阅读说明：本技术 一种方便维护的光伏组件清洁机器人 (Photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain ) 是由 冯泽君 唐建生 段春艳 赖华景 陈潇跃 许继源 李颖 连佳生 谢灏 柳淦元 于 2020-05-29 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种方便维护的光伏组件清洁机器人,包括：框架,其左侧和右侧均设有毛刷安装座,毛刷安装座设于框架的前侧或后侧；清洁组件,包括毛刷辊,毛刷辊的左端和右端分别与设于框架的左侧和右侧的两个毛刷安装座转动连接,框架上固定连接有清洁电机；至少两个行走机构,框架的左侧和右侧分别至少设有一个行走机构,行走机构包括与框架固定连接的竖板,竖板上转动连接有行走轮,竖板上固定连接有驱动电机。在框架的外侧设置毛刷安装座,毛刷辊安装在毛刷安装座上,使毛刷辊安装在框架的外侧,与现有的清洁毛刷安装在机器人的内部相比,本技术可方便地在框架的外侧维护毛刷辊。(The invention discloses a photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain, which comprises: the left side and the right side of the frame are both provided with a hairbrush mounting seat, and the hairbrush mounting seats are arranged on the front side or the rear side of the frame; the cleaning assembly comprises a brush roller, the left end and the right end of the brush roller are respectively and rotatably connected with two brush mounting seats arranged on the left side and the right side of the frame, and the frame is fixedly connected with a cleaning motor; at least two running gear, the left side and the right side of frame are equipped with a running gear respectively at least, running gear include with frame fixed connection's riser, rotate on the riser and be connected with the walking wheel, fixedly connected with driving motor on the riser. The brush installation seat is arranged on the outer side of the frame, the brush roller is installed on the brush installation seat, the brush roller is installed on the outer side of the frame, and compared with the existing cleaning brush installed inside the robot, the technology can conveniently maintain the brush roller on the outer side of the frame.)

1. A photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain is characterized by comprising:

the brush mounting seat is arranged on the front side or the rear side of the frame;

the cleaning assembly is arranged in front of or behind the frame and comprises a brush roller extending along the left-right direction, the left end and the right end of the brush roller are respectively and rotatably connected with two brush mounting seats arranged on the left side and the right side of the frame, and the frame is fixedly connected with a cleaning motor in transmission connection with the brush roller;

running gear, its quantity is at least two, the left side and the right side of frame are equipped with one respectively at least running gear, running gear include with frame fixed connection's riser, it is connected with the walking wheel that the axis set up along left right direction to rotate on the riser, fixedly connected with driving motor on the riser, the walking wheel with the driving motor transmission is connected.

2. The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 1, wherein a control module and a power supply module are fixedly connected to the inner side of the frame, the control module, the cleaning motor and the driving motor are electrically connected with the power supply module, and the cleaning motor and the driving motor are in signal connection with the control module.

3. The easy-to-maintain photovoltaic module cleaning robot as recited in claim 2, wherein a communication module is further fixedly connected to the inside of the frame, and the communication module is in signal connection with the control module.

4. The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 3, wherein the control module, the power supply module and the communication module are arranged at intervals from left to right, and waterproof shells are respectively arranged on the outer side of the control module, the outer side of the power supply module and the outer side of the communication module.

5. The conveniently maintained photovoltaic module cleaning robot as recited in claim 2, wherein a raindrop sensor is disposed on the frame, and the raindrop sensor is in signal connection with the control module.

6. The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 1, wherein the frame comprises at least two frames which are sequentially arranged along the left-right direction, splicing parts are arranged at the left end and the right end of each frame, every two adjacent frames are detachably connected through the splicing parts, a brush roller is arranged at the front side or the rear side of each frame, a connecting part is arranged on each frame, the vertical plate is detachably connected with the connecting part, the connecting part is arranged beside each splicing part, and at least one splicing part of the two mutually connected splicing parts is connected with one walking mechanism beside each splicing part.

7. The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 6, wherein the frame body comprises a plurality of first transverse strips extending in the left-right direction, the left-right direction is the length direction of the frame body, the plurality of first transverse strips are circumferentially distributed along the length direction of the frame body, an intermediate connecting strip is connected between every two adjacent first transverse strips, the length direction of the intermediate connecting strip is perpendicular to the left-right direction, the first transverse strips and the intermediate connecting strip are both aluminum profile components, the frame further comprises a plurality of first aluminum profile connecting pieces and a plurality of second aluminum profile connecting pieces, the first transverse strips and the intermediate connecting strips are fixedly connected through the aluminum profile connecting pieces, connecting grooves extending in the left-right direction are formed in the first transverse strips, and each connecting groove comprises the splicing parts, a plurality of adjacent two in the framework first horizontal bar is just to setting up one by one and passes through second aluminium alloy connecting piece releasable connection.

