Method and apparatus for removing material from object surface
AssigneeRomoline AS
InventorRolf Monrad
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for removing material deposited on an object surface by moving a mechanical cleaning device for physical removing of material on the object surface over parts of or the entire object surface, comprising removing material deposited on the object surface by moving one end of the cleaning device in circumferential direction of the object surface, and retaining the other end of the mechanical cleaning device or moving the other end of the mechanical cleaning device in circumferential direction of the object surface.
Claims10
An apparatus (10) for removing material deposited on an object surface (102), the apparatus (10) being attached to or configured to accommodate an object (100), comprising
- an elastic mechanical cleaning device (310) arranged to a first driving unit (321) at a first end and arranged to a second driving unit (322) at a second end, the first driving unit (321) and second driving unit (322) being configured to move the respective first and second ends of the elastic mechanical cleaning device (310) in a circumferential direction relative the object surface (102),
- wherein
- the second driving unit (322) is configured to move inside the first driving unit (321),
- the first driving unit (321) and second driving unit (322) move in opposite relative directions from one another, and
- the opposite relative movement of the first driving unit (321) at the first end and the second driving unit (322) at the second end causes a tightening and a loosening of the elastic mechanical cleaning member (310) and provides a random cleaning pattern over the object surface (102) to remove material deposited on the object surface (102).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.