Single-beam lake water depth measurement fixing device adaptive to ship
By combining the C-shaped retainer and the U-shaped nut, the issues of versatility, stability, and flexibility of the single-beam depth measurement device are resolved. This enables compatibility with multiple vessels and stable measurement, reduces installation complexity and cost, and minimizes safety hazards.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HOHHOT NATURAL RESOURCES COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY CENT
- Filing Date
- 2025-05-08
- Publication Date
- 2026-05-15
AI Technical Summary
Existing single-beam depth measurement fixed devices lack versatility, stability, and flexibility, resulting in complex installation, high cost, low efficiency, and safety hazards.
The device employs a combination of C-shaped fasteners and U-shaped nuts, and is bolted to the side of the hull to fix the single beam device, enhancing the device's adaptability and stability to the hull, making it suitable for a variety of vessels.
This device achieves versatility across various vessels, improves measurement stability and flexibility, reduces installation complexity and cost, and minimizes safety hazards.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] This utility model relates to the field of water depth measurement, and in particular to a fixed device for measuring lake water depth using a single-beam lathe. Background Technology
[0002] Existing single-beam depth sounding fixtures have specific installation requirements and structural characteristics. For example, the DS-01 single-beam marine depth sounder may include hardware instruments, a mechanical housing, and a depth sounding transducer. These components require precise installation and fixation to ensure measurement accuracy. Different types of survey vessels are compatible with different single-beam instruments due to variations in vessel structure, size, and shape. This makes it difficult to achieve universal compatibility of single-beam depth sounding fixtures with all vessels. Even for vessels of the same type, installation compatibility issues may exist due to manufacturing differences and hull aging.
[0003] Installing single-beam depth measurement anchors on vessels typically requires specialized technicians to ensure their stability and accuracy. If the anchor is incompatible with the vessel, reinstallation and commissioning are necessary each time the vessel is changed, increasing operational complexity and time costs. Incompatible anchors also present maintenance difficulties. Poor compatibility between the anchor and the vessel can lead to more time and resources being needed to resolve issues during maintenance.
[0004] For specific vessels, single-beam depth measurement fixtures need to be adapted to them, requiring customized design and manufacturing, which increases costs. For users who frequently change vessels, these costs may be even higher.
[0005] Single-beam depth measurement fixtures that are not compatible with vessels may reduce their efficiency. For example, if the fixture cannot be quickly installed and configured when a vessel needs to conduct an emergency measurement, the measurement opportunity may be delayed.
[0006] If the single-beam depth measurement fixture is not well-suited to the vessel, it may pose safety hazards during use. For example, the fixture may detach or be damaged due to instability, thus threatening the vessel and surveyors.
[0007] The stability of a single-beam anchor is crucial for measurement accuracy. Poor compatibility between the anchor and the vessel can lead to swaying or drifting during measurement, thus affecting the accuracy of the results.
[0008] In summary, existing single-beam fixing devices have the following three shortcomings:
[0009] 1. Lack of versatility: The same device can only be installed and used on a limited number of ships and cannot be switched between multiple ships.
[0010] Second, insufficient installation stability: Existing single-beam RTK devices are mostly installed on a ship at a location with a wide field of view and no obstructions to ensure stable reception of satellite signals (such as the top or side of the ship). Then, a special mounting bracket or clamp is used to fix the RTK device in the selected location. However, during high-intensity operations, the device is relatively easy to be impacted by water flow, which leads to poor stability and ultimately results in large measurement errors.
[0011] Third, it lacks flexibility: When encountering shallow water areas during operation, traditional devices cannot flexibly adjust the position of the single beam and cannot measure the water depth in shallow water areas at the edge, thus failing to obtain accurate first-hand data.
[0012] Therefore, how to provide a highly adaptable, stable, simple, and low-cost single-beam lake depth measurement station has become an urgent problem to be solved. Utility Model Content
[0013] This invention provides a fixed device for single-beam lake depth measurement adapted to ships, which solves the problems of lack of versatility, insufficient stability, and inflexible installation of existing single-beam measurement fixed devices.
[0014] To achieve the above objectives, this utility model provides a fixed device adapted for single-beam lake depth measurement on ships, comprising: a U-shaped fixture, a single-beam device, and a fixing member. The first surface of the U-shaped fixture is fixed to the upright of the single-beam device, and its second surface is fixed against the side of the ship's hull. The fixing member secures the U-shaped fixture to the single-beam device from the side of the upright away from the U-shaped fixture.
[0015] As a preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, the second side is provided with two sets of holes with different gaps to match the uprights with different widths.
[0016] As a preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, preferably, the hole group with the wider gap in each hole group corresponds to the hole position on the first surface, and the bolt can pass through the corresponding hole.
[0017] As a preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, the fastener is preferably a bent U-shaped nut.
[0018] As a preferred embodiment of the above technical solution, the inner curved surface of the fastener has a rough surface to increase friction.
[0019] This utility model provides a fixed device for single-beam lake water depth measurement adapted to a ship, comprising: a C-shaped fixture, a single-beam device, and a fixing member. The first side of the C-shaped fixture is fixed to the upright of the single-beam device, and its second side is fixed to the side of the ship. The fixing member fixes the C-shaped fixture to the single-beam device from the side of the upright away from the C-shaped fixture.
