SUCTION DISK FOR SUCTION SLIDING TYPE MOBILE INSPECTION ROBOT

• Main Authors: MATSUHASHI KANJI, KURIHARA YOICHI, KURIHARA HIDEO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 10.05.2018
• Subjects: ASSEMBLY OF BRIDGES; CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGES; CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; HAND TOOLS; LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS; MANIPULATORS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OR VIADUCTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRAILERS; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide safe suction sliding wherein, the suction force of a suction device is stably maintained when encountering a wall w having great unevenness while the sealing performance of the suction device is maintained by using a structure devised to allow a suction device having high sealing performance.SOLUTION: A suction device comprises: a chamber 2 having an opening 3 on one face; a travelling mechanism 6 installed inside the chamber 2 in a manner allowing 360 degrees of rotation in relation to a wall w via a rotation mechanism 5; an air displacement pump 4 for creating negative pressure within the chamber 2; and a skirt 15 for sealing formed from a plurality of segments 14 installed on the periphery 12 of the chamber 2 and arranged individually in the wall w direction in a freely retractable manner.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】吸着する装置の密封性を高めるための工夫を施した構造にすることで、吸着する装置の密封性を維持したまま、壁面ｗに大きな凹凸がある場合に、吸着する装置の吸引力を安定に維持し、安全に吸引滑動させる。【解決手段】一面に開口３を有するチャンバー２と、チャンバー２内に、旋回機構５により壁面ｗに対して３６０度の旋回可能に取り付けられた走行機構６と、チャンバー２内を負圧にする排気ポンプ４と、チャンバー２の周縁部１２に取り付けられた、壁面ｗ方向に個々に出没自在に配置された複数のセグメント１４から成る密封用スカート１５と、を備えた。【選択図】図３