DEVICE FOR REMOVING ICE AND SNOW FROM POWER TRANSMISSION LINE

• US 20150059114A1
• Filed: 05/23/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation (Government of South Korea)
• Original Assignee: Korea Electric Power Corporation (Government of South Korea)
• Inventors: KIM, Young Ki, LEE, Seung Hoon, CHOI, Sang Hee, KANG, Bum Young, JUNG, Hyun Jong
• Granted Patent: US 9,590,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/246
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 7/16 Devices for removing snow or ice from lines or cables

Abstract

A device for removing ice and snow from a power transmission line includes a support member installed on the power transmission line, and a vibrator that is provided for the support member and applies vibrations to the power transmission line so as to remove the ice and the snow attached to the power transmission line.

Claims

1. A device for removing ice and snow from a power transmission line, comprising:

a support member installed on the power transmission line; and

a vibrator that is provided for the support member and applies vibrations to the power transmission line so as to remove the ice and the snow attached to the power transmission line.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the support member includes:

a first support member covering one side of the power transmission line; and

a second support member that is disposed to face the first support member and covers the other side of the power transmission line.

3. The device of claim 2, wherein the first support member and the second support member are mutually fixed by a coupler.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the coupler includes:

a close contact part that is formed on the first support member and encloses an upper surface of the power transmission line;

a seat part that is formed on the second support member and supports a lower surface of the power transmission line; and

fastening members, each of which is installed on edges of the first and second support members and fixes the first and second support members.

5. The device of claim 2, wherein the vibrator includes:

a driver disposed at a lower portion of the second support member;

an installer installing the driver on the second support member; and

an eccentric part that is coupled to a shaft of the driver and is eccentrically rotated to generate the vibrations.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the installer includes:

a fixing bracket provided on one side of the driver;

an installing bracket that is coupled to the fixing bracket and is installed at a lower side of the second support member; and

fixing members that pass through the installing bracket and are coupled to the fixing bracket.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the installing bracket is inserted into and constrained in a constraint recess formed in a lower surface of the second support member.

8. The device of claim 5, wherein the eccentric part includes:

a fixing block connected to the shaft of the driver; and

an eccentric block that is fixed to an outer circumferential surface of the fixing block and undergoes eccentric rotation.

9. The device of claim 5, wherein the driver is fixed at the lower portion of the second support member by an auxiliary installer.

10. The device of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary installer includes:

a ring member which encloses the driver and both ends of which are inserted into the second support member; and

fastening members that are fastened to the ends of the ring member and fix the ring member to the second support member.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the vibrator has a pair of vibrators that are symmetrically formed in a pair in a lengthwise direction of the power transmission line on the basis of the center of the support member; and

a controller controls an amount of vibration of the vibrators according to attached circumstances of the ice and the snow and controls the amount of vibration applied to the power transmission line.