Photovoltaic panel walking mechanism

By designing a cleaning crawling mechanism for the photovoltaic panel walking mechanism and utilizing the transmission structure of the crawling component and the brush component, the problem of impurities remaining on the brush surface and inside is solved, achieving efficient cleaning of the photovoltaic panels and ensuring the cleaning effect and efficiency of the photovoltaic panels.

CN224054209UActive Publication Date: 2026-03-27CHINA RAILWAY CONSTR ELECTRIFICATION BUREAUGRP SCI & TECH
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CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-04-08
Publication Date
2026-03-27

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Technical Problem

In existing photovoltaic panel cleaning devices, dust and impurities easily accumulate on and inside the brush surface, affecting cleaning efficiency and causing inconvenience to automated cleaning processes.

Method used

A photovoltaic panel walking mechanism was designed, including a cleaning crawling mechanism. The mechanism utilizes the transmission structure of the crawling component and the brush component. The brush vibrates and removes impurities through the reciprocating compression of the wave plate, and the brush rotates for cleaning through the belt drive structure.

Benefits of technology

It effectively removes impurities from the brush, ensuring the cleaning effect of the photovoltaic structure, increasing the cleaning area, improving cleaning efficiency, and reducing the risk of impurities re-attaching.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, which belongs to the technical field of photovoltaic panel cleaning and comprises a sweeping and crawling mechanism, the sweeping and crawling mechanism is mounted on a photovoltaic structure, side baffles are fixed on two sides of the photovoltaic structure, the sweeping and crawling mechanism comprises an outer cover, a displacement component, a crawling component and a brush component are assembled in the outer cover, and the brush component is mounted on the outer cover. The crawling assembly is in transmission with the brush assembly. According to the photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, the crawling robot crawls to the two sides of the photovoltaic structure, the displacement assembly is blocked by the side baffles to move, the displacement structure drives the waved plate to move, the waved plate can extrude the pulleys in a reciprocating mode through the uneven waved face, and the brush assembly can be driven through the support to achieve vibration; therefore, impurities in the spiral brush can be cleaned conveniently, the cleaning effect of the spiral brush on the photovoltaic structure is prevented from being affected by accumulation of the impurities, the situation that the impurities are attached to the photovoltaic structure again during cleaning of the spiral brush is reduced, and the cleaning effect of the photovoltaic structure can be guaranteed.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to photovoltaic panel cleaning technical field, concretely is photovoltaic panel walking mechanism. BACKGROUND

[0002] With the continuous reduction of solar power generation cost, photovoltaic power generation industry has entered a new era of development. The main means of solar energy conversion into electricity is to use photovoltaic modules, so the efficiency of photovoltaic module conversion into solar energy directly determines the power generation of solar power station. Photovoltaic power station is exposed to air for a long time, and is greatly affected by the environment. Dust will appear on the surface of photovoltaic module, which will affect the transmittance of light and further affect the radiation received by the surface of the module. The module will also be blocked by leaves or other opaque objects in some parts, resulting in local hot spot effect, which will greatly reduce the power generation efficiency of the whole system. The hot spot position cannot be identified by naked eye, which brings difficulties to operation and maintenance. The cost, safety and efficiency of operation and maintenance are paid more and more attention by all parties for a long time of 25 years in the later period of photovoltaic power station operation and maintenance.

[0003] The current commonly used photovoltaic panel cleaning device is usually integrated with a traveling mechanism to realize efficient automatic cleaning operation. The mechanism is responsible for driving the autonomous movement and operation of the whole cleaning structure on the photovoltaic panel. In these devices, the traveling mechanism is often equipped with a brush assembly as the main cleaning tool. However, a problem that cannot be ignored is that after completing the cleaning task, the surface and interior of the brush are often easy to retain dust and impurities, which not only affects the subsequent cleaning efficiency, but also brings inconvenience to the automatic cleaning process. Because it is quite difficult to automatically remove these residues, it is of great significance to research a new photovoltaic panel walking mechanism to solve the above problems. CONTENT OF THE UTILITY MODEL

[0004] (I) Technical problem solved

[0005] In order to overcome the above defects of the prior art, the utility model provides a photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, which solves the problem that after completing the cleaning task, the surface and interior of the brush are often easy to retain dust and impurities, which not only affects the subsequent cleaning efficiency, but also brings inconvenience to the automatic cleaning process. Because it is quite difficult to automatically remove these residues, it is of great significance to research a new photovoltaic panel walking mechanism to solve the above problems.

