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Granted Patent B2
US 9,604,263 · App. 14/595,606 · Granted Mar 28, 2017

System, tool and method for cleaning the interior of a freight container

Inventors: Kerstin Eriksson (Eskilstuna, SE); Erik Jansson (Eskilstuna, SE); Anders Thunell (Uppsala, SE); Ingemar Reyier (Vasteras, SE)
Assignee: IBC ROBOTICS AB
B08B9/08B08B9/093B24C1/003B24C3/325Y10S901/41
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,604,263
App. No.
14/595,606
Granted
Mar 28, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (7)

1. 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.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the framework comprises a housing enclosing the robot and the actuating unit, the housing having an opening sized to attach to the access opening of the container, the truck moves the tool to a position in which the opening of the housing is facing the opening of the container, and the method further comprises attaching the opening of the housing to the opening of the container.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 23, 2024
From: KEERON AB
To: MAINZ CLEANING SYSTEMS AB
Reel/Frame 068984/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2024
From: IBC ROBOTICS AB
To: KEERON AB
Reel/Frame 068963/0267 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 09161108 · May 26, 2009 · regional
Continuity (2)
Division 13322824
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