Intelligent post fire hydrant and control system thereof

By integrating water pressure and temperature sensors into ground-based fire hydrants, combined with remote monitoring and multiple opening methods, the problems of traditional fire hydrants being easily damaged, having insufficient water pressure monitoring, and low levels of intelligence have been solved. This has resulted in a highly reliable and easy-to-maintain intelligent fire hydrant system, ensuring reliable opening in emergency situations and improving the management efficiency of fire-fighting equipment.

CN224106516UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10HU NAN SHENG JIN DING XIAO FANG QI CAI YOU XIAN GONG SI
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-05-07
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

Traditional above-ground fire hydrants are easily damaged or stolen, have insufficient water pressure monitoring, are difficult to detect leaks in a timely manner, have low levels of intelligence, are limited in emergency operation, and lack reliable backup opening methods when the electrical control system fails.

Method used

A smart ground fire hydrant was designed, integrating a water pressure sensor and a temperature sensor. It features remote monitoring and multiple opening methods, uses electromagnetic drive and normally closed magnet locking, and combines remote control, near-field sensing and emergency manual operation. It has anti-theft and anti-vandalism functions, and its modular structure facilitates installation and maintenance.

Benefits of technology

It enables real-time monitoring of fire hydrant status, ensuring reliable opening under any circumstances, improving the availability and management efficiency of fire-fighting equipment, and reducing water waste and equipment damage.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses an intelligent post fire hydrant and a control system thereof, and belongs to the field of fire-fighting appliances, the fire hydrant comprises a fire hydrant water pipe and an intelligent cap, and an electromagnetic drive, a controller, a battery, a water pressure and temperature sensor and a communication module are integrated in the cap. Opening is controlled in three modes of remote signal, near-field induction and emergency manual operation. The system monitors water pressure and temperature data in real time and remotely transmits the data, and the problems that a traditional fire hydrant is prone to damage and water leakage monitoring is not timely are solved. The cap design has waterproof, mistake-proof and emergency window breaking functions, and the reliability and the intelligent level of fire fighting equipment are improved. According to the intelligent post fire hydrant and the control system thereof, the structure and the system of the post fire hydrant are intelligent, high in reliability and easy to maintain, the functions of remote monitoring, multiple opening modes, anti-damage design and the like are achieved, and the usability and the management efficiency of fire fighting equipment are improved.
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Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model belongs to the field of fire fighting equipment, specifically relates to an intelligent ground hydrant and control system, especially a system capable of real -time monitoring gas fire extinguishing steel cylinder pressure state and realizing intelligent early warning. BACKGROUND

[0002] The ground hydrant is a fire extinguishing equipment for outdoor use, is installed on the city water pipe network, mainly provides the fire truck with water from the municipal water supply pipe network or outdoor fire water supply pipe network and implements fire extinguishing, can also directly connect the water hose, water gun and other equipment to water fire extinguishing, and the ground hydrant is an important fire fighting facility for fire fighting.

[0003] The traditional ground hydrant is installed on the ground, has many quantities, is widely distributed, and is seriously damaged and stolen by people, and the water pressure is often insufficient, so that the hydrant cannot normally play a role when water is urgently needed for fire extinguishing, and the water stealing and leakage cannot be timely reacted and effectively supervised, causing the loss of water resources.

[0004] With the rapid development of society, people's awareness of fire fighting system is increasingly strong, and intelligent hydrants emerge as the times require, but the existing intelligent hydrants have problems such as failure to start due to external impact or electric control system failure, so it is necessary to develop a new type of intelligent ground hydrant and control system.

[0005] The following problems exist in the traditional ground hydrant:

[0006] The problem of human damage and theft: the traditional hydrant is exposed on the ground, is easy to be damaged or stolen, and affects the emergency use.

[0007] Water pressure monitoring is insufficient: the water pressure cannot be monitored in real time, so that the hydrant cannot normally supply water in an emergency.

