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US 2026/0072270 A1Published application
Thermal imaging assembly
AssigneeGlobal Clean Coal Technologies Pty Ltd
InventorRichard Vorias
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus may comprise; a housing; a camera mounted within the housing; a gas injection portion; and a fluid injection portion. The apparatus provides an effective cleaning system for a camera used in a dirty and moist environment.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising;
- a housing defining first and second internal chambers spaced along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus, the housing comprising a front wall having a first aperture extending therethrough and an internal wall that separates the first and second internal chambers, the internal wall having a second aperture extending therethrough;
- a camera mounted within the second internal chamber of the housing, the camera comprising a lens that is aligned with the first and second apertures and that extends into the first internal chamber via the second aperture for cleaning purposes;
- a gas injection portion connected to the first internal chamber, the gas injection portion comprising a first gas intake channel configured to direct gas into the first chamber;
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- a fluid injection portion connected to the first internal chamber, the fluid injection portion comprising a fluid intake channel configured to direct fluid towards the camera lens to clean the camera lens.
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A system comprising:
- a controller,
- a transmitter configured to wirelessly communicate information to a remote computer system, and
- a receiver configured to wirelessly receive information from the remote computer system,
- the controller being configured to receive instructions from the remote computer system and output instructions to the fluid injection portion to allow fluid to enter the fluid intake channel and thereby discharge fluid onto the camera lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.