Photovoltaic panel cleaning trolley

By designing a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle with a vertical sliding cleaning mechanism and flexible shaft drive, the problem of uneven cleaning of photovoltaic panels with different installation positions and tilt angles was solved, achieving efficient cleaning and convenient maintenance.

CN224037319UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-24HUNAN TENGFA NEW ENERGY CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-01-24
Publication Date
2026-03-24

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Technical Problem

Existing photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment is ineffective when dealing with photovoltaic panels installed at different locations and tilt angles, and the cleaning components are difficult to replace.

Method used

A photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle was designed, which adopts a vertically sliding cleaning mechanism, combined with a flexible shaft drive and a detachable cleaning head structure, to ensure that the cleaning mechanism can adapt to photovoltaic panels with different tilt angles, and the cleaning head can be independently disassembled and maintained.

Benefits of technology

It achieves efficient cleaning of photovoltaic panels at different tilt angles, with a more detailed cleaning effect, and the cleaning head is more convenient to maintain and replace.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a photovoltaic panel cleaning trolley, and belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment. Comprising a vehicle body and a cleaning mechanism, the cleaning mechanism is vertically installed on the vehicle body in a sliding mode, a driving motor is arranged in the vehicle body, and a flexible shaft is arranged between the driving motor and the cleaning mechanism for transmission connection; the cleaning mechanism is vertically arranged in front of the vehicle body in a sliding mode, when the cleaning vehicle is in the shape between photovoltaic panels with deviation in inclination angle or height, the cleaning mechanism can vertically move to clean the difference angle position, cleaning is finer and cleaner, meanwhile, the motor is located in the vehicle body and is separated from the cleaning mechanism, and when the cleaning mechanism is detached and replaced, the cleaning mechanism is convenient to disassemble and replace. Only a working part needs to be disassembled, and a driving part does not need to be disassembled; and a flexible shaft is designed for transmission, so that transmission is ensured while the cleaning mechanism can move vertically.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment technical field, specifically belongs to a kind of photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle. BACKGROUND

[0002] Dust, rain and bird droppings can cause pollution and cover photovoltaic panels, and photovoltaic panels need to be cleaned regularly, and photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment with walking function is currently used to automatically clean photovoltaic panels.

[0003] The existing problems are: 1. The size and arrangement of photovoltaic panels are different at different installation positions, and the cleaning components of the photovoltaic panel cleaning equipment are fixed to the vehicle body, and the difference angle between the photovoltaic panels due to the different inclination angles will cause the photovoltaic panel cleaning to be incomplete; 2. The cleaning effect becomes poor after the cleaning equipment is used for a period of time, and the cleaning head of the cleaning component needs to be replaced or maintained, and the existing cleaning equipment is inconvenient to replace the cleaning head. UTILITY MODEL CONTENTS

[0004] Therefore, the utility model aims to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art, and provides a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle, which provides the following technical solutions:

[0005] The cleaning mechanism is vertically slidingly installed on the vehicle body, and a driving motor is arranged in the vehicle body.

[0006] The cleaning mechanism includes a cleaning shell, a cleaning roller installed in the cleaning shell, and a gear set installed in the cleaning shell, the gear set includes a driven gear fixed in the cleaning roller and a driving gear engaged with the driven gear, and one end of the flexible shaft is connected with the driving gear and the other end is connected with the output shaft of the driving motor.

[0007] The vehicle body is fixed with a mounting plate at the front end, the mounting plate is provided with a vertical sliding groove, a sliding block is slidingly installed in the sliding groove, a telescopic sleeve is arranged between the top of the sliding block and the sliding groove, the telescopic sleeve has a compression spring, and a bolt hole is arranged in the sliding block.

[0008] The cleaning shell has an inclined guide plate at the front, and rollers are installed at the front ends of both sides of the cleaning shell.

[0009] The vehicle body is provided with a scraper at the rear, the scraper is bolted to the connecting plate, the connecting plate is fixed with a connecting block, the connecting block is hinged to the vehicle body, the connecting plate is provided with a telescopic rod below, the telescopic rod has a tension spring, and the connecting plate and the vehicle body are hinged at both ends of the telescopic rod.

[0010] The bottom of the scraper is arranged backwardly inclined.

[0011] In summary, due to the adoption of the above technical solutions, the present application has the following beneficial effects:

[0012] The cleaning mechanism is vertically slidably arranged at the front of the vehicle body, and when the cleaning vehicle is in a shape between photovoltaic panels with deviation in inclination angle or height, the cleaning mechanism can move vertically to clean the difference angle position, and the cleaning is more meticulous and clean. At the same time, the motor is located in the vehicle body and is separately arranged from the cleaning mechanism, so that when the cleaning mechanism is disassembled and replaced, only the working position needs to be disassembled, without disassembling the driving component; and a flexible shaft is designed for transmission, which ensures the transmission while the cleaning mechanism can move vertically.