[0008] Leakage supervision is difficult: the traditional hydrant is difficult to find water leakage in time, causing waste of water resources.

[0009] Emergency operation is limited: the existing intelligent hydrant lacks reliable backup opening mode when the electric control system fails.

[0010] Low degree of intelligence: lack of remote monitoring and dynamic management ability, low maintenance efficiency.

[0011] The core target of the application is to provide an intelligent, high-reliability and easy-maintenance ground hydrant system, which has functions such as remote monitoring, multiple opening modes and damage prevention design, and improves the availability and management efficiency of fire fighting equipment. Utility model content

[0012] The utility model discloses a purpose is to above problem, provide a kind of intelligent, high reliability, easy maintenance ground hydrant structure and system, make it have remote monitoring, multiple opening mode, anti-damage design and other functions, improve the availability and management efficiency of fire-fighting equipment.

[0013] To achieve the above object, the utility model adopts the technical scheme: an intelligent ground hydrant, including fire hydrant water pipe and the cap set on it, the cap is in the head of fire hydrant water pipe by threaded shareholder, the cap top is provided with uncapping box, and the normally closed cover is set on it;And normally closed cover is provided with the door hook, the door hook is connected with the electromagnetic drive set in the cap corresponding;The electric control component set in the cap includes:

[0014] electromagnetic drive for opening and closing fire hydrant water pipe, controller connected with electromagnetic drive and battery;Control is further connected with water pressure sensor and temperature sensor, wherein water pressure sensor is arranged in fire hydrant water pipe, and temperature sensor is arranged in cap;

[0015] Controller is further connected with remote signal transceiver, near-field induction signal transceiver.

[0016] Further, the cap is hollow, and the opening is arranged at the position of uncapping box, and the opening is a manual window for opening and closing fire hydrant water pipe below.

[0017] Further, the cap is provided with a manual window on the upper end side, and a broken window spacer is sealed on the manual window, which is only allowed to be broken in emergency.

[0018] Further, the push rod support is arranged at the corresponding position in the window, and the manual push rod is movably sleeved on the push rod support;And the manual push rod corresponds to the position of the manual reset key of the electromagnetic drive.

[0019] Further, the electromagnetic drive is provided with a locking port corresponding to the door hook of the normally closed cover, and the door hook is locked by the normally closed magnet.

[0020] Further, the bottom of the hollow interior of the cap is a flange outer ring structure, which corresponds to the flange plate of the ground hydrant;And the internal flange outer ring of the cap is provided with a fastener for fixing with the ground hydrant;And the anti-error clamp corresponding to the anti-error clamp groove on the ground hydrant.

[0021] Further, the hollow interior of the cap is provided with a waterproof battery box, a fixed electric drive box and a controller box;The temperature sensor is arranged at the position outside the controller box.

[0022] The opening and closing of the ground fire hydrant is carried out in the following manner: the normally closed cover is opened by electromagnetic drive, and the leaked space is the operation port; the mechanical switch above the ground fire hydrant is opposite to the operation port, and manual driving of the mechanical switch realizes opening or closing of the fire water pipe;

[0023] The electromagnetic drive opening mode of the normally closed cover is as follows: (1) remote system control is adopted, a signal is sent to a remote signal transceiver, after conversion of a control system, electromagnetic drive is driven to be opened;

[0024] (2) near field induction key signal is adopted to realize the same operation as (1);

[0025] (3) in an emergency, a broken window spacer on the side of the cover cap is knocked off, a manual push rod is touched through the manual window, the manual push rod touches a manual reset key of the electromagnetic drive, and thus the normally closed cover is opened.

[0026] The utility model discloses the beneficial effects:

[0027] The utility model provides an intelligent ground fire hydrant and a control system thereof, and the intelligent, high-reliability and easy-to-maintain ground fire hydrant structure and system have functions of remote monitoring, multiple opening modes, anti-damage design and the like, and improve the availability and management efficiency of the fire-fighting equipment.