[0006] (II) Technical scheme

[0007] In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, comprising a cleaning crawling mechanism, the cleaning crawling mechanism is installed on a photovoltaic structure, and the both sides of the photovoltaic structure are fixed with side stops;

[0008] The cleaning crawling mechanism comprises an outer cover, a displacement assembly, a crawling assembly and a brush assembly are arranged in the outer cover, the crawling assembly is in transmission with the brush assembly, the brush assembly is arranged in a plurality of arc-shaped openings in the outer cover, a support is connected above the brush assembly, a pulley is fixed on the top wall of the support, a wave plate is arranged below the pulley, and the wave plate is connected above the displacement assembly.

[0009] As a further scheme of the utility model, two auxiliary wheels are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the outer cover, and the two auxiliary wheels on the upper side and the two auxiliary wheels on the lower side respectively walk along the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure.

[0010] As a further scheme of the utility model, two driven wheels are arranged in the outer cover, and the upper side of the wave plate is a wavy surface.

[0011] As a further scheme of the utility model, the crawling assembly comprises a motor, the motor is arranged on the outer cover, a driving shaft is fixed on the output shaft of the motor, the driving shaft is rotatably arranged on the outer cover through a bearing, and three main driven wheels are fixed on the driving shaft.

[0012] As a further scheme of the utility model, the displacement assembly comprises two guide sleeves, the two guide sleeves are arranged on the outer cover, an adjusting plate is slidably arranged in the two guide sleeves, a stop block is fixed on the two sides of the adjusting plate, the adjusting plate extends to the outside of the outer cover from the support, and the upper side of the adjusting plate is fixed with the wave plate.

[0013] As a further scheme of the utility model, the brush assembly comprises a brush shaft, the brush shaft is in transmission connection with the driving shaft through a belt transmission structure, two spiral brushes are fixed on the brush shaft, the brush shaft is rotatably arranged in a plurality of bearing members, one bearing member is arranged in two arc-shaped openings, the remaining bearing members are arranged in corresponding arc-shaped openings, and one bearing member is fixed with the support.

[0014] As a further scheme of the utility model, the upper and lower positions of the two sides of one bearing member and the two sides of the remaining bearing members are fixed with sliding blocks, the sliding blocks slide in sliding grooves, two sliding grooves are arranged in the arc-shaped openings, and the arc-shaped openings are coaxially arranged with the driving shaft.

[0015] (Three) beneficial effects

[0016] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

[0017] 1. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, through the crawling robot, is crawled to both sides of the photovoltaic structure, so that the displacement assembly is blocked by the side stop to move, the displacement structure drives the wave plate to move, the wave plate can reciprocatingly extrude the pulley through the uneven wave surface, then the brush assembly can be driven to vibrate through the support, so that the impurities in the spiral brush can be conveniently cleaned, the cleaning effect of the spiral brush on the photovoltaic structure is avoided from being affected by the accumulation of impurities, the spiral brush is prevented from being attached to the photovoltaic structure again when cleaning, and the cleaning effect of the photovoltaic structure can be ensured.

[0018] 2. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, through the crawling assembly, is crawled on the photovoltaic structure, so that the cleaning area can be increased, and the brush assembly is further driven to rotate through the belt transmission structure in the running process of the crawling assembly, so that the spiral brush can be rotated to automatically clean the photovoltaic structure. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0019] Figure 1 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0020] Figure 2 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0021] Figure 3 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0022] Figure 4 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0023] Figure 5 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure. Figure 4 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0024] Figure 6 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0025] Figure 7 It is a structure schematic view of the cleaning crawling mechanism assembled on the photovoltaic structure.

[0026] In the drawing: 1, cleaning crawling mechanism; 11, cover; 12, displacement assembly; 121, adjusting plate; 122, stop block; 123, guide sleeve; 13, crawling assembly; 131, motor; 132, driving shaft; 133, main drive wheel; 134, belt transmission structure; 14, driven wheel; 15, auxiliary wheel; 16, brush assembly; 161, spiral brush; 162, brush shaft; 163, bearing piece; 164, sliding block; 17, wave plate; 18, pulley; 19, support; 110, arc-shaped port; 111, sliding groove; 2, photovoltaic structure; 3, side stop. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0027] The technical solution of the patent will be further described in detail in combination with specific embodiments.