8. The photovoltaic component cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 6, further comprising two limiting components, wherein the two limiting components are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the frame, each limiting component comprises a limiting seat fixedly connected with the frame body, a plurality of limiting wheels are rotatably connected to the limiting seats, the axes of the limiting wheels are arranged in the vertical direction, the limiting wheels are arranged in the front-back direction, the limiting component positioned at the left side is arranged at the left side of the walking mechanism positioned at the leftmost side, the limiting component positioned at the right side is arranged at the right side of the walking mechanism positioned at the rightmost side, and the limiting wheels are arranged at the lower sides of the walking wheels; locate leftmost side or locate rightmost side be equipped with the positioning adjustment groove in the framework, the positioning adjustment groove extends along left and right direction, spacing seat with positioning adjustment groove sliding connection, fixedly connected with slip retaining member on the spacing seat, spacing seat passes through the slip retaining member with the positioning adjustment groove is connected and is locked.

9. The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain according to claim 8, wherein the limiting wheel is provided with a lightning protection belt avoiding groove arranged along the circumferential direction.

10. The maintenance-convenient photovoltaic module cleaning robot as claimed in claim 8, wherein a plurality of said traveling wheels are rotatably connected to a lower side of said vertical plate, a plurality of said traveling wheels are arranged in a front-rear direction, an idler wheel provided on an upper side of said traveling wheels is rotatably connected to said vertical plate, a traveling belt is wound around said plurality of said traveling wheels and said idler wheel, a tension wheel capable of tensioning said traveling belt is further rotatably connected to said vertical plate, two of said idler wheels are provided, said two idler wheels are provided respectively on a front side and a rear side of said plurality of said traveling wheels, said tension wheel is provided between said two idler wheels, said tension wheel is pressed against an upper side of said traveling belt, a tension adjusting groove is provided in said vertical plate, and said tension wheel is vertically slidably connected to and locked to said tension adjusting groove.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of photovoltaic module maintenance, in particular to a photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain.

Background

Solar energy belongs to renewable energy, has an important position in a long-term energy strategy, has the advantage of inexhaustibility, and has become a development trend of new energy sources in the world as a green and pollution-free power generation mode. Photovoltaic module produces the electric energy through absorbing the sunlight, need place for a long time in the open air, so photovoltaic module surface is adhered to by dirt such as deposition, bird excrement easily, leads to photovoltaic module's generated energy to reduce, consequently needs photovoltaic module cleaning robot to clear up the dirt on photovoltaic module surface. Because photovoltaic module cleaning machines people places in the open air, need often carry out cleaning work again, so need regularly to clean or maintenance such as change photovoltaic module cleaning machines people's cleaning brush, but the cleaning brush maintenance of current photovoltaic module cleaning machines people is inconvenient.

Disclosure of Invention

The present invention is directed to solving at least one of the problems of the prior art. Therefore, the invention provides a photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain.

According to the photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain, the photovoltaic module cleaning robot comprises:

the brush mounting seat is arranged on the front side or the rear side of the frame;

the cleaning assembly is arranged in front of or behind the frame and comprises a brush roller extending along the left-right direction, the left end and the right end of the brush roller are respectively and rotatably connected with two brush mounting seats arranged on the left side and the right side of the frame, and the frame is fixedly connected with a cleaning motor in transmission connection with the brush roller;

running gear, its quantity is at least two, the left side and the right side of frame are equipped with one respectively at least running gear, running gear include with frame fixed connection's riser, it is connected with the walking wheel that the axis set up along left right direction to rotate on the riser, fixedly connected with driving motor on the riser, the walking wheel with the driving motor transmission is connected.

