A cleaning apparatus and cleaning system
AssigneeSummit Building Wash Technologies Limited
InventorsRaymond TOMLINSON, Samuel CLAYTON
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Abstract
An unmanned cleaning apparatus for cleaning structures such as buildings, more specifically windows on buildings includes a carriage, a cleaning element rotatably mounted on the carriage, at least a pair of support arms, at least a pair of electric ducted fans, a motor that in use is operable remotely to rotate the cleaning element about its horizontal axis across the surface to be cleaned, and a spray boom that is mounted on the carriage. A cleaning system includes the unmanned cleaning apparatus as described and a portable winching member.
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An unmanned cleaning apparatus suitable for cleaning a surface of a structure comprising:
- a carriage adapted to be moved in upward and downward directions relative to the surface of a structure,
- a cleaning element rotatably mounted on the carriage that in use rotates about a substantially horizontal axis, the cleaning element being configured to contact the surface,
- at least a pair of support members mounted on the carriage to support the apparatus against the surface,
- at least a pair of electric ducted fans, with one fan of each pair positioned at each end of the carriage and together the pair of fans provide thrust to the carriage in a direction toward the surface being cleaned to stabilize the apparatus against the surface being cleaned when in use;
- a motor that in use is operable remotely to rotate the cleaning element about its horizontal axis across the surface being cleaned;
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- a spray boom that is mounted on the carriage providing a plurality of spaced apart nozzles that in use spray water towards the cleaning element and the surface of the structure being cleaned.
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An unmanned cleaning apparatus suitable for cleaning a surface of a structure comprising:
- a carriage adapted to be moved in upward and downward directions relative to the surface of a structure,
- a cleaning element rotatably mounted on the carriage that in use rotates about a substantially horizontal axis, the cleaning element being configured to contact the surface, at least a pair of support members mounted on the carriage to support the apparatus against the surface,
- at least a pair of lateral members configured and adapted to support the movement of the carriage across the structure surface when in use,
- a motor that in use is operable remotely to rotate the cleaning element about its horizontal axis across the surface being cleaned;
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- a spray boom that is mounted on the carriage providing a plurality of spaced apart spray nozzles that in use spray water towards the cleaning element and the surface of the structure being cleaned.
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