Deep water area steel strand self-locking buoy

By designing a self-locking float for steel strands in deep water areas, and using the float body and self-locking clamping block assembly to clamp the steel strands, the problems of low efficiency, high cost and poor safety in the installation of ecological floating beds in deep water areas are solved, and rapid and safe construction is achieved.

CN224576783UActive Publication Date: 2026-07-31POWERCHINA MUNICIPAL CONSTR GRP CO LTD
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
POWERCHINA MUNICIPAL CONSTR GRP CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-07-29
Publication Date
2026-07-31

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Technical Problem

In the process of installing ecological floating beds in deep water areas, traditional methods are inefficient, costly, and unsafe, and construction workers need to dive down to work, which can easily lead to accidents.

Method used

A self-locking float for deep-water steel strands is designed. Utilizing the float body and self-locking clamping block assembly, it floats on the water surface through buoyancy and clamps the steel strands, avoiding the need for diving operations and enabling rapid installation.

Benefits of technology

It improved construction speed and safety, simplified the operation process, reduced construction costs, and avoided the risks of diving operations.

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Abstract

This invention provides a self-locking float for steel strands in deep water, comprising a float body and a self-locking clamping block assembly. The float body has a frustum-shaped central hole at its center, with the diameter of the central hole on the upper surface of the float body being larger than that on the lower surface. The self-locking clamping block assembly includes two self-locking clamps, each a semi-frustum. The two clamps are joined to form a complete frustum. The frustum has a locking hole at its center, penetrating the frustum and coinciding with its axis. The inner diameter of the locking hole is smaller than the outer diameter of the steel strand, allowing the frustum to fit into the central hole. The outer wall of the frustum fits snugly against the inner wall of the central hole. The advantages of this invention are its simple structure and reasonable design, enabling the steel strand to quickly self-lock and float on the river surface, facilitating the later retrieval of tools for securing the steel strand to an ecological floating bed.
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Technical Field

[0001] This utility model relates to a self-locking float made of steel strand in deep water. Background Technology

[0002] In recent years, with the development of industry and agriculture, my country's surface water, lakes, rivers and other water environments have been polluted to varying degrees. Comprehensive water environment management is a major challenge. Traditional sewage treatment plants require large investments, occupy large areas, are complex to operate, are prone to secondary pollution, and have low economic and ornamental value. In contrast, ecological floating bed technology utilizes modern soilless cultivation technology and takes advantage of the characteristics of aquatic plants, such as fast growth, wide distribution, rapid reproduction, few diseases, wide uses and high ornamental value, to absorb and enrich biological elements and heavy metals in sewage, achieving great results in water treatment engineering.

[0003] In the traditional deep-water ecological floating bed installation process, manual diving to find the steel strand joint or using steel hooks to retrieve the joint is mostly used. This is slow, costly, and prone to drowning accidents, resulting in low safety. Summary of the Invention

[0004] The problem this utility model aims to solve is to provide a self-locking float for steel strands in deep water areas. The purpose is to utilize the high buoyancy of the tool to float on the construction water surface during the installation and construction of ecological floating beds in deep water areas, and to use clamps to self-lock and fix the steel strands. The entire process does not require construction personnel to dive or retrieve the materials, resulting in fast construction speed, high safety performance, and the ability to quickly install ecological floating beds.

[0005] The technical solution adopted by this utility model is: a self-locking float for steel strands in deep water, including a float body and a self-locking clamping block assembly. The float body has a frustum-shaped central hole at its center. The diameter of the central hole on the upper surface of the float body is larger than the diameter on the lower surface of the float body. The self-locking clamping block assembly includes two self-locking clamps, each of which is a semi-frustum. The two self-locking clamps are spliced ​​together to form a complete frustum. The center of the frustum has a locking hole that penetrates the frustum and coincides with the axis of the frustum. The inner diameter of the locking hole is smaller than the outer diameter of the steel strand. The frustum can be placed into the frustum-shaped central hole, and the outer wall of the frustum fits against the inner wall of the central hole.

