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US 8,281,499 B2Granted
Mobile surface drying apparatus
OwnerJohn Friesen, Jacob Friesen +1inventors
InventorsJohn Friesen, Jacob Friesen, Rob Brush
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Abstract
A mobile surface drying apparatus includes a vacuum and blower assembly. The vacuum and blower assembly includes a vacuum head and a blower head. The vacuum head suctions moisture through an inlet of the vacuum and blower assembly, and the blower head communicates airflow through an outlet of the vacuum and blower assembly.
Claims13
A mobile surface drying apparatus, comprising:
- a vehicle structure positioned to traverse along a surface;
- a carriage integrated with said vehicle structure;
- a first vacuum and blower assembly mounted to one of said vehicle structure and said carriage, wherein said first vacuum and blower assembly includes a vacuum head powered by a vacuum fan and a blower head positioned next to said vacuum head and powered by a blower fan, wherein tubing connects said vacuum head to said vacuum fan and said blower head to said blower fan, and said vacuum head includes an inlet that suctions moisture from said surface and said blower head includes an outlet that communicates airflow onto said surface to direct moisture toward said vacuum head to enable said vacuum head to extract the moisture from said surface;
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- a second vacuum and blower assembly mounted at an aft position from said first vacuum and blower assembly.
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