[0013] In order to make the above-mentioned purposes, features and advantages of the present application more obvious and easy to understand, the following preferred embodiments are described in detail below, and the accompanying drawings are described as follows. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0014] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the following will briefly introduce the drawings needed to be used in the embodiments. It should be understood that the following drawings only show some embodiments of the present application, and therefore should not be regarded as a limitation on the scope. For those skilled in the art, other related drawings can also be obtained without creative labor on the basis of these drawings.

[0015] Figure 1 It is a perspective view of a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle.

[0016] Figure 2 It is a bottom view of a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle.

[0017] Figure 3 It is a disassembly schematic view of a cleaning structure of a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle.

[0018] Figure 4 It is a sectional view of a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle.

[0019] Reference signs: 1, vehicle body; 11, driving motor; 12, flexible shaft; 2, cleaning structure; 21, cleaning shell; 211, guide plate; 212, roller; 22, cleaning roller; 3, gear set; 31, driven gear; 32, driving gear; 4, mounting plate; 41, sliding groove; 42, sliding block; 43, telescopic sleeve; 5, scraper; 6, connecting plate; 61, connecting block; 62, telescopic rod. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] Embodiments of the present application are described below in detail, examples of which are shown in the drawings, wherein the same or similar notations represent the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by reference to the drawings are exemplary only, and are used only for the purpose of explanation of the present application, and are not to be understood as limiting the present application.

[0021] In the present application, unless specifically defined otherwise and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connecting", "fixed", and the like should be interpreted broadly, for example, can be fixed connection, can also be detachable connection, or integrated; can be mechanical connection, can also be electrical connection; can be directly connected, can also be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, can be the internal communication of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0022] In the present application, unless specifically defined otherwise and limited, the first feature is "on" or "under" the second feature. The first and second features can be in direct contact, or the first and second features can be in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. Moreover, the first feature "above", "above" and "above" the second feature can be the first feature directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or only indicates that the first feature is higher than the second feature in horizontal height. The first feature "below", "below" and "below" the second feature can be the first feature directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or only indicates that the first feature is lower than the second feature in horizontal height.

[0023] Please refer to Figures 1-4 The utility model provides a photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle shown in the figure;

[0024] Including car body 1 and cleaning mechanism 2, cleaning mechanism 2, cleaning mechanism 2 vertical sliding installation is in car body 1, be provided with drive motor 11 in car body 1, and drive motor 11 with the soft axle 12 transmission connection between cleaning mechanism 2.

[0025] Cleaning mechanism 2 includes cleaning shell 21, bearing installation cleaning roller 22 in cleaning shell 21, cleaning shell 21 still installs gear set 3, gear set 3 includes the driven gear 31 fixed in cleaning roller 22, and the driving gear 32 with the driven gear 31 meshing, the soft axle 12 one end is connected with the driving gear 32, and the other end is connected with the output shaft of drive motor 11.

[0026] Among them, such as Figure 4As shown, the cleaning roller 22 has bristles, the gear set 3 is installed in a gear box, a bearing is fixed in the gear box, a driving shaft is installed in the bearing, a driving gear 32 is fixed on the driving shaft, the other end of the driving shaft extends out of the gear box and has a connecting rod, the connecting rod is connected with the flexible shaft 12, the output shaft of the driving motor 11 rotates to drive the flexible shaft 12 to rotate, the flexible shaft 12 drives the connecting rod to rotate, that is, the driving shaft rotates, the driving gear 32 on the driving shaft also rotates and meshes to drive the driven gear 31 to rotate, so that the cleaning roller 22 rotates.

[0027] The mounting plate 4 is fixed at the front end of the vehicle body 1, the vertical sliding groove 41 is arranged on the mounting plate 4, the sliding block 42 is slidingly installed in the sliding groove 41, the elastic sleeve 43 is arranged between the top of the sliding block 42 and the sliding groove 41, the elastic sleeve 43 has a compression spring, and the sliding block 42 is provided with a bolt hole, and the cleaning shell 21 is connected and fixed with the sliding block 42 by bolts.

[0028] The cleaning shell 21 has an inclined guide plate 211 at the front, and the rollers 212 are installed at the front ends of the two sides of the cleaning shell 21.

