Method and system for installing bird flight diverters
AssigneeFt Holdings Inc.
InventorsDaniel John CLARKE, Romas KRIVELIS
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Abstract
A system and method for installing bird flight diverters on wires, such as power lines and guy wires, is described. The system and method include the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle to place a robotic line crawler onto wires where the line crawler is configured to place bird flight diverters on the wire as the line crawler travels along the wire.
Claims36
A method for installing a plurality of bird flight diverters onto a longitudinal length of a wire, wherein each bird flight diverter comprises a barrel and a pair of wings extending therefrom, the method comprising:
- a) attaching a lifter to a robotic line crawler, the line crawler configured to hold a plurality of the bird flight diverters;
- b) lifting the robotic line crawler with the lifter off of a ground surface;
- c) placing the line crawler on the wire, the line crawler further configured to traverse along the longitudinal length of the wire;
- d) moving the line crawler along the longitudinal length of the wire;
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- e) installing one or more of the plurality of the bird flight diverters on the wire at pre-determined spaced-apart intervals along the wire.
A system for installing a plurality of bird flight diverters onto a longitudinal length of a wire, wherein each bird flight diverter comprises a barrel and a pair of wings extending therefrom, the system comprising:
- a robotic line crawler, the line crawler configured to traverse along the longitudinal length of the wire, the line crawler further configured to hold the plurality of bird flight diverters, the line crawler further configured to install one or more of the plurality of bird flight diverters on the wire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.