[0028] (1) intelligent monitoring and management:

[0029] The water pressure sensor and the temperature sensor are integrated to monitor the state of the fire hydrant in real time and prevent water pressure shortage or equipment abnormality.

[0030] The remote signal transceiver realizes data uploading, and the fire-fighting center can dynamically monitor all fire hydrants and improve the response speed.

[0031] (2) multiple opening modes ensure emergency reliability:

[0032] Remote control (remote opening by the fire-fighting command center);

[0033] Near field induction (authorized personnel use an induction key to open);

[0034] Emergency manual broken window (when the electric control fails, the broken window can be manually operated physically);

[0035] The three modes are combined to ensure that the fire hydrant can be used in any case.

[0036] (3) anti-theft and anti-damage design:

[0037] Electromagnetic drive + normally closed magnet locking, unauthorized personnel cannot forcibly open.

[0038] Broken window spacer + manual push rod is only used in an emergency to prevent misoperation.

[0039] Abnormal vibration alarm, illegal damage automatically report location information.

[0040] (4) Structure optimization, easy to install and maintain:

[0041] Modular design (battery box, electric drive box, controller box independent packaging, waterproof and dustproof).

[0042] Mistake card + flange fastening, avoid misplacement during installation, improve construction efficiency.

[0043] Standardized interface, easy to maintain or upgrade later. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0044] Figure 1 It is a schematic view of a conventional ground fire hydrant structure.

[0045] Figure 2 It is a schematic view of the system installation connection of the utility model.

[0046] Figure 3 It is an exploded view of the structure of the utility model.

[0047] Figure 4 It is Figure 2 The schematic view of the intelligent cap assembly.

[0048] Figure 5 It is Figure 4 The bottom view of the cap assembly.

[0049] Figure 6 It is a schematic view of the electrical principle of the system of the utility model.

[0050] The text annotations in the figure represent:

[0051] 1, cap; 101, battery box; 102, electric drive box; 103, controller box; 104, mistake-proof card; 105, push rod support; 106, operation port;

[0052] 2, open cover box; 3, normally closed cover; 31, door hook; 4, manual window; 5, broken window spacer; 6, flange seat;

[0053] 7, locking piece; 8, battery; 9, fire hydrant water pipe; 91, mechanical switch; 92, mistake-proof card slot; 10, manual push rod;

[0054] 11, controller; 1101, remote signal transceiver; 1102, induction signal transceiver;

[0055] 12, electromagnetic drive; 1201, locking port; 1202, manual reset key;

[0056] 13, water pressure sensor; 14, temperature sensor. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0057] In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the technical scheme of the utility model, the utility model is described in detail below with reference to the drawings, and the description in this part is only exemplary and explanatory, and should not have any limiting effect on the protection scope of the utility model.

[0058] As shown in Figure 1 , the utility model discloses a kind of conventional ground hydrant structure schematic diagram. Figure 1

[0059] As shown in Figures 2-6 , the specific structure of the utility model is: a kind of intelligent ground hydrant, including hydrant water pipe 9 and the cap 1 being arranged thereon, the cap 1 is fixed in the head of hydrant water pipe 9 by thread, the cap 1 top is provided with uncapping box 2, is provided with normally closed cover 3 thereon;And normally closed cover 3 is provided with door hook 31, the door hook 31 is connected with the electromagnetic drive 12 being arranged in cap 1 corresponding;Electronically controlled component and device being arranged in cap 1 include: for opening and closing hydrant water pipe electromagnetic drive 12, controller 11 connected with electromagnetic drive 12, battery 8, water pressure sensor 13 is arranged in hydrant water pipe 9, temperature sensor 14 is arranged in cap 1;Controller 11 is also connected with remote signal transceiver 1101 and near-field induction signal transceiver 1102.