The photovoltaic module cleaning robot convenient to maintain provided by the embodiment of the invention at least has the following beneficial effects: compared with the prior art that the cleaning brush is arranged inside the robot, the technology can conveniently maintain the brush roller on the outer side of the frame; the walking mechanism can make the frame walk on the photovoltaic module.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, a control module and a power supply module are fixedly connected to an inner side of the frame, the control module, the cleaning motor and the driving motor are electrically connected to the power supply module, and the cleaning motor and the driving motor are in signal connection with the control module. The control module is used for controlling the cleaning motor and the driving motor to operate, and the control module can adopt a PLC (programmable logic controller) or an ARM (advanced RISC machines) embedded system. The power supply module supplies electric energy to the control module, the cleaning motor and the driving motor, and the power supply module can adopt a battery.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a communication module is further fixedly connected to the inner side of the frame, and the communication module is in signal connection with the control module. The communication module can be used for communicating with a remote computer, and maintainers can send control instructions to the control module through the remote computer to remotely control the cleaning robot to automatically clean, so that the cleaning robot is different from the existing cleaning robot which needs personnel to follow, the work of the maintainers is reduced, and the danger of outdoor work is reduced in rainy days or extreme weather.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the control module, the power supply module and the communication module are arranged at left and right intervals, and waterproof housings are respectively arranged on the outer side of the control module, the outer side of the power supply module and the outer side of the communication module. The control module, the power supply module and the communication module are arranged at intervals and are respectively and independently provided with a waterproof shell for protection; each module is installed separately, avoids concentrating and places, makes mutual noninterference dismouting and inspection when maintaining, convenient maintenance.

According to some embodiments of the invention, a raindrop sensor is disposed on the frame, the raindrop sensor being in signal connection with the control module. The raindrop sensor is used for detecting whether raining occurs or not, and if raining occurs, the control module controls the driving motor and the cleaning motor to operate, so that the photovoltaic module can be automatically cleaned in rainy days, and the cleaning effect is improved by using rainwater.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the frame comprises at least two frame bodies arranged in sequence along the left-right direction, the left end and the right end of each frame body are respectively provided with a splicing part, two adjacent frame bodies are detachably connected through the splicing parts, a brush roller is arranged on the front side or the rear side of each frame body, the frame bodies are provided with connecting parts, vertical plates are detachably connected with the connecting parts, the connecting parts are arranged beside the splicing parts, and a walking mechanism is connected to the side of at least one splicing part of the two mutually connected splicing parts.

The photovoltaic module cleaning robot mainly crosses the photovoltaic modules through a frame to clean the photovoltaic modules, and the length of the frame determines the number of the photovoltaic modules which can cross the photovoltaic modules; the frame includes the framework, and the left end and the right-hand member of framework are equipped with the concatenation portion, can increase or reduce the quantity of framework conveniently through the removable concatenation of concatenation portion between adjacent framework and the framework, and the length of frame is prolonged or shortened, adapts to the increase or the reduction of photovoltaic module quantity. A walking mechanism is arranged at the splicing position of two adjacent frame bodies, and the walking mechanism can play a role in walking and supporting; the two running mechanisms are arranged at the two ends of the frame, the middle part of the frame is also provided with the running mechanism, and the running mechanism runs at the position close to the edge between the two photovoltaic modules, so that the middle part of the frame is supported, the strength of the splicing part of the two frame bodies is improved, and the downward bending deformation of the middle part of the frame is reduced; the number of the walking mechanisms is increased, friction between the photovoltaic module cleaning robot and the photovoltaic modules is improved, and walking stability is improved.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the frame body includes a plurality of first bars extending in a left-right direction, the left and right directions are taken as the length direction of the frame body, the plurality of first transverse strips are circumferentially distributed along the length direction of the frame body, an intermediate connecting strip is connected between every two adjacent first transverse strips, the length direction of the middle connecting strip is vertical to the left and right direction, the first transverse strip and the middle connecting strip are both aluminum profile components, the frame comprises a plurality of first aluminum profile connecting pieces and a plurality of second aluminum profile connecting pieces, the first transverse strips and the middle connecting strips which are connected with each other are fixedly connected through the aluminum profile connecting pieces, the first horizontal bar is provided with a connecting groove extending along the left-right direction, the connecting groove comprises a splicing part and two adjacent first horizontal bars, and the first horizontal bars are arranged in the frame body in a one-to-one mode and are connected with the second aluminum profile connecting piece in a detachable mode.

