Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System, tool and method for cleaning the interior of a freight container
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Application No.: US14595606Application Date: 2015-01-13
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Publication No.: US09604263B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: Kerstin Eriksson , Erik Jansson , Anders Thunell , Ingemar Reyier
- Applicant: IBC ROBOTICS AB
- Applicant Address: SE Esklistuna
- Assignee: IBC ROBOTICS AB
- Current Assignee: IBC ROBOTICS AB
- Current Assignee Address: SE Esklistuna
- Agency: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Priority: EP09161108 20090526
- Main IPC: B08B7/00
- IPC: B08B7/00 ; B08B9/08 ; B08B9/093 ; B24C1/00 ; B24C3/32

Abstract:
A method for cleaning the interior of a freight container of ISO type having an access opening for receiving goods, wherein the method comprises: providing a cleaning tool comprising a framework, a robot movably connected to the framework and having a nozzle for supplying a cleaning medium including dry ice, and an actuating unit arranged to move the robot relative to the framework; gripping the framework of the tool with a truck designed for gripping and carrying freight containers of ISO type; driving the truck carrying the tool to the container to be cleaned; moving the robot into an interior of the container by means of the actuating unit; and moving the nozzle by means of the robot along a programmed cleaning path while cleaning the interior of the container by means of dry ice blasting.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150122288A1 SYSTEM, TOOL AND METHOD FOR CLEANING THE INTERIOR OF A FREIGHT CONTAINER Public/Granted day:2015-05-07
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