[0060] Preferably, the cap 1 is hollow inside, and an opening is arranged at the position of uncapping box 2 in the middle, and the opening is a manual window 4 for opening and closing the hydrant water pipe 9 below.

[0061] Preferably, the cap 1 is provided with a manual window 4 on the upper end side, and a broken window spacer 5 that can only be broken in emergency is sealed thereon.

[0062] Preferably, a push rod support 105 is arranged at the corresponding position in the manual window 4, and a manual push rod 10 is movably sleeved on the push rod support 105;And the manual push rod 10 corresponds to the position of the manual reset key 1202 of the electromagnetic drive 12.

[0063] Preferably, the electromagnetic drive 12 is provided with a locking port 1201 at the corresponding position of the door hook 31 on the normally closed cover 3, and the door hook 31 is locked by a normally closed magnet.

[0064] Preferably, the bottom of the hollow interior of the cap 1 is a flange outer ring structure, which corresponds to the flange plate 6 of the ground hydrant;And the internal flange outer ring of the cap 1 is provided with a fastener 7 and an anti-misplacement card 104 for fixing with the ground hydrant.

[0065] ​Preferably, the cap 1 hollow interior is provided with a waterproof battery box 101, a fixed electric drive box 102, a controller box 103; the temperature sensor 14 is arranged outside the controller box 103.

[0066] A control system of an intelligent ground fire hydrant, comprising the intelligent ground fire hydrant described above, the opening and closing of which adopts the following mode:

[0067] The normally closed cover 3 is opened by electromagnetic drive 12, and the exposed space is the operation port 106;

[0068] The mechanical switch 91 above the ground fire hydrant is directly below the operation port 106, and manual driving of the mechanical switch 91 realizes opening or closing of the fire water pipe; the mode of opening the normally closed cover 3 by electromagnetic drive 12 includes:

[0069] a) sending a remote system control signal to the remote signal transceiver 1101;

[0070] b) triggering the induction signal transceiver 1102 by a near-field induction key signal;

[0071] c) in an emergency, knocking off the broken window partition 5 to activate the manual push rod 10.

[0072] Example 1: normal remote control operation

[0073] The fire control center sends an opening instruction, the remote signal transceiver receives the signal 1101 and transmits it to the controller 11, the controller 11 activates the electromagnetic drive 12 to release the door hook 31; the normally closed cover 3 is opened, exposing the operation port 106; the fire personnel operate the mechanical switch through the operation port 106 to open the fire hydrant pipe 9; the water pressure sensor 13 monitors the water pressure data in real time and returns.

[0074] Example 2: near-field emergency operation

[0075] The authorized personnel hold the induction key close to the fire hydrant pipe 9; the near-field induction signal transceiver 1102 recognizes the signal, and the controller 11 verifies and activates the electromagnetic drive 12 to release the door hook 31 after verification; the normally closed cover 3 is opened, exposing the operation port 106; the fire personnel operate the mechanical switch through the operation port 106 to open the fire hydrant pipe 9; the water pressure sensor 13 monitors the water pressure data in real time and returns.

[0076] Example 3: emergency manual operation

[0077] In an emergency, knock off the broken window partition 5, activate the manual push rod 10 through the manual window 4, the push rod presses the manual reset key 1202 of the electromagnetic drive 12, the electromagnetic drive 12 releases the door hook 31; the normally closed cover 3 is opened, exposing the operation port 106; the fire personnel operate the mechanical switch through the operation port 106 to open the fire hydrant pipe 9; the water pressure sensor 13 monitors the water pressure data in real time and returns.

[0078] Example 4: Abnormal state monitoring

[0079] When the temperature sensor 14 detects an abnormal temperature in the cap 1 (or the environment temperature where the cap 1 is located) and the water pressure sensor 13 detects an abnormal pressure in the water pipe, the controller 11 sends an alarm through the remote signal transceiver 1101, the system records the abnormal data and prompts maintenance, and the maintenance personnel go to the site for repair according to the positioning information.

