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Apparatus for cleaning of curved surfaces employing the cloth principle

US6618896B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1999
Grant dateSep 16, 2003
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB41P2235/246
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for cleaning a curved surface by employing the cloth principle, the apparatus having a roll for unsoiled cloth with unused cleaning cloth thereon, a roll for soiled cloth for taking up used soiled cloth, a pressing element for pulling unsoiled cleaning cloth off the roll for unoiled cloth and to bring it in contact with a surface to be cleaned by a movement of the element toward the surface, and means for pulling cleaning cloth off the roll for unsoiled cloth and for rolling soiled cloth up on the roll for soiled cloth by rolling up a part of the cleaning cloth that is longer or equal to the part thereof that is removed by the pressing element from the roll for unsoiled cloth independently of the respective diameters of the rolls for soiled and unsoiled cloth.

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