[0020] The advantage of this invention is that it can solve the problem of universality for various ships when performing single-beam measurements. At the same time, the fixing device provided by this invention is equivalent to binding the single-beam measuring instrument to the side of the ship, which has a better fixing effect than the existing technology of directly setting it on the deck, and increases the stability of the measurement. Attached Figure Description
[0021] To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of this utility model or the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are some embodiments of this utility model. For those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without creative effort.
[0022] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the structure of the fixed device for measuring lake depth by single beam from a ship, which is adapted to the present invention.
[0023] Figure 2 for Figure 1 The front view.
[0024] Figure 3 for Figure 1 The left view.
[0025] Figure 4 This is a schematic diagram of the fixing component in this utility model. Detailed Implementation
[0026] To make the objectives, technical solutions, and advantages of the embodiments of this utility model clearer, the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some embodiments of this utility model, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of this utility model, all other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art without creative effort are within the protection scope of this utility model.
[0027] Figure 1 The structural schematic diagram provided for the embodiments of this utility model is as follows: Figure 1 As shown, it includes an inverted bracket, a single beam device 5, and a fixing component 6.
[0028] The U-shaped fastener consists of a first surface 1, a second surface 2, and a connecting surface 3. Specifically, the first surface 1 is fixed to the upright 4 of the single beam device 5, the second surface 2 is fixed to the side of the hull by bolts, and the connecting surface 3 between the first surface 1 and the second surface 2 is at least 10cm-20cm wide to prevent the single beam device 5 under the upright 4 from colliding with the side and bottom of the hull.
[0029] The second surface 2 has two sets of holes with different gaps to match the uprights 4 with different widths. The hole set with the wider gap in each hole set corresponds to the hole position on the first surface 1, and the bolt can pass through the corresponding hole.
[0030] The fastener 6 is a bent U-shaped nut used to fix the pole 4 of the single beam device 5 to the second surface 2. The fastener 6 is inserted from the side of the pole 4 away from the C-shaped fastener (outer side of the pole 4) through the symmetrical holes and then fixed with bolts, thereby fixing the C-shaped fastener to the single beam device 5.
[0031] Among them, the inner curved surface of the fixing member 6 is a rough surface used to increase the friction force, in order to prevent the single beam device 5 from being subjected to the repeated force of waves during operation, causing the pole 4 to sway and resulting in the single beam device 5 shifting up and down under the action of waves.
[0032] The technical solution of this utility model will now be described in conjunction with specific embodiments, such as... Figures 1-4 As shown:
[0033] First, fix the pole 4 to the single beam device 5. Then, place the pole 4 between holes 13 and 14, and at the positions of holes 15 and 16, and make it fit against the first surface 1 of the U-shaped fastener. Then, insert the U-nut from the outside of the pole 4 into holes 13, 14, 15, and 16, and then use U-bolts (fasteners 6) to fix it, so that the first surface 1 is tightly fixed to the pole 4.
[0034] Insert the C-shaped fastener into the side of the ship, and insert bolts into the holes 21, 22 and remaining holes on the second side 2 to fix it to the side of the ship, thereby fixing the single beam device 5 to the side of the ship.
[0035] Furthermore, by inserting bolts between holes 21 and 11 corresponding to the first surface 1 and the second surface 2, and between holes 22 and 12 (the remaining holes symmetrical to holes 21 and 22 in the figure are operated in sequence), the ship's side can be locked in the space between holes 11, holes 21, the inserted bolts and the connecting surface 3 (or locked in the space between holes 12, holes 22, the inserted bolts and the connecting surface 3), and finally the single beam device 5 can be fixed to the side of the ship's side.
[0036] In summary, this device can solve the problem of universality for various ships when performing single-beam measurements by using a universal single-beam fixing device. At the same time, the fixing device provided by this utility model is equivalent to binding the single-beam measuring instrument to the side of the ship, which has a better fixing effect than the existing technology of directly setting it on the deck, and increases the stability of the measurement.
[0037] Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solutions of this utility model, and are not intended to limit it. Although the utility model has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, those skilled in the art should understand that modifications can still be made to the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments, or equivalent substitutions can be made to some or all of the technical features therein. Such modifications or substitutions do not cause the essence of the corresponding technical solutions to deviate from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of this utility model.
Claims
1. A fixed device for measuring lake depth from a single beam from a ship, characterized in that, It includes: C-shaped fixture, single-beam unit, fixing components, The first side of the shaped fastener is fixed to the upright of the single beam device, and its second side is fixed to the side of the hull. The fastener secures the C-shaped fastener to the single-beam device from the side of the pole away from the C-shaped fastener.
2. The fixed device for measuring lake depth from a ship using a single-beam latitude as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The second surface has two sets of holes with different gaps to match the uprights with different widths.
3. The fixed device for measuring lake depth from a ship using a single-beam latitude as described in claim 2, characterized in that, In each of the hole groups, the hole group with the wider gap corresponds to the hole position on the first surface, and the bolt can pass through the corresponding hole.
4. The fixed device for measuring lake depth from a ship using a single-beam latitude as described in claim 1, characterized in that, The fastener is a bent U-shaped nut.
5. The fixed device for measuring lake depth from a ship using a single-beam latitude as described in claim 4, characterized in that, The inner curved surface of the fastener has a rough surface used to increase friction.