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US 11,297,986 B2Granted
Cleaning device for compact heating and/or cooling units
AssigneeNet Building Services, LLC
InventorJeffrey Clayton Towberman
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Abstract
A cleaning device for a compact HVAC unit includes a flexible belt, and a collection element attached to the flexible belt at a first end of the belt. The collection element and the belt form a collection area therebetween, and wherein the collection element has a port therein at the first end of the belt, the port configured to remove debris collected in the collection area.
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A cleaning device for a compact HVAC unit, comprising:
- a flexible elongate flat belt extending from a first end to a second end;
- a collection element attached to the flexible elongate flat belt at the first end of the belt;
- wherein the collection element and the elongate flat sheet-shaped belt form a collection area therebetween, and wherein the collection element has a port therein at the first end of the belt, the port configured to remove debris collected in the collection area.
A method, comprising:
- inserting a cleaning device between a wall and a condenser coil of an HVAC unit, the cleaning device comprising an elongate flat belt that wraps at least partially around the condenser coil, a collection element on the elongate flat belt to collect debris, and a vacuum port configured to remove collected debris from the collection element;
- blowing debris collected in the HVAC unit toward the collection element along the elongate flat belt;
- and
- removing collected debris with the vacuum port and an external vacuum.
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A method, comprising:
- inserting a cleaning device having an elongate flat flexible belt, a debris collection area, and a debris removal port, between a wall and a condenser coil of an HVAC unit;
- blowing debris collected in the HVAC unit along the elongate flat flexible belt toward the debris collection area;
- and
- removing the debris collected in the debris collection area via the debris removal port and an external vacuum.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.