Robot cleaner for use between parallel platens
OwnerCharles J. Schmidtinventor
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Abstract
A robot cleaner for insertion between parallel platens for cleaning the platens. A body having first and second sections movable away and toward each other by an air bladder. Said sections include gripping and scraping blades, each of the sections includes sides movable transversely toward the plate by a bladder. One of the sections grips the platens while the second section traverses across the plates and scrapes and cleans the plates.
Claims8
A robot cleaner for cleaning the surface of at least a first plate spaced from a parallel second plate comprising,
- a body having first and second sections connected together but movable relative to each other,
- first actuating means connected to said first and second sections for moving said sections away and toward each other for moving said sections parallel to said first and second plates when said body is positioned between said first and second plates,
- said first section having first and second sides connected together but movable relative to each other,
- second actuating means connected to said first and second sides for moving said first and second sides transverse to said first and second plates when the body is positioned between said first and second plates,
- said second section having third and fourth sides connected together but movable relative to each other,
- third actuating means connected to said third and fourth sides for moving said third and fourth sides transverse to said first and second plates when the body is positioned between said first and second plates,
- cleaning means on at least one side of each of the sections for positioning against the first plate for cleaning the first plate when the cleaning means engages and moves along the plate, and
- control means connected to the first, second and third actuating means for sequentially gripping the first and second plates by one of the sections and moving the other section parallel to and across the first plate.
A robot cleaner for insertion between first and second spaced and parallel press platens for cleaning the platens comprising,
- a body having first and second sections connected together but movable relative to each other,
- first air bladder actuating means connected between said first and second sections for moving said sections away and toward each other for moving said sections in a direction parallel to said first and second platens when said body is positioned between said first and second platens,
- said first section having first and second sides connected together but movable relative to each other,
- second air bladder actuating means connected between said first and second sides for moving said first and second sides transverse to said first and second platens when the body is positioned between said first and second platens,
- said second section having third and fourth sides connected together but movable relative to each other,
- third air bladder actuating means connected between said third and fourth sides for moving said third and fourth sides transverse to said first and second platens when the body is positioned between said first and said second platens,
- a scraper blade on each of the sides for engaging one of the platens when the sides are moved transversely by the second and third bladder actuating means, and
- control means connected to the first, second and third actuating means for engaging the first and second platens with the blades of one section while engaging the first and second platens with the blades of the other section with a greater force than the blades of the one section, and moving the one section to and across the first and second platens.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.