Tipping bucket type rainfall detection device

By adopting a design that fixes the fixed column and support components in the tipping bucket rain gauge, and utilizing the separate design of the first and second locking components, the problem of damage to the reed switch caused by the rotation of the terminal block is solved, thereby improving the stability and reliability of the device.

CN224109670UActive Publication Date: 2026-04-10HUBEI PROVINCIAL METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION & TECH SUPPORT CENT
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CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
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Filing Date
2025-03-20
Publication Date
2026-04-10

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Technical Problem

In existing tipping bucket rain gauges, the terminals are prone to rotation, which can damage the reed switches.

Method used

The fixed column and support assembly are fixedly connected. The first and second locking parts are detachably connected to the two ends of the fixed column. The reed switch is locked only to the first connection end to prevent the fixed column from rotating when the second locking part is rotated, thus protecting the reed switch from damage.

Benefits of technology

This effectively prevents the reed switch from being damaged by the rotation of the terminal block, thus improving the stability and reliability of the device.

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Abstract

The utility model provides a tipping bucket type rainfall detection device, which comprises a supporting assembly, a rainwater collecting structure, a metering tipping bucket, a pair of connecting assemblies and a reed switch, and is characterized in that the metering tipping bucket is connected to the supporting assembly in a swinging manner and is provided with two metering parts, and the two metering parts alternately receive metering rainwater under the action of gravity; the connecting assembly comprises a fixing column, a first locking piece and a second locking piece, the fixing column penetrates through the supporting assembly and is fixed to the supporting assembly, a first connecting end and a second connecting end are formed at the two ends of the fixing column respectively, and the first locking piece and the second locking piece are detachably connected to the first connecting end and the second connecting end respectively. The two ends of the reed switch are connected to the first connecting end and locked by the first locking piece, and the reed switch is used for sensing the alternating process of the two metering parts. The connecting assembly different from the prior art is adopted, when the second locking piece is rotated, the fixing column cannot be driven to rotate, fixation of the reed switch cannot be affected, and damage to the reed switch cannot be caused.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to rain detection technical field especially relates to a tipping bucket rain detection device. BACKGROUND

[0002] Rainfall observation is an important basic element in meteorological detection, and the observation results are of great significance for meteorology, hydrology, ocean, environment observation, and aviation, railway traffic safety. The tipping bucket rain detection device is the most common and relatively stable and reliable rain observation equipment at present, which is used for measuring the rainfall of the installation position of the sensor.

[0003] For example, the patent application file CN215449649U provides a double tipping bucket rain sensor, which comprises an outer cylinder, a water receiver, a funnel, an upper tipping bucket, a collection funnel, a metering tipping bucket, a counting tipping bucket and a rain on-off switch. The rain on-off switch comprises a glass fiber epoxy resin copper clad plate, a branch welding piece, a main welding piece and a reed switch. The rain on-off switch comprises a glass fiber epoxy resin copper clad plate, a branch welding piece, a main welding piece and a reed switch. The glass fiber epoxy resin copper clad plate is provided with a slot hole, the dry spring is installed in the inside of the slot hole, the branch welding piece is provided with two groups and is symmetrically welded at both ends of the reed switch, and the main welding piece is provided with two groups and is vertically welded with the two groups of branch welding pieces.

[0004] The above structure has the following problems: the straight wire column is used, one end of the wire column is fixed with one end of the reed switch, the other end is used for connecting the wire, when the other end of the wire column is connected with the wire, it is easy to rotate, and then pull the reed switch to make it break. Utility model content

[0005] Therefore, it is necessary to provide a tipping bucket rain detection device to solve the problem of reed switch damage caused by the rotation of the wire column.

[0006] The utility model provides a tipping bucket rain detection device, which comprises:

[0007] A support assembly;

[0008] A metering tipping bucket is swingably connected to the support assembly and has two metering parts, which alternately receive metering rainwater under the action of gravity;

[0009] A pair of connecting assemblies, comprising a fixed column, a first locking member and a second locking member, the fixed column is provided through the support assembly and is fixed with the support assembly, and the two ends respectively form a first connecting end and a second connecting end, the first locking member and the second locking member are respectively detachably connected to the first connecting end and the second connecting end; and

[0010] A dry reed is connected to the first connecting end and locked by the first locking member, and is used to sense the alternating process of the two metering parts.

[0011] In some possible solutions, the first connecting end has a circumferential surface for winding the end of the dry reed, and the first locking member is sleeved on the circumferential surface to lock the end of the dry reed and the first connecting end.