[0029] The scraping plate 5 is arranged at the rear of the vehicle body 1, the scraping plate 5 is bolted to the connecting plate 6, the connecting plate 6 is fixed with the connecting block 61, the connecting block 61 is hinged to the vehicle body 1, the elastic rod 62 is arranged below the connecting plate 6, the elastic rod 62 has a tension spring, and the two ends of the elastic rod 62 are respectively hinged to the connecting plate 6 and the vehicle body 1.

[0030] The bottom of the scraping plate 5 is inclined rearward.

[0031] In specific implementation, the vehicle body 1 walks on the photovoltaic panel, the driving motor 11 is started, the output shaft rotates, the flexible shaft 12 and the gear set 31 drive the cleaning roller 22 to rotate, the surface of the photovoltaic panel is cleaned by brushing, and the scraping plate 5 scrapes away the dust and dirt after cleaning.

[0032] When the vehicle body 1 walks from one photovoltaic panel to another lower photovoltaic panel, the vehicle body 1 is on the higher photovoltaic panel, the cleaning structure 2 is moved to the lower photovoltaic panel first, at this time, the elastic sleeve 43 pushes the sliding block 42 to move downward, so that the cleaning shell 21 and the cleaning roller 22 on the cleaning shell 21 all move downward, and the surface of the next lower photovoltaic panel is immediately brushed, when the vehicle body 1 walks to the lower photovoltaic panel, the scraping plate 5 is still on the higher photovoltaic panel, at this time, the connecting plate 6 and the connecting block 61 rotate upward around the hinge point, the elastic rod 62 pulls the connecting plate 6 to exert a downward pulling force on it, so that the scraping plate 5 still closely contacts the surface of the previous higher photovoltaic panel and scrapes away the dirt.

[0033] When the vehicle body 1 moves from a lower photovoltaic panel to a higher photovoltaic panel, the vehicle body 1 is on the lower photovoltaic panel, the front end of the cleaning shell 21 has a guide plate 211 and a roller 212, so that the cleaning structure 2 is first moved to the higher photovoltaic panel, at this time, the cleaning shell 21 moves upward to drive the sliding block 42 to move upward in the sliding groove 41, and the surface of the previous higher photovoltaic panel is brushed. When the vehicle body 1 moves to the lower photovoltaic panel, the scraper 5 is still on the lower photovoltaic panel, at this time, the connecting plate 6 and the connecting block 61 rotate downward around the hinge point, the extension rod 62 pulls the connecting plate 6 to exert a downward pulling force on it, so that the scraper 5 is still in close contact with the surface of the previous lower photovoltaic panel, and the dirt is scraped away. In addition, the bottom of the scraper 5 is inclined backward, which has a guiding effect, and the scraper 5 can easily move to the next higher photovoltaic panel with the vehicle body 1, and will not interfere with the movement of the vehicle body 1.

[0034] Although the embodiments of the present application have been shown and described above, it should be understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present application, and those skilled in the art can make changes, modifications, replacements and variations to the above embodiments within the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. A photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle, characterized by: Including car body (1) and cleaning mechanism (2), the cleaning mechanism (2) is vertically slidingly installed on the car body (1), the car body (1) is provided with driving motor (11), the driving motor (11) is connected with the cleaning mechanism (2) and is provided with flexible shaft (12) transmission connection; The cleaning mechanism (2) includes cleaning shell (21), bearing is installed in the cleaning roller (22) in the cleaning shell (21), gear set (3) is also installed in the cleaning shell (21), the gear set (3) includes driven gear (31) fixed in the cleaning roller (22), and driving gear (32) is engaged with the driven gear (31), one end of the flexible shaft (12) is connected with the driving gear (32), and the other end is connected with the output shaft of the driving motor (11); The car body (1) is fixed with mounting plate (4) at the front end, the mounting plate (4) is provided with vertical sliding slot (41), the sliding slot (41) is slidably installed with sliding block (42), the sliding block (42) top is provided with telescopic sleeve (43) between the sliding slot (41), the telescopic sleeve (43) has compression spring, the sliding block (42) is provided with bolt hole, the cleaning shell (21) is connected and fixed with the sliding block (42) by bolt.

2. A photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The cleaning shell (21) has inclined guide plate (211) at the front, and the cleaning shell (21) is provided with roller (212) at the front end of both sides.

3. A photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The car body (1) is provided with scraper (5) at the rear, the scraper (5) is bolted on the connecting plate (6), the connecting plate (6) is fixed with connecting block (61), the connecting block (61) is hinged with the car body (1), the connecting plate (6) is provided with telescopic rod (62) below, the telescopic rod (62) has tension spring, the telescopic rod (62) both ends are hinged with the connecting plate (6) and the car body (1) respectively.

4. A photovoltaic panel cleaning vehicle as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that: The bottom of the scraper (5) is inclinedly arranged rearward.