[0006] Furthermore, the cross-section of the floating plate body is a thin plate with a circular shape.

[0007] Furthermore, the upper surface of the float body has a central protrusion, which is frustum-shaped. The central hole of the frustum-shaped protrusion is located inside the central protrusion, and the outer wall of the central protrusion smoothly transitions with the upper surface of the float body.

[0008] Furthermore, the outer wall of the frustum of the self-locking clamping block assembly has at least two spaced annular grooves, and a rubber ring is fitted inside the annular grooves to keep the two self-locking clamping blocks in a spliced ​​state.

[0009] Furthermore, the bottom of the float body has multiple extension blades, which are detachably connected to the float body. After the multiple extension blades are assembled and fixed to the bottom of the float body, they can be completely covered by the float body. After the multiple extension blades are unfolded and fixed to the bottom of the float body, the outer edge of the extension blades can extend out of the outer edge of the float body.

[0010] The advantages and positive effects of this utility model are: simple structure, reasonable design, can quickly self-lock and float the steel strand on the river surface for easy retrieval later, construction personnel do not need to dive or use steel hooks for retrieval, simple operation, high construction efficiency and good safety performance. Attached Figure Description

[0011] Figure 1 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of a specific embodiment of this utility model;

[0012] Figure 2 yes Figure 1 A cross-sectional view of the internal structure;

[0013] Figure 3 yes Figure 1 The structural diagram shown below;

[0014] Figure 4 yes Figure 3 A schematic diagram showing the state of the extended blades after they have been deployed.

[0015] In the figure: 1. Float body; 1-1. Central protrusion; 2. Self-locking clamping block assembly; 2-1. Self-locking clamping block; 2-2. Annular groove; 3. Extending blade; 4. Steel strand. Detailed Implementation

[0016] The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the present invention and are not intended to limit the present invention. In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center," "longitudinal," "lateral," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," and "outer," etc., indicating orientations or positional relationships, are based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, or be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as a limitation of the present invention. In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "installation," "connection," and "joining" should be interpreted broadly. For example, it can refer to a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can refer to a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can refer to a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium; it can refer to the internal connection of two components. For those skilled in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood through specific circumstances.

[0017] like Figure 1 As shown, this utility model provides a self-locking buoy for steel strands in deep water, including a float body 1 and a self-locking clamping block assembly 2. The float body 1 has a frustum-shaped central hole at its center. The diameter of the central hole on the upper surface of the float body 1 is larger than the diameter of the hole on the lower surface of the float body 1. Figure 2 As shown, the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 includes two self-locking clamping blocks 2-1. Each self-locking clamping block 2-1 is a semi-frustum. The two self-locking clamping blocks 2-1 are spliced ​​together to form a complete frustum. The center of the frustum has a locking hole that passes through the frustum and coincides with the axis of the frustum. The inner diameter of the locking hole is smaller than the outer diameter of the steel strand 4. The frustum can be placed into the central hole of the frustum. The outer wall of the frustum fits against the inner wall of the central hole.

[0018] In use, after the construction of the concrete foundation of the ecological floating bed is completed, one end of the steel strand 4 is fixed to the pre-embedded ground anchor on the concrete foundation. The other end of the steel strand 4 is passed through the locking hole of the truncated cone body assembled by the self-locking clamp 2-1. The truncated cone body is placed into the central hole of the floating plate body 1. After water is filled, the floating plate body 1, which clamps the steel strand 4, floats. Due to the upward force of the float, the self-locking clamp assembly 2, under the dual action of its own weight and the buoyancy of the floating plate body 1, causes the outer wall of the truncated cone body to sink along the inner wall of the central hole. Due to the structure of the truncated cone body and the truncated cone-shaped central hole, the two self-locking clamps 2-1 clamp the steel strand 4 under the action of the sinking trend. The steel strand 4 is fixed in the locking hole under the friction between the steel strand 4 and the inner wall of the locking hole. The buoyancy of the floating plate body 1 causes the end of the steel strand 4 to float on the water surface with the floating plate body 1. Construction personnel can quickly obtain the joint of the steel strand 4 according to the float and quickly fix it to the ecological floating bed by driving a small boat.

