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Cleaning assembly for leading edges of airfoils

US10640236B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Airbus Defence and Space GmbH · DE

Inventors

Stefan Storm · Seelow, DE
Johannes Kirn · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 16, 2017
Grant date	May 5, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 9, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB08B13/00
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cleaning assembly for leading edges of airfoils, in particular airfoil profiles of aircraft or spacecraft, has a cleaning device that is provided with at least one cleaning member and is intended for applying mechanical pressure to a planar region of an airfoil, and has a drive having at least one drive element, which drive moves the cleaning device along the surface to be cleaned. It is proposed to adhesively hold the cleaning device on the airfoil by the at least one cleaning member and/or for the at least one cleaning member to have a sticky surface and for the at least one cleaning member to be dimensionally stable and have flexible contours.

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