guide cylinder 23 can slide along the axis of the adapter shaft 15 but cannot rotate, thereby ensuring that the spring 17 can rotate when the adapter shaft 15 is driven to rotate by the motor 13.

[0037] The cleaning assembly 3 further comprises a plurality of cleaning rods 20, in the embodiment, the number of the cleaning rods 20 is three, each cleaning rod 20 is uniformly arranged around the auxiliary disc 18, one end of each cleaning rod 20 is slidably connected with the auxiliary disc 18 and the sliding direction points to the center of the auxiliary disc 18, the other end is hingedly connected with the guide cylinder 16.

[0038] Further, a plurality of first sliding grooves 19 are arranged around the auxiliary disc 18, in the embodiment, the number of the first sliding grooves 19 is three, and the length direction of each first sliding groove 19 points to the center of the auxiliary disc 18, each cleaning rod 20 corresponds to a first sliding groove 19, one end of each cleaning rod 20 is slidably and inseparably accommodated in the corresponding first sliding groove 19, the other end is hingedly connected with a connecting rod 22 and is hingedly connected with the outer wall of the guide cylinder 16 through the connecting rod 22.

[0039] In the embodiment, each cleaning rod 20 has a shape of a broken line, and the inner fold angle of each cleaning rod 20 points to the center of the auxiliary disc 18, one end of each cleaning rod 20 is fixedly provided with a cleaning disc 21, when cleaning the inner wall of the pipeline to be cleaned, each cleaning disc 21 is attached to the inner wall of the pipeline to be cleaned, and then the cleaning is completed by rotating the auxiliary disc 18.

[0040] In the embodiment, the working mode of the robot for cleaning the inner wall of the pipeline is that when starting to clean the inner wall of the pipeline, each cleaning disc 21 is attached to the inner wall of the pipeline to be cleaned under the action of the spring 17, and finally the motor 13 starts to work to complete the cleaning; when the diameter of the inner wall of the pipeline to be cleaned changes (for example, becomes smaller), under the limitation of the inner wall of the smaller pipeline, each cleaning rod 20 slides to the center of the auxiliary disc 18, at the same time, the spring contracts to make each cleaning disc 21 reattach to the inner wall of the pipeline to be cleaned, and finally the motor 13 starts to work to complete the cleaning.

[0041] In this document, the orientation words such as front, back, upper, lower, etc. are defined according to the positions of the parts in the drawings and the positions of the parts relative to each other, only for the purpose of expressing the technical scheme clearly and conveniently. It should be understood that the use of the orientation words should not limit the scope of the application claimed.

[0042] In the case of no conflict, the above-mentioned embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

[0043] The above-mentioned is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model, and does not limit the utility model, any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the utility model should be included in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A robot for cleaning the inside wall of a pipe, characterized in that, The utility model relates to a cleaning device, including: mobile assembly (1); Lifting assembly (2) set on one end of mobile assembly; And sweeping assembly (3) set on the upper end of lifting assembly (2), it includes motor (13), adapter shaft (15) and several cleaning rods (20), wherein one end of adapter shaft (15) is erected on the upper end of lifting assembly (2) through bearing seat (14) and the end end is drivingly connected with motor (13), the other end is equipped with auxiliary disc (18), spring (17) and slidable guide cylinder (16) are sleeved on adapter shaft (15), one end of spring (17) is connected with the bearing inner ring of bearing seat (14), the other end is connected with guide cylinder (16), guide groove (23) is equipped on guide cylinder (16), and the length direction of guide groove (23) is consistent with the sliding direction of guide cylinder (16), the convex body (24) that is matched with guide groove (23) is equipped on adapter shaft (15), and guide groove (23) is slidably covered on convex body (24), each cleaning rod (20) is uniformly around auxiliary disc (18), and one end of each cleaning rod (20) is slidably connected with auxiliary disc (18) and the sliding direction points to the center of auxiliary disc (18), and the other end is hinged with guide cylinder (16).

2. A robot for cleaning the interior wall of a pipe as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The auxiliary disc (18) is surrounded by a plurality of first sliding grooves (19), and the length direction of each first sliding groove (19) points to the center of the auxiliary disc (18), each cleaning rod (20) corresponds to each first sliding groove (19), one end of each cleaning rod (20) is slidably and inseparably accommodated in the corresponding first sliding groove (19), and the other end is hingedly connected with the connecting rod (22) and hingedly connected with the outer wall of the guide cylinder (16) through the connecting rod (22).

3. A robot for cleaning the interior wall of a pipe as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that: Each cleaning rod (20) has a zigzag shape, and each cleaning rod (120) has an inner folding angle facing the center of the auxiliary disc (18). One end of each cleaning rod (20) is fixedly provided with a cleaning disc (21).

4. The robot for cleaning the inner wall of a pipeline according to claim 1, wherein: The upper end of the lifting assembly (2) is fixedly provided with a bearing plate (12), and the motor (13) and the bearing seat (14) are fixedly arranged on the bearing plate (12).

5. A robot for cleaning the interior wall of a pipe as claimed in claim 4, characterised in that: The lifting assembly (2) includes a bottom plate (6), a top plate (7), and two support members, wherein the two support members are symmetrically arranged, the upper ends of the two support members are connected with the top plate (7), the lower ends of the two support members are connected with the bottom plate (6), and the lower end of the bottom plate (6) is fixedly arranged on the upper end of the mobile assembly (1). The upper end of the top plate (7) is fixedly connected with the lower end of the bearing plate (12).

6. A robot for cleaning the inside of a pipe according to claim 5, wherein: Each of the support members comprises a first support rod (8) and a second support rod (9), wherein the first support rod (8) and the second support rod (9) are crossly hinged to form an X shape, the lower end of the first support rod (8) is hinged to the bottom plate (6), and the upper end is slidably hinged to the top plate (7), the lower end of the second support rod (9) is slidably hinged to the bottom plate (6), and the upper end is hinged to the top plate (7), and the sliding directions of the corresponding ends of the first support rod (8) and the second support rod (9) are consistent.

7. A robot for cleaning the inside of a pipe according to claim 6, characterised in that: The lifting assembly (2) further comprises an electric push rod (5) fixedly arranged on the upper end of the moving assembly (1), and the telescopic end of the electric push rod (5) is connected with the lower end of any second support rod (9) to drive sliding.

8. A robot for cleaning the interior wall of a pipe as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that: Each of the first support rods (8) is located outside the corresponding second support rod (9), the bottom plate (6) is provided with a second sliding groove (10) on each side, the lower ends of the two second support rods (9) are slidably arranged in the two second sliding grooves (10) respectively, the top plate is provided with a third sliding groove (11) on each side, the upper ends of the two first support rods (8) are slidably arranged in the two third sliding grooves (11) respectively, the length direction of each of the second sliding grooves (10) is consistent with the length direction of each of the third sliding grooves (11), and the length directions are consistent with the advancing direction of the moving assembly (1).

9. The robot for cleaning the inner wall of a pipe according to claim 1, wherein: The moving assembly (1) is a caterpillar tank moving vehicle.

10. The robot for cleaning the inner wall of a pipe according to claim 1, wherein: The moving assembly (1) is provided with a guardrail (4).

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    CN119146300A