[0080] Example 5: Anti-damage function implementation

[0081] When an unauthorized person tries to forcibly open the cap 1, the electromagnetic drive 12 remains in the locked state, the abnormal vibration trigger sensor alarms, the system sends an anti-theft alarm and location information, and the monitoring center dispatches personnel on site for handling.

[0082] The technical scheme of the utility model not only improves the emergency performance of the fire hydrant, but also promotes the intelligent upgrading of the fire-fighting equipment, is suitable for urban fire-fighting, industrial parks, large public places and the like, and has a wide market application prospect.

[0083] It should be noted that in this document, the terms "comprising", "containing" or any other variant thereof are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions, so that a process, method, article or device including a series of elements not only includes those elements, but also includes other elements not explicitly listed or inherent to such a process, method, article or device.

[0084] The principle and implementation mode of the utility model are described by applying specific examples in this document, and the above example is only used to help understand the method and core idea of the utility model. The above description is only the preferred implementation mode of the utility model, and it should be pointed out that due to the limited nature of the language expression, there are infinite specific structures in objective world, and for ordinary technical personnel in this technical field, some improvements, decorations or changes can be made without departing from the principle of the utility model, or the above technical features can be combined in a proper way; these improvements, decorations, changes or combinations, or the direct application of the concept and technical scheme of the utility model to other occasions without improvement, should be regarded as the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. An intelligent above-ground fire hydrant, characterized by, The fire hydrant water pipe and the cap thereon, the cap is screwed on the head of the fire hydrant water pipe, the cap top is provided with an opening box, and a normally closed cover is arranged on the opening box; and a door hook is arranged on the normally closed cover, which is connected with the electromagnetic drive arranged in the cap; The electronic control components arranged in the cap include: An electromagnetic drive for opening and closing the fire hydrant water pipe; A controller connected with the electromagnetic drive; A battery; A water pressure sensor arranged in the fire hydrant water pipe; A temperature sensor arranged in the cap; The controller is further connected with a remote signal transceiver and a near field induction signal transceiver.

2. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 1, wherein, The cap is hollow inside, and an opening is arranged at the position of the opening box, and a manual window for opening and closing the fire hydrant water pipe below is arranged at the opening.

3. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 1, wherein, A manual window is arranged on the upper end side of the cap, and a broken window spacer that can only be broken in emergency is sealed in the manual window.

4. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 2, wherein, A push rod support is arranged at the corresponding position in the manual window, and a manual push rod is movably sleeved on the push rod support; and the manual push rod corresponds to the position of the manual reset key of the electromagnetic drive.

5. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 1, wherein, The electromagnetic drive is provided with a locking port corresponding to the position of the door hook of the normally closed cover, and the door hook is locked by a normally closed magnet.

6. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 2, wherein, The bottom of the hollow interior of the cap is a flange outer ring structure, which corresponds to the flange plate of the ground fire hydrant; and a fastener for fixing the cap with the ground fire hydrant is arranged at the flange outer ring of the interior of the cap; and an error prevention card corresponding to the error prevention card slot on the ground fire hydrant is arranged.

7. The intelligent above-ground fire hydrant of claim 2, wherein, The hollow interior of the cap is provided with a waterproof battery box, a fixed electric drive box, and a controller box; and the temperature sensor is arranged at the position outside the controller box.

8. A control system for an intelligent above-ground fire hydrant, characterized in that, The intelligent ground fire hydrant of any one of claims 1-7 is opened and closed in the following way: The normally closed cover is opened by the electromagnetic drive, and the leaked space is the operation port; The mechanical switch on the ground fire hydrant is opposite to the operation port below, and the mechanical switch is manually driven to open or close the fire hydrant; The electromagnetic drive opens the normally closed cover in the following ways: a) sending a remote system control signal to the remote signal transceiver; b) triggering the induction signal transceiver by the near field induction key signal; c) touching the manual push rod by breaking the broken window spacer in emergency.