176 results about "Suspended cable" patented technology

High strength cables formed from strength members. The strength members are formed from bimetallic filament wires which may be encased within a jacket of polymeric material. The bimetallic filament wires wherein the filaments include a high strength core and a corrosion resistant alloy clad forming the outer layer of the filament. The strength members may be used individually, as a central strength member, or even layered around a central axially positioned component or strength member, to form a layer of strength members. Cables of the invention may be of any practical design, including monocables, coaxial cables, quadcables, heptacables, slickline cables, multi-line cables, suspension cables, and the like.

A track lighting system which supports compact fluorescent lamp fixtures removably attached to a track member by a track adaptor. Compact fluorescent lamp fixture depends from a track adaptor by an adjustable suspended cable. Suspended cable provides electricity and mechanical support to a compact fluorescent socket and lamp. The track adaptor may also accommodate line voltage fixtures and allows a user to adjust the suspended cable by cutting the cable, stripping internal cable wires, then inserting internal wires into the track adaptor cavities and securing with securing screws.

An improved zip line trolley allowing a rider control of his or her speed while traversing along a suspended cable (8) as seen in FIGS. 1A and 1B. The trolley comprises front and rear pulleys (44F) and (44R) conjoined via pulley housing (16) with left and right horizontal handles (10L) and (10R) attached to vertical shaft (12). Front and rear hand brake levers (20F) and (20R) are mounted onto left and right horizontal handles (10L) and (10R). When front and rear hand brake levers (20F) and (20R) are squeezed by the rider, they create a constricting force on front left and right calipers (32FL) and (32FR) along with rear left and right calipers (32RL) and (32RR) of FIGS. 2A and 3A. Thus, friction is applied to front and rear pulleys (44F) and (44R) via front left and right brake pads (34FL) and (34FR) along with rear left and right brake pads (34RL) and (34RR). This frictional force slows the rider's speed to his or her desired rate and brings the rider to a safe stop at a precise location along suspended cable (8).

An erection method of a large-span continuous steel truss arch, in the construction of a large-span continuous truss arch bridge, a bridge pier is taken as the foundation, a bracket beside the pier is arranged, a plurality of steel trusses with an interval on the top pier are arranged on the bracket beside the pier, and a double-suspension erection system is formed. A full-rotation beam erection lifting machine is positioned at the truss of the pier top, and truss bar is arranged one by one. After the suspension arm reaches a certain degree, a horizontal rope or a multi-layer tower with a suspended cable and a stay cable is arranged to maintain the double-suspension arm to extend forwards until closure.

A system using tank corrosion sensors to provide for an overall assessment and monitoring of the electro-chemical corrosion and coatings condition in ships' tanks, and particularly in ships' seawater or compensated fuel tanks. The system includes reference half-cells mounted along a suspended cable and one instrumented sacrificial anode at the end of the cable to provide optimal sensing capability within a tank structure. The reference half-cells and the sacrificial anode measure a potential and current output, respectively. Together the measurements provide objective information that can be used to predict corrosion damage and coating deterioration occurring throughout the structure of the tank. The system may be used for an overall assessment and monitoring of the electrochemical corrosion and coatings condition. In a preferred embodiment, the measurements are stored in a datalogger that is optimally contained within an associated instrument housing. If used with other systems in other tanks, the system may be used to monitor the relative tank condition, trend tank condition changes over time, range tank behavior into three categories and provide a direct analysis methodology for making tank maintenance decisions.

A closure method for a large-span continuous steel truss arch, which takes the adjustment of cable force of a cable of a tower with a suspended cable or a horizontal cable as the main means, combines the longitudinal moving of a steel truss to realize the closure of the steel truss. The present invention does not require truss lifting equipments, and is a safe, convenient and efficient closure method, which is applicable for the closure of general continuous steel truss beams.

The invention relates to a buoy device for marine ecological monitoring and particularly relates to a buoy device with an image collection function, belonging to the technical field of marine ecological monitoring. The buoy device structurally comprises a buoy mother body, a buoy son body and an anchor fixing device, wherein the anchor fixing device is of a suspended cable structure, the lower endof the buoy mother body is connected with the upper end of a suspended cable, the buoy son body is arranged on the suspended cable and can move up and down along the suspended cable, data is transmitted between the buoy mother body and the buoy son body through a data communication line, and the buoy mother body is in data communication with a remote station through a satellite data communicationmodule. The buoy mother body and the buoy son body are separated, and the buoy son body moves up and down on the suspended cable, so that various monitored data at different depths in ocean can be conveniently collected, marine ecological parameter information at different water depths can be collected, and the real-time data transmission can be realized.