[0028] As Figures 1-7 The utility model provides a technical scheme: photovoltaic panel walking mechanism, including cleaning crawling mechanism 1, cleaning crawling mechanism 1 is installed on photovoltaic structure 2, and both sides of photovoltaic structure 2 are fixed with side stop 3;

[0029] The cleaning crawling mechanism 1 comprises an outer cover 11, two auxiliary wheels 15 are installed on the upper and lower sides of the outer cover 11, the two auxiliary wheels 15 on the upper side and the two auxiliary wheels 15 on the lower side walk along the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure 2 respectively, the auxiliary wheels 15 can walk along the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure 2, the auxiliary wheels 15 can limit the cleaning crawling mechanism 1, ensure that the cleaning crawling mechanism 1 walks stably, and the photovoltaic structure 2 is assembled by a photovoltaic support and a photovoltaic panel, the left and right sides of the photovoltaic support are empty stops, so that a parking space for the cleaning crawling mechanism 1 can be reserved, and the impurities of the spiral brush 161 can be shaken off to the ground smoothly, two driven wheels 14 are installed in the outer cover 11, the driven wheels 14 are composed of an axle and three moving wheels, so that the moving wheels can assist the main driven wheels 133 to walk stably, the upper side of the wave plate 17 is a wavy surface, through the wavy surface, reciprocating extrusion of the roller can be realized, vibration of the brush assembly 16 is realized, and the impurities in the spiral brush 161 are removed conveniently, the outer cover 11 is equipped with a displacement assembly 12, a crawling assembly 13 and a brush assembly 16, the crawling assembly 13 crawls on the photovoltaic structure 2, so that the cleaning area is increased, and the crawling assembly 13 drives the brush assembly 16 to rotate through a belt transmission structure 134 in the running process, so that the spiral brush 161 rotates and automatically cleans the photovoltaic structure 2, the crawling assembly 13 comprises a motor 131, the motor 131 is installed on the outer cover 11, an output shaft of the motor 131 is fixed with a driving shaft 132, the driving shaft 132 is rotatably installed on the outer cover 11 through a bearing, three main driven wheels 133 are fixed on the driving shaft 132, the crawling assembly 13 is in transmission with the brush assembly 16, the brush assembly 16 comprises a brush shaft 162, the brush shaft 162 is in transmission connection with the driving shaft 132 through the belt transmission structure 134, power can be transmitted at a long distance through the belt transmission structure 134, so that the driving shaft 132 can drive the brush shaft 162 to rotate, two spiral brushes 161 are fixed on the brush shaft 162, the brush shaft 162 is rotatably installed in a plurality of bearing pieces 163, one of the bearing pieces 163 is located in the two arc-shaped openings 110, the remaining bearing pieces 163 are located in the corresponding arc-shaped openings 110 respectively, one of the bearing pieces 163 is fixed with a support 19, the upper and lower positions on the two sides of one of the bearing pieces 163 and the two sides of the remaining bearing pieces 163 are fixed with sliding blocks 164, the sliding blocks 164 slide in sliding grooves 111, the sliding blocks 164 can slide in the sliding grooves 111, the shapes of the sliding grooves 111 and the arc-shaped openings 110 are matched, so that the bearing pieces 163 can move stably, two sliding grooves 111 are opened in the arc-shaped openings 110, and the arc-shaped openings 110 are coaxial with the driving shaft 132, the brush shaft 162 moves coaxially with the driving shaft 132 through the coaxial arrangement of the arc-shaped openings 110 and the driving shaft 132, so that the brush shaft 162 cannot move due to the influence of the belt transmission structure 134, and the brush shaft 162 has a certain load, so that the spiral brush 161 can be attached to the photovoltaic structure 2, the brush assembly 16 penetrates and is located in the plurality of arc-shaped openings 110,A plurality of arc-shaped openings 110 are formed in the outer cover 11, and the brush assembly 16 is connected above the support 19, and a pulley 18 is fixed to the top wall of the support 19, and the frictional resistance between the pulley 18 and the wave plate 17 can be reduced, so as to ensure the smoothness of operation, and the wave plate 17 is arranged below the pulley 18, and the wave plate 17 is connected above the displacement assembly 12, and the displacement assembly 12 comprises two guide sleeves 123, the two guide sleeves 123 are installed on the outer cover 11, and an adjusting plate 121 is slidably arranged in the two guide sleeves 123, the adjusting plate 121 can stably slide in the guide sleeve 123, so that the wave plate 17 moves stably, and the two sides of the adjusting plate 121 are fixed with a stopper 122, the adjusting plate 121 is limited by the stopper 122, so that the adjusting plate 121 is prevented from being pulled out, and when the adjusting plate 121 contacts the side stop 3, the adjusting plate 121 is blocked by the side stop 3 and can be displaced, so that the wave plate 17 and the pulley 18 are pressed, and the adjusting plate 121 extends out of the support 19 and extends to the outside of the outer cover 11, and the wave plate 17 is fixed above the adjusting plate 121.