The frame body is formed by splicing aluminum profiles, the aluminum profiles are convenient to process and splice, and grooves in the aluminum profiles can be used as connecting grooves and splicing parts; first aluminum product connecting piece and second aluminum product connecting piece are the accessory of the connection aluminium alloy commonly used, can conveniently piece into the framework to first horizontal bar and intermediate junction strip through first aluminum product connecting piece, can conveniently splice two first horizontal bars through the second aluminum product connecting piece, make two frameworks splice.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the frame further comprises two limiting assemblies, the two limiting assemblies are respectively arranged at the left end and the right end of the frame, the limiting assembly comprises a limiting seat fixedly connected with the frame body, a plurality of limiting wheels are rotatably connected to the limiting seat, the axes of the limiting wheels are arranged along the vertical direction, the limiting wheels are arranged along the front-back direction, the limiting assembly positioned at the left side is arranged at the left side of the walking mechanism positioned at the leftmost side, the limiting assembly positioned at the right side is arranged at the right side of the walking mechanism positioned at the rightmost side, and the limiting wheels are arranged at the lower sides of the walking wheels; locate leftmost side or locate rightmost side be equipped with the positioning adjustment groove in the framework, the positioning adjustment groove extends along left and right direction, spacing seat with positioning adjustment groove sliding connection, fixedly connected with slip retaining member on the spacing seat, spacing seat passes through the slip retaining member with the positioning adjustment groove is connected and is locked.

Two spacing subassembly is located respectively the left end and the right-hand member of frame, spacing wheel in two spacing subassemblies butt respectively at a plurality of photovoltaic module's leftmost flank and rightmost flank, can be to spacing on photovoltaic module cleaning machines people when walking along the fore-and-aft direction on photovoltaic module in the left and right sides direction.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the limiting wheel is provided with a lightning protection belt avoiding groove arranged along the circumferential direction. Can set up lightning protection area in some photovoltaic module's side, prevent that the thunder and lightning from destroying photovoltaic module, set up lightning protection area and dodge the groove and make lightning protection area not influence spacing round rotation and removal.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the lower side of the vertical plate is rotatably connected with a plurality of the travelling wheels, the plurality of the travelling wheels are arranged in a front-back direction, the vertical plate is rotatably connected with an idler wheel arranged on the upper side of the travelling wheels, the plurality of the travelling wheels and the idler wheel are wound with a travelling belt, the vertical plate is further rotatably connected with a tensioning wheel capable of tensioning the travelling belt, the number of the idler wheels is two, the two idler wheels are respectively arranged on the front side and the rear side of the travelling wheels, the tensioning wheel is arranged between the two idler wheels, the tensioning wheel is pressed against the upper side of the travelling belt, the vertical plate is provided with a tensioning adjustment groove arranged in a vertical direction, and the tensioning wheel is connected with and locked with the tensioning adjustment groove in a vertical sliding manner.

The traveling wheels in the existing traveling mechanism are directly contacted with the photovoltaic module panel, and the photovoltaic module panel is easily damaged in the traveling process. In the technology, a crawler-type travelling mechanism is adopted, a crawler-type structure is formed by a plurality of travelling wheels, idler wheels and travelling belts, and the crawler-type structure is tensioned by tensioning wheels; a plurality of walking wheels are installed at the downside and the height of riser the same, and the downside of walking area is around the downside of a plurality of walking wheels, and the walking wheel drives the walking area and rotates, through walking area and photovoltaic module panel contact, less to the damage of photovoltaic module panel, and with the area of contact increase of photovoltaic module panel, frictional force also increases, reduces the phenomenon of skidding.

The photovoltaic module maintenance device is used for photovoltaic module maintenance.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It is clear that the described figures are only some embodiments of the invention, not all embodiments, and that a person skilled in the art can also derive other designs and figures from them without inventive effort.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a frame and a travel mechanism according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of a photovoltaic module with a frame and a traveling mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention mounted thereon;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view of a travel mechanism and a stop assembly according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a traveling mechanism according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the drawings: 101-frame, 102-frame, 103-splice, 104-positioning adjustment groove, 105-first horizontal bar, 201-walking mechanism, 202-vertical plate, 203-walking wheel, 204-driving motor, 205-idle wheel, 206-walking belt, 207-tensioning wheel, 208-tensioning adjustment groove, 209-motor controller, 301-limiting component, 302-limiting seat, 303-limiting wheel, 304-sliding locking component, 305-lightning protection belt avoiding groove, 401-photovoltaic component, 501-brush mounting seat, 502-brush roller, 503-cleaning motor, 504-control module, 505-power supply module and 507-raindrop sensor.

Detailed Description

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the present invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to the same or similar elements or elements having the same or similar function throughout. The embodiments described below with reference to the accompanying drawings are illustrative only for the purpose of explaining the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship referred to in the description of the orientation, such as the upper, lower, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.