The invention discloses a steel cable pull force detection device, the device being a symmetric mutual articulated four rods frame structure, in which the two rods respectively form a cable clamp (4); both side rods respectively serially comprise a pull force sensor (5) and a hydraulic cylinder (2). The cable pull detection device of the invention can be used for detecting the tilted-stay bridge, the suspending-cable bridge, and the tied rod arch, and it uses the cable carrying the actual steel cable carrying pull force in the project, providing the technical means to protect the project quality. The steel cable pull force detection device of the invention has no assumption and conversion, and it can directly detect the steel cable carrying pull force.

The invention relates to a suspended-cable steel-concrete composite-structured submerged floating tunnel and a construction method of the suspended-cable steel-concrete composite-structured submerged floating tunnel. The tunnel barrel body of the suspended-cable steel-concrete composite-structured submerged floating tunnel is a steel-concrete composite shell, the outer-contour diameter of the shell is 10 to 15 meters, a supporting frame is arranged in the tunnel barrel body, the supporting frame is formed by connecting longitudinal baffle plates and transverse baffle plates, an auxiliary passage and an air gap are formed between the supporting frame and the shell, a travelling lane is formed by the supporting frame, the travelling lane comprises two lanes, and the tunnel barrel-body part is connected with a submarine uplift pile through an anti-floating suspended cable; the steel-concrete composite shell is formed by pouring fine aggregate concrete into a position between an inner-layer steel plate and an outer-layer steel plate through spray irrigation; a transmission pipeline is laid in the auxiliary passage, and a passage is also formed by laying a baffle plate on the transmission pipeline; one auxiliary passage on the lateral wall of the tunnel barrel body is an emergency evacuation passage, and the auxiliary passage is provided with an evacuation opening; an automatic draining device and a ventilation opening are arranged at the upper part of the tunnel barrel body, and an automatic ventilating device is installed at the ventilation opening. The suspended-cable steel-concrete composite-structured submerged floating tunnel has good stability, the structural safety and the travelling steadiness of the tunnel are ensured, the construction method is simple, the tunnel is convenient to manufacture, and the usage amount of tunnel steel can be effectively reduced.

A method and device to facilitate the transporting of a person between a plurality of fixed platforms provides a revenue generating activity for owners of nature directed resorts. In one embodiment, a first platform is proportionately higher than a second platform and is connected by a dynamic cable system that allows for cable height adjustments to address environmental and mechanical variables. The method and device provides for an individual to traverse a distance between a plurality of fixed, elevated platforms, while moving along a suspended cable at desired velocities and body positions.

A method and device to facilitate the transporting of a person between a plurality of fixed platforms provides a revenue generating activity for owners of nature directed resorts. In one embodiment, a first platform is proportionately higher than a second platform and is connected by a dynamic cable system that allows for cable height adjustments to address environmental and mechanical variables. The method and device provides for an individual to traverse a distance between a plurality of fixed, elevated platforms, while moving along a suspended cable at desired velocities and body positions.

A method and apparatus for controlling temperature and ventilation in an animal confinement building comprising a series of semi-rigid panels that are suspended in cascading arrangement along a flexible cable. The cable is connected to a mechanism for extending and retracting the cable so as to cause the panels to be lowered to open the aperture or raised to close the aperture according to sensed temperature and pressure conditions within the animal confinement building.

A versatile suspended scaffold assembly is provided. The scaffold assembly includes a plurality of suspended cables, each having a plurality of support elements pressed or clamped thereon at regular intervals, the distance between consecutive support elements being selected between 250 mm and 1000 mm, preferably about 500 mm. Beams are supported by the support elements on which platforms, guardrails and stairways may be mounted.

