Automated road sweeper and road cleaning method using said road sweeper
AssigneeDulevo International S.p.A.
InventorFabrizio TAGLIAFERRI
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Abstract
An automated road sweeper is provided including transport apparatus suitable to allow the sweeper to travel on a road surface including debris, a plurality of cleaning members arranged at fixed points located in different portions of the sweeper and suitable for cleaning within predetermined cleaning areas, and a selector operatively connected to the cleaning members, suitable for scanning the road surface and locating the debris so as to select and exclusively operate the cleaning members, the cleaning area of which covers the debris during the movement of the sweeper.
Claims10
An automated road sweeper comprising:
- means of transport suitable to allow said sweeper to travel on a road surface including debris,
- a plurality of cleaning members arranged at fixed points located in different portions of said sweeper and suitable for cleaning within predetermined cleaning areas, and
- selection means operatively connected to said cleaning members, suitable for scanning said road surface and locating said debris so as to select and exclusively operate said cleaning members, the cleaning area of which covers said debris during the movement of said sweeper.
A road cleaning method for cleaning a road surface including debris by means of a sweeper including a plurality of cleaning members arranged at fixed points located in different portions of said sweeper and suitable for cleaning within predetermined cleaning areas,
- said method being comprising the steps of:
- locating said debris on said road surface,
- selecting said cleaning members, the said cleaning area of which covers said debris during the movement of said sweeper,
- operating said cleaning members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.