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US 12,637,818 B2Granted
Apparatus and system of sand removal to prevent sand encroachment
OwnerAbdullah Ali Almaroufinventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a system of removing sand to prevent sand encroachment. In an embodiment, the apparatus can include a main arm (101), a movable arm (102) connected to one end of the main arm (101), and a plurality of flexible robotic arms (103) connected to the movable arm (102). The plurality of flexible robotic arms (103) can include a suction end with vacuum means for suctioning out grains of sand from a location.
Claims13
An apparatus for removing sand to prevent sand encroachment, comprising:
- a main arm (101) extending between a first region (108a) and a second region (108b);
- a movable arm (102) connected to a first end (101a) of the main arm (101), wherein the movable arm (102) rotatable relative to the main arm (101);
- a plurality of flexible robotic arms (103) connected to the movable arm, wherein the flexible robotic arms (102) extend over the first region to remove sand;
- a tube (103a) extending internally through each of the flexible robotic arms (103), wherein the plurality of tubes connected to a single tube extending internally through the movable arm (102), the main arm (101), and an exhaust arm (106);
- a controller operatively connected to the movable arm (102) and the flexible robotic arms (103) for controlling position of the movable arm (102) and the flexible robotic arms (103) relative to the first region (108a);
- a vacuum means fixed in the tubes (103a) of the flexible robotic arms (103) for generating vacuum to remove sand from the first region;
- wherein the sand transferred through the tubes (103a) from the flexible robotic arms (103) to the exhaust arm (106);
- and
- the exhaust arm (106a) connected to the second end (101b) of the main arm (101), wherein the tube in the exhaust arm releasing the sand to the second region (108b), thereby preventing sand encroachment.
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