The invention provides a modeling method of a lateral-suspension curved-beam suspended bridge, comprising the steps of 1) simplifying the lateral-suspension curved-beam suspended bridge into a 'linear-girder vertical-single-plane' suspended bridge according to the gravity equivalence principle, and calculating to determine initial linear form of each main cable; 2) turning side span main cables of the 'linear-girder vertical-single-plane' suspended bridge so that their anchor points overlap ground anchor points, and establishing a 'triple-fold girder vertical-cable-plane' suspended bridge model; 3) iterating cable angle and tension so that the main cables incline out gradually to finally form a bridge-forming model for the lateral-suspension spatial curved-bridge suspended bridge. 'Linearity-to-curve' conversion is achieved herein, modeling of a complex curved-beam suspended cable is realized ingeniously, calculation results are accurate, calculation efficiency is high, and an effective method is provided for designing and constructing a complex curved bridge.

The invention relates to a hanging rail suspension train traffic system. The train carriage of the traffic system is suspended under a rail beam so as to run. The rail beam is hung by a suspended cable, a stay cable and a brace bar. A steering frame of the suspension train runs on the rail of the rail beam. The carriage is suspended on the lower part of the steering frame by a suspension buffer and runs under the rail beam. A triangle truss structure is adopted for the rail beam for reducing lateral wind load. A reciprocating double line scheme is adopted for large span and a circulating single line scheme is adopted for small span. The suspension train is self-actuated, the driving mode of which can adopt electronic or internal combustion. A multi-span continuous beam light steel structure is adopted by the rail beam. The hanging rail suspension train traffic system has the advantages that the land occupation is reduced due to the large span support of a tower; natural environment and ecological resources are protected; due to the advantage of large span, traffic lines can span barriers of rivers, swamps, lakes, ravines, and the like, thereby shortening the line arrangement; the self gravity of the rail beam of the light steel truss structure is lightened; the construction period is shortened; and the engineering price is lowered.

The invention relates to a movable support type irrigation device. An irrigation support of the movable support type irrigation device is a hanger frame or a bracket; a group of nozzles are arranged on a cross bar of the hanger frame or the bracket; the cross bar is a hollow tube and is communicated with a sprinkler gun; the middle part of the hanger frame or the bracket is provided with a main support; a lifting rope or a pull rod is connected between the main support and the cross bar; the bottom of the main support is provided with a bracket base connected with the main support; and a moving wheel or a rotatable fixed seat is arranged under the base. The movable support type irrigation device has large mobile irrigation area each time and high irrigation efficiency, and can movably operate by utilizing electric power; by adopting technology for suspending cable or supporting the cable by a pontoon, the field irrigation operation can be conveniently carried out by adopting the electric power; and the movable support type irrigation device has the advantages of convenient operating control, low electric power cost, wide sources of electric power, convenient manufacture of electric driving equipment, low manufacturing cost, change of the traditional fuel engine-driven mode, no pollution and energy conservation.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a suspended-cable parallel robot for coal bunker inner wall defect detection. The suspended-cable parallel robot for coal bunker inner wall defect detection comprises a visual detection movable platform, four servo mechanisms, four pulley mechanisms and four flexible cables, the four pulley mechanisms are fixed to the four corners of a coal bunker correspondingly, and the visual detection movable platform is connected with the four flexible cables and connected with the four servo mechanisms through the four pulley mechanisms in a winding manner. The embodiment of the invention further discloses a control method of the suspended-cable parallel robot for coal bunker inner wall defect detection. By adopting the suspended-cable parallel robot for coalbunker inner wall defect detection and the control method, precise space positioning and real-time visual image processing of a visual detection pan-tilt are achieved, a traditional manual detectionmode is replaced, the working efficiency is greatly improved, and the maintenance cost of equipment overhauling is reduced. The suspended-cable parallel robot for coal bunker inner wall defect detection has the characteristic that in the moving process, even though a cable installing plate is uneven, a camera still can keep horizontal operation, and a novel solution is provided for unstability ofan end effector in the moving process of the suspended-cable parallel robot.

