Cleaning device and method on board of a vehicle
AssigneePlastic Omnium Advanced Innovation and Research
InventorJoel OP DE BEECK
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Abstract
A cleaning device on-board of a vehicle, the cleaning device being configured for cleaning a surface of the vehicle, the cleaning device including: a tank configured for containing a gas and a washing liquid, the tank including a gas feed line, a washing liquid feed line, a washing liquid filling opening and a gas filling opening, a gas outlet port and a washing liquid outlet port, a gas pressurizing device fluidly connected to the gas filling opening and configured to pressurize the tank, a first nozzle configured to spray the washing liquid and/or to blow the gas, the first nozzle being fluidly connected to the gas feed line and/or the washing liquid feed line and a first valve fluidly connected to the first nozzle.
Claims16
A cleaning device on-board of a vehicle, the cleaning device being configured for cleaning a surface of the vehicle, said cleaning device comprising:
- a tank configured for containing a gas and a washing liquid, the tank comprising a gas feed line, a washing liquid feed line, a washing liquid filling opening and a gas filling opening, a gas outlet port and a washing liquid outlet port,
- a gas pressurizing means fluidly connected to the gas filling opening and configured to pressurize the tank,
- a first nozzle configured to spray the washing liquid and/or to blow the gas, the first nozzle being fluidly connected to the gas feed line and/or the washing liquid feed line,
- a first valve fluidly connected to the first nozzle,
- wherein the gas pressurizing means is located totally or partly in a gas volume of the tank.
(canceled)
A method for cleaning a surface of a vehicle comprising the following steps:
- pressurizing a tank containing a gas and a washing liquid by compressing said gas using pressuring means located totally or partly in a gas volume of the tank,
- opening a first valve located on a washing liquid feed line fluidly connected to the tank or opening a second valve located on a gas feed line fluidly connected to the tank,
- spraying the washing liquid on the surface or blowing the gas onto the surface.
A method for washing a surface of a vehicle comprising the following, preferentially successive, steps:
- pressurizing a tank containing a gas and a washing liquid by compressing said gas using pressuring means located totally or partly in a gas volume of the tank,
- opening a first valve located on a washing liquid feed line fluidly connected to the tank,
- spraying the washing liquid on the surface,
- opening a second valve located on a gas feed line fluidly connected to the tank,
- blowing the gas onto the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.