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US 10,499,619 B2Granted
System for polishing walls of aquatic enclosures
AssigneeAbyssnaut
InventorJerome Berenguer
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Abstract
A system for the polishing treatment of inner walls of aquatic enclosures includes at least one tank of abrasive mixture and at least one surface treatment head which communicates fluidically with the tank of abrasive mixture, a mover allowing the treatment head to be moved along the wall to be treated, and a supply allowing the treatment head to be supplied with a substantially continuous flow of abrasive mixture.
Claims10
A system for polishing internal walls of aquatic enclosures, comprising:
- at least one abrasive mixture tank;
- at least one treatment head in fluid communication with the abrasive mixture tank;
- a mover for moving the at least one treatment head along one of the internal walls along X and Y axes;
- and
- a supply for supplying an abrasive mixture to the at least one treatment head with a substantially continuous flow;
- and
- a treatment head propeller driven by an electric motor for generating thrust allowing displacement of the at least one treatment head along a Z axis,
- wherein the at least one treatment head provides a single phase underwater treatment of the internal walls,
- wherein the at least one treatment head comprises a containment chamber, a treatment disc rotatably arranged in the containment chamber, and a hollow rotating and feeding shaft connected to the treatment disc and to the supply,
- wherein the treatment disc is connected to a treatment disc motor,
- wherein the treatment disc carries a foam, and
- wherein, in operation, a thrust exerted by the treatment head propeller added to an external pressure of an ambient medium is slightly greater than an opposite force resulting from an internal pressure in the containment chamber, thereby enabling a layer of the abrasive mixture to be held between the foam and the internal wall.
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A method for treating internal walls of aquatic enclosures, comprising a single phase underwater treatment, the method comprising:
- feeding a surface treatment head with an abrasive mixture;
- transmitting the abrasive mixture into a containment chamber of the surface treatment head;
- generating, by a propeller, a thrust allowing displacement of the treatment head along a Z axis;
- impregnating a treatment disc provided in the containment chamber with the abrasive mixture;
- rotating the treatment disc carrying a foam;
- adjusting the thrust such that the thrust exerted by the propeller added to the external pressure of an ambient medium is slightly greater than an opposite force resulting from an internal pressure in the containment chamber, thereby enabling a layer of the abrasive mixture to be held between the foam and one of the internal walls for treating the one of the internal walls;
- recovering the abrasive mixture after use;
- and
- moving the surface treatment head along X and Y axes with a mover.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.