An improved zip line trolley allowing a rider control of his or her speed while traversing along a suspended cable. The trolley comprises front and back wheels conjoined via left and right trolley plates and a handle bar. Front and back hand brake levers are mounted onto the handle bar. When front and back hand brake levers are squeezed by the rider, they create a constricting force which applies friction to the suspended cable via brake pads. This frictional force slows the rider's speed to his or her desired rate and brings the rider to a safe stop at a precise location along the suspended cable. The rider is able to quickly and easily remove the trolley from the suspended cable and transport it to another.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a suspended cable support system is provided. The suspended cable support system includes a plurality of suspension rods; and at least one cable tray. Each cable tray includes a pair of stringer elements, wherein each stringer element is configured for connection to at least one suspension rod; and a channel section depending from the pair of stringer elements. The channel section defines a passageway for supporting runs of cable thereon. The channel section includes a plurality of riser portions connected to the pair of stringer elements.

A cable shortener apparatus for permitting the length adjustment of a cable having a certain incompressable diameter. The cable is arranged for supporting a sign carrier from an overhead support. The cable shortener apparatus may be comprised of a duplicate pair of generally rigid annular rings lockably engagable with one another. Each ring may have an inner arcuate hub flange which defines a fixed hub surface for receiving at least one wrap of a support cable. An annular edge on each of the rings is spaced apart from one another when the rings are mated together. The spaced apart annular edges defining a gap no wider than the diameter of the cable being wrapped about the hub of the shortener.

The invention discloses a suspended cable automatic deicing device which comprises an upper housing and a lower housing. The upper housing and a lower housing correspond to each other and are connected with a fixing buckle and a fixing bolt. The lower housing is provided therein with a feeding shaft, a first leak hole and a second leak hole. The upper housing is provided with an ice crushing rod, a bracket plate, a rotating shaft, a cam, and a first motor. The ice crushing rod is provided with a tooth groove plate and a first backing plate. A scraper plate, a torsion spring and rib teeth are arranged between the first leak hole and the second leak hole. A metal ring and brush hairs are arranged between the lower housing and the upper housing. An upper placement plate, a fixed convey wheel, and a second motor are arranged on the right end of the upper housing. A lower placement plate, a movable pressing rod, a movable pressing wheel and a second backing plate are arranged on the right end of the lower housing. After being started, the suspended cable automatic deicing device drives a cable and a device to move relatively at constant speed so as to continuously remove ice in cooperation with the ice crushing rod, the scraper plate and the brush hairs.

The invention discloses a land wing sail car for a polar scientific expedition. The land wing sail car for the polar scientific expedition comprises a car body frame, front wheels, rear wheels, a servo motor and a steering engine. The land wing sail car for the polar scientific expedition is characterized in that a wing sail is arranged on the car body frame through a wing sail connecting plate and a mast, and the wing sail is rotatably connected with the car body frame through a bearing, and the servo motor and the steering engine are arranged on the car body frame; the upper ends and the lower ends of two steel wire ropes are connected with a suspended cable long rod arranged on the top end of the wing sail and a suspended cable platform arranged on the car body frame respectively; the lower end of the mast is connected with the servo motor through a coupling and driven by the servo motor to rotate; the wing sail is arranged on the mast, and the wing sail rotates along with the mast; thrust is generated by the servo motor through controlling an angle of attack between the wing sail and the wind direction under the pushing of wind power, and a power source is provided for the land wing sail car; the rotation of the two front wheels is controlled by the steering engine through a front-wheel steering transmission mechanism, and the automatic course control of the land wing sail car can be achieved. The land wing sail car for the polar scientific expedition has the advantages of being simple and reliable in structure, high in expandability, high in cruising ability, and widely applied to the polar scientific expedition.

The invention relates to a large span span-wire and relative producing method. Two steel frames are individually mounted inside the main body of two constructions on two ends, while they comprise opposite near-steel post fixed with middle span-wire ear-plate and edge span-wire ear-plate, and a connection inclined beam inclining from the edge span-wire ear-plate to relative steel frame remote steel post; two ends of four span-wires are individually connected to the span-wire ear-plate; the steel beam intercrosses the span-wire, while the intercross part has span-wire hole and through hole; the top of steel beam has wind wire clamp element and connection claw; the drawing wire is uniformly tensed between steel beam and floor board; the wind wire inclined intercrosses the span-wire while its two ends connect the wind wire ear-plate of steel frame, and its middle part is fixed on the wind wire clamp element of the tope of steel beam. the invention can be used to construct large span non-post full-irradiate structure to apply the large span room, porch, and hall.

