CN217864726U - Full-automatic cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for cleaning photovoltaic power generation panel or glass curtain wall - Google Patents

Full-automatic cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for cleaning photovoltaic power generation panel or glass curtain wall Download PDF

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CN217864726U
CN217864726U CN202222378190.3U CN202222378190U CN217864726U CN 217864726 U CN217864726 U CN 217864726U CN 202222378190 U CN202222378190 U CN 202222378190U CN 217864726 U CN217864726 U CN 217864726U
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The utility model discloses a full-automatic wash photovoltaic power generation board or glass curtain wall's washing unmanned aerial vehicle device, including unmanned aerial vehicle main part and the casing of setting in unmanned aerial vehicle main part downside, the downside fixedly connected with multiunit sucking disc of casing, the downside of multiunit sucking disc adsorbs there is the photovoltaic board main part, the cavity has been seted up to the inside of casing, the internally mounted of casing has the water pump, can adsorb the casing at the upside of photovoltaic board main part through the sucking disc, during the moisturizing pipe is carried with the inside washing liquid of casing to the water pump, and the shower nozzle end can be carried to the washing liquid in the moisturizing pipe, alright with the upside that sprays the photovoltaic board main part with the shower nozzle, it removes to drive electronic slider with electronic slide rail, it removes to drive the fixed plate with electronic slider, thereby let the fixed plate drive the clearance brush remove, thereby let the clearance brush play the effect of clearance to the photovoltaic board main part, thereby the negative effects of traditional clearance mode to the photovoltaic board have been solved, can not cause the overheated photovoltaic board main part that leads to lose efficacy.

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Full-automatic cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for cleaning photovoltaic power generation panel or glass curtain wall
Technical Field
The utility model relates to a photovoltaic power generation board technical field is cleaned in full-automatic, specifically is a full-automatic cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device who cleans photovoltaic power generation board or glass curtain wall.
Background
The photovoltaic panel is a device capable of absorbing solar energy and converting the solar energy into electric energy, and the photovoltaic panel is a widely used device at present, and most of the photovoltaic panels are arranged outdoors, so that clean energy can be absorbed conveniently.
With the wide application of clean energy photovoltaic power generation, the regular cleaning workload of the surface of a photovoltaic power generation panel is greatly increased, because the power generation efficiency is closely related to the cleanliness of the surface of the photovoltaic panel, the small and medium cleaning methods in the prior art on the market mainly use manpower, the number of cleaning equipment adopted in a large photovoltaic station is large, the equipment cost is high, an outer frame is required to be used as a guide rail of the cleaning equipment, the cost is high, and the photovoltaic panel is easy to lose efficacy due to overheating of the edge.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
An object of the utility model is to provide a full-automatic washing unmanned aerial vehicle device of cleaning photovoltaic power generation board or glass curtain wall, can adsorb the casing at the upside of photovoltaic board main part through the sucking disc, thereby carry the moisturizing pipe with the inside washing liquid of casing with the water pump, and the shower nozzle end can be carried to the washing liquid in the moisturizing pipe, alright with the upside that sprays the photovoltaic board main part with the shower nozzle with the washing liquid, and then drive the electronic slider with electronic slide rail and remove, alright drive the fixed plate with electronic slider and remove, thereby let the fixed plate drive the clearance brush and remove, thereby let the clearance brush play the effect of clearance to the photovoltaic board main part, thereby solved the negative effects of traditional clearance mode to the photovoltaic board, the photovoltaic board main part that can not cause the overheated lead to of photovoltaic board main part edge is inefficacy.
In order to achieve the above object, the utility model provides a following technical scheme: the utility model provides a full-automatic washing unmanned aerial vehicle device who cleans photovoltaic power generation board or glass curtain wall, includes the unmanned aerial vehicle main part and sets up the casing in unmanned aerial vehicle main part downside, the downside fixedly connected with multiunit sucking disc of casing, multiunit the downside of sucking disc adsorbs there is the photovoltaic board main part, the cavity has been seted up to the inside of casing, the internally mounted of casing has the water pump, the output fixedly connected with pipeline of water pump, pipeline keeps away from one side of water pump and runs through the outer wall that extends to the casing, pipeline keeps away from one side fixedly connected with moisturizing pipe of water pump, the upside of moisturizing pipe and the downside fixed connection of casing, the downside fixed mounting of moisturizing pipe has the multiunit shower nozzle, the mid-mounting of casing downside has electronic slide rail, electronic slider is worn to be equipped with in the outer wall of electronic slide rail, the downside fixedly connected with fixed plate of electronic slider, the downside of fixed plate is fixed even there is the clearance brush, the downside of clearance brush contacts with the side of going up of photovoltaic board main part.