[0012] In some possible solutions, the end surface of the second connecting end forms an abutting surface for abutting the wire joint, and the end surface of the second connecting end extends to form a sleeving shaft for sleeving the wire joint, and the second locking member is sleeved on the sleeving shaft to abut the wire joint and the abutting surface.

[0013] In some possible solutions, the first connecting end is not coaxial with the second connecting end.

[0014] In some possible solutions, the abutting surface is arranged along a horizontal plane, and the sleeving shaft is arranged along a vertical direction.

[0015] In some possible solutions, the second connecting end is externally sleeved with a protective sleeve, and the protective sleeve is higher than the abutting surface.

[0016] In some possible solutions, the protective sleeve is provided with a notch for connecting the wire.

[0017] In some possible solutions, the rainwater collecting structure further includes a rainwater collecting bucket, a flow rate adjusting structure and a rainwater discharging bucket, the rainwater collecting bucket, the flow rate adjusting structure and the rainwater discharging bucket are fixed on the support assembly, the rainwater collecting bucket, the flow rate adjusting structure and the rainwater discharging bucket are sequentially abutted, the flow rate adjusting structure is used to adjust the speed of discharging rainwater, and the rainwater discharging bucket is abutted with the metering bucket.

[0018] In some possible solutions, the flow rate adjusting structure includes an adjusting bucket and a pair of guide buckets, the adjusting bucket is swingably fixed on the support assembly, the adjusting bucket has two bearing parts, and the guide buckets are fixed on the stand and correspond to the two bearing parts one by one, and the two bearing parts alternately receive the rainwater discharged by the rainwater collecting bucket and discharge the received rainwater to the guide buckets under the action of gravity.

[0019] In some possible solutions, a cleaning device is further included, which comprises a water tank, a tank cover, a universal water supply assembly and a tool box, the tank cover is arranged on the water tank, the water tank is internally formed with a space for containing cleaning liquid, the universal water supply assembly is fixed on the tank cover and has a water inlet end extending into the space and a water outlet end capable of switching the spraying direction, for pumping the cleaning liquid in the space and spraying to a desired direction, and the tool box is embedded on the tank cover and internally provided with a plurality of tools.

[0020] The utility model discloses the beneficial effects are:

[0021] In the utility model, including support subassembly, rainwater collection structure, metering hopper, a pair of connecting components and reed switch, rainwater collection structure is fixed on support subassembly, for the rainwater receiving, with a rainwater discharge end, metering hopper can swing be connected in support subassembly, with two metering parts, two metering parts under the action of gravity alternately receive the rainwater of rainwater discharge end discharge, connecting component includes fixed column, first locking piece and second locking piece, fixed column is passed and is fixed with support subassembly, and both ends form first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, first locking piece, second locking piece are detachably connected in first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, and both ends of reed switch are connected in first connecting end and are locked by first locking piece, for sensing the alternation process of two metering parts, the utility model discloses the connecting component different from prior art, fixed column is passed and is fixed with support subassembly, and both ends form first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, first locking piece, second locking piece are detachably connected in first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, and both ends of reed switch are connected in first connecting end and are locked by first locking piece, when the second connecting end connects electric wire, because second locking piece and fixed column adopt the design of split, and fixed column and support subassembly are fixed, so when rotating second locking piece, fixed column will not be rotated, and will not affect the fixation of reed switch, cause reed switch damage. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0022] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model, the following will be briefly introduced the drawing needed to be used in the embodiment description, obviously, the drawing in the following description is only some embodiments of the utility model, for those skilled in the art, under the premise of not paying the creative labor, other drawings can also be obtained according to these drawings.

[0023] Figure 1 It is the structural schematic diagram of the hopper type rainfall detection device in the utility model;

[0024] Figure 2 As Figure 1 Enlarged view at Q;

[0025] Figure 3 Side view of the connecting assembly and stand;

[0026] Figure 4 Top view of the connecting assembly and stand;

[0027] Figure 5 Cross-sectional view of the cleaning device;

[0028] Wherein: 1 - support assembly, 11 - base, 12 - stand, 2 - rainwater collection structure, 21 - rainwater collection bucket, 22 - flow rate adjusting structure, 221 - adjusting tipping bucket, 222 - inlet bucket, 23 - rainwater discharge bucket, 3 - measuring tipping bucket, 4 - connecting assembly, 41 - fixed column, 42 - first locking member, 43 - second locking member, 44 - protective sleeve, 5 - reed tube, 6 - cleaning device, 61 - water tank, 62 - tank cover, 63 - universal water supply assembly, 64 - tool box. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0029] The preferred embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings, wherein the drawings constitute a part of this application, and are used to explain the principles of the present application together with the embodiments of the present application, and are not used to limit the scope of the present application.