The invention discloses an installation method for suspending a cable bridge under a high-altitude platform. The method comprises the steps of production and installation of a mobile platform, installation of the cable bridge, laying of a spring board and a safety rope, cable laying and subsequent disassembly and the like. The mobile platform comprises a steel tube erect rod, a cross beam, a skipping board, and a right-angle coupler, the steel tube erect rod comprises a left erect rod and a right erect rod, the bridge installation position is surveyed and mapped on site based on an operation map, the steel tube right-angle coupler is utilized to connect the left erect rod and the right erect rod, and the left erect rod, the right erect rod and a lifting lug at the upper end are connected through bolts, which facilitates assembly and disassembly. By means of the installation method for suspending the cable bridge under the high-altitude platform, the operation tasks of installation of the bridge and laying of cables in the bridge can be completed safely, efficiently, conveniently and with good quality, and the rental fee of all-around scaffolds is saved; the problem that in a conventional installation method, a passage is occupied for a long time is solved, and the installation method for suspending the cable bridge under the high-altitude platform has the advantages that the installation is convenient, the operation is safe, the operation cost is reduced, and the passage is not occupied and the like.

The invention discloses a double machine head upright post type roll resurfacing machine tool, which solves the technical defects existing in the prior resurfacing machine tool. The lower part of the machine tool is a horizontal rotating machine body; one end of the machine body is provided with a chuck, while the other end is provided with a roller wheel; and a guide rail groove is arranged between the chuck and the roller wheel. The side surface of the machine body consists of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the upper parts of the upright posts, the side surface of the crossbeam is provided with two V-shaped guide rails which are suspended with a T-shaped lining board in a parallel mode, and a rack is welded along the length direction above the crossbeam; and a cable stand at the back of the crossbeam is suspended with a cable. The crossbeam at the upper parts of the upright posts is provided with a resurfacing machine head, a running mechanism is fixed at the outer side surface of the T-shaped lining board, and the lifting adopts a screw rod and handwheel mode; the height of the resurfacing machine head can be finely adjusted; and a variable frequency speed regulation motor is arranged a horizontal panel which is arranged on the T-shaped lining board and is higher than the crossbeam. The motor of the machine tool has no thermal dead halt, and the phenomena of jamming and shutdown are excluded; the transmission is accurate, the machine head has steady running, and the widths of welding seams are uniform; and the diameter of a maximum welding roll part can reach 800mm, and the length of a roll body can reach 3.5m.

The invention provides a horizontal suspended cable type shallow sea enclosure culture device. The horizontal suspended cable type shallow sea enclosure culture device comprises an enclosure and a suspended cable connected to the top of the enclosure, the bottom of the enclosure is connected with an anchor pile and a block capable of sinking to the bottom, the included angle between the enclosure and a seabed is 30-89 degrees, the upper end of the enclosure is connected with a secondary floating ball, two ends of the suspended cable are connected with shore connecting piles, the surface of the suspended cable is connected with floating sleeves distributed uniformly, column piles are arranged on two sides of the suspended cable, the bottom of the suspended cable is connected with the column piles crosswise via anchor ropes, and the included angle between the anchor ropes is 30-120 degrees. The suspended cable is connected with the top of the enclosure, thus providing buoyancy for the enclosure and keeping the top of the enclosure higher than the horizontal plane; the stability of the culture device is improved by adopting the anchor ropes and the column piles on the two sides of the suspended cable; and by adopting a ground attachment technology at the bottom of the enclosure, the sealing safety is high.

The invention adopts a cable laying device adopting guiding type control of fixed pulleys. The cable laying device is mainly composed of a hook, a U-shaped fixed frame and two adjacently-installed pulley blocks. The pulleys are fixed on a pulley frame through middle axles of the corresponding pulleys, a cable space for cables to pass through is formed in the middle, one end of the pulley frame is fixedly connected with the U-shaped fixed frame, the hook used for being hung on a cable shaft is fixed at the other end of the pulley frame, a detachable double-locking-catch mechanism is arranged on the pulley frame relative to a position between two pulleys, the double-locking-catch mechanism is formed by locking plates and plug pins, the locking plates can be opened towards two sides to take out the cables, and the plug pins can be used for fixing the locking plates. The cable laying device adopting the guiding type control of fixed pulleys has the advantages of being simple in structure, convenient and reliable to use and capable of reducing cable laying personnel and cable laying time, improving working efficiency and the like.