Preferably, one side of the shell, which is close to the water replenishing pipe, is fixedly connected with an infusion pipe, and the inner wall of the infusion pipe is connected with a plug in a sliding manner.
Preferably, the upside fixed mounting of casing has the first photovoltaic board of multiunit, the upside fixed mounting of unmanned aerial vehicle main part has the second photovoltaic board, is located between the first photovoltaic board the upside fixed mounting of casing has the battery.
Preferably, the positioner main body is fixedly mounted on the upper side of the photovoltaic panel main body.
Preferably, the downside fixedly connected with connecting block of unmanned aerial vehicle main part, the both sides fixedly connected with L type support frame of connecting block, the downside contact of L type support frame has the supporting shoe, and is two sets of bolt and nut fixed connection are passed through to the inside of L type support frame and the inside of supporting shoe.
Preferably, two groups of first fixing blocks are fixedly connected to the upper side of the shell on two sides of the supporting block, and the first fixing blocks and the supporting block are rotatably connected with an I-shaped rotating column.
Preferably, the downside fixedly connected with hydraulic telescoping rod of unmanned aerial vehicle main part, hydraulic telescoping rod's downside fixedly connected with turning block is located the turning block both sides the two sets of second fixed blocks of upside fixedly connected with of casing, the inside rotation of second fixed block and turning block is connected with the dwang.
Compared with the prior art, the beneficial effects of the utility model are that:
can adsorb the casing at the upside of photovoltaic board main part through the sucking disc, thereby carry the moisturizing pipe with the inside washing liquid of casing with the water pump, and the washing liquid in the moisturizing pipe can carry the sprinkler head end, alright with the upside that sprays the photovoltaic board main part with the washing liquid with the shower nozzle, and then drive electronic slider with electronic slide rail and remove, alright with driving the fixed plate with electronic slider and remove, thereby let the fixed plate drive the removal of cleaning brush, thereby let the cleaning brush play the effect of clearance to the photovoltaic board main part, thereby the negative effects of traditional clearance mode to the photovoltaic board has been solved, photovoltaic board main part that can not cause the overheated leading to of photovoltaic board main part edge loses efficacy.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic front sectional view of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic front view of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of the structure A of FIG. 1;
fig. 4 is a schematic view of a partial structure of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. an unmanned aerial vehicle main body; 2. a housing; 3. a water pump; 4. a delivery conduit; 5. a water replenishing pipe; 6. a spray head; 7. an electric slide rail; 8. an electric slider; 9. a fixing plate; 10. cleaning a brush; 11. a suction cup; 12. a photovoltaic panel body; 13. a locator body; 14. a transfusion tube; 15. a first photovoltaic panel; 16. a second photovoltaic panel; 17. a storage battery; 18. a first fixed block; 19. a support block; 20. rotating the rod; 21. rotating the block; 22. a second fixed block; 23. connecting blocks; 24. an L-shaped support frame; 25. a hydraulic telescopic rod.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the present invention, not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments in the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without creative work belong to the protection scope of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1-4, the present invention provides an embodiment:
in this implementation: a cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically cleaning a photovoltaic power generation plate or a glass curtain wall comprises an unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 and a shell 2 arranged on the lower side of the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1, wherein the lower side of the shell 2 is fixedly connected with a plurality of groups of suckers 11, the lower sides of the groups of suckers 11 are adsorbed with a photovoltaic plate main body 12, a cavity is arranged in the shell 2, a water pump 3 is arranged in the shell 2, an output end of the water pump 3 is fixedly connected with a conveying pipeline 4, one side of the conveying pipeline 4, which is far away from the water pump 3, penetrates through and extends to the outer wall of the shell 2, one side of the conveying pipeline 4, which is far away from the water pump 3, is fixedly connected with a water replenishing pipe 5, the upper side of the water replenishing pipe 5 is fixedly connected with the lower side of the shell 2, a plurality of spray heads 6 are fixedly arranged on the lower side of the shell 2, an electric slide rail 7 is arranged in the middle of the shell 2, an electric slide block 8 is arranged on the outer wall of the electric slide rail 7, a fixed plate 9 is fixedly connected with a fixed plate 9, the lower side of the electric block 8, a cleaning brush 10 is fixedly connected with the lower side of the fixed plate 9, the lower side of the cleaning brush 10, the upper side of the photovoltaic plate main body 12 is contacted with the upper side of the photovoltaic plate main body 12, the cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle, the housing 2 through the suction cup 11, so that the cleaning liquid in the shell 2 is conveyed into the water replenishing pipe 5 by the water pump 3, the cleaning liquid in the water replenishing pipe 5 can be conveyed to the end of the spray head 6, the cleaning liquid can be sprayed to the upper side of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 by the spray head 6, further, the electric slide rail 7 drives the electric slide block 8 to move, so that the electric slide block 8 can drive the fixed plate 9 to move, thereby leading the fixed plate 9 to drive the cleaning brush 10 to move, leading the cleaning brush 10 to play a role in cleaning the photovoltaic panel main body 12, therefore, the negative influence of the traditional cleaning mode on the photovoltaic panel is avoided, and the failure of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 caused by the overheating of the edge of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 is avoided.