[0030] As Figures 1-4 shown, the embodiments of the present application provide a tipping bucket rain gauge, which comprises: a support assembly 1, a rainwater collection structure 2, a measuring tipping bucket 3, a pair of connecting assemblies 4, and a reed tube 5, the rainwater collection structure 2 is fixed on the support assembly 1 and is used to receive rainwater, has a rainwater discharge end, the measuring tipping bucket 3 is swingably connected to the support assembly 1 and has two measuring portions, the two measuring portions alternately receive rainwater discharged from the rainwater discharge end under the action of gravity; the connecting assembly 4 comprises a fixed column 41, a first locking member 42, and a second locking member 43, the fixed column 41 is provided through the support assembly 1 and is fixed with the support assembly 1, two ends of the fixed column 41 form a first connecting end and a second connecting end respectively, the first locking member 42 and the second locking member 43 are detachably connected to the first connecting end and the second connecting end respectively, the reed tube 5 is connected to the first connecting end at two ends and is locked by the first locking member 42, and is used to sense the alternating process of the two measuring portions.

[0031] In the utility model, adopt different connection assembly with prior art, the connection assembly 4 includes fixed column 41, first locking piece 42 and second locking piece 43, the fixed column 41 is arranged in the support assembly 1 with the support assembly 1 is fixed, and two ends form first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, the first locking piece 42, second locking piece 43 are detachably connected to first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, the dry reed 5 both ends are connected to the first connecting end and are locked by the first locking piece 42;When the second connecting end connects electric wire, because the second locking piece 43 with the fixed column 41 adopts the design of split, and the fixed column 41 with support assembly 1 is fixed, so when rotating the second locking piece 43, the fixed column 41 will not be rotated, and the dry reed will not be damaged.

[0032] Specifically, the support assembly 1 includes a base 11 and a stand 12, the base 11 is arranged on a reliable ground, the stand 12 is vertically fixed on the base 11, the rainwater collecting structure 2 is fixed on the stand 12, and the metering hopper 3 is swingably connected to the stand 12.

[0033] Specifically, the rainwater collecting structure 2 includes a rainwater collecting bucket 21, a flow rate adjusting structure 22 and a rainwater discharge bucket 23, the rainwater collecting bucket 21, the flow rate adjusting structure 22 and the rainwater discharge bucket 23 are fixed on the stand 12, the rainwater collecting bucket 21, the flow rate adjusting structure 22 and the rainwater discharge bucket 23 are sequentially connected, and the flow rate adjusting structure 22 is used for adjusting the speed of rainwater discharge.

[0034] Further, the rainwater collecting bucket 21 has a larger rainwater inlet end and a smaller rainwater discharge end, and a rainwater collecting space gradually decreasing in space along the direction of rainwater flow is formed in the rainwater collecting bucket 21. The rainwater collecting bucket 21 collects and discharges rainwater to the flow rate adjusting structure 22.

[0035] Further, the flow rate adjusting structure 22 includes an adjusting hopper 221 and a pair of guide buckets 222, the adjusting hopper 221 is swingably fixed on the stand 12, the adjusting hopper 221 has two bearing portions, the guide buckets 222 are fixed on the stand 12 and correspond to the two bearing portions one by one, the two bearing portions alternately receive rainwater discharged from the rainwater collecting bucket 21 and discharge the received rainwater to the guide buckets 222 under the action of gravity, and the guide buckets 222 discharge rainwater to the rainwater discharge bucket 23.

[0036] Further, the rainwater discharge hopper 23 is fixed on the stand 12, and the larger end thereof is connected with the flow rate adjusting structure 22, and the smaller end thereof is connected with the metering hopper 3.

[0037] Further, the metering hopper 3 is in the shape of an isosceles triangle, and the middle part of the metering hopper 3 is rotatably connected with the stand 12, and two metering parts are arranged on the two sides of the middle part of the metering hopper 3, and the two metering parts alternately receive the rainwater discharged from the rainwater discharge end under the action of gravity. When one side of the metering part receives the rainwater, it gradually inclines under the action of gravity, so that the other side of the metering part gradually rises, and when it is full of rainwater, it drops to the lowest position and discharges the rainwater, and the other side of the metering part rises to the highest position and is connected with the discharge end of the rainwater discharge hopper 23. Thus, the metering of the rainwater is realized.

