US 11,982,573 B2
Water environment temperature measurement tool
Haoyue Gao, Nanjing (CN); Qinghua Luan, Nanjing (CN); Wenqiang Wang, Nanjing (CN); Pengcheng Gu, Nanjing (CN); Jiajun Chen, Nanjing (CN); Lei Sun, Nanjing (CN); Cheng Gao, Nanjing (CN); Ziyuan Wang, Nanjing (CN); and Hong Zhou, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to HOHAI UNIVERSITY, Nanjing (CN); and JIANGSU YUZHI RIVER BASIN MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO. LTD, Nanjing (CN)
Filed by Hohai University, Nanjing (CN); and Jiangsu Yuzhi River Basin Management Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd., Nanjing (CN)
Filed on Jul. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/353,675.
Claims priority of application No. 202211138411.8 (CN), filed on Sep. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0094068 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. G01K 13/02 (2021.01); G01K 1/08 (2021.01)
CPC G01K 13/026 (2021.01) [G01K 1/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water environment temperature measurement tool, comprising measurement boxes and a counterweight box, wherein the measurement boxes are provided to be more than one, and are movably connected together; and the counterweight box is movably connected with one of the measurement boxes; one end of the counterweight box is arranged in an arc shape; the arc-shaped end of the counterweight box is provided with an opening; a counterweight block is fixedly arranged on an inner wall of the counterweight box; each of the measurement boxes is provided with a temperature measurement instrument inside; and a switching valve is arranged at a bottom portion of each of the measurement boxes; and the water environment temperature measurement tool further comprising:
a pushing mechanism, arranged in the counterweight box;
connection mechanisms, mounted on outer walls of the measurement boxes and the counterweight box separately, and configured to connect the measurement boxes and to connect the measurement boxes with the counterweight box; and
control mechanisms, each comprising a water inlet pipe, a water retaining member, an elastic member, a control assembly, a rotating seat, a rotating shaft, a second screw rod, a control seat and a rotary assembly, wherein one end of the water inlet pipe extends out of one of the measurement boxes, another end of the water inlet pipe is fixedly arranged in one of the measurement boxes, the water retaining member and the elastic member are movably arranged in the water inlet pipe, one end of the elastic member is connected with the water retaining member, and each elastic force of the elastic members on the different measurement boxes are different;
each control assembly comprises a buoyancy member, a fourth rotating member, a third connecting member, a fourth connecting member, a connecting seat, a toggle member and a pressing member, the buoyancy member is movably arranged in one of the measurement boxes, one end of the fourth rotating member is connected with the buoyancy members, another end of the fourth rotating member is movably connected with an inner wall of one of the measurement boxes, two ends of the third connecting member are movably connected with the fourth rotating member and the fourth connecting member respectively, the fourth connecting member is fixed on a side wall of the connecting seat, the connecting seat is movably arranged in one of the measurement boxes, the toggle members and the pressing members are arranged on the connecting seat, and one end of the pressing members is attached to a side wall of the toggle members;
one end of the toggle member is connected with a rotating groove formed in the rotating seat, the rotating seat is fixedly sleeved on the rotating shaft, one end of the rotating shaft is movably connected with an inner wall of one of the measurement boxes, another end of the rotating shafts is fixedly connected with the second screw rod, the second screw rod is in threaded connection with the control seat, the control seat is movably arranged in the water inlet pipe, one end of the control seat is movably connected with the water retaining member, the rotary assembly is sleeved on the rotating shaft, and one end of the rotary assembly is connected with the rotating seat;
wherein the tool is configured such that if pressures of water bodies are larger than the elastic force of the elastic members, the pressures of the water bodies drive the water retaining members to rotate, the water retaining members make external water enter the measurement boxes through water inlets by rotating; the temperature measurement instruments measure temperatures of the water in the measurement boxes and transmit measurement information to a data center; the control mechanisms extract water at different water body depths by arranging elastic members with different degrees of elastic force; and the temperature measurement instruments measure the temperatures of the water at different water body depths in time by cooperating with the control mechanisms and the measurement boxes; and
the water in the measurement boxes drives the buoyancy members to move upward, the buoyancy member drives the fourth rotating member to rotate, the fourth rotating member drives the third connecting member to move upward, the third connecting member drives the connecting seat to rotate by virtue of the fourth connecting member, the connecting seat drives the toggle member and the pressing member to rotate, the toggle member drives the rotating seat to rotate by cooperating with the rotating groove, the rotating seat drives the rotating shaft to rotate, the rotating shaft drives the second screw rod and the rotary assembly to rotate, the second screw rod drives the control seat to move, the control seat drives the water retaining member to rotate, and the water retaining member closes the water inlet pipe by rotating.