Cleaning apparatus

• US 20110258804A1
• Filed: 04/21/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Anton Jaeger
• Original Assignee: Anton Jaeger
• Inventors: Jaeger, Anton
• Application Number:
  US13/091,226
• Publication Number:
  US 20110258804A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 15/256.5
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 1/30 by movement of cleaning members over a surface
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 3/02 Cleaning by the force of jets or sprays
• CPC Class Codes: F24S 40/20 Cleaning; Removing snow
• CPC Class Codes: Y02B 10/20 Solar thermal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/40 Solar thermal energy, e.g. solar towers

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning surfaces, in particular inclined surfaces, in particular solar installation surfaces or photovoltaic installation surfaces on roofs of buildings, having a carrier and at least one driven endless cleaning belt held at the carrier.

Claims

1. An apparatus for cleaning surfaces, in particular inclined surfaces, having a carrier (11) and at least one driven endless cleaning belt (13) held at the carrier (11).

2. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein a fluid supply device (15) is provided which is preferably connectable to a separate high-pressure cleaner (17).

3. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein a holding device (19) connected to the carrier (11) is provided, with the holding device (19) and the carrier (11) being pivotable with respect to one another.

4. An apparatus in accordance with claim 3, wherein the holding device (19) and the carrier (11) are mutually pivotable about two different axes (21, 23).

5. An apparatus in accordance with claim 3, wherein the holding device (19) has a longitudinal axis (25) and a pivotability of the carrier (11) relative to the holding device (19) about the longitudinal axis (25) of the holding device (19) is suppressed.

6. An apparatus in accordance with claim 3, wherein at least a part of a fluid supply device (15) is integrated into the holding device (19).

7. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the drive for the belt (13) takes place by means of a supplied cleaning fluid.

8. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least one integrated motor is provided for the drive of the belt (13).

9. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein at least two endless cleaning belts (13) are provided which are held at the carrier (11).

10. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the carrier (11) is provided in modular construction and is preferably configurable in different working lengths in dependence on the kind and/or number of the carrier modules.

11. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein the carrier (11) includes at least one drive module for the belt (13), at least one deflection and/or clamping module for the belt (13), at least one support module for the belt (13) and/or at least one extension module.

12. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein each module includes a tubular or sleeve-like base element for coupling the modules to one another.

13. An apparatus in accordance with claim 16, wherein said apparatus can be coupled to a guiding and holding device (67) of a solar installation or photovoltaic installation or of a solar installation surface or photovoltaic installation surface (59).

16. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein said surfaces are solar installation surfaces or photovoltaic installation surfaces on roofs of buildings.

17. An apparatus in accordance with claim 4, wherein said axes (21, 23) extend perpendicular to one another.

18. An apparatus in accordance with claim 8, wherein said motor (27) is an electric motor.

19. An apparatus in accordance with claim 9, wherein said cleaning belts (13) are drivable independently of one another.

14. A solar installation or photovoltaic installation having at least one surface (59), in particular inclined with respect to the horizontal, and at least one guiding and holding device (67) for a cleaning apparatus (10) having a carrier (11) and at least one driven endless cleaning belt (13) held at the carrier (11).

15. A system of at least one solar installation or photovoltaic installation having at least one surface (59), in particular inclined with respect to the horizontal, and at least one guiding and holding device (67) for a cleaning apparatus (10) and of at least one cleaning apparatus (10) having a carrier (11) and at least one driven endless cleaning belt (13) held at the carrier (11), wherein the cleaning apparatus (10) is preferably operable automatically and/or in a self-propelling manner.