Furthermore, one side of the shell 2 close to the water replenishing pipe 5 is fixedly connected with a transfusion pipe 14, a plug is connected to the inner wall of the transfusion pipe 14 in a sliding mode, the transfusion effect can be achieved on the inner portion of the shell 2 through the arrangement of the transfusion pipe 14, and after liquid conveying is completed, the plug can achieve a sealing effect on the transfusion pipe 14.
Further, the upside fixed mounting of casing 2 has the first photovoltaic board 15 of multiunit, and the upside fixed mounting of unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1 has the second photovoltaic board 16, and the upside fixed mounting of casing 2 who is located between first photovoltaic board 15 has battery 17, thereby can absorb solar energy through the setting of first photovoltaic board 15 and second photovoltaic board 16 and convert the electric energy into, alright with the effect that plays the energy storage to the electric energy with battery 17.
Further, the upside fixed mounting of photovoltaic board main part 12 has locator main part 13, is provided with obstacle detector and cruise sensor in the unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1, and locator main part 13, obstacle detector and cruise sensor are prior art, can play supplementary effect to unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1.
Further, the downside fixedly connected with connecting block 23 of unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1, the both sides fixedly connected with L type support frame 24 of connecting block 23, the downside contact of L type support frame 24 has supporting shoe 19, bolt and nut fixed connection is passed through to the inside of two sets of L type support frames 24 and the inside of supporting shoe 19, L type support frame 24 can play fixed effect to supporting shoe 19 under the effect through bolt and nut, alright play the effect of convenient dismantlement with supporting shoe 19 with letting unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1.
Furthermore, two sets of first fixing blocks 18 are fixedly connected to the upper side of the housing 2 at both sides of the supporting block 19, and the first fixing blocks 18 and the supporting block 19 are rotatably connected to an i-shaped rotating column, through which the first rotating block 21 and the supporting block 19 can deflect.
Further, unmanned aerial vehicle main part 1's downside fixedly connected with hydraulic telescoping rod 25, hydraulic telescoping rod 25's downside fixedly connected with turning block 21, be located two sets of second fixed blocks 22 of upside fixedly connected with of casing 2 of turning block 21 both sides, the inside of second fixed block 22 and turning block 21 is rotated and is connected with dwang 20, can drive turning block 21 through hydraulic telescoping rod 25 and rotate, and turning block 21 can rotate at the inside of second fixed block 22 through dwang 20, thereby play the effect of deflecting to casing 2.