[0019] To ensure sufficient buoyancy for the float body 1, the float body 1 is designed as a thin plate with a circular cross-section.

[0020] To ensure that the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 is stably positioned within the central hole of the float body 1, the upper surface of the float body 1 has a central protrusion 1-1. The central protrusion 1-1 is frustum-shaped, and the central hole of the frustum-shaped part is located within the central protrusion 1-1. The outer wall of the central protrusion 1-1 smoothly transitions with the upper surface of the float body. The central protrusion 1-1 increases the contact area between the outer wall of the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 and the inner wall of the central hole, so that most of the structure of the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 is located within the central hole. This prevents the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 from detaching from the central hole due to violent shaking of the float body 1 when the horizontal waves are large.

[0021] The outer wall of the frustum of the self-locking clamping block assembly 2 has at least two spaced annular grooves 2-2, and a rubber ring is fitted inside the annular grooves 2-2 to keep the two self-locking clamping blocks 2-1 in a spliced ​​state.

[0022] like Figure 3 , Figure 4 As shown, the bottom of the float body 1 has multiple extension blades 3. The extension blades 3 are detachably connected to the float body 1. After the multiple extension blades 3 are assembled and fixed to the bottom of the float body 1, they can be completely covered by the float body. Figure 3 After multiple extension blades 3 are deployed and fixed to the bottom of the float body 1, the outer edges of the extension blades can extend beyond the outer edge of the float body. Figure 4 The extension blade 3 is used to increase the buoyancy of the float body 1. Due to different water depths and different weights of steel strands 4, the required buoyancy is also different. When the buoyancy of the float body 1 is insufficient, the extension blade 3 can be deployed to increase the buoyancy.

[0023] The embodiments of this utility model have been described in detail above, but the content described is only a preferred embodiment of this utility model and should not be considered as limiting the scope of implementation of this utility model. All equivalent changes and improvements made in accordance with the claims of this utility model should still fall within the patent coverage of this utility model.

Claims

1. A deep water zone steel strand self-locking buoy, characterized in that: The device includes a float body and a self-locking clamping block assembly. The float body has a frustum-shaped central hole at its center. The diameter of the central hole on the upper surface of the float body is larger than the diameter on the lower surface of the float body. The self-locking clamping block assembly includes two self-locking clamping blocks, each of which is a semi-frustum. The two self-locking clamping blocks are joined together to form a complete frustum. The center of the frustum has a locking hole that penetrates the frustum and coincides with the axis of the frustum. The inner diameter of the locking hole is smaller than the outer diameter of the steel strand. The frustum can be inserted into the frustum-shaped central hole, and the outer wall of the frustum fits against the inner wall of the central hole.

2. The deep water zone steel strand self-locking buoy of claim 1, characterized in that: The float body has a circular cross-section and is a thin plate.

3. The deep water zone steel strand self-locking buoy of claim 2, wherein: The upper surface of the float body has a central protrusion, which is truncated cone-shaped. The central hole of the truncated cone is located inside the central protrusion, and the outer wall of the central protrusion smoothly transitions with the upper surface of the float body.

4. The deep water zone steel strand self-locking buoy of claim 3, wherein: The outer wall of the frustum of the self-locking clamping block assembly has at least two spaced annular grooves, and a rubber ring is fitted inside the annular grooves to keep the two self-locking clamping blocks in a spliced ​​state.

5. The deep water zone steel strand self-locking buoy of any one of claims 1-4, characterized in that: The bottom of the float plate body has multiple extension blades. The extension blades are detachably connected to the float plate body. After the multiple extension blades are assembled and fixed to the bottom of the float plate body, they can be completely covered by the float plate body. After the multiple extension blades are unfolded and fixed to the bottom of the float plate body, the outer edge of the extension blades can extend out of the outer edge of the float plate body.