[0030] The working principle of the utility model is: when the crawling cleaning photovoltaic structure 2, drive shaft 132 is rotated through motor 131, drive shaft 132 drives main drive wheel 133 to crawl, and drive shaft 132 drives brush shaft 162 to rotate through belt transmission structure 134, and brush shaft 162 drives spiral brush 161 to rotate, so that spiral brush 161 cleans photovoltaic structure 2.

[0031] When the cleaning crawling mechanism 1 moves to the right side of photovoltaic structure 2, make adjusting plate 121 drive stopper 122 to contact side stop 3 in advance, make adjusting plate 121 drive wave plate 17 to move, make wave plate 17 extrude pulley 18 through uneven wave surface, make pulley 18 drive support 19 to vibrate, then make support 19 drive brush assembly 16 to vibrate, make the impurities in spiral brush 161 fall to the ground, and when the cleaning crawling mechanism 1 moves to the left side of photovoltaic structure 2, make displacement assembly 12 contact side stop 3 and displace, then make spiral brush 161 vibrate again and shake off impurities.

[0032] In the description of the utility model, it is necessary to explain that unless there is definite provision and limitation, the terms "installation", "connection", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixed connection, can be detachable connection or integrally connected, can be mechanical connection or electrical connection, can be directly connected or indirectly connected through intermediate medium, and can be the communication between two elements. For ordinary skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the utility model can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0033] The preferred embodiments of the present patent have been described in detail, but the present patent is not limited to the above embodiments, and various changes can be made within the knowledge of those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the present patent.

Claims

1. Photovoltaic panel travelling mechanism comprising a cleaning crawling mechanism (1), characterized in that: The cleaning crawling mechanism (1) is installed on the photovoltaic structure (2), and the photovoltaic structure (2) is fixed with side stops (3) on both sides. The cleaning crawling mechanism (1) comprises a housing (11), a displacement assembly (12), a crawling assembly (13) and a brush assembly (16) are arranged in the housing (11), the crawling assembly (13) is in transmission with the brush assembly (16), the brush assembly (16) is arranged in a plurality of arc-shaped openings (110) and located in the housing (11), a plurality of arc-shaped openings (110) are formed in the housing (11), a support (19) is connected above the brush assembly (16), a pulley (18) is fixed to the top wall of the support (19), and a wave plate (17) is arranged below the pulley (18), and the wave plate (17) is connected above the displacement assembly (12).

2. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism according to claim 1, characterized in that: Two auxiliary wheels (15) are arranged on the upper and lower sides of the housing (11), and the two auxiliary wheels (15) on the upper side and the two auxiliary wheels (15) on the lower side are arranged along the upper and lower sides of the photovoltaic structure (2).

3. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism of claim 1, wherein: Two driven wheels (14) are arranged in the housing (11), and the wave plate (17) is a wavy surface.

4. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism of claim 1, wherein: The crawling assembly (13) comprises a motor (131), the motor (131) is arranged on the housing (11), a drive shaft (132) is fixed to the output shaft of the motor (131), the drive shaft (132) is rotatably arranged on the housing (11) through a bearing, and three main driven wheels (133) are fixed to the drive shaft (132).

5. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism according to claim 4, characterized in that: The displacement assembly (12) comprises two guide sleeves (123), the two guide sleeves (123) are arranged on the housing (11), an adjusting plate (121) is slidably arranged in the two guide sleeves (123), stop blocks (122) are arranged on the two sides of the adjusting plate (121), the adjusting plate (121) extends out of the support (19) and extends to the outside of the housing (11), and the adjusting plate (121) is fixed to the wave plate (17) above.

6. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism of claim 4, wherein: The brush assembly (16) comprises a brush shaft (162), the brush shaft (162) is in transmission connection with the drive shaft (132) through a belt transmission structure (134), two spiral brushes (161) are fixed to the brush shaft (162), the brush shaft (162) is rotatably arranged in a plurality of bearing members (163), one of the bearing members (163) is arranged in the two arc-shaped openings (110), the remaining bearing members (163) are arranged in corresponding arc-shaped openings (110), and one of the bearing members (163) is fixed to the support (19).

7. The photovoltaic panel walking mechanism according to claim 6, characterized in that: The two sides of one of the bearing members (163) are fixed with sliding blocks (164), the two sides of the remaining bearing members (163) are fixed with sliding blocks (164), the sliding blocks (164) slide in sliding grooves (111), the two sliding grooves (111) are formed in the arc-shaped openings (110), and the arc-shaped openings (110) are coaxially arranged with the drive shaft (132).