The working principle is as follows: when the utility model is used, the first photovoltaic panel 15 and the second photovoltaic panel 16 on the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 and the shell 2 can play the role of absorbing solar energy and converting the solar energy into electric energy, the storage battery 17 can store energy, so that the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 can be powered, the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 can drive the shell 2 to fly, the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 can be used for trial flight once on the photovoltaic panel main body 12 before the unmanned aerial vehicle main body 1 is used for cleaning the photovoltaic panel main body 12, and the main body 1 of the unmanned aerial vehicle remembers the flying route by the positioner body 13, so that the main body 1 of the unmanned aerial vehicle can fly to the upper side of the photovoltaic panel body 12 along the primary flying route, further, the suction cup 11 on the shell 2 is absorbed on the photovoltaic panel main body 12, so that the shell 2 can be driven to deflect by the hydraulic telescopic rod 25, so as to deal with the photovoltaic panel main body 12 placed at different angles, and the hydraulic telescopic rod 25 rotates the rotating block 21 inside the second fixed block 22 through the rotating rod 20 when driving the shell 2 to deflect, and the supporting block 19 and the first fixing block 18 can rotate by using an I-shaped rotating column, so that the shell 2 can play a role of deflection, then the cleaning liquid in the shell 2 is conveyed into the water replenishing pipe 5 by the water pump 3, the cleaning liquid in the water replenishing pipe 5 can be conveyed to the end of the spray head 6, the cleaning liquid can be sprayed to the upper side of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 by the spray head 6, further, the electric slide rail 7 drives the electric slide block 8 to move, so that the electric slide block 8 can drive the fixing plate 9 to move, thereby leading the fixed plate 9 to drive the cleaning brush 10 to move, leading the cleaning brush 10 to play a role in cleaning the photovoltaic panel main body 12, therefore, the negative influence of the traditional cleaning mode on the photovoltaic panel is avoided, and the failure of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 caused by the overheating of the edge of the photovoltaic panel main body 12 is avoided.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it is understood that the above embodiments are exemplary and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and that variations, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the above embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a full-automatic washing unmanned aerial vehicle device who cleans photovoltaic power generation board or glass curtain wall, includes unmanned aerial vehicle main part (1) and sets up casing (2) in unmanned aerial vehicle main part (1) downside, its characterized in that: the utility model discloses a photovoltaic cleaning brush, including casing (2), downside fixedly connected with multiunit sucking disc (11), multiunit the downside of sucking disc (11) adsorbs photovoltaic board main part (12), the cavity has been seted up to the inside of casing (2), the internally mounted of casing (2) has water pump (3), output fixedly connected with pipeline (4) of water pump (3), one side that water pump (3) were kept away from in pipeline (4) runs through the outer wall that extends to casing (2), one side fixedly connected with moisturizing pipe (5) of water pump (3) are kept away from in pipeline (4), the upside of moisturizing pipe (5) and the downside fixed connection of casing (2), the downside fixed mounting of moisturizing pipe (5) has multiunit shower nozzle (6), casing (2) mid-mounting has electronic slide rail (7), electronic slider (8) are worn to be equipped with on the outer wall of electronic slide rail (7) to slide, the downside fixedly connected with fixed plate (9) of electronic slider (8), the downside fixed of fixed plate (9) is fixed to be linked with clearance brush (10), the downside of clearance brush (10) and the upside contact surface (12) of photovoltaic board main part (12).
2. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 1, wherein: one side of the shell (2) close to the water replenishing pipe (5) is fixedly connected with a transfusion pipe (14), and the inner wall of the transfusion pipe (14) is connected with a plug in a sliding manner.
3. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the upside fixed mounting of casing (2) has first photovoltaic board of multiunit (15), the upside fixed mounting of unmanned aerial vehicle main part (1) has second photovoltaic board (16), is located between first photovoltaic board (15) the upside fixed mounting of casing (2) has battery (17).
4. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 1, wherein: and a positioner main body (13) is fixedly mounted on the upper side of the photovoltaic panel main body (12).
5. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 1, wherein: downside fixedly connected with connecting block (23) of unmanned aerial vehicle main part (1), both sides fixedly connected with L type support frame (24) of connecting block (23), the downside contact of L type support frame (24) has supporting shoe (19), and is two sets of bolt and nut fixed connection are passed through to the inside of L type support frame (24) and the inside of supporting shoe (19).
6. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 5, wherein: two groups of first fixing blocks (18) are fixedly connected to the upper side of the shell (2) on two sides of the supporting block (19), and the first fixing blocks (18) and the supporting block (19) are rotatably connected with I-shaped rotating columns.
7. The cleaning unmanned aerial vehicle device for fully automatically scrubbing the photovoltaic power generation panel or the glass curtain wall as claimed in claim 1, wherein: downside fixedly connected with hydraulic telescoping rod (25) of unmanned aerial vehicle main part (1), downside fixedly connected with turning block (21) of hydraulic telescoping rod (25) is located turning block (21) both sides the two sets of second fixed blocks (22) of upside fixedly connected with of casing (2), the inside rotation of second fixed block (22) and turning block (21) is connected with dwang (20).
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