[0038] Further, a magnet is arranged in the middle part of the metering part, and when the metering part is in the horizontal state, the magnet corresponds to the reed switch 5 and triggers the reed switch 5, so that the reed switch 5 generates a signal, thereby achieving the metering purpose.

[0039] It can be understood that the scheme also comprises a metering circuit module electrically connected with the reed switch 5, which receives the signal generated by the reed switch 5 and performs metering. The metering circuit module is a conventional component in the field, and the scheme does not improve it, so it will not be described here.

[0040] Specifically, the connecting assembly 4 comprises a fixed column 41, a first locking member 42 and a second locking member 43, and the fixed column 41 is arranged in the stand 12 and is fixed with the stand 12.

[0041] In the embodiment, the first connecting end has a circumferential surface for winding the end part of the reed switch 5, and the first locking member 42 is sleeved on the circumferential surface, so that the end part of the reed switch 5 is locked with the first connecting end.

[0042] In the embodiment, the end surface of the second connecting end forms an abutting surface for abutting the wire joint, and the end surface of the second connecting end extends to form a sleeving shaft for sleeving the wire joint, and the second locking member 43 is sleeved on the sleeving shaft, so that the wire joint is abutted with the abutting surface. In use, the wire joint is sleeved on the sleeving shaft and abutted with the abutting surface, and the second locking member 43 is sleeved on the sleeving shaft to press the wire joint, so that the wire joint is tightly abutted with the abutting surface.

[0043] Further, the first connecting end is different in axis from the second connecting end.

[0044] Further, the abutting surface is arranged along a horizontal plane, and the sleeving shaft is arranged along a vertical direction. In this way, the installation and dismounting of the wire joint are facilitated.

[0045] Further, the second connecting end is sleeved with a protective sleeve 44, which is higher than the abutting surface and can protect the abutting surface from foreign matters.

[0046] Further, the protective sleeve 44 is provided with a notch 441 for connecting the wire. The notch 441 can be used for arranging the wire and limiting the wire and the wire joint from rotating with the second locking member 43.

[0047] As shown in Figure 5 the utility model also includes a cleaning device 6 for cleaning the tipping bucket type rainfall detection device.

[0048] Specifically, the cleaning device 6 includes a water tank 61, a tank cover 62, a universal water supply assembly 63 and a tool box 64. The tank cover 62 is arranged on the water tank 61, and the water tank 61 is internally formed with a space for containing cleaning liquid. The universal water supply assembly 63 is fixed on the tank cover 62 and has a water inlet end extending into the space and a water outlet end capable of switching the spraying direction, which is used for pumping the cleaning liquid in the space and spraying it in the required direction. The tool box 64 is embedded on the tank cover 62, and a plurality of tools are arranged in the tool box 64.

[0049] Further, the universal water supply assembly 63 includes a water pumping pipe, a water pump and a universal pipe. The water pump is fixed in the tank cover 62, one end of the water pumping pipe is connected with the water inlet end of the water pump, and the other end extends into the space. One end of the universal pipe is connected with the water outlet end of the water pump, and the other end can be rotated and locked in any direction.

[0050] Further, the universal water supply assembly 63 further includes a voice recognition module and a control module. The voice recognition module and the control module are embedded on the tank cover 62. The control module is electrically connected with the water pump and the voice recognition module. The voice recognition module is used for recognizing voice instructions and generating control signals, which are sent to the control module. The control module drives the water pump to work according to the control signals.

[0051] It should be noted that the voice recognition module and the control module are conventional components, and the innovation of the present application is not in the improvement of the voice recognition module and the control module. Therefore, the specific structure and principle will not be described here.

[0052] The tool box 64 is used to provide special tools for cleaning and dredging the rain gauge, and in this embodiment, a steel needle, a plastic rod, a cross screwdriver and a brush are placed in the tool box 64. The steel needle and the plastic rod are not commonly used tools and are not usually carried with such tools or accessories, and the holes of the counting buckets in the rain gauge need to be dredged with such tools, and the steel needle and the plastic rod are not easy to find substitutes in the wild.

[0053] When the cleaning device 6 is needed to clean the bucket rain gauge detection device, the cleaning device 6 is placed on one side of the bucket rain gauge detection device, and the universal water supply assembly 63 is instructed to spray water through voice, and the orientation of the universal pipe is manually adjusted to face the bucket rain gauge detection device; the tool box 64 is opened, and the corresponding tools are taken out to clean the bucket rain gauge detection device.

[0054] The utility model has the advantages of:

[0055] In the utility model, including support subassembly, rainwater collection structure, metering bucket, a pair of connecting components and reed switch, rainwater collection structure is fixed on support subassembly, is used to accept rainwater, has a rainwater discharge end, metering bucket can swing be connected in support subassembly, has two metering parts, two metering parts under the action of gravity alternatively accept the rainwater that rainwater discharge end discharged, connecting component includes fixed column, first locking piece and second locking piece, fixed column is passed and is located support subassembly with support subassembly fixed, both ends form first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, first locking piece, second locking piece are detachable connection in first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, both ends of reed switch are connected in first connecting end with first locking piece locking, for sensing the alternate process of two metering parts. The utility model discloses different connecting component with prior art, fixed column is passed and is located support subassembly with support subassembly fixed, both ends form first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, first locking piece, second locking piece are detachable connection in first connecting end and second connecting end respectively, both ends of reed switch are connected in first connecting end with first locking piece locking, when the second connecting end connects electric wire, because second locking piece and fixed column adopt the design of split, and fixed column and support subassembly are fixed, so when rotating second locking piece, fixed column will not be rotated, and will not affect the fixation of reed switch, cause reed switch damage.

[0056] The above is only a preferred specific embodiment of the utility model, but the protection scope of the utility model is not limited to this, any skilled person in the art can easily think of changes or replacements within the technical range disclosed by the utility model, which should be covered in the protection scope of the utility model.

Claims

1. A tipping bucket rain gauge device, characterized by, The utility model relates to a rainwater collecting device, which comprises a support assembly, a metering hopper swingably connected to the support assembly, two metering parts of the metering hopper alternately receiving rainwater under the action of gravity, a pair of connecting assemblies comprising a fixed column, a first locking member and a second locking member, the fixed column being arranged in the support assembly and fixed to the support assembly, the fixed column having a first connecting end and a second connecting end formed at two ends respectively, the first locking member and the second locking member being detachably connected to the first connecting end and the second connecting end respectively, and a reed switch connected to the first connecting end at two ends and locked by the first locking member, the reed switch being used to sense the alternation of the two metering parts. The first connecting end has a circumferential surface for winding the end of the reed switch, and the first locking member is sleeved on the circumferential surface to lock the end of the reed switch and the first connecting end. The end surface of the second connecting end forms an abutting surface for abutting against a wire connector, the end surface of the second connecting end extends to form a sleeving shaft for sleeving the wire connector, and the second locking member is sleeved on the sleeving shaft to make the wire connector abut against the abutting surface. The first connecting end and the second connecting end are not coaxial. The abutting surface is arranged along a horizontal plane, and the sleeving shaft is arranged along a vertical direction.

2. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 1, wherein The second connecting end is externally sleeved with a protective sleeve, and the protective sleeve is higher than the abutting surface.

3. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 1, wherein An opening for connecting a wire is formed on the protective sleeve.

4. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 1, wherein The utility model further comprises a rainwater collecting structure, which comprises a rainwater collecting bucket, a flow rate adjusting structure and a rainwater discharging bucket, the rainwater collecting bucket, the flow rate adjusting structure and the rainwater discharging bucket being fixed on the support assembly, the rainwater collecting bucket, the flow rate adjusting structure and the rainwater discharging bucket being sequentially abutted against each other, the flow rate adjusting structure being used to adjust the speed of discharging rainwater, and the rainwater discharging bucket being abutted against the metering hopper.

5. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 3, wherein: The flow rate adjusting structure comprises an adjusting hopper and a pair of guide-in buckets, the adjusting hopper being swingably fixed on the support assembly, the adjusting hopper having two carrying parts, and the guide-in buckets being fixed on a stand and corresponding to the two carrying parts one by one, the two carrying parts alternately receiving rainwater discharged from the rainwater collecting bucket and discharging the received rainwater to the guide-in buckets under the action of gravity.

6. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 5, wherein, The utility model further comprises a cleaning device, which comprises a water tank, a tank cover, a universal water supply assembly and a tool box, the tank cover being arranged on the water tank, a space for containing cleaning liquid being formed in the water tank, the universal water supply assembly being fixed on the tank cover and having a water inlet end extending into the space and a water outlet end capable of switching the spraying direction, the universal water supply assembly being used to draw the cleaning liquid in the space and spray the cleaning liquid to a desired direction, and the tool box being embedded on the tank cover and containing a plurality of tools.

7. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 6, wherein ​ 8. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 1, wherein ​ 9. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 8, wherein, ​ 10. The tipping-bucket rain gauge of claim 1, wherein ​

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    CN215449649U