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US 12,729,068 B2Granted
Contacting cleaning system
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorMatthew Benning
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Abstract
Disclosed conveyors for contact cleaning system include an inbound conveyor, and an outbound conveyor spaced apart from the inbound conveyor by a distance (A), wherein the inbound conveyor and/or the outbound conveyor is movable relative to the other of the inbound conveyor or the outbound conveyor between a retracted position in which the distance (A) is a first distance (Acleaning) and an extended position in which the distance (A) is less than the first distance (Acleaning).
Claims11
A contact cleaning system, comprising:
- a conveyor, the conveyor comprising:
- an inbound conveyor;
- and
- an outbound conveyor spaced apart from the inbound conveyor by a distance;
- wherein the inbound conveyor and/or the outbound conveyor is movable relative to the other of the inbound conveyor or the outbound conveyor between a retracted position in which the distance is a first distance and an extended position in which the distance is less than the first distance;
- and,
- wherein the conveyor is configured to support a substrate on a conveyor surface;
- and
- at least one of:
- one or more upper contact cleaning roller positioned above the conveyor surface, wherein the one or more upper contact cleaning roller are movable between a cleaning position in which a surface of the one or more upper contact cleaning roller are arranged to contact an upper surface of a substrate conveyed from the inbound conveyor to the outbound conveyor, and a withdrawn position in which the surface of the one or more upper contact cleaning roller is withdrawn upwards, away from the inbound and outbound conveyors, or
- one or more lower contact cleaning rollers positioned below the conveyor surface, wherein the one or more lower contact cleaning rollers are movable between a cleaning position in which a surface of the one or more lower contact cleaning rollers is coplanar with the inbound conveyor and the outbound conveyor, and a withdrawn position in which the surface of the one or more lower contact cleaning rollers is withdrawn below a plane of the inbound and outbound conveyors;
- and
- wherein the inbound conveyor is arranged to convey the substrate towards the one or more upper contact cleaning roller and/or the one or more